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• House Bill 1193 provided the Attorney General's Office $3.5 million to provide grants to each city and
• Yeah, we can certainly provide our enforcement policy to you. That would be very easy to provide.
• So we can certainly provide our enforcement policy to you. That would be very easy to provide.
• We've got a handout on that I can provide.
• We've got a handout on that I can provide.

Committee: Joint Judiciary Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• </c><00:07:09.120><c> their</c> incorporate into in providing their incorporate into in providing their
• </c><00:07:55.440><c> everything</c> that we need to be providing everything that we need to be providing
• </c><00:12:57.279><c> it</c><00:12:57.760><c> and</c><00:12:58.000><c> if</c> provide it.
• We have to provide it and if provide it.
• 01:38:37.119><c> audit</c> there's legislation to provide audit there's legislation to provide audit

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c> programs mental health service provider programs mental health service provider grant<00:42:40.000
• Our intent um in providing clients.
• </c><01:19:42.880><c> the</c> provide the funding, help provide the provide the funding, help provide
• for Minnesota continue to be strong in opportunity to provide some updates on opportunity to provide
• </c><01:24:44.239><c> some</c> I'd like now to shift to provide some I'd like now to shift to provide

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• consideration by the House: House Bill 4318, authorizing the town of Harwich Affordable Housing Trust to provide
• Second reading of the bills: An act authorizing the town of Harwich Affordable Housing Trust to provide
• recommending that the accompanying bill, an act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide
• House Bill 5348, an act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain
• House Bill 5348, an act making appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several local bills after suspending procedural rules and Joint Rule 12 for a petition from Mark J. Cusack concerning military creditable service for judges, referring it to the Committee on Public Service. The House also considered four local measures: a Harwich affordable housing trust bill, a Charlemont commercial recreation tax bill, a Millis senior property tax exemption bill, and a Falmouth sewer-related funding bill. All were advanced through second reading and ordered to a third reading. The chamber then passed to engrossment a series of additional local bills, including a Hopkinton bridge designation bill, a Nantucket charter amendment, a Swampscott disability property tax exemption bill, an Arlington senior tax exemption amendment, and a Reading home rule charter bill. Each was approved without recorded opposition. The House later recessed and returned to consider a supplemental fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, House Bill 5348, reported out of Ways and Means with a total appropriation of $300 million. House Bill 5348 was taken up by suspension of the rules, read a third time, passed to be engrossed, and then passed to be enacted after the constitutionally required separate vote, with no votes in opposition recorded. The House adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• AB 1592 provides exactly that by authorizing a formal partnership between the department and a dedicated
• Joining me today is Chairwoman Erica Pinto of the Hamu Indian Village of California to provide testimony
• AB 1592 simply provides the structure necessary to make that vision work.
• I see an increasing amount of leadership that you're providing for these really important issues.
• I say this in the hope that it provides some insight into my experience.

Committees: House Water, Parks and Wildlife , House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This registration and reporting would provide the DOJ with the tools to provide accountability.
• Section 321 involves providing accounting to charities, and Section 322 involves providing information
• So we have to provide a means for charities to receive So we have to provide a means for charities to
• But through our white-label software, GoFundMe Pro, that's a technology provider.
• But no, I appreciate the input you provided.

Summary: The Assembly held its first-ever outcome review hearing, focused on AB 488, Assemblymember Irwin’s 2021 law regulating charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Irwin described the hearing as part of a new oversight process meant to evaluate whether enacted laws are working as intended and to identify implementation problems. Irwin reviewed the bill’s purpose: updating California’s charitable solicitation rules for online fundraising, requiring platform registration and reporting, setting disclosure and conduct rules, and creating protections for charities and donors. The Attorney General’s office said the implementing regulations took effect in stages in 2024 and 2025 after extensive rulemaking, and argued the law was needed because online fundraising had outgrown older solicitation laws. The office highlighted enforcement concerns, including unregistered platforms, delayed remittances, and unauthorized fundraising pages, and said the new online filing system should improve processing and compliance. Nonprofit representatives and platforms generally supported the law’s transparency goals but said implementation has created major burdens, especially around “good standing” determinations, slow registry response times, and disruptions to fundraising when charities are flagged as delinquent. PayPal Giving Fund and GoFundMe both said they complied with the law but urged changes to better fit platform operations, reduce delays, and ease requirements for small or micro-donations. Committee members pressed the witnesses on donor protection, due process, and whether California should shorten the time to resolve good-standing issues. Several members said the law has helped stop misleading or unauthorized fundraising practices, while also acknowledging unintended consequences for nonprofits. Irwin said she is preparing follow-up legislation to address implementation problems and balance the interests of charities, platforms, donors, and the Attorney General’s office. During public comment, Candid praised the review and the DOJ’s efforts to improve the process, and a PG&E representative described an unintended consequence in employee giving where donations were redirected because recipient charities were not in good standing.

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• It ensures that contracts between the providers, the education service providers, and the academy or
• these public funds provide a written disclosure of services and costs for transparency.
• The goal of IDLA is to provide choice and access to students across the state.
• We're not providing the full experience.
• We provide an enrollment projection to the State Department of Education.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first considered RS 33030 C2, introduced by Representative Doug Pickett, which would add transparency and accountability requirements for virtual education programs, especially Idaho Home Learning Academy. He said the proposal would require school board approval of contracts with education service providers, confirm Idaho residency for students, require state standards for curriculum, disclose services and costs, address conflicts of interest, prohibit direct payments to parents, require certified teachers, and define eligible uses for supplemental learning funds. The committee voted to introduce the RS. Superintendent Jeff Simmons then presented on Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), describing it as the state virtual program created to provide choice, access, flexibility, quality, and equity through supplemental online courses. He said IDLA is funded mainly by a per-enrollment state appropriation and course fees, serves all students statewide, uses Idaho-certified teachers and principals, and offers a broad catalog including core classes, electives, dual credit, CTE, credit recovery, LaunchPad literacy support, and open educational resources. Anthony Butler, superintendent of Cambridge School District, testified that IDLA has been valuable for a small rural district by expanding course offerings, supporting dual credit, credit recovery, and helping students stay on track to graduate. Members questioned Simmons extensively about IDLA’s original purpose, its growth in budget and enrollment, teacher pay, audits, accountability, use by homeschool and private school students, and whether the program is serving rural students as intended. Simmons said the program remains supplemental, that most courses are asynchronous, that teachers are part-time and paid per enrollment, and that IDLA undergoes annual independent audits and reporting. He also said a proposed $10 million cut would significantly reduce services, likely affecting rural schools and programs like LaunchPad. The committee did not take a vote on IDLA during this portion, but the chair indicated further budget discussions would continue later.

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• the providers, the education service providers, and the academy or the school district are approved
• these public funds provide a written disclosure of services and costs for transparency.
• Our mission is to provide equal access to opportunities for students using online learning.
• The goal of IDLA is to provide choice and access to students across the state.
• We're not providing the full experience.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

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• It provides transparency, allowing courts to see who is funding the case.
• What's also exempted is nonprofits who are funded or who provide funding in cases for lawsuits.
• provide more affordability to our Floridians, more transparency.
• This bill provides compensation to the next of kin of the Groveland Four. Conclusion.
• But compensation is the remedy the law provides, and it is the remedy the state owes.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a series of bills on candidate disclosure, litigation financing, professional liability, public meetings, problem-solving courts, probate, wrongful conviction compensation, public records, and housing fraud. Senate Bill 620, by Senator Mayfield, would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any citizenship in countries other than the United States; it drew one waived-in opposition from Common Cause and was reported favorably 8-0. Senate Bill 1396, by Vice Chair Burton, would regulate litigation financing, including limits on funders’ recovery, restrictions on funder control, and disclosure of foreign entities involved; it received support from several business and tort-reform groups, opposition from the Florida Justice Association, and was reported favorably 7-2 after questions about the purpose and scope of the disclosures. Senator Martin’s bills also moved forward. SB 192 would remove the $1,500 cap on patient funds chiropractic physicians may hold in trust for prepaid services; it was supported by the Florida Chiropractic Society and reported favorably 7-0. SB 888 would extend to private contracts the current limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects, and it was reported favorably 7-0 after testimony from engineering and design professionals. Senator Bradley’s CS for SB 332, as amended, would create a narrow public meetings/public records exemption for pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments; it was adopted and reported favorably 7-0. SB 820 would require quarterly reporting on problem-solving courts, including participant counts, offenses, completion, failure, and recidivism data, and it was reported favorably 10-0. SB 1500 would update uncontested probate procedures, raise certain small-estate thresholds, clarify safe-deposit-box authority, and strengthen enforcement provisions; it was reported favorably 10-0. The committee also advanced several other measures. CS for SB 694, by Senator Bracey Davis, would compensate the descendants of the Groveland Four; it was amended to divide any appropriation equally among the four family branches, received extensive emotional testimony in support, and was reported favorably 10-0. SB 144 would create a public records exemption for personal information of Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, and it was reported favorably 9-1. CS for SB 1224, as amended, would make fraudulent entry into a rental dwelling a third-degree felony when done through false statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; it was supported by Florida Realtors and the Florida Apartment Association and reported favorably 10-0. SB 1000 would set a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, and it was reported favorably 10-0 after stakeholder compromise. The committee also took up SB 532 only to temporarily postpone it, and at the end members recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before adjournment.

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• Thompson's bill relating to the providing notice of a vehicle towed to a vehicle storage facility.
• DNCs provide convenient delivery options for Texans with limited time and provide valuable assistance
• Uh, When you change what The caps provide them and change how they can use those caps.
• Currently, yes, the alcoholic Beverage Coaches does not provide that authorization. OK, um, OK.
• It requires service contract providers to clearly disclose terms and conditions while also providing

Committee: House Licensing & Administrative Procedures

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• </c><01:00:33.400><c> to</c> Equity grants can be provided to Equity grants can be provided to community
• </c> happen on time and be able to provide happen on time and be able to provide you<01:07:36.720><c>
• </c><01:11:29.480><c> to</c> retail staff than their providers to retail staff than their providers to
• </c> to engage into a survey that can provide to engage into a survey that can provide more<01:22:09.199

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• hoping that as the chief architect and the part of the Senate of that document, he will be able to provide
• combined with the $535 million in funding from the recently past fair share supplemental budget, provides
• So I'm hoping that my good friend can provide us an explanation of how this...
• So I'm hoping that my good friend can provide us an explanation of how this budget proposal treats the
• President, I appreciate the distinguished chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, again, providing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first took up and passed several House bills establishing sick leave banks, including House 4182 for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee and House 1590 for Eric J. Awaniak. It also advanced and then enacted House 4237, a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill providing interim funding before final action on the general appropriations act. During the session, Senator Collins also recognized Chaplain Clementina Cherry of the Lewis D. Brown Peace Institute as a distinguished guest, with remarks entered into the record. The main business was the conference committee report on the fiscal year 2026 state budget, House 4001/House 4240. Senate Ways and Means leadership described the budget as balanced, on time, and fiscally responsible, with $61.01 billion in spending, no new taxes or fees, and a $33 million deposit to the stabilization fund. They highlighted major investments in Chapter 70 school aid, special education circuit breaker reimbursements, unrestricted local aid, MassEducate, universal free school meals, MBTA and regional transit funding, MassHealth, food security, and mental health services. The report also included policy items such as broker fee responsibility, fare-free regional transit, housing studies, a gold star family annuity provision, and a crumbling concrete commission. Minority leader Senator Tarr and others questioned the spending reductions, use of one-time funds, and the treatment of excess capital gains, arguing for greater fiscal caution and concern about future federal actions and long-term spending growth. Supporters responded that the reductions reflected revenue uncertainty, federal policy risks, and the need to preserve budget stability, while using some one-time sources to balance the plan. The conference report was adopted by a roll call vote of 38-2, the emergency preamble for House 4240 was approved by standing vote, and the FY26 general appropriations bill was then enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also adopted an order to dispense with printing a calendar for the next session and adjourned until Thursday at 11 a.m.

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• It reinforces ministerial approval and clear timelines to provide certainty for applicants.
• It reinforces ministerial approval and clear timelines to provide certainty for applicants.
• First, they clarify vague language and provide consistent standards, which gives certainty to the local
• And they provide greater oversight over implementation so we can track the progress of this bill and
• And I want to thank each of you for providing comments on this particular bill.

