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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- They requested the House had a million dollars in there for a building project that is some years in
- Critical access hospital networking came to us with a request for $2 million, and we reduced that to
- That seems like what should be appropriate going forward. Section 29.
- Section 49, Legislative Management Study for Disability Services. This is the Vanette Amendment.
- And so I would prefer to... ...but this is an appropriations decision.
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 1012, the Department of Health and Human Services budget. Senator Dever walked through the amended budget, highlighting a roughly $5.85 billion all-funds total, major one-time items for IT, child care, housing, behavioral health, juvenile justice, rural EMS, and supportive housing, along with funding for Medicaid expansion, CCBHCs, opioid settlement uses, and several studies and reporting requirements. Members discussed the provider inflation increase, with Senator Mathern urging a 2%/2% rate instead of 2%/1.5%, but the committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and then passed the amended bill 15-0 with a do-pass recommendation. Senator Dever was named as carrier.
The committee then considered House Bill 1540, a school choice/education savings account-style bill. Senator Shibley explained the subcommittee amendments, including clarifying the Bank of North Dakota as administrator, adding a means test at 400% of the federal poverty guideline, and adjusting the fiscal note to about $21.7 million for the second year. In debate, members raised concerns about the bank being assigned duties outside its normal role, the lack of DPI involvement, and whether the means test should be tiered rather than a hard cutoff. The committee rejected a do-not-pass motion 5-10-1, then approved a do-pass motion on the amended bill 9-6-1, with Senator Wobama noted as the likely carrier.
The meeting ended with the chair announcing the committee would adjourn and reconvene the next morning.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
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- Because it sounds like you're trying to do a direct appropriation without calling it a direct appropriation
- One was a direct appropriation.
- One was a direct appropriation.
- </c> the environment committee could request the environment committee could request it<01:46:44.719>
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- I respectfully request that you report this bill out favorably.
- This legislation makes way too much sense.
- That may be something we can look at legislatively if you don't have the answer.
- And secondly, how they appropriately manage care doing their utilization review.
- So we respectfully request 1399 being put out favorably. Thank you. Thank you so much.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery held a public hearing on 14 bills focused on insurance, parity, opioids, behavioral health access, and mental health system reform. Chair Mindy Domb and Vice Chair Robyn Kennedy outlined hearing procedures and noted the committee would accept written testimony. The hearing featured testimony from legislators, providers, advocates, and behavioral health organizations, with most speakers urging favorable reports on the bills they addressed.
A major topic was psychiatric collaborative care, including H. 222/S. 1390, which would raise reimbursement for collaborative care codes to at least Medicare levels and allow billing outside the MassHealth primary care subcapitation model. Supporters said the model improves access, outcomes, and cost savings by embedding behavioral health in primary care, and several witnesses described successful implementation in practices and schools. Committee members asked questions about how the model works, what specialties use it, barriers to adoption, and whether copays, deductibles, and subcapitation rules should be changed. Witnesses also supported related innovation legislation, including H. 2224, which would create a mental health innovation fund and support nontraditional trauma-healing approaches.
Other bills discussed included H. 2212, which would require prescribers to discuss opioid and pain-medication risks, alternatives, and addiction/overdose concerns with patients or guardians; H. 2232 and H. 2233, which would address equitable payment and equitable access for behavioral health providers serving MassHealth patients; and S. 1406, which would add opioid maintenance treatment information to MassPAT and allow patient-authorized access to that information. Witnesses also strongly backed S. 1399, which would set targets to increase behavioral health spending within the overall health care cost benchmark, arguing that Massachusetts underinvests in behavioral health and that greater investment could reduce emergency, hospitalization, homelessness, and criminal justice costs. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and committee questions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Public Employment and Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- Your staff should be monitoring this hearing to assist you with coming at the appropriate time.
- It enforces collective bargaining laws and provides appropriate remedies.
- The motion is do pass and re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. McKinner. Aye.
