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• We need often to have space for public meetings, which can involve cost.
• We need often to have space for public meetings, which can involve cost.
• We need often to have space for public meetings, which can involve cost.
• We need often to have space for public meetings, which can involve cost.
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Summary: The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases. Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version. Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568. The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• This is a new program just launched three weeks ago on November 1st.
• They're creating 75 jobs in the Space Coast.
• launches of any other country in the world.
• You also have the convention space that folks come into.
• You also have the convention space that folks come into.

Summary: The committee heard two informational presentations: one from the Department of Commerce and one from the Florida Department of Transportation. Jason Mahon of Commerce outlined the state’s economic development strategy and tools, emphasizing Florida’s GDP growth, business formation, and strengths in manufacturing, high-tech, defense, life sciences, and international trade. He described programs such as the State Small Business Credit Initiative, the Rural Community Investment Program, the Florida Opportunity Fund, the Rural Infrastructure Fund, the Job Growth Grant Fund, performance-based tax credits, and disaster recovery loans, and cited examples including ServiceNow, Williams International, NeoCity, and Point Blank Enterprises. Members asked about small-business grants, foreign investment interest, workforce needs, and whether additional tools are needed; Mahon said most Commerce programs are loan-focused and noted ongoing workforce and site-readiness challenges. Jennifer Marshall of FDOT then reviewed major transportation projects and the Moving Florida Forward initiative, highlighting congestion relief, express lanes, bridge and interchange work, and accelerated delivery methods. She cited projects such as Golden Glades, I-95 improvements, the NASA Causeway Bridge, the DuPont Bridge, I-4 corridor work, the First Coast Expressway, the Howard Frankland Bridge, A1A seawall work, and Turnpike projects, along with examples of cost savings and schedule acceleration. Senators asked about how express lane locations are chosen, toll revenue use in South Florida, the status and cost of the I-395 downtown Miami project, and whether EV and rideshare access to express lanes should be preserved. FDOT said it would follow up on several of those questions, and the committee adjourned without taking any legislative action.

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• Our rules in the Medi-Cal health space will use maybe some of the same data, but we will have our own
• And we are on track with this revised training to launch it in the fall/winter of 2026, which is ahead
• It creates safe, trusted spaces. ...before it happens.
• and intergenerational healing spaces, and these initiatives do more than just engage communities.
• These spaces and initiatives do more than just engage communities.

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• program structure for the new preservation program, which will then be the means through which we launch
• Because of that, the Governor was pleased to announce in May the launch of several programs, many of
• But they were launched.
• The Governor announced in May that they were launching, and in June they're all going to be available
• So that's like baseboard heaters, wall heaters, even space heaters.

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• In addition, we recently launched our fourth annual work zone safety billboard contest.
• Force Cape Cod, which we have a Space Force radar station on Cape Cod.
• And we've really seen the transformative impact since that was launched in 2020.
• So one of our immediate next steps that we took after the launch of the plan last year was to launch
• The launch of the plan last year was to launch a dedicated TA program for communities, where we would

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

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• And now this horror has launched.
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• Space Coast with<05:00:31.160><c> 93</c><05:00:31.958><c> successful</c><05:00:32.440><c> launches</
• </c><05:00:58.958><c> is</c> collaboration dominance in space is collaboration dominance in space is

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• It further clarifies the projects eligible for the strategic space infrastructure investment program
• to include infrastructure to support aerospace and launch support facilities.
• It further clarifies the projects eligible for the strategic space infrastructure investment program
• to include infrastructure to support aerospace and launch support facilities.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and heard a series of transportation-related bills, most of which were reported favorably. SB 532 would exempt 100% disabled veterans from paying Florida tolls. SB 1738 would allow certain counties that previously opted out of transportation concurrency to opt back in by maintaining current levels of service, though there were concerns about congestion and future growth. SB 1696 aimed to reduce transportation network company driver impersonation, allow transit authorities to contract with ride-share platforms, and permit those platforms to participate in state-funded paratransit trips. SB 1378, as amended, would allow courts to order restitution in standard leaving-the-scene crashes; the amendment made restitution discretionary and required that the driver caused or contributed to the crash. SB 1210 would increase penalties for red-light and stop-sign crashes and require bodily injury insurance for drivers who cause such crashes. SB 1820, via strike-all amendment, addressed dealer-manufacturer relations by requiring written explanations of performance measures, prohibiting retaliation against dealers asserting statutory rights, and limiting franchise termination or nonrenewal to substantial breaches. SB 1246 created a specialty license plate for safe coastal wildlife, with proceeds going to the Zoo Miami Foundation for conservation work and an amendment allowing up to 10% for administrative and marketing costs. The committee also considered SB 574, which would allow Florida residents with Purple Heart license plates to pass tolls free of charge; the bill was amended to change the plate reference to a specialty plate and was reported favorably. SB 1662, the FDOT department bill, was substantially revised by strike-all amendment covering a wide range of transportation issues, including USF’s role in the Florida Transportation Research Institute Consortium, Florida Transportation Commission provisions, seaport and airport-related changes, strategic space infrastructure, sewer lines in rights of way, small county road assistance, aggregate supply chain programs, and Jacksonville Transportation Authority board appointments. Testimony on SB 1662 included support from USF and the Florida Public Transportation Association, which raised concerns about added oversight and bureaucracy for transit systems. Most bills received support from affected stakeholders, and several were amended before final favorable votes. Roll calls were taken on each measure, and all of the listed bills were reported favorably by the committee. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on several bills, and the committee adjourned after a brief personal privilege remark from Chair Collins.

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• This is going to allow us to revamp North Lamar and the additional space. and Florence to put on training
• We launch a helicopter within 30 minutes using their night vision. their flare, they find them clinging
• We launched one from Austin to go to San Angelo. were able to locate it and arrest that person with the
• We have... space all over San Antonio. We have DPS employees all over San Antonio.

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

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• Last month, we heard our first five-mile spacing unit case in the state that the state's ever heard.
• Northern Williams County spacing units are happening.
• In February of this year, WBI launched their binding open season.
• In February of this year, WBI launched their binding open season.
• The next steps you'll see here in a moment: WBI, since that time, has started launching.

Summary: The committee met as the Budget Section’s Regulatory Division and first reviewed base budget materials for the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency and the Department of Mineral Resources. Legislative Council explained the blue-sheet budget summaries and historical funding trends. The Housing Finance Agency then reported on its ongoing homeownership, housing incentive, and homelessness programs, noting that its new FTEs are being filled, loan servicing remains above benchmark, and the agency is operating largely on special and federal funds rather than general fund dollars. Housing Finance officials said the Housing Incentive Fund continues to be heavily oversubscribed, with requests far exceeding available dollars, and described how funds are being used for multifamily gap financing, rural single-family development, community land trusts, and homeless prevention/rapid rehousing. Members asked about performance measures, the number of people served, and the relationship between housing costs, wages, and homelessness. The agency said it uses scoring criteria tied to performance and outcomes, and requested that the Legislature maintain or increase funding for HIF, single-family housing, and homeless grants. Committee members also discussed the need to coordinate housing finance efforts with Commerce and broader site-preparation and workforce issues. The Department of Mineral Resources reported that it is on track with its budget, has filled most of its newly authorized reclamation positions, and is moving ahead on several initiatives, including IT modernization through Project North Star, organizational succession planning, and rulemaking for critical minerals and oil and gas programs. The director gave an extensive update on oil and gas activity, explaining that longer laterals and operational efficiencies are keeping production relatively flat even as rig counts decline, and that gas capture remains around 95 percent. Members asked about oil prices, hedging, spacing units, and the effects of geopolitical events on markets and state revenues. The committee also received an update on the enhanced oil recovery grant program and the Pipeline Authority. The EOR program’s $25 million appropriation was fully allocated to six projects, with additional oil and gas research funds also committed, and officials said the projects will require public status reports and final reports. The Pipeline Authority described major natural gas transmission projects, including the upcoming Bakken Express line and the proposed Bakken East project, which recently completed a binding open season after the Industrial Commission selected WBI Energy’s proposal to move forward.

