Transcript Highlights:

• They are working every day to organize, educate, and support communities across our state.
• Marcella cherished her role as a parent and took great pride in nurturing Savannah with love, strength
• Marcella cherished her role as a parent and took great pride in nurturing Savannah with love, strength

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then handled a series of procedural motions including suspending rules, re-referring several bills to committees, and allowing committee notices for pending re-referrals. Members also received guest introductions, including LA28 leadership for an informational hearing on preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, and advocacy groups focused on reproductive health and equity. On the floor, the Assembly took up several third-reading bills. AB 1944 by Assembly Member Lee, which would delay implementation of lower axle weight limits for zero-emission buses to give transit agencies more time to adapt to battery technology limits, passed 49-1. AB 2305 by Assembly Member Caloza, prohibiting private equity and other corporate investors from controlling or influencing litigation decisions, passed 55-0. AB 2004 by Assembly Member Al-Annees, authorizing Fresno and San Joaquin counties to designate county correctional officers as peace officers if locally agreed, passed 52-0 after supportive remarks from Assembly Member Tangipa about a Fresno County correctional officer who died after being injured in a jail shooting. The Assembly also adopted the second-day consent calendar, including ACR 161 on Special Districts Week and HR 87 on school accountability, with 57 co-authors added to the resolutions and unanimous votes on the consent items. The session concluded with an adjournment in memory for Marcella Villanueva, a longtime California Commission on Aging employee remembered for her service and compassion, followed by announcements of upcoming committee hearings and the next floor session before adjournment until Thursday, April 9 at 9 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• They are working every day to organize, educate, and support communities across our state.
• Marcella cherished her role as a parent and took great pride in nurturing Savannah with love, strength
• Marcella cherished her role as a parent and took great pride in nurturing Savannah with love, strength

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The Department of Education has played a crucial role in overseeing civil rights protections in educational
• through the Individuals with Disabilities Education.
• Our education system has already gone over the cliff.
• It is entirely inconvenient to educate students who need a special education because it's expensive.
• The reality of an education system without a Department of Education to disperse funds doesn't just look

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• It was my responsibility to educate the public.
• It was my responsibility to educate the public.
• They're not getting a proper education.
• They're not getting a proper education.
• We educated that board, and what do you know?

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing covered a wide range of Judiciary Committee bills, with much of the testimony focused on criminal justice, public safety, and civil asset forfeiture reform. Several lawmakers and advocates supported bills to increase penalties or create new offenses related to assaults on sports officials, assaults on transit workers, reckless discharge of firearms, fires and explosives, pill press machines, and drug-induced homicide. Testifiers described rising harassment and violence against youth sports officials and transit workers, as well as the fentanyl overdose crisis and the need for stronger tools to prosecute dealers whose conduct leads to death. Supporters of the sports-official and transit-worker bills emphasized declining referee availability and repeated assaults on commuter rail and MBTA workers. District attorneys also backed bills on reckless firearm discharge and fires/explosives, saying current law does not adequately address dangerous conduct that endangers bystanders. The committee also heard testimony on several proposals related to youth diversion and prison mitigation. Supporters of the youth court justice fund bill said youth courts are peer-led diversion programs with strong compliance and low recidivism, and argued for a stable funding source rather than annual earmarks. A representative from Bridgewater supported a prison mitigation fund for municipalities that host state prisons, saying the costs of public safety and emergency services are not fully covered. On gun policy, testimony split between supporters of a bill to ban in-state manufacture of assault-style rifles for civilian sale and opponents or skeptics of other firearm-related measures, including a bill on collateralizing firearms and a bill to increase penalties for drug trafficking combined with illegal firearm offenses. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to civil asset forfeiture reform. Advocates from the ACLU, CPCS, the Boston Bar Association, the Institute for Justice, and others supported bills to increase the burden of proof, improve transparency and reporting, require counsel, and limit or eliminate the current practice of directing forfeiture proceeds to law enforcement. They argued the current system creates perverse incentives, lacks adequate due process, and is insufficiently transparent. District Attorney Paul Tucker defended current forfeiture practices, saying his office has reporting and oversight, uses the funds for investigations and community programs, and warned that reducing forfeiture revenue would hinder crime fighting. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; the chairs repeatedly thanked witnesses and indicated the bills would remain under consideration.