- Item number four, SB 1207, the motion is do pass and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations, with
- So for these reasons and many more, we respectfully request your aye vote. Thank you.
Committee:
House Public Employment and Retirement
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislature also appropriated $35 million to reimburse local governments because when that refund
- Last year, the Legislature appropriated $200,000 to reimburse the taxing authorities that had been charged
- They complete an application form requesting that they be reimbursed, and they submit those applications
- There may or may not be a need to prorate that funding if the legislative appropriation is insufficient
- And so that we will be more than happy to do that again if the Legislature so requests.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
Summary:
The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and heard a presentation from Lissette Kelly of the Department of Revenue’s Property Tax Oversight Office on property tax relief for catastrophic events. Kelly reviewed existing statutory relief for homestead, non-homestead, commercial, and agricultural property owners, including extended rebuild timelines, preservation of homestead exemption during rehabilitation, agricultural classification protections, and the catastrophic event refund program for residential property that becomes uninhabitable. She also explained the refund process, the roles of property appraisers and tax collectors, and prior legislative reimbursements to local governments after storms such as Ian, Nicole, and Idalia.
Members asked about how portability works if a homeowner chooses not to rebuild, and Kelly said she would follow up with more detail. Senator Bernard also asked how residents learn about the refund application, and Kelly said property appraisers and tax collectors actively notify affected owners, including through mailings, FEMA and Red Cross sites, public service announcements, and outreach at community events. She said the property appraisers take the lead in promoting the program, with tax collectors also helping direct taxpayers to apply.
The chair noted that staff will distribute the department’s guide to offices before hurricane season and said the committee’s next meeting, during the first week of session, will focus on property taxes more broadly. Kelly said the department would be willing to review the process further and bring suggestions if needed. No votes were taken on legislation, and the committee adjourned without objection.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I would request a roll call. Roll call requested. Roll call granted.
- </c> request a no vote on the A11 and request request a no vote on the A11 and request a<00:46:07.280
- </c> not part of the 2023 uh legislation. not part of the 2023 uh legislation.
- And second, I request a roll call vote. Roll call requested. Roll call granted.
- Roll call request. Roll call roll call. Roll call request.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, my name is Pat Benner, legislative representative with ASME Council 5.
- </c> record my name is Pat Benner legislative record my name is Pat Benner legislative representative
- additional security cameras appropriated additional security cameras for<00:28:51.840><c> testing</c
- But essentially, uh, we request a waiver of the obligations.
- But essentially, uh, we request a waiver of the obligations. Lee Kagel, any other follow-up?
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Nothing in the legislation changes the threshold for probable cause.
- I'm here at the request of other state attorneys. This is a problem.
- So I think this is fantastic legislation.
- But I appreciate this outstanding legislation and want to speak in favor of it. Thank you.
- My family's life to find the appropriate remedy.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Summary:
The committee heard and approved several criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 646 would allow drug-testing tools such as fentanyl test strips and reagent kits to detect adulterants in drugs; it passed unanimously after testimony from the sponsor and supporters describing overdose deaths and the value of early warning. SB 442 would extend the return period for warrants involving digital evidence from 45 days to one year, with prosecutors and law enforcement supporting the change because of encryption, device backlogs, and large volumes of child exploitation evidence; it also passed unanimously. SB 418 would require autism-related law enforcement training and create a Blue Envelope Program for drivers with autism; it passed unanimously after supportive testimony from law enforcement and disability advocates. SB 132 would create a statewide database and instructions to help people determine eligibility for restoration of voting rights; it passed unanimously, with discussion about simplifying access to records and eligibility information. SB 748 would require sentencing score sheets to include notice about voting-rights restoration and ensure defendants receive a copy; it passed unanimously. SB 1734 would recognize juvenile probation and detention officers as officers under state law and extend related training, certification, and benefits; it passed unanimously. SB 1660 would designate June as Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month; it passed unanimously. SB 1742, as amended by a delete-all amendment, would replace an older offense with a new crime of indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor; the amendment and bill passed unanimously. SB 1750 would expand and tighten career offender registration requirements, and SB 1332, a similar career-offender registration bill later corrected on the agenda, also passed unanimously after a question about empirical evidence for registry effectiveness. Both bills were supported by FDLE and sheriffs' groups.
The most extensive debate centered on SB 1326, which would eliminate Florida’s traditional insanity defense and replace it with a defense based on lack of culpable mental state caused by mental disease or defect, while also changing competency and sentencing provisions. Supporters argued the bill was needed to protect the public from violent offenders with serious mental illness and to close gaps that can leave dangerous people under-supervised. Opponents, including criminal defense advocates and some senators, warned that the bill could leave acquitted defendants without treatment, reduce judicial discretion, raise reliability and cost concerns over malingering assessments, and potentially worsen public safety by pushing more mentally ill people into prison without adequate care. Despite those objections, the bill passed on a divided vote. Near the end of the meeting, the chair also corrected an earlier mix-up and moved SB 1750 to the next committee hearing after a motion to reconsider, while SB 1332 was taken up and reported favorably.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Anticipating needing more time to do so, DWR submitted a request for an extension with the State Water
- Board in 2009 and an updated request just last year, but is still awaiting a response.
- Without the full development of DWR's water rights, DWR will be capped at its capacity to appropriate
- Tiffany Brokaw, Deputy Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs.
- Tiffany Brokaw, Deputy Attorney General in the Office of Legislative Affairs.
Committee:
House Appropriations
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Transportation Mar 31st, 2026
Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- AAA recognizes the importance of selecting appropriate and enforceable speed limits.
- When done correctly, maximum speed limits... ...appropriate and enforceable speed limits.
- But I'm happy to try to provide just some information about that legislation.
- But I get happy to try to provide just some information about that legislation.
- And our only request here is that, to the extent that there is a required increase or requested increase
Summary:
The House Committee on Transportation met on Senate Bill 1408, which would allow Missouri to raise the maximum speed limit on rural interstates from 70 to 75 miles per hour. Senator Berger, the bill sponsor, argued the change would better match neighboring states, improve traffic flow, and reflect modern vehicle safety technology. Several members supported the idea as a practical adjustment, while others questioned whether the time savings were worth the safety tradeoff, raised concerns about driver behavior, truck speed governors, road design, fuel use, and the possibility that higher posted limits would lead to even faster driving.
Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including a motorist advocate and some committee members, said 75 mph is common in surrounding states and worldwide, that most crashes are caused by inattention rather than speed alone, and that MoDOT should be able to set limits based on engineering and traffic conditions. Opponents included a Hazelwood police lieutenant, AAA, the Missouri Insurance Coalition, and MoDOT Director Ed Hassinger. They argued that higher speeds increase crash severity and fatalities, that Missouri’s roads and traffic volumes differ from flatter neighboring states, and that the bill could disproportionately affect young and older drivers as well as roadside workers. MoDOT said its data shows speed is a major factor in fatal crashes and cited fatality increases in Arkansas and Kansas after those states raised rural interstate limits.
Committee members also debated whether the bill actually mandates 75 mph or merely authorizes MoDOT to set it where appropriate. MoDOT and AAA said any increase should be tied to engineering studies and roadway-specific analysis, while supporters argued the department already has that discretion and that the bill simply removes an outdated cap. No vote was taken in the excerpt. After closing the hearing on SB 1408, the committee moved on to House Bill 3447, a towing and recovery bill that would require more insurance for large commercial vehicles, improve notice and dispute procedures, and address abandoned vehicles; testimony on that bill began with the sponsor and representatives from the towing and trucking industries.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislators may simply act in anticipation of leaders' power.
- This legislation is identical to the legislation filed in the 191st General Court by former State Representative
- I respectfully urge the committee to support this legislation. Thank you.
- I respectfully urge the committee to support this legislation. Thank you.
