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• In development of written procedures.
• Although the panel develop procedures.
• </c><00:15:58.160><c> clearly</c> procedures would help by clearly procedures would help by clearly outlining
• ,</c><00:24:17.840><c> no</c> how that gummy got into the house, no how that gummy got into the house
• </c> get our standard operating procedures get our standard operating procedures going<00:26:21.600><

Summary: The committee first established a quorum and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members then received a staff report on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, including an annual LOIC evaluation of the panel’s operations, statutory compliance, case management system development, member experience, and written procedures. The report noted recent House Bill 778 expanded the panel’s access to records and to TWIST/I-TWIST, and recommended that staff request access and training promptly to avoid implementation problems. Analysts reported the panel has met statutory membership and meeting requirements, and that agency responses to the panel’s 2025 recommendations improved, with all responses meeting statutory content requirements though some were late. They also said the panel still lacks formal written procedures, so a prior recommendation was reissued. The report discussed the panel’s new case management system, now in testing with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a survey of panel members showing generally positive views of meetings and case discussions but recurring concerns about SharePoint access, time demands, virtual meetings, and the panel’s lack of enforcement authority. The report included a matter for legislative consideration suggesting the General Assembly may wish to seek additional testimony from agencies when responses are unclear or more information is needed. Panel staff responded that the work is difficult but important, said they are optimistic about gaining TWIST access, and acknowledged that written procedures have not yet been completed because they wanted to align them with the new system. They said both the system and procedures are hoped to be finished by the end of the year, with the new case management system expected to be implemented by September 1 after further testing and migration. Members also discussed trends in child fatality and near-fatality cases, including increases in reported cases since 2013, substance abuse, safe storage of firearms, and concerns about THC/CBD gummies reaching children. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• Welcome to the House Standing Committee on Judiciary.
• I have House Bill 5 here in the House to correct this problem, and I am in full support.
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Summary: The House Judiciary Committee first took up Senate Bill 169, which would expand the Attorney General’s and Kentucky State Police’s authority to use administrative subpoenas in child exploitation investigations. Senator Danny Carroll and Attorney General’s office staff said the bill updates existing law to reflect modern online platforms, adding social networking companies, mobile payment services, and cloud storage services so investigators can obtain limited account-holder information tied to online child exploitation cases. Members raised no opposition, and the committee approved SB 169 17-0 with favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2, which would prohibit the use of public funds for certain cosmetic or elective procedures in correctional facilities, including gender-affirming surgeries, and would also affect some hormone-related treatment. Senator Mike Wilson and supporters said the bill was intended to stop such procedures from being authorized by memo rather than regulation and to ensure taxpayer money is not used for elective care. Several members asked whether any such surgeries had occurred in Kentucky; Wilson said none had been approved, and he emphasized the bill was about public funding, not general medical care. Supporters argued the state should not pay for elective procedures, while opponents said the bill targeted a tiny population and could create constitutional problems. Opponents included incarcerated and advocacy voices, a psychologist, and legal advocates, who said gender-affirming care is medically necessary for some patients, that withholding it can cause serious mental health harm, and that similar restrictions have faced court challenges. One speaker described personal harm from being denied hormone therapy while incarcerated. Another warned the bill could violate the Eighth Amendment and lead to costly litigation. After debate, the committee moved to vote on SB 2, with members giving explanations both for and against, but the transcript cuts off before the final roll call result is shown.

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• MassDOT did not follow its own procedures when executing the plan.
• Spanning multiple plazas, it should have followed its procedures at a minimum.
• The procedures anticipated all requests for clarification, The procedures anticipated all requests for
• ; it is another to ensure that they are sound and to execute the procedures faithfully.
• Follow procedures. Write them tough, but then follow them.

Committee: Senate Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight

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• So the veteran bought a house. He had a homestead exemption on his house.
• The veteran bought a house. He had a homestead exemption on his house.
• So if you buy a house, so you know, you have your house, you have a homestead exemption.
• If you can buy another house, if the house you're buying, they have a homestead exemption, well, you
• On average, outside of scans and procedures, it cost me $1,200 a month. ...and procedures.

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 476, which would add clearer warning language for garnishees responding to interrogatories and create a limited procedure for a new trial when a garnishee can show it never held property or owed the debtor during the garnishment period. After brief questions about how garnishment works, the bill was reported favorably without objection. Senate Bill 260, a youth athletics coaches training bill, was then amended to remove language about the department using donated funds to purchase courses and was reported as amended. House Bill 79, by Chairman Carter, would remove the damages cap for carbon capture release claims. Carter argued carbon capture should be treated like other industries and not receive special liability protection, and the committee reported the bill favorably without objection. The committee also took up Senate Bill 424, which clarifies that electronic service applies only to counsel of record representing a party, and Senate Bill 180, a constitutional amendment allowing a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran to make a one-time transfer of an expanded property tax exemption to another qualifying homestead. SB 180 received a ballot-language amendment and a 6.88 report before being reported as amended. The longest discussion centered on House Bill 1089, which creates “care accounts” for future medical damages in delictual actions. Supporters said the bill would ensure future medical awards are used for medical care, reduce abuse, and function like a restricted account with a card or similar payment mechanism; opponents raised concerns about the account being owned by the judgment debtor, possible reversion of unused funds to the wrong party, administrative confusion, and impacts on survivors of trafficking and sexual abuse who may need flexible, trauma-informed care outside standard billing codes. After extensive testimony and debate, the committee adopted an amendment set and reported the bill favorably by a 6-1 vote, with Representative Carter voting no. Finally, House Bill 437 was heard and amended. The bill would prohibit expert witnesses from having a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the case, while still allowing inquiry into an expert’s prior testimony history. An amendment excluded criminal traffic and juvenile proceedings, and the committee continued discussion with testimony from supporters and opponents as the transcript ended.

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• Like, is there delinquent... ...payments, or do they ever have to take a house back, repossess a house
• It would be House Ops. Okay.
• Procedures.
• Without a set policy procedure.
• I'd like a procedural clarification.

Summary: The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts. The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects. Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.

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• I'm going to use Richard Murphy Hospice House, but it applies to the hospice house in Slidell as well
• These houses are... ...to Slidell as well.
• I'm the CEO of the Hospice House in Slidell.
• And members, before the committee is House Bill 775, relative to minors' consent to certain medical procedures
• House Bill 1155 by Representative Robbie Carter.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The committee heard a personal privilege update on HB 1227, which Representative DeWitt said would return next week as a proposed HCR for a two-year study of the three-doctor panel after discussions with Dr. Nia Colotta. Better Louisiana also presented its new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, describing it as a data-driven leadership initiative focused on health care workforce, rural access, chronic disease, and other system issues; members discussed whether the program could also help generate policy research, including on managed care organizations. The committee then considered SB 427 on anatomical gifts. After adopting technical amendments, Senator Presley and Dr. Jeff White explained that the bill would strengthen organ donation law by creating a decision registry that records both yes and no choices, clarifying the legal effect of refusal, and codifying ethical principles such as the dead donor rule. Questions focused on organ viability, registry procedures, minors, and a Monroe case involving a disputed donor designation. Supporters included LOPA and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the bill was reported favorably. HB 946, dealing with hospital price transparency and compliance with federal pricing rules, drew extensive testimony. Representative Landry and a witness from Patient Rights Advocate described it as a consumer transparency measure, but the Louisiana Hospital Association opposed the bill’s state-level enforcement and debt-collection provisions. Landry offered an amendment removing the debt-collection and affirmative-defense language, but after debate the substitute failed on a 5-6 vote and the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also reported favorably on SB 109, which revises membership qualifications for the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; SCR 20, urging federal flexibility on Medicaid redetermination for elderly and disabled beneficiaries; SB 216, allowing coroners to rely on licensed practical nurses for medical pronouncements of death; and SB 45, exempting certain gratuitous hospice houses from licensure, with testimony from hospice house operators and supporters. Finally, HCR 71 by Representative Chasson sought an LDH study of how Louisiana’s law and guidance on pregnancy-related emergency medications is working in hospitals, urgent care, and retail settings. Supporters said providers are hesitant to use medications such as misoprostol because of stigma and uncertainty, while opponents from Louisiana Right to Life argued the resolution was unnecessary and could create controversy. The discussion centered on whether the study should be narrowed or made more objective, but no final action on the resolution was reached in the portion provided.

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• So anyway, House Bill 711 passed at the very end of the session.
• It's just simply informing someone on a procedure.
• Make no mistakes; vaccinations are a medical procedure.
• This only lays out the statutory right to object to abortion procedures. not any other type of procedure
• House bill? No, on this bill. Yes.

Bills: SB95 , SB268 , SB493 , SB619 , SB660 , SB922 , SB984 , SB1098 , SB1188 , SB1307 , SB1332 , SB1822

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

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• </c> and school procedures. and school procedures.
• . procedures. procedures.
• </c> policies and procedures. policies and procedures.
• elected to the House, has passed the House.
• House Bill 39 has elected to the house.

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• And in 2026, the procedures we are performing are more complex, higher exposure procedures, valve replacements
• And in 2026, the procedures we are performing are more complex, higher exposure procedures, valve replacements
• We can do the same procedures.
• We can do the same procedures.
• As well as different procedures.

Bills: SB1001 , SB1011 , SB1016 , SB1052 , SB1072 , SB1100 , SB1112 , SB1113 , SB1116 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1122 , SB1123 , SB1124 , SB1125

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, funding appropriations, foreign adversary

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• That concludes our hearing on House Bill 2897. We will now go to House Bill 2353.
• House Bill 2353 modernizes that system.
• House... Oh, no, go, no, worry yet. House Bill 2241, Representative Gregg, whenever you're ready.
• House Bill 2241.
• They are home-based, just like we are, house parents in a house-parent setting.

Summary: The committee first continued the public hearing on House Bill 2897, which would expand optometrists’ authority to perform certain office-based procedures. Supporters, including an optometrist from rural Missouri, argued the bill would improve access to care in counties without resident ophthalmologists, reduce wait times and travel burdens, and better align scope of practice with optometry training. Opponents, including representatives of osteopathic physicians, raised concerns about patient safety, the lack of live-human-eye training in Missouri, and whether the bill would actually direct services to rural areas. The hearing then closed on HB 2897 without a vote. The committee next heard House Bill 2353 on interior designers’ licensure and sign-and-seal authority. The sponsor and supporters said the bill modernizes the profession, moves oversight under the state’s architecture/engineering board, and would let licensed interior designers stamp their own non-structural work after education, testing, and experience requirements. Supporters emphasized workforce retention, consumer savings, and that interior designers are trained in fire/life safety, ADA, and code compliance. Opponents from engineering groups said they were still negotiating language but objected to provisions that could be read to require interior designers for broad categories of buildings or blur boundaries with architecture and engineering; they asked for clearer scope language and continued collaboration. No final action was taken. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2241, which would create a framework for certain faith-based residential child care facilities to operate outside the standard foster care licensing system under a new oversight board. The sponsor said the bill is intended to address a shortage of foster placements while allowing Christian homes to maintain their religious mission, with background checks, inspections, and reporting still required. Supporters from Christian child care agencies said the bill would preserve religious freedom and expand placement capacity. Opponents, including child advocacy and child abuse prevention groups and several legislators, argued the proposal would create a separate, less accountable system for vulnerable children, weaken state oversight, and risk repeating past abuse scandals; they said existing licensing rules already allow faith-based providers to participate. The discussion was extensive, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• So welcome to the House. Thank you. Welcome to the House. Thank you. Welcome to the House.
• and Senate committees about this election procedures manual. ...of the House and Senate committees about
• Chair, indeed, our House Elections Committee is full of elections procedures manual... that elected official
• Chair, indeed, our House Elections Committee is full of elections procedures manual. Mr.
• Chair, indeed, our House Elections Committee is full of elections procedures manual experts, much more

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• House B. 420.
• </c> will close the exec I session for house will close the exec I session for house uh<03:20:47.840>
• House Bill 356 and House Bill 590 are going to be recessed to bring a package forward.
• </c><03:39:28.359><c> bills</c> session on House Bill 363 um house bills session on House Bill 363 um
• We will close the executive session on House Bill 333. House Bill 395 is being recessed.

Committee: House Election Law

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• state law and other accounting procedures as follows.
• Accounting procedures from municipalities set forth in state law and other accounting procedures as follows
• . procedures for municipalities set forth in state law and other accounting procedures as follows.
• The Benton County District responded that certain procedures were changed and compensating procedures
• The Benton County District responded that certain procedures were changed and compensating procedures

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES

Summary: The committee first approved the February 12 minutes and received updates on delinquent water and sewer reports, noting continued progress in bringing systems into compliance. Staff reported that the number of delinquent 2022 water and sewer reports had fallen from 43 to 22 compliant entities, and the older delinquent 2021/2023 reports had been reduced from 64 to four remaining. The committee then deferred the Fargo municipal accounting-code report and the Jericho street-funds misuse report to the June 4 meeting at the request of local officials. A lengthy portion of the meeting focused on the City of Strong’s repeat audit findings, including undeposited garbage-bag receipts, improper use of solid waste funds, unsupported spending, late payroll tax payments, accounting-control problems, and budget overruns. Mayor Howell described corrective steps such as new internal controls, revised billing practices, CPA assistance, fixed-asset updates, and repayment of restricted funds. After questions and supportive comments, the committee voted to file the report. The committee also filed or deferred several private water and sewer reports, including filing the Thornton Waterworks report and deferring a group of other private reports pending proper responses. The committee reviewed several other public reports with findings. Calhoun County’s report involved county spending for an appreciation banquet and altered undeposited receipts in the sheriff/collector’s office; members discussed the constitutional limits on using public funds for private benefits and the need for more training, then filed the report. A six-district regional solid waste management review found no issues in several districts but significant findings in Pulaski, Faulkner, and Benton counties, including unapproved payroll actions, missing documentation, vehicle and cell phone issues, bid problems, and weak controls; the committee deferred that report to June and asked Pulaski County representatives to appear. Additional reports from Nevada County, Salem, Briarcliffe, Compton Water Association, Montgomery County Regional Public Water Authority, Camden, Johnson County, Gilmore, Grubbs, Sparkman, and Cross County Rural Water System were either filed, deferred, or discussed with local officials responding to findings such as unauthorized withdrawals, unapproved payments, deficit fund balances, IRS debts, missing documentation, and overdue audit postings. The meeting ended with the Cross County Rural Water System operator explaining water-quality and infrastructure problems and the committee filing that report before adjournment.

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• First, it moves all of our internal procedures from administrative rule and relocates those procedures
• So it's currently all of the procedures are within the manual.
• We do have procedures that are internal, yes.
• and procedure manual.
• We have a learning classroom that's actually a house, so they're going to be sitting in a house like

Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging, Children, and Youth first approved the February 11 minutes and then reviewed a DCFS policy manual update from Director Tiffany Wright. The rule changes were described as largely terminology and compliance updates to align with new laws, an executive order, and current practice, including moving internal procedures out of the public manual and into DCFS’s internal procedure manual. Members asked whether the changes altered practice or just wording, and Wright said they were mainly procedural and vernacular updates, such as changing terms like “protection plan” to “immediate safety plan” and “safety factor” to “safety threat.” The committee then reviewed and accepted the rule without objection. Wright also presented DCFS performance data for the third quarter of FY 2026, including hotline reports, investigations, foster care, in-home services, permanency, and adoption measures. She noted staffing shortages in some counties, lower timeliness in completing maltreatment reports, and efforts to support those areas with central office staff and daily calls. Members asked about neglect trends, sexual abuse/exploitation categories, behavioral issues, and workforce recruitment and retention. Wright said DCFS is expanding hiring support, outreach, retention efforts, trauma support through UAMS, and a new staff training model beginning July 1. She also presented the biannual overturned investigations report, which tracks hotline calls, true findings, appeals, and reversals by county, and answered questions about comparing it with prior years. Major Jeff Drew of the Crimes Against Children Division presented the 2025 annual report, saying the hotline received 67,987 calls and 37,986 were accepted for investigation, with 6,539 CACD investigations assigned and a 28% substantiation rate. He described hotline operator training, including a four-week program with policy review, scenarios, recorded calls, live call monitoring, and evidence-chain and decision-making instruction. He said the starting salary for hotline operators is $43,888 plus benefits and would check on comparisons with other states. Elizabeth Pooley of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas reported that the state’s 29 CACs and 64 multidisciplinary teams served 13,568 children and families in 2025, up about 3,000 from the prior year, and hosted 259 trainings. Members asked about funding, and she said state funding is the same for each center at roughly $70,000 to $75,000, supplemented by federal and community support, with work underway on Arkansas-specific best practices. The meeting ended after a brief unrelated question about Meals on Wheels and a Project Zero adoption event announcement.

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• </c> well, a House Senate joint hearing. well, a House Senate joint hearing.
• You mentioned there is an opt-out procedure. Could you explain that procedure to me?
• I understand there is a procedure. I'm just asking you to explain that procedure.
• </c> >> I'd like to hold House Bill 2, House Bill 534 on a motion, please. >> Item number two, House
• House Bill uh 534 on a motion, please. House Bill uh 534 on a motion, please.

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• to purchase a parcel to help us with permits and licensing in terms of our capacity to be able to house
• to purchase a parcel to help us with permits and licensing in terms of our capacity to be able to house
• Can you not build affordable workforce housing with this money? No, ma'am.
• Budget reporting and monitoring: the town lacked procedures to monitor budget and actual revenues and
• Budget reporting and monitoring: the town lacked procedures to monitor budget and actual revenues and

Summary: The committee first took up a long-running audit finding involving the City of Daytona Beach’s unexpended building permit fund balance, which has exceeded the statutory cap for several years and was reported at $10.8 million in the latest audit. Mayor Derek Henry and city staff said the city had analyzed the fund, adopted a corrective action plan, waived more than $5.5 million in permit and inspection fees, used some excess funds for a training facility rehabilitation, and is pursuing a $9.4 million City Hall expansion that they say is allowed under a November 2024 Attorney General opinion permitting construction of a building to house the building code enforcement function. Committee members repeatedly questioned whether the city was simply trying to spend down the money, whether the proposed uses were truly lawful, why the balance kept growing despite fee waivers, and where the interest earnings were going. The mayor and deputy city manager said the city’s growth and staffing needs justified the plan, but several members expressed frustration and skepticism. A public commenter also urged accountability and raised concerns about the city’s spending plans and the size of the remaining balance. The committee then received an Auditor General presentation on the Town of Greenville, which found 31 operational audit findings and described pervasive control failures, possible fraud, waste, and abuse. The findings included election paperwork problems that left a council seat vacant, conflicts of interest, late financial disclosure filings, related-party transactions, inadequate meeting notices and minutes, quorum and voting documentation problems, council members’ involvement in day-to-day operations, missing ethics training, budget adoption and monitoring deficiencies, inaccurate accounting records and bank reconciliations, utility billing and rate issues, grant compliance problems tied to an unfinished grocery store project, weak personnel and contracting controls, improper severance and compensation issues, late vendor payments, weak procurement and P-card controls, vehicle-use and property-control weaknesses, poor public records access, and IT access and fraud-policy gaps. Greenville’s mayor and staff said the audit largely reflected the prior administration and that the current council and staff are taking corrective action. They said the town terminated the former manager, adopted seven new policies since the audit began, and is working with the Auditor General to improve procurement, financial controls, inventory management, grant oversight, and ethics compliance. The town attorney said he had alerted federal authorities earlier about concerns, and committee members noted that FDLE has received a criminal referral and is investigating. Several members praised the new leadership’s cooperation but also suggested the town consider consolidation or dissolution if problems persist.

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• That is normal practice and procedure.
• That is normal practice and procedure.
• That is normal practice and procedure.
• </c><00:25:02.679><c> is</c> not being trained for this procedure is not being trained for this procedure

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• We have a very exciting presentation today from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, known
• Although the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, we do not seek press.
• The Joint Administrators Procedures Committee is a joint legislative committee of the House and Senate
• set of procedures for adopting the rules.
• The Administrative Procedures Act sets out the objection procedures.

Summary: The committee received an informational presentation from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee (JAPC/JAPSI) staff and Chair Representative Overdorf on how Florida administrative rulemaking is reviewed. Mr. Plant explained that JAPC is a joint legislative oversight committee that monitors agency rules under Chapter 120, focusing on whether rules stay within statutory authority, whether agencies are acting consistently with legislative intent, and how the rulemaking process works. He emphasized that agencies are creatures of statute, that rulemaking authority must be specific enough to support the rule, and that without a date certain in statute, agencies may delay rulemaking indefinitely. Members asked about how to ensure agencies actually adopt rules, how to identify rules that exceed legislative intent, and how JAPC handles internal policies and delayed rulemaking. Representative Overdorf then described JAPC’s objection process and its limits. He said the committee does not approve or disapprove rules or direct agencies to adopt them, but it can object to proposed or existing rules that enlarge, modify, or contravene enabling statutes or fail to comply with Chapter 120. He noted that if an agency does not resolve an objection, a footnote is published in the Florida Administrative Code and the committee may recommend legislation to amend, suspend, or repeal the rule. He also discussed recent committee activity, including 1,355 proposed rules, 119 emergency rules, and 1,243 incorporated materials reviewed in 2024, and said the committee filed 31 objections against one agency after repeated noncompliance. The discussion also touched on possible changes to Chapter 120, including the governor’s 2019 request that agencies include five-year sunset provisions in rules, and a proposal to instead require periodic legislative review rather than automatic expiration. Overdorf also said the committee is considering raising the current statement of estimated regulatory costs thresholds of $200,000 annually or $1 million over five years because inflation has made those limits too low. No votes were taken on legislation, and the meeting ended with adjournment.

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• 9 10 11 12 13 The House will come to order. Members, please register.
• Members of the House. Visitors in the gallery.
• Speaker and thank you to my TSU Tigers for being in the house with us today.
• I move to suspend all necessary rules to take up House...
• So the related procedures and provisions are.

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• We have several bills and a couple of House bills and House resolutions scheduled for consideration today
• That is not to say that we should not be charging more for an emergency procedure than for a procedure
• procedure procedure uh<02:16:17.079><c> but</c><02:16:17.280><c> I</c><02:16:17.360><c> think</c><02
• ><c> and</c> subsidize another procedure yes I do and subsidize another procedure yes I do and I<02:16
• than for a for an emergency procedure than for a procedure<02:17:04.920><c> which</c><02:17:05.080><

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs