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• Okay, so we're at the adult education matching grants. I would suggest we leave that in.
• School food service matching grants, that's at, wait a second, yeah, that's at $1,380.
• There was also a conversation of an equity package.
• Well, yeah, we didn't add the equity package, so that's not... Right, it's not in there currently.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee met to hear and discuss three education bills and related budget items. House Bill 1214 would revise K-12 transportation funding by replacing the current rider-based formula with a new formula tied more closely to district size, square mileage, building counts, and the weighted student payment. Sponsors and DPI said the change would better reflect actual transportation costs, hold districts harmless overall, and likely increase funding by about $4 million beyond current spending; they also said parent-provided transportation and open-enrollment mileage rules would remain largely unchanged. No opposition was heard, and the committee closed discussion without taking final action in the transcript. The committee then reviewed House Bill 1013, the education appropriations bill, and walked through proposed adjustments to program and pass-through grants. The chair proposed keeping or reducing some items, eliminating others, and moving one-time items to the stabilization fund; examples included leaving free meals at $4.5 million for now, keeping the paraprofessional-to-teacher program, reducing some grant lines, and removing several new or one-time grants. DPI also explained that the student information system would remain a flow-through grant for this biennium but would move in-house after July 1, 2026. The committee also discussed adding an FTE for the School for the Blind and making a small equipment swap at the Center for Distance Education. House Bill 1369 was discussed as the main school aid bill, including a proposed 2 percent and 2 percent per-pupil payment increase, higher construction bidding thresholds, elimination of the 12 percent cap, and a transfer of $75 million from Foundation Aid to the School Construction Revolving Loan Fund, with the chair suggesting $100 million instead. DPI explained that the bill also included a policy change returning placement decisions for students with disabilities in congregate care to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with support from the governor’s office. The committee heard testimony from school officials seeking gap funding for Title I losses caused by a switch from free-and-reduced-lunch to census-based allocations, saying districts with many open-enrolled students could lose substantial funding and staff positions. Later, the governor’s office presented a proposed $1.5 million one-time appropriation to help schools buy secure storage for student cell phones if a statewide device policy is adopted; members raised concerns about cost, local control, and whether the money would be enough. The committee also heard student testimony and then recessed without voting on the amendment in the transcript.

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• states to scale or launch new talent marketplaces that essentially help people take what they know and match
• individually advocate for themselves through open data, where they can curate a résumé and directly match
• You need a state longitudinal data system so that you don't have to use fuzzy and bridge matching, so
• anything out of that until you can enhance your UI wage record because the confidence interval in those matches
• Since we had over 100 public comments, we included those public comments with our package to the governor's

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career and Technical Education, focused on integrating workforce, education, training, and human services systems. Moore argued that WIOA, Perkins, and ESSA should be aligned more closely, with fewer federal and state bureaucratic layers, more state flexibility, and a stronger emphasis on labor force participation, postsecondary attainment, and training tied to in-demand jobs. He said the federal agencies are moving toward combined plan timelines for 2026, encouraged states to pursue combined plans and waivers, and described efforts to streamline reporting, reduce administrative overhead, and expand tools such as integrated intake, cross-training, virtual and mobile service delivery, apprenticeship, and talent marketplaces. Moore also emphasized accountability and outcomes, saying states should measure training-related employment, retention, and the share of funds going to direct services rather than administration. He criticized the current workforce system as too costly and ineffective, and said states should use primary labor market information, better wage records, and employer input to align training with actual job demand. Members asked about balancing flexibility with accountability, the role of employers versus postsecondary institutions, serving rural “training deserts,” state waivers, and data-sharing systems such as Mississippi’s workforce technology efforts. Moore said states can use waivers and technology to create common intake and co-enrollment across programs, and that enhanced wage records are key to better workforce planning. The committee then received a separate update from DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Director Jay Hill on reimbursement rates for aging and adult behavioral health services. They said DHS had compiled more than 100 public comments, submitted a recommendation to the governor to hold current rates, and was awaiting executive review, which they estimated could take 30 to 60 days. Members asked about the timeline and the scope of the legislation requiring monthly reports. The meeting ended with notice of a later audit presentation scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the Big Mac building.

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• That may be an area where federal funding and federal matching funds remain available under the Current
• renewables, having successful baseload allows you to build out more renewables because then you can match
• the baseload with larger solar build-outs and larger wind build-outs to match that intermittency.
• Chairman, members of the committee, I'm not super familiar with the package and the inducements. ...that
• would say generally, in our conversations with the state, we're talking about different incentive packages

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• see we started that in 2021 with over $2 million investment in that program that does require 25% match
• We've seen a lot of matches with a lot of these legislative appropriations, but we've also seen what
• it's something that will be continuing to evaluate in terms of how the resources given and the needs match
• So in modeling this data, is it being complicated by the fact that you have software packages from multiple
• I don't believe anything special beyond the standard package and we provide any other employee.

Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, then returned to its ongoing budget workshop with the Department of Management Services. DFS’s Division of Risk Management described its role as the state self-insurance fund, covering about 200,000 employees and 27,000 vehicles, paying roughly $150 million in claims last year, and managing a pilot ETS treatment program for veterans and first responders that had 49 patients and 804 treatments as of the latest report. The Division of State Fire Marshal outlined its fire prevention, training, emergency response, and grant programs, including hurricane deployments, the Florida State Fire College, and several capital and grant requests for roof, courtyard, memorial, and equipment needs. The Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation explained how it handles insolvent insurers under Chapter 631, currently administering 14 estates with $1.2 billion in assets and $3.7 billion in liabilities, and said no new receiverships had been opened since February 2023. Members asked about grant backlogs, fire truck procurement delays, memorial repairs, and whether affiliate transfers were occurring in insurer liquidations. Secretary Griffin then updated the committee on DBPR’s implementation of House Bill 1021 on community associations. He said the department had used the new authority to expand education, complaint handling, and ombudsman services, including 10 free standardized courses, a new condo website, and a four-hour board certification course that had already drawn more than 12,000 attendees. He reported that outreach to condominium communities had increased by more than 60%, that complaint filings were up 39% while jurisdictional dismissals dropped to 11%, and that about 81% to 82% of the 65 new positions had been filled. Members pressed him on whether the department had enough authority and funding, how condominium counts are determined, how self-reported structural integrity reserve study data is verified, and whether more public-facing complaint tracking and better reporting from local governments or developers would improve the system. The committee then resumed questioning Secretary Allende of DMS about outstanding budget and operations issues. Members focused on the delayed People First contract extension required by statute, with the secretary saying the delay involved technical and contractual complexity in moving a legacy hard-coded system to the cloud. They also revisited the state data team and data catalog project, asking why a statutory 2022 deadline had not been met, how the four-person team and broader data staff were organized, how many applicants were considered for key positions, and what each role was doing. The secretary said the catalog work was being simplified into six metadata fields and supported by a broader community of practice, but no firm completion date was given during the exchange.

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• mentioned earlier, we serve approximately 4.1 million members throughout the state, and the benefit package
• we provide to our Medicaid recipients does cover a comprehensive package of mental health, behavioral
• I just wanted to find out if there's any indication as to how the funding matched up with the working
• And we do, in statute, have a match requirement for certain services, along with a requirement that we
• In respect to the child welfare, the Title IV-E match, have those dollars been drawn down to our state

Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee held a panel discussion on Florida’s mental health and substance abuse system, with representatives from DCF, AHCA, two managing entities, and two providers describing how the state’s behavioral health network is funded and operated. Members focused on the implementation of prior legislative investments, especially the $50 million in recurring funding from Representative Maney’s bill and the earlier $126 million community behavioral health appropriation. Witnesses said the newer funds were used mainly for crisis beds, discharge planning, outpatient services, regional collaboratives, and a USF Marchman Act report, while the larger behavioral health appropriation supported CAT, FACT, FIT, forensic teams, residential and outpatient services, and crisis care, with most dollars going directly to services and only a small share to administration. A major theme was access to crisis care and the role of mobile response teams, 988, and central receiving facilities in diverting people from Baker Act admissions and reducing readmissions. DCF and providers said mobile response teams have expanded, are being used to de-escalate crises and connect people to care, and have shown strong diversion results and reductions in Baker Acts in some regions. Members also asked about waitlists, children in crisis, and how to handle people without housing or support; providers said discharge planning is individualized but often constrained by homelessness, transportation, and a lack of safe placements, and several witnesses identified housing as one of the biggest barriers to recovery and stability. The committee also examined provider sustainability, reimbursement, and funding gaps. Witnesses described delays caused by contract timing, cost allocation rules, and Medicaid reimbursement rates that do not always keep pace with labor and operating costs, especially for smaller providers and rural networks. DCF and AHCA said managing entities can provide advances, retroactive rate adjustments, and technical assistance, and that Medicaid managed care plans have network standards and complaint/dispute processes. Members raised concerns about a reported $7 million loss in federal non-sustainable funds, provider closures, and whether there is a formal ombudsman process for disputes; DCF said the federal reductions were known and tied to one-time funds, and that the department generally handles provider issues informally while working with managing entities to preserve continuity of care.

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• bill requires the creation of a veteran-to-supply-chain-employee action plan, which will identify and match
• IDENTIFY AND MATCH THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OF VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH
• And stop in any store, note the price of a package of gym socks, a tube of toothpaste.
• OF BUTTER, AND STOP IN ANY STORE, NOTE THE PRICE OF A PACKAGE OF GYM SOCKS, A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE.
• the last thing we did before the beginning of August, which was Republicans voted on a rescissions package

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The next one is our general matching rate.
• But our general matching rate is around 50%.
• Their matching rate would be higher.
• Prior to H.R. 1, we received the match according to the eligibility category.
• So, now we may Get a 90% match for some folks. We would shift to a 50% match for others.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• On line 404 is the child care assistance program integrity package.
• integrity child care assistance program integrity child care assistance program integrity package
• :48.000> given<00:14:48.280> its<00:14:48.480> name,<00:14:48.800> it package
• Obviously, given its name, it package.
• ensure that the resources fully match ensure that the resources fully match the<01:17:14.840>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• You can, you know, there's a handoff between packages, and that's part of why there's a rules piece to
• Chair, and thank you for being here. know there's a handoff between packages know there's a handoff between
• packages and<00:08:13.680> that's<00:08:13.919> part<00:08:14.160> of<00:08:14.240
• comes from a student who basically comes from a family<00:26:16.640> that<00:26:16.880> matches
• that 350% income cap family that matches that 350% income cap that's<00:26:19.360> currently<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session on SB 145, which would require sexual assault evidence kits to be delivered to the state forensic lab within seven business days and analyzed more promptly. Pamela Kyle of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence said the bill was developed after survivor concerns and extensive discussions with the Departments of Safety and Justice. She explained that most agencies already deliver kits quickly, but some kits sit for months, and the bill is intended to add structure without penalties while preserving chain of custody. Members discussed the use of common carriers or courier services for transport, the need for clear rules, and whether carriers would know what they were transporting. Representative Papovich offered amendment 2025-2301H to remove the reimbursement program for police shipping costs, arguing it would add administrative overhead and was unnecessary. The amendment was adopted on a roll call vote, and the committee then voted OTPA on SB 145 as amended, with members voting yes on the roll call. The committee then opened a work session on SB 295, and the sponsor presented a replace-all amendment intended to simplify and clarify the Education Freedom Account bill without changing its purpose. The amendment would remove income-cap language, define priority enrollment groups, establish an enrollment cap for the EFA program, and create rolling enrollment rules. It would set a 10,000-student cap for the 2025-2026 school year, allow the cap to increase by 25% if enrollment exceeds 90% of the prior cap, and ensure current participants can remain enrolled. The amendment also provides that certain sections would later be repealed once the Department of Education certifies that applications have not exceeded the cap for two consecutive school years. The sponsor walked through the amendment section by section, explaining that the bill is structured in two phases: one while caps exist and another after they are no longer needed.

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• likely than centers to offer flexible, non-traditional care hours and may offer families a closer match
• So, in the 2025 report, what LFC staff did is they conducted a matched causal analysis.
• They matched students who were the same on income level and quality rating to students who had the same
• We have that to pay the Medicaid funding the match for FIT services.
• They have had some challenges moving balances on previous general obligation bond packages going back

Keywords: 996, all

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• THIS AMENDMENT SIMPLY REMOVES SOME SECTIONS OF THE BILL IN ORDER TO CONFORM THE BILL TO MATCH THE HOUSE
• ACTUALLY DEFINED THAT THEY USED A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE FOR WHAT THE BILL WOULD DO SO WE ARE TRYING TO MATCH
• WE NEED TO MATCH THE SAME LANGUAGE AS THE HOUSE BILL TO KILL THE DRILL.
• SOMETHING SB 1300 OFFERS AND WHILE I SUPPORT THE SENTIMENT I AGREE IT NEEDS TO MATCH THE LANGUAGE OF
• LEARNING COALITIONS WITH A HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION FOR RATES FOR LAST YEAR AUTHORIZES TWO YEARS OF MATCHING

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Are you saying that you match the $6 million one for one? Generally, yes.
• So you will be matching $6 million a year, depending on how many are state positions.
• Are you saying that you match the $6 million one for one? Generally, yes.
• So you will be matching $6 million a year, depending on how many are state positions.
• <02:07:37.159> six generally so you will be matching six generally so you will be matching

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1233, relating to storm management systems, which would add safety and maintenance requirements for detention and retention ponds. Supporters, including Alison Schafers of the Ki Injury Prevention Coalition and Kristen Herstead of the Hawaii Lifeguard Association, said the measure is needed because poorly maintained ponds can become hidden drowning hazards, especially for children, and argued that fencing, signage, and life-saving equipment would have minimal cost. Schafers described the death of her daughter in a detention pond and said the bill reflects recommendations in the Hawaii Water Safety Plan. Members asked about whether the issue should be handled at the county level; testifiers responded that a statewide standard is needed, though counties would likely handle permitting. No vote was taken on the bill during the excerpted discussion. The committee then heard HB 867, relating to recreational facilities, which would require accessible playgrounds. The Department of Land and Natural Resources said it submitted comments and that state parks do not generally have recreational facilities affected by the bill, while most such facilities are under county jurisdiction. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Disability Communication Access Board, and the Disability Rights Center all supported the bill’s intent but recommended changes, including replacing the term “special needs” with “accessible,” focusing the requirement on new and renovated playgrounds, and specifying wheelchair-accessible swings. Testifiers emphasized that accessible play spaces promote inclusion for children with disabilities and benefit all children. No final action or vote was reported. The committee also took up HB 1358, relating to a public land trust working group. DLNR supported the measure and said it had provided written comments, while the Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported the bill and described longstanding problems with incomplete land inventories, self-reported revenue data, and disputed public land trust payments. OHA said an audit it funded suggests the state owes more than current payments reflect, and other supporters said the bill is needed for transparency, accountability, and a complete inventory of public trust lands, including submerged lands. Committee questions focused on how the public land trust information system is maintained, who updates it, and how revenue reporting works; DLNR said the system is older, has limited dedicated IT staffing, and relies on agency self-reporting rather than independent verification. No vote or final committee action was announced in the excerpt.

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• that's trigger ready, but the big purpose in the Office of Conversion credit that's a part of this package
• The sunset is six years outside of the innovation zones, and then it matches the sunset within the...
• ...is six years outside of the innovation zones, and then it matches the sunset within the innovation

Summary: The Legislative Rules Committee met with a quorum and held a public hearing on Senate Bill 1694, along with related Senate Bill 1688, both described by the sponsor and supporters as a modernization and expansion of the Missouri Downtown and Rural Economic Stimulus Act (MODESA). Senator Steve Roberts said the bills would broaden redevelopment tools, extend timelines, expand residential incentives, and help projects in St. Louis and other communities without using general revenue. Supporters from the Cordish Companies, the City of Kansas City, Greater St. Louis Inc., Historic Revitalization for Missouri, and BioSTL emphasized past redevelopment successes, including Power & Light, Ballpark Village, and potential reuse of large vacant buildings such as the AT&T Tower and Railway Exchange Building. They argued the proposal would leverage private investment, create jobs, and provide a predictable statewide framework. One witness opposed the bill, arguing it would create more bureaucracy, rely on tax abatements and TIF, and burden taxpayers. Committee members asked questions about the bill’s scope, rural component, fiscal note, and specific redevelopment targets, and the public hearing then closed. After a brief stand-at-ease, the committee entered executive session and adopted a substitute for the combined Senate Bill 1694/1688 package, then voted do pass on the House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1694 and 1688 by a vote of 10-0. The committee also considered Senate Bill 1586, a solid waste measure, and voted do pass Senate Substitute Number 2 for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1586 by a vote of 8-2. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 889, a cleanup bill removing obsolete statutes, and voted do pass the House Committee Substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 889 by a vote of 8-0 with two members voting present. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So we're trying to think outside the box, perhaps by packaging larger projects together to make it more
• There was some fund that we could actually use federal money to match federal money.
• And we don't think your protest matches.' We give them an Opportunity to supplement their protest.

Keywords: 914, all

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• I'm focusing here on the $100 million, which is a pot of money for grants to match federal grants to
• I'm focusing here on the $100 million, which is a pot of money for grants to match federal grants to
• I'm focusing here on the $100 million, which is a pot of money for grants to match federal grants to
• core to make sure that we have matching core to make sure that we have matching dollars<00:43:43.319
• And this operating adjustment is part of the governor's budget, which is part of the overall package

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, through this fund, water providers can apply for up to $3 million in grant funding, with a 25% match
• We needed kind of the whole package—prime-time-ready projects that deliver real possible solutions.
• We needed kind of the whole package, prime time-ready projects that deliver real possible solutions.
• going to get these regulatory aspects of these projects figured out, we then get to take them and package

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee was called to order with member and staff introductions, then heard a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA). Director Chelsea McGuire described WIFA’s core revolving loan programs for clean water and drinking water infrastructure, its rural water supply development fund, its conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has invested nearly $3 billion over 30 years in water infrastructure, awarded $87.3 million under the rural fund, and allocated about $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also reported that the conservation grant fund is fully allocated and that WIFA is seeking renewed funding support from the legislature. A major focus was the long-term augmentation fund, which WIFA is using to evaluate large-scale water supply projects through a competitive solicitation and due-diligence process. McGuire said 17 proposals were received and seven projects were selected for further development, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based supply arrangements involving Arizona, California, and Mexico. She emphasized that the next phase will include public engagement, technical and financial analysis, and input from potential water buyers, and that the projects are intended to address an identified supply gap of 100,000 to 500,000 acre-feet per year over the next 10 to 15 years. Members generally praised WIFA’s work, especially its support for small and rural communities, and asked about public transparency, conservation savings, federal funding for revolving funds, and the cost and timeline of augmentation projects. McGuire said the revolving funds remain financially stable even if federal funding declines, though forgivable-principal grants could be affected. She also said smaller utilities often need staff help to navigate applications and that WIFA is working to make the rural fund’s process more predictable and accessible. Several senators urged the legislature not to cut WIFA’s funding, while McGuire argued that stable state support is needed to keep project costs down and maintain momentum. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Overall, this is a balanced budget package.
• Moving on with additional no-cost items, in our fraud detection and prevention package, we've added a
• very important task in front of us that the governor is In terms of determining how to put forward a package
• That is Willie Jett, and I do believe that is the Department of Education, and that matches and I have

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• 50% matching funds. 50% matching funds.
• I know it wouldn't match<05:37:19.720> me<05:37:19.920> but<05:37:20.400> um match
• My reservation was specifically because this was part of the OHA package.
• <05:44:01.920> OHA this was part of the OHA package.
• OHA this was part of the OHA package.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So altogether, when we get everything in the package It's $2,600.
• So, we tried to kind of package them and bring those resources to them in the regions across the route
• So, we tried to kind of package them and bring those resources to them in the regions across the route
• There's also a federal or grant matching rate of 8% for salaries that are paid by external or non-state
• then, you've got the breakdown of the dedicated revenue, member contributions, and the employer matching

Keywords: 914, all

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• Also, it's what I experienced in our company where we were selecting benefit packages for our 1,200 employees
• think, make it attractive to work for the state, at least from a monetary standpoint, is our benefit packages
• I noticed that the first organization that was named in the letter didn't match what I knew to be true
• I noticed that the first organization that was named in the letter didn't match what I knew to be true
• We don't allow that on tobacco packaging, and that the federal labeling is sufficient.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several procedural motions, including suspending House rules for three legislative days and replacing conference committee members on Senate Bill 2282 and SCR 4007. The chamber also recognized visiting student groups from Grafton/Pleasant Valley and Shiloh School. Later, the House agreed to several conference committee reports and moved a number of measures through final passage or final disposition. House Bill 1428, which would have created a sales tax exemption for clothing sold by thrift stores or nonprofit corporations, drew extensive debate over tax policy, revenue loss, and possible conflicts with streamlined sales tax rules. Supporters argued it would help lower-income shoppers and nonprofit thrift stores, while opponents said it created an unfair advantage and could reduce state and local revenue. The conference report was adopted, but the bill ultimately failed on final vote, 37-54. House Bill 1440, relating to cigar lounges, was amended in conference and then passed 75-17. House Bill 1460, concerning adult foster care for private-pay adults, electronic monitoring, and a legislative study, was also adopted and passed overwhelmingly, 91-1. The House then passed Senate Bill 2224, which revises gaming commission structure and gaming stamp requirements, adds Attorney General enforcement provisions, and includes a $25,000 general fund appropriation, by a vote of 88-0. Senate Bill 2327, which expands uses of the agriculture diversification and development fund and appropriates $15 million to it, passed 74-17 after a member was excused from voting due to a personal interest. Senate Bill 2267, creating a regulatory framework for on-site wastewater treatment systems and shifting licensing authority to the Department of Environmental Quality, passed 82-10, and Senate Bill 2276, addressing joint water resource boards for cross-county projects, passed 90-1. The most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 2160, which would move the state employee health plan from grandfathered status to a non-grandfathered ACA-compliant plan and appropriate about $6.6 million for the transition. Supporters said it would give the PERS board more flexibility, expand preventive and other benefits, and potentially slow premium growth without charging employees premiums. Opponents warned it could raise out-of-pocket costs, add mandated benefits, and shift costs to employees, while also arguing the bill had not been adequately studied. After extended debate, the House passed SB 2160 by a vote of 55-37. The chamber also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 1318, a pesticide labeling bill, and placed it on final passage, but the transcript ends before the final vote on that measure.