- I radioed dispatch at that time and requested an ambulance to assist.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several retirement and workforce-related bills. House Bill 2980 would place county correctional nurses and certain medical staff into Group 4 retirement. Representative Trino, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, and nurse manager Leanne Cameron argued that correctional nurses work in dangerous, high-stress settings with frequent contact with incarcerated people, high rates of mental illness and substance use in the jail population, and significant workplace violence, and that the change would help recruitment and retention with limited statewide fiscal impact.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 210, which would create a commission to study additional regular compensation and annual expenses for members of the General Court. Senator John Keenan said Massachusetts has high leadership stipends compared with other states and argued the current structure can affect independence and public trust. Representative O'Day testified on House Bill 2928 to extend Group 2 retirement to additional Department of Children and Families social workers, and SEIU 509 witnesses described frequent transport of children, crisis response, threats, assaults, and other high-risk duties that they said match Group 2 work.
Additional testimony supported House Bill 2943 for DDS service coordinators and supervisors, with witnesses describing home visits in unsafe conditions, transport of vulnerable individuals, direct care during staffing crises, and exposure to violence. House Bill 2899 drew support from the Association of Social Work Boards for social work field placement grants, incentives for supervisors, and expanded retirement benefits for DCF social workers. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2613, a local retirement bill for Salem police officer Kathleen Roachville, who described a severe line-of-duty injury during an arrest involving a combative person in a mental health crisis. Finally, Susan Smith Campbell testified for reclassifying certain DYS administrative officers into Group 2 because of their direct involvement in restraints, assaults, and crisis management. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking any votes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 1st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
- At the request of the author, I am giving a one-day notice.
- At the request of the author, I am giving a one-day notice to remove Item A7, SB 453, Stern, from the
- I rise on behalf of the California Legislative Hispanic Caucus in support of ACR 185.
- All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/15/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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- Uh, we're a legislator, let's say.
- ><c> all</c><00:37:22.880><c> their</c> legislators prefer to get all their legislators prefer to get
- </c><00:43:36.560><c> uh</c> the court requested uh the court requested uh uh<00:43:37.960><c> redirection
- </c> follow legislation. follow legislation.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:18 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There's been a request. in a zoo helping keep them healthy, safe, and happy.
- President, I move that we go to that our business third reading of legislation.
- There's been a request. ...to that order of business, third reading of legislation.
- There's been a request for the call of the Senate.
- interim legislative committee.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation should have no negative impact on the general fund.
- This legislation will limit any annual increase in the maintenance budget of any entity...
- shall not exceed the previous year's request.
- Now it's important to note this legislation supports a... Statistics.
- This legislation has been coordinated with JFAC Chairman Groh's office and with Mr.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard presentation of Senate Bill 1252, the “ROGUE Act” (Restraint of Government-Uncontrolled Expansion), by Senator Dan Foreman. The bill would limit annual increases in the maintenance budgets of state entities to the average CPI-U increase for the western U.S., while allowing exceptions for exigent circumstances, federally mandated costs, and operational needs. Foreman said the measure was intended as a statement of intent and a budgeting target, not a hard cap, and said it had been coordinated with JFAC leadership and LSO staff.
Committee members raised several concerns, including whether the bill would affect employee compensation, whether it could interfere with JFAC’s appropriations authority, how exemptions would be determined, and whether CPI is a reliable measure of inflation. Members also questioned the lack of a clear definition of “maintenance budget” and whether the bill adequately accounts for population growth and past recession-related budget cuts. Foreman responded that the bill was meant to preserve flexibility for JFAC and would not prevent necessary increases when operational needs require them.
Overall, the committee expressed interest in the concept but said the proposal was not yet ready to move forward because of unresolved issues around the definition of maintenance budgets and the practical effect of the cap. No vote was taken, and the meeting adjourned after discussion.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 8th, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- This is in response to the request to identify legislative potential space for the 25 employees.
