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• c><00:24:50.320> already<00:24:50.559> have<00:24:50.720> a<00:24:50.880> vacancy
• unfunded and we already have a vacancy unfunded and we already have a vacancy rate<00:24:51.679>
• want to speculate on that, but I just know from what I've heard from them, there is a significant vacancy
• ><00:57:08.480> a<00:57:08.880> a<00:57:09.280> significant<00:57:09.760> vacancy
• them, there is a a significant vacancy them, there is a a significant vacancy rate<00:57:10.400>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We're, you know, over 20% vacancy rate there, so I think we're trying to improve the level of automation
• <01:25:50.239> levels<01:25:50.639> we're among our highest vacancy levels we're among
• our highest vacancy levels we're you<01:25:51.120> know<01:25:51.440> over<01:25:51.760
• > 20%<01:25:52.400> vacancy<01:25:52.960> rate<01:25:54.320> there you know
• over 20% vacancy rate there you know over 20% vacancy rate there so<01:25:56.080> I<01:25:56.320

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It’s depreciated by about 65%, and the inline retail has record vacancies.
• so the city's really been vacancies so the city's really been encouraging<00:13:51.920> the<00
• Paul, as mentioned, high levels of office vacancy in downtown St.
• /c> Paul as mentioned high levels of O Paul as mentioned high levels of O office<00:47:28.680> vacancy
• > downtown<00:47:29.800> St<00:47:30.040> Paul<00:47:30.319> have office vacancy

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

Bills: SB206, SB640, SB667, SB1344, SB1380, SB1423, SB1425, SB1436, SB1484, SB1500, SB1502, SB1503, SB1557, SB1562, SB1572, SB1644, SB1645, SB1794, SB1796, SB1806, SB1849, SB1984, SB2007, SB2074

Keywords: SB206, emergency medical services, EMS, ambulance, 911 response, emergency response, essential services, federal funding, grant funding, public health, health care facility, municipality, county, ambulance service district, tribal entity, public entity, contract ambulance service, Oklahoma, 63 O.S. 2021 Section 1-2502, emergency clause

Bills: HB34, HM7, HM8, HM17, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HM34, HB95, HB111, SB1, HJR1, HM4, HM22

Keywords: HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license

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• The governor has now filled six of the vacancies. I think that's the right count.
• And that there would be a vacancy that would have to be filled somehow.
• has now uh filled six of the vacancies. has now uh filled six of the vacancies.
• that would have to be would be a vacancy that would have to be filled<00:25:20.159> somehow.
• , but um that so many of the vacancies, but um that that<00:28:11.279> that's<00:28:11.679>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Yeah, start with vacancies and unfunded.
• <03:55:36.680> is<03:55:36.760> it and what are our total vacancies is it and what
• So most of these vacancies became vacant before I became acting assistant director.
• strength yes so most of these vacancies strength yes so most of these vacancies became<04:38:40.160
• Vacancy dates are May, last May, October, two in October, one in December, and one in June.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session on the Department of Business and Economic Affairs’ budget, with testimony from division leadership on staffing, funding sources, and program changes. Early discussion focused on vacant positions in the agency, including a senior planner tied to FEMA requirements, a federally funded program assistant, a program specialist to be reclassified during a planning reorganization, and two Housing Champions positions that were authorized but not funded in the current biennium and are requested for 2026-27. The witnesses also explained that temporary welcome center positions are filled as funds allow, and that the agency’s requested general fund increase is driven largely by the Division of Travel and Tourism Development and its formula-based funding. Members then reviewed rest areas, welcome centers, outdoor recreation, economic development, procurement, and workforce opportunity lines. The department said there are 12 rest areas, with 5.8 million foot counts in FY 24, and that welcome centers are generally open year-round, though Sutton is currently closed and staffing relies on a mix of full-time and temporary employees. The outdoor recreation position is federally funded through USDA and supports business outreach, trade shows, and industry promotion. In economic development, the agency said increased dues reflect participation in the Northern Borders Regional Commission, and that a marketing line item is intended to support recruitment and promotion of growth industries such as advanced manufacturing and life sciences. The Apex Accelerator Program was described as a state-federal partnership requiring a state match and providing government contracting assistance to businesses, while the Office of Workforce Opportunity was explained as a federally funded WIOA-related effort administered through multiple agencies and subrecipients. A major point of discussion was the proposed reduction to the Small Business Development Center, which members said had generated significant public concern. The department described SBDC as a highly effective technical assistance program for new and small businesses, but said the cut was one of the few places it felt it had room to reduce funding. Members asked about federal support and matching requirements for various programs, and the department said less than half of its overall budget is generally funded by the state and that some programs require state match. The committee also discussed travel and tourism marketing and the Joint Promotional Program, with the department saying those funds support broader advertising campaigns and grants to chambers and trade associations for events such as Bike Week, Restaurant Week, and the Seafood Festival. No votes were taken during the work session.

