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• Because you're requiring them to file within 4 days.
• Because you're requiring them to file within 4 days.
• :57.440><c> time</c><01:24:57.679><c> share</c> Hampshire, we require that time share Hampshire, we require
• Any of the terms of the terms or requirements or requirements set forth in section two below. down.
• </c> or requirements or requirements or<01:33:42.000><c> requirements</c> Set forth in section two below

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up an amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Lily Walsh, aimed at requiring certain foreign principals involved in New Hampshire real estate transactions to file an affidavit electronically with the Department of Justice. Walsh explained that she revised the proposal after the first hearing by limiting it to leases longer than 14 days, removing notarization, allowing electronic filing, shortening notification timelines, and clarifying that lessors or agents would not have to verify the affidavit’s truthfulness. She asked the committee to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment and also noted a technical correction to use “real estate licensee” rather than “realtor.” The main opposition came from a real estate practitioner on the committee, who argued the bill was burdensome, could create discrimination concerns, and would place real estate professionals in an improper enforcement role. He also questioned the bill’s practical effect and pointed to existing federal CFIUS procedures as a better mechanism for handling foreign investment concerns. Several members echoed concerns about whether the state had authority to regulate in this area, whether the bill would actually stop bad actors, and whether it could be enforced without discriminatory impacts. Representatives from New Boston Space Force Station testified in support, saying the legislation was critical to national security because proximity to the installation could allow adversaries to observe operations or interfere with radio frequency communications. They argued federal processes were too slow or ineffective and that state action could better push hostile actors away from the base. Committee members questioned the technical basis for the 10-mile buffer, whether it would really help, and why federal agencies were not handling the issue. No vote was taken during the exchange shown in the transcript.

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• I exceed state or federal requirements.
• minimum requirements. exceed state or federal requirements. exceed state or federal requirements.
• exceeded any federal minimum requirement exceeded any federal minimum requirement<00:27:39.039><c> that's
• </c> requirement that's requirement that's exceeded<00:27:40.960><c> and</c><00:27:41.279><c> the</c>
• </c> these or those minimum requirements. these or those minimum requirements. ments.<00:27:47.200><c

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We currently require anyone who's paid more than $3,000 annually for lobbying activities to register,
• We also find that we've heard from our members that clarifying registration requirements for subject
• for subject matter experts requirements for subject matter experts is<00:05:07.080><c> truly</c><00:
• registration and what shouldn't require registration.
• registration where it should be required, without creating any unnecessary burdens.

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In fact, currently, Medicaid, CHIP, TRICARE, and 30 other states require this coverage.
• This bill would simply require that plans that already require coverage for general anesthesia do not
• So we're asking that you help us keep kids in Texas safe like the 34 other states that do require this
• Medicaid has very strict documentation requirements, pre-screening, and prior authorizations and things
• . required.

Bills: SB227 , SB269 , SB407 , SB463 , SB527 , SB547 , SB1283 , SB1380 , SB1383 , SB1511 , SB1640 , SB1784 , SB2069

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, healthcare policy, vaccines, exemptions, religious beliefs, public health, workplace violence, healthcare facilities, definition expansion, safety regulations, health and safety code, health insurance, anesthesia, pediatric dental services, coverage, medical necessity

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• </c> modifying definitions and requirements modifying definitions and requirements relative<00:11:18.399
• </c> Colleges require transcripts. They require evidence of coursework.
• </c> info sessions on the law requirements. info sessions on the law requirements.
• </c> compulsory education requirements. compulsory education requirements.
• Mental state requirements requirement.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• c><00:43:01.760><c> from</c><00:43:01.920><c> the</c> requirement that the funds from the requirement
• </c><01:01:11.440><c> pavement</c> that the house requires pavement that the house requires pavement
• So on implementation requirements.
• </c> a prioritization mechanism that requires a prioritization mechanism that requires um<02:03:58.320

