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• I move to lay over Senate Bill 63 until Monday, March 9th. non-emergency medical transportation non-emergency
• 19th, 2028: Leslie Sumi of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a representative of local government that operates
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• With regard to emergency authority and continuity of care, it authorizes DOEA to provide temporary direct
• services during declared emergencies or lead agency failures.
• grants authority for an area agency on aging to directly provide core services during a state of emergency
• Number two, it requires annual registration ...of labor pools operating in Florida with the Department
• Highland Homes is a Florida-based home builder operating throughout the state, part of the Berkshire

Summary: The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and considered a large agenda of bills, most of which were reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations, limited public testimony, and roll-call votes. Early actions included CSSB 1062 creating Florida Speech and Debate Week and the Florida Debate Initiative with a recurring $2.4 million appropriation, and CS for SB 196 establishing the Uterine Fibroid Research Database. The committee also approved the companion public-records bill, CS for SB 864, to keep sensitive fibroid database information confidential. Other health and public-safety measures reported favorably included CS for SB 432, which was amended to address xylazine and restrict recreational nitrous oxide sales by tobacco-permit retailers; CS for SB 646, narrowing drug-paraphernalia testing equipment exemptions to fentanyl, its analogs, and xylazine; and CS for SB 1684 and CS for SB 1686, creating and exempting records for a Parkinson’s Disease Registry at the University of South Florida. The committee also advanced several workforce, regulatory, and local-governance bills. SB 1112 on the Florida Labor Pool Act passed with testimony emphasizing removal of placement fees, annual labor-pool registration, and stronger enforcement to help workers, including returning citizens. CS for SB 524 updated Department of Law Enforcement duties and medical examiner procedures; CS for SB 530 revised lottery operations and security rules; CS for SB 676 expanded animal-cruelty penalties and the public abuser database; CS for SB 1180 created a recall framework for community development district supervisors and updated CDD rules; and CS for SB 800 increased penalties for unlicensed engineering practice after removing a student-loan assistance provision to align with the House version. CS for SB 1404 created a memory-care specialty license for assisted living facilities, with amendments extending rulemaking deadlines and clarifying advertising and resident-choice provisions. SB 1072 created an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s office, and CS for SB 1630 modernized aging and disability services, guardianship oversight, and dementia-related policy. Two memorialization bills generated the most extended debate and public comment. SB 194 would designate October 14 as Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance, and SB 174 would name a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. Both drew strong support from some speakers who framed them as recognition of civic engagement and free expression, and strong opposition from others who criticized Kirk’s rhetoric and argued the state should instead honor broader civic values or other figures. A late-file amendment to SB 194 that would have converted it into a general day of remembrance for victims of political violence was withdrawn. Despite the controversy, both bills were reported favorably. The committee adjourned after members requested to be recorded on various bills.

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• Where he led a variety of operating functions leading up to the company's acquisition in 2007.
• entire professional career in the technology industry, first as an investment banker and then as an operating
• The CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Board, it's the only operating case we have recently and
• We're not seeing a declaration of emergency, a federal request for help yet.
• do when we have an emergency.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Keywords: nominations, Scott Cooper, Eric Ulan, federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget, accountability, collective bargaining

Summary: The committee convened to discuss the nominations of Scott Cooper for Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ulan for Deputy Director at the Office of Management and Budget. This meeting highlighted the critical roles both positions play in managing the federal workforce, which comprises over two million civilian employees. Concerns were raised regarding the current administration's approach to federal employment, citing issues like mass firings and the undermining of collective bargaining rights. Members expressed the need for better accountability and transparency within the federal system, emphasizing the importance of attracting talented public servants.

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• And it maintains other things like an emergency clause in cases where a school may lose a highly qualified
• So that emergency clause exists in there as well. With that, Mr.
• ed course and then again on line 43, the student is not enrolled in a custom section unless the emergency
• Restricting that to emergency-only situations will make it nearly impossible for rural schools to fulfill
• Districts are facing the second year consecutively of frozen operational funding.

