Transcript Highlights:

• then noted that he had neglected to mention the diversity of the student population, from gender to age
• Trustees plays a role in policy concerning the diversity of the student population, including gender, age
• While I was only appointed a few months ago, I have already dug in as chair of the Finance and Facilities
• Operations Committee... ...a few months ago, I have already dug in as chair of the Finance and Facilities

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met to consider a large slate of gubernatorial appointees, with 127 nominees on the agenda. The committee first approved the grouped nominees in Tabs 1 through 54 by unanimous roll call vote after brief public testimony in support of several appointees. The committee then took up individual University of West Florida and Pensacola State College-related nominations, including noting that Dr. Joel Rudman had resigned from the Pensacola State College board before appearing, leaving no action to take on that tab. Several UWF trustees were confirmed after testimony focused on their qualifications and priorities for the university. Paul Bailey emphasized his local ties, legal background, and interest in UWF’s military connections and pre-law program; Rebecca Matthews highlighted her education and public service background, current role as UWF board chair, enrollment growth, fundraising, and alignment with state directives; Rachel Moyah discussed her education leadership experience, finance role, and positive enrollment and fundraising trends; Ashley Ross described her fundraising and higher education background and stressed workforce, advancement, cyber, and military partnerships; and Christopher Young spoke about his Panhandle roots, business experience, audit and compliance work, and support for military and student opportunity. Each of these nominees was confirmed by roll call and forwarded to the full Senate. The most contentious nomination was Adam Kissel for the UWF Board of Trustees. Kissel described his background in higher education policy, free speech, philanthropy, and federal education work, and said he would focus on free speech, accreditation, military/veteran support, honors programming, and graduation rates. Committee members questioned him closely about prior writings on privatizing public higher education, his views on free speech versus Senate Bill 266, Project 2025, AI in administration, and his fit for UWF. Public testimony was split, with supporters praising his free-speech credentials and reform views, while opponents, including former UWF leaders, warned he was too ideological and not sufficiently grounded in the university community. After debate, the committee voted 5-4 not to confirm Kissel, so his name will not be forwarded to the full Senate.

Transcript Highlights:

• So we're not capturing 100% of kids, generally speaking, who are age eligible.
• districts are required to serve might take some time to hire staff or contract or build additional facilities
• And because California schools were so severely underfunded prior to LCFF kicking in in 2015, our facilities
• The population of kids and the very special needs that occur for kids in that age.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There's SMR facilities and CCGTs.
• and fuel facilities.
• We had the National Guard guarding our facility. I've been in the facility several times.
• HALEU fuel fabrication facilities. ...and it will inform future HALEU fuel fabrication facilities.
• And so this facility will help de-risk the design of a fresh HALEU fuel fabrication facility.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In real terms, think of a rural protection class 10 manufacturing facility with a really high value.
• </c> property in the cities or um a facility property in the cities or um a facility exposed<01:24:09.120
• It's the age of the building and a number of other criteria, crime scores in that area.
• It's the age of the building and a number of other criteria, crime scores in that area.
• It's the age of the building and a number of other criteria, crime scores in that area.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Post-meal food scraps should be directed toward composting facilities that have access to infrastructure
• There was an inventory of state facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, and they’re currently
• there was an inventory of facilities there was an inventory of State<00:47:48.040><c> facilities</c>
• that are vulnerable to State facilities that are vulnerable to sea<00:47:49.559><c> level</c><00:47:
• of 15 the second is that we should age of 15 the second is that we should create<01:35:42.719><c> a<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm the Director of Facility Services.
• I'm the Director of Facility Services for the Judicial Council.
• The Facility Modification Program, also known as FM, is intended to help extend the life of a facility
• FM projects cannot change the function of a facility or expand a facility.
• It's age. California has historically stepped forward in these moments.

Summary: The subcommittee met to hear budget-related updates from the Judicial Branch and the Office of Emergency Services, with no votes taken. The Judicial Council supported the Governor’s proposed budget, highlighting $70 million for increased trial court operating costs, additional funding for court-appointed counsel, Court of Appeal case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities. Trial court representatives emphasized staffing retention problems, especially in counties like San Bernardino, and said stable funding is needed to avoid delays and maintain access to justice. Members also discussed the branch’s remote proceedings program, which has been used in more than 6 million hearings statewide since 2022 and was described as especially important in rural areas and for vulnerable litigants; several members urged making the authority permanent rather than extending it temporarily. A major portion of the hearing focused on Proposition 36 implementation. Finance said the Governor’s budget maintains the $130 million provided in the 2025 Budget Act for court workload and pretrial services, but adds no new Prop. 36 court funding. Judicial Council staff reported nearly 35,000 felony Prop. 36 filings in 2025, with most cases still pending and only a small share of treatment-mandated cases already dismissed after treatment. Witnesses said courts are using the funds for staffing, coordinators, clerks, and treatment-court operations, but that workload varies widely by county and that data collection is limited because courts report aggregate information rather than case-level outcomes. The LAO raised a technical concern about the Department of Finance’s Prop. 47 savings estimate and recommended revising the methodology at May Revision. The committee also reviewed the Orange Central Justice Center facility modification project, where the Judicial Council explained that hidden construction deficiencies and fire-life-safety issues caused costs to rise substantially after demolition began. The LAO said the project itself was supportable but recommended that the Legislature set an ongoing funding level for court facilities, require a long-term facilities plan, and consider more oversight of facility modification projects. Finance said it continues to fund courthouse projects individually and through the State Public Works Board, while acknowledging project delays and cost increases. Finally, Cal OES and advocates discussed victim services funding. Cal OES said it administers about $315 million annually for victim service programs, including VOCA-funded services, but federal VOCA allocations have fluctuated sharply and the state has used one-time General Fund backfills to maintain services. Trauma recovery center advocates warned that an 85% reduction in funding would sharply reduce services for survivors of violent crime, while human trafficking advocates urged reauthorization of the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program before funding reverts to pre-pandemic levels in July 2026. Members asked about federal and state funding stability, referral pathways, and the long-term value of these programs in preventing worse outcomes and reducing public costs.

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• Uh, probably not incredibly aged from a tech debt perspective.
• Uh, probably not incredibly aged from a tech debt perspective.
• <c> from</c><01:10:43.040><c> a</c><01:10:43.199><c> tech</c><01:10:43.440><c> debt</c> incredibly aged
• from a tech debt incredibly aged from a tech debt perspective.<01:10:44.560><c> So</c><01:10:44.719>
• </c><01:24:22.080><c> the</c> long-term care uh private facilities the long-term care uh private facilities

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You do not let your children have whatever they might be age appropriate to have.
• You do not let your children have whatever they might be age appropriate to have.
• You do not let your children have whatever they might be age appropriate to have.
• The grant facility projects were different.
• The grant facility projects were different.

Bills: HF2078 , HF777 , HF841 , HF1112 , HF1098 , HF1926

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, licensing, license requirements, parent access, guardian access, custody order, court order, furnishings, equipment standards, learning materials, early childhood education, infant care, toddler care, preschool, school-age child care, play materials, sensory materials, gross motor equipment

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• ,</c> damage to the underground facilities, damage to the underground facilities, avoiding<00:23:31.360
• </c><00:25:39.919><c> No</c> their facilities within 72 hours. No their facilities within 72 hours.
• </c> facilities um as of Friday. facilities um as of Friday.
• </c><05:25:52.958><c> Um</c> from each of those facilities. Um from each of those facilities.
• to existing facilities.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have facility maintenance costs.
• We have facility maintenance costs.
• We have facility maintenance costs.
• We have facility maintenance costs.
• We have facility maintenance costs.

Bills: HF957 , HF877

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We will provide social work resources in non-VA facilities in the future, just around the corner, we're
• </c> our campuses uh in our in our facilities our campuses uh in our in our facilities uh<00:33:31.960
• The Department of Corrections does training up at Camp Ripley using our facilities to do things that
• to do things that it would be facilities to do things that it would be difficult<00:53:47.880><c> for
• from any partisan trading, and we still believe in this initiative, similar to what you'd get in an ag

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> vote have to establish citizenship, age, vote have to establish citizenship, age, identity<00:16
• So this seems pretty straightforward. be up through age up to age be up through age up to age 26.<00:
• That’s identity, age, citizenship, and domicile.
• That's identity, age, voters.
• Um the second couple other facilities.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 733, a third-party litigation financing reporting bill. Representative Cole explained that the bill shifts reporting from the Secretary of State to the courts, which he said removes the fiscal note and helps insurers obtain information for underwriting and premium-setting. The committee accepted the explanation and voted ought to pass; the roll call was 8-0 in favor, with one member taking a pause. The committee then heard House Bill 219, dealing with the renewable portfolio standard and the renewable energy fund. Representative Bose argued the bill would reduce electricity costs by lowering the REC purchase obligation from 220,000 to 170,000, which he said would reduce payments into the renewable energy fund by roughly $1 million to $2 million and save consumers only pennies a month. After questions about timing and whether to wait for a DOE report, the committee voted to retain the bill for further discussion rather than advance it; the motion to retain passed 5-4. House Bill 365 was then discussed as an election-related bill intended to help verify citizenship for voter registration and create a voucher process for people who cannot afford a birth certificate. The sponsor said the Secretary of State may be able to use federal and state databases to verify citizenship, and if not, indigent applicants could receive a voucher reimbursed by the state, with a $25,000 appropriation included. Members raised concerns about the Secretary of State’s access to databases and the bill’s timing and cost, and the committee decided to hold the bill until Secretary Scanlan could come testify. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 552, which updates retiree health coverage rules so dependent children can remain on the plan until age 26, consistent with the Affordable Care Act. DAS officials said retirees pay the full cost for dependents, about $1,000 per month, while the state covers only the retiree and spouse. The committee voted ought to pass unanimously, 9-0. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 572, a housing bill aimed at missing-middle housing, describing a voluntary program to identify developable public land, support construction, and streamline review, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Tney said, “Yes, they do take into account the age of a property.
• and you’ve got a brand new one, it’s going to have one rate, and then one of the columns they use is age
• But yeah, age does get taken into account on it.”
• The speaker said age is taken into account, but they are talking about the next two years, and there
• <04:06:18.479><c> uh</c><04:06:18.800><c> we</c><04:06:19.000><c> have</c> facilities uh we have facilities

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met in a work session on revenue estimates and reviewed updated spreadsheet pages for several tax categories, using prior agreements and new testimony to refine FY 2025-2027 estimates. Early discussion covered insurance tax estimates, where members reviewed a letter from the insurance commissioner saying he was comfortable with the numbers provided; the committee accepted those estimates without opposition. Members also discussed utility property tax, with testimony about recent infrastructure buildout, tariffs, depreciation, and the difficulty of forecasting future growth. After debate over whether to use the average of high and low estimates or lean lower, the committee unanimously adopted the utility property tax numbers. The committee then turned to real estate transfer tax and communications tax. For real estate transfer tax, members cited county input, housing market conditions, interest rates, lumber costs, and uncertainty about future policy; they agreed to use the averages and adopted those estimates unanimously. For communications tax, members noted the decline in landline-based revenue and the shift to data services. After discussion of whether to use the low estimate or the average, the committee settled on the average with a small rounding-down adjustment when the figure ended in .5, and adopted the numbers unanimously. The chair also clarified that these estimates remain subject to change until the final resolution is adopted. The committee next accepted interest and dividends estimates as presented, with members noting the decline in that revenue source and the lack of additional information beyond the department’s analysis. Finally, the committee began discussing tobacco tax revenue, with members noting long-term declines in smoking, offsetting effects from out-of-state sales, and a suggestion to take a slightly conservative approach by reducing the average by 0.5. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, so no final vote on tobacco is shown in the excerpt.

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• </c> small group child daycare facilities. small group child daycare facilities.
• if they have facility solution, right?
• </c> extra space in their facility extra space in their facility to<02:14:20.719><c> enable</c><02:14
• </c> of these facilities is very strict. of these facilities is very strict. within<02:20:56.560><c>
• </c> determine if it if the in-house facility determine if it if the in-house facility is<02:26:19.520

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:27:48.760><c> mechanical</c> don't build the facility mechanical don't build the facility mechanical
• That said, when I was his age, I lived in California with that flag.
• with their retirement age for Social Security.
• <05:04:20.160><c> for</c><05:04:20.440><c> Social</c> age for Social age for Social Security<05:04:23.558
• but not under age but not over<05:05:30.958><c> age</c><05:05:31.280><c> 65</c><05:05:32.000><c> at<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Under current USPSTF guidelines, eligible individuals include adults ages 50 to 80 with a significant
• And so now when these veterans have reached that age, that cancer could be a problem.
• For example, missing gestational age or a coding error, forgetting to put your last name on something
• The only thing missing was the gestational age code.
• The only thing missing was the gestational age code.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• in a really small town, Lake Arthur, down in the southeastern part of the state, so I have a lot of ag
• I always say this district is a microcosm of New Mexico, so we have lots of ag land... morning madam
• among other things I always say this district calls as a microcosm of New Mexico so we have lots of ag
• So we have lots of ag land, as I imagine many of you all in the room know, that Doña Ana County produces
• know as committee members and all our interim work that we and New Mexico have enormous amounts of aging

Committee: House House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• talk about that a little bit later, of our Part B independent living funds, which are not limited to age
• And we're really interested in these ramps, you know, with the aging population, especially in tribal
• So with respect to your budget and you talked about this aging population and the likelihood that more
• Children under the age of 18 and under have to be wearing a helmet on public property.
• And I, you know, as we were sitting, we heard from the aging and long-term disability earlier, right?

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Nor should the value of someone's life be determined by their age, marital status or the age of their
• incident report under Section. 25 Article 10 of the Constitution related to health care providers or facility
• amendment as you've heard and many of the committee meetings, the entire process really with the new age
• Thank you, Madam Karen, AG or fall by Marcia Scheffler. You're recognized for quickly as you can.
• physicians keeping up with the demand of the new influx of people into the state of Florida and the aging

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• From the lawless Hamans and immoral Amaleks of every day and age.
• amazing state veterans nursing homes, but we will never hit the right census number to serve all of our aging
• We have the highest aging veteran population out there.
• amazing state veterans nursing homes, but we will never hit the right census number to serve all of our aging
• We have the highest aging veteran population out there.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing FSU Day at the Capitol, Catholic lay leaders, seniors advocates, Broward County school officials, and veterans-related guests. The chamber then moved through its special order calendar, beginning with several Florida Statutes revision bills. SB 36 adopted the 2025 Florida Statutes and prior session law; SB 38 conformed statutory terminology for the Division of Criminal Investigations; SB 40 removed repealed provisions; and SB 42 cleaned up obsolete language, cross-references, and typographical errors. Each passed unanimously or nearly unanimously after brief explanations and no substantive debate. The Senate also passed CS/SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience, as amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub’s role under USF and clarify research and modeling responsibilities; CS/SB 116 on veterans, which expanded veteran awareness and coordination efforts, added mental health training, and authorized adult day health care; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempted local regulation to give a future Florida presidential library maximum flexibility; CS/SB 126 on prescription hearing aids, allowing mail distribution for adults after appropriate professional evaluation; SB 150 on abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters, amended to conform to the House; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice from being expanded to certain serious cardiac conditions; and SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure. Most of these measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 118 drew questions about local zoning, parking, and safety and passed 36-3, with one senator later changing to a no vote over local control concerns. Later, the Senate approved CS/CS/SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process for removing unauthorized persons from commercial property, and CS/SB 348 on ethics, which would penalize false claims of military rank or honors for material gain and require paycheck withholding for delinquent ethics fines owed by public employees. The chamber also passed CS/CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, which included a CPI/case manager recruitment program, a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and improved data collection and capacity analysis for commercially sexually exploited children. CS/SB 108 on administrative procedures was adopted after a detailed explanation of rule review, transparency, and rulemaking deadlines, and CS/SB 160 on public accountancy passed after an amendment clarifying contracted services and discussion of CPA licensure pathways. The longest and most celebratory debate centered on CS/SB 110 for rural communities. The bill created an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and road funding, school and health care investments, and related rural support measures. Amendments refined transportation priorities in the Everglades agricultural area and clarified the FARM road program. Senators from across the chamber praised the bill as a long-awaited investment in rural Florida, agriculture, broadband, health care, and quality of life. After extensive debate and emotional closing remarks from the sponsor and leadership, the bill passed overwhelmingly.