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> a required a required directive<00:32:35.720><c> is</c><00:32:36.720><c> not</c><00:32:36.960><c
• Uh, what this would do is require... ...require ...and I just, you know, I don't see it in this bill.
• </c><02:02:49.560><c> a</c> one line 11 through 13 it requires a one line 11 through 13 it requires a
• That's additional work you're requiring of someone.
• </c><02:10:15.760><c> of</c> additional work you're requiring of additional work you're requiring of

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And when we are required at Pontchartrain to use a PBM-owned specialty pharmacy, we see an average delay
• And when we are required at Pontchartrain to use a PBM-owned specialty pharmacy, we see an average delay
• House Bill 909, which requires coverage for behavioral health crisis services.
• That would be House Bill 909, which requires coverage for behavioral health crisis services.
• House Bill 909, which requires coverage for behavioral health crisis services.

Bills: SB511 , SB512 , HB591 , HB909 , HB938 , HB1154 , HB1187

Committee: Senate Insurance

Keywords: automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, family leave, insurance, paid leave, employment benefits, caregiver support, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access

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• there are no objections, I'd like to take up, first on today's agenda, Governor's Appointments not required
• Next, we have, for Governor's Appointments not required to appear, Item 2D, William Adams.
• Next item for Governor's Appointments, not required to appear.
• We will turn now to Governor's appointees required to appear.
• I saw that parole agents aren't required to make sure people are housed.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Since action consent requirements, the following report, your committee recommends that the bill do pass
• The bill would get, this is from Arizona Families for Vaccines, the bill would get rid of requirements
• Removing these vaccination requirements leaves students and employees who have disabilities especially
• House Bill 2830 would require the State Board of Education to adopt standards that require instruction
• The bill would require instruction on fetal and prenatal development in science with no requirement that

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Well, by statute, someone that came before us passed a statute that requires... This is easy.
• It would require new legislation to recreate them, I believe. It would.
• It provides relative to job advertisement requirements and notice to applicants.
• Provides relative to job advertisement requirements and notice to applicants.
• Representing making to job advertisement requirements and notice to applicants.

Bills: HR9 , HR15 , HB202 , HB206 , HB338 , HB379 , HB547 , HB691 , HB843 , HB861 , HB908

Committee: House House and Governmental Affairs

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, voter identification, election integrity, federal elections, public confidence, election security, SAVE America Act, Louisiana, election fraud, job advertisement, salary transparency, civil service, employment notification, applicant rights, legislative attendance, task force

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• This bill does not require insurance to cover new services.
• This bill does not require insurances to cover new services.
• Section 2706 requires insurers to reimburse licensed providers equally for the same covered services
• That is the language that contradicts what the federal law requires us to do.
• Current law requires that we verify that the insured is not a high net worth individual.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• And so we're going to have to make sure that we are providing the services that are required and not
• requirements.
• Chair, similar has to do with the work requirements.
• that come through that for the work requirements for Medicaid expansion.
• on how that works and what's required.

Summary: The committee heard reports from the Senate and House Health and Welfare chairs on budget pressures, especially Medicaid and related programs. Senator Julie Van Orden said her committee supported closer legislative scrutiny of Health and Welfare spending, opposed moving 988 crisis services into the behavioral health managed care contract at this time, and favored more targeted reductions rather than broad across-the-board cuts. Representative John Van der Woude said the House committee was advancing a bill to hold back about $21 million in residential habilitation funding, paired with audits and oversight to ensure proper use of the money. He also raised concerns about rural health funding, provider rate reductions, and the need to consider restoring rates if revenues improve. Members questioned the chairs about whether changes to 988 or Medicaid expansion would be policy decisions, and about possible intent language, work requirements, and asset tests for Medicaid expansion. Van der Woude said he was drafting a bill to let Medicaid expansion expire and restart with work requirements, an enrollment cap, and possible asset-based verification, and said he hoped to bring it this session. Several members debated the balance between cost-cutting and maintaining services, including dental coverage and developmental disability services, with some warning that cuts could harm vulnerable people and others emphasizing personal responsibility and fiscal restraint. The committee then heard from House Agriculture Committee Chair Gerald Raymond, who reviewed the agriculture budget and emphasized the importance of dedicated funds, invasive species prevention, and water infrastructure funding. He described ongoing spending for quagga mussel prevention, Mormon cricket and Japanese beetle control, and cereal crop fungus response, and urged continued support for boat inspection check stations because prevention is cheaper than treatment. He also said the University of Idaho CAFÉ project was nearing completion and noted that his committee had not yet discussed the recent 2% cuts affecting check stations. No formal votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair announced the committee would move into daily budget-setting workgroups, with the next meeting scheduled for 7:15 a.m. the following day.