- appropriations.
- Well, what's the unexpended appropriations? Mr.
- There's only one one-time funding change, and that is funding for some legislative chamber and legislative
- And that is funding for some legislative chamber and legislative chamber upgrades and some systems upgrades
Summary:
The House Appropriations Government Operations Division met to consider House amendments to Senate Bill 2001, the budget for the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly. Representative Meyer and Legislative Council staff reviewed the House changes, which included higher lodging funding tied to a prior bill, an increase for North Dakota legislators’ forum dues, a transfer of $290,000 for public printing from the Secretary of State to Legislative Council, a $650,000 reduction tied to the nuclear energy study because that funding was already provided elsewhere, and a new section allowing legislative space on the 15th floor of the Capitol to be used for additional Legislative Council employees. John Bjornson explained the 15th-floor space proposal and said staff would work with Facility Management and CTE to address relocation needs and timing, with CTE’s move potentially delayed until after its busy school-year period if necessary.
The committee then reviewed the Senate version of the bill in more detail. Staff walked through the Legislative Assembly budget items, including per diem and compensation adjustments, lodging and mileage estimates, IT and audio/video funding, and dues increases for national and state legislative organizations. Members asked about mileage assumptions and the emergency clause, and staff said the emergency language is standard and allows flexibility for transfers, carryovers, and other budget actions. The committee also reviewed the Legislative Council budget, including funding for 25 new FTEs, interim travel, IT costs, professional services, public printing, and one-time items such as equipment and term limits consulting, while the advanced nuclear energy consulting item was removed in the House version.
After discussion, the committee adopted the House amendment to Senate Bill 2001 and then voted to do pass the bill as amended. Both motions passed on roll call, and the amended bill was sent to the full Appropriations Committee. Near the end of the meeting, Representative Paula gave notice that she would bring a separate amendment later on the Industrial Commission budget related to homelessness grant funding, noting it would not use SIF or general fund dollars.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So who was involved from Orleans—legislators, judges, legislators and judges?
- So who was involved from Orleans, legislators, judge, legislators and judges, I'll leave it to that in
- The time is appropriate now to do that.
- are silent, we follow Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure.
- The fees are set by legislative statute. Okay.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 911 by Rep. McMakin, which proposes a major restructuring of Orleans Parish courts into a single judicial district with one clerk of court and a consolidated system, while keeping current judges in place through the end of the year and allowing them to run in scheduled elections. The committee first adopted a three-minute debate rule, then later rejected a motion to suspend it. The bill was then amended with a large set of mostly technical changes, and the amendments were adopted without objection.
Supporters argued the bill would modernize Orleans’ court structure, reduce duplication, and align Orleans with other judicial districts. They cited Supreme Court data, prior studies, declining population and caseloads, and the state’s direct funding of Orleans criminal court as reasons to consolidate and reduce judgeships. Opponents, including local legislators and attorneys, said Orleans is not comparable to other parishes because of complex litigation, multiple-defendant criminal cases, jury-trial volume, tourism-related cases, and the need for specialized dockets. They also criticized the process as rushed and said local judges, legislators, and practitioners were not adequately involved.
Testimony from ACLU and defense-side witnesses emphasized that case counts are not uniform across parishes and that Orleans has a high number of jury trials and a large workload per judge. They warned that eliminating judgeships could increase delays and create transition costs, while supporters countered that other districts manage similar or heavier work with fewer judges. White-card witnesses from Orleans Civil District Court, including Judge Kernan Reese, Judge Sidney Cates, and Clerk Chelsea Richard Napoleon, testified that Orleans handles complex and time-sensitive matters, that the clerk’s office relies on self-generated funds, and that the bill’s funding and office references contain inaccuracies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public utilities to develop and implement a virtual power plant program 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They must do this by getting bids in a request for proposal process run by an independent third party
- This bill would more appropriate.
- :48.399><c> this</c> This legislation stipulates that this This legislation stipulates that this process
- The first is that the legislation.
- :15.600><c> and</c> department provides appropriate and department provides appropriate and reasonable
Summary:
Representative Craft presented House File 2986, as amended with the DE6, and asked that it be laid over for possible inclusion. He described the bill as an affordability measure centered on virtual power plants, explaining that aggregating distributed energy resources such as solar panels, batteries, EVs, smart thermostats, heat pumps, and water heaters can help utilities reduce peak demand and avoid costly generation and distribution investments. He said the bill would require utilities to reduce system peak through a virtual power plant program by 5% by the end of 2028 and 10% by the end of 2032, using an independent third-party RFP process, with plans incorporated into integrated resource planning and a savings clause if requirements prove infeasible.
Testimony in support came from the Department of Commerce, Vote Solar, Solar United Neighbors, Kite Rocket, and Mincia. Supporters said virtual power plants can function like grid-scale resources, lower spot-market and peak costs, improve reliability and resilience, and make better use of existing distribution infrastructure. Commerce said the approach fits an all-of-the-above strategy and noted consumer protections in the bill, including standards for contracts, disclosures, dispatch frequency, notice, opt-out, and compensation. Several supporters cited estimates of significant savings, including a national DOE estimate of 10% to 20% of peak load by 2030 and a Minnesota-specific estimate from Solar United Neighbors of about $63.5 million in savings if 10% of peak demand were met with VPPs in 2030.
Committee members raised questions about how much cheaper VPPs are than peaker plants and whether utilities, especially Xcel Energy, are already implementing similar programs. Representative Baker expressed concern that the bill could move faster than the technology or market would naturally develop and asked about the risk of forcing utilities into a mandate before the economics are fully proven. In response, a Solar United Neighbors witness pointed to a fact sheet and Brattle Group-based analysis comparing VPP costs and benefits in Xcel territory, while an Xcel representative said the company has been discussing the bill with Representative Craft for months. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion, and no final vote on the bill itself was taken in the transcript.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We even influenced legislation many times.
- There is no requirement for legislative approval.
- So there may be circumstances where two is appropriate.
- So there may be circumstances where two is appropriate.
- And our hope is to. that are implementing this legislation.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum verification. Members then adopted the special order report and a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber also recognized Deputy First Class Stefano Gargano as law enforcement officer of the day and several visiting groups in the gallery.
On the floor, HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously, 109-0. The House then took up CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew questions about surplus conservation lands and oversight by the Acquisition and Restoration Council; it passed 94-10. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign-country-of-concern restrictions, critical infrastructure, gifts, contracts, sister city agreements, and related ethics and criminal provisions, passed 80-20 after debate and a germane amendment was adopted over objections.
The House also passed CS/CS/HB 1197 on information technology procurement and contracting, aimed at modernizing oversight of major IT projects, by 109-0. CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use development and development regulations passed 71-38 after extensive debate over development fees, manufactured homes, and reducing local supermajority requirements for comprehensive plan changes; an amendment to preserve Orange County’s rural boundary vote failed, and a strike-all amendment was ruled out of order. Members then adopted a technical amendment clarifying manufactured homes language.
Several local bills also advanced: HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed 109-0; HB 4051 and HB 4053 on Santa Rosa County fire protection district assessments passed 84-25 and 83-27, respectively, after compromise amendments; HB 4081 on the East Point Water and Sewer District passed 110-0; and HB 4093 on the Felsmere Water Control District passed 109-0. The transcript ended as the House moved on to HB 4095, with no final action shown.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Next on the agenda, we have Senate Rule 26 request to change the authorship of bills by former Assembly
- It's very appropriate for my nomination discussion. I've done it just for you then.
- Certainly, I think, in the legislation, You know, interface and how we navigate that.
- In terms of what are the rules in place Respond appropriately and support its residents.
- They noted that a legislative letter was signed by a number of legislators about a mobile high-volume
Committee:
Senate Rules