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• <01:15:28.400> water we can work towards predictable water we can work towards predictable
• Bonding bills are not predictable.
• Bonding bills<01:19:34.480> are<01:19:34.800> not<01:19:35.280> predictable.
• As I said in bills are not predictable.
• Um, this consistent and predictable Um, this consistent and predictable funding<01:23:51.840>

Bills: HF3793, HF3699, HF793, HF3322, HF3426

Keywords: groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements

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• THIS BILL IS UNNECESSARY AND RISKS UNDERMINING A GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT SERVED OUR STUDENTS WELL.
• THIS BILL IS UNNECESSARY AND RISKS UNDERMINING A GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT SERVED OUR STUDENTS WELL.
• OUR POINT MODEL WORKS BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND RESULTS.
• I WANTED TO SHARE FROM A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STATE A MODEL CAN'T WORK QUITE WELL AND I WOULD ADD IT
• I PREDICT THIS COMMITTEE AND I PREDICT THE CITIZENS OF FLORIDA KNOW IN THEIR HEART OF HEARTS HOW MUCH

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• data from apps, from our purchase history, from our geographic locations, and kind of using AI to predict
• kind of using geographic locations, and kind of using AI<00:15:12.440> to<00:15:12.600> predict
• 14.000> we<00:15:14.120> make,<00:15:14.680> what<00:15:14.800> our AI to predict
• how much we make, what our AI to predict how much we make, what our household<00:15:15.280> income
• consolidation that's happening in the market is a lot of the reason because of this data and these models

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House DFL leaders held a press event outlining an affordability agenda focused on housing, child care, health care, groceries, energy, and taxes. Speakers argued that Minnesota families are being squeezed by rising costs and income inequality, and said the caucus would pursue policies aimed at lowering everyday expenses and shifting more costs onto corporations and wealthy residents. Representative Bierman said health care costs are pushing people to skip care and called for system reforms, including moving toward a more universal model and reducing the role of insurers and pharmacy benefit managers. Representative Kotiza-Wazhushk said the caucus is pushing for universal or low-cost child care, expanded pre-K and community-based care, and a bill to stop grocery surveillance price gouging. Representative Acomb and other energy leaders said the House DFL wants to lower utility bills through more energy assistance, weatherization, renewable energy support, limits on utility cost recovery for lobbying and executive pay, and stronger PUC authority to prevent shutoffs and limit rate increases. Representative Agbaje described housing as unaffordable for many renters and homeowners, cited a shortage of housing units, and said the caucus supports restricting private equity and corporate purchases of single-family homes. Leader Stevenson framed the agenda as a response to a budget picture that he said reflects gains for corporations and wealthy Minnesotans, and he criticized federal tax policy and Medicaid cuts. In response to questions about cost, he said several proposals would not require state spending, while others could be funded by looking at new revenue and at those who benefited most from recent tax changes. The event also included a detailed explanation of the grocery surveillance pricing proposal, which would restrict the use of personal data and AI to set individualized prices and limit rapid electronic shelf price changes. No votes were taken.

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• This is happening at a much faster rate than previously predicted. The time frame is much shorter.
• This is happening at a much faster rate than previously predicted. The time frame is much shorter.
• Different ownership models mean different things to the ratepayers as to how much they might pay.
• So there's this discussion that's going on throughout the country as to which is the better model.
• manufacturing facilities and entirely new computing models daily.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.

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• And I say that... ...be able to be funded under the method and model that you have included here.
• We have our predictions. No one in the audience knows what the impact will be.
• Predictions, no one in the audience knows what the impact will be.
• I mean, I don't think any of us can predict whether we're going to be in a recession.
• Nobody's modeled it.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Model.
• The second model is a government-owned and contractor operated.
• Uh, the last model is contractor-owned, contractor operated.
• And so this, this is the most common model for US governments and states.
• In practice, this model performs exactly how Texans expect.

