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• The amount here, let me find it exactly for you.
• Again, I said it will distribute 5.8. billion dollars.
• It also found that total inflation-adjusted state distribution... distributed funding for the entire
• What is the maximum amount of income a family?
• Okay. amount in the budget is for special education.

Bills: SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• Our office is responsible for distributing the dollars, so it's a pass-through to us.
• Our office is responsible for distributing the dollars, so it's a pass-through to us.
• Our office is responsible for distributing the dollars, so it's a pass-through to us.
• Our office is responsible for distributing the dollars, so it's a pass-through to us.
• Our office is responsible for distributing the dollars, so it's a pass-through to us.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They have taken a tremendous amount of work to turn a story into a law.
• The the amount look like in your school?
• ,<00:58:53.160> but It's not going to be that amount, but It's not going to be that amount
• The recommendation distribution change.
• 06.800> ongoing as a reminder, distributing ongoing as a reminder, distributing ongoing funding

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• These are both enhancements to the 911 fund should the PSC decide to raise those amounts.
• Currently, the amount charged in Omaha on cell lines is less than the rest of the state. Okay.
• Half of those grants will be distributed upon award, and the other half will be distributed when recipients
• Half of those grants will be distributed upon a reward, and the other half will be distributed when recipients
• Elbe 1152 came out of committee on a 7th,000. attracted and incentive distributions.

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• Well, from the information that we got from AARP, it's a considerable amount of money.
• Well, from the information that we got from AARP, it's a considerable amount of money.
• with nothing, and what this fund will do is take half of those dollars that otherwise cannot be distributed
• <00:08:07.319> to<00:08:07.560> an otherwise cannot be distributed to an otherwise
• cannot be distributed to an individual<00:08:08.840> put<00:08:09.039> them<00:08:09.280

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Use fake government stationery. ...to collect without ever going to court or even confirming the amount
• This is part of the reason that in 2022, the FDA authorized the distribution of over-the-counter hearing
• Florida law prohibits the sale or distribution. I said earlier. Thank you.
• Florida law prohibits the sale or distribution. Moderate to high hearing loss.
• Florida law prohibits the sale or distribution of prescription hearing aids through the mail.

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism met with a quorum present and considered several bills. It first took up SB 232 on debt collection, where the sponsor explained a strike-all amendment and the committee adopted a Gruters amendment clarifying that email communications may be sent at any hour while other off-hours communications remain restricted. Testimony was sharply divided on a proposed change from “any person” to “debt collector,” with consumer advocates, legal aid, and the Florida Justice Association warning it would narrow Florida’s consumer protections, while supporters said the bill and amendment would address ambiguity affecting businesses. After debate, the committee rejected the broader amendment, adopted the email-only clarification, and reported CS for SB 232 favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard and unanimously reported favorably CS for SB 126, which would allow prescription hearing aids to be sold and distributed by mail after a Florida-licensed audiologist or hearing aid specialist conducts the required examination, including remotely through telehealth. Supporters said the bill would improve access and reduce barriers for seniors and others with hearing loss, and no opposition was heard. The committee also heard SB 600 and SB 602 on manufacturing, which would create and fund a statewide Office of Manufacturing, a promotional campaign, workforce grants, and related fees; multiple industry and economic development groups appeared in support, and both bills were reported favorably. Next, the committee considered CS for SB 92 on hit-and-run accountability in vehicle repair shops. The sponsor described the bill as a response to rising hit-and-run incidents and explained that repair shops would have to complete a transaction form or retain a crash report for certain repairs, with a clarifying amendment adopted without objection. Prosecutors and law enforcement supporters said the bill would help identify offenders, while auto dealer representatives argued it could impose burdens and penalties on repair shops. The committee nevertheless reported CS for SB 92 favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 412, the Motorized Wheelchair Right to Repair Act, which would require manufacturers to provide repair manuals, diagnostic tools, and parts to owners and independent repair providers under fair and reasonable terms. Disability advocates and wheelchair users testified that repair delays can leave users stranded for weeks or months, and the committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote before adjourning.

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• <01:49:10.880> of uh provided that the total amount of uh provided that the total amount of
• are now build the set amount. are now build the set amount.
• <03:33:27.040> of four children um, and equal amount of four children um, and equal amount
• we would not have that high an amount. we would not have that high an amount.
• but I've not heard that amount at all. but I've not heard that amount at all.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• What is that dollar amount that you would like to see? Okay, great.
• I don't want to speak to the dollar amounts for the other programs.
• Leach's questions: what amount we were asking for.
• And, you know, it is a significant amount of money that goes to them.
• amount that was adopted for the prior fiscal year last year, so we're going above and beyond that amount

Summary: The joint House and Senate Appropriations committees met to hear the FY 2027 budget package, beginning with the General Appropriations Act (HB 4154/SB 1847). Staff outlined the overall budget, including one-time fund transfers, lump-sum reductions, funding for state employee health insurance, school facilities, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, education and child care, and other ongoing and supplemental items. Members briefly discussed the absence of a requested $1.5 million for the oversight office, but the chair said no amendments would be taken in committee and that only limited technical changes were likely later in the process. Public testimony on the feed bill was largely supportive but focused on specific funding concerns. Testimony highlighted school safety funding, Alzheimer’s services, small business tax expensing provisions, disability oversight for group homes, county use of opioid settlement dollars, adult education/community college funding, victim notification funding, and ESA oversight. Several speakers praised the budget for funding DDD and other services, while others opposed or sought changes to items such as the COMIT group home monitoring program, Maricopa Community Colleges’ lack of operating aid, and a possible cut to the victim notification program. The chair repeatedly emphasized that changes to the negotiated budget would be difficult and should be routed through leadership. The committee then moved quickly through the remaining budget reconciliation bills. Staff summarized bills covering amusement and wagering, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, and K-12 education. Notable provisions included continued wagering assessments, highway and building renewal funding, defense innovation and economic development changes, corrections and wrongful conviction provisions, groundwater and water banking measures, health insurance oversight and opioid settlement provisions, higher education funding and ABOR operating caps, SNAP and housing trust fund changes, and a 2% inflation increase for K-12 formula components. The K-12 bill also included a biometric school safety pilot and a child sexual abuse prevention pilot. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee would continue through the remaining bills.

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• It would allow tax and REF's net attorney's fees ordered rarely on appeals from revenue distributions
• But we were expecting a return, and we need a $0 amount return or they'll incur a $5 fee.
• We take off the top a small amount for the state's cost of doing the auction and the title research.
• We are lumping storage with transmission and distribution for property tax valuation here.
• Do we lump storage with transmission and distribution under the regulations and oversight of the PRC

Keywords: 996, all

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• It's booming, and a tremendous amount of people are moving in for all the different companies that are
• State small brewers are required to pay the excise tax on products they self-distribute or sell in their
• Is he responsible for weighing these grains so he'll know what the credit amount is?
• can then receive a credit on their franchise... ...franchise tax, up to either $1 million or the amount
• I believe this is correct, and the comptroller's office can confirm, and then it's distributed by the

Bills: HB249, HB 1186, HB2313, HB2408, HB2508, HB2730, HB2974, HB3045, HB3232, HB3336, HB3710, HB4044, HB4236, HJR133, HB249

Keywords: ad valorem taxes, property taxes, homestead exemption, disabled veterans, senior citizens, tax payments, installment payments, municipal tax revenue, hotel, convention center, tax code, economic development, local government, municipality, tax revenue, qualified projects, municipal taxation, hotel project, municipality funding, veteran

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• a very large amount.
• was also a very large amount. was also a very large amount. any<00:22:09.679> uh<00:22:09.840
• that would be more clear for them and more timely for them. amount is not less than the estimated amount
• amount for fiscal years 27 28 and 29. amount for fiscal years 27 28 and 29.
• <02:40:52.560> to We are getting the bills distributed to We are getting the bills distributed

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• distribution across the Commonwealth. distribution across the Commonwealth.
• So the cut scores are based on a distribution. It doesn’t say grade level.
• Because if it’s a distribution, you’re going to make that distribution no matter where the kids score
• c> standardized<00:51:08.480> tests distribution and how standardized tests distribution and
• <00:52:41.520> we we look that at that distribution we we look that at that distribution we

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 44, sponsored by Representative Chris Lewis, which would create a robotics program trust fund and a robotics funding selection committee through the Kentucky Department of Education. Supporters, including Kentucky First Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen and students from Whitfield Academy, said the bill would expand hands-on robotics education in high schools, connect students to manufacturing and engineering careers, and help meet workforce needs. The proposal would fund grants for coach stipends, competition fees, kits, supplies, and related expenses, and Lewis requested a one-time $500,000 appropriation along with private contributions from manufacturers. The students demonstrated their robot and described how robotics programs teach coding, design, manufacturing, and competition skills. The committee took no questions and approved HB 44 with a favorable expression of opinion for passage on the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 253, sponsored by Representative James Tipton, which would phase out the use of three-cueing reading instruction and require greater alignment with the science of reading. Tipton said the bill builds on the 2022 Read to Succeed law and would prohibit three cueing in public schools by the 2029-2030 school year, while also barring public university teacher prep programs from teaching it beginning in 2027-2028. He and Kentucky Department of Education officials said the bill is intended to shift instruction toward phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, and to expand professional learning for teachers through LETRS and other options. KDE testified that enforcement would focus on support rather than punishment, using literacy coaches, regional support staff, and MTSS specialists to help districts transition. Members discussed the bill’s delayed implementation, the evidence against three cueing, and whether reading recovery should be excluded from approved interventions. Supporters cited studies and brain research they said show three cueing can hurt later reading performance, while several members emphasized the need for teacher flexibility and support. Representative Jackson noted Kentucky’s 2025 NAEP third-grade reading ranking of fourth in the nation as evidence that current efforts are helping. Representative Truett and others raised concerns about how the bill would affect classroom practice and intervention strategies, and Tipton and KDE said the goal is to align instruction with evidence-based methods rather than punish educators. The transcript ends during continued discussion of reading recovery and related instructional approaches, with no final vote on HB 253 shown in the excerpt.

