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• Johns River State College System.
• Johns River State College System. As you probably know, we have three campuses: St.
• Johns River State College System. As you probably know, we have three campuses, St.
• We're getting our system working. You've got the word. Raise your hand. Thank you.
• So I've utilized the community college system.

Summary: The committee first heard CS/SB 270, which would extend Bright Futures eligibility by 12 months for certain students whose parent was serving overseas in public service and then retired, giving military and diplomatic families more time to return to Florida without losing scholarship eligibility. Senator Burgess also explained a late-filed amendment to set the bill’s effective implementation for the 2025-26 school year, and the committee adopted the amendment without objection. The bill received supportive testimony, including from Senator Smith, and was reported favorably by a roll call vote. The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmation hearings for appointees to state college boards of trustees, with the chair emphasizing a new process of hearing from each nominee individually rather than taking a blanket vote. Nominees from Tallahassee State College, St. Johns River State College, South Florida State College, Broward College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and Valencia College described their backgrounds and priorities, which largely centered on workforce development, nursing and health sciences, dual enrollment, fiscal responsibility, student retention, and partnerships with local employers and communities. Several nominees highlighted their own educational or professional ties to the colleges, and some noted the importance of serving rural or military-connected communities. One nominee, John Aloko for Pasco-Hernando State College, was not present because he was attending a conference in Hawaii and was deferred to a later hearing. After hearing all other nominees, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of the remaining appointees in a block vote, covering Tabs 2 through 22 except Tab 8, and the motion passed. Two members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on earlier items.

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• There's a number of other benefits that also accrue to the system.
• </c> smaller and this bill concerns systems smaller and this bill concerns systems that<00:35:26.320>
• Um, so energy going into the system.
• </c> that it would create a two-tiered system that it would create a two-tiered system for<00:56:01.359
• </c><00:56:20.880><c> because</c> already is a two-tiered system because already is a two-tiered system

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• AB 563 will strengthen our child care system. Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• AB 563 will strengthen our child care system. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
• We currently still see a disproportionate amount of tribal youth entering the system.
• More specifically, the bill requires that the operating system—so Google or Apple, or the operating system—would
• So the operating system knows her age.

Summary: The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition. Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency. The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.

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• </c> the nature of the issue is and a system the nature of the issue is and a system for<00:28:10.799
• </c> going to an ex an internal system going to an ex an internal system protecting<00:28:18.799><c>
• So we this education systems next year.
• </c><00:33:38.399><c> the</c> and the educational system the and the educational system the opportunity
• legislature</c> Under our system, the legislature Under our system, the legislature requires<01:44:00.239

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• What this bill includes is intragovernmental wheeling, which basically just means that energy system
• What this bill includes is intragovernmental wheeling, which basically just means that energy system
• They'll learn the system. No matter what I do, that's okay.
• Second, youth fines and justice system.
• system, and it's something<01:08:20.480><c> that</c><01:08:20.719><c> we</c><01:08:20.880><c> need.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Our health system is stronger when everyone is included, especially in the face of significant federal
• The fee schedule represents the intersection of two separate systems: health care and education.
• And I know integration of two systems is really difficult because we did it with the specialty mental
• health, and it's hard to integrate two systems.
• It's a huge gap in our system.

Summary: The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions. The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs. The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• them get into a better place, and we've gotten there thankfully, but it gives a much earlier warning system
• </c><00:46:14.839><c> in</c> the current Public Health Systems in the current Public Health Systems in
• </c><00:50:01.400><c> who</c> with the local healthc Care Systems who with the local healthc Care Systems
• </c><01:08:59.040><c> is</c> Hampshire's Health Care system is Hampshire's Health Care system is stretched
• </c> hospice care and identify the systemic hospice care and identify the systemic reforms<01:10:28.360

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• In August 2023, the OCA hosted a system review mapping to look at larger system issues and identify areas
• > review</c> of growth during that System review of growth during that System review mapping<00:28:35.799
• "It would be an honor system, essentially, right?
• </c> versus having that separate court system versus having that separate court system dedicated<01:56
• </c> back to the superior court system back to the superior court system so<01:56:40.840><c> in</c><01

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General. The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.

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• My point is this, that if we don't have a fair system, a hearing system, an appeal system just to be
• My point is this, that if we don't have a fair system, a hearing system, an appeal system just to be
• My point is this, that if we don't have a fair system, a hearing system, an appeal system just to be
• My point is this, that if we don't have a fair system, a hearing system, an appeal system just to be
• My point is this, that if we don't have a fair system, a hearing system, an appeal system just to be

Keywords: 981, all

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• </c><00:14:09.440><c> for</c><00:14:09.560><c> the</c> transportation system for the transportation system
• So, to get to uh plate system.
• </c> system like this. system like this.
• And then at its information systems.
• But again, help improve this system.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee opened by taking roll for the Joint Transportation, Highways, and Military Affairs Committee and noting that 20 topics had been submitted for discussion, including one late addition. Members were asked to number the topics for reference, and the chair explained that each presenter should give a brief overview before the committee returned to the dais for questions and possible ranking or action. No votes were taken during the portion provided. The first topic was a request from the Associated General Contractors of Wyoming to have TRIP, a third-party transportation research organization, present a report on Wyoming’s highway system. The report is intended to identify transportation needs and 25 priority projects, and the committee generally supported hearing the report and methodology directly from TRIP. The next topic combined two similar railroad safety proposals. Representative Chestek described a bill addressing train length, wayside detectors, and track inspections, citing the East Palestine derailment and concerns about reduced inspection frequency. Committee members raised questions about federal preemption and enforcement authority; Chestek said states can be more protective of safety where federal rules leave gaps, and WYDOT said it would need additional expertise and staffing to administer such a program. No public testimony was offered on the railroad topic. The committee then heard two proposals from the Wyoming Military Department. One would study Tricare subsidies for mental health providers by comparing Tricare reimbursement rates with other insurers, gathering de-identified data on eligible members and provider participation, and then returning to the committee with findings before any legislative recommendation. Members discussed whether the issue might fit better in Labor, Health, and Social Services, but the military department said it believed the committee had a strong connection to the topic. The second military topic would study Service Group Life Insurance for state active duty, comparing state and federal death benefits for Guard members to identify any shortfalls. The committee also briefly discussed a VSO program review raised by Representative Neff, focusing on the number of veterans service officers and retention, but no action was taken in the excerpt.

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• Not totally to a handc count system.
• We want our election system.”
• And this is really, it's a system. I don't want to compare it to McDonald's, but it's a system.
• </c> when the system works. And so Mr. Mr. when the system works. And so Mr. Mr.
• </c> properly tested tabulation systems. properly tested tabulation systems.

Bills: HB0022, HB0052, HB0076

Keywords: municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, elections, hand counting, recounts, vote auditing, Wyoming legislature, electoral process, annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, 916, all

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• I’m connected with other medical directors and other health systems, other state hospital systems, uh
• I’m connected with other medical directors and other health systems, other state hospital systems, uh
• Yeah, yeah, we don't have a system.
• in the system.
• in the system.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:17:52.200><c> that</c> Novel crops and production systems that Novel crops and production systems
• I'm manager of the Red Rock rural water system located in Jeffers, Minnesota.
• Our system is currently meeting all the needs of nitrate levels.
• Our number one priority in our system is to protect our water sources.
• </c> continuous living cover cropping systems continuous living cover cropping systems region<00:38:59.960

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• certain components of the system and those are namely on your screen.
• A property's classification is crucial to the property tax system.
• </c> is is crucial to the property tax system is is crucial to the property tax system that<00:02:11.720
• system system 2002<00:53:54.640><c> we</c><00:53:54.880><c> came</c><00:53:55.520><c> into</c><00:53
• </c> tax system tax system all<01:32:54.719><c> parties</c><01:32:55.080><c> shareing</c><01:32:55.440

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:35:03.760><c> You</c> electrical distribution system. You electrical distribution system.
• If by heat heating and power system.
• <04:46:06.080><c> So</c><04:46:06.878><c> uh</c> system? So uh system?
• </c> system peaks. system peaks. &gt;&gt; Thank<05:14:16.400><c> you.</c> &gt;&gt; Thank you.
• </c> depending on system configuration. depending on system configuration.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Here we update the case mix classification system to the patient-driven system for our nursing homes
• EIDBI system.
• EIDBI system.
• EIDBI system.
• So, it might be system was set up.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> and shall be purged from the system and shall be purged from the system within<00:07:11.440><c>
• that the LPR system is a useful system that the LPR system is a useful system for<00:09:23.279><c> interdiction
• </c> into the system. into the system.
• They enter that into the system.
• </c> inserted into the system by the police. inserted into the system by the police.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c><00:02:35.440><c> We</c> State is an open access system. We State is an open access system.
• </c> three separate uncoordinated systems. three separate uncoordinated systems.
• Original systems have a building.
• </c> systems are at the end of their life. systems are at the end of their life.
• :14.879><c> and</c><00:08:15.120><c> the</c> electrical system is original and the electrical system

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> encourage to ensure the systems encourage to ensure the systems alignment<00:36:38.240><c> by</c
• </c><00:36:41.680><c> of</c> cognitive decline into our systems of cognitive decline into our systems
• So strengthening the systems of care for So strengthening the systems of care for healthy<01:11:52.960
• </c><01:12:21.199><c> I</c> strengthening our systems of care. I strengthening our systems of care.
• And some goals for the system of care.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, approving the prior meeting minutes with one abstention from a member who had been absent. It then received an update from DHHS Commissioner Lori Weaver on the department’s rural health transformation grant submission. Weaver said the grant was submitted ahead of the deadline, reflected input from communities and providers statewide, and would now enter a CMS review and negotiation phase. She explained that the governor’s office will oversee the grant with DHHS, that some proposals may be limited by federal parameters, and that the department may need to hire some staff to administer the grant, within the grant’s administrative cap. Members also discussed DHHS budget pressures and staffing. The department’s CFO, Nathan White, reviewed the agency’s budget mix, noting that DHHS accounts for a large share of the state’s operating and general fund budgets, and explained projected general fund lapse estimates, which he said are currently just under $20 million for the department. He also described why lapse projections are difficult to predict in DHHS because many costs are driven by utilization and because some funds are statutorily non-lapsing. White reported that vacancy rates have risen, citing about 400 unfunded positions in the current biennium and the department’s hiring freeze, while emphasizing that direct-care positions are being prioritized. Committee members raised concerns that back-of-the-budget cuts and weak revenue collections could affect the department’s ability to manage lapse projections. The committee then heard from Division of Public Health Director Ian Watt on vaccine policy and federal changes. Watt said New Hampshire continues to support access to safe and effective vaccines, including through the universal purchase program and seasonal respiratory virus guidance. He explained a recent CDC change regarding the MMRV vaccine, which now discourages the combined shot for the first dose in children under four because of febrile seizure risk, while still allowing it for the second dose. Watt said New Hampshire’s school and child care vaccine mandates remain stable, with nine vaccines required for schoolchildren and 10 for child care, and that the state continues to review federal recommendations cautiously. He also said there have been no supply or funding disruptions affecting vaccine access, and that childhood vaccine funding through commercial insurers remains intact. Finally, the Permanent Subcommittee on Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Related Dementias presented its annual report. The subcommittee said it met about six times, heard presentations on state services, silver alerts, brain health awareness, and palliative/hospice care, and began work on updating the state’s Alzheimer’s plan, which had last been updated in 2015-2016. To gather more direct input, the subcommittee formed a needs-assessment work group to develop a survey for people living with dementia, caregivers, and service providers. It recommended integrating Alzheimer’s and dementia materials into chronic disease, aging, and public health outreach; embedding cognitive health into systems of care and the state health improvement plan; adding cognitive health measures to BRFSS; and continuing partnerships with aging and advocacy organizations. Members praised the report and suggested it should clearly identify the subcommittee and include page numbers in future versions.

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• Every insurance company uses a policy administration system.
• The system HPIA uses is over 30 years old.
• The system HPIA uses is over 30 years old.
• It's a major issuance claims and billing the system issuance claims and billing the system hpia<00:26
• </c> system this will be a cloud-based system system this will be a cloud-based system that<00:27:36.600

Keywords: 912, senate, all