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• The second model is a government-owned and contractor-operated.
• The last model is is contractor-owned, contractor-operated.
• And so this is the most common model for U.S. government. and states.
• This model ensures Texas pays for readiness. performance, not idle overhead.
• In practice, this model performs exactly how tech expect.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• <00:21:02.559> So,<00:21:02.880> we<00:21:03.039> will modeling that's going
• So, we will modeling that's going on.
• it's going to continue to to predict it's going to continue to explode<00:32:03.679> because<
• <00:49:08.960> co-requisite<00:49:09.680> model ...bearing course.
• That was just a model of Pennsylvania.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met and approved the July 15, 2025 minutes before hearing a presentation from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA/KIA) on student financial aid ahead of the January biennial budget session. KHEAA outlined its role administering 17 state-funded grant and scholarship programs, 529 plans, and outreach services, and emphasized that net lottery proceeds after a $3 million literacy appropriation are statutorily dedicated to student aid. The agency focused on the major need-based programs—College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES—along with dual credit, Work Ready Kentucky, teacher scholarship, and National Guard tuition assistance. Officials said the new federal FAFSA methodology created a major increase in eligible students, especially for CAP, and thanked lawmakers for adding substantial funding this biennium to meet the higher demand. Staff explained that CAP is for Pell-eligible, low-income students, while KTG is a need-based grant for students at private Kentucky colleges; both use FAFSA data, but schools verify final eligibility. They said CAP awards are first-come, first-served and that the higher funding level allowed the program to last the full 21-month application cycle in FY 2024-2025, compared with much shorter periods in earlier years. KHEAA reported about $232 million spent on CAP for roughly 72,000 students last year, with current applications running about 10% ahead of the prior year. Members asked about the difference between applicants and recipients, the effect of lower lottery revenues, and whether recent federal legislation would affect state aid; KHEAA said it does not expect major impacts on grants and scholarships, though student loan changes could affect graduate students. The committee also discussed KEES and dual credit. KHEAA said KEES has been fully funded since its creation and that its forecast was within $76,000 of actual need last year. For dual credit, staff said a recent bill consolidated work-ready dual credit and career/technical education under one scholarship program, and KHEAA will seek growth funding because participation and costs continue to rise. The agency said FY 2025 dual credit spending reached $26.4 million across dual credit and work-ready funding, requiring transfers from Work Ready Kentucky to keep dual credit fully funded. Members asked about transferability of dual credit hours and whether the program reduces later college costs; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit transfer, but it does see higher bachelor’s completion rates and lower student debt, suggesting positive effects. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• But it is a pretty predictable outcome of the current lack of funding for special education.
• and deal with models.
• and do deal can actually look at models and do deal with<02:04:02.400> models.
• So this bill is about with models.
• providing a 21st century funding model providing a 21st century funding model that<02:04:07.520>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Sacramento has the opportunity to lead, to create a model of efficiency, and to truly serve residents
• Our continuum of care has already been chosen as a willing partner in this model.
• Our continuum of care has already been chosen as a willing partner in this model.
• SB 1414 is built on proven models.
• You had some counties go first, elected locally, test out that model.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have our model waiver and then we have intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Predicting a response to treatment.
• analyze as SA's with algorithmic analyses and they combine multiple biomarkers through a mathematical model
• biomarker Tesco to be like what idx or the man print tests, which on college just like myself use to predict
• And I predict that many other Medicaid programs from around the nation will be calling deputy secretary