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• A criminal predicate is required for law enforcement activity for intelligence officers.
• Turning to page three, looking at line 62 through 71 of what would be required to actually have this
• Of course it would be required... >> Rep.
• Alvarez: If it is required in the normal course and scope of an investigation, it would be required here
• IT WILL REQUIRE IN PERSON&nbsp;&nbsp; 678 THE OPTION PORTION OF THE BILL IS IMPORTANT.

Summary: The Budget Committee met with a quorum present and heard several bills, with HB 1483 temporarily postponed. The most contentious measure was HB 945, which would create a state counterintelligence/counterterrorism team within FDLE. The sponsor said it was aimed at terrorists, nation-state actors, and other criminal threats, not political speech, and noted an amendment would address First Amendment concerns later. Opponents from the First Amendment Foundation, ACLU Florida, and other groups argued the bill was too vague, lacked guardrails, and could enable surveillance of protected speech or political activity. Members also raised questions about fiscal impact, oversight, warrants, and the bill’s July start date. Despite those concerns, the committee reported HB 945 favorably by roll call vote. The committee then unanimously passed HB 6507, a claims bill appropriating funds to compensate for damages caused by departmental negligence. HB 813, which clarifies Florida’s firefighter cancer law and death-benefit provisions, also passed after an amendment narrowed the bill and added language allowing a firefighter’s family to receive the death benefit if the firefighter separates from employment and dies within one year. Firefighter representatives supported the bill as a compassionate fix, while one local firefighter representative opposed the amendment, saying it would remove protections and create an arbitrary cutoff. Sponsors responded that DROP would not be affected and that the change was intended to help terminally ill firefighters spend their final days at home without losing survivor benefits. Finally, HB 365, dealing with law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism, passed favorably. Supporters, including family members and autism advocates, said in-person training and positive interactions are crucial to preventing escalations and tragedies during police encounters. They described real-life incidents where lack of training led to harmful outcomes and urged adoption of the bill’s training provisions. Members from both parties voiced support, calling the measure overdue and important for both public safety and the autism community. The chair closed the meeting by noting it was likely the committee’s last budget meeting and adjourned without objection.

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• The next item is governor's appointment not required to appear, Item 2D, Davis Rabbit for the Alfred
• The next item is for governor's appointments not required to appear.
• The last item for the governor's appointments not required to appear is Item 2G, Lee Herrick.
• Now we will return to governor's appointees required to appear.
• ...that are required to, we do our best to really reach out and communicate the obligation.