Committee: House Education

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• My name is Corinne Brea, and I'm a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Nemours Children's Hospital
• As a physician in a pediatric emergency department, I see firsthand what it looks like when a child is
• causes, and I want to thank you for allowing me to speak on behalf of what we experience in the emergency
• The bill we're just trying to put in place is to ensure that they put policies in place to operate the
• In Florida, all health care boards operate semi-autonomously.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and considered several health-related bills, most of them focused on drowning prevention and public safety. SB 428, by Senator Yarborough, would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. The sponsor and supporting testimony from a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA representatives emphasized Florida’s high drowning rates, especially among very young children, and argued that swim lessons can significantly reduce risk. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit the funding allocation as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 606, by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing practices to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer requires home birth providers to maintain proof of compliance. A parent who lost a child to drowning and Senator Berman spoke in strong support, stressing that the bill would educate new parents at a critical time. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. SB 162, by Senator Davis, would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively low-cost and already used in many facilities, while several witnesses supported the bill as a worker-safety measure. Other senators raised concerns about the lack of data, possible rural hospital impacts, and whether the mandate could add costs without clear evidence of harm. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 340, by Senator Harrell, requiring nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, after amending the bill to shift the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves. Testimony from a trafficking survivor and nursing advocates supported the measure, and it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; chiropractic industry representatives supported the change, and the bill was reported favorably.

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• the voters, and this bill will take that voter-approved limit for M&O only, for maintenance and operations
• they had an election where they went to the public and said the election, because they used the emergency
• they had an election where they went to the public and said the election, because they used the emergency
• declaration, election, because they use the emergency declaration example, the county judge there, Hildago
• And to say that a rape or an assault has to occur before we do the right thing, that's not how we operate

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and then handled several procedural matters, including a failed motion to excuse Senator Johnson’s absence after a roll-call vote. The chamber also postponed the reading and referral of bills until later in the calendar and adopted motions allowing the Education K-16 Committee to meet while the Senate was in session. The Senate then recessed until 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 6. The main floor action centered on Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 9, which lowers the voter-approval tax rate for certain cities and counties from 3.5% to 2.5% for maintenance and operations. Senator Bettencourt argued the bill would slow local property tax growth and align city and county limits more closely with school district limits, while Senators Hinojosa and Menendez raised concerns about reduced local revenue, public safety funding, and the short time for cities to assess the impact. The Senate suspended the regular order, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the constitutional three-day rule, and finally passed SB 9, with a clarification later entered that the final passage vote was 18-3. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 7, the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, which sets state policy for the use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex and creates enforcement mechanisms for state agencies and political subdivisions. Supporters said the bill was needed to protect women and children in restrooms, locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and schools, while opponents questioned the scope, enforcement, civil penalties, and possible conflicts with federal law and local control. After extensive questioning, the chamber adopted a clarifying amendment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed SB 7 by a vote of 19-2. Finally, the Senate passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 15, which addresses deed fraud and real property theft by tightening recording requirements for certain property documents and creating new criminal offenses for real property theft and fraud. Senator Hinojosa explained that the bill combined civil and criminal provisions, added photo ID requirements for in-person filings, and included restitution and enhanced penalties for certain victims and properties; a floor amendment made cleanup changes, removed a training mandate, and clarified that electronic and mail filings were not affected. The Senate adopted the amendment, suspended the three-day rule, and passed SB 15 unanimously, 21-0.

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• It also streamlines the legal and operational processes necessary to treat inmates with several mental
• That's just the reality of the way that the prison system operates; most of us never see and experience
• So how do we define an emergency that justifies the involuntary mental health treatment?
• If it's not defined, then the common definition for the word emergency would be used to define when that
• The emergency. Thank you, Madam Chair, with that response.

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• stopped providing abortion care and counseling, even in the instances of rape and incest and health emergencies
• Of rape and incest and health emergencies, these are more restrictive than the Bureau of Prisons policy
• face confusion, inconsistencies in eligibility, and in some cases... ...to natural disasters or emergencies
• That means a service member responding to a wildfire, flood, or other emergency here in California may
• We also have other offices such as in L.A. where they're standalone, right, and they operate on their

Summary: The Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard presentations on several bills, beginning without a quorum and later taking up the measures once a quorum was established. AB 2531 by Assemblymember Irwin would expand California’s uncompensated care grant program so veterans whose federal health coverage does not include abortion services can access abortion care, and would require CalVet to link to abortion.ca.gov. Supporters, including Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Equality California, and Reproductive Freedom for All California, said the bill responds to federal restrictions on VA abortion care; opposition from the California Family Council argued it used taxpayer dollars to promote abortion and raised concerns about incomplete information and fraud. Committee members also questioned the bill’s use of “self-identify” for veteran status and the funding structure, with the author indicating openness to looking at proof-of-veteran options. AB 2054 by Assemblymember Gibson would update California’s paid family leave rules so relatives of military service members can qualify when those members are activated for state emergencies, disaster response, or other domestic duties, not just overseas deployment. The Department of Defense sponsored the bill, and Navy Region Southwest testified in support, saying it would improve stability for military families and reflect modern service demands. Members praised the bill and noted recent National Guard deployments for fires as an example of the gap it addresses. AB 2219, the Faster Service for Veterans Act, by Chair Schiavo, would require county veterans service officer vacancies to be filled within 12 months, set accreditation timelines, expand training and public awareness, create a statewide work queue, improve data collection, and require periodic reporting and a unified satisfaction survey. The California Association of County Veterans Service Officers supported the bill, saying it would improve timeliness, accountability, and resource planning. After discussion, the committee voted to pass all of the bills and move them to the next committees: the consent calendar bills AB 1702, AB 1765, AB 2203, and AB 2467 were approved 8-0; AB 2054 passed 8-0 and was re-referred to Insurance; AB 2219 passed 8-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations; and AB 2531 passed 6-2 and was re-referred to Appropriations.