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• This shift resulted in the privatized model that we operate today.
• This shift resulted in the privatized model that we operate today.
• would need to predict.
• The model would need to predict.
• And so we're very invested in the funding model, as you make, the year.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee held its first meeting of the term and heard introductory remarks from the chair, vice chair, ranking member, and members, who broadly described their interest in child welfare, mental health, aging services, homelessness, and agency accountability. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, including child welfare, mental health and substance abuse safety net services, domestic violence, developmental disabilities, elder services, and child support, and introduced the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as the first agency panel for the term. DCF presented an implementation update on HB 7089, a 2024 law aimed at increasing accountability and transparency for community-based care (CBC) lead agencies that deliver most child welfare services under contract. The department said the bill was prompted by forensic examinations that found problems such as noncompetitive procurement, related-party transactions, excessive executive compensation, and weak financial oversight. DCF described new contract requirements and monitoring tools covering board governance and annual training, conflict-of-interest disclosures, financial penalties for noncompliance, fidelity bond requirements, limits on direct service provision by lead agencies, related-party procurement rules, procurement thresholds, real-property approvals, compensation caps, expanded public reporting, and a new Future of Child Protection and Funding Work Group. DCF reported that some lead agencies had completed required board training, others were still on schedule, and two agencies exceeding the direct-service threshold had been referred to the Auditor General. Members asked DCF about the reasons for the bill, the impact on children, the work group’s regional representation, aging-out youth, the Embrace Families transition, board training requirements, and whether enforcement actions had been taken. DCF said the bill was intended to protect funds for children and families and improve oversight, and clarified that the Central Florida lead agency contract was awarded through competitive procurement rather than an absorption. DCF also said the board training was designed to be meaningful but not overly burdensome, with timing left partly to lead agencies as they implement the new requirements. The committee then heard from two CBC leaders, who generally supported the accountability goals of HB 7089 and said their agencies had already addressed most of the new governance and disclosure requirements. They reported that board training had been completed or was being scheduled, but both agencies said the fidelity bond requirement has been difficult or impossible to obtain in the market as written, though they were able to secure the separate performance bond. The CBC witnesses also warned that recruiting providers is increasingly difficult, especially for higher-acuity children and group-home placements, due to limited provider supply, regulatory burden, insurance costs, and rising risk. They said these pressures are contributing to budget deficits in some areas and urged lawmakers to consider the funding model, insurance and indemnification issues, and the risk of overregulation reducing provider participation.

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• It creates a model process for pretrial misdemeanor and felony mental health diversion.
• Things are shifting around because of the new choice model that we've put into place.
• We’re wanting to know and be able to predict fiscally so that we are financially healthy.
• FIU, as well as private entities to further develop and maintain the model.
• The model to ensure it has the same capabilities as those developed by the private sector.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• You should have a predictable outward expansion of the city.
• The TAGs, or technical advisory groups, compare the new model code to the old model code and also take
• The TAGs compare the new model code to the old model code and also take into account the amendments made
• The tags or technical advisory groups compare the new model code to the old model code and also take
• Even though it's well-oiled, that three-year process of updating the model codes is enormous.

Summary: The committee heard first from Ferndale city officials and a representative of FutureWise on annexation planning. Ferndale described its “annexation blueprint” or phased annexation plan as a way to tie urban growth area planning, capital facilities, and eventual annexation together earlier in the process. Speakers argued that counties often allow incremental development in urban growth areas without city-level standards, impact fees, or coordinated infrastructure planning, which can leave cities and taxpayers with higher future costs and make annexation less likely. Members raised questions about fire districts, county revenue loss, and whether annexation incentives or interlocal revenue-sharing agreements could help. FutureWise supported requiring annexation phasing in countywide planning policies, using pre-annexation agreements, and applying city standards in urban growth areas to make annexation more predictable and less contentious. The committee then received a primer and update from the State Building Code Council (SBCC). Staff explained the council’s composition, standing committees, technical advisory groups, and rulemaking process, including normal, expedited, and emergency rulemaking. They described the ongoing 2024 code cycle and the separate work underway on Senate Bill 5491 and related legislation concerning single-stair residential buildings and multiplex housing. Members discussed how the legislature can better direct the SBCC, the difference between prescriptive and performance-based code approaches, and the importance of involving technical experts early. The SBCC also addressed concerns about the wildfire urban interface code, noting that problems arose when code language and maps were developed on different timelines and applied to urban areas in ways that were not anticipated. Several members asked about regional differences, especially energy code impacts in eastern Washington and the role of natural gas. SBCC representatives said the council can use climate zones and appendices for some regional variation, but statewide statutory targets still constrain the energy code. They emphasized that the council is largely reactive to legislative direction and public proposals, and that clearer legislative intent would help avoid ambiguity in future code development. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• At the time, the justification was if we had this to better rate and model our premiums, we'll do a few
• Credit-based insurance scoring, otherwise known as CBIS, is an extremely accurate and predictive, uh,
• , more predictive than CBIS.
• In other words, when you predict rate more accurately, you're able to offer lower prices to consumers
• them with less predictive rating variables.

