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• </c><00:34:03.840><c> So</c> exempt uh hospital services. So exempt uh hospital services.
• </c> provider the same dollars and services provider the same dollars and services that<00:44:47.240>
• </c><00:56:23.160><c> rendered</c> schedule for medical services rendered schedule for medical services
• </c> side of services. side of services.
• </c> proposed to combat fraudulent service proposed to combat fraudulent service providers I think we

Committee: Senate Banking & Insurance

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:02 Discussion HB 144 00:00:58 Vote HB 144 00:02:40 Discussion HB 169 00:03:21 Vote HB 169 00:05:02 Discussion HB 568 00:05:56 Vote HB 568 00:28:27 Discussion HB 627 00:32:26 Vote HB 627 01:00:26, 958, all

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• </c><00:58:40.160><c> the</c> cut operating support for a service the cut operating support for a service
• intercity rail service Proposed intercity rail service connecting<00:59:01.760><c> Minnesota,</c><00
• </c><01:03:42.720><c> for</c> availability of ondemand services for availability of ondemand services
• Eliminating the service will cut events.
• </c> cost-effective to extend service to St. cost-effective to extend service to St.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 492 is a mitigation banking bill that provides that before out-of-service credits are used
• Thank you for your service to the Florida Senate. Read the next bill.
• And I'm very, very grateful for all of her service, which has helped me be a better senator.
• Thank you for your service. Welcome to the floor of the Senate.
• There's no medical service available here. And he answers.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions and recognitions. The Rules Chair moved CS/CS/SB 622 to the end of the special order calendar, which was adopted without objection. SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed, as were later bills SB 716 and CS/CS/CS/SB 1348. The chamber then took up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and adopting amendments before final passage. Measures approved included a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan (HB 295, 38-0), mitigation banking and land development changes with a phosphate mining lands amendment (CS/CS/SB 492, 35-3), aggravated animal cruelty with a searchable FDLE database and sentencing multiplier (HB 255, 37-0), the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism and related training/funding (HB 711, 37-0), newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (CS/CS/HB 1089, 36-0), and revisions to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects and adjust approval thresholds (CS/CS/HB 393, 37-0). The Senate also passed workforce education legislation allowing charter schools access to grant funding and expanding money-back guarantees (HB 1145, 37-0), a statewide study on automation and workforce impact (HB 827, 35-0), parole guideline revisions (HB 181, 37-0), court-appointed psychologist procedures in family law cases (HB 901, 37-0), sexual cyber harassment protections covering digitally forged intimate images (HB 1451, 37-0), a home health aide program for medically fragile children with training and reimbursement provisions (CS/CS/SB 1156, 37-0), substance abuse and mental health care changes including 988 oversight and involuntary examination procedures (HB 1091, 37-0), a feasibility study for a statewide pond data database (HB 1359, 37-0), and Department of Law Enforcement housekeeping changes and retired police dog reimbursements (HB 1053, 37-0). The most extensive debate centered on the charter schools bill (HB 443), which expanded charter autonomy, reporting parity, enrollment flexibility, and governance rules; after a delete-all amendment and a friendly amendment, it was placed on the third-reading calendar rather than immediately voted on. Several bills were briefly discussed with concerns about transparency, accountability, funding, and constitutional issues, but all bills brought to a vote during this segment passed.

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• John Williams, the director of legislative affairs for the Department of Health and Human Services, is
• and provides that the and human services and provides that the nurse<00:04:05.200><c> shall</c><00:04
• </c> of health and health and human services of health and health and human services is<00:04:22.079>
• I am the legislative director of the Department of Health and Services, and Mr.
• Uh I am Department of Health Services.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Administration Committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner’s supervisory role over the legislative facilities committee nurse and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice. The sponsor’s aide and DHHS legislative director explained that the change updates outdated language last amended in 1995, aligns the statute with current practice, and was reviewed with legislative staff and nursing regulators, who were said to be comfortable with the proposal. Members asked why the change was needed and whether the commissioner had actually been supervising; the response was that the language no longer reflected how the position functioned. The chair said the bill might still be a simple consent item, but additional modifications were being discussed, so the hearing was closed with no vote taken at that time. The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, authorizing the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. The sponsor’s aide described Bradley’s legislative and congressional service and urged the committee to move the bill ought to pass. Members asked practical questions about whether the portrait was completed, its size, and where it would be hung. The witness said the portrait was not yet completed and that size and placement had not been determined, though the committee was told the historical committee would decide placement. A committee member noted that portrait sizes and locations are already being reviewed because of space concerns, and the hearing ended without a vote. A work session followed on the portrait bills, with the chair using them as a vehicle to discuss broader problems in the statutes governing portraits and the historical committee. He said the committee had gathered information from other states and suggested possible policy ideas such as portrait moratoriums, waiting periods after death, size limits, and clearer placement rules. Members discussed the need to update the RSAs and better define the historical committee’s authority. The committee did not take final action during the work session, but the discussion indicated that the portrait bills may be held while broader statutory revisions are considered.

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• The Committee on Health and Human Services, having under consideration HB 282 relating to the Childhood
• There is a Health and Human Services Committee amendment. Mr.
• President, the Committee on Health and Human Services, having under consideration HB 282 relating to
• I move that the Health and Human Services Committee amendment to Senate Bill 28 be adopted.
• President, your Committee on Health and Human Services, having had under consideration the matter of

Summary: The Senate convened, took attendance, approved the journal, and received gubernatorial communications and nominations. Several nominations were referred to committee, and messages from the House were entered, including transmission of Senate Bills 1058, 1237, and 1294 to the Governor. The chamber recessed for caucus, then reconvened and moved into Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar. In Committee of the Whole, members considered HB 2082, HB 282, HB 2749, and HB 296 (the transcript also contains some misstatements of bill numbers/titles). Amendments were adopted on HB 282, HB 2749, and HB 296, including a Rogers floor amendment to HB 2749 establishing a sunset and a Shope floor amendment to HB 296 making technical and coordination changes related to water infrastructure and the Clean Water Act. The Committee of the Whole reported all of those measures do pass as amended, and the Senate later adopted the report. The Senate then took up additional business, including confirmation votes on gubernatorial nominees. John A. Conley, Ruby Dylan Williams, Thomas J. Connolly, Charles Essex, and Dr. Lynette Levesay were all confirmed. The chamber then passed several House bills on third reading, including HB 2308, HB 4011, HB 2049 as an emergency measure, HB 2253, and HB 2663, with recorded votes largely showing 24 ayes and 0 nays. Committee announcements were made for upcoming Natural Resources and Education meetings. Near adjournment, Senator Epstein gave a personal privilege statement criticizing ICE conduct in a Minnesota case and calling for accountability, and Senator Gonzales thanked her and offered birthday wishes to a family member. The Senate then adopted a motion to notify the Governor of the day’s confirmations and adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, 2026, subject to earlier recall by the President if needed.

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• At the federal level, through Medicare and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, these pharmacies
• maintain emergency, often 24-hour access, use specialized packaging, provide consultant pharmacy services
• That's a higher level of service than a typical retail pharmacy.
• We service about 60% of the long-term care patients in the state of Louisiana.
• All the social services are participating with getting these kids luggage, bags, whatever it is.

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on March 24 with a quorum present. The committee first voluntarily deferred House Bills 184 and 902. It then considered HB 557 by Rep. DeWitt, which defines long-term care pharmacies in Louisiana law to distinguish them from retail pharmacies and align state terminology with federal requirements. The author and a pharmacy representative testified that long-term care pharmacies serve nursing homes and similar facilities with specialized packaging, delivery, and consultant services. The committee adopted a technical amendment and reported the bill favorably with amendments. The committee next heard HB 584 by Rep. Boyd and Taylor, which addresses the practice of giving foster children garbage bags to move their belongings between placements and instead requires the use of duffel bags or similar luggage. Testimony emphasized the dignity issue for children in foster care and noted that DCFS had already begun transitioning to duffel bags. Members discussed whether the bill needed a fiscal note or dual referral, and DCFS testified that the practice had already been underway for about six months and would not require additional funds. The committee adopted amendments clarifying that the bag should follow the child and reported the bill favorably with amendments. Finally, the committee took up HB 747 by Rep. Miller, which combines the medical psychologist license and certificate of advanced practice, eliminates the separate certificate, lowers fees, and reduces red tape. Supporters from the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists and others were noted, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Throughout the meeting, members also discussed possible future wording changes on HB 584 and briefly recessed at the end of the hearing.

