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• > Privacy</c> State interest of protecting the Privacy State interest of protecting the Privacy rights
• </c><02:45:59.120><c> of</c><02:45:59.520><c> females</c> State interest of females State interest of
• of</c><02:46:10.160><c> the</c> at the compelling State interests of the at the compelling State interests
• state interests of protecting the privacy rights and physical safety of such persons and others.
• And finally, in my view, most importantly, the statement of intent said a bipartisan majority of the

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• Since the inception of it, and a lot of it too, when we look at some of the presentation materials back
• , Pueblo of Santa Clara, and the Pueblo of Santa Ana.
• The complexity of it, all of those things, right?
• Um, so yeah, which is because of the implementation of the turquoise alert, which is again one of the
• I think that's kind of a simple thing, but a very interesting point.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• Of Conservation in collaboration with California Agricultural Land Equity Tax Force to provide financial
• Assembly Bill 743 by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez and others, and accolades of financial institutions
• of order.
• Financial Protection and Innovation to allow for the payment of fees using digital financial assets.
• I am recusing myself from this measure due to potential conflict of interest.

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• Within the Department of Financial Services, there's $62 million to continue replacing the state's accounting
• I suppose, in the interest of addressing this backlog, would you consider additional FTE funding during
• All of our systems that we provide education have to be financially healthy.
• And the look on their face was one of fear, of anguish, of concern.
• It's interesting that the same people who oppose renaming of U.S. military bases are the ones who want

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• to see what the board thinks interesting to see what the board thinks of<00:13:45.760><c> campaign</
• </c> of cases. of cases.
• </c> of uh 2028. of uh 2028.
• of the Secretary of State, any candidate statement submitted for inclusion in the voter guide is obscene
• Could I refer to two quick statements just before the bill moves out of this committee?

Committee: Senate Elections

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• of tax-delinquent land for any action ...any owner, interested party, or purchaser of tax-delinquent
• Yes, that is the first place we look, of course, and we do a limited title search to look for other interested
• Lands shall not be liable for any monetary damages to any owner, interested party, or purchaser of tax-delinquent
• You made the statement that they sent the instructions of the overage to the property in question that
• Any one of these notices that we would send out, we would send out to every interested party address

Committees: All JBC-CLAIMS , All JBC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE

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• The financial side of things has been determined, though, on the other vendor too.
• control that they want of not only their data, but also the financial cost for them to scale and grow
• I am the Director of State Financial Services for the Office of Management and Budget.
• I don't really see an advantage of doing higher ed first or doing our financial or payroll management
• I don't really see an advantage of doing higher ed first or doing our, you know, financial, our payroll

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

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• One of the things that's important to my area as well, or my interest I guess, is not only do we have
• </c> financial constraints, and lack of financial constraints, and lack of technical<01:11:06.560><c>
• From a funding and financial constraint standpoint, we talked a lot about some of the challenges or the
• , and financial capacity of some of our utility systems.
• very interested in fishing and in cleanliness of the river, and started with a Facebook group, but then

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning. Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions. Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.

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• MCEA is a public interest law firm and advocacy organization with over 50 years of experience defending
• their Wells without contamination of their Wells without financial<00:29:00.880><c> assistance</c><00
• </c><01:14:15.520><c> interesting</c><01:14:16.080><c> how</c> so and it's kind of interesting how so
• One of the things they found was his ledger book and notes, and it was interesting the amount of crops
• </c><01:21:34.960><c> that</c> was interesting the amount of crops that was interesting the amount of

Bills: HF363 , HF2155 , HF1524 , HF821 , HF1677 , HF1292

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

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• Among the bills implementing a large number of these categories, example of most of these categories.
• of applicants and the number of exempt units.
• In the case of interest on real estate loans, I can look into that one a bit more closely, Chair Pollitt
• We are sort of on the doorstep of starting that work.
• So we anticipate that both of those, with their considerable tax preference performance statements that

Committee: Joint Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences

Summary: The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on May 6, 2026, with quorum present and unanimously approved the October 21, 2025 minutes. The Attorney General’s Office then provided its annual open government refresher, covering key points of the Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, including broad disclosure requirements, records retention, response timelines for public records requests, and rules for meetings, special meetings, emergency meetings, and executive sessions. JLARC staff gave a 2026 legislative session update on tax preference bills. They highlighted 20 bills affecting tax preferences, including repeal of the coal-related sales and use tax exemption, changes to data center exemptions, new property tax exemptions for renewable energy facilities and land bank authorities, and a broad tax package in engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6346 that created multiple credits, deductions, and exemptions. Staff also presented the 2026 expedited tax preference review report covering 64 preferences, noting it is based on prior JLARC reviews and Department of Revenue studies and is now available in an interactive searchable format. The commission approved the 2026 public testimony questions without changes and then adopted the 2027–2036 tax preference review schedule, along with a new rolling 10-year schedule that will be updated each May. During discussion, commissioners raised concerns about how preferences are prioritized for full review versus expedited review, especially for older or high-revenue preferences without performance statements, and staff explained that legislative mandates, expiration dates, and workload constraints drive the schedule. The meeting also included a public and staff recognition of Commissioner Grant Forsyth’s 13 years of service and leadership, with remarks praising his collaborative approach and long tenure; the next meeting was set for August 4, 2026.

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• In the interest of establishing a quorum, Connolly? Here. Connolly, here. Here. Ellis, here.
• But these statements, absent real and meaningful action, are performative and fall short of responsible
• of color that fish for reasons of culture and or out of need, out of economic need.
• California Public Interest Research Group, the Catholic Charities of Stockton, the Center for Environmental
• I too was part of was ignorant of the importance of the glitterati.

Committee: House Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

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• introduce yourself to each other, and if you could, just give a brief statement about your interest
• And I'll give DJ a lot of credit here for starting us off on a kind of proposed mission statement, vision
• And I'll give DJ a lot of credit here for starting us off on a kind of proposed mission statement, vision
• One of the most interesting there.
• the health of communities. >> Any additional comments about the vision statement?

Summary: The subcommittee held its first meeting to discuss creating a Healthcare Transparency Dashboard focused largely on Kentucky Medicaid. Members introduced themselves and described their interest in using data transparency to improve policy, access to care, and program efficiency. The co-chairs said the dashboard should begin with a basic framework and expand over time, with a mission centered on collaboratively designing and maintaining a secure, data-driven dashboard housed with the Legislative Research Commission. Discussion focused on what should be measured and how data should be organized. Members agreed the dashboard should segment Medicaid populations rather than aggregate them, with separate attention to aged and disabled enrollees, expansion adults, and children. Suggested measures included emergency department utilization and follow-up, cancer screenings, child and adolescent well visits, adult well visits, postpartum care, newborn screenings and follow-ups, hospitalization and readmission rates, pharmacy, behavioral health, and claims data. Several members emphasized the need to include demographic and geographic information, while noting some items such as education may not be readily available in Medicaid data and that HIPAA and access issues will affect how detailed the public-facing dashboard can be. Members also discussed existing data sources and warned against duplicating work already being done by the cabinet, the Office of Data Analytics, CMS scorecards, and university Medicaid directed payment reporting. The group was encouraged to review the Medicaid and CHIP scorecard, which includes quality, administrative, and program characteristic measures, as a possible model. No formal votes were taken, but the subcommittee agreed to continue refining the mission statement, identify priority metrics, and consider benchmarking, outcomes, data-sharing, and technical platform issues before the next meeting.

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• I want to mention, first of all, there's been a couple of statements that I want to correct.
• . kind of financial burden this may place on counties.
• it'll be one that'll be of great interest to the committee and the members of the House.
• , and it also shifts the financial burden of the costs. of detention from the federal government to the
• the worst of the worst, the ability to deny a bond, regardless of your financial ability.

Bills: HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

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• The legislature passed it and immediately repealed it because of the influence of corporate special interests
• So for many, it will hardly move the needle when it comes to overall financial burden, as much of the
• Representative: What is the financial impact of municipalities and cities?
• The PCS enhances oversight of financial arrangements between insurers and affiliates.
• the world is not Wall Street or the banks of the financial sectors.

Bills: HB 118 , HB 388 , HB 114 , HB 205 , HB 2789 , HB 2791 , HB 499 , HB 2960 , HB 3163 , HB 3135 , HB 2427 , HB 1618 , HB 1672 , HB 1722 , HB 1338 , HB 787 , HB 2618 , HB 879 , HB 1126 , HB 4134 , HB 3513 , HB 718 , HB 1536 , HB 1445 , HB 1640 , HB 1893 , HB 1734 , HB 3229 , HB 3306 , HB 1276 , HB 3272 , HB 3276 , HB 3516 , HB 4145 , HB 1585 , HB 4810 , HB 2989 , HB 2558 , HB 3014 , HB 2742 , HB 1695 , HB 29 , HB 125 , HB 145 , HB 171 , HB 255 , HB 50 , HB 363 , HB 116 , HB 491 , HB 1495 , HB 368 , HB 1285 , HB 1905 , HB 2002 , HB 917 , HB 2723 , HB 2067 , HB 1238 , HB 745 , HB 1188 , HB 1606 , HB 2003 , HB 2147 , HB 2355 , HB 2546 , HB 2495 , HB 2818 , HB 2249 , HB 3228 , HB 3240 , HB 1507 , HB 658 , HB 1748 , HB 1851 , HB 1922 , HB 2798 , HB 107 , HB 1587 , HB 3684 , HB 118 , HB 388 , HB 114 , HB 205 , HB 2789 , HB 2791 , HB 499 , HB 2960 , HB 3163 , HB 3135 , HB 2427 , HB 1618 , HB 1672 , HB 1722 , HB 1338 , HB 787 , HB 2618 , HB 879 , HB 1126 , HB 4134 , HB 3513 , HB 718 , HB 1536 , HB 1445 , HB 1640 , HB 1893 , HB 1734 , HB 3229 , HB 3306 , HB 1276 , HB 3272 , HB 3276 , HB 3516 , HB 4145 , HB 1585 , HB 4810 , HB 2989 , HB 2558 , HB 3014 , HB 2742 , HB 1695 , HB 609 , HB 630 , HB 420 , HB 767 , HB 1708 , HB 1404 , HB 2457 , HB 140 , HB 227 , HB 913 , HB 2198 , HB 2763 , HB 1261 , HB 1135 , HB 1318 , HB 2358 , HB 2765 , HB 2735 , HB 3307 , HB 1242 , HB 2842 , HB 333 , HB 201 , HB 694 , HB 2415 , HB 155 , HB 272 , HB 405 , HB 519 , HB 1136 , HB 1275 , HB 1437 , HB 1532 , HB 1675 , HB 1868 , HB 1888 , HB 1990 , HB 2286 , HB 2523 , HB 3129 , HB 3251 , HB 3354 , HB 3479 , HB 3803 , HB 3804 , HB 3805 , HB 3806 , HB 3887 , HB 4163 , HB 4238 , HB 1240 , HB 1842 , HB 2029 , HB 2622 , HB 3255 , HB 654 , HB 4643 , HB 4945 , HB 3611 , HB 3724 , HB 3623 , HB 3810 , HB 4127 , HCR 78 , HCR 12 , SB 767

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• Speaking of the governor, he issued a statement saying that he couldn't support the legislation in its
• This group of people up here are interested in shifting the tax system, shifting the tax burden so that
• This group of people up here are interested in shifting the tax system, shifting the tax burden so that
• And through deficit spending, which makes interest rates and the cost of housing and the cost of owning
• And through deficit spending, which makes interest rates and the cost of housing and the cost of owning

Summary: House and Senate Democratic leaders announced and defended a new “Millionaire’s Tax” bill, saying it is intended to raise revenue from the highest earners while reducing reliance on sales tax and B&O tax and funding education, health care, community safety, and other state needs. They said the proposal is a starting point and will likely change as they continue talks with the governor, business groups, local governments, and other stakeholders. They also said the bill is not subject to cutoff because it affects state revenue, and that the Senate hearing is scheduled first in Ways and Means, with the House expected to follow after the Senate version moves over. The leaders described the bill as narrowly targeted at roughly 30,000 individual payers, with the first $1 million of income taxed at zero and the rate matching the state capital gains tax above that level. They argued the measure is not a broad income tax and rejected claims that it creates a marriage penalty, saying the structure mirrors the capital gains tax and uses Washington’s capital gains definitions. They also said the bill includes credits and deductions to address pass-through businesses, including dollar-for-dollar credits for B&O and public utilities taxes and an election allowing some businesses to pay the tax at the entity level. A major part of the discussion focused on how the bill would use revenue. Leaders said about 5% would go to counties for public defense costs tied to a new Supreme Court mandate, while the rest would support tax relief and new spending. They said the package would expand the Working Families Tax Credit, increase the small business credit, end the B&O surcharge a year early, and exempt some hygiene and grooming products from sales tax, with the tax-relief share estimated in the 20% range. They also said the necessity clause is needed because of structural budget problems and federal policy changes, and they expressed confidence that voters and lawmakers have become more open to taxing high earners, citing the capital gains tax vote and broader public concern about inequality and federal cuts.

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• of School Business Officials, to speak in support of Senate File 3750.
• </c> behalf of MREA and MSBA. behalf of MREA and MSBA.
• The addition of a storm shelter increased the cost of this project by more than $3 million of construction
• And so what I hear in a lot of these statements is we don't have enough money to do this.
• <c> we</c><00:47:05.320><c> don't</c> in a lot of these statements is we don't in a lot of these statements

Committee: Senate Labor

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• It is an organization that is financially and otherwise independent of public education industry and
• </c> &gt;&gt; Not a lot of words. &gt;&gt; Not a lot of words.
• And again, this is—I was one of them. Gay was one of them.
• So when the chief of of infrastructure.
• </c> part of my money, too? part of my money, too?

Bills: HB0111 , HB0112 , HB0122

Committee: Senate Appropriations

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• Current law strives to balance the interests of communities that wish to leave with those that choose
• Current law strives to balance the interests of communities that wish to leave with those that choose
• Speaker, I have a statement of regret that I'd like to read.
• Speaker, I have a statement of Uh, Mr.
• Speaker, I have a statement of regret<05:25:18.958><c> that</c><05:25:19.120><c> I'd</c><05:25:19.360

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• that</c> extreme numbers of cases of muskies that extreme numbers of cases of muskies that have<00:10
• </c><00:21:36.480><c> the</c> of Minnesota on each side of the of Minnesota on each side of the handout
• </c><00:31:37.120><c> of</c> question around the legal ease of of question around the legal ease of of
• So the state has proposed financial assistance also to help any of those making the transition. lined
• of the to be a deletion of part of the amendment.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

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• of special interests, and every special interest has got to get their paragraph in, right?
• And so take your special interests of choice. And you can, I can see it.
• to do an affidavit because you made a statement during one of the hearings.
• The reason stated for removal was conflict of interest.
• The reason stated for removal was conflict of interest.

Bills: SB40 , SB104 , SB136 , SB164

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary