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• This requires no or minimal operator in an intervention to remain safe in the event of an accident.
• Reactivating closed plants and increasing the output of existing facilities through operates.
• I think a less true for of some are nuclear facility because it's a 24 hour service.
• And so that was done through ending the operating license of the existing nuclear 3.
• is kind of if targets or operate or power upgrade to what they're called.

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• Folks want to get home at a decent hour, so the two-minute time limit is, of course, in the rules and
• What does that really mean in terms of practicality? After alcohol, you pee it out within 24 hours.
• Not to mention the fact that we've been operating in violation of federal law.
• Yet we have blatantly ignored this and operated in violation of federal law.
• Operators operate across the state, both in rural areas and outside of it.

Bills: SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB 5 , SB 11 , SB 12

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• CACs operate at the intersection of victim services, law enforcement, child welfare, prosecution, and
• The governor's budget cuts some funding by reducing the expansion of state-operated living alternative
• We are also concerned about cutting the number of state-operated living alternatives.
• This program is already operating at 40% of its original capacity. This would not be a trim.
• Of our two requests to the governor's budget, an operating request for our collections database was funded

Bills: SB5998

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> maximum it was two hours of training. maximum it was two hours of training.
• have two hours of training every year.
• I imagine our full days are sort of 16 to 20 hours long.
• hours of the course.
• Representative Spelain. days are sort of 16 to 20 hours long. days are sort of 16 to 20 hours long.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I think it of of that situation.
• Um, the 30 miles an hour over an excess of the speed limit.
• </c> miles an hour. miles an hour.
• </c> of those. of those.
• An example of this might be somebody driving down the highway, you know, 70 miles an hour, and they take

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the coming years of whether, not just if, we can do something, but when, because of some of those operational
• if, we can do something, but when, because of some of those operational changes.
• if, we can do something, but when, because of some of those operational changes.
• This is sort of the operational strategy.
• So the Board of Health authorized a set fee schedule to cover the cost of operating the nursing home

Committee: House Health and Human Services

Keywords: House Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We are doing a very important function of the legislature, which is oversight of some of our big infusions
• They have a lot of desires to be seen as a national hub for UAS operations, testing, and activities,
• thousands of acres adjacent to Camp Gruber that they can control and operate these drones for homeland
• Whereas, like if you're operating in DFW, that's why if you've seen some of the pharmaceutical deliveries
• Missouri for Many years ago, they operated an outbound port of entry on their side of the line, so they

Committee: House A&B Transportation Subcommittee

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And out of state, out of state...
• I employ 500 professional caregivers who provide thousands of hours of hands-on care every week in private
• I employ 500 professional caregivers who provide thousands of hours of hands-on care every week in private
• Does it kind of encapsulate all of it?
• So, for instance, in the city of Page, broadband went down for 24 hours; it would have been impossible

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2307, as amended, which would require the Department of Health Services to contract with out-of-state secure mental health facilities when Arizona beds are unavailable for certain involuntary commitment cases involving defendants found dangerous and incompetent. The sponsor and supporters framed it as an emergency stopgap to prevent individuals who are deemed non-restorable from being released because Arizona lacks secure behavioral health beds, while opponents argued it would raise due process, disability rights, family access, and cost concerns, and questioned whether the state could even implement such interstate placements. After debate, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and advanced HB 2307 on a 6-5 due pass vote. The committee then heard House Bill 2083, which updates diabetes-related coverage language in health plans to include newer devices and supplies such as continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, and smart insulin pens. Supporters said the bill modernizes outdated statutes and improves access and outcomes for people with diabetes, while an insurer representative offered soft opposition, warning that writing these items into statute could create a state mandate and potential cost exposure, especially if the language is read to include GLP-1 medications. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and moved HB 2083 forward on an 11-1 due pass vote. Next, House Bill 2673 was heard, addressing mental health screening and treatment for incarcerated people. The sponsor said the bill was being reworked into a study committee concept after stakeholder feedback, but the underlying proposal would require prompt evaluation of prisoners showing mental disorder symptoms and faster referral for treatment. A family member testified about her son’s severe deterioration in jail and death, while an attorney opposed the bill as overbroad and legally problematic. Despite the sponsor’s indication that the bill would become a study committee, the committee voted 12-0 to give HB 2673 a due pass recommendation. The committee also advanced House Bill 2923, which revises timelines, procedures, and notice requirements for judicial review of court-ordered mental health treatment; supporters said it clarifies outdated language and improves communication with families, while opponents argued it shifts burdens onto patients and could prolong confinement. HB 2923 also received a 12-0 due pass vote.

