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• Nursing homes or intermediate care facilities and assisted living facilities that fail to notify guardians
• Long-term care facilities can be fruitful grounds for ballot fraud.
• a long-term care facility.
• Also, the issue of, so HHSC is notified and they notify the facility and the facility has to determine
• I think it skips a generation.

Committee: House Elections

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• He was in a facility in the community. So it's expensive.
• They may not be so familiar with how to run a child care facility.
• So the Attorney General may commence a civil action, and it gives the Attorney General just a little
• And we've got a very short window to create generational change.
• And we've got a very short window to create generational change.

Committee: House Economic Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• general general funds.<00:48:05.680><c> This</c><00:48:06.480><c> is</c> um um um almost<00:48:12.720
• </c> the top of my head here, but generally the top of my head here, but generally there's<00:51:00.480
• </c> reduce general funds. reduce general funds.
• </c> money, it's backed up by general money, it's backed up by general funds.<01:28:21.679><c> This</
• </c> those funding sources and 100% general those funding sources and 100% general funds<01:30:21.360

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This number includes officers trained at our facility at Cleat.
• What I've asked Our building or our facilities manager to do personally.
• I generate Abel generates $13 million in revenue for the general fund today.
• And then funding sources, obviously, as I said, we generate $13 million in general fund.
• We had three different storage facilities. we've consolidated that.

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: 914, all

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• The next slide shows the Governor's proposed budget as it relates to general revenue.
• This funding request is to repair and upgrade DJJ's aging facilities.
• In correctional facility construction, we're asking for $56.4 million.
• We're also moving on to correctional facility maintenance.
• Yeah, I'll do my best answer for both as it relates to. the beds and services in general.

Bills: S0054 , S0156 , S0296 , S0298

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Keywords: cognitive function, psychotropic drugs, violent offenders, autopsy procedures, medical records, school safety, public records, open government, sunshine law, victims of dating violence, domestic violence, address confidentiality program, confidential address, voter registration, voting records, elections, supervisor of elections, Department of State, Attorney General, privacy

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $117.4 billion overall and includes $8.2 billion for the public safety silo. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office outlined proposed funding and reductions across FDLE, DJJ, DOC, and related justice agencies. Agency heads then presented major budget requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, a career offender registry unit, a missing persons alert system upgrade, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and illegal immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested funds for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility repairs; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications technology, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about the scope of immigration-related enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, inmate health care, substance use treatment, prison capacity, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. A public commenter also urged attention to basic conditions in prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and facility maintenance. The committee then considered several bills. CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, was presented as a response to the killing of Daytona Beach Officer Jason Rayner and would clarify that a person may not use violence against an officer performing official duties, while also increasing penalties related to manslaughter involving law enforcement. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after debate and a roll call vote. CS/SB 54, dealing with substances affecting cognitive function and law enforcement access to certain medical records, also received an amendment clarifying that only records relevant to an investigation of a violent offender may be furnished; the amended bill was then reported favorably. The committee next heard CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from advocates and survivors strongly supported the measure, and the bill was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, a public records exemption for victims of domestic and dating violence in the Address Confidentiality Program, was also reported favorably. The meeting concluded after the committee approved all four bills and adjourned.

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• Can you explain why that file was removed, and now it's just general instructions?
• Can you explain why that file was removed, and now it's just general instructions?
• That's a likely scenario, and you would get blood from the general supply at that point.
• Idahoans are really, really generous, 93,000 units a year.
• facility types such as cafeterias, micro markets, commissaries, and food trucks.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• I'm not opposed to sending it to general orders and removing it.
• these facilities.
• Care facilities should not have an exemption in the sex offender statute when residents of these facilities
• these facilities.
• Care facilities should not have an exemption in the sex offender statute when residents of these facilities

Committee: House Judiciary, Rules and Administration

Keywords: 989, all

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• For the people and the facilities, each facility creates its own site-specific emergency plan.
• requirements, and the first one in A is safety of camp facility.
• My question is more about a general overview.
• I'm general counsel for the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association.
• It'd be codified into law, so there's one generic plan for the whole state.

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

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• The IMD exclusion also does not apply to facilities of 16 beds or less.
• The IMD exclusion also does not apply to facilities of 16 beds or less.
• So these are the facilities where, pursuant to federal law, programs.
• States still have avenues to pursue care in residential facilities.
• Respectfully submitted, Chris Joseph, General Counsel, Office of the Governor.

Committee: Joint Tribal and State Relations Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're constantly looking for ways to pay for roads to the general fund.
• This allows the state to use construction tax generated on site by the project itself.
• And I know we're talking about huge manufacturing facilities here, huge projects.
• We have a headcount of about 3,800 employees at our facility in Casa Grande.
• All of our facilities are built under a PLA, but our facilities internally are not union-organized.

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2615, as amended by a strike-everything amendment creating an Independent Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety with 15 members, authority to review DCS data and practices, request briefings and audits, conduct site visits, and receive confidential complaints, with a $2.2 million FY 2027 appropriation. The sponsor and several parents and foster/adoptive caregivers testified in support, describing child safety failures and arguing for independent accountability, while some members questioned whether the Ombudsman’s office was the right home for the committee and suggested other oversight structures. The amendment was adopted, but the bill itself failed on a 5-5 vote. House Bill 2620, which would appropriate $300,000 annually from FY 2027 through FY 2031 to the Arizona Department of Veterans Services for grants to emergency shelters serving veterans, received strong support from the sponsor and shelter advocates who said the funding would help move homeless veterans toward stable housing and connect them with VA services. Members emphasized veterans’ service and the need for trauma-informed case management, and the bill passed with a 10-0 do-pass recommendation. House Bill 2321, requiring DCS to place and later remove a credit freeze for children in care to prevent identity theft, also passed unanimously after the sponsor and members discussed the administrative process and protections for foster youth. The committee then considered House Bill 2601, directing ADOT to seek federal segmentation for the Interstate 11 project between Casa Grande and Wickenburg so environmental review could proceed separately from litigation affecting the southern portion. Supporters framed the bill as a bipartisan way to keep the project moving, while opponents from environmental groups and several members argued it would encourage sprawl, harm desert habitat, and add cost and delay; the bill passed 6-4. House Bill 2992, a pilot program for child sexual abuse and grooming awareness education in six public schools, drew testimony from a trafficking survivor and others who supported prevention efforts, but some members argued the topic should be handled through broader sex education or parent education; it passed 6-4. Later bills also advanced: HB 2156, appropriating $250,000 to the Livestock Compensation Fund, passed 7-3; HB 2165, exempting certain veterans and National Guard members from state park admission fees, passed 6-4 after amendment narrowing the exemption; HB 2960, creating a veterans specialty court grant program and related data-sharing requirements, passed 8-0; HB 2014, directing studies on gasoline blends and fuel feasibility amid EPA waiver concerns, passed 6-2; and HB 2957, preserving non-Real ID licenses and limiting biometric/data retention with a Kavanaugh amendment, passed 5-4-1.

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• or multiple other facilities.
• or multiple other facilities.
• or multiple other facilities.
• Cloud and Stillwater, and those modern facilities are now the adequate facilities.
• Cloud and Stillwater, and those modern facilities are now the adequate facilities.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee met late on Friday evening to discuss the Public Safety and Judiciary budget agreement, beginning with a brief exchange among members about concerns that the executive branch had been delaying the committee’s work by waiting to approve legislative decisions. Members emphasized that the legislature should retain its independence while still allowing normal collaboration with the governor’s office. The committee then moved through several outstanding policy items and adopted them without opposition, including the A38 amendment addressing data-sharing concerns involving disability-related information, a study of firefighting services by the state fire marshal, and an A46 amendment governing access to unredacted portable recording system data in collision investigations, with guardrails on disclosure and use. The committee next reviewed the spreadsheet and budget targets. Fiscal staff explained the judiciary side of the agreement, including funding for court operating costs, a one-time Justice Partner Access Program appropriation, forensic exam rate increases, guardian ad litem funding, public defense, human rights, the competency attainment board, the cannabis expungement board, and fee increases for civil filings and motions. On the public safety side, staff described the target as well as the discretionary items funded, including nonprofit security grants, BCA staffing changes, fire marshal initiatives, a 10-year arson statute of limitations, prosecutor training grants, legal representation for children, E911 funding for critical infrastructure, Philando Castile Training Fund support, corrections-related savings from the Stillwater phased closure and sentence-to-serve elimination, a mandatory minimums task force, a victims of crime account transfer, a decommissioning study, in-service use-of-force training, and extensions of several expiring appropriations. The committee also noted a correction to a spreadsheet label related to the Stillwater closure item. After the spreadsheet walkthrough, the committee took testimony from Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and State Court Administrator Jeff Shorban on behalf of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Hudson thanked the committee for its work and said the agreement covers some unavoidable costs, including insurance, lease expenses, forensic examiner pay, and the new access system, but argued it does not adequately address the judiciary’s most urgent problem: staffing and judicial compensation. She said court employees are leaving for better-paying jobs, judicial salaries are frozen for two years, and applicant pools for judgeships have declined, especially in greater Minnesota. She also said the judicial branch was not meaningfully consulted on the budget target and urged lawmakers to recognize the courts as a constitutional obligation rather than a discretionary program.

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• It goes back to the General Fund.
• It should stay in the General Fund. Okay.
• funds, which is $568,000 in General Fund in 2026-27, and then a little less, $925,000 General Fund ongoing
• So the request is for $355,000 General Fund for fiscal year 2026-27, and then $326,000... ...General
• As of April, ICE is detaining over 5,800 Californians in for-profit private detention facilities, facilities

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• General John Vessie and his wife are remembered at the cemetery across the street from this facility.
• </c><00:36:03.920><c> John</c> that you see here uh General John that you see here uh General John Vessie's
• Uh so the street from this facility.
• Um and then the ability facility open.
• </c><00:37:11.760><c> again</c> in a 40,000 square foot facility again in a 40,000 square foot facility

Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And it's interesting because, you know, in my generation, we didn't talk about it.
• Let me just take on the first one on the facilities.
• All of these sports facilities and existing facilities that get activated by whatever countries, because
• I'm sure General Hoover is already.
• And lastly, every dollar invested in Metro generates $3.50 in economic output.

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, with opening remarks from Assembly Members Tina McKinnor and Chris Ward emphasizing the Games’ cultural, economic, and statewide significance. Members highlighted opportunities for arts and culture, tourism, and community participation, while also noting the need for orderly proceedings and public cooperation. LA28 leaders Reynolds Hoover and Janet Evans described the organizing committee’s structure, the scale of the event, and its goals of delivering a fiscally responsible, no-build Games centered on athletes, sustainability, and legacy benefits. LA28 testified that the Games will be the largest in Olympic history, with more than 15,000 athletes, over 800 events, more than 50 venues, and a budget of $7.2 billion. They discussed venue plans, the athlete village at UCLA, the addition of new sports such as cricket, flag football, lacrosse, squash, and baseball/softball arrangements, and the first Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. Members asked about fashion and merchandising, faith-based participation, venue upgrades, housing, small business opportunities, environmental goals, and athlete mental health. LA28 said it is prioritizing local and small business participation, has launched youth sports and volunteer initiatives, and is working with the IOC on mental health support and with venue owners on improvements. City of Los Angeles representative Paul Corcoran outlined the city’s role in maximizing economic benefit and long-term legacy through the Mayor’s “Games for All” vision, including accessibility, human rights, youth sports, arts and culture, and transportation improvements. He said the city is using tools like RAMP, Compete for L.A., business source centers, and procurement and financing programs to help local businesses participate, and that the city is seeking broader support for arts and culture programming tied to the Cultural Olympiad. Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins described transit planning for a “transit-first” Games, including the Games-Enhanced Transit Service, borrowing about 1,700 buses from agencies nationwide, and asking the state for $379 million in construction funding for legacy transit projects. She said all projects are environmentally cleared and expected to be ready in time for the Games, while members raised concerns about traffic, multilingual wayfinding, and the need for strong public messaging to reduce congestion. Public comment urged that the Games be experienced beyond venues and across communities, and no formal votes were taken.

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• </c> the nursing facility? Will they pass? the nursing facility? Will they pass?
• facilities as well.
• nursing facilities.
• </c> or 76 nursing facilities. or 76 nursing facilities.
• </c> major solid waste facilities. major solid waste facilities.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:21:44.640><c> or</c> a bathroom laboratory facilities or a bathroom laboratory facilities or
• </c> maintenance and the use of facilities maintenance and the use of facilities designed<00:22:14.880
• In our generation, it was half a percent of people who were trans in the younger generation.
• In our generation, it was half a percent of people who were trans in the younger generation.
• In our generation, it was half a percent of people who were trans in the younger generation.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c> establish a office of inspector general. establish a office of inspector general.
• </c> general description language from Mr. general description language from Mr.
• </c><01:43:00.960><c> attorneys</c> attorney general and county attorneys attorney general and county
• Senator Uma Verbettton, facility Senator Uma Verbettton, facility fees.<02:25:43.040><c> Uh</c><02:25
• </c> the fire safety account, not the general the fire safety account, not the general fund.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• as recycling facilities.
• …running those facilities today. Mr. Brill, if you can, last line. Okay.
• You know, the bill says it's necessary… …come in and inspect their facility.
• …of a scrap metal dealer, that was a generation business.
• You're going to promote medical facilities, so-called medical facilities.

Keywords: 1146, all

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• These might be individuals living in intermediate care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, forensic
• These might be individuals living in intermediate care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, forensic
• Individuals in intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing facilities do not have to be in pre-enrollment
• We also do outreach to individuals in intermediate care facilities.
• In terms of general maintenance, we have very set procedures.

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee took up two bills and then continued oversight discussions with APD and AHCA. CS/HB 27, the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact, was presented as a way to let Florida social workers practice in other compact states and vice versa; AARP, the Florida Chamber, and NASW Florida supported it, and the bill passed favorably. HB 1127, a child welfare bill, would create a treatment foster care pilot for children with high behavioral needs, improve DCF data collection on commercially sexually exploited children, and expand recruitment for protective investigators and case managers; the bill also passed favorably after brief supportive testimony. The committee then questioned APD at length about the iBudget waiver waitlist, enrollment pace, spending projections, and provider capacity. APD said it had sent more than 1,100 interest letters in categories 3, 4, and 5, enrolled 1,124 people so far this year, and expects to spend about 96.4% of its waiver appropriation, leaving roughly $82 million unspent. Members pressed APD on why prior discussions suggested more reserve was needed, how long the SANS process takes, whether category 6 could be expanded, and whether the agency has enough waiver support coordinators and direct support providers. APD said it has about 1,061 waiver support coordinators statewide, adequate capacity for current enrollees, but would need further analysis if the legislature directed a much larger enrollment increase. Members also asked about outreach, annual maintenance of the waitlist, portability for military families, and whether communication efforts should be privatized. Finally, AHCA walked the committee through the 2023 Achieved Savings Rebate (ASR) report for Aetna and explained how the report is used for financial monitoring, rebate calculations, and transparency. AHCA said the ASR is separate from the medical loss ratio (MLR) calculation, though both are reviewed, and that Florida uses the ASR mechanism rather than an MLR remittance requirement to recover funds from plans. Members asked about related-party disclosures, CVS/Caremark relationships, expanded benefits, encounter data, network adequacy penalties, denials and appeals reporting, interest earned on capitation payments, and whether rate increases were reaching providers. AHCA and the outside auditors said they review the plans’ reported data, reconcile it to underlying records, and can assess liquidated damages for network adequacy violations; several members requested follow-up data on rebates, interest, provider capacity, and related-party reporting.

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• Um and then that the facilities.
• that</c><00:40:41.119><c> are</c> facilities and other facilities that are facilities and other facilities
• </c> 2361 be re-referred to the general 2361 be re-referred to the general register?
• Who knows maybe general register.
• Um, all those in general register.

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house