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• We currently have 22 vacancies. The next table shows our FY 26 budget. Shows our FY 26 budget.
• Our current vacancy rate is 11.7%, which equates to about 29 positions, and there's an employee breakdown

Keywords: 996, all

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• And, Madam Chair, line 23 is a set of House-only sections that relate to legislative vacancies in the
• minimum and maximum number of days for a filing period for a special election to fill a legislative vacancy

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The State and Local Government and Elections Conference Committee met on May 13, 2025, to adopt agreed-upon provisions from the elections article. The chair noted they initially lacked a quorum on both sides, but later confirmed quorum was present. Members and staff walked through a grid of proposed sections, covering voter registration and student proof-of-residence rules, public voter information list deadlines, electronic rosters for combined polling places, absentee ballot procedures, candidate filing and ballot preparation notices, write-in candidate timelines, municipal boundary adjustments, emergency polling place signage, county election training, special election filing periods for legislative vacancies, school district election timing, voting system testing, town elections, hospital board elections, and repeal of the voting equipment grant account. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, including wording fixes, consistency edits, and updated effective dates, with many provisions set to take effect January 1, 2026. One item, line 15, involving a cannabis-related provision, was set aside because an amendment had not been posted and printed in time; members agreed to take it up later. The committee also discussed a mix of House-only and Senate-only provisions, including third-party presidential electors, phonetic spelling on affidavits of candidacy, notification of ballot preparers when candidate names change, emergency polling place procedures, training requirements, and rules for temporary polling places on tribal land. After the staff walkthrough and brief questions, Vice Chair Aldenorf moved to adopt the provisions in the document titled “Elections Provisions Proposed Sections for Adoptions, May 13, 2025,” excluding line 15, and include them in the conference committee report. The motion passed on a voice vote with no opposition recorded. The committee then adjourned, with members noting that work on remaining elections provisions could continue afterward.

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• I've got to tell you, I tried to get with the CFO, but unfortunately, we have a vacancy in the state
• But unfortunately, we have a vacancy in the state of Florida for the chief financial officer, and I wasn't

Summary: The Insurance and Banking Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. HB 487 would authorize the CFO and State Board of Administration to invest up to 10% of certain state funds in Bitcoin, require specified custody methods, allow Bitcoin lending under rule, and create a process for accepting taxes and fees in Bitcoin. The sponsor and several proponents argued it would diversify state investments, hedge inflation, and position Florida as a leader in digital assets. Members raised concerns about volatility, security, valuation, and whether Bitcoin was being singled out over other cryptocurrencies, but the bill was reported favorably after debate and a roll call vote. The committee then considered HB 7011, an Open Government Sunset Review measure for records of insolvent insurers. The bill would continue some exemptions but make additional records public, including underwriting files, risk-solvency assessments, corporate governance annual disclosures, and the names, benefits, and compensation of insurance executive officers. There was no public testimony, and members discussed privacy and safety concerns, but the bill passed and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard HB 1433 on hurricane mitigation grants and insurer regulation. The bill would tighten restrictions on former executives of failed insurers, raise capital requirements for new insurers, and require mitigation credits when homeowners receive Safe Florida Home funds. An amendment was adopted to require a licensed person to make final claim-denial decisions when AI or automation is used and to prioritize filings that lower rates. Consumer advocates supported the transparency and consumer protections, while industry representatives urged caution on the AI provisions. After debate, the amended bill was reported favorably. The meeting ended with closing remarks from the ranking member, vice chair, and chair reflecting on the committee’s work and likely final meeting of the term.

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• For the last two years, we were at about 5,000 instructional vacancies across the state of Florida, and
• although... ...vacancies across the state of Florida.

Summary: The Education and Employment Committee heard and passed HB 921, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5 and requires students to demonstrate proficiency by the end of fifth grade. The bill sponsor argued cursive is important for historical literacy, everyday signatures, and possible early identification of learning differences. Opponents and several members supported teaching cursive but objected to the testing/proficiency requirement, saying students and teachers are already overburdened and that reading cursive is not currently part of the standards. Some members also raised concerns about fairness to charter schools and the bill’s application only to public schools. Despite those concerns, the bill passed 21-0 and was reported favorable. The committee then took up PCS for HB 1405, a major rewrite of Florida’s juvenile prevention and truancy statutes in Chapter 984, covering children in need of services/families in need of services. The bill updates definitions and procedures, strengthens truancy intervention, requires earlier and more detailed school reporting, adds parent involvement through child study teams, allows virtual participation, and sets review timelines for shelter placement. Sponsors said the goal is prevention and family support rather than punishment, with court involvement only after school-based intervention. Members asked about school compliance, court capacity, parent accountability, and whether all counties have child study teams; the sponsors said the bill expects CSTs in every school and can escalate cases to court and, if needed, to prosecutors for noncompliant parents. Public testimony on the juvenile justice bill was supportive, including from the Department of Juvenile Justice, youth services groups, and juvenile justice advocates. In debate, members praised the modernization effort and the emphasis on early intervention and family participation, while also noting the bill’s size and suggesting further attention to attendance thresholds. The PCS for HB 1405 was then approved unanimously and reported favorable. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.

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• Section two of the bill implements a timeline within which vacancies must be filled on the Minnesota
• <01:40:31.520> um ensures timely filling of vacancies um ensures timely filling of vacancies
• must be filled on the vacancies must be filled on the Minnesota<01:42:41.600> Department<01:42
• The language in this bill lays out a clear and common-sense timeline for filling those vacancies.
• This bill lays out a clear and common-sense timeline for filling those vacancies.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In all the facilities they reviewed, the auditor found that staff vacancy state hospitals last year.
• The audit found that vacancy rates at some facilities remained extremely high, ...facilities.
• The audit found that vacancy rates at some facilities remained extremely high, which have led CDCR to
• The audit found that vacancy rates at some facilities remained extremely high, facilities.
• The audit found that vacancy rates at some facilities remained extremely high, which have led CDCR to

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file. The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file. Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.

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• include in your budget a couple of years ago, with many positions for you to fill, many positions of vacancies
• 01:35:49.040> many<01:35:49.560> positions<01:35:50.560> of<01:35:50.719> vacancies
• to fill many positions of vacancies. to fill many positions of vacancies. where<01:35:52.400>
• them in batches in order to keep consistently the recruiting instead of flooding the system with 20 vacancies
• So, with that, you got your vacancies addressed and whatever.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard several housing-related bills and resolutions. HB 1298 HD3 would create a government employee housing revolving fund and a government employee 99-year leasehold rent-to-own program; testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC, labor groups, and the Maui Chamber, with the Tax Foundation and Budget and Finance raising concerns about the revolving fund. The committees recommended passage with non-substantive amendments for clarity and consistency, and the motion was adopted. HB 741 H2, which would exempt certain affordable housing projects financed by a certified nonprofit CDFI from prevailing wage requirements, drew support from housing advocates and opposition from several construction unions; the chairs said they were concerned about the labor objections and deferred the measure, with the labor committee agreeing to defer it as well. The housing committee then took up HB 417 HD1, which creates a housing efficiency and innovation subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund and allows HHFDC to transfer funds between the subaccount and the main fund without legislative approval. Testimony was largely supportive. The chair described a series of amendments, including changing the funding-efficiency standard, adding perpetual affordability language, allowing any land tenure type, broadening eligible financing tools, adding priority criteria for mixed-income projects and government-employee projects, and inserting blank appropriations tied to a requested $75 million per year and a $75 million subaccount appropriation for the HCDA 99-year leasehold project. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. HB 422 HD1, which would repeal school impact fees and move remaining balances to the school facilities special fund, drew broad support from housing and taxpayer groups and opposition from the Department of Education and some individuals. The School Facilities Authority and DOE argued the current system had not produced enough usable land or school sites and suggested narrowing the exemption to government housing projects’ construction costs instead of repealing the fee entirely. Members pressed DOE and SFA on how much land had actually been obtained and whether the fee had been effective; the discussion highlighted concerns about unused balances, school overcrowding, and the role of the Land Use Commission and county zoning in securing school sites. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion shown. The committee also heard STR 60/SR 45, urging HHFDC to develop a plan to meet housing demand, and STR 77/SR 60, addressing continued eligibility for housing credits for certain projects after repeal of Act 31; both sets of resolutions had HHFDC support, with DHHL supporting STR 77/SR 60 and Johnny May Perry opposing both.

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• There is no uniform data about how many prosecutors there are in Texas and how many vacancies exist.
• You will hear from folks today that there are record numbers of vacancies where people just cannot fill
• They have four vacancies. The ADAs that are there face some challenges.
• We've been able to fill our vacancies. This is rare.
• We've been able to fill our vacancies. This is rare in the country, frankly.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Does that mean that you have 403 vacancies?
• Madam Chair, Senator Trujillo, no, it does not mean we have that many vacancies.
• Representative Chavez: Madam Chair, Secretary, I am told that in Bernalillo County there is a 40% vacancy
• and some of the workers are from that office, but I will get you accurate numbers of staffing and vacancies

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• Filling teacher vacancies, splitting classes when there's no teacher coverage.
• It was predicted that the national teacher shortage was going to hit 355 350,000 vacancies by the year
• We're now over 300. 390,000 vacancies in the year 2025. The teacher shortage is real.
• This program isn't just about filling vacancies.

Bills: SB451, SB762, SB1490, SB1262, SB1459, SB1750, SB1962, SB2252, SB2253, SB2365

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools

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• In West Hawaii, we still have a vacancy on the circuit court in Kona.
• West Hawaii, we still have a vacancy on the circuit court in Kona.
• West Hawaii, we still have a vacancy on West Hawaii, we still have a vacancy on the<00:34:20.960>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• They deserved it, and they saw the benefit in their vacancy rates. We just ask for the same.
• Providers have over 35% in staff vacancy rates.
• Last session, SSLC DSP rates were raised to $17.50, and they saw the benefit in their vacancy rates.
• Percent in staff vacancy rates.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• positions and what happens if<00:05:23.960> there<00:05:24.080> are<00:05:24.160> vacancies
• when<00:05:24.960> we're<00:05:25.080> not<00:05:25.320> in if there are vacancies
• when we're not in if there are vacancies when we're not in session?

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:10 Attendance Roll Call: 00:19 HB 10 Discussion: 02:19 HB 10 Vote: 06:24 HB 139 Discussion: 08:23 HB 139 Vote: 19:50 HB 607 Discussion: 21:29 HB 607 Vote: 25:55 HB 642 Discussion: 28:15 HB 642 Vote: 32:06 Adjournment: 33:25, 958, all