Transcript Highlights:

• We were all working with you on trying to get a questionnaire for the committee, but I guess you weren't
• So that's what was the concerns I had, but if you can do the questionnaire for us, the committee would
• So I appreciate you stepping up and testifying, and I appreciate in advance getting that questionnaire
• So that's what was the concerns I had, but if you can do the questionnaire for us, the committee would
• So I appreciate you stepping up and testifying, and I appreciate in advance getting that questionnaire

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard several governor’s message nominations for health-related boards and commissions. Kanwardeep Kaleka was considered for the Substance Abuse Kauai Service Area Board; he said his work as a psychiatrist and family physician on Kauai motivates him to improve mental health and addiction services. Kunani Dryer was considered for the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances; he emphasized 26 years of personal recovery, harm reduction experience, and representation of rural, LGBTQIA+, and Native Hawaiian communities. Olivia Kim was considered for the Center for Nursing Advisory Board; testimony highlighted her experience in nursing leadership, long-term care, and LPN workforce issues. Trisha Lynn Yamashita was considered for the Kauai Subarea Health Planning Council; she described her hospice leadership, public health and palliative care background, and focus on data-informed, community-centered planning. Emily Dong was considered for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel Wastewater Treatment Plants; she stressed wastewater’s public health importance and the need to strengthen the operator workforce pipeline. Testimony in support came from the Department of Health and several organizations and individuals, including the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hina Mauka, the Kauai mayor, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and others. Committee members generally praised the nominees’ credentials and community ties, and repeatedly noted the value of lived experience, rural perspective, and workforce expertise. One nominee, Olivia Kim, was not present and was deferred to a later meeting for decision-making. At the end of the hearing, the committee took up the governor’s messages and recommended advise and consent for GM707, GM537, GM545, GM724, and GM790, with Senator Fevella excused and no objections recorded. GM662 was deferred to Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 3:20 p.m. in Room 225 because the nominee could not attend. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Census in Toksook Bay, Alaska, months before most Americans complete their questionnaires.
• people representing Gwich'in, Inupiaq, Yupik, and Aleut cultures met to translate the census questionnaires
• So the census relies primarily on self-response as the way that people respond to the census questionnaire
• , and plans to inappropriately use the American Community Survey questionnaire in the test, even though
• People get questionnaires sent to them, they answer, whether it's electronically or physically.

Summary: The hearing focused on census data privacy, administrative data sharing, and the role of state and local governments in improving census accuracy, especially for the 2030 census. Dr. Philip Rocco testified first, arguing that the census is increasingly intergovernmental and that state and local investments in address list work, outreach, and complete count commissions can materially improve self-response and reduce undercounts. He emphasized that hard-to-count communities are most affected when states delay planning, politicize census work, or lack capacity, and he pointed to examples such as LUCA participation, outreach funding, and group quarters review as important tools. He also warned that recent federal actions and a broader climate of distrust could threaten 2030 operations, and urged Massachusetts to begin readiness planning now. Members then questioned Dr. Rocco about the use of administrative data such as DMV, TANF, SNAP, and WIC records, and about group quarters enumeration. He explained that those data-sharing efforts were voluntary agreements with the Census Bureau, unlike group quarters data, which are often provided by facility administrators and sometimes state agencies. He said the Trump-era effort to use DMV and other records was tied to Executive Order 13880 and was widely resisted because states had confidentiality and legal concerns, and because the stated purpose appeared to shift toward citizenship-related uses. On group quarters, he described e-response, paper response, in-person enumeration, and administrator-provided directory information, noting that privacy issues arise mainly from FERPA limits on university data and from missing demographic details in administrative records. A second panel, Beth Giroz and Amy O'Hara, then explained how administrative data are used by the Census Bureau and why data quality and privacy concerns matter. They described administrative data as records collected for operational purposes, useful for frame-building, nonresponse follow-up, enumeration, and post-enumeration evaluation, but often incomplete or mismatched on key census variables such as race, ethnicity, household relationships, and residence timing. They highlighted that some sources, like IRS, Medicare, USPS, SSA, and Bureau of Prisons records, are especially valuable, while others such as SNAP, TANF, WIC, Medicaid, CHIP, foster care, and driver’s license data vary in completeness and sharing. They stressed that privacy means collecting only what is needed, and that the Bureau typically uses limited header or roster data rather than full records. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing, and the committee recessed briefly before continuing testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• Parents must be afforded the opportunity to review the questionnaire and opt out.
• Parents must be afforded the opportunity to review the questionnaire and opt out.
• For administering surveys and questionnaires.
• My last two questions as it pertains to the questionnaire: In what instances are questionnaires or surveys
• So by allowing, and currently that questionnaire, parents are allowed to review the questionnaire and

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1606 on patient access to records. Sponsor Senator Grall explained an amendment that aligned the bill more closely with HIPAA by defining “designated record set,” allowing a 14-day extension, and requiring records to be produced in the requested form if readily producible. Several senators asked about patient portals, legal representatives, and whether the bill applied post-mortem; Grall said the bill was limited to authorized access during the patient’s life. Testimony was largely opposed, with health information and provider groups warning that the bill could create cybersecurity risks, conflict with HIPAA and meaningful-use rules, burden facilities, and improperly broaden access to portals and sensitive records. Supporters argued it would improve patient access and speed. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote after debate on the bill as amended. The committee then considered CS/SB 712 on construction regulations. Grall described provisions on synthetic turf, change orders, public works bidding, elevator rails, alarm contractor scope, tall mass timber, pool and spa contractor scope, spaceport exemptions, permit document limits, and solar/energy storage inspections. Two amendments were adopted: one removed pool and spa contractor language and delayed the change-order provision until July 1, 2025; the other removed the tall mass timber section. Pool contractors testified against the scope expansion in the original bill, while others supported the remaining provisions. Senators raised concerns about the Florida Building Commission process and how the public-works language might affect small-business participation, but the bill as amended was ultimately reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 1288 on parental rights. Grall said the bill would require parental consent for most minor health care decisions, allow parental access to records, restrict surveys/questionnaires, and limit use of biofeedback devices, while preserving certain exceptions such as emergency care and STD testing. An amendment clarified questionnaire opt-outs for K-12 students, added court-order exceptions, addressed DNA sampling for criminal investigations, refined biofeedback language, and added emergency behavioral health exceptions; it was adopted. The bill drew extensive testimony both for and against: supporters said it restored parental authority and protected children from decisions they are not equipped to make, while opponents argued it would endanger minors seeking confidential STI, mental health, or abuse-related care, especially in unsafe homes. Senators also debated whether the bill would conflict with existing laws and whether it could leave some minors untreated. The transcript ends during continued public testimony on the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• a citizen voting age category by race and ethnicity was created for the 2000 long-form census questionnaire
• The 2020 census implemented major questionnaire encoding improvements, capturing a major shift in how
• The questionnaires for the test censuses will be in English only and not in multiple languages.
• The questionnaires for the test censuses will be in English only and not in multiple languages.
• to Congress by April 1, 2028, [00:34:35] The 2030 census questionnaire must be submitted to Congress

Summary: The Senate Committee on the Census held a hearing on July 7, 2026 focused on how the census defines and tabulates race and ethnicity for redistricting. The sole witness, Professor Jeffrey Weiss, reviewed the history of Public Law 94-171, the Voting Rights Act, and Census Bureau race categories, explaining how block-level census data has been central to one-person, one-vote compliance and to enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. He described the evolution from separate race and Hispanic-origin tabulations to multiracial reporting, the addition of voting-age and citizen voting-age data, and the increasing complexity created by coalition districts and multiracial populations. A major theme was uncertainty about Census 2030. Weiss said the federal government is considering changes to race and ethnicity questions, possible elimination of the MENA category, reduced multiracial detail, and discontinuation of differential privacy, while also discussing a possible citizenship question and other procedural changes coming through the Commerce Department rather than the Census Bureau. He warned that these shifts, combined with staffing cuts, reduced outreach, and scaled-back testing, could affect the availability and granularity of redistricting data and may trigger litigation. Committee members pressed him on the Biden-era revisions, the Trump administration’s current actions, and whether future data might have to be reported at a higher geographic level if block-level privacy protections are removed. Weiss also summarized Supreme Court redistricting doctrine, describing the move from Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims to the Gingles framework, then to later decisions limiting race-conscious districting, including Shelby County, Rucho, and the recent Louisiana v. Calais decision. He said Calais significantly narrowed federal Section 2 protections but does not directly preempt state voting rights acts, which he noted are being adopted in several states and may still allow coalition-based protections. The hearing ended after questions from the chair and vice chair, with no votes or formal committee actions taken, and the committee adjourned.

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• Go ahead, Senator Cob. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• &gt;&gt; Go<00:22:06.320><c> ahead,</c><00:22:06.559><c> Senator</c><00:22:06.799><c> Cob.
• </c> &gt;&gt; Go ahead, Senator Cob. &gt;&gt; Go ahead, Senator Cob.

Bills: HB0008, HB0009, HB0028

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, sexual exploitation, law amendment, explicit conduct, sex crimes, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• MY LAST TWO QUESTIONS AS PERTAINS TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE, IN WHAT INSTANCES ARE WESTERN HEIRS OR SURVEYS
• THERE ARE QUESTIONNAIRES BEING ADMINISTERED BY QUESTIONNAIRES BEING ADMINISTERED BY ANY NUMBER OF NONPROFITS
• MY CONCERN IS IF THAT QUESTIONNAIRE, IF THOSE THINGS ARE ASKED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY ARE IDENTIFIED
• SO BY ALLOWING AND CURRENTLY THAT QUESTIONNAIRE ERRANDS ARE ALLOWED TO REVIEW THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND
• AS A 19 YEAR OLD GIRL I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH ANSWERING THESE PRIVATE MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, I just have a couple of quick questions on page two of your questionnaire.
• In the first page of your questionnaire, you gave us the description of your board.
• I did have one thing to actually correct on my questionnaire, so I may just also submit a new questionnaire
• Chairman, thank you for reading to us the questionnaire that you provided.
• In the questionnaire, we asked if consolidation or restructuring could improve efficiency without harming

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She said teachers are still giving questionnaires and surveys.
• She said teachers are still giving questionnaires and surveys.
• She said teachers are still giving questionnaires and surveys.
• I just want to emphasize that the questionnaire selection is based on the CDC standard questionnaire
• </c> um the CDC standard questionnaires pools um the CDC standard questionnaires pools that<04:17:38.080

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on House Bill 71, which would bar public elementary and secondary schools and higher education facilities from being used as shelters for certain non-citizens, with a stated exception for short-term emergency sheltering of up to 72 hours and for community-wide emergency use. Prime sponsor Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia said the bill was modeled on federal and out-of-state proposals and was prompted by examples in New York and Massachusetts where schools or other facilities were used as shelters, causing disruption. She argued the bill does not truly “ban” anything, but instead places a condition on receipt of state funds, and said the fiscal note’s projected loss of federal funding was unsupported and should have been described as undeterminable. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope and practical effects, including whether it would apply to vacant school-owned buildings, schools used during summer, charter schools, and situations where other states send people without advance notice. Harvey-Bolia said vacant buildings not functioning as schools would not be covered, and that the bill would still allow short-term emergency sheltering and community-wide use during weather events. She also said the bill would not prevent remote learning, and that its purpose was to avoid displacing students. Several members pressed her on the fiscal note and whether any federal or state program would actually be at risk; she said she found no evidence that funding would be lost and that DHHS had not identified a real threat. A witness from the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, Jerry FW, raised practical concerns about who would determine eligibility at a shelter site, how the 72-hour limit would be enforced, and whether the bill would apply to charter schools. He also noted that remote learning is no longer an option in New Hampshire, making one of the bill’s stated concerns less relevant. The discussion also included clarification of the terms “refugee” and “asylum seeker,” with members and the sponsor debating the distinction and whether refugees are vetted. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• The amendment removes the survey questionnaire language from Chapter 1014 and instead amends 1001.42,
• Parents must be afforded the opportunity to review the questionnaire and opt out.
• My last two questions as it pertains to the questionnaire: In what instances are questionnaires or surveys
• So by allowing, and currently that questionnaire, parents are allowed to review the questionnaire and
• I can deal with the questionnaire. I can deal with that. We can deal with that later.

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1606 on patient access to records. The sponsor explained that the bill, as amended, would align Florida law more closely with HIPAA by defining “designated record set,” requiring providers to furnish requested records within set timeframes, allowing a limited extension with notice, and requiring records to be produced in the requested form if readily producible. Several members asked about patient portals, legal representatives, and whether the bill affected meaningful-use rules or post-mortem access. Multiple witnesses opposed the bill, arguing it could create cybersecurity risks, conflict with existing privacy rules, and burden providers; supporters said it would improve patient access and consistency. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS/SB 712 on construction regulations. The bill would direct DEP to establish rules for synthetic turf and limit local governments from banning it if state rules are followed, while also addressing change orders, public works bidding, elevator rails, alarm contractor work, building code updates, spaceport exemptions, permit document limits, and single-trade inspections. Amendments removed the pool and spa contractor provisions and the tall mass timber language. Testimony on the bill centered heavily on the pool industry, with contractors and the Florida Swimming Pool Association opposing expansion of scope to general and building contractors, while some speakers supported other parts of the bill. After adopting the amendments, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 1288 on parental rights. The bill would allow minors to be tested for STDs without parental consent but require parental consent for treatment, expand parents’ rights to access records and control certain health decisions, and restrict health care services, medical procedures, and biofeedback devices for minors absent consent or an exception. An amendment moved survey and questionnaire provisions into the education code, added an explicit court-order exception, clarified DNA and biofeedback provisions, and added emergency behavioral health exceptions. The committee heard extensive public testimony both for and against the bill, with supporters emphasizing parental authority and opponents warning it could delay STI treatment, mental health care, and other services for vulnerable minors. The transcript ends during public testimony on the bill, before any final committee action is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• have received all of the written testimony and reviewed all of it, including the résumés and questionnaires
• have received all of the written testimony and reviewed all of it, including the résumés and questionnaires
• have received all of the written testimony and reviewed all of it, including the résumés and questionnaires
• Uh, members, after reviewing the testimony on all of the nominees, including questionnaires that were
• Uh, we have received their questionnaire and resume, uh, but there was no one else to submit comments

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held a confirmation hearing on a long list of nominees to state boards and commissions. Early nominees included David Padilla to the State Boxing Commission, Steven Pine to the Board of Dentistry, Deborah McMmen to the Board of Acupuncture, Tiffany Lyn Hmel and Gabriel Aay to the Board of Veterinary Medicine, Nathan Eslin to the Cable Advisory Committee, John Takitani and Tony Lao to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, John Arbles to the State Board of Public Accountancy, and later nominees to the Board of Psychology, Board of Pharmacy, Hawaii Medical Board, Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Board of Chiropractic, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Private Detectives and Guards, and the Real Estate Commission. Most nominations were for terms expiring in 2027, 2028, or 2029, with one Real Estate Commission term expiring in 2026. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support. DCCA and the relevant boards or commissions generally stood on written testimony supporting each nominee, and many individual supporters also testified, including professional associations, industry representatives, and community members. Several nominees briefly addressed the committee, expressing appreciation and interest in continuing or beginning service. The committee asked a few questions on some nominations, especially about the Real Estate Commission and the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, where members discussed condominium-related complaints, association practices, and whether the board could do more to assist security personnel; the nominee said staffing and authority limits constrained additional training or oversight. For the Real Estate Commission, members also asked about broader housing and market conditions, and the nominee said inventory shortages and housing supply issues remained a major concern. No opposition testimony or contentious votes were described in the transcript. The chair repeatedly asked whether there were questions or additional testimony, and after each nominee the committee generally moved on without objection. The hearing was focused on receiving testimony and evaluating the nominees for later confirmation rather than taking final action during the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• However, we... ...USFR compliance questionnaires completed by a district's independent auditors.
• January 2023... ...based on their fiscal year 2022 financial audit reports and USFR compliance questionnaire
• We subsequently received the district's fiscal year 2025 financial audit reports and questionnaire from
• We subsequently received the district's fiscal year 2025 financial audit reports and questionnaire from
• The fiscal year 2025 financial audit reports and compliance questionnaire were due on March 31, 2026.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We are insistent on the questionnaire because it is a way for the committee to know who you are. ...and
• We are insistent on the questionnaire because it is a way for the committee to know who you are. ...and
• We are insistent on the questionnaire because it is a way for the committee to know who you are.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee met for decision making on GM 572, the nomination of Roxann Rowe to the Health Planning Council for Hawaii County, with a term expiring June 30, 2028. The chair noted that the committee had received Rowe’s questionnaire responses and emphasized the committee’s role in reviewing nominees’ qualifications and ability to carry out their duties. No testimony was taken and no questions were raised by members. The chair recommended advising and consenting to the nomination. The committee voted unanimously in favor: the chair, vice chair, Senator Hashimoto, and Senator Keohokalole all voted aye, while Senator Fevella was excused. The recommendation was adopted, and the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• THE BILL GIVES PARENTS THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AND CONSENT CERTAIN SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES ALL THE BILL
• ALLOWS A PARENTAL OPT OUT OF OTHER SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES.
• THE QUESTIONNAIRES ONLINE 23 ARE YOUR STANDARD QUESTIONNAIRES LIKE MINE FIDDLESTICKS 231.
• >> Chair Canady: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THE OPT OUT OF THE HEALTH SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEYS
• IS HARMFUL TO REQUIRE PARENTAL CONSENT FOR THINGS LIKE SURVEYS, QUESTIONNAIRES AND BIOFEEDBACK WITH POTENTIAL

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:14:35.600><c> uh</c> questionnaire, you did mention uh questionnaire, you did mention uh progress
• So I'll be happy to questionnaire.
• You got me at your questionnaire. questionnaire. questionnaire.
• So, um yeah, questionnaire um response.
• And one also reading your questionnaire.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• identify non-compliant districts based largely on the financial audit reports and USFR compliance questionnaires
• However, we... ...USFR compliance questionnaires completed by a district's independent auditors.
• back to January 2023 based on their fiscal year 2022 financial audit reports and USFR compliance questionnaire
• We subsequently received the district's fiscal year 2025 financial audit reports and questionnaire from
• Year 2025 financial audit reports and compliance questionnaire, which were due on March 31, 2026.

Summary: The committee first heard an update on Topok Elementary School District’s long-running noncompliance with Arizona’s Uniform System of Financial Records. The Auditor General’s office explained the USFR noncompliance process and reported that Topok had made substantial progress, correcting many deficiencies in areas such as open meeting law, procurement, payroll, attendance reporting, property control, and information technology. The district’s superintendent and staff described the corrective actions they had taken, the use of outside consultants, and their plan to maintain compliance through stronger leadership, training, and consistent procedures. Members praised the district’s progress and asked about the remaining deficiencies and the status of the 3% state-aid withholding, which the Auditor General said would be addressed by the State Board of Education. The committee then considered a request for a fourth school safety special audit, tied to concerns raised by Representative Martinez about Phoenix Union High School District and school violence response practices. The Auditor General said the proposed audit would be a new topic focused on policies and procedures for responding to credible threats of violence and allegations of staff misconduct affecting student safety, and could include Phoenix Union in the sample. Representative Martinez described a fatal 2024 shooting, weapons incidents, and concerns about district oversight. The committee approved the motion 10-0. Next, staff presented the fiscal years 2027-2028 school district performance audit schedule, describing 26 randomly selected school districts and career and technical education districts, plus 84 planned follow-ups. The Auditor General said the schedule is intended to shorten the average time between audits and that the school audits division is now fully staffed. Members asked about county coverage and the inclusion of ESA accountability, but the schedule was ultimately presented for review rather than approval. The committee also heard a detailed federal compliance audit presentation on the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administered by DES. The Auditor General reported repeated findings involving missing provider documentation, questioned costs, and FFATA reporting errors, including a 2024 sample that led to questioning $2.88 million in costs. The office recommended stronger documentation, record retention, reporting procedures, and staff training; DES concurred and said it would correct the findings in 2026. Members discussed the limits of the single-audit scope, the possibility of a broader special audit, and the federal government’s recent actions on CCDF oversight in other states. Finally, the committee considered and discussed a special audit request for CCDF that would broaden review to provider oversight, licensing, site visits, and billing accuracy across multiple state agencies, with estimated costs of $547,000 to $625,000 and a projected report date of July 31, 2027.

Transcript Highlights:

• It also grants parents the right to review and consent to any survey or questionnaire given to their
• I'm waiting to get the school-based questionnaires around suicide.
• So that's just a few examples of the questionnaires that have come up.
• But I know the questionnaires are given routinely to our children.
• That data is shared, and parents are not given the ability to review the questionnaire, know that it's

Summary: The committee on Pre-K through 12 Education took up SB 1288, a parental rights bill by Sen. Grall, which would expand the Parents Bill of Rights to require written parental consent for minors’ medical care and prescriptions, give parents access to medical records, require parental review/consent for surveys and questionnaires, and restrict use of biofeedback devices without parental permission. The sponsor said the bill is intended to restore parents’ role in major medical decisions and to address concerns about schools or providers collecting sensitive information from children without parents’ knowledge. She said she was open to clarifying language, especially around exceptions and definitions, but maintained that parents should generally be the decision-makers. Committee members pressed the sponsor on how the bill would affect minors who are abused, homeless, estranged from parents, or otherwise without a safe guardian, as well as access to STI treatment, mental health care, contraception, and care after sexual assault. The sponsor repeatedly said children in unsafe situations should come into the child welfare or law enforcement system and that she was open to changes for truly unsafe or unavailable parents, but she rejected the idea that the bill was merely about notification rather than consent. She also defended the survey provisions as a way to stop routine questioning of children about suicide and other sensitive topics without parental awareness, and said the biofeedback language was aimed at school settings where data about children’s anxiety or stress is allegedly being shared with classmates. Public testimony was heavily divided, with many speakers opposing the bill and describing personal experiences with abuse, rape, mental health crises, lack of supportive parents, and the need for confidential access to birth control, STI testing, and counseling. Opponents argued the bill would delay care, endanger vulnerable minors, and reduce access to medically necessary services and surveys that can identify risk. Supporters said the bill would restore parental authority, improve transparency, and protect children from inappropriate surveys and biometric monitoring. During debate, Sen. Berman and Sen. Davis opposed the bill, saying it conflicts with existing law and could harm vulnerable youth, while Sen. Yarborough supported it, arguing that not all parents are bad actors and that the state should not treat all families as if they were. The transcript ends with debate underway and no final vote or action recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• On line 28 of page one, it says the JPE program shall anonymize the questionnaire and compile the questionnaire
• </c><00:30:47.120><c> and</c> um enemize the um questionnaire and um enemize the um questionnaire and
• compile<00:30:47.679><c> the</c><00:30:47.840><c> questionnaire</c><00:30:48.320><c> results.
• </c><00:30:48.799><c> So</c> compile the questionnaire results.
• So compile the questionnaire results.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• we will find a positive resolution and get this passed so that we can get it on to the voting questionnaire
• we will find a positive resolution and get this passed so that we can get it on to the voting questionnaire
• we will find a positive resolution and get this passed so that we can get it on to the voting questionnaire
• </c><00:15:46.079><c> uh</c> it on to um the uh the voting uh it on to um the uh the voting uh questionnaire
• <00:15:47.079><c> in</c> questionnaire in questionnaire in 2026<00:15:49.440><c> you</c><00:15:49.600

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So these are questionnaires, if you will, that the inmate answers all those questions.
• outline is, what their background is, what their crime entailed, and a series of assessments and questionnaires
• outline is, what their background is, what their crime entailed, and a series of assessments and questionnaires
• And questionnaires that kind of develop the risk and needs of that inmate.
• that we asked them at reception, those determine That I mentioned, the questionnaires that we asked

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard an informational presentation from the Florida Department of Corrections on how the prison and community supervision systems operate after sentencing. Assistant Deputy Secretary Hope Gartman described the reception process for new inmates, including intake, medical and mental health screening, classification, custody and housing levels, gain time, and the department’s academic, vocational, substance abuse, chaplaincy, visitation, and communication programs. She emphasized that reentry begins on day one and that program placement is driven by risk and needs assessments, with facilities matched to inmates’ medical, mental health, and security requirements. Members also asked about family contact, visitor applications, inmate welfare trust funds, tablet access, private prison placement, staffing shortages, overtime, contraband interdiction, and waiting lists for programs; several follow-up materials were requested for distribution to all members. Mr. Winkler then outlined community corrections, explaining the different supervision types under Florida law, including probation, drug offender probation, community control, sex offender supervision, conditional release, and addiction recovery supervision. He described the department’s monitoring tools, such as office and field visits, warrantless searches, alternative sanctioning for technical violations, telephone reporting for low-risk offenders, employment assistance, and mobile probation and reentry units. He said the department’s supervision success rate is about 62%, with more than 91% of successful completers not returning to custody within three years. Members questioned officer workloads, the use of radios and GPS check-ins, the rollout of uniforms and firearms, how violations are handled, and whether all circuits participate in alternative sanctioning; Winkler said the program is statewide and that the department is seeking funding for radios. During public comment, Florida Cares Charity urged the committee to consider evidence on deterrence, parole, and recidivism, arguing that community supervision is less costly than incarceration and can be effective. James Beardy of the Florida PBA emphasized the dangers faced by correctional and probation officers, including long shifts, field searches, and working alone, and argued for higher pay and better support comparable to other law enforcement. The meeting concluded with the chair thanking the presenters and public speakers, and the subcommittee adjourned without taking any legislative votes or formal actions.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> deer uh the use of juror questionnaires deer uh the use of juror questionnaires and<00:53:12.480
• The original purpose was to have a jury questionnaire that was universal for the state of Colorado.
• In our meeting with stakeholders, the judges were not ready for a jury questionnaire, but they were ready
• The original purpose was to have a jury questionnaire that was universal for the state of Colorado.
• The original purpose was to have a jury questionnaire that was universal for the state of Colorado.

Keywords: 981, all