Transcript Highlights:

• the same rules, for instance, the bill we passed today that lets charter schools have a different code
• Are you going to have two different codes in the same school?
• Robin Bartleman: I brought this up this morning, and I told you that if you change the code of student
• That code of student conduct is in there.
• You're going to have two different schools within one school with different codes.

Summary: The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22. The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are you going to have two different codes in the same school? Repersata, is this part of your bill?
• I brought this up this morning, and I told you that if you change the code of student conduct and...
• ...this morning, and I told you that if you change the code of student conduct and let them do whatever
• That code of student conduct is in the...
• You're going to have two different schools within one school with different codes.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum established, and several recognitions, including a legislative intern, a guest in the gallery, and Representative Bruce Antone’s upcoming induction into the Tuskegee Athletic Hall of Fame. The Speaker also gave brief remarks about the end of session and the freshman class. The chamber then took up a series of Senate-returned messages and concurred or insisted on several amendments while moving bills toward final passage. The House unanimously approved CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after adopting a House amendment to remove the IOTA-related provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties and business interests after a House concurrence motion. It also insisted on its amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 on housing. CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation was amended to restore House provisions on teacher-prep courses, the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College, and related testing and mentor-qualification changes; it passed 91-22 after debate over teacher certification, testing, and “identity politics” language. HB 1101 on out-of-network providers was amended to keep the House’s original notice and referral framework with a good-cause exemption; it passed 87-27 despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. After recess, the House took up CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response. Members described changes including removal of some homestead-assessment and debris-removal provisions, a study requirement for a post-hurricane county restriction concept, and a Florida Keys evacuation-time change paired with a 10-year cap of 900 permit allocations; the bill passed 116-0. The House also refused to concur in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration and requested the Senate recede. Later, the House returned to HB 1101 and insisted on its amendment after the Senate refused to concur. The longest debate came on CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, where the House amendment replaced the Senate version with the substance of HB 1267, including Schools of Hope, higher education governance, and course transparency. Members questioned provisions expanding Schools of Hope co-location and sponsorship authority beyond traditional opportunity zones, the role of the Department of Education versus school districts, transportation and facility-cost issues, and performance-based agreements. Supporters said the changes would expand options for students and use vacant or underutilized facilities; opponents argued the language was added late, lacked transportation funding, and could allow charter operators to enter high-performing schools. The bill remained under debate at the end of the transcript, with no final vote shown.

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• Isn't that current code?
• In current code, when you are fined for a traffic violation in the work zone, fines are doubled.
• President, I urge passage of this bill updating our tax code.
• The bill also makes technical corrections to existing code.
• The bill also makes technical corrections to existing code. Mr. President, I urge passage.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I don't think, particularly with our tax code, we've had capital gains in existence.
• And I don't necessarily think our tax code is a basis of those decisions. Yeah.
• go... ...from the first most progressive to the second most regressive tax code.
• They have a lot of parts of their tax code that don't conform to the federal code.
• House Bill 2257 makes a number of administrative and technical changes to the state tax code.

Summary: House Finance heard bill briefings and testimony on several tax and property-tax measures. HB 2175 would exempt licensed nonprofit providers of free durable medical equipment from retail sales and use tax on items reasonably necessary to operate and provide care; the sponsor and a nonprofit provider described how the bill would help organizations that refurbish and donate wheelchairs, beds, walkers, and similar equipment, and staff noted a small Department of Revenue fiscal impact. The committee then heard HB 2608, which revises the targeted urban area property tax exemption for nuclear facility projects by requiring labor standards, including submission of a workforce or project labor agreement and related wage/apprenticeship information, and extending project-completion deadlines. Supporters said it would help attract major clean-energy and nuclear supply-chain investment and jobs, while opponents from construction groups, environmental advocates, and some public commenters objected to the PLA requirement, the tax preference for nuclear projects, and the broader policy direction; tribal consultation concerns were also raised. No votes were taken on these bills in the transcript. The committee also heard HB 2227, which expands an existing REET exemption for affordable homeownership sales from self-help housing to other nonprofit affordable homeownership programs, including community land trusts. The sponsor and nonprofit witnesses said the change would lower transaction costs, improve affordability, and support permanently affordable resale models; staff clarified the exemption applies to the initial sale from the nonprofit to an income-qualified buyer, not later resales. HB 2528 would allow cities and counties that fully plan under the Growth Management Act to impose the second local REET without voter approval, aligning opt-in jurisdictions with those required to plan under GMA. Supporters from cities and counties said the revenue would help fund sidewalks, ADA upgrades, water, sewer, and other infrastructure, while opponents argued it would raise home-selling costs and bypass voters. Finally, the committee heard HB 2292, which would subject long-term capital gains from qualified small business stock to the state capital gains tax beginning in 2026. Staff said the bill would affect about 260 taxpayers and raise roughly $1.2 million in FY 2027, while the sponsor and supporters argued the current QSBS exemption mainly benefits very wealthy investors and should be treated like other capital gains; opponents from the tech and startup community said the exemption helps founders attract investment, keep companies in Washington, and create jobs, and warned the bill would send a negative signal to entrepreneurs. The committee also heard HB 2257, a Department of Revenue request bill making technical and administrative changes to the tax code, largely to codify guidance from last year’s sales-tax-on-services law and make other clarifications; DOR said it was intended to provide certainty and had no fiscal impact. School groups testified that the 5814-related service-tax changes have increased costs for districts, especially for staffing and professional learning, and asked for relief or a broader exemption.

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• No more plugging gaps for people with commercial insurance who can't get access.
• This is a multi-payer effort that includes private insurance, commercial health plans regulated under
• Access to crisis care will now depend on zip code.
• And when access depends on a zip code, inequity is not accidental. It is designed into the system.
• So both commercial health plans and our Drug-Medi-Cal organized delivery systems are meant to follow

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No more plugging gaps for people with commercial insurance who can't get access.
• This is a multi-payer effort that includes private insurance, commercial health plans that are regulated
• real-life, everyday scenarios for school counselors and school nurses to CYBHI billable services and codes
• Access to crisis care will now depend on zip code.
• And when access depends on a zip code, inequity is not accidental. It is designed into the system.

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.

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• underreporting of crashes involving distracted drivers, including differences in police crash report coding
• underreporting of crashes involving distracted drivers, including differences in police crash report coding
• underreporting of crashes involving distracted drivers, including differences in police crash report coding
• underreporting of crashes involving distracted drivers, including differences in police crash report coding
• Okay. >> Amateur radio, ham radio, commercial two-way radio, or its functional equivalent. >> All right

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 01:09 Roll Call 02:11 SB 7 12:42 SB 7 Vote 13:48 SB 30 17:26 SB 30 Vote 19:56 SB 28 46:35 SB 28 vote, 958, all

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• responsibility off of local city clerks who have many other things to do would also provide some uniformity
• responsibility off of local city clerks who have many other things to do would also provide some uniformity
• handled centrally would also provide handled centrally would also provide some<00:43:41.920><c> uniformity
• c> would</c><00:43:43.400><c> also</c><00:43:43.839><c> provide</c><00:43:44.160><c> a</c> some uniformity
• uh would also provide a some uniformity uh would also provide a central<00:43:44.800><c> place</c><00

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><03:26:02.720><c> to</c> if we are reforming our tax code to if we are reforming our tax code to
• And then they run into the tax code.
• In Northern into the tax code.
• ,</c> navigate a confusing tax code, navigate a confusing tax code, especially<04:06:54.560><c> without
• </c><04:07:17.600><c> Last</c> treatment under the tax code. Last treatment under the tax code.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Committee of the whole will come to order, and the code rule is relaxed for everybody. Mr.
• </c> be posted even if it's just a QR code be posted even if it's just a QR code where<02:46:11.960><
• This does not... we're talking about commercial properties.
• </c> we're talking about commercial we're talking about commercial properties.<02:54:00.240><c> Um</c
• </c> agricultural land, uh but to commercial agricultural land, uh but to commercial uh uh uh properties

