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• the audit, DHS substantiated an allegation that an unlicensed facility was unlawfully providing services
• of completing the investigation, and conduct a mandatory follow-up site visit to ensure unlawful services
• , which are essential to safety. ...laws administered by the Department of Health Care Services, which
• Operating residential services without a license is a matter that would fall under the jurisdiction of
• Pact is a licensed adoption agency licensed by the California Department of Social Services.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 490 by Senator Umberg, which would require the Department of Health Care Services to investigate allegations of unlicensed sober living or residential recovery facilities within set timelines, issue notices promptly, and conduct follow-up site visits. Supporters, including a Garden Grove councilmember and the League of California Cities, said the bill would improve public safety, clarify enforcement, and address complaints about illegal operations in neighborhoods. County behavioral health representatives opposed the bill, arguing counties lack jurisdiction over these private facilities, could face liability and unfunded workload increases, and should not be pulled into enforcement responsibilities that belong to the state. After extensive discussion about whether the bill creates a county role or merely a pathway for local assistance, the committee passed SB 490 on an 8-0 vote and placed it on call for missing members. The committee then heard SB 381 by Senator Wahab, which would allow adult adoptees, and in some cases descendants of adoptees, to obtain their original birth certificates, create a contact preference form for birth parents, and remove current limits that omit certain birth information from amended certificates. The bill drew strong support from adoptees, birth parents, and advocates who said access to original records is a matter of identity, dignity, and health because it can reveal family medical history and cultural background. Several committee members expressed support for the goal but raised concerns about privacy, the potential emotional impact on birth parents, and whether the contact preference form adequately protects confidentiality. The author and supporters said the bill is narrowly tailored, that the form is nonbinding, and that many birth parents are open to contact; they also noted the bill had been amended to delay implementation and allow public notice. The transcript ends amid continued debate, with members indicating the bill would continue moving forward with further work, but no final vote is shown in the excerpt.

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• responsibility or certainly who litigation may pursue from the hotel to a very specific cleaning service
• So. very specific cleaning service. Is that kind of what you're saying? No, no, right?
• So unless, so if I'm, you know, well, we maybe use a cleaning service example, right?
• If I have a franchise cleaning service, right, you know, unless I'm, me as the, we'll call it, you know
• Reform and a letter of support from the Central Regional Dental Testing Service.

Committee: House Economic Development

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• In section E, this is a reallocation of resources for the Department of Human Services.
• This is a letter from the Department of Shared Administrative Services.
• The remaining transfers are for the division of children and family services.
• Forest Service Region 8 with our contact there. I don't want to speak for them.
• Forest Service Region 8 with our contact there. I don't want to speak for them.

Committee: All ALC-PEER

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Marshal, a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the NCIS, which Matt mentioned
• We received no royalties so we could make the digital e-book free of charge as a public service.
• Services for these vacations based on the exercise of treaty Indian rights.
• Does the proposal permit only the electronic service of warrants, or would the personal physical service
• service.

Bills: HB1982 , HB2156

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: Indian rights, treaty rights, convictions, tribal members, criminal justice reform, Attorney General, AG investigators, limited authority peace officer, peace officer certification, economic crimes, financial crimes, white-collar crime, fraud investigation, search warrant service, electronic service, business records, law enforcement authority, criminal background check, training requirements, Washington RCW

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• You know, in addition to the medical malpractice discussions, we have also talked about GRT for services
• If you have a business, you have a customer come in, you provide a service or a product, and they pay
• So we have our patients come in, we provide a service, and then we hire a staff to work with insurance
• I already talked about lack of available services, lack of specialty services.
• And with this state being so rural sometimes, You cannot get services.

Committee: Joint Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Keywords: 996, all

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• I am the Social Services Supervisor for the affordable housing team here at Pierce County Human Services
• organization is staffed through a staffing agreement by our employees here at Pierce County Human Services
• Through partnerships with Columbia Legal Services... Purpose to own the land under their homes.
• Through partnerships with Columbia Legal Services and NWCDC, the cooperative successfully bought the
• I work for Senior Services for South Sound in the HomeShare program.

Summary: The committee met for work sessions on land banking/shared homeownership and on maximizing existing housing stock. Members first heard an overview from Commerce on alternative homeownership models, including community land trusts, limited equity cooperatives, condominiums, accessory dwelling units, middle housing, church land for housing, and public land transfers. The discussion focused on how these models can help households build equity while keeping housing permanently affordable. Committee members asked about statewide counts of co-ops and land trusts, and Commerce said it does not track all of those entities directly. Pierce County staff then described the Pierce County Community Development Corporation’s rapid acquisition fund and its role in acquiring, holding, and transferring public land for affordable housing. They said the county used general fund and affordable housing sales tax dollars to buy properties, preserve a manufactured home park through resident ownership, and create a pipeline of sites for future development. Members asked about the advantages of a public development authority, funding sources, the use of surplus and underutilized public property, and how the model works with housing authorities. Spokane land bank staff followed with testimony that land banks can reduce blight, preserve affordability, and help nonprofits acquire land quickly, but that holding costs and taxes can make the work harder without state support. They also described brownfield assessments, donated properties, and work on Black homeownership and public surplus properties. The committee then heard from the Northwest Cooperative Development Center on limited equity cooperatives, especially in manufactured housing communities. The witness said Washington now has about 43 limited equity co-ops and that recent subsidy funding and legislation have accelerated resident purchases of manufactured home communities. Members asked how residents benefit from capped equity, how values are affected, and whether the model improves access to lending; the witness said the model stabilizes costs, allows modest equity gains, and that a recent law allowing manufactured homes in co-ops to be titled as real property should improve access to traditional financing. The committee also discussed House Bill 1974 from the prior session and possible updates to land banking legislation. In the second work session on maximizing existing housing stock, Commerce reviewed recent housing laws and implementation timelines, including ADUs, middle housing, condo liability reform, SEPA changes, tiny homes, and co-living. Members raised concerns about the long implementation horizon, vacancy data, corporate ownership of homes, and the need for better support for small landlords and first-time ADU owners. Sightline then testified on mobile dwelling units, arguing that RVs, tiny houses on wheels, and similar units are a low-cost, quick-to-install housing option that is often blocked by zoning; the witness said many Washington residents already live in these units, often informally. Finally, AARP discussed housing options for older adults, including ADUs, missing middle, manufactured home communities, co-living, universal design, and village-style support models, emphasizing aging in place and the need for more accessible, affordable housing choices.

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• Their price is very... health and human services. health and human services.
• I've, it's almost been a decade of service for me as consumer advocate.
• I've, it's almost been a decade of service for me as consumer advocate.
• and ROE services."
• </c> 25274 from environmental services. 25274 from environmental services.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on Friday, November 21st and first approved the October 17th minutes, with one member abstaining because she was not present. The committee then adopted the remainder of the consent calendar after removing two items for separate consideration. On tab four, members discussed item 25282 with the Commissioner of Administrative Services and Public Works staff; the project had been delayed after testing revealed design errors and flaws, and the committee was told the work would restart with test piles the following week and was projected for completion in fall 2027. The item was approved. On tab five, item 25279 concerned a Health and Human Services facility project and a federally required element added late in the process. Commissioners explained that the project had originally been funded at $21 million, later required additional financing, and that the legislature had recently lifted a restriction so non-ARPA funds could be used. They also said the sale of the existing Manchester property would not be needed to complete the build, that a broker RFP was about to be issued, and that any sale would require further approvals. The committee approved the item. The committee then approved item 25280 after a brief exchange about rainy day fund estimates and prior budget assumptions, and approved item 25278 without discussion. Item 25272 drew questions about the consumer advocate’s RFP for outside utility-rate-case assistance; the office said it eliminated proposals focused only on return on equity work after the Eversource decision, selected a Michigan firm for spreadsheet and operating-cost analysis, and noted there were no in-state firms doing this specialized work. The committee approved the item, with one member recorded in opposition. On tab nine, item 25261 concerned a new judicial council budget obligation tied to legislation and public defense staffing needs. The presenter said the request reflected a late-added obligation from the judicial branch, that more requests may still be needed, and that public defense staffing was strained by vacancies and competition from Massachusetts. The committee approved the item. Under informational items, members received an update on 529 plan distributions and on interest and dividends tax refunds, with Revenue Administration saying roughly $21 million more in refunds remained and that the repeal-related refunds were nearly finished. The committee also noted an environmental services item for which questions would be submitted separately. The next meeting was set for December 19th at 11:00 a.m., and the committee adjourned.

