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• Senator Kupec, welcome to the committee.
• All those in favor committee on finance.

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

Transcript Highlights:

• Inmates shall be assigned supervision.
• So we will get that to the commission to the committee.
• . committee. committee.
• Then a committee looks at the person's record, speaks to the person, just like an adjustment committee
• Um we have some time before committee.

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• You're here for the LOFT oversight committee meeting.
• Other entries were found to have no staff assigned to it.
• Currently, there are only 11,408 assigned to these buildings, a 74% reported utilization rate.
• Of the employees assigned, 5,736 of them used the space on a daily basis.
• Will there be questions from the committee? Senator Goodwin, you're recognized for a question.

Committee: Senate Oversight Committee for the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT)

Transcript Highlights:

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Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on November 12, 2025, approved the October 22 minutes, and heard an update from Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Steven Stack and Public Health Commissioner John Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for the federal rural health transformation grant. The presenters described the grant as a $50 billion, five-year program with annual CMS scoring and rescorings, no state appeal rights, and a December 31 deadline for CMS to announce awards. They said Kentucky submitted its application on November 3 and had gathered stakeholder comments earlier in the process. The testimony emphasized that the grant is intended to support new models of rural care rather than replace existing funding or pay for clinical services or lost hospital revenue. Officials said the state had to address at least three of five federal strategic goals, including prevention and chronic disease, sustainable access, workforce development, and care/technology innovation. They also reviewed restrictions such as no new building construction, no payment for monthly broadband costs, and a cap of 5% for electronic medical record-related spending. The presenters said CMS has been clear that funding should focus on innovation in care delivery, rural access, and related policy goals, and that the state’s award could vary year to year based on performance milestones. The meeting was interrupted by a building fire alarm and evacuation announcement before the presentation was completed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
• We'll bring it back to committee.
• Chair, members of the committee.
• Chair, members of the committee.
• All right, bring it back to committee.

Committee: House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
• We'll bring it back to committee.
• Chair, members of the committee.
• Good morning, esteemed Chair and members of the committee.
• Chair, members of the committee.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call. The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Joint Legislative Budget Committee will come to order.
• The first goal of our hearing today is to organize the committee by adopting our committee rules and
• To organize the committee by adopting our committee rules and electing a chair and vice chair.
• This was assigned to us in the Political Reform Act of 1974, and we are here assigned to provide an impartial
• And each of our analysts is assigned to become a subject-matter expert within their assignment area.

Committee: Senate Joint Legislative Budget

Summary: The Joint Legislative Budget Committee met to organize for the new legislative session, adopt its committee rules, and elect leadership. Members were told the committee is distinct from the Budget Conference Committee and JLAC, and the chair outlined JLBC’s role in reviewing administration requests to change enacted budgets, reviewing agency reports, and selecting the Legislative Analyst. The committee also heard a presentation from Legislative Analyst Gabe Petek on the LAO’s history, mission, independence, and main responsibilities, including budget and revenue analysis, member-request research, fiscal analyses of ballot measures, and review of midyear budget notification letters. During discussion, members praised the LAO’s nonpartisan work and asked about its role supporting budget subcommittees and hearings. Petek said staff regularly coordinate with committee and subcommittee staff, and suggested the lower 2021 handout count may have reflected pandemic effects, though he offered to look into it further. He also explained that budget notification letters are intended for urgent or unforeseen midyear budget actions and are not meant to bypass normal legislative review. The committee adopted its rules without objection and elected the Senate chair and Assembly vice chair without objection. After additional members arrived and were added to the record, the final votes were announced as 8-0 in the Senate and 7-0 in the Assembly for both the rules and the leadership election. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• There is a committee substitute.
• However, if a party to a probate proceeding files a motion to assign a ... assignment to a probate judge
• So there is a committee substitute, but it did not come back today.
• Members of the committee, thank you for hearing it today.
• The committee substitute does this.