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• Schools have to fund student support services, counselors, nurses, speech pathologists, social workers
• , attendance services, all professionals who are essential to the educational process, to well-being,
• Special education services are especially at risk.
• Special education services are especially at risk.
• This measure just will force districts to shift resources away from all these vital student services,

Bills: HB2035 , HB2041 , HB2611 , HB2860 , HB4004 , HB4049 , SCR1032

Committee: Senate Government

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health, child safety, oversight, independent committee, transparency, accountability

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• The committee granted permission to the Arkansas Department of Administrative Services, Office of Property
• The committee granted permission to the Arkansas Department of Administrative Services, Office of Property
• Risk, and permission to the Arkansas Department of Administrative Services Office of Property Risk to
• retain the services of a licensed certified public accountant to conduct the OPR annual financial audit
• The Department of Human Services reported instances of improper benefit payments to employees from the

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Engrossed Senate Bill 5142 relates to Medicaid network adequacy requirements for post-acute care services
• factors such as keeping care local to an enrollee's community, providing availability in a regional service
• adequacy threshold for nursing homes should not be broader than a managed care organization's regional service
• Thank you. network adequacy requirements for post-acute care services.
• factors such as keeping care local to an enrollee's community, providing availability in a regional service

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• just looking at costs, we're looking at, at outcomes, we're looking at, um, uh, patient benefit services
• For existing services, perhaps for those long-term contracts you just described, the administrative fee
• administrative costs for performing those services, correct?
• So basically if it's a mandate for services, which this bill isn't talking, is talking about.
• You know, mandates for services is the intent behind this bill, right?

Bills: HB138

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: voter registration, application rejection, transparency, election integrity, state law

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• </c> central farm service and clean counts. central farm service and clean counts.
• </c> or you know health and human services. or you know health and human services.
• </c> partnership with central farm service. partnership with central farm service.
• </c> counselors in place who offer services counselors in place who offer services free<01:18:40.080>
• </c><01:41:14.080><c> of</c> is in the um in the service of is in the um in the service of transition

Bills: HF2103 , HF4508

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA

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• </c><00:15:43.360><c> lost</c><00:15:43.920><c> before</c> and services are not lost before and services
• Properties services or close programs.
• We Services Network Policy Committee.
• ,</c> essential housing, support services, essential housing, support services, outreach,<00:26:51.520
• </c> property management failed to service property management failed to service our<01:02:59.680><c>

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and Sisterhood capital United in service and Sisterhood capital United in service and Sisterhood in
• to organization who believe in service to organization who believe in service to all mankind thank you
• as the South eastern her service as the South eastern her service as the South eastern regional director
• Services that's the total of the Youth Services that's the total of the Youth Services that's the total
• Senior Services trust fund Debt Service Senior Services trust fund Debt Service Senior Services trust

Bills: HB 9 , HB 22 , HB 908 , HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• We fulfilling that promise of service.
• That services within that data center.
• How do provide weatherization services.
• I'm Colleen Hollinger, director at Natural Resource Services.
• </c> director at Natural Resource Services. director at Natural Resource Services.

Bills: HF2928 , HF2912 , HF2297

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability, 1183, house

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• </c> continue to provide quality services continue to provide quality services without<00:11:17.399><
• </c><00:14:27.800><c> are</c> in many of the programs and services are in many of the programs and services
• To be paid by the state and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed.
• And if they choose to hire independent counsel, does the state pay for those services?
• "Rescue of Animal Rights Community Advocacy Research Education Services.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 410, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ biennium operating budget. OHA asked for a modest increase over its base budget, including $1.2 million to fund 13 new full-time positions for a strategy and implementation team tied to its long-term plan, with emphasis on housing, education, health, and economic resilience. OHA also described a broader effort to work directly with executive branch departments to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiians. Testimony was largely supportive, with several individuals speaking in favor and one testifier expressing strong frustration about Native Hawaiian rights and access to resources. The chair noted there were 38 additional written/supporting testimonies and three in opposition. Members asked about OHA’s funding sources and public land trust revenues; OHA said it is not receiving the full 20 percent share, described a public land trust working group and system issues, and said a related bill would seek funding to begin an inventory. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then considered House Bill 304, which would make the Hawaiian version of a law binding when the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian and later translated into English. The Judiciary supported the bill, saying it reinforces Hawaiian as an official language and looks to the original language for legislative intent. The Attorney General supported the intent but recommended narrowing the bill with a proviso to avoid ambiguities, limiting it to laws originally drafted in Hawaiian that were not later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Public testimony was generally supportive, though one speaker raised broader sovereignty concerns. Members questioned how many laws would be affected and whether the proposed amendment would undercut the bill; the Attorney General said the amendment was meant to address uncertainty in interpretation. No final action was reported. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 603, which would direct OHA to administer a Native Hawaiian business marketing program to promote Native Hawaiian-owned businesses through marketing and technical assistance. OHA supported the concept, saying a label or branding program could help consumers identify and support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, but requested that funding be redirected to a working group to study program design, implementation, enforcement, and long-term viability. The chair noted four supportive testimonies had been received, and a member asked OHA to confirm that its programs serve all Hawaiians, not only those eligible for homelands; OHA said it serves all Hawaiians in the state. The transcript ends before any vote or further action on HB 603.