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• the financial and operating decisions of the entities and licensed, certified, registered holding certificate
• on this bill and putting in the long hours of work.
• of resale.
• of Florida.
• And we couldn't do any of this without the staff that has really put in so many hours into this.

Committee: House Commerce Committee

Summary: The committee first heard CS/HB 1263 on insurance regulation. The sponsor said the bill would strengthen the Office of Insurance Regulation’s tools to oversee property and auto insurance markets, including market conduct and solvency exams, mitigation discounts, storage of mitigation inspection forms, and clearer oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. An amendment narrowing fingerprinting requirements was adopted, and the bill passed favorably after supportive testimony from OIR and others. Members then considered CS/HB 527, which would require a qualified human review before an insurance claim can be denied or reduced when artificial intelligence is used in the process. After an amendment removing the word “algorithm” was adopted, insurers and trade groups testified in opposition, arguing current law already covers claims handling and that the bill could create duplicative work and slow innovation. Supporters, including a consumer and labor representative, said human judgment is needed to protect claimants. The bill passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/HB 637 on farm equipment “lemon law” rights, with an amendment clarifying consumer definitions, refund rights, repair-period extensions, and a July 1, 2026 effective date. CS/HB 107 on data centers also passed after an amendment narrowing the five-mile siting restriction to data centers over 50 megawatts and adding noise-study requirements; business groups supported a framework but opposed the NDA ban and siting limits, while several members raised competitiveness and local-impact concerns. Later, the committee passed CS/HB 1291 on NICA funding and solvency, CS/HB 185 on a sales tax exemption for home-hardening products, CS/HB 425 on historic African-American cemetery preservation, CS/CS/CS/HB 1177 on Space Florida and spaceport operations, CS/CS/CS/HB 657 on community associations and HOA/condo reforms, and CS/CS/HB 1221, the DFS package. The final major item discussed was CS/HB 1001 on local government DEI restrictions, which drew extensive questioning about definitions, exceptions, cultural and religious observances, advisory councils, and contracting rules; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s final disposition.

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• </c> of 0.04. of 0.04.
• As anyone who operates around here well knows, there are routine happy hours, dinners, and receptions
• that occur throughout and around the legislative session at all hours of the day, including the recent
• course of the next 6 hours multiple times each.
• the next 6 discussion over the course of the next 6 hours<00:13:02.720><c> multiple</c><00:13:03.200

Committee: House Ethics

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And, of course, our boards of trustees are so, so important to the decision-making of where we go and
• of it.
• Because the hours of these courses that are taking place are as early as 7 a.m. in some colleges and
• Because the hours of these courses that are taking place are as early as 7 a.m. in some colleges and
• to the Board of Trustees of the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard a presentation from the Governor’s Office on the proposed education budget, which totals $32.5 billion overall and includes no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents. Officials highlighted major funding for financial aid and scholarships, including Bright Futures, Benacquisto, veteran-related scholarships, EASE, Open Door, law enforcement/first responder programs, and workforce initiatives. They also emphasized increases for workforce education, Florida College System operations, nursing pipeline and line funds, and university operations, performance funding, and faculty recruitment and retention. Committee members asked questions about the Ocoee Scholarship, the proposed post-secondary Guardian program, and how university recruitment and retention funds would be used; officials said the Ocoee Scholarship remains funded at current levels, the Guardian program would offer flexible campus safety options, and the university funds would be distributed to institutions for faculty recruitment and retention without additional directives. The committee then heard from a series of appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees for state colleges and universities, who described their backgrounds and priorities. Testimony consistently focused on affordability, workforce alignment, nursing and allied health programs, dual enrollment, adult learners, and local economic needs. Several trustees highlighted strong nursing NCLEX pass rates, expansion of campuses or programs, and efforts to tailor education to regional workforce demands such as health care, construction, law enforcement, aviation, and hospitality. One appointee from Miami-Dade College emphasized helping adult students return and complete degrees by easing credit transfer and admissions barriers. After hearing from the appointees, the committee took up the full slate of confirmations as a block. A motion was made and the roll was called; the confirmations were approved favorably, with members voting yes and no opposition recorded. The committee then adjourned.

