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• Mahalo. facility will create jobs support local facility will create jobs support local farmers<00:09
• Our mobile model is effective and sustainable.
• </c><05:12:26.520><c> Drive</c> hso would support local jobs Drive hso would support local jobs Drive
• </c> digital divide create new job digital divide create new job opportunities<05:32:29.080><c> and</
• </c><06:20:58.680><c> food</c> throughout uh through mobile food throughout uh through mobile food distributions

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• for students and direct partnerships with local schools and community groups by offering real-world job
• for students and direct partnerships with local schools and community groups by offering real-world job
• for students and direct partnerships with local schools and community groups by offering real-world job
• for students and direct partnerships with local schools and community groups by offering real-world job
• for students and direct partnerships with local schools and community groups by offering real-world job

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Furthermore, as children get older and more mobile, more curious, and more adventurous, they continue
• Furthermore, as children get older and more mobile, more curious, and more adventurous, they continue
• They do you a great job. You're recognized. Thank you.
• They do you a great job. You're recognizing. Thank you.
• You do a great job. You're recognizing. Thank you.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee heard and advanced several health-related bills focused largely on drowning prevention, surgical smoke, human trafficking training, and chiropractic patient funds. SB 428 would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7; the sponsor and supporters from Nemours and the YMCA emphasized Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be more widely accessible. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit funding levels as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 606, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth providers. A mother who lost her daughter to drowning testified in support, describing the bill as an early opportunity to educate parents. An amendment removed home birth providers from the compliance-proof requirement, and the bill was adopted as amended and reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 162 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already used in many facilities, while several senators raised concerns about the lack of supporting data, possible burdens on rural and smaller facilities, and whether the mandate should be narrower. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with the sponsor saying more data would be provided later. The committee also approved SB 340, requiring a two-hour human trafficking course for nursing students before licensure, after amending it to make the requirement apply to students rather than nursing programs. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull for Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation reviewing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system and comparing board oversight, rulemaking, funding, appointments, and term-limit models in other states.

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• Representative Johnson (member_11877) did a really good job outlining a lot of these things.
• In 2026, the city will take delivery of a new police and fire mobile command center, which will be one
• That ability, combined with this new mobile command center, will be a tremendous asset for the region
• The Mobile Command Center.
• The mobile command center and other rescue vehicles and equipment planned for this garage do not fit

Bills: HF474, HF218, HF210, HF441, HF691, HF720, HF1068, HF1314, HF1465, HF1860, HF2046, HF1389, HF2404, HF2854, HF2985, HF3128, HF3103, HF778, HF3125

Keywords: HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice, Statuary Hall, United States Capitol, statue replacement, capital investment, general fund appropriation, Minnesota State Capitol, Minnesota State Historical Society, public art, commemorative statue, National Statuary Hall Collection, commissioner of administration, cultural heritage, monument, Washington D.C., HF218, Minnesota, Department of Public Safety

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• I do not want to minimize that we have a request in here for a mobility management system.
• Again, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is our federal highway bill right now.
• We're in the last year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
• Mobility management.
• That we're using for mobility and other things. Could we merge that to save some money there?

Keywords: 914, all

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• We mobilized requested resources and fielded over 4,000 missions.
• And so we mobilize all of those resources.
• And we worked around the clock until we got the job done.
• Hard, you go fast, and you work till the job is done.
• Like I said, no job is too small.

Summary: The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee met to continue its review of hurricane impacts and state response. The committee first heard from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which described its four core functions—preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation—and highlighted its 24/7 State Watch Office, regional training efforts, and disaster assistance work. Deputy Executive Director Keith Pruitt detailed the state’s 2024 storm response, including Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, citing large-scale mission support, flood-control deployments, meal and water distribution, power restoration, debris removal, and billions in disaster funding and mitigation dollars. He also discussed debris management challenges and recommended that local governments update and exercise debris plans and maintain contingency contracts.