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules convened with quorum and first approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Deborah Garns, Davis Rabbit, Cindy Silva, Vincent Wells, and Lee Herrick as California Poet Laureate, all by 5-0 votes. The committee also approved reference of bills to committees and floor acknowledgments, each by unanimous 5-0 votes. The committee then heard testimony on the appointment of Trista Gonzalez as Director of the Department of Tax and Fee Administration. Gonzalez described her 33-year career in tax administration, emphasized taxpayer service, efficient collection, and support for small businesses, and answered questions about lithium extraction tax registration, online sales tax enforcement under Wayfair and AB 147, and CDTFA’s work with illicit cigarette, tobacco, and cannabis activity. Members praised her responsiveness to legislators and constituents, and public commenters from Ryan LLC and the California Society of Enrolled Agents supported her confirmation. The committee voted 5-0 to send her nomination to the full Senate. The committee also heard from Aaron McGuire, executive director of the Board of State and Community Corrections, on his confirmation. He discussed the board’s expanded responsibilities, including annual detention facility inspections, grant administration, and the new in-custody death review division. Members questioned him about grant oversight, audits, implementation of SB 519, access to local agency records, standards for detention facilities, and conditions in Los Angeles County juvenile facilities. McGuire said the board is using inspections, technical assistance, and public reporting to improve compliance and transparency, and that additional trailer bill language clarified access to records. Public support came from nonprofit reentry providers and Giffords. The committee approved his nomination 5-0, and then adjourned.

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• been met or are ongoing. ...is built into the statute, and there are several reporting requirements
• For example, as stated previously, the required long-range plan from the collaborative was submitted
• And starting in 2026, the research incubator will be required to submit an annual progress report. ..
• We submitted the long-range plan as required on December 1, 2024, and we expect to disperse awards for
• No living will or advance directive in Florida requires that. This bill does.

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Summary: The committee first received an update from the Department of Health on the Cancer Connect Collaborative, the Cancer Innovation Fund, and the new Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator, created and expanded by recent legislation. The department reported that the Cancer Innovation Fund has awarded $80 million to 95 researchers to date, with $60 million available in the current cycle and 65 projects funded across 28 institutions in 16 cancer areas last year. The new pediatric cancer incubator received $30 million and awarded four Florida children’s hospitals $7.5 million each. Senators asked about outreach to oncologists statewide, peer review and accountability, funding for National Cancer Institute-affiliated institutions, and whether underserved and rural areas are being prioritized; the department said it uses website notices, listservs, collaborative outreach, and eligibility criteria favoring rural and high-cancer-care providers, and that it monitors projects through reports, expenditures, and contract provisions. The committee then heard Senate Bill 312 on patient-directed medical orders, which would create a voluntary, portable, physician-authorized electronic registry for patients to document end-of-life and serious-illness treatment preferences. Supporters, including nurses, hospice and emergency care advocates, and medical professionals, said the bill would help ensure patient wishes are accessible in emergencies, reduce unwanted interventions, and improve continuity of care. Opponents, including Florida Right to Life, argued the bill could broaden end-of-life decisions too far, raise privacy and coercion concerns, and allow withdrawal of care inappropriately. The sponsor said the measure is intended to support patient autonomy and is not anti-life, and noted she was open to amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on SB 312 and reported it favorably. The roll call showed support from Senators Berman and Harrell, with the bill passing on the committee vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So, Megan, can you tell me, doesn't this require CMS approval for these rate increases? increases?
• Each waiver in the state general fund program has varying requirements... and specifications.
• Some families expressed issues with the requirement.
• There is an annual workforce survey report required in House Bill 395.
• The services are 100% Medicaid-required.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• So neighboring states, do they have minimums that they're requiring?
• All of those require different levels of towing.
• There's not a statute requiring us.
• That meets the requirements.
• That meets the requirements.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2759 in executive session. The sponsor explained a committee substitute that would shift the bill’s disclosure requirement so project completion dates would be posted when work is awarded, rather than during the bidding process. Members discussed the fiscal note and whether the change could affect contractor pricing and MoDOT costs. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted the House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2759 “do pass” by a roll call of 13 ayes and one present. The committee then moved to public hearing on House Bill 1741, which would create procedures for non-consensual towing of commercial vehicles, including a towing and recovery review board, limits on storage charges while disputes are pending, restrictions on liens, access requirements, and penalties for violations. Representative Griffith said the bill is aimed at protecting independent truckers from excessive towing charges while still allowing emergency road clearance. Members raised concerns about the scope of the bill, the lack of a dispute timeline, the proposed $25,000 penalty, the ban on per-pound billing, and whether the bill could interfere with emergency towing or create litigation involving the state. Supporters, including representatives from trucking groups, described large and sometimes excessive tow bills, argued that small owner-operators can be bankrupted by these costs, and said Missouri lacks a meaningful complaint process. Opponents from towing associations said the bill, as written, could prevent non-consensual commercial tows because towers need a lien or other leverage to get paid, especially when vehicles or cargo are abandoned or out of state. They also argued that emergency recoveries are dangerous, expensive, and highly variable, and that the bill should be narrowed and clarified. The sponsor and witnesses on both sides indicated a willingness to keep working on amendments, and no final action was taken on House Bill 1741 during the hearing.