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• This was an e-bike versus car accident at high speed, and they often will get launched, be well beyond
• This was an e-bike versus car accident at high speed, and they often will get launched, be well beyond
• produced informational videos and created a trifold flyer distributed through the school district, launched
• e-bike safety page. and created a trifold flyer distributed through the school district, launched e-bike
• bit in the Black Caucus is criminal justice reform and recognizing that there's a lot to do in this space

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard several transportation-related bills. AB 1614 would extend existing anti-piggybacking rules to Class 1 bikeways, prohibiting multiple riders on a single bike or e-bike; supporters emphasized rising e-bike injuries and trauma cases, while People for Bikes argued it could create unnecessary barriers and enforcement issues. The committee also heard AB 2193, which would make autonomous vehicle manufacturers responsible for traffic citations when no human driver is present; Teamsters and transit labor supported the bill as an accountability measure, and there was no formal opposition on file. AB 2629 would cap fees charged by DMV business partners for online vehicle registration services at 5% above DMV fees. The sponsor and consumer advocates said the bill would curb spoofed websites and hidden upcharges, while DMV business partners and related companies argued the cap would make the program economically unworkable and reduce service options. Members questioned how the 5% figure was chosen, and the bill advanced on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations after a roll call. The committee also heard AB 2046, which would allow EPA-approved E85 conversion kits in California to expand access to lower-cost, lower-carbon fuel; supporters cited consumer savings and emissions reductions, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2346 proposed broader e-bike safety rules, including speedometers, lighting, age-based speed limits, local authority to set path limits, and consumer disclosures; supporters framed it as a response to serious injuries and illegal e-motos, while opponents raised concerns about overbreadth, enforcement, and potential profiling. The committee approved AB 2346, sending it to Judiciary, and later completed roll calls showing the consent calendar and the other heard bills advancing out of committee.

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• It's that space in between which is where things actually matter.
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• </c><00:47:49.040><c> Thank</c><00:47:49.200><c> you</c> launch and staff the project.
• Thank you launch and staff the project.

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

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• RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TREASURE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE SPACES.
• SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE, PAYLOAD OR SPACECRAFT WITHIN A SPACEPORT TERRITORY FROM THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
• WE ARE EXEMPTING SPACE X FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE? SENATOR GRALL.
• SPACE X, WAIVING IN SUPPORT. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
• THEY WERE FROM ALL RELIGIONS, ALL POLITICAL SPACES.

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• If you need a book or you need an idea or you need something from a different space in the state because
• This support frees institutional funds that allow us to create technology-rich learning spaces for our
• :14:39.279><c> learning</c> to create technology-rich learning to create technology-rich learning spaces
• 40.399><c> students</c><00:14:41.040><c> and</c><00:14:41.279><c> to</c><00:14:41.440><c> embed</c> spaces
• for our students and to embed spaces for our students and to embed deeply<00:14:42.560><c> in</c><00

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• The companies operating in the space are doing extraordinary work.
• We've launched dozens of cohorts of apprentices targeting occupational occupations in registered nursing
• We've launched, adopter of non-traditional apprenticeships in the last decade.
• We've launched dozens of cohorts of apprentices targeting occupational occupations in registered nursing
• And I'm so glad to see that we're looking at this in the Cal/OSHA space and working, having CalHR and

Committee: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

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• we focus on applied energy technologies, particularly nuclear energy, which is our primary mission space
• So we execute on behalf of what the federal government wants in the energy and security space.
• But the long-awaited renaissance must launch during this administration.
• So moving to the nuclear space, I would say our world changed on May 23rd of 2025, when four executive
• So there's opportunities across that entire space.