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• hours of officers typing into a survey.
• hours of officers typing into a survey.
• If this survey could be filled out in one to three minutes, you're talking about thousands of hours of
• The judiciary has a strong interest in ensuring the success of the Department of Law Enforcement operations
• 02:24:48.640><c> operations</c> department of law enforcement operations department of law enforcement

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1790 HD1, which would require law enforcement and oversight agencies to collect and report data on stops, use of force, and complaints to the Hawaii Crime Lab, which would publish incident-level information and annual reports. Supporters, including the Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii Justice Rising, and the Policing Project, said the bill would improve transparency, help identify disparities, and support better policy and accountability. OHA requested amendments to ensure Hawaiians are identified as a distinct category in the data, and the University of Hawaii’s Ashley Rubin said the Crime Lab would work with agencies to make implementation as seamless as possible. The Department of Law Enforcement supported the bill’s intent but asked for a longer timeline and culturally appropriate methodology, while HPD opposed the bill as written, saying it would require too many new data points, create a significant administrative burden, and rely on subjective perceptions of race and ethnicity; HPD also noted it is piloting an e-citation system that could help with data collection. Committee members questioned HPD about current manual processes and technology options. The chair reported 18 testimonies total: 15 in support, one in opposition, and two with comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard HB 1611 HD1, which would phase down the general excise tax on groceries and nonprescription drugs until a full exemption takes effect in 2034. The Department of Taxation offered technical recommendations, including clearer definitions for groceries and nonprescription drugs and a technical change regarding the county surcharge exemption. Supporters, including the Hawaii Public Health Institute and the Hawaii Food Industry Association, argued the GET on groceries is regressive and worsens food insecurity, especially for low-income households, and said the bill would provide needed relief. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical concerns, including a possible wholesale-tax enforcement issue once the exemption is fully phased in. The excerpt ends during testimony on HB 1611, with no final committee action shown.

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• There's some of us in this room that have tattoos, and I looked on the website: 200 hours you need to
• hours for your education and the amount of hours they train on this.
• We did this for optometrists, not allowing people to operate in their scope of practice when we have
• We have<00:55:04.480><c> 24-hour</c><00:55:05.119><c> operations</c><00:55:05.599><c> that</c><00:55:
• 05.839><c> are</c><00:55:06.160><c> wanting</c> have 24-hour operations that are wanting have 24-hour

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Other members want to be that within 36 hours, we had $20,000 worth of diapers, formula, and baby supplies
• SEG expenditures are a small percentage of overall food service operation expenditures, but it's been
• They do deliver meals to all of their schools. Not all of their schools have operating kitchens.
• There's a sitting in an empty building in there that has no operations. Out of a veteran center.
• Staff support, or if it's having an earlier, going for 24 hours of assessments to see what things are

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• That keeps all of our sites open. The program operates right now at $2 million.
• and the greater of actual damages or civil penalties of $1,000 per violation, up to $500,000 per operator
• than only operators of publicly available conversational AI services.
• Lastly, the amendment adjusts the civil penalties that an operator may be liable for a violation of the
• outlined requirements by removing the $500,000 cap per operator, specifying that the civil penalty of

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 10, 2026, and then heard several House bills, mostly on appropriations, fees, water, food assistance, technology, and licensing. HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns raised in opposition about increased groundwater pumping, subsidence, and impacts to tribal lands and conservation efforts. HB 2057, reducing the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also passed 7-2 after one senator objected that the plate’s purpose and discount were not well justified. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew supportive testimony from food access groups who said the program helps families, farmers, and local markets; members noted the amount was below the prior $2 million funding level and could force site closures, but the bill passed 9-0. The committee also advanced HB 2257, which changes the distribution of watercraft registration and fee revenue, shifting more money to lake improvement and boating safety funds and less to the watercraft licensing fund. It passed 6-3 amid criticism that the bill moved money away from Game and Fish and concern that the boating safety fund increase could support immigration enforcement. HB 2265, which bars courts from charging criminal defendants for public defender services and certain other criminal-case fees and assessments, passed 7-1 after extensive testimony from advocates who argued the fees burden indigent defendants and cost more to collect than they raise; opponents called it a cost shift to counties and other local governments and said more fiscal data was needed. HB 2311, regulating publicly available conversational AI services with disclosure, anti-gamification, sexual-content restrictions, parental tools, and self-harm protocols, passed 7-2 after the sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment broadening the bill was rejected. The committee then considered HB 2752, which would subject Arizona Commerce Authority trade offices to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting. The ACA said it was neutral but supported the concept of data-driven decisions; the sponsor said the Legislature should approve trade offices and that the bill reflected his prior trade-office initiatives. An Epstein amendment requiring objective research for trade-office appropriations was rejected, and the bill passed 6-3. Finally, the committee heard HB 2957, which would preserve non-Real ID driver’s licenses, prohibit mandatory participation in enhanced ID programs, restrict biometric collection and document retention, and bar government entities from requiring digital or mobile IDs. The sponsor and several supporters argued it protects privacy, state sovereignty, and informed consent, while opponents from ADOT and the trucking industry warned it could conflict with federal Real ID and CDL requirements and jeopardize federal compliance and funding. The discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, with witnesses and members debating whether the bill would change current practice or create federal conflicts.

Transcript Highlights:

• of the furnishing of the required copies to each member of the legislature, each member of the cabinet
• Updates to the list of named military operations for the deployed service member property tax exemption
• ...made based on a lot of the input of the members, asks of many of us, and again a big credit to Chair
• Government that operates transparently and responsibly on behalf of the people we serve.
• The surcharge generates approximately $4 million annually to support the operations of the state agency

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Donnell C. Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. A quorum was announced, the journal was approved, and the Speaker said the chamber would take up 11 budget conference reports, with debate and final votes on each report. The first report considered was HB 7031E, the tax package, followed by HB 501E, the state budget appropriations bill. On HB 7031E, Chair Duggan explained that the conference report included a range of tax reductions and tax-related changes, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related provisions, reductions in certain taxes and fees, and new exemptions or administrative clarifications. He said the package also added items such as sales tax relief for certain university construction projects, a tennis admissions exemption, and changes to agricultural property tax treatment, and that the amendment reduced state and local tax revenues by $272.2 million. Members questioned the bill about the child care tax credit reduction from three years to one, the homestead exemption provision for certain diplomats and foreign service personnel, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the inclusion of firearm accessories and tennis tickets in sales tax holidays. After structured debate, the House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began the conference report on HB 501E, the $114.5 billion budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, which was described as below the prior year’s spending level and leaving more than $14 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major allocations across education, higher education, IT, health care, transportation and economic development, justice, state administration, and agriculture/natural resources. Highlights included increased FEFP funding and veteran teacher raises, full funding for Bright Futures, major IT modernization projects, Medicaid and behavioral health funding, transportation and local infrastructure spending, correctional and law enforcement investments, fire station and emergency response funding, and large environmental and water-quality appropriations. Members asked detailed questions about school voucher fraud oversight, scholarship funding, teacher raises, preeminence funding, ADAP changes, SNAP data tools and error rates, Medicaid rate changes, prison wastewater monitoring, and other budget items, but the transcript ends during the budget questions before final action on HB 501E is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• c> and how it operates in the hope of and how it operates in the hope of providing<00:02:26.319><c> some
• </c> an hour and there's a lot of questions an hour and there's a lot of questions still<01:10:48.400
• </c> that be sufficient to keep your type of that be sufficient to keep your type of operation<03:18:
• I think you were spot on with expanding their hours of act. advertising on devoted some number of advertising
• on devoted some number of hours hours hours uh<04:03:47.040><c> to</c><04:03:48.399><c> local</c><04

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the time of the couple thousand hours we've all put into it.
• Here are hundreds of specific cases of con artists and fraudsters operating in nearly ...specific cases
• with the state and take the two hours of training.
• by reducing the number of internship hours in half, from 600 to 300.
• Reckless operation of a vehicle and related offenses.

Summary: The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work. The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours. The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns. The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.

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• Project operational costs and a reallocation of indirect administrative costs.
• operations of the Alamo.
• Some of the, with the barrier islands, some of the drive time is six hours to reach an incident, whereas
• We operate the export facilities. Like I said, we have five of those.
• I think that's about $40,000. of programs that we are operating.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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

Transcript Highlights:

• We have about 70 third reads, so there are several hours of third reads.
• Additionally, what this bill does is we have required hours of 30 hours, 20 daytime and 10 nighttime
• This increased... ...hours of 30 hours, 20 daytime and 10 nighttime before you're allowed to get your
• hours of driving time.
• It requires a lot of hours, and it's tough to get new people to run.

Keywords: 1182, all