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• by including studying programs services by including studying programs and<00:06:40.800><c> services
• </c> service. Favorable. service. Favorable.
• </c><00:18:17.280><c> Services,</c> Rehabilitative Pre-release Services, Rehabilitative Pre-release Services
• </c> comprehensive rehabilitative services comprehensive rehabilitative services that<00:18:48.240><c
• </c> technology and certain software services technology and certain software services and<00:22:53.760

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• </c> father, grandfather, and public service. father, grandfather, and public service.
• From the everyday acts of service.
• ,</c> strides towards streamlining services, strides towards streamlining services, eliminating<00:31
• ,</c> and dedicated his life to service, and dedicated his life to service, community,<01:40:12.719><
• </c> early in my own career in public service early in my own career in public service when<01:49:56.320

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 6, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A number of the streaming services allow for an account holder, the person who subscribes to the service
• Third-party vulnerabilities: not all services are created equal.
• Courts have continued to find that digital services Even if it is against its terms of service.
• Furthermore, industry-led initiatives like the Data Transfer Initiative are already providing seamless service-to-service
• service.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Does the print media charge a fee for this service? Mr.
• Does the print media charge a fee for this service? Mr.
• Chair, Representative, again, the newspapers provide a service.
• Again, the newspapers provide a service, much like a paving company that provides a service to the cities
• or the TEP on the electric service.

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would allow municipalities and counties to satisfy certain public-notice requirements by posting advertisements, publications, and printings on their official websites. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, intended to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet statutory deadlines, while a Blackmun amendment required a six-month transition period in which notices would still be published in newspapers and the public would be alerted to the change. Newspaper and media representatives, along with tribal and rural community advocates, opposed the bill, arguing that print notices remain important for transparency, historical recordkeeping, and access in areas with limited internet service. Supporters from county and local government said newspaper publication schedules have become unreliable and that websites are a more effective way to reach the public. The committee adopted the Blackmun amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1021, as amended by a strike-everything that would require the Auditor General to refer evidence of possible criminal activity involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General, with procedures for investigation and conflict-of-interest handling. The sponsor and amendment sponsor said the measure would create a mechanism for criminal findings in audit work to be acted on. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, which would require county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history, along with any countermeasures administered in the prior 90 days, in sudden unexplained infant death cases. The sponsor said the bill was a data-collection measure meant to improve accuracy, transparency, and prevention efforts. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy and disability representatives, said Arizona already collects this information, that unsafe sleep is the primary issue in most SIDS cases, and that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 1013, a merit-based public employment bill that would prohibit hiring based on conditions other than merit. Supporters said it would ensure public employees are selected by qualifications and objective criteria; opponents argued existing law already bars discrimination and that the bill could create litigation risks and hinder outreach to underrepresented communities. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 1015 and a strike-everything amendment that would replace the bill’s original detransition-liability language with the Arizona Thriving Families Act, creating a family and medical leave insurance program within Medicaid beginning in 2029. The original bill sponsor defended the underlying detransition-related liability concept as accountability and support for detransitioners, while opponents said it would function as a discriminatory backdoor ban on transition care for minors. The transcript ends during debate and explanation of the strike-everything amendment, before a final vote on SB 1015 is shown.

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• And it also requires offenders to do 100 hours of community service. Any questions?
• We've charged $75 since the '90s for that service. We're asking for an increase to $125.
• It costs us about $900,000 to perform that service. We collect about $600,000 in fees.
• </c> that service. that service.
• We collect about $600,000 in service.

Committee: Joint Judiciary, Division B

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 March, 2026; 9:00 A.M., 925, all