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• RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DON GAETZ CHAIR, THE READING OF THE REPORT MR. PRESIDENT. >>Pres.
• Albritton: SHOW THE REPORT ADOPTED, THANK YOU CHAIR. >> 39 YEA, ZERO NÉE MR. PRESIDENT. >>Pres.
• Albritton: SHOW THE REPORT ADOPTED, THANK YOU CHAIR.
• IT WORKS THAT WAY IN RURAL FLORIDA. IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE STATE. BANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
• AND IT DIDN'T WORK. IT DIDN'T FIT EXACTLY.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• <00:02:42.239> of extraordinary life and work of extraordinary life and work of Representative
• She teacher in the 80s at Central.
• and continue the work she loved. and continue the work she loved.
• She probably worked more on that bill than any bill that's ever been worked on in the Minnesota House
• She probably worked more on that bill than any bill that's ever been worked on in the Minnesota House

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill requires reporting by ASCA by January 31st of each year and requires... ...requires reporting
• And I had the fortune of working at Holy Angels Catholic Church... ...And I had the fortune of working
• Thank you for trying to work with us.
• The bill is reported unfavorably? The bill is reported unfavorably.
• System still works today.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of retained bills and several new measures, with most receiving favorable reports after amendments. Major debate centered on CS/SB 706, which preempts airport naming to the state and designates Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to FAA and trademark-related conditions. Senator Jones offered amendments to avoid private royalty benefits, but both failed. Senators Berman, Osgood, Jones, and Pizzo spoke against the bill, raising concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and ethical issues; Senator Mayfield defended the bill as cost-free to the airport and noted the naming agreement. The committee ultimately voted the bill favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements and CS/SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, both with amendments and some opposition from the Florida League of Cities on the utility bill. Several other bills were heard and reported favorably with little controversy. CS/SB 1500 would streamline uncontested probate proceedings; SB 962 would exclude farms and farm operations from certain zoning definitions tied to affordable housing preemption; CS/SB 820 would strengthen reporting for problem-solving courts; SB 840 would revise portions of last year’s hurricane-related land-use law to narrow its scope and sunset temporary restrictions; and SB 856 would require online property listings to show estimated ad valorem taxes, with an amendment excluding social media platforms and broadening liability protections. SB 110 would clarify homestead exemption eligibility for 98-year or longer residential leases. SB 394 would exempt certain underwriting managers handling limited facultative reinsurance from licensure requirements, and SB 434 would prevent wind-hardening improvements from increasing assessed value for residential property tax purposes. The committee also advanced several public-safety and transparency measures. CS/CS/SB 658 and 608, a combined water-safety bill, would require safety features for rental properties with pools or nearby water bodies and authorize DBPR enforcement; supporters framed it as a response to Florida’s high child-drowning rates, and Airbnb waived in support. SB 748 would place constitutional language on restoration of voting rights on sentencing score sheets, with broad support from voting-rights and civil-rights groups. CS/SB 824 would require annual reporting of unimproved school-district land inventories, and CS/SB 848 would create a framework for off-site stormwater treatment and related credits, with support from builders and mitigation bankers. The committee also heard CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, which clarifies certification requirements and performance criteria after a delete-all amendment.

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• Does not you not work, does not work on this actually substance. So we're sticking our can.
• We work with the National Guard.
• They've been working with lobbyist.
• You know what works in a war zone works over the border.
• So I have some background working with the FAA working with drones, working with the AM vulnerability

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So it is a free system.
• I will say it's a pretty accurate system, very accurate system.
• I will say it's a pretty accurate system, very accurate system.
• Representative Jacques, I know that there has been concerns about the E-Verify system not working.
• Representative Jacques, I know that there has been concerns about the E-Verify system not working.