Bills: SB302 , SB1335 , SB1734 , SB1760 , SB1975 , SB2127

Committee: Senate Jurisprudence

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• But she had over 220 guardianships assigned to her.
• And they said, well, gosh, I only knew about the ones I assigned to her.
• by name, sometimes they're assigned by a corporate name.
• That same person may be assigned to guardianship as a corporate entity.
• We did a lot of side by side to give to the committee then, too.

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive updates on implementation of House Bill 1349, which created guardianship transparency measures, and on the Department of Elder Affairs’ Office of Public and Professional Guardians (OPPG). The Clerk of Courts Operations Corporation described the statewide guardianship database for judges and a public-facing website, noting the system went live in March 2025 after a soft launch in 2024. Officials said the database now includes information from all 67 clerks, with 388 users, about 6,400 wards, and 518 professional guardians. Members asked about unique identifiers, data duplication, training, and how the system is being used; CCOC said it is working to use registration numbers as identifiers, improve search functions, expand training, and seek continued funding. Secretary Michelle Branham then outlined OPPG’s implementation of HB 1349 and its broader oversight role. She said the department has doubled education requirements, expanded transparency through the Sentry system, and brought investigations fully in-house in August 2024. She described the complaint and investigation process, including legal sufficiency review, regional investigators, mandatory in-person interviews, and possible outcomes ranging from corrective training and fines to suspension or revocation. Members asked about complaint categories, disciplinary actions, whether guardians can be suspended during investigations, and how older cases are handled; the secretary said most complaints are administrative/technical, serious allegations are referred to law enforcement, and one older case discussed remained ongoing. The Auditor General’s office presented its operational audit of OPPG, covering July 2022 through January 2024 and follow-up on prior findings. The audit identified problems with monitoring private professional guardians and public guardian offices, complaint processing timeliness, incomplete public profile information, late registration renewals, failure to assess contract penalties, weak collection safeguards, missing follow-up on required public guardian reports, lack of needed rules, and Sentry system access/security controls. In response, Secretary Branham said the department does not dispute the findings and has already taken corrective steps, including launching Sentry, hiring additional monitors, moving investigations in-house, adding automated renewal reminders, updating forms, and drafting new rules. She also said the department plans to seek subpoena power and stronger fines in the next legislative session. The subcommittee took no formal vote and adjourned after members’ questions were completed.

Transcript Highlights:

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• can actually do the work before you get committee assignments.
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• Seeing none, Chair, members, any... committee know that do is intending to committee know that do is
• Hi, Chair, Vice Chair, and committee members.
• Hi, Chair, Vice Chair, and committee members.
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Committee: House Housing

Summary: The Housing Committee heard testimony on several housing-related bills. On SB 26, SD 2, relating to affordable housing, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development explained a prior transit-oriented development study that identified roughly 59,000 possible units and about 25,000 affordable units from known projects, and said the bill would help fill gaps by evaluating additional public lands for housing suitability and possible co-use with existing facilities. Members asked about the need for resources and staffing to do that work, and OPSD said it would need time and consultant support to carry it out. Testimony on the bill included support from state and county housing agencies and comments from planning and land use entities. On SB 66, SD 2, relating to housing and historic preservation review, SHPD and OHA both testified. SHPD said the bill would not override existing burial-site protections and that county staff with proper qualifications could make historic-property determinations locally, while OHA asked for clearer language requiring consultation when Native Hawaiian historic sites are involved and clearer procedures if an adverse effect is found. Committee members and SHPD discussed whether the bill should explicitly preserve existing Chapter 6E processes, whether counties have qualified staff, and how quickly a county would have to decide if it cannot complete the review itself and must use a third-party reviewer. Supporters said the measure could speed permitting and keep decisions local; one opponent argued it could rush approvals and strain infrastructure. The committee also heard support from housing, construction, business, and food-industry groups, and opposition from some preservation and community advocates. The committee then heard SB 332, SD 1, on foreclosure-related protections, with testimony focused on Lānaʻi and concerns about speculative real estate after the foreclosure moratorium ended. SB 414, SD 2, on restoring access to disaster-affected areas, drew support from HHFDC, DHS, and the Maui Chamber; HHFDC noted DOH plans for a temporary paved access road to the Kayola temporary housing site and said agencies were discussing which parcels would be needed. On SB 102, SD 2, relating to affordable housing and third-party historic review, SHPD said it would need to do more upfront screening and that the bill’s timelines and third-party provisions should be clearer; OHA said the measure should include a sunset and better staffing, and asked that the department fill positions to meet review demand. No votes or final committee actions were reported in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair and joint committee members.
• And so it was a failure of having a written plan, of having written assignments, and drilling those assignments
• In this committee, that was our task.
• Thank you, Chair Flores, Chairman Meyer, members of the committee, committees.
• The Senate Committee will come back to order.

Committee: House The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating

Transcript Highlights:

• Glad you're here for the LOFT Oversight Committee meeting.
• Other entries were found to have no staff assigned to them.
• Other entries were found to have no staff assigned to it.
• Of the employees assigned, 5,736 of them use the space on a daily basis.
• Seeing none, will there be questions of the committee?

Summary: The LOFT Oversight Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then received LOFT’s report on state office space utilization in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. LOFT presented three main findings: OMES is not fully exercising its statutory authority over state property and relies on flawed self-reported data; state office space is being used inefficiently and often below policy benchmarks; and better use of state-owned space could save tens of millions in private lease costs. LOFT also described errors in the state’s real property inventory, low utilization rates across OMES-owned, agency-owned, and privately leased space, and recommended stronger data verification, clearer space standards, and more active oversight of underused property. OMES responded that it believes it is meeting its statutory obligations and said it tries to balance oversight with being a partner to agencies, placing them in space that best fits their mission and service needs. OMES officials said they rely on agency-reported data, do not have enough staff to independently verify all inventory information, and do not “police” daily occupancy. Members questioned the distinction between meeting statutory duties and exercising full authority, the use of “shall” versus “recommend,” the lack of enforcement for agencies that decline space recommendations, and whether OMES should more aggressively consolidate or divest underused buildings. LOFT and OMES also discussed the methodology behind utilization calculations, including badge-swipe data, space standards, and common-area adjustments. In the final finding, LOFT estimated that relocating agencies from private leases into existing state-owned space could save roughly $16 million to $28.8 million annually, depending on the scenario used. LOFT cited other states and federal reforms as models and recommended that OMES more actively assess underutilized properties, verify data, and use actual utilization analysis to reduce private leasing. OMES said it would review the comments and work to improve. The committee then unanimously approved a rapid-response evaluation request for LOFT to examine DHS child care subsidy verification and reimbursement processes, citing concerns about possible improprieties and the need to confirm whether fraud or waste is occurring.

Transcript Highlights:

• And then by the end of the day, they will have been given a bed assignment.
• Assessment of the inmate's skills so that you can appropriately assign them and work assignments.
• And I said it yesterday in front of one of the committees.
• As I look around the committee members here, there were several committee members that were very big
• Good afternoon, committee, and thank you.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard an informational presentation from the Florida Department of Corrections on how the prison and community supervision systems operate after sentencing. Assistant Deputy Secretary Hope Gartman described the reception process for new inmates, including intake, medical and mental health screening, classification, custody and housing levels, gain time, and the department’s academic, vocational, substance abuse, chaplaincy, visitation, and communication programs. She emphasized that reentry begins on day one and that program placement is driven by risk and needs assessments, with facilities matched to inmates’ medical, mental health, and security requirements. Members also asked about family contact, visitor applications, inmate welfare trust funds, tablet access, private prison placement, staffing shortages, overtime, contraband interdiction, and waiting lists for programs; several follow-up materials were requested for distribution to all members. Mr. Winkler then outlined community corrections, explaining the different supervision types under Florida law, including probation, drug offender probation, community control, sex offender supervision, conditional release, and addiction recovery supervision. He described the department’s monitoring tools, such as office and field visits, warrantless searches, alternative sanctioning for technical violations, telephone reporting for low-risk offenders, employment assistance, and mobile probation and reentry units. He said the department’s supervision success rate is about 62%, with more than 91% of successful completers not returning to custody within three years. Members questioned officer workloads, the use of radios and GPS check-ins, the rollout of uniforms and firearms, how violations are handled, and whether all circuits participate in alternative sanctioning; Winkler said the program is statewide and that the department is seeking funding for radios. During public comment, Florida Cares Charity urged the committee to consider evidence on deterrence, parole, and recidivism, arguing that community supervision is less costly than incarceration and can be effective. James Beardy of the Florida PBA emphasized the dangers faced by correctional and probation officers, including long shifts, field searches, and working alone, and argued for higher pay and better support comparable to other law enforcement. The meeting concluded with the chair thanking the presenters and public speakers, and the subcommittee adjourned without taking any legislative votes or formal actions.

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• "Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
• Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
• Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee.
• And I think that if our committee was able to do that with good people appointed to your committees that
• Why isn't it a five-person committee?

Committee: House House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Great homework assignment, by the way. Thank you.
• Great homework assignment. It makes you go back.
• And actually, I haven't been on an education committee in years. I'm glad I'm on this committee.
• assignments.
• Well, last time we had a homework assignment, I did not share my homework. homework assignments.

Summary: The subcommittee began with an informal “college day” exercise in which members described what careers and colleges they would choose if starting over, often citing factors such as program reputation, location, cost, graduation rates, employment outcomes, and family or personal interests. Members mentioned a range of possible paths including law, aviation, education, construction management, psychology, social work, criminal justice, nursing, intelligence studies, and the arts. Several also highlighted the value of historically Black colleges and universities, dual enrollment, and career/technical education. The chair used the exercise to frame the meeting’s broader focus on Florida’s higher education pathways and student outcomes. Dr. Kathleen Plinsky of Valencia College then gave an overview of the Florida College System and Valencia’s role in it, emphasizing Florida’s statewide articulation and transfer framework, open-access mission, affordability, and workforce alignment. She described Valencia’s record enrollment, high retention, large share of first-generation and working students, and partnerships such as Direct Connect to UCF, Osceola Prosper, and Open Door grants for short-term training. Members asked about guaranteed transfer, apprenticeships, enrollment trends, student demographics, out-of-state residency, county scholarship costs, dual enrollment outcomes, and barriers to expanding career dual enrollment. Dr. Plinsky said the system supports transfer and acceleration well, but funding constraints limit growth in some areas; she also noted that dual enrollment participation is high and that Valencia’s affordability and student support efforts have driven recent enrollment gains. Dr. Jim Clark of Florida State University followed with an overview of the State University System, describing its governance, performance-based funding, low tuition, and strong graduation and research outcomes. He highlighted FSU’s enrollment, research profile, transfer student success, FSU Health, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, partnerships with K-12 schools and Tallahassee State College, and efforts to expand nursing and medical education to address workforce shortages. After the presentations, the committee heard from a panel on student acceleration and mobility: Shannon Mercer of the Department of Education explained the Office of Articulation, the statewide course numbering system, FASTER records, the 2+2 transfer model, specialized AA transfer degrees, and credit for industry certifications, military, medical, and law-enforcement training. Panelists from Kaiser University, Florida State University, and Pinellas County Schools described their institutions’ roles in transfer, advising, career pathways, apprenticeships, and dual enrollment. No formal votes or bills were taken up in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• In the assignment to my full potential.
• I want to begin by accepting the committee amendments and thank the committee staff for their collaboration
• The motion is do pass to Judiciary Committee, with the amendments to be processed in that committee.
• The motion is do pass to Judiciary Committee, with the amendments to be processed in that committee.
• The motion is do pass to Judiciary Committee, with the amendments to be processed in that committee.

Committee: House Education

Transcript Highlights:

• committees and the full Legislative Joint Auditing Committee this month.
• were reviewed, with a focus on how cases are assigned and the total number of cases assigned to each
• the committee.
• The committee also reviewed 20 deferred reports and 91 current reports.
• The committee filed 84 current reports and deferred seven reports.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

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• Members of the committee.
• Members of the committee. I'm Chair. Members of the committee.
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Committee: Senate Higher Education