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• </c> working parents who have experienced job working parents who have experienced job loss<00:39:28.000
• The barriers I am facing with my job search, one is a very competitive job market.
• So, and he also has mobility gave up.
• </c><01:09:24.960><c> food</c> in Baiji by conducting two mobile food in Baiji by conducting two mobile
• </c><01:31:39.440><c> food</c> Heartland, we launched two mobile food Heartland, we launched two mobile

Bills: HF45, HF1148, HF3624, HF3586, HF777

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals

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• Paul will disolster additional tourism, increased mobility, and overall connect community statewide.
• Paul will disolster additional tourism, increased mobility, and overall connect community statewide.
• Um, thank you for your attention to this matter and your commitment to Minnesota. increased uh mobility
• and overall increased uh mobility and overall connect<00:03:31.920><c> community</c><00:03:32.319><c
• of like we were just hearing about the Whimo and the Uber lift thing that we're competing, taking jobs

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Ninety-nine percent of our graduates get jobs upon graduation.
• Ninety-nine percent of our graduates get jobs upon graduation.
• on their island and the jobs are available.
• on their Island and the can get jobs on their Island and the jobs<00:27:57.919><c> are</c><00:27:58.279
• ><c> available</c><00:27:58.919><c> thank</c> jobs are available thank jobs are available thank you<00

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard SB 573, which would require condominium associations to repair defective common-element conditions that create health or safety violations. Testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, including from the Community Associations Institute and construction-defect counsel, who argued the bill could lead to piecemeal repairs and unintended damage in complex building systems. The measure was deferred. The committee then heard SB 1038 on privacy and data-breach notice requirements. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported the bill as a modernization of the law, while the Hawaii Financial Services Association, Consumer Data Industry Association, and other groups opposed it, mainly over the proposed redaction standard for Social Security numbers and concerns about making Hawaii an outlier compared with other states. Members discussed possible amendments, including harmonizing with other states and clarifying encryption and redaction rules. The committee later voted to pass SB 1038 with amendments, including changes from the Office of Consumer Protection, Hawaii Bankers Association, and State Privacy and Security Coalition, and deferred the effective date to July 1, 2050. The committee also took up SB 890 and voted to pass it with amendments and recommit it to the CPN committee for a hearing before the decking deadline. In a separate decision-making segment, the committee passed SB 1291 on CPA licensure with amendments after testimony from accounting groups, educators, and others described a shortage of accountants and supported an alternate pathway using public-accounting experience. The committee adopted amendments clarifying the education and experience requirements and then approved the measure. Later, the committee also passed several additional measures on a decision agenda, including SB 129 SD1, SB 140 SD1, SB 144 SD1, SB 1197 SD1, SB 1341, SB 411 SD1, and SB 1438, generally with amendments or as introduced, and all were adopted without objection.

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• But if the mobile unit is going to do the testing, is it $2 million per mobile unit?
• The the mobile unit will do the testing?
• </c> safe environment, we need a mobile safe environment, we need a mobile facility<00:11:03.360><c>
• This would hopefully do a better job, and also maybe do a better job in removing the pollutants that
• This would hopefully do a better job, and also maybe do a better job in removing the pollutants that

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard House Bill 643, House Draft 2, which would create short-term management initiatives and appropriate funds for the coconut rhinoceros beetle response program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Committee discussion focused on biocontrol efforts, including fungus and virus-based treatments, the need for a biosecure facility, and the timeline for testing and range studies. Department of Agriculture officials said initial testing is underway at the University of Hawaii, but full testing requires a higher-biosafety facility that is not yet available on island. Members also discussed funding levels, the possibility of a mobile facility, and whether the work could be accelerated. The committees later voted to pass HB 643 unamended. The committees also heard House Bill 736, House Draft 1, which would establish a three-year wastewater system and individual wastewater technology testing pilot program at the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center. Supporters said the bill could help certify new, lower-cost decentralized wastewater technologies and reduce the cost of cesspool upgrades while improving water quality. University of Hawaii witnesses explained that the center would test technologies, collect samples, analyze results, and provide reports to the Department of Health for certification. Members raised concerns about whether the program would help communities facing immediate wastewater issues, the length of the testing timeline, and whether technologies like the Genki ball could be included. The committee was told the pilot would likely test one technology at a time over about nine months each, though multiple tests could run in parallel later. The committees voted to pass HB 736 unamended. After those measures, the joint committee moved to an AEN-only agenda and began hearing STR 111 / SR 92, which declares a public health emergency relating to climate change and calls for statewide coordination on cross-sector solutions. Testimony in support came from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others. Supporters said climate change affects public health through heat, wildfire risk, invasive mosquitoes, and other impacts, and argued that the response should involve agriculture, planning, transportation, and emergency management, not just the Department of Health.