Summary: The subcommittee first took up House Bill 197, which would require all private employers in Florida, regardless of size, to use E-Verify for new hires and eliminate the current exemption for businesses with fewer than 25 employees. The sponsor said the system is free, uses information already collected on I-9 forms, and helps employers confirm work authorization; supporters argued it simply enforces existing law and closes a gap in current requirements. Opponents, including labor and policy groups, said the bill would burden small businesses, could produce errors, and should be addressed through comprehensive federal immigration reform rather than state mandates. Members also raised concerns about implementation, enforcement, and potential impacts on workers and employers in industries such as agriculture, hospitality, and small business. The committee voted along party lines to report HB 197 favorably. The committee then received an update from the Florida Gaming Control Commission, beginning with new Executive Director Alana Zimmer and then Director of Gaming Enforcement Carl Harold. Zimmer outlined the commission’s structure, staffing, legal slot and card room locations, and the Seminole gaming compact, noting that changes in state law or court rulings could affect compact revenue. Members asked for additional information on salaries, commission vacancies, and how veterans’ organizations can determine whether gaming machines are legal. Harold described the commission’s enforcement work against illegal casinos, saying they are widespread, often exploit vulnerable patrons, and can be tied to organized crime, weapons, drugs, and other offenses. Harold reported thousands of complaints, more than 4,000 illegal slot machines seized, over 100 illegal casinos raided, millions in proceeds recovered, and numerous arrests and joint operations with other agencies. He said the main barriers are weak misdemeanor penalties and limited staffing, and requested two additional enforcement squads, one in southwest Florida and one in Jacksonville. Members questioned the cost of the request, storage of seized machines, coordination with local law enforcement, and how the public can report illegal gambling. The commission said it works with local agencies, has many MOUs, and directs the public to its website and law enforcement hotline for reporting.

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• He added that substitutes now work well for the same purpose.
• I'm still trying to understand how these things are working.
• Working conditions.
• So, extremely valuable work.
• You are working... In fact, you do support DPS. You are working with DPS, so it is state-related.

Bills: HB2207, HB2225, HB2602, HB2641

Keywords: braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, HB 2225, Yavapai County, northern Arizona regional training academy, training academy, public safety training, law enforcement training, police academy, first responder training, capital appropriation, state general fund, state treasurer, lapsing appropriation, section 35-190, capital costs, regional training facility

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• This is a new system, and so there's no reason the existing systems couldn't be utilized in the same
• How is that going to work better without this system in place?
• I'm wondering if we don't have the system, we wouldn't even know they turned up the system.
• So today, it is a voluntary tax compliance system.
• taxation system of Oklahoma.

Bills: SB1312, SB1323, SB1599, SB1863, SB1932, SB1950, SB1956, SB1958, SB1966, SB1970, SB2052

Keywords: vehicle registration, automatic payments, Service Oklahoma, taxes, motor vehicle, prepayment program, memorial designation, highway, Sheriff Marty Grisham, transportation, Oklahoma Statutes, memorial bridge, dedication, Oklahoma, commemoration, memorial highway, road designation, John Skelley, motor carrier, administrative hearing

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• THAT WORKED OUT FAIRLY WELL. OKAY.
• CENTRAL DEPOSITORY. WHO FITS THE BILL?
• WE WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD.
• AND WHAT THE REPORTING LOOKS LIKE.
• SO IT IS NOT IN ONE CENTRAL PLACE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It is our region's Central Park and it's been there since 1983. Rep.
• I was pleased and honored to work with Representative Kendall on this bill.
• Chair: By your vote, the bill is reported favorably. Congratulations.
• There is no benefit that is reported. All that occurs in the stormwater management system.
• The bill is reported favorably. Congratulations, Representative Maggard.

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• And when his term of office as president was over, he showed the world, by example, that citizens working
• Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments deemed adopted.
• While various state and local governments, non-government organizations, and community groups work to
• district, and I invite each of you to visit and see the ongoing conservation and emergency response work
• Kevin was a pioneer in the Central Valley craft beer scene.

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• I was working on my notes and chewing gum.
• Works best when it listens to the people that it serves. So, Mr.
• I mean, I had an opportunity last year to work with Mr.
• I studied systems. I studied systems of systems.
• H.R. 144 is reported favorable.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• to work.
• And this is how I think the public workforce and social services system should work.
• It's not a system. That's the easiest way to think about it. It's a tool, not a system.
• How are we all working off the same sheet of music? And again, how do we get closer to one system?
• our workforce system better, to actually have a workforce system, put that way.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• . report. report.
• report.
• affairs committee report. affairs committee report.
• Importantly, the bill requires the working group to issue a progress report by December of 2026.
• So, in working with folks across works.

Keywords: 981, all

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• So everyone that's working with one of our students has to go in the system and put how many times or
• So everyone that's working with one of our students has to go in the system and put how many times or
• So everyone that's working with one of our students has to go in the system and put how many times or
• Um, which I Nessus reporting system.
• So, the special state reporting system.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee opened its second meeting on House Bill 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and discussed whether to also examine differentiated aid within the adequacy formula. The chair said the committee had previously heard from HHS/Medicaid officials and now wanted to hear from local special education directors about how the aid system works in practice, including billing, training, data collection, and whether districts handle claims consistently. Members also referenced Arkansas as a possible comparison state and said they hoped to develop ideas by November to address the current funding process. Committee members focused on the current special education aid thresholds and the impact of proration. The chair described the existing formula as requiring districts to absorb costs up to 3.5 times the state average per student, with the state paying 80% from 3.5 times through 10 times and paying above that, and said FY25 appropriated about $34 million while actual claims were about $50.1 million, leaving roughly a $16 million shortfall that caused proration. Members also raised the possibility of lowering the threshold to 2.5 times and asked how that would affect the number of eligible students and costs. Another member asked about how districts decide whether services are education-related or medical-related and how Medicaid or private insurance reimbursement affects later state aid claims. District representatives from Boothby Therapy Services, Bedford, and Guilford introduced themselves and described their roles. Guilford’s director said the district tracks students with paraprofessional support, nurses, transportation, or specialized programming, uses a data system to log every service touchpoint, and tries to maximize both Medicaid and special education aid; she said a lower threshold would likely capture all students with paras or nurses and that rising staffing and service costs would increase the number of students over the cap. Bedford’s assistant director said the district uses a different system, tracks roughly 60 to 80 students a year, and pursues Medicaid and special education aid simultaneously but does not pursue private insurance if it would affect FAPE; she said reducing the threshold to 2.5 times would likely double the number of qualifying students. Members asked follow-up questions about software, data entry, and how districts decide whether to bill Medicaid or seek state catastrophic aid, and the directors explained that their systems log services by staff type and student, with some districts using the same data for both Medicaid and state reimbursement claims.

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• CTAS will only work in Minnesota.
• In addition, with reporting to us, the reporting that's required by the legislature is a one-button situation
• the money for that work.
• House File 2 on 17.9: the report would need to be made promptly, and the report could be made to the
• We have a lot of work to do.

Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837

Keywords: HF627, fiscal note, fiscal notes, Minnesota Legislature, state government, committee procedure, ranking minority member, minority party, standing committee, Ways and Means, Finance Committee, legislative process, budget analysis, fiscal impact, Minnesota Statutes 3.98, committee chair, legislative transparency, HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice

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• And I have worked since July and August of last year, started to work on this.
• Very proud of that work.
• Rise and report. Say nay. The ayes have it, so ordered. Rise and report. Thank you.
• Reports of select committees. The clerk will read the conference committee report.
• Reports of select committees. The clerk will read the conference committee report.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, and welcomed several guests in the gallery, including a high school student and an advocate connected to the domestic violence bill HB 2995. The chamber then moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, first advancing HB 4155, HB 4156, and HB 4157, then HB 4164, HB 4165, and HB 4166, all with do-pass recommendations and no substantive amendments on those calendars. Later, the House also considered SB 1326, a victims’ rights measure, adopted a floor amendment, and reported it out as amended. The House corrected an earlier clerical error regarding HB 4155-4157 being referred to engrossing rather than third reading. The House then took up a long series of final passage votes on Senate bills. SB 2174, SB 2611, SB 1011, SB 1012, SB 1016, SB 1018, SB 1038, SB 1039, SB 1040, SB 1053, SB 1055, SB 1057, SB 1060, SB 1061, SB 1068, SB 1069, SB 1075, SB 1100, SB 1113 on reconsideration, SB 1160, and SB 1170 all passed. SB 2873, SB 1004, SB 1009, SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1049, SB 1093, and SB 1143 failed. SB 2995, the emergency family-law/domestic-violence bill known as the Alec and Lydia Act, passed with the required two-thirds vote after extensive debate; supporters said it would better protect children and clarify judicial standards, while opponents argued its definitions were overly broad and could harm families. SB 1018 on foreign laws also drew extended debate over Sharia law, with supporters framing it as a defense of American values and opponents calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. Several votes included explanations focused on policy concerns. SB 1004 on sex-offender registration and monitoring drew debate over whether electronic monitoring is effective. SB 1040 on voter registration transparency prompted arguments over public access to voter rolls versus privacy and security. SB 1118 on municipal zoning and historical homes was debated as a property-rights and local-control issue, with supporters saying it could help preserve affordable housing and opponents warning it would override local decisions. The House also adopted motions to reconsider prior actions on SB 1043 and SB 1100, and it requested the Senate return SB 1552 for reconsideration. The session ended with the House still processing additional Committee of the Whole business, including HB 4158, HB 4159, HB 4160, HB 4161, HB 4162, and HB 4163, with HB 4162 and HB 4163 receiving floor amendments and do-pass recommendations.

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• Working in the community now, almost every child I work with, and even my friends at college, have been
• We'd like to work with the author's office.
• for drafts of police reports.
• Our legal system relies on police reports. They're not just paperwork.
• I worked at the women's jail in L.A.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety bills, with testimony split between supporters who framed the measures as targeted fixes and opponents who warned about overcriminalization and unintended consequences. SB 701, by Senator Wahab, drew support from law enforcement and local government groups, who said state law lacks a tool to address the conduct at issue; the ACLU opposed it as duplicative of existing law, while public defenders said they may withdraw opposition after amendments. Because there was no quorum at that point, the bill was held open without a vote. SB 834, by Senator DeRazzo, was presented as a technical cleanup bill to improve California’s automatic record clearance system by preventing outdated “pending” charges from blocking relief, requiring local court records to match DOJ records, and creating a way for people to obtain proof of relief. It received broad support from criminal justice reform and defense organizations, with no opposition, and the chair indicated support, but no final action was taken during the hearing. SB 248, by Senator Rubio, would require DOJ to send new gun purchasers educational materials during the waiting period about safe storage, suicide prevention, domestic violence, and related resources; supporters called it common-sense education, while one opponent argued the information is already available. The committee voted the bill out on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, but it remained on call pending one additional vote. Senator Rubio’s SB 19, the Safe Schools and Places of Worship Act, would create a new offense for credible threats against schools or houses of worship even when no specific individual is named. Supporters, including law enforcement and Jewish community advocates, said current law leaves a loophole and that the bill would help prevent panic and resource-draining lockdowns; opponents from civil liberties and youth justice groups argued existing law already covers threats and that the bill would worsen the school-to-prison pipeline. After a motion and second, the committee voted due pass to Appropriations, with the measure also left on call. Later, SB 759 by Senator Archuleta, prompted by the killing of Whittier Officer Keith Boyer, would require a court hearing after a third supervision violation or new offense for people on post-release community supervision; supporters said it adds accountability, while opponents said it removes probation discretion and could increase jail and court burdens. The bill passed due pass to Appropriations and was reported as passing. The committee also heard SB 6 by Senator Ashby, which would schedule xylazine as a controlled substance while preserving veterinary use. Supporters, including veterinarians, law enforcement, and a parent who lost a son to a drug-related death, said the drug is increasingly present in fentanyl mixtures and needs to be controlled; opponents from drug policy and civil liberties groups argued scheduling would criminalize users, hinder research, and repeat failed drug-war policies. After extensive debate, the committee voted the bill out due pass to Appropriations, and it passed. Finally, SB 11, the AI Abuse Protection Act, was introduced to regulate AI-generated voice, image, and video replicas, with supporters emphasizing protection against deepfakes and nonconsensual images; the California Chamber of Commerce opposed unless amended, seeking narrower definitions and limits on consumer warnings. The hearing ended while SB 11 was still under discussion, with no final vote reflected in the transcript.

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• LIKE MANY FLORIDIANS I LOVE OUR STATE PARKS SYSTEM.
• DAMAGING ECO-CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND DECIMATING WILDLIFE.
• I KNOW YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS AND I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING NOT.
• WORKED TOGETHER ON.
• SO SUPER CONCERNED BUT I KNOW THE WORK THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS GOOD WORK.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I will make one note in the staff report of your packet.
• to say the real report is coming.
• Every odd year, it's a project update report.
• So that's separate from the project update report.
• Those systems every day.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• live and work on the Texas coast have been working together with the insurance industry to develop a
• We are working on a committee substitute that will address more changes, working with all the stakeholders
• Eligible and work for a group policy or would it not? How would that functionally work?
• And it does work.
• The flip side of that is that the contractor doing the work has to be certified in doing the work in

Bills: HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes