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• criminal statutes already on the books for when contractors fail to pay their subs or suppliers in Chapter
• In Chapter 713.345, there's language that basically also says that if a person is withholding any payment

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Summary: The Senate Committee on Agriculture received a presentation from Florida Forest Service Director Rick Dolan on the agency’s wildfire response, forest management, and emergency support roles. He described the service’s four regions and 14 districts, its year-round wildfire response, use of bulldozers, helicopters, and drones, and the current high fire danger due to drought conditions. Dolan also highlighted prescribed burning, fuels mitigation, state forest management, the pine seedling nursery, and the agency’s role in hurricane response and incident management. Members asked about equipment loans and whether more prescribed burning could reduce wildfire impacts; Dolan said Florida already leads the nation in prescribed fire and emphasized public education and fuels reduction. The committee then considered and unanimously reported favorably Senate Bill 386, which creates a farm-equipment consumer protection process similar to a lemon law, allowing purchasers to seek repair or replacement of defective major farm equipment at no cost. The committee also took up Senate Bill 290, the Agriculture and Consumer Services omnibus bill. The bill would modernize fair association rules, preempt local bans on gas- and diesel-powered farm and landscape equipment, allow surplus of certain state-owned lands for bona fide agricultural use while excluding parks, forests, and wildlife lands, create a veterinary loan repayment program, make Farmers Feeding Florida permanent, expand Forest Service training opportunities, criminalize signal-jamming devices, increase penalties for CDL and English-proficiency exam cheating, restrict certain door-to-door solicitation, protect food safety inspectors, clarify biosolids rules, and add criminal and vendor-list penalties for contractors who fail to pay subcontractors. The committee adopted three amendments to align dates and technical language and to authorize native seed research and marketing through the Florida Wildlife Foundation. Testimony on SB 290 included support from several industry groups, concerns from the Home Builders Association about the new contractor-payment criminal penalties, and opposition from a citizen worried about the new surplus-land process for conservation lands. Despite concerns, CS/SB 290 was reported favorably. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of the appointees listed on tabs 4 and 5, and then adjourned.

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• We've asked, I asked for 15 chapters.
• I earmarked money to each of my chapters year after year after year.

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• we attest to daily daily actions from the Governor's office, and then when you all pass bills, we chapter
• for you to have a satellite office during the session and the signing period that just dealt with chaptering

Committee: House Facilities Review Subcommittee

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• CORY NATIONAL WASTE AND RECYCLING ASSOCIATION FLORIDA CHAPTER WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
• THE SALE OF THE FOLLOWING ARE EXEMPT FROM THE TAX IMPOSED BY THIS CHAPTER WHICH IS THE SALES TAX.

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• Lori Kammerer on behalf of the National Association of Women Business Owners California Chapter and the
• With three chapters in different states, including California, representing over 1,000 members at one

Committee: House Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• looked, but, but the biggest issue I have, I think, is that they're already within the water code in Chapter
• Chapter 49 allows for that. 5 people filled out the petition.

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

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• Doctor, under Chapter 36-212, treatment of animals, page 2, 36-21.2-0.03, animal cruelty, definition,
• Chapter 36-21.2, treatment of animals, page 2, 36-21.2-0.03, animal cruelty, definition, examples, and

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The conference committee on House/Senate Bill 2129 met to resolve the House amendment to the Senate-passed bill, which concerns exemptions related to veterinary practice. The main dispute centered on the House language adding terms such as “specialized or holistic trade” and expanding exemptions to include acupuncture/acupressure and non-veterinary dentistry, while the Senate preferred a narrower, more definitive list of exempt activities. Senators and House members discussed whether the word “includes” made the exemption open-ended, and whether equine dentistry should be treated as veterinary medicine or allowed as a separate practice. Testimony from Dr. Sarah Lyons of the North Dakota Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and veterinarian Troy Dutton emphasized that dentistry, including equine dentistry, is generally considered the practice of veterinary medicine and can involve invasive procedures and animal safety risks. They argued the House amendment lacked educational or licensing requirements and could allow untrained individuals to perform procedures such as dentistry or acupuncture. House members raised concerns about rural access, shortages of veterinarians, and the practical reality that some horse owners and equine practitioners currently perform float work and similar services. After extended discussion, the committee did not reach agreement. Members noted that the House amendment language differed from the Senate version on the key exemption provisions, and that further review of proposed alternative language would be needed. A motion was made and approved by roll call that the committee was unable to agree at this time and would schedule another meeting. The meeting was then adjourned pending rescheduling.

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• One of these is Text to Family Code Chapter 32.003.
• Chapter 32.004 of the Family Code allows a child to consent to counseling for suicide prevention.

Bills: HB368 , HB3311 , HB1734 , HB2495 , HB2716 , HB793 , HB3376 , HB2524 , HB3421 , HB3446 , HB3181

Committee: House S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Keywords: electronic devices, family violence, criminal prosecution, protective orders, tracking, harassment, family allowance, decedent's estate, surviving spouse, minor children, inheritance, child support, maintenance, HB 1734, Family Code, Section 155.207, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, SAPCR, continuing exclusive jurisdiction, jurisdiction transfer

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• We also appreciate the language in the bill which clarifies that the chapter is not applicable to services
• It also has some prohibitions in Chapter 162 on participating in another party's primary if you are a

Bills: SB38 , SB287 , SB291 , SB292 , SB508 , SB618 , SB901 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB1626 , SB1719 , SB1999 , SB1333 , SB 38

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: evictions, property law, tenant rights, landlord responsibilities, justice court, court rules, SB 287, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, sexually oriented business, adult entertainment, strip club, nude entertainment, live nude performance, alcohol prohibition, alcohol consumption, possession of alcohol, criminal offense, Class A misdemeanor, state jail felony, third degree felony

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• In synagogues everywhere this morning, we are reading the section of Exodus, chapters 18-20, that contains
• Jethro sees this and in chapter 18:21 he says to Moses, 'You will surely wear yourself out.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• :14.799><c> five</c><00:32:15.039><c> tribal</c><00:32:15.639><c> governments</c><00:32:16.639><c> uh
• uh one County<00:32:17.399><c> government</c><00:32:18.120><c> and</c><00:32:18.240><c> then</c><00:32
• <00:32:21.679><c> Social</c><00:32:21.960><c> Services</c><00:32:22.320><c> of</c><00:32:22.440><c> Minnesota
• ><c> one</c> service one service one County<00:32:25.639><c> thank</c><00:32:25.799><c> you</c><00:32
• c> than</c><00:32:28.000><c> you</c><00:32:28.159><c> I</c><00:32:28.279><c> appreciate</c><00:32:29.399

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:32:02.000><c> Last</c><00:32:02.240><c> year</c><00:32:02.480><c> was</c><00:32:02.720><c> 100
• This<00:32:03.279><c> year</c><00:32:03.360><c> we</c><00:32:03.600><c> were</c><00:32:03.760><c> able
• </c><00:32:03.919><c> to</c><00:32:04.080><c> offer</c><00:32:04.799><c> 134</c> This year we were able
• then</c><00:32:06.880><c> also</c><00:32:07.519><c> increased</c><00:32:08.640><c> um</c><00:32:09.200
• :09.919><c> of</c><00:32:10.559><c> early</c><00:32:10.880><c> care</c><00:32:11.200><c> and</c><00:32

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:09 Approval of Minutes 00:00:48 KOAP Report 00:01:09 Update from CHFS 00:20:27, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared. The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site. The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.

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• have uh College that we have college we have uh College that we have college we have uh College chapters
• and they don't have houses on chapters and they don't have houses on chapters and they don't have houses
• further its CA money to help the chapter further its CA money to help the chapter further its CA so
• or compact by Interstate license or compact by Interstate license or compact by adopting article 6 chapter
• 26 title 34 adopting article 6 chapter 26 title 34 adopting article 6 chapter 26 title 34 code of Alabama

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• :50.559><c> we're</c><00:32:51.279><c> picking</c><00:32:51.600><c> up</c><00:32:51.840><c> information
• employment<00:32:53.039><c> security</c><00:32:53.440><c> we</c><00:32:53.600><c> could</c><00:32:54.240
• grab it ourselves ourselves ourselves &gt;&gt; so<00:32:56.080><c> I</c><00:32:56.240><c> guess</c><
• 00:32:56.720><c> I</c><00:32:56.960><c> asked</c><00:32:57.200><c> my</c><00:32:57.360><c> two</c><00
• ><00:32:58.320><c> third</c><00:32:58.559><c> one</c><00:32:58.799><c> and</c><00:32:59.039><c> so</c

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• ><c> I</c><01:32:02.800><c> I</c><01:32:03.199><c> hope</c><01:32:03.360><c> to</c><01:32:03.520><c>
• 32:05.920><c> it</c><01:32:06.159><c> appears</c><01:32:06.560><c> that</c><01:32:06.960><c> either</
• million<01:32:12.480><c> risk</c><01:32:12.880><c> to</c><01:32:13.040><c> our</c><01:32:13.280><c>
• ><01:32:16.560><c> to</c><01:32:16.800><c> me.
• So, I'd like<01:32:18.080><c> to</c><01:32:18.480><c> perhaps</c><01:32:18.960><c> get</c><01:32:19.120

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:32:23.679><c> Representative</c><00:32:24.240><c> Hegner,</c> Howland, yes.
• Representative<00:32:26.799><c> Kerwin,</c><00:32:27.440><c> yes.
• </c><00:32:30.720><c> 16</c><00:32:31.120><c> yay,</c><00:32:31.519><c> zero</c><00:32:31.760><c> naysay
• Amendments<00:32:32.480><c> adopted</c><00:32:32.960><c> 16</c><00:32:33.279><c> to</c><00:32:33.440>
• Representative<00:32:34.159><c> Kerwin</c><00:32:34.559><c> moves</c><00:32:34.880><c> ought</c><00:32

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• :49.279><c> yes</c><00:32:49.440><c> CH</c><00:32:49.799><c> that's</c><00:32:50.039><c> about</c><00
• :32:50.360><c> what</c> research yes CH that's about what research yes CH that's about what 72<00:32:
• 52.200><c> 72</c><00:32:53.080><c> Cancer</c><00:32:53.440><c> Centers</c><00:32:54.559><c> um</c><00
• :32:57.600><c> yes</c><00:32:57.840><c> to</c><00:32:58.039><c> that</c><00:32:58.279><c> effect</c>
• </c><00:32:59.080><c> of</c><00:32:59.240><c> them</c><00:32:59.480><c> are</c><00:32:59.840><c> combined

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Higher Education met on February 6 and began with decision-making items. SB 663, concerning additional positions for the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, was deferred again after the chair said the university’s response did not include the requested details on vacant positions, recruitment status, and fill dates. The chair said the committee needed the full information before considering new positions, and the university apologized for treating the request as informal rather than a formal committee inquiry. The committee then discussed SB 672, relating to capital improvement projects for the Y. Manalo Research Station. University representatives said the project had been identified late because of timing and that they were still developing a broader plan for SEAR research facilities. The chair questioned how the project fit within the university’s existing Board of Regents-approved CIP priorities and whether any current priorities should be displaced. The university said it could not unilaterally reprioritize the budget, and the measure was deferred pending better direction on how it fits into the overall plan. For SB 557, which would require the John A. Burns School of Medicine to direct a study on physician and dentist recruitment and retention for Maui, the committee heard strong testimony in support from Maui health care providers and community representatives. Supporters described severe shortages of physicians and dentists, long waits for care, and the need for housing, loan repayment, scholarships, transportation, and telehealth support to retain providers. The university said it was willing to help and suggested the work could be done through existing rural health and AHEC efforts. The bill was kept alive for further work, with the chair encouraging the parties to develop a plan. The committee also heard SB 1107, establishing a medical education position at JABSOM to support ECHO-style mentorship and guidance programs. The university opposed the bill, saying it did not believe the measure addressed a problem that needed fixing and that Hawaiʻi already has five ECHO clinics administered through the Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association, not JABSOM. The committee then took up SB 1204, concerning integration of the Kakaʻako medical school and cancer center. University leadership asked for time to develop a plan and timeline, possibly with an external consultant, and requested the bill be withdrawn. The chair expressed skepticism, citing long-standing concerns about the cancer center’s finances and planning. Testimony included support from the American Cancer Society and a patient who warned that integration could jeopardize the cancer center’s NCI designation and clinical trials, while a university vice president said the NIH P30 grant does not require the cancer center and medical school to remain separate and that many NCI centers are integrated. No final votes were taken on the measures discussed in the excerpt.

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• 00.480><c> Alliance</c> Mississippi Ambulance Alliance Mississippi Ambulance Alliance reception.<00:32
• :01.919><c> It</c><00:32:02.159><c> will</c><00:32:02.320><c> be</c><00:32:02.399><c> held</c><00:32:
• 02.640><c> at</c><00:32:02.880><c> Char</c><00:32:03.279><c> from</c> reception.
• It will be held at Char from 5:30<00:32:04.080><c> to</c><00:32:04.320><c> 7:30.
• </c><00:32:05.519><c> Thank</c><00:32:05.760><c> you,</c> 5:30 to 7:30.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 21 January, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Senator<01:32:35.679><c> Perkins</c><01:32:36.159><c> Quoka,</c><01:32:36.719><c> no.
• </c><01:32:39.120><c> Senator</c><01:32:39.520><c> Ganon,</c><01:32:40.159><c> yes.
• The<01:32:47.440><c> eyes</c><01:32:47.840><c> have</c><01:32:48.120><c> it.
• </c><01:32:49.120><c> Uh,</c><01:32:49.440><c> by</c><01:32:49.679><c> a</c><01:32:50.159><c> vote</c
• </c><01:32:53.120><c> is</c> adopted.<01:32:56.960><c> Can</c><01:32:57.120><c> I</c><01:32:57.199><c

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Aye, aye, aye, 32, no 0. The appointment is confirmed.
• Aye, aye, aye, 32, no 0. The appointment is confirmed.
• Ayes 32, noes 0. The measure passes.
• Seeing none, ayes 32, noes 0. The measure passes.
• The ayes are 32, the noes are 0.

Keywords: 987, senate, all