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• </c> program funds. program funds.
• </c> through the block grant. through the block grant.
• dollars or block foundation program dollars or block grant<00:21:35.520><c> dollars</c><00:21:36.120
• </c> block grant model. block grant model.
• </c> program adequately. program adequately.

Keywords: 916, all

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• I'd like to focus on the N in SNAP program: nutrition.
• the funding sources for our grants.
• You don't hear me often say that we need to put more money into a program, but this program... ...but
• this program, and I appreciate the emails, by the way.
• , DOH programs, to do MOUD, 988, Narcan, working with the new PAC program for tobacco misuse.

Keywords: 996, all

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• </c><00:17:32.320><c> Melissa</c> tell you more about the program Melissa tell you more about the program
• </c><00:21:07.919><c> which</c> mitigation air quality Grant which mitigation air quality Grant which
• </c> required to access the federal grants required to access the federal grants available<00:21:17.960
• to give them their telework programs to give them training<00:21:44.039><c> on</c><00:21:44.360><c>
• </c><00:25:19.880><c> to</c> general fund dollars uh for Grants to general fund dollars uh for Grants

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We uh adopted the Interlock program.
• </c> we're going to run with this program we're going to run with this program because<02:16:18.480><
• program is for the farm-to-school food program is gone.<02:48:24.479><c> 900,000</c><02:48:25.359><c
• Programs that are on Head Start.
• </c> make difficult decisions on programming. make difficult decisions on programming.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, um, that's the program, the language, and the bill.
• ,</c><00:24:34.480><c> the</c><00:24:34.720><c> language,</c> so um, that's the program, the language
• , so um, that's the program, the language, and<00:24:35.279><c> the</c><00:24:35.440><c> bill.
• The program remains consistently oversubscribed.
• The program remains consistently oversubscribed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Experiential learning programs like the co-op and internship programs help address those challenges head
• Competitive grants. We need a process that supports the ongoing work.
• We don't have a flagship downtown program.
• We don't have a flagship downtown program.
• Last year, we lost our Mass Downtown Initiative program, which provided small technical assistance grants

Bills: H5386

Keywords: economic development, innovation, investment, housing, small business, global trade, infrastructure, 1212, all

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• successful alternative certification program.
• who meet the program requirements for a two-year path to teacher certification.
• It is basically a competitive grants pool.
• It is basically a competitive grants pool.
• I think it's a clear... ...to select those programs and those specific vendors.

Summary: The committee considered several education-related Senate bills. SB 1437 would direct the State Department of Education to establish physical fitness guidelines, administer fitness tests, and use student performance data to improve student health outcomes. Supporters argued early fitness and health habits are important to address childhood obesity and long-term health, and the bill was advanced on a due-pass recommendation after discussion and a vote. SB 1432 would remove sunset and pilot-program references from an alternative teacher certification program that has become a permanent pathway for qualified nontraditional candidates. Testimony emphasized the program’s intensive training, mentoring, and role in helping address teacher shortages. The committee voted to send the bill out with a due-pass recommendation. SB 1812 would require school districts to make benchmark assessment results for grades K-3 through 8 available to parents and guardians; it drew no questions and was also advanced due pass. The committee also took up SB 1338, with a PCS and amendment accepted without objection. The bill creates the Education Impact and Innovation Fund, a competitive grants pool intended to replace the practice of naming specific vendors in legislation and instead let the State Department of Education and State Board of Education select programs and vendors. Members referenced a recent State Auditor report as part of the rationale. The committee voted to advance the bill due pass and then concluded its meeting.

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• housing assistance programs that we have in Florida.
• So what this bill does, it puts them into those programs; it includes them.
• So that being said, Senator... ...of standards related to the National Flood Insurance Program.
• and further provides that easements granted to other governmental entities would be granted without
• You don't lose by granting an easement of 100 acres, let's say, on 10,000 acres, right?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> education Freedom account program education Freedom account program um<01:43:54.360><c> and</c><
• out strictly for one program.
• out strictly for one program.
• </c> concern would be taking these programs concern would be taking these programs out<03:49:23.120><
• out</c> funding when grant grant money runs out funding when grant grant money runs out that's<05:24

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times. The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.