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• MEEA is out there telling every parent to come and vote for this and they get enough people... ...out
• Believe me, when we were educating about the general obligation bond, we heard people.
• Believe me, when we were educating about the general obligation bond, we heard people.
• Many of our parents are in that same boat. And so we've heard that from them.
• Many of our parents are in that same boat. And so we've heard that from them.

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• :00.000><c> children</c> are families, parents, and children are families, parents, and children who<
• We have Carter's parents, Dan and Jamie Brenseth.
• It's in really good shape, and really importantly, thank you to Jamie's parents, Carter's parents, excuse
• for our Carter's you to Jamie's parents for our Carter's parents,<01:17:10.880><c> excuse</c><01:17:
• ><c> was</c><03:15:38.560><c> a</c> week in education, there was a week in education, there was a conversation

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I remember the drive to Columbia with my parents after we received that call.
• Speaker, to me, agriculture education is more important than ever before.
• And so, as many of you know, I'm a big proponent of agricultural education.
• They focus on reading to kids and advocating for reading and education.
• So, as many of you know, I'm a big proponent of agricultural education.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by roll call vote, 102-1. Members then used points of personal privilege and special guest introductions to recognize constituents, advocacy groups, students, school officials, physical therapy advocates, domestic violence service providers, and others. One member delivered an emotional statement about the arrest of the suspect in his sister’s 26-year-old murder case, thanking law enforcement and prosecutors involved in the cold-case investigation. The chamber then took up House Bills 2097 and 1905, a measure to expand an agriculture education pilot program into a statewide option for elementary schools. Supporters from both parties described it as a way to teach children where food comes from, connect agriculture with literacy and math, and encourage interest in farming and related careers. The House adopted the committee substitute and perfected and printed the bills. Members also considered House Bill 2167, which would codify and expand authority for Attorney General investigators and, through amendments, address House and Senate security officers and certain other state officers. Debate centered on whether the bill improperly broadened the original subject and whether it would give too much arrest power or create safety and constitutional concerns. One amendment to the amendment failed on a roll call, 62-68-1, but the House adopted the St. Charles amendment 61-43 and then perfected and printed HB 2167 as amended. Finally, the House took up House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2747 and 2047, a clean-slate/automatic expungement bill. Supporters said it would give people who have completed their sentences a second chance and improve access to jobs and stability; the sponsor also explained a related change limiting death-penalty sentencing in hung-jury cases so judges would not impose death in that circumstance. The House adopted an amendment requiring expungements to be shared with consumer reporting agencies, then adopted the committee substitute and perfected and printed the bill as amended. The House also announced upcoming events and then recessed until 2 p.m.

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• I'd like to call the fifth meeting of the House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education
• You know, I'll start off first and foremost, my wife's a teacher, but I'm not an educator.
• will develop its own education will develop its own guidelines<00:16:14.399><c> for</c><00:16:14.639
• The regulation changes by the Department of Education really caused grave concern among special education
• And parents. I'll agree with that too. Representative Rabourn. Representative Riley.

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:02 Bills for Consideration: 26RS HB 383: 1:03 26RS HB 469: 6:32 26RS HB 586: 14:46 26RS HB 621: 19:58 Adjournment: 28:32, 958, all

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• , and they provide career pathways through our public education.
• And it's more education and awareness and referral. Okay, great.
• It relates to everything from education benefits associated with Hazelwood.
• Educate them on the benefits of being in politics, and it's quite an honor.
• These are kids whose parents are incarcerated, probation, and CASA kids.

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• younger members of 4-H to mentor them along and then take the advice from the volunteer leaders and parents
• Senate Bill 280, having been read twice by title, is sort of printed and referred to the Senate Education
• The Education Committee will be meeting at nine o'clock.
• We're going to try and get through them in the Incentive Education Room 311.

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• </c><00:47:32.160><c> who</c> hopkington New Hampshire to parents who hopkington New Hampshire to parents
• </c><01:04:36.920><c> business</c> purposes of illness education business purposes of illness education
• resident parents federal tax forms<01:07:09.680><c> so</c><01:07:10.680><c> the</c><01:07:10.839><c>
• </c><01:23:03.159><c> uh</c> students but also their parents uh students but also their parents uh because
• But some of us might be estranged from our parents and not have access to our birth certificate.

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Parents or families had to access them through multiple entry points.
• that's already producing results, that there's coordination between child welfare, early childhood education
• welfare, coordination between child welfare, early<00:01:40.799><c> childhood</c><00:01:41.280><c> education
• ,</c><00:01:42.240><c> youth</c><00:01:42.720><c> justice</c> early childhood education, youth justice
• early childhood education, youth justice initiatives,<00:01:44.720><c> and</c><00:01:45.040><c> that

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Either they've lost a parent, or their parent is disabled, or the child themselves are disabled. hours
• , very special group of children who have not only had their own difficulties in life by losing a parent
• </c><00:11:59.120><c> or</c> up homeless or without an education or up homeless or without an education
• or</c><00:12:14.959><c> being</c><00:12:15.279><c> disabled</c><00:12:16.399><c> but</c> losing a parent
• </c><01:05:12.240><c> the</c> and schools to care for and educate the and schools to care for and educate

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• My parents bought a really small cabin in a former resort on a lake.
• And I can say parents are begging for help.
• That's the parents' job.
• a parent, uh, I realize parents are completely incapable of fighting this fight.
• <c> right</c><00:36:47.920><c> because</c> Parents should have this right because Parents should have

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, the way to look at it, my parents live in an HOA, and they pay $100 a month to the HOA, and
• So do you think maybe going into the transparency area of a budget, where anybody with any education
• We're still in the education process. Everybody's got homework. We're discovering.
• The other one is higher education.
• Education is very important. Representative Griffiths talked about public safety.

Summary: The Select Committee on Property Taxes heard first from city representatives through the Florida League of Cities, who argued that property taxes are a stable local revenue source that funds core services such as police, fire, parks, public works, and stormwater work. Casey Cook emphasized that cities are optional governments with widely different tax bases and service levels, that exemptions shift the burden to fewer taxpayers, and that transparency already exists through TRIM notices, public budgets, and local hearings. Sarah Campbell of Fernandina Beach, T. Michael Stavris of Winter Haven, and Stephen O’Kee of Port St. Lucie described their budget processes, the share of general-fund revenue coming from property taxes, reserve policies, debt and capital planning, and the impact of inflation, minimum wage increases, and personnel costs. They all said local governments need predictable revenue and that any property tax changes would require careful consideration of replacement funding or service reductions. Members questioned the city panel about whether homebuyers are clearly informed about city versus county taxes and services, the role of HOAs, how many lobbyists cities employ, reserve levels, average salaries, and whether utility revenues are used only for utility purposes. The panel said TRIM notices, realtor listings, and city websites provide tax information; HOAs generally do not provide emergency services; lobbyists help local governments track Tallahassee legislation; reserves vary by city and fund; and utility revenues are generally restricted, though some cities use limited transfers. Members also asked about revenue replacement if ad valorem taxes were reduced or eliminated, and the panel said options would likely include user fees, service cuts, or other local revenue shifts. The chair also asked about public safety consolidation, and the response was that such decisions are local and may shift costs rather than create true savings. The committee then heard from county representatives after an overview by the Florida Association of Counties’ Davin Suggs, who framed counties as shared partners with the state and emphasized the gap between rising market values and the shrinking share of taxable value after exemptions and assessment limits. He said counties face a mismatch between revenue based on taxable value and expenses driven by real-world costs, and noted that most counties either held millage steady or lowered it without reaching rollback rates. He also highlighted that property taxes are only one part of county revenue, with charges for services and intergovernmental revenue often larger in some counties, and that public safety at the county level includes more than law enforcement, such as EMS, emergency management, inspections, and corrections. Deborah Manzo of Okeechobee County described a fiscally constrained rural county with limited staff, a county-supported airport, heavy reliance on property taxes for the general fund, and major cost pressures from inflation, insurance, retirement, and state and federal mandates. She said the county lowered millage slightly over recent years but still depends on multiple revenue sources and special assessments, and she flagged Medicaid, medical examiner costs, and possible firefighter workweek changes as significant concerns. Bay County Administrator Mark McQueen said his county’s budget is shaped by Hurricane Michael recovery, non-discretionary obligations, and rapid growth; he described ongoing FEMA reimbursement delays, substantial borrowing to cover disaster costs, and continuing interest expenses while the county waits for reimbursement. The county panel was still in progress when the transcript ended.

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• </c><00:58:22.119><c> about</c> insulin provided him education about insulin provided him education about
• and the money I paid for that education.
• </c><01:12:13.719><c> and</c> additional three years of education and additional three years of education
• </c><01:12:15.960><c> and</c> the money I paid for that education and the money I paid for that education
• </c><01:12:25.800><c> classes</c> additional years of of education classes additional years of of education

Bills: HF1005

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: health insurance, medical assistance, behavioral health, reimbursement rates, primary care services, physician fee schedule, managed care, residential services, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• On Workforce Education by Senator Simon. Good afternoon.
• My passion for education is deeply personal.
• So education is a topic very near and dear to me.
• I've also had a passion for education.
• I started off as an educator, educating our youth in our public school system.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And while my parents could for school.
• ,</c> provide adequate treatment, education, provide adequate treatment, education, also<03:49:46.000
• </c><05:42:04.480><c> programming</c> news and educational programming news and educational programming
• </c><05:53:41.520><c> programming</c> only source of educational programming only source of educational
• </c><07:05:16.718><c> contact</c> trusted voices and educational contact trusted voices and educational

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> education, and community participation. education, and community participation.
• </c> pass a WEOA act out of the um education pass a WEOA act out of the um education committee<02:29:
• </c> Act of 2026, has passed the Education Act of 2026, has passed the Education and<03:21:14.880><c>
• </c> with less than a high school education. with less than a high school education.
• </c> it's insane that this country educates it's insane that this country educates people<03:48:14.560

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• As we continue our education process on the workings of the Committee on Health Care Finance, I'm hoping
• As we continue our education process on the functionings of the Committee on Health Care Finance, I'm
• Many people enjoy the journey as they try to become parents, rightfully so.
• of hope and dreams, hope for the future, and hope for the joy of nurturing a child and becoming a parent
• She welcomed our two children, along with us as the human parents, and she was an amazing dog.

Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial items and several unanimous or voice votes, including adoption of a resolution congratulating Grant Marshall on earning Eagle Scout. It then enacted two bills: a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee and a measure directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a police officer applicant. The chamber also handled a communication from Senator Rush stating he would have voted yes on S. 3014 while on Navy training, and it printed that statement in the journal. The Senate next considered multiple local bills and committee reports, including third-reading and engrossment votes for a Rutland recall elections bill, a Boxford liquor license extension bill, and another Boston police age-waiver bill. It also adopted several extension orders for the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Committee on Health Care Financing, with senators explaining that some matters were late files or required additional stakeholder input, hearings, or coordination with larger bills. Most of these procedural motions were adopted by voice vote after brief debate. A major portion of the session focused on H. 2145, designating October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, which passed to be engrossed by roll call, 38-0. Senator Feeney gave an emotional floor speech describing the bill as a way to create space for awareness and support for families experiencing pregnancy loss. The Senate then adopted a resolution recognizing March 2026 as Endometriosis Awareness Month, with Senators Kennedy and others highlighting the need for greater awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of endometriosis. The chamber then took up the omnibus “Pets Act,” S. 3014, which combined several animal welfare measures. Senators Montigny, O’Connor, Todd, Rauch, and Payano spoke in support of provisions banning retail sales of dogs, cats, and rabbits from pet shops, strengthening animal cruelty enforcement, expanding protections for pets in housing, and prohibiting breed discrimination in certain housing and insurance contexts. Senator Keenan offered amendments on renter insurance, nuisance/quiet enjoyment, and property damage; one nuisance-related amendment was adopted, while the insurance and property-damage amendments were rejected. Senator Tarr’s amendment on research animals was adopted, as were amendments expanding animal welfare standards and, after negotiation, a compromise amendment broadening tethering protections to all domestic animals and directing related funds to the homeless animal fund. The Ways and Means amendment was then adopted as amended, the bill was ordered to a third reading, and the Senate began a roll-call vote on engrossment when the transcript ended.