Committee: Senate Housing

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Please feel free to come forward, Director, and we are going to allow you to provide one to two minutes
• And we also do goods and services, and Rick Breasting in a district that provides a lot of goods and
• It's something that we're very keen on providing the resources for.
• So when the right time comes, we're happy to provide all our research and the data that we have.
• We will provide the information. Okay. That's a very appropriate answer. Thank you.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Each primary witness will be allowed two minutes to provide testimony.
• So we have to advocate for the bill because I think that this is a great opportunity that we provide.
• and numerous nonprofit organizations. ...which are provided by county health departments and numerous
• So this is a modest approach to provide a little bit of relief to the small business owners. Okay.
• AB 1620 is a reasonable measure that will provide much-needed relief to our California homeowners.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation convened with a quorum, reviewed housekeeping rules for testimony and position letters, and reminded the public that bills with revenue impacts over $150,000 would be sent to the suspense file rather than voted on immediately. The chair noted that no bills on the agenda would be eligible for a vote that day because they would automatically be referred to suspense. The committee then heard several tax-related measures, with testimony generally split between bill authors/supporters emphasizing affordability, public safety, or conservation, and opponents arguing the proposals were inefficient tax expenditures better handled through existing programs or direct budget funding. AB 1565 proposed a $5,000 tax credit for small businesses that hire formerly incarcerated people within a year of release and keep them employed for at least six months. Supporters said the bill would reduce recidivism, help small businesses manage hiring risk, and save the state money by avoiding incarceration costs; one witness described personal experience overcoming a felony record. The California Tax Reform Association opposed the measure, arguing employment tax credits are ineffective and that existing programs are more targeted. Members from both parties expressed support, but the bill was referred to suspense. The committee also heard AB 1596, which would create a five-year sales tax holiday for infant car seats; AB 1668, which would extend a welfare tax exemption for land trust-held open space; AB 1690, which would expand the Young Child Tax Credit to families with older children; AB 1698, which would create a tax credit for small restaurants that comply with food handler certification requirements; and AB 1620, which would allow a deduction for homeowners’ insurance premiums on primary residences. Supporters framed these bills as relief for families, small businesses, and land conservation efforts, while opponents repeatedly argued the tax code should not be used to subsidize these costs and that existing programs or market solutions were preferable. Each bill was ultimately referred to the suspense file, and the committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• I appreciate the opportunity to testify before you today to provide an overview of private equity investments
• Um, I wanted to start by providing an overview of PE investments in healthcare.
• I thought I would provide an overview of how private equity in particular differs from other types of
• accomplished via the use of a management services organization, an independent entity that often provides
• </c> independent entity that often provides independent entity that often provides administrative<00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , performance standards, having readily available access to telephones for detained individuals, providing
• I don't know the intermediate steps, but I can provide more information, a follow-up.
• It changes what happens with probationary licenses for child care providers found to have engaged in
• So we provide more information to the Legislature to make your decision.
• Some tried to assist law enforcement by providing DNA evidence of their attacker.

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a brief Monday meeting to hear two bills and a gubernatorial appointment. House Bill 2464, sponsored by Rep. Ortiz-Self, would require private detention facilities to report serious incidents such as abuse allegations, deaths, suicides, injuries requiring hospitalization, and service disruptions to the Department of Health and local law enforcement by the next business day, and would require annual law-enforcement reporting to DOH. Rep. Ortiz-Self said the bill is needed because private facilities have been inconsistent and delayed in sharing information, while state facilities already provide data more readily. Testimony from Columbia Legal Services, the League of Women Voters, La Resistencia, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project strongly supported the bill, citing barriers to reporting crimes and concerns about abuse in private detention. The committee did not vote on the bill during the hearing, but the chair said it would be considered in executive session. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253, a DCYF request bill making several licensing-related changes for foster care, crisis residential centers, and child care. The bill would require immediate termination of certain child-specific foster licenses if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, allow DCYF to close inactive foster homes, remove sex designation from foster licenses, adjust CRC staffing ratios to one staff for four youth during waking hours and one for six during sleeping hours, and strengthen child care subsidy fraud enforcement through electronic attendance verification and possible license revocation. DCYF and Community Youth Services testified in support, describing the changes as technical fixes that align statute with current practice and reduce burden on providers. Committee members raised concerns that some child care provisions may belong in a different committee and noted the need to ensure the bill does not duplicate or conflict with existing licensing and fraud rules. The committee then held a confirmation hearing for Corey McNally, reappointed to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. McNally described the board’s role in release decisions, supervision conditions, violation management, and release plans, and discussed his background in community mental health, the Special Commitment Center, DOC sex offense treatment, and ISRB leadership. Members asked about advances in sex offense assessment and treatment, the distinction between ISRB cases and sexually violent predator civil commitment, board consistency and recidivism work, and victim participation in hearings. McNally said the board uses structured decision-making and actuarial risk assessments, remains neutral on legislation, and provides victim liaisons to offer participation options. The chair closed the hearings, noted the committee would meet the next day on a large packet of bills and one appointment, and adjourned.

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• President All-Briton and House Speaker Perez with a specific charge to conduct a public hearing as provided
• This would provide opportunities for our members to earn pay increases.
• Until just a few years ago, those firefighters who provided emergency medical services in addition to
• fire suppression services — those who worked fire rescue — were provided a 20% pay additive for the
• Research, including a study funded by the state and provided to you with the union submission to this

Summary: The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met for an informational public hearing on several state employee bargaining units at impasse. The Department of Management Services outlined negotiations for the FDLE special agents, security services/correctional officers, sworn law enforcement officers, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and Florida State Fire Service units. Across the units, the state said most contract articles had been resolved, with remaining disputes centered mainly on wages, hours of work, grievance language, safety, grooming, travel, and other housekeeping items. The state repeatedly emphasized proposed 2% competitive pay increases plus specialty or special pay increases in some units, insurance held harmless with no added employee cost, and its desire to keep current scheduling practices and remove outdated grievance language referencing the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. No votes were taken. Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association argued that firefighters are being asked to perform work far outside their job descriptions, including major construction, and said the state’s work-schedule and on-call practices unfairly avoid overtime and underpay firefighters. They also sought higher on-call compensation, a stronger wage plan with incentives and certification-based increases, restoration of a pay differential for firefighter-EMTs, and added PPE, decontamination, and cancer-prevention protections. The PBA’s Florida Highway Patrol unit said troopers need a larger career development plan, veteran stipends, updated grooming/tattoo rules, safer and newer vehicles, and better pay to address turnover. The PBA’s law enforcement unit focused on vehicle safety, performance evaluation language to prevent case-presentation quotas, and a $7,000 across-the-board raise, while disputing whether certain articles were timely opened. The security services unit said correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers need an $8-per-hour starting pay increase, retention bonuses, special pay for death row and close-management assignments, and overtime pay for lieutenants and captains who currently receive comp time and sometimes work beyond their limits. The committee heard the presentations, asked a brief question about correctional officers’ overtime, accepted written materials from the FOP special agent unit, and adjourned without action.

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• ALTHOUGH HOUSING PROVIDERS COMMUNITY COMMUNICATE VIA ONLINE PORTALS, TEXT MESSAGES PROVIDE EMAIL ALL
• THE POLICY CHANGE WILL PROVIDE BOTH PARTIES OF MODERN OPTION WITH THE NOTICE PROCESS WILL PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED
• IT MAKES AN ADJUSTMENT TO PARKING REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS TO REQUIRE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE A 20
• IT PROVIDES FOR PRIORITY DOCKETING AND PREVAILING PARTY ATTORNEYS FEES AND LAWSUITS BROUGHT UNDER THE
• IT PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY TO COVER THE COST OF FFA DUES FOR FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, CLARIFIES

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• To alleviate the financial burden on students, the bill also mandates that students be provided with
• Between LEAs and apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship program providers, the role of each party in the
• that, at a minimum, shall provide parties to the contract duration of the contract, funds received or
• By passing this legislation into law, we can provide these life-changing opportunities to the youth who
• By passing this legislation into law, we can provide these life-changing opportunities to the youth who

Committee: Senate Education Postsecondary

Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary held confirmation hearings for two State University System Board of Governors appointees, M. Carson Good and Speaker Paul Renner. Good described his background in Florida real estate, airport governance, and fundraising, and said he would focus on improving university performance, collaboration among institutions, and growing endowments while keeping in-state tuition stable. Renner emphasized his legislative experience with higher education, and said his priorities on the Board would be transparency, compliance with legislative direction, and reducing administrative bloat. Both nominees were recommended for confirmation on a single vote, with Senator Berman noting concern about the low number of women on the board. The committee then heard and passed SB 1726, a higher education transparency bill by Senator Calatayud. The bill would require Board of Governors members to comply with constitutional financial disclosure requirements, set term limits for State Board of Education and university board members, change rules for presidential searches and public records, and require more detailed textbook and syllabus information for students. A student advocate from Florida Student Power Network supported the bill as increasing student involvement and democratic accountability in higher education. Senator Harrell raised a concern about residency requirements for Board of Governors members, and the sponsor said that issue could be revisited later. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1458 on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship funding. A delete-all amendment was adopted that required clearer funding splits between local education agencies and program providers, annual reporting, a standard DOE contract template, and a cap on administrative fees in certain cases. Supporters from industry groups said the changes would improve transparency and accountability without requesting additional funding. The committee then reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 584 on young adult housing support. An amendment removed a requirement that state agencies act as co-signers or guarantors on leases while preserving coordination for the federal Foster Youth to Independence program. Several former foster youth and advocates testified in support, describing housing instability and its impact on education, and urging broader access to campus housing and vouchers. The sponsor said the bill prioritizes housing and work-study for homeless and former foster youth, supports the FYI program, and directs a statewide study of housing barriers. The committee reported the bill favorably and then adjourned.