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• Yeah, no, I saw the weight requirement. So there's the end of the smaller...
• So neighboring states, do they have minimums that they're requiring?
• There's not a statute requiring us.
• That meets the requirements.
• My hesitancy is, requiring the English language, those kinds of things.

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• However, the legislation required that such containers be reusable, unlike with beer.
• This bill must require that if we want to crack down on distracted driving.
• They're required to carry 100/300 bodily injury insurance for three years.
• This bill must require that if we want to crack down on distracted driving.
• They designed machines that require two hands to be used.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 678, which would allow pawnbroker transaction forms to be printed or digital; it drew support from a business representative and was reported favorably. Members then heard several bills by Senator Leak, including SB 466 to designate St. Johns County as the site of the Florida Museum of Black History and create a board to work with the museum foundation and Florida Memorial University; the bill drew supportive testimony about preserving accurate Black history and the significance of the site, and it passed favorably. Leak’s CS/SB 578 would let Florida wineries use recyclable inserts and other alternative containers for larger wine sales, and it also passed favorably. SB 582 would increase penalties for unlawful demolition of historic buildings and structures, limiting the higher penalties to certain nationally or internationally recognized historic properties; it was supported by preservation advocates and reported favorably. CS/SB 1168 would create an aggravated offense for installing or using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of crimes such as murder, domestic violence, or robbery, and it passed favorably after a brief discussion about stalking and violent crimes. CS/SB 806 would make the Florida Attorney General the exclusive public official with standing to enforce Florida charitable trusts, limiting out-of-state attorneys general from suing over Florida-administered trusts; members debated whether this would burden out-of-state beneficiaries, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1228 would advance spring restoration efforts for Ichetucknee Springs and Santa Fe spring flows and allow a utility compliance plan amendment to deliver reclaimed water to replenish the aquifer; it passed favorably. CS/CS/SB 304 would require a qualified medical opinion in child protective investigations involving infants and young children with possible genetic or medical conditions that can mimic abuse, and it drew emotional support from parents and advocates before passing favorably. SB 1286 would clarify that ordinary unsupervised childhood activities like biking or playing outside do not constitute neglect absent reckless endangerment, and it was reported favorably. SB 1318, the hands-free driving bill, generated the most extensive debate: it renames the texting-while-driving law, expands the prohibition to handheld device use, and adds penalties in work zones and school zones; supporters cited fatal crash statistics and personal loss, while opponents raised concerns about enforcement, civil liberties, racial disparities in traffic stops, and the need for broader distracted-driving and insurance reforms. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably after amendments. The committee also approved two claims bills, SB 14 for the estate of Penao-Hanvier against Miami Beach and SB 20 for J.N. against Hillsborough County, both settled claims recommended favorably by the special master. Finally, CS/SB 68 would modernize health facilities authority financing for private not-for-profit health systems, and CS/SB 172 would restrict misuse of health care specialty titles while preserving titles authorized under existing practice acts; both were discussed with questions about doctors, optometrists, and CRNAs, and both were reported favorably after amendment and debate.