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• Any loss of earnings would be reduced by any loss of support and services.
• Any loss of earnings would be reduced by any loss of support and services.
• I think that the main difference is the loss of support and services as well, The main difference is
• I mean, I think it's, I would like to, support and services?
• ...and services when it's—we're just talking about a fertilized egg.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up two bills. SB 98, by Senator Harrell, would let self-storage facilities advertise lien sales either in a newspaper or on a qualifying website, while keeping other notice requirements in place and updating contact information provisions. Supporters, including the Florida Press Association and several newspaper/storage owners, argued print and digital newspaper notices already provide broad public notice and that the bill could reduce notice effectiveness; the sponsor said the bill is an optional modernization and does not affect government notices. After debate, the committee voted 8-1 to report SB 98 favorably. The committee then heard SB 164, by Senator Grall, which expands Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow parents to recover civil damages for the death of an unborn child at any stage of development, with carve-outs for the mother and lawful medical care. The sponsor said the bill aligns civil law with Florida’s criminal protections for unborn children and gives families a remedy where current law may not. Opponents, including the ACLU of Florida, health care workers, and others, warned it could invite lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, friends, family members, and people involved in abortion access, and could worsen OB-GYN shortages and deter care. Supporters said it recognizes unborn life and should be treated consistently with existing wrongful death law. The committee approved SB 164 on a 4-3 vote and then adjourned.

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• So for every dollar of debt service, we would expect to see $1.25 in revenues.
• There's a very standard way in which projects are serviced at a loan level and throughout the finance
• Our loan servicing people work closely with our finance department.
• When we loan service, we then have to take that information and transfer it over to our...
• We have certain instances in which the applications come into one place, but we have to loan service

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• This building is such a premier service to our community, the UNM Cancer Center.
• I'm going to use Medicare fee-for-service data. That's the only source of data we have.
• , departments, dentistry practices, and other types of medical services.
• Despite this law, private equity acquirers were using management services organizations, or MSOs, to
• or cut services?

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• plans that we administer, two tiers of benefits, and there are multiple parameters around age and service
• It's been great to be part of the service to New Mexico.
• Again, the purpose for the Retiree Health Care Act and providing those services.
• The group that I was talking about that did come on to provide these services is Makita.
• So, they're receiving a discount based on the years of service they provide with us.

Committee: House Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee

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• I'm the owner of Universal Service Recycling.
• Universal Service Recycling in Stockton, California.
• William Donko, with Universal Service Recycling.
• I've worked at Universal Service Recycling for eight years.
• I've worked at Universal Service Recycling for eight years.

Summary: The committee heard SB 404 on metal shredding facilities, SB 601 on water quality protections after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, SB 682 on phasing out PFOS in certain consumer products, and later SB 646 on prenatal vitamins and toxic metal contamination. SB 561 had been pulled from the hearing. In each of the measures, the authors and supporters emphasized environmental and public health protections, while opponents raised concerns about overregulation, implementation, and unintended economic impacts. The committee also spent time on the policy details of each bill, including how smaller operators would be treated under SB 404, how “nexus waters” would be defined under SB 601, and whether alternatives and testing standards were adequate under SB 682 and SB 646. For SB 404, Senator Caballero said the bill would create a permitting and enforcement framework for metal shredding facilities, with operational standards for fire prevention, stormwater, and releases of shredder residue, while supporters argued it would bring needed certainty to a critical recycling industry. Opponents, including small recyclers and community/environmental advocates, said the bill was either too broad or not strong enough, with some warning it would burden smaller facilities and others arguing it would fail to protect overburdened communities. The committee approved SB 404 on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, with recorded support from the chair and some members and opposition from others. SB 601 sought to restore state-level protections for waters that lost federal Clean Water Act coverage after Sackett, using a “nexus waters” framework and revised enforcement provisions after amendments removed the private right of action. Supporters said California needed to preserve protections for seasonal streams and wetlands and avoid backsliding, while opponents from business, agriculture, water districts, and local governments argued the definition remained too broad and could create uncertainty, costs, and unintended consequences. The committee also approved SB 601 on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, again with split votes. SB 682, which the committee also advanced, would phase out intentionally added PFOS in six product categories, including cleaning products, cookware, dental floss, ski wax, food packaging, and juvenile products, with an amendment delaying cookware implementation until 2030. Supporters framed it as a source-control measure to reduce PFAS contamination and lower long-term water treatment costs, while manufacturers and cookware interests argued the bill was overbroad, lacked workable testing standards, and could push consumers and businesses toward uncertain alternatives. The committee chair recommended an aye vote, and the measure passed to Appropriations. SB 646 was then introduced on prenatal vitamins, with supporters saying it would require testing and disclosure of heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, while the opposition said disclosure must be handled carefully so as not to confuse consumers or undermine confidence in prenatal supplements.

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• School districts charge for Medicaid services.
• So Taos, Kit Carson has done an amazing job for their service area. for their service area, and I think
• So you've listed with regards to CYFD the $86 million protective services funding.
• We still want to have these services, and maybe I find some room in my operation...
• Budget to cover those services, you get into this supplement not supplant issue.

Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

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• This is the kind of dial-a-ride service that you may have heard about.
• So cutting transit service certainly doesn't help with that.
• And according to the Rural Health Info by the Department of Health and Human Services, services, people
• We're discussing that in places like Human Services, where we're saying some of these services that our
• if that provides a needed service for them.

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• His provide outstanding medical services for nearly 3 decades and time and time again dot.
• What services is that they have brought the students are but even more.
• When you look at all of the graduate and and look at our service at truck, the We are not compensated
• I'm firmly planted in our community and has served for patient care community service.
• or services trustee in Florida.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• What better way to show consistency than to have the same bus drivers, paraprofessionals, food service
• laws like unemployment insurance service laws like unemployment insurance earned<00:19:38.440><c> sick
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• it shows that are more than lip service it shows that we we we care<00:23:26.159><c> well</c><00:23:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Having adult daycare is one of the key things that we can do to expand veteran services.
• We have so many... ...things that we can do to expand veteran services. We have so many veterans.
• And to add adult daycare to our veteran services is just the next step in providing the care that our
• This amendment clarifies which services can be contracted out by the department.
• And not just lip service in real terms. They have value. They have opportunity.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing FSU Day at the Capitol, the Red Mass, visiting students, school board members, veterans, and other guests. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with several measures temporarily postponed before and during the day’s proceedings. Committee and executive reports were largely absent, and the Senate proceeded directly to floor action on the listed bills. The Senate passed a number of mostly unanimous bills, including SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42 on Florida Statutes revision; CS/SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience, amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub and related research; CS/SB 116 on veterans, expanding benefits coordination, mental health training, adult day health care, and other veterans services; SB 126 on mailing prescription hearing aids to adults; SB 150 on abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters, amended to conform to the House; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice for certain serious cardiac conditions; SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process for removing unauthorized persons from commercial property; SB 348 on ethics, including false military rank claims and collection of delinquent ethics fines; and CS/SB 7012 on child welfare workforce recruitment, treatment foster care pilots, and data collection for commercially sexually exploited children. Senate Memorial 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure was also adopted by voice vote. Two bills drew more extended debate. SB 118 on presidential libraries passed 36-3 after questions about local zoning, traffic, and whether the bill’s express preemption would limit county and municipal authority; supporters argued it would prevent local obstruction and help Florida attract a presidential library, while one senator said she would vote no because of concerns about local safety and planning issues. CS/SB 160 on public accountancy passed 39-0 after an amendment clarifying contracted services; supporters said it would broaden pathways into the CPA profession and address workforce shortages. CS/SB 108 on administrative procedures and CS/SB 110 on rural communities were temporarily postponed, then later taken up and passed after extensive debate, with SB 110 amended to prioritize certain rural transportation projects, expand housing, health care, broadband, and economic development support, and draw strong bipartisan praise for its focus on rural Florida. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, observed a moment of silence for former Surfside Chief John Healy, and made several closing announcements and recognitions.

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• Having adult daycare is one of the key things that we can do to expand veteran services.
• Things that we can do to expand veteran services. We have so many veterans.
• And to add adult daycare to our veteran services is just the next step in providing the care that our
• This amendment clarifies which services can be contracted out by the department.
• And not just lip service in real terms. They have value. They have opportunity.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing visiting groups, including FSU students and officials, Catholic lay leaders, Broward County school officials and students, and veterans-related guests. The chamber then took up a series of bills, with several routine reviser measures passing unanimously: SB 36 adopting the 2025 Florida Statutes, SB 38 changing a division name in the statutes, SB 40 deleting repealed provisions, and SB 42 cleaning up obsolete language and cross-references. SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience was amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub’s role and passed 39-0 after debate about mangroves, oyster reefs, living shorelines, and hybrid green-gray infrastructure. SB 116, a major veterans bill, passed 39-0 after extensive discussion of veteran benefits awareness, mental health training, coordination with federal agencies, adult day health care, and the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. SB 118 on presidential libraries passed 36-3 after questions and debate over state preemption of local zoning and related regulation, and SB 126 on mailing prescription hearing aids passed 39-0 to expand access for adults after licensed evaluation. The Senate also passed SB 150, as amended, to conform to the House by changing the bill’s wording from “animals” to “dogs” in the natural-disaster abandonment context. SB 294 passed 38-0 to limit collaborative pharmacy practice from being expanded to certain serious cardiac conditions. Senate Memorial 314 was adopted by voice vote, urging Congress to seek a larger Florida National Guard force structure. SB 322 passed 39-0 creating a nonjudicial process for commercial property owners to have unauthorized occupants removed by the sheriff. SB 348 passed 39-0, making it an ethics violation to falsely claim a military rank for material gain and allowing delinquent ethics fines to be withheld from public paychecks. SB 7012 on child welfare passed 39-0 and would recruit former public safety workers into CPI/case manager roles, create a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and improve data collection and services for commercially sexually exploited children. Later, the Senate returned to SB 108 on administrative procedures, which passed 39-0 after debate over a five-year review cycle for agency rules, reporting requirements, and greater transparency in rulemaking. SB 160 on public accountancy passed 39-0 after an amendment clarifying contracted services and discussion of easing pathways into the CPA profession while maintaining standards. SB 110 on rural communities passed after an amendment package and extensive debate, with provisions described as creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and road funding, school support, and health care investments for rural areas. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all passed bills to the House, observed a moment of silence for former Surfside Chief John Healy, and received additional announcements before adjournment.

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• EDDNext is the top-down modernization of all our services.
• And we have achieved, hundreds of improvements have been implemented to improve the customer service.
• We moved our disability insurance call centers to Amazon Web Services. 80% of the people who call us
• We are improving the services that we provide.
• And 10, department-wide property service worker protection. comments public.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c> tolerance and a spirit of service. tolerance and a spirit of service.
• </c> through faith, service, and compassion. through faith, service, and compassion.
• </c> worship, growth, and service to others. worship, growth, and service to others.
• uh for any any any church services uh for any any any church service<00:02:44.480><c> was</c><00:02:
• Public Service Internship Scholarship Public Service Internship Scholarship Program<01:09:41.600><c>

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 6, 2026, 960, senate, all