Committee: House Environment, Energy and Technology

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• With our building and our space, we're able to do that, working with the Veterans Affairs service officer
• Between 1946 and 1951, 67 V2 launches propelled the U.S. into the era of rocketry.
• Notably, on February 24, 1949, a modified V2 became The first U.S. rocket to reach outer space, 244 miles
• , assumed command of White Sands Missile Range, bringing a wealth of operational space-related expertise
• And then they'll either have their vertical or other launches down there.

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• To launch these new courses, we partnered with expert institutions like the University of Washington.
• And since the launch, we have seen a strong positive response from caregivers who take these courses,
• We launched 60 new courses, almost all of them available online.
• And I think part of that is because our course launches are fairly recent.
• And I think part of that is because our course launches are fairly recent.

Bills: HB2337 , HB2311 , HB2088 , HB2148 , HB2132

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: training requirements, caregiving, family member, individual providers, home care, workforce education, investment accountability, administrative changes, oversight, education policy, nutritional health, dietetic professionals, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare regulation, education, pay it forward program, tuition, student loans, financial aid

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• Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding group of young leaders in our Space Coast.
• From launching astronauts into space to developing new technologies here at home, innovation is part
• of what we are on the Space Coast.
• In 2023, the city of New York launched a first-of-its-kind AI...
• Deep human space flight is the ambition of...

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• In particular, we are looking to launch the last phase of the Medi-Cal Connect portal, which is actually
• Again, we're looking to launch this in the fall of 2026, doing a lot of stakeholder engagement at this
• including finding hotels that allowed for pets, supported people with disabilities, and had enough space
• County update on the fires, briefly, National Council of Jewish Women launched into action when those
• Really appreciate your work in those spaces.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services heard an overview of efforts to streamline access to safety net programs and move toward more automatic, person-centered enrollment. CDSS, DHCS, and CalHHS described current cross-enrollment between Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and CalWORKs, including data showing high overlap among programs and a text-message outreach pilot that increased CalWORKs applications and enrollments but reached only a small share of potentially eligible people. Witnesses emphasized barriers such as differing federal eligibility rules, data-sharing limits, privacy concerns, and the need for better technology, consent management, and stakeholder engagement. Members pressed the administration on how to institutionalize these efforts across administrations and asked for concrete budgetary and regulatory steps to support “no wrong door” enrollment and automatic referrals. The committee also reviewed several chair priorities. On the proposed foster care multi-agency office, CDSS said existing coordination structures already address much of the intended work and asked to verify prior fiscal scoring. On the Employment First Office, CalHHS explained that the office’s $1 million budget was eliminated in the 2024-25 budget as part of deficit reductions, while noting that employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities remains an administration priority through existing departmental coordination. For the food insecurity proposal, CDSS said it could provide technical assistance but would need new data-sharing agreements, could not separately calculate a CFAP participation rate with current data, and would likely need until July 1, 2027, plus ongoing staffing, to complete the requested report. The mandated reporter proposal drew support for reform, with CDSS estimating low-millions in one-time training costs and ongoing costs in the hundreds of thousands. The subcommittee also discussed a guaranteed income proposal. CalHHS suggested drafting new statutory language and considering a county-administered model rather than a state-run competitive grant process to reduce administrative burden, while members and public commenters urged support for AB 661 and a study of a permanent statewide guaranteed income program. Public testimony also supported automatic enrollment, community-supporting mandated reporting reforms, and cash assistance for fire recovery. In the final items, CSD described how local nonprofit partners helped during the Los Angeles fires with food, housing vouchers, transportation, and emergency energy assistance, and explained that LIHEAP and CSBG remain important but limited tools for disaster response. CSD also said recent federal staffing cuts and possible future federal budget threats could affect LIHEAP and CSBG administration, though no immediate service disruptions had occurred and additional LIHEAP funds were expected to be released soon.

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