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• So, when a trust a new predictable.
• those are a little bit hard to predict. those are a little bit hard to predict.
• If your compute model had too many parameters that you had to register your model with the government
• If your compute model had too many parameters that you had to register your model with the government
• lot of business models. lot of business models.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• consistent and predictable. consistent and predictable.
• > outcomes-based we started moving to an outcomes-based we started moving to an outcomes-based model
• . model. model.
• Current statutory framework has us reviewing the postsecondary funding model every three years. some
• , we need to have more members of model, we need to have more members of the<00:38:50.280> body

Keywords: 958, all

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• with employers all across the state to help them think through how do you set up an earn-and-learn model
• and so with that that's my model and so with that that's my presentation<00:30:07.559> I'll<00
• Then we put these assumed changes into a model, and that model runs a full simulation, and it's based
• <01:21:13.960> for originally the university predicted for originally the university predicted
• <01:43:00.840> the address the shortfall we can't model the address the shortfall we can't

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the state being stable, strong, and resilient, in that even under the worst-case scenario that we model
• We had been predicting a slowdown, and that's certainly playing out.
• I saw that there are predictions for the corpus of the Early Childhood Trust Fund.
• Financial modeling and surveys of families and providers give us insight into how to improve and sustain
• I will, however, point to certain models of home visiting that reduce child maltreatment rates.

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• As I mentioned before, it's predictable for both the jurisdiction and the developer.
• This is a model that we feel works well, something that we can continue to model and refine into the
• Traditional models of development and then what we see on the horizon, the co-development model adds
• For jurisdictions, it makes permitting easier because the process and the product are predictable.
• They are more suited for the cooperative model than the current statutes.

Summary: The Senate Housing Committee heard presentations on a range of housing finance, permitting, and affordability tools. Chattanooga described its affordable housing PILOT program, which uses a per-unit property tax abatement tied to the rent loss from providing affordable units, with a 15-year term and annual compliance monitoring. Committee members asked about the program’s structure, whether it had been used elsewhere, and who was participating; the presenter said the first mixed-income project would bring 278 units with 42 affordable units and that the model was attracting private market-rate developers. Shoreline then described its MFTE and inclusionary zoning approach, emphasizing that longer tax exemption periods and station-area zoning changes had helped spur development, with most current pipeline projects concentrated near light rail stations. The committee also heard from the Municipal Research Services Center and the Department of Commerce on tax increment financing, proportional impact fees, and permit timelines. Commerce explained that TIF can fund public improvements such as roads, utilities, broadband, and some affordable housing or child care facilities, while proportional impact fee guidance is intended to help jurisdictions charge fees more closely aligned with actual project impacts. On permit timelines, Commerce presented its first annual report under recent law changes, using 2024 as a baseline year and noting that reported timelines were generally longer than statutory goals; members asked about outliers, paper versus electronic processing, and whether back-and-forth between applicants and staff was driving delays. Commerce said it would follow up with more data, including on CHIP funding and permit reform practices. Several local governments then shared permitting process improvements. Auburn reported relatively short review cycles and described its move to fully electronic permitting, internal performance standards, and a stock plan program that speeds review for repeated home designs. Bellevue described an AI permitting pilot with a local startup to help with pre-application questions, document triage, and plan review, aiming to reduce incomplete applications and revision cycles. Seattle presented a pilot for accessory dwelling unit co-development in which a mission-driven partner would help homeowners split lots, finance, build, and manage ADUs, with the homeowner eventually buying out the partner and retaining ownership; committee members asked about rent setting, management fees, and default risk, and staff said they would follow up. The committee also heard brief overviews of community land trusts and limited equity cooperatives as permanent affordability models, with presenters urging continued state and local funding support and policy recognition for these approaches.