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• <01:06:03.160> of support and uh we pay a small amount of support and uh we pay a small amount
• We get a small amount of mobile source fees.
• We're then giving a contracted amount back to those members.
• a percentage it could be a flat amount a percentage it could be a flat amount whatever<02:19:31.359
• It is two to three cents a kilowatt hour, which is a good amount.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We're acclimating corals at our facility, picking them up and distributing them to our partners so they
• them around the state to moat's facility waters, distribute them around the state to Moats facility
• The current amount of holding space will need to increase by threefold.
• You know, we have a lot of saltwater anglers coming to Florida, so it generates a substantial amount
• The distribution of Class AA went up by 43%, and then landfill increased by 52%.

Summary: The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources heard a series of presentations focused on coral reef restoration, artificial reefs, biosolids management, and a proposed biosolids processing facility. Mote Marine Laboratory described the severe decline of Florida’s coral reefs, its restoration methods using microfragmentation, genetic banking, selective breeding, nurseries, and outplanting, and asked for a long-term state commitment to help restore reef areas. The Keys Marine Laboratory and Florida Institute of Oceanography highlighted their role as a hub for coral rescue, holding, propagation, and research, including emergency response during the 2023 bleaching event. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed the scale of reef loss, the state’s coral rescue and propagation efforts, and the economic and habitat value of artificial reefs, while noting permitting delays and material-selection concerns for reef projects. The committee then received a DEP update on the Osborne Reef tire cleanup. DEP explained that the original tire reef was a failure, that nearly 500,000 tires had been removed by 2024, and that the current effort is funded at $5 million for the fiscal year, with cleanup now shifting from large tire clusters to more difficult individual tires and coral relocation. Members asked about the future of the site after cleanup; DEP said that phase two decisions, such as whether to restore or monitor the area, have not yet been made. DEP also presented on biosolids rules, explaining that the 2021 rule tightened nutrient management, groundwater, and surface water protections, reduced the number of active land-application sites, and contributed to a shift away from Class B land application toward Class AA, landfill, or out-of-state disposal. Senators raised concerns about PFAS, nutrient loading, and the loss of disposal options, and a public speaker warned of a statewide septage disposal crisis. Finally, Sedron Technologies presented its VARCOR system and a planned Indiantown facility that would process dewatered biosolids into clean water, ammonia, and a dry Class AA product or fuel, with the company saying the process can destroy PFAS and help relieve regional disposal pressure. Senators expressed support for the technology as a potential solution to Florida’s biosolids challenges. No formal votes were taken on the presentations themselves, and the only action at the end of the meeting was adjournment after Senator Polsky moved to do so.

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• <00:44:00.960> of<00:44:01.119> a possession, use or distribution of a possession,
• use or distribution of a dangerous<00:44:01.760> weapon<00:44:02.560> 15<00:44:03.040><
• , giving that weapon to distribution, giving that weapon to somebody<00:51:36.079> else.
• , so selling a firearm and distribution, so selling a firearm to<00:51:44.319> somebody<00:51:
• And most folks who win the really large amount, they disappear for a few months.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to a new $50 million distribution from state sales and use tax.
• This new distribution was also in Senator Simon's Senate Bill 250.
• This new distribution was also in Senator Simon's Senate Bill 250.
• I think there is a limited amount of actual data. Thank you.
• Under tab 23, there's HB 50501, Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• And with the amount of money, they... ...money things even more.
• And with the amount of money that's going to cost, come on.
• The distribution to RTC just on the LAT gaming piece is $1,770,000.
• The distribution to RTC in FY27 would be $3,481,000 and some change.
• The subtotal of that total amount would be $49,542,500.

Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• Those are the five ecological sections in this middle-left distribution.
• <00:09:19.560> of to where you can see distribution of to where you can see distribution of
• you see how the Acres distribution you see how the Acres distribute<00:09:55.680> between<00:
• <00:36:27.760> of acquired a significant amount of acquired a significant amount of property
• to mechanical pencils again small amount to mechanical pencils again small amount of<01:26:25.119

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• HB 1829 by Shaheen relating to the establishment of limitation on total amount of adverarum taxes that
• HB 1998 by Spiller relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for
• public health, HB 2039 by Gervin Hawkins relating to an exemption from advalarum taxation of the amount
• HB 2282 by Lopez of Cameron relating to the amount of reimbursement fee paid by defendant for the peace
• HB 2365 by Kitzman relating to grant amounts under the Young Farmer Grant Program for the Committee on

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• And it will be distributed.
• ,<00:19:45.560> I Maybe while it's being distributed, I Maybe while it's being distributed
• will be distributed. will be distributed.
• <00:38:08.480> Thank being distributed? Absolutely. Thank being distributed? Absolutely.
• Uh the the the double the amount.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all