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• Is there a funding mechanism for this program?
• Is there a funding mechanism for this program?
• This bill creates a Renaissance grant program to assist the eight counties that have had declining populations
• , appropriately named the FARM program.
• This amendment revises the provision in the bill relating to the county incentive grant program to provide

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing FSU Day at the Capitol, Catholic lay leaders, seniors advocates, Broward County school officials, and veterans-related guests. The chamber then moved through its special order calendar, beginning with several Florida Statutes revision bills. SB 36 adopted the 2025 Florida Statutes and prior session law; SB 38 conformed statutory terminology for the Division of Criminal Investigations; SB 40 removed repealed provisions; and SB 42 cleaned up obsolete language, cross-references, and typographical errors. Each passed unanimously or nearly unanimously after brief explanations and no substantive debate. The Senate also passed CS/SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience, as amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub’s role under USF and clarify research and modeling responsibilities; CS/SB 116 on veterans, which expanded veteran awareness and coordination efforts, added mental health training, and authorized adult day health care; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempted local regulation to give a future Florida presidential library maximum flexibility; CS/SB 126 on prescription hearing aids, allowing mail distribution for adults after appropriate professional evaluation; SB 150 on abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters, amended to conform to the House; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice from being expanded to certain serious cardiac conditions; and SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure. Most of these measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 118 drew questions about local zoning, parking, and safety and passed 36-3, with one senator later changing to a no vote over local control concerns. Later, the Senate approved CS/CS/SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process for removing unauthorized persons from commercial property, and CS/SB 348 on ethics, which would penalize false claims of military rank or honors for material gain and require paycheck withholding for delinquent ethics fines owed by public employees. The chamber also passed CS/CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, which included a CPI/case manager recruitment program, a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and improved data collection and capacity analysis for commercially sexually exploited children. CS/SB 108 on administrative procedures was adopted after a detailed explanation of rule review, transparency, and rulemaking deadlines, and CS/SB 160 on public accountancy passed after an amendment clarifying contracted services and discussion of CPA licensure pathways. The longest and most celebratory debate centered on CS/SB 110 for rural communities. The bill created an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and road funding, school and health care investments, and related rural support measures. Amendments refined transportation priorities in the Everglades agricultural area and clarified the FARM road program. Senators from across the chamber praised the bill as a long-awaited investment in rural Florida, agriculture, broadband, health care, and quality of life. After extensive debate and emotional closing remarks from the sponsor and leadership, the bill passed overwhelmingly.

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• The A3 author's amendment, which I know changes the bill to turn it into a competitive grant, and I know
• It also converts the grant program into a competitive grant program instead of a direct grant to a specific
• Minnesota already has workforce training programs, but this is a unique and little bit different.
• </c><00:04:52.560><c> out</c> and we see that there are programs out and we see that there are programs
• </c> communications between these programs. communications between these programs.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Grant Coates, Fort Worth; Mr. James Jamie D. Grant, Arlington; Mr. James and Jim Trippin, Houston.
• Grant E. Weldler, Spring; and others. Respectfully submitted, Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas.
• Senate Bill 2 by Creighton et al., relating to the establishment of an education savings account program
• Senate Bill 2 by Creighton et al., relating to the establishment of an education savings account program

Bills: SB2

Summary: The Senate received a message from the Governor submitting appointments for advice, consent, and confirmation, including nominees to the Texas State Board of Accountancy and the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners. The chamber also read Senate Bill 2 by Creighton and others, which would establish an education savings account program for K-16 education, and referred it to committee. A motion by Senator Zaffirini was adopted without objection to have all remarks made for the election of the President pro tempore reduced to writing and entered in the journal. The Senate then considered and adopted a motion to adjourn. No votes were recorded on the appointments or the bill in this transcript. The Senate adjourned until 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 28.