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• </c> Did a fantastic job. Did a fantastic job.
• </c><00:45:01.280><c> right</c> what's about to happen in Mobile right what's about to happen in Mobile
• </c> blow to our our way of life in Mobile blow to our our way of life in Mobile County<00:48:45.599>
• ,</c> the gentleman from Mobile, the gentleman from Mobile, Representative<01:11:42.080><c> Jones.
• ,</c> recognizes the gentleman from Mobile, recognizes the gentleman from Mobile, Representative<01:38

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• . >> Good job. >> You got it. justice for all. Good job. justice for all. Good job.
• Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mobile. your<00:09:54.800><c> standing</c><00:09:55.279><c> committee
• ><00:10:22.800><c> the</c><00:10:23.120><c> gentle</c><00:10:23.519><c> from</c><00:10:23.600><c> Mobile
• </c> Chair recognizes the gentle from Mobile Chair recognizes the gentle from Mobile Pro<00:10:24.880
• The chair recognizes the gentleman from Mobile for a motion. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• make sure you're doing your job.
• make sure you're doing your job.
• I don't think it is appropriate, necessary or fair. you're doing your job.
• Forensic Mobile Teams is on page 276.
• And the forensic mobile teams have been a game changer, actually.

Summary: The Budget Committee heard the Department of Mental Health’s FY 2027 budget presentation, with Director Valerie Hoon outlining a $4.4 billion department budget, including $1.7 billion in general revenue, and describing the department’s roles in substance use, behavioral health, and developmental disabilities services. Early questioning focused on marijuana-related mental health impacts, but the main discussion centered on the department’s new decision items, funding sources, and expected wait lists. The director explained several increases tied to Medicaid growth, mental health youth services, outpatient competency restoration, crisis residential services, developmental disability waivers, and provider tax adjustments, along with offsets such as reduced wraparound funding at the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center and cuts to some youth and self-directed DD services. A major portion of the hearing focused on competency restoration for people found unfit to stand trial and currently held in county jails. Members pressed the department on the cost, effectiveness, and legal implications of keeping people in jail while awaiting services, noting a reported wait list of roughly 524 to 538 individuals and average holds of about 14 months. The department said it currently has eight outpatient competency restoration beds in the community, is seeking funding for 50 additional outpatient slots, and also operates jail-based restoration for about 40 people at a time. Members repeatedly asked for breakdowns of violent versus nonviolent cases, success rates, cost per person, and the split between state and federal funding, while the department explained that Medicaid can cover only the treatment portion, not residential housing or other non-billable costs. The committee also discussed broader capacity constraints in state hospitals and developmental disability services. Hoon said Fulton, Center for Behavioral Medicine, and FTC North are full, with 183 vacancies across the department, and that the department is working on a new Kansas City hospital that would add 150 beds, though completion is now expected closer to 2029 or 2030. In the developmental disabilities section, the department warned that the governor’s recommendation would create wait lists for in-home waiver services and crisis residential services, and members questioned proposed reductions to self-directed services rates and other provider payments. No votes were taken, and the committee recessed before finishing the presentation.

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• And there are mobile driver license.
• </c> things that can be done with the mobile things that can be done with the mobile driver<01:22:50.719
• </c><01:23:17.199><c> driver</c> with that partnership a mobile driver with that partnership a mobile
• </c><01:24:07.760><c> driver</c> license has to be on the mobile driver license has to be on the mobile
• </c> &gt;&gt; Good job, Senator Manki. &gt;&gt; Good job, Senator Manki.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Good job, Mr. Lover.
• Good job, Mr. And the motion prevails. Good job, Mr. Lover. Lover. Lover.
• And not under mobile. mobile. mobile.
• ,</c> &gt;&gt; They do a fabulous job, &gt;&gt; They do a fabulous job, &gt;&gt; right?
• </c> Representative Jones of Mobile. Representative Jones of Mobile.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• and is paging for Academy in Mobile and is paging for Senator<00:10:55.680><c> Figures.
• They did a good job. Thank you, coach. You should be proud of them. I appreciate it.
• They did a good<00:36:18.960><c> job.</c> good job. good job.
• </c> for us to be able to have uh mobile for us to be able to have uh mobile health<01:04:30.480><c>
• You did a good job at it.

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. It adopted motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The chamber received multiple House messages and a gubernatorial confirmation, including House Bill 1 on motor vehicles, Senate Bill 170 on health insurance, and Senate confirmation 90 for Chenica Johnson Anom to the Alabama Cickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, all of which were referred to the appropriate committees. The Senate later concurred in the House amendment to Senate Bill 170 by a 29-0-1 vote. Committee reports covered a wide range of measures, with favorable reports and, in several cases, amendments or substitutes. Judiciary reported favorably on House Bills 228, 132, 347, 405, 86, 263, and 302, and on Senate Bills 318 and 260; State Government Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 435, 97, and 407 and Senate Bill 361; Education Policy reported favorably on Senate Bills 337 and House Bills 520 and 75; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported favorably on House Bills 303 and 477 and Senate Bills 360, 325, 329, and 330; Transportation and Energy reported favorably on Senate Bills 341, 354, and 340; Veterans and Military Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 465 and 307 and Senate Bills 338 and 359; and Local Legislation reported favorably on Jefferson County Senate Bill 243 and Shelby County House Bill 532. These reports generally advanced the bills to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The Senate also confirmed George Pierce to the Alabama Ethics Commission by a 33-0 vote after a favorable committee report, with several senators offering brief remarks of congratulations. In motions and resolutions, the chamber adopted Senate Joint Resolution 77 honoring the Section boys basketball team and Senate Joint Resolution 78 honoring the North Sand Mountain girls basketball team for state championships. It also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 79 establishing a legislative study commission on child sexual abuse laws and policies. A senator additionally urged colleagues to support broadband expansion efforts in rural Alabama and to ask the education chair to place HB 4 on the agenda. The most substantial floor discussion concerned Senate Bill 146, the state general fund budget substitute. The sponsor explained several budget provisions, including a $12 million transfer and an additional $5 million for the judiciary to address funding for newly created judgeships, a conditional $40 million for the Department of Corrections tied to progress on the Elmore and Escambia prison projects, conditional funding for DHR tied to reducing its federal error rate and developing a SNAP-related plan, conditional mental health funding tied to reporting and data requirements, and language preserving legislative control over certain federal rural health care funds. The Senate adopted the committee substitute for SB 146 by a 32-0-1 vote and then continued with the budget explanation as the transcript ended.

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• Great job. First up, we have Secretary Alex Kelly with the Department of Commerce.
• The Florida Job Growth Grant Fund represents, once again, a $50 million appropriation for this fund.
• The Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, this represents, once again, a $50 million appropriation for this
• But again, an incredible job that the Defense Support Commission has done with that.
• They create jobs by bringing federal dollars to the state.

Bills: S0048

Keywords: housing, accessory dwelling units, affordable housing, local government, zoning regulations, military families, density bonus, homeownership, property taxes

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development heard presentations on the Governor’s recommended budget for fiscal year 2026-27 and then considered one bill, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The Governor’s office outlined a $117.4 billion overall budget, with transportation and economic development receiving about $18 billion statewide and $601 million in general revenue. Agency heads then presented priorities for Commerce, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Military Affairs, State, Transportation, Emergency Management, and the Florida State Guard, emphasizing workforce development, housing, tourism marketing, aviation and space infrastructure, law enforcement recruitment, emergency preparedness, and military readiness. In the Commerce presentation, Secretary Kelly highlighted funding for housing programs, the Hometown Heroes program, the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, rural infrastructure and workforce grants, Reconnect and Florida WINS systems, law enforcement and firefighter recruitment bonuses, defense support, Visit Florida, Space Florida, and SelectFlorida. Senators asked about Visit Florida’s private match requirements and whether the agency fully leveraged prior appropriations; Visit Florida’s CEO said the match was met and exceeded, though it is difficult but important. The Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles presentation focused on trooper pay, pursuit vehicles, aviation assets, and enterprise data systems, with questions about immigration enforcement and body cameras. Military Affairs requested funding for readiness centers, training facilities, education and health benefits for Guardsmen, and maintenance of existing armories; members discussed Guard deployments, staffing levels, and a proposed firing range project. The Department of State requested funds for automated election audits, a conservation lab, and historic preservation, and defended its arts grant process and rule changes. Transportation’s budget emphasized a $14.3 billion work program, road and bridge maintenance, aviation and aerospace, safety initiatives, and seaport investments, while Emergency Management requested funding for preparedness, flood mitigation, WebEOC, grants management, and alert systems; senators also asked about the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. For CS/SB 48, Senator Gates explained that the bill would require local governments to allow property owners to voluntarily create ADUs, while preserving local authority over setbacks, construction, and permitting. An amendment removed reusable tenant screening reports and clarified that conforming ADUs would be allowed by right without a separate hearing. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association supported the bill, saying ADUs could help provide long-term housing for service workers. After questions about local government and HOA authority, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 48 favorably by roll call vote.

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• Whose job is it to monitor that? Whose job is it to fix that?
• Our job is done.
• She's, she knows her job very well. County, that's not her only job.
• In my day job.
• We did a really great job of outreach.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• La Cooperativa and its members provide education, training, job placement, housing, energy, and other
• distances to do their jobs.
• distances to do their jobs.
• Or if you have mobility impairments. ...of your life, right?
• Or if you have mobility impairments that keep your income at a certain economic space.

Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing bills. AB 2270, by Assemblymember Arambula, would give farmworker housing projects scoring parity in the state low-income housing tax credit program so they are not disadvantaged by amenity-proximity criteria that do not fit rural agricultural areas. Supporters, including La Cooperativa Campesina, said the bill would help farmworker projects compete fairly for credits; there was no opposition, and the bill was later approved 11-0 and sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered AB 2552, which would clarify use of the state’s new CEQA vehicle miles traveled (VMT) mitigation bank for affordable housing near transit. The author and supporters from the California Building Industry Association and business groups said the bill would add guardrails so the program is cost-effective and usable, while Housing California, the Planning and Conservation League, and others opposed the least-cost requirement, arguing it could undercut the new mitigation bank before implementation. After discussion about balancing housing and environmental goals, the bill passed 11-1 to Appropriations. AB 2689 would require good cause for nonrenewal of certain state-subsidized housing tenancies when a household’s income exceeds 140% of area median income for two consecutive years, with notice requirements and protections if the tenant cannot afford market rent. Some members supported the bill as a way to free up scarce subsidized units and create a housing “ladder,” while others objected that it could punish people for increasing their income. The bill was amended and passed 11-1. The consent calendar items AB 2308, AB 2397, and AB 2512 were also approved unanimously.

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• That's a great job. Perfect explanation. And, Mr.
• We'll stay on the mobility in the air. We have the space.
• Farnsworth, this does not impact your air taxi and mobility issue.
• He did a good job. Flying cars and drones are a little bit different.
• There's a new recognition of the mental health aspects associated with the job.

Bills: SB1020, SB1107, SB1117, SB1160, SB1216, SB1308

Keywords: special plates, Arizona Space Commission, transportation, funding, space exploration, peace officer certification, police certification, law enforcement licensing, Arizona POST, peace officer standards and training, military police, veterans, honorably discharged, veteran hiring, abbreviated academy, law enforcement recruitment, public safety, community policing, background investigation, psychological fitness