Keywords: 981, all

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• So for my appointments, we have our Uniform Law Commissioner.
• Our Uniform Law Commission has just selected Phillip O'Leary Goite as a lifetime member.
• to authorize reimbursement for legislators and public members that were initially appointed to the Uniform
• they're not otherwise eligible for reimbursement from another source. initially appointed to the Uniform

Committee: House Legislative Council

Transcript Highlights:

• Veterans in California, those who have worn the uniform and put their lives on the line, are now being
• Veterans in California, those who have worn the uniform and put their lives on the line, are now being
• is not equitable, and it is not consistent with the values we hold for those who serve us here in uniform
• strengthen our military families, and honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women serving in uniform

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Article 11, Section 1 of the Arizona Constitution commits the state to maintaining general and uniform
• A uniform system cannot exist when one class of educators is arbitrarily restricted from professional
• A uniform system cannot exist when one class of educators is arbitrarily restricted from professional
• Miranda, they are subject to different financial reporting that also takes into account that there's a uniform

Bills: HB2008 , HB2075 , HB2203 , HB2395 , HB2409

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

Transcript Highlights:

• So would this not be better viewed as, if we're going to have a uniform due process system at this level
• So would this not be better viewed as, if we're going to have a uniform due process system at this level
• </c><02:11:57.040><c> due</c> we're going to have a uniform due we're going to have a uniform due process
• </c><02:40:58.080><c> of</c> violation of the student code of violation of the student code of conduct
• ><c> student</c><02:47:07.120><c> rights,</c> This paper is just student rights, responsibilities, code

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• While Government Code 11126 allows the board to meet behind closed doors, it does not require it.
• Marty began her career in commercial and industrial interior design before bringing her talents into
• Commercial and industrial interior design before bringing her talents into the classroom.

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through several privileges-of-the-floor recognitions, including birthday wishes for Senator Archuleta and tributes to former Senator George Runner and visiting guests from Portugal in connection with Portuguese Heritage Month. The body then proceeded to governor appointments, beginning with multiple confirmations to the Board of Parole Hearings. Debate on the parole board nominees focused heavily on public safety, transparency, and recent high-profile parole decisions involving violent sexual offenders, with opponents arguing the board had been too lenient and lacked public accountability, while supporters said commissioners were applying the law as written and using structured risk assessments. William Muniz and Michael Ruff were both confirmed after roll-call votes, despite opposition centered on parole outcomes and board transparency. Rosalind Sargent Burns and Mary Thornton were also confirmed after similar debate. The final parole board confirmation, Jack Weiss, drew the most extended discussion, including a failed request to read material into the record and repeated disputes over whether comments were on topic; Weiss was ultimately confirmed as well. Throughout these confirmations, senators on both sides referenced elder parole, the unreasonable-risk standard, victim input, and the need for either reform or deference to existing law. After the appointments, the Senate took up SCR 179 by Senator Niello, designating May as Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Niello described celiac disease as a serious autoimmune disorder, emphasized the challenges of gluten exposure and cross-contamination, and called for greater awareness, labeling, and education. The resolution passed unanimously, 31-0. The session concluded with committee announcements and adjournment-in-memory tributes for Marty Arnold, Jim McAulian, and Pat Gagoscos, followed by remarks from the pro tem noting bipartisan legislation on parole transparency and announcing the next session for June 4, 2026.

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• Our CDL program, we just had a wonderful presentation on our commercial driving license partners.
• Our CDL program, we just had a wonderful presentation on our commercial driving license partnership with
• Well, that is the word of code. I was... You are unmuted. Okay. That is the word of COVID.

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office and the Commissioner of Education on the proposed higher education budget. The presentation highlighted a $117.4 billion overall state budget, with education at $32.5 billion and higher education receiving a modest overall increase. Key items included no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents, major financial aid funding such as Bright Futures, Benacquisto, EASE, Open Door, and first responder scholarships, as well as workforce investments including apprenticeship programs, career and technical education, nursing pipeline funding, and performance-based funding for colleges and universities. Committee members asked questions about the proposed expansion of the Guardian program at state colleges and the $100 million university recruitment and retention fund. Officials said the Guardian funding would give colleges flexibility to use trained personnel for campus safety, sometimes alongside or in place of campus police or private security. The Chancellor explained that the recruitment and retention money would be distributed to universities with no specific directives beyond using it for faculty recruitment and retention, emphasizing Florida’s favorable demographics and the opportunity to attract faculty from states facing enrollment declines. The committee then heard testimony from multiple appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees at state colleges and universities, including Eastern Florida State College, Lake-Sumter State College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Miami Dade College, Northwest Florida State College, and St. Johns River State College. Each described their backgrounds and stressed themes of affordability, workforce alignment, nursing and technical programs, dual enrollment, and local community needs. Several cited strong nursing licensure pass rates and college outcomes. After hearing all appointees, the committee voted unanimously to confirm the full block of nominees, and the confirmations were reported favorably before the meeting adjourned.

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• guidance, the national USP standards, and state law, including provisions in the Health and Safety Code
• Well, understand standards, and state law, including provisions in the Health and Safety Code.
• Once the formal rulemaking process starts, then the board follows the Government Code requirements for
• And pharma is opposed to the changes recommended to Section 4052 of the Business and Professions Code
• Ed Howard, on behalf of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate business committees held a sunset review hearing on the California State Board of Pharmacy, with board leadership describing the board’s consumer-protection role and its priorities around access, enforcement, and updating pharmacy law. The board emphasized a proposed shift toward a standard-of-care model for pharmacists, arguing it would reduce rigid protocol requirements and improve access to services such as HIV PrEP/PEP, contraception, and naloxone. Board representatives also discussed pharmacy deserts, possible fee waivers for pharmacies in underserved areas, concerns about payer practices contributing to closures, continuing education audits, and a request to restore more flexibility in licensure decisions and probationary monitoring for applicants with certain criminal histories. A major focus of the hearing was the board’s ongoing compounding regulations, especially the treatment of sterile versus nonsterile compounding and substances such as glutathione and methylcobalamin. The board said the proposal was not a ban on those substances and described the rulemaking as grounded in federal law, USP standards, and public comment, noting the process had gone through multiple modified texts and hearings. Testimony from stakeholders was sharply divided: pharmacists, veterinarians, firefighters, naturopathic doctors, and patient advocates warned the rules were restricting access to compounded medications and harming patients and first responders, while the California Medical Association, psychiatric physicians, and PhRMA raised concerns that the board’s proposals could expand pharmacist authority beyond training, affect physician practice, or create safety risks. Other public comments addressed pharmacy technician ratios, remote processing, flavoring medications, hospital-specific regulation, budget and enforcement transparency, and whether the board should add members with community compounding or pharmacy technician expertise. Committee members also asked about the board’s oversight priorities and the rationale for its standard-of-care proposal. Board staff explained that consumer protection includes education, licensing, policy, and enforcement, with the highest-priority enforcement cases being those posing imminent public harm. After public testimony concluded, the chairs thanked participants and adjourned the sunset review hearing, announcing an immediate transition to the joint informational hearing on the Department of Cannabis Control.

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• uh business commercial recreational uh business businesses<00:34:05.799><c> and</c><00:34:05.919><c>
• </c><00:46:37.960><c> entities</c><00:46:38.960><c> um</c> can provide our commercial entities um can
• There are not much empty land for new commercial property or not for non-aeronautical use.
• There are not many empty parcels for new commercial property or non-aeronautical use.
• Uniform Commercial Code liens are filed.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

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• lighting, and signage, and ensuring the flag is displayed in accordance with the United States flag code
• bill sought to increase the expense deduction permitted under section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code
• equitable matters, commercial, and equitable matters, including<05:02:54.400><c> potential</c><05:02
• </c> only administer tests for commercial only administer tests for commercial driver's<05:10:50.000>
• , tests for commercial driver's licenses, commonly<05:11:23.520><c> referred</c><05:11:23.760><c> to<

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, but again, like I said earlier, this license type was brought about because under the criminal code
• Um, but again, like I said earlier, this license type was brought about because under the criminal code
• Um, it follows an industry standard that is already utilized with the commercial sales of these products
• </c><01:35:43.760><c> and</c> informed of the latest building code and informed of the latest building
• code and zoning<01:35:44.239><c> changes.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all