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• This is a pilot program.
• This is a pilot program.
• This is just a pilot program.
• Now, this is a trial program.
• Made a few additions to a few line items: the Voices program, the gifted grant, the battleship RCND.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• is a federally mandated program.
• For the grant for the royal renaissance, there are a hundred points.
• Program for psychiatrists.
• a home Homeless school programs for kids.
• programs.

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• and different issues that our staff and our different programs and work cover.
• So they are marketed in two different ways just by being in some of our programs.
• So the Maiden in Oklahoma program is a free marketing program for all producers of almost any product
• So Shelter Creek is a part of the program.
• We have an amazing grant program as well with Jason Harvey, our grants coordinator.

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• Granted, they may not be physically disabled, but most of whom have mental illness or some substance
• SUDS grant.
• If someone has a SUDS grant and they are paying individuals, they will pay for that individual to go
• And I worry about all government programs, getting to that point, and that's what I worry about this,
• So as part of this review, and granted, this entity, services were being provided.

Summary: The committee first heard HB 1076, which would repeal the sunset date for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. The bill was presented as a simple continuation measure, and Rep. Stagney moved to report it favorably; the motion passed without objection. The committee then took up HB 475 on artificial intelligence in health care. The author explained that the bill was intended to require disclosure when AI or recording software is used to transcribe patient encounters, and an amendment changed the proposal from patient consent/opt-out to disclosure only. The amendment was adopted, and HB 475 was reported favorably with amendments. HB 740, dealing with Medicaid managed care, was amended with technical changes and then presented as a way to let providers in the coordinated system of care appeal claim denials through the same independent review process used by Medicaid managed care plans. The Louisiana Hospital Association supported the bill, and it was reported favorably with amendments. HB 926, which would have barred public facilities from restricting access based on vaccination status and related medical decisions, drew testimony from supporters who framed it as a medical autonomy and informed-consent measure. After questions about public versus private facilities and whether the bill could affect hospitals or disease-based restrictions, Rep. Cruz moved to voluntarily defer the bill, and it was deferred without objection. The committee then considered HB 457 on housing standards for organizations serving people experiencing homelessness. The author said the bill was prompted by concerns about unsafe and unsanitary group homes and would direct LDH and the Fire Marshal to establish minimum standards for safety, sanitation, privacy, and habitability. Supporters said the bill would protect vulnerable residents, while opponents, including Oxford House and the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center, warned it could conflict with federal fair housing protections and impose burdens that could reduce recovery housing and other services. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably with amendments by a recorded vote. Finally, HB 616, which would give the legislative auditor oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers, was heard with testimony from homeless service organizations that argued the bill was duplicative, costly, and could expose sensitive HMIS data; the bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript.

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• They do diagnostics, and it's a program completely different than what we're used to, which is why I
• In order to get into the chaplains program, you have to come with a master's.
• The request is granted; is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered.
• The request is granted; is there objection? Hearing none, the gentleman has the floor.
• The request is granted; is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered.

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• ,</c> the CCP's Thousand Talents program, the CCP's Thousand Talents program, which<04:10:47.359><c>
• </c> programs and other cultural programs programs and other cultural programs that<04:16:37.319><c>
• </c> these programs to teach language. these programs to teach language.
• </c><07:50:00.558><c> Obamacare</c> trillion program. Obamacare trillion program.
• </c> Rose Wilcox Health Center in Grant Park. Rose Wilcox Health Center in Grant Park.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• First, the Kentucky Ag Leadership Program is here. Appreciate y'all coming up.
• We also have the Kentucky Cattleman's Ag Leadership Program. Will y'all please stand? Thank you.
• Uh, we have our Kentucky Proud program or Buy Local programs.
• We have our LFPA programs that are federally funded, our farm-to-school programs.
• Then you're like, “Oh, yeah, I got a government grant.” Right.

