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• Florida also imports crushed stone from Georgia and Alabama via rail and from Canada and Honduras by
• A small amount of base material comes from outside of Florida, such as from Georgia or Alabama.
• We also get crushed stone from Alabama, Georgia, Canada, and Honduras.
• The transportation network performs adequately, is safe, and will perform as long as possible.
• We use significantly more from Georgia and Alabama.

Summary: The Transportation Committee heard and acted on a series of transportation, licensing, and memorial bills. The first major item was CS/SB 462, the Department of Transportation agency package, which included provisions on transportation trust fund revenue for electric vehicles, county project reporting, speed limits, workforce grants, procurement and utility relocation procedures, airport participation, metropolitan planning, and related DOT administration. The committee adopted a substitute amendment after extensive discussion, especially over utility relocation reimbursement, penalties, and whether the bill was too rigid while stakeholders continued negotiating. Testimony came from industry and utility representatives both supporting the need to address delays and opposing the bill’s prescriptive approach. The bill passed 8-3. The committee then approved several specialty license plate and memorial measures. CS/SB 1024 added a United States Military Academy plate alongside the Naval Academy plate. CS/SB 824 created a Florida Highway Patrol specialty plate. CS/SB 666 created a Miami Northwestern Senior High School alumni plate, with supporters emphasizing the school’s history and scholarship uses for the revenue. CS/SB 916 authorized indemnification and insurance arrangements for commuter rail operations on the Brightline corridor, modeled on SunRail law, and was reported favorably after technical amendments. CS/SB 1290 updated DHSMV rules to conform to IFTA and federal motor carrier standards, raised the crash-damage reporting threshold, and made other registration and email-notification changes; CS/SB 1292 created a public-records exemption for certain email addresses used in motor vehicle and vessel notifications. CS/SB 1408 designated memorial highways for fallen officers Jesse Madsen and Elio Diaz, and CS/SB 1502 authorized FDOT blanket permits for mobile cranes to travel at night under specified conditions. All of these bills were reported favorably. The committee also received a lengthy informational presentation from FDOT on aggregates and the state’s construction-material supply chain. The witness described aggregate sources, transportation methods, recycling efforts, the importance of the Lake Belt and out-of-state imports, and the department’s supply-chain grant program. Senators asked about long-term reserves, stranded reserves, pricing, and the impact of regulation on future supply, and requested the study and a summary of regulatory impacts for members. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.

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• In Alabama, we have several civilian heavy DOD and service... ...agencies and groups.
• When you move to Alabama, you have to...
• It deals with restructuring the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Alabama has been part of what we do in the archives. Let's go to the next slide.
• permanent exhibition that tells the story of the last 300 years of Alabama history. ...of Alabama history

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• I'm with the Alabama Department of Public. of Public Health. I'm Nicole Rano.
• Casey Harzog, the Alabama Securities. Casey Harzog, the Alabama Securities Commission.
• I think we're very fortunate in Alabama; we've had some. fortunate in Alabama; we've had some good grant
• Alabama, and Auburn.
• The sad thing is my sister was a resident of Georgia before she came to Alabama.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Athletics in the state of Alabama.
• Now therefore, be it resolved by the legislature of Alabama, both houses... the legislature of Alabama
• HB89 is the Alabama Maternal...
• Alabama.
• I live in a blessed area in Huntsville, Alabama. Many of us... area in Huntsville, Alabama.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Um, it also allows Alabamians to appeal improperly charged local business taxes to the Alabama state
• We don't touch the unoccupied; that is still a class C felony under Alabama law and would remain.
• I'm here to introduce HB476, the Alabama Right to Repair Act, HB476, the Alabama Right to Repair Act,
• In addition, the scope is of in Alabama.
• OEMs currently offer a wide… Alabama.

Bills: SB324, HB395, HB222, HB310, HB285, HB144, HB251, HB380

Keywords: Morgan County, judge of probate, legal qualifications, equity jurisdiction, constitutional amendment, campaign finance, electronic notifications, civil penalties, Fair Campaign Practices Act, Secretary of State, sex offenders, treatment programs, electronic media, post office box restrictions, Class C felony, parole, probation, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo

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• , and Alabama pays their corrections officers starting at $30 per hour, I believe.
• So do you think this is enough to compete with a state like Alabama?
• I ain't trying to compare us to Alabama, but it seems like it's still not enough. Am I wrong?
• I'm sorry, I watched the Alabama solution.
• getting down in Alabama mistreating those people.

Summary: The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people. The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well. Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.

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• Alabama, it's only about 17%.
• The steps that Alabama has taken through the Florida Strengthens Alabama Homes program, adding fortified
• The steps that Alabama has taken through the Florida Strengthens Alabama Homes program, adding fortified
• The steps that Alabama has taken through the Florida Strengthens Alabama Homes program, adding fortified
• The steps that Alabama has taken through the Florida Strengthens Alabama Homes program, adding fortified

Bills: HF4881, HF4867, HF4422, HF4223

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value

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• Alabama Mr. Figures each will control 20 Alabama Mr.
• You know, this is an event when you grow up in Alabama, when you grow up Black in Alabama.
• You know, this is an event when you grow up in Alabama, when you grow up Black in Alabama.
• University of Alabama. University of Alabama.
• another very proud native of Alabama. another very proud native of Alabama.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Today we have a network that is over 21,000 miles.
• that is over 21,000 we have uh a network that is over 21,000 mile<00:01:36.159> network.
• We have over 500 stations mile network.
• So this is what the network looks like. So this is what the network looks like.
• represents the long-distance network. represents the long-distance network.

Keywords: Highways and Transportation - Room 216, January 14, 2026; 10:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: Amtrak officials Todd Stenis and Jeff Mann briefed the committee on Amtrak service in Mississippi, with a focus on the new Mardi Gras state-supported route on the Gulf Coast. They reviewed Amtrak’s national structure, including the distinction between long-distance and state-supported service under PRIIA section 209, and noted that Mississippi is served by the City of New Orleans, the Crescent, and the new Mardi Gras service. They said the Mardi Gras began service on August 18 and operates four trains a day between New Orleans and Mobile with Mississippi stops, supported by Mississippi, Louisiana, and Mobile. The officials reported strong early performance for Mardi Gras, saying ridership had already exceeded 60,000 by the end of December against a 71,000 first-year projection, with about 435 passengers per day and a 64% average load factor. They also cited 86% on-time performance, a 94% customer satisfaction index, and average fares of $27 in coach and $66 in business class. They said the service is benefiting from strong demand, good coordination with host railroads CSX and Norfolk Southern, and planned capital improvements totaling more than $200 million that they said should reduce trip times by 30 to 40 minutes. Committee members responded positively, with Senator Williams praising the train experience and another senator noting personal use of the Mardi Gras service. The presenters invited members to ride the train and described it as a state investment paying off across South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. After the Amtrak presentation, the committee returned to business and took up one bill, 2019, which would delete the sunset on the provision directing the first $80 million of lottery proceeds to the state highway fund. Senator Blackmon asked for clarification, the chairman confirmed the bill would make the road funding provision permanent, and the committee approved the title and reported the bill out.

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• I'm Mandy Spears with the Alabama Department of Corrections.
• So, we’re just making sure that we’re protecting the citizens of Alabama.
• People were uh able to steal those funds and not from Alabama, either.
• I represent the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles.
• I'm representing the Alabama Department of Public Health.

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• You guide our hands and our voices as we seek to do your will here in the legislature of Alabama.
• I've been the administrator of schools in Florida and Alabama.
• I do want to thank the folks at the Alabama Community College System.
• I want to say Alabama law is 16, where they can actually... 17? Okay, so it's 17 now.
• So, it's something that's not done in Alabama, but it's done nationally.

Bills: SB140, HB102, SB133, SB34

Keywords: Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, violence prevention, conflict resolution, mediation, public education, high school graduation, 1136, house, all