Keywords: Reuploaded to restore full meeting, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture met with a quorum and adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 28, which would create a framework for the $5 million in agricultural economic development funding included in the 2024 budget. Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell testified that the bill is intended to support agriculture-focused economic development, especially processing and further processing projects, by giving the Department of Agriculture tools to identify opportunities, convene partners, and offer incentives. He emphasized the role of the new economic development division in the department and said the effort is meant to complement, not replace, the work of the state Economic Development Cabinet. Shell and several senators described the bill as a rural development tool aimed at helping smaller communities attract projects that fit their scale. He cited examples such as poultry processing, grain and elevator operations, milling, and specialty crop ventures, arguing that local processing can create jobs, strengthen markets for farmers, and keep more value in Kentucky. Senators discussed the need for return-on-investment metrics and clawback provisions for unsuccessful projects, and Shell said the framework includes those concepts. He also said the department is working on opportunities in sustainable aviation fuel, biofuels, and other markets that could bring more acres into production. Members also raised questions about small-farm innovation, raw milk, and direct-to-consumer opportunities. Shell said raw milk testing and related consumer protection issues are more closely tied to the University of Kentucky and the department’s consumer/environmental protection functions than to the bill’s economic development focus, but he said the department can help expand small-farm programs such as Kentucky Proud, Buy Local, KOAP, CAP, food-as-medicine efforts, LFPA, and farm-to-school initiatives. The discussion also turned to beef processing and feedlot development, with Shell saying Kentucky wants a beef processor but first needs to prove it can feed cattle at scale; he said changing conditions in western states could create an opening for Kentucky if it can build the necessary supply chain.

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• Okay, the motion is granted. Is there a second? Is there any discussion?
• program and to provide an appropriation.
• Speaker and members of the Assembly, SB 2239 seeks to establish an apprenticeship grant program with
• to accept administering the program.
• States slices that pie for the different programs.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The chamber received notice that the governor had signed several bills, and the Speaker appointed conference committees after the Senate failed to concur with House amendments on Senate Bills 2180 and 2330. The House also approved several sixth-order amendments without objection before moving into reconsideration and final action on House Bill 1300, which concerns legislative term limits. After procedural motions to reconsider and undo concurrence, the House voted to do not concur on HB 1300, sending it back to the chair’s lap for further negotiation. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 2232, which changes mandatory reporting rules for prenatal exposure to controlled substances and alcohol. Supporters said the bill is intended to keep pregnant women in prenatal care by removing an automatic CPS report if a woman tests positive but enters and stays on a treatment plan; opponents argued it weakens protections for unborn children and creates vague standards for mandated reporters. The House passed the bill 57-36. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 2280 unanimously, establishing timelines and standards for prior authorization in health insurance, and passed Senate Bill 2186, which creates a civil remedy for interference with court-ordered parenting time, a child custody review task force, and related reporting requirements. The House then took up Senate Bill 2239, an apprenticeship grant program with a $1.1 million appropriation, but rejected it 14-79 after the committee said the program lacked a clear administrative home. Senate Bill 2241, creating a framework for public charter schools, generated extensive debate over school choice, local control, funding, staffing, and rural impacts; supporters emphasized flexibility and community-driven options, while opponents warned about diversion of funds and weak guardrails. The bill passed 64-29. The House also passed Senate Bill 2024, the Department of Environmental Quality budget, after discussion about federal funding uncertainty; Senate Bill 2374, updating property insurance laws and market rules; Senate Bill 2216, creating a waterfowl habitat restoration stamp; Senate Bill 2245, allowing certain duck and goose hunting from anchored floating craft; and Senate Bill 233, establishing a distressed ambulance services process, which drew questions about how affected districts and neighboring services would be involved.