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• And then they also have emergency well permits. Ninety percent of those are in the Rosa district.
• So the need for emergency funding... ...reservoirs that we'll be facing another drought next year.
• So the need for emergency funding continues for that immediate drought emergency.
• So separate from that emergency, I do know that the Washington Climate Resilience Strategy that Department
• So separate from that emergency, I do know that the Washington Climate Resilience Strategy that Department

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought

Summary: The Joint Committee on Water Supply During Drought opened its 2025 meeting by electing new leadership. After brief discussion of the committee’s membership and the usual practice of alternating leadership between chambers and parties, members unanimously elected Senator Ron Mazzal as chair and Representative Christine Reeves as vice chair. The outgoing chair, Representative Ybarra, continued presiding for the remainder of the meeting at Senator Mazzal’s request. The committee then heard a presentation from Sage Park of the Rosa Irrigation District on the severe 2025 water year. Park said Rosa is facing very low reservoir levels, declining water supply forecasts, and an earlier-than-planned end to the irrigation season. She described the district’s conservation and drought response measures, including canal shutdowns, pump-backs, leased water, on-farm fallowing and water pooling, emergency well permits, and long-term investments in piping, sealant, drip irrigation, and storage. Park also urged continued emergency drought funding, more efficient state lease funding processes, and support for water releases that benefit fish during drought conditions. Urban Eberhard then presented on the Kittitas Reclamation District and the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. He described widespread on-farm conservation, reduced acre allocations, early shutoffs expected in late summer, and ongoing infrastructure work such as piping, lining, telemetry, and the Springwood reservoir project. He emphasized that these projects are intended to improve water delivery, support fish flows, and provide future storage, including possible hydroelectric generation as part of feasibility work. In response to a question, he said the districts are monitoring aquifer impacts from canal lining and are working on managed aquifer recharge to direct conserved water to beneficial groundwater areas. No additional votes or formal actions were taken after the leadership elections.

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• hearing on Wednesday, April 30, pending re-referral: AB 275, Petrie-Norris; AB 716, Carrillo, from the Emergency
• Hazen, you're a brave young man, and good for you for knowing exactly how to help your brother in an emergency
• Cities provide their residents with everything from emergency response services to public libraries and
• Colleagues, I'm here to present AB 533, reauthorizing health care districts that own or operate hospitals
• Assembly Bill 369 by Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez, an act relating to emergency services.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer honoring Pope Francis, and then proceeded through routine motions, guest introductions, and floor business. Members welcomed several groups, including youth art contest winners, local city officials for Cal Cities Week, emergency dispatchers and 9-1-1 youth heroes, a school group from Northridge Community School, and Sheriff Michael Johnson. The body also handled procedural actions such as re-referring bills, withdrawing AB 16 from Appropriations because it was no longer fiscal, and allowing committees to notice bills pending re-referral. On the floor, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 44, proclaiming April 20–26 as California Cities Week, was adopted by voice vote after opening the roll for co-authors. The Assembly then passed several bills, including AB 793 on dog dangerousness proceedings and AB 533 reauthorizing health care districts’ use of design-build for health facility construction, both by unanimous roll call. AB 764, which would add mute swans to the list of exotic non-game birds that can be legally managed, also passed unanimously. House Resolution 32, recognizing Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, drew extensive remarks from multiple members about the historical tragedy and the Cambodian American community; it was adopted by voice vote after 70 co-authors were added, followed by a moment of silence. The consent calendar was then taken up and adopted 69-0, including AB 369 and a series of other bills and resolutions. The session concluded with an adjournment in memory of Officer Paul Philip Jordan, a longtime LAPD officer who served the Hollywood community, and the House adjourned until Monday, April 28 at 1 p.m.

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• Methane gas, but for useful thermal energy, the unit must begin operation after January 1st, 2013.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

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• while also examining concerns that we've heard about: bias, discrimination, and barriers that may emerge
• while also examining concerns that we've heard about: bias, discrimination, and barriers that may emerge
• The Operational Services Division, OSD, has been extremely engaged with SDO in ensuring that we’re applying
• decision-making and alternatives for guardianship came up as one of the areas of expertise, and emerging
• and startup funding opportunities, and examples of successful apprenticeship initiatives currently operating

Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met in June, approved the March meeting minutes, and heard a chair’s report on recent “Meet the Moment” community conversations, including a successful Lowell event and plans for a July 14 event in Northampton. The chair also announced the Commission’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration on October 7 at the State House, which will include a MassAbility partnership panel on artificial intelligence and disability, and noted ongoing efforts to livestream future events when possible. A major presentation came from the Supplier Diversity Office on the Empowering Abilities in Contracting and Employment (EAC) program. The coordinator described the program’s history from a 2016 law and 2018 pilot to its statewide launch on July 1, 2025, and said it now applies to all new statewide goods and services contracts. The program’s goals are to increase certification and contracting opportunities for disability-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, improve workforce development and disability employment among vendors, and build a resource network for employers. Reported figures included about 292 active certified businesses, roughly 40 vendors currently on EAC contracts, a projected increase to about 80 by July and more than 130 by November, and a long-term goal of 3% disability representation in vendor workforces. Commissioners praised the program and asked about comparisons with other states, geographic reach, and the mix of disability-owned versus veteran-owned businesses. The Commission also received updates from its advisory council and subcommittees. The advisory council has been sharing expertise across employment, housing, transportation, health equity, technology, and AI, and two members will help plan the October employment event. The employment subcommittee discussed transition-to-employment barriers, the disability employment tax credit, veteran services, and a State Exchange policy brief that members want reformatted into a more usable data table. The workforce supports subcommittee reported on a May 28 webinar about apprenticeships as a strategy to address workforce shortages in disability services, with more than 45 participants and examples of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship models. The long-term services and supports/health equity subcommittee heard from the Department of Public Health’s CCATR resource center and from the Autism Self-Advocacy Network about COVID-era health care barriers and ongoing advocacy. The executive director also reported on meetings with MassHealth-related groups, caregiver organizations, agency leaders, MassAbility, and AI stakeholders, and the meeting ended with announcements and unanimous adjournment.

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• Be developing and constructing and operating and maintaining these projects to the table.
• that is to structure a competitive solicitation for qualified teams of engineers, construction, operation
• We still have significant amounts of money for things like emerging contaminant mitigation.
• We still have significant amounts of money for things like emerging contaminant, mitigating.
• We still have significant amounts of money for things like emerging contaminant mitigation.

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee convened for introductions of members, staff, interns, and pages, with members briefly noting their districts and roles. The committee’s only agenda item was a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) by Director Chelsea McGuire, who outlined WIFA’s mission and recent work financing water infrastructure across Arizona. McGuire described three major funding programs: the rural water supply development revolving fund, the water conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has financed nearly $3 billion in water infrastructure over 30 years, awarded about $87.3 million through the rural fund, and allocated $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also said WIFA is out of conservation money and requested continued state support, while noting the revolving funds remain stable even if federal funding declines. A large portion of the discussion focused on the long-term augmentation fund and its competitive solicitation process. McGuire said WIFA identified a projected 100,000 to 500,000 acre-foot supply gap in 10 to 15 years and selected seven projects for further due diligence after receiving 17 responses, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based projects involving private partners. Senators asked about public transparency, project timelines, costs, and the need for state funding; McGuire said public engagement will continue, the projects are intended to match the identified time frame, and state funding is needed both to pay for due diligence and to reduce project risk and cost. No votes or formal actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• And spending up of $120 million from Medicaid reversions to maintain our reserves at 32.2% and our operating
• And certainly if it's an emergency, any... anybody shows up at any emergency room, they will be treated
• If you show up at an emergency room, you will be treated to the best of their ability.
• But the local Nonprofits are independent with their own boards, their own budgets; they operate their
• Planned Parenthood, I want to clear up some misconceptions, is operated by licensed staff at healthcare

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• She had stopped on the freeway after the male patient had a medical emergency.
• But in time, the vibrant sounds of salsa music emerge, a genre born from the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms
• His passion of authenticity led him to prioritize emerging artists alongside established acts to foster
• And lastly, I just want to recognize the team of framework, Craig Jacobson, the Director of Operations
• Global Operating Company Board, the name Doug Cranwinkel became synonymous with the Arroyo Seco.

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• instruction, whether at 2 a.m., assisting in a delivery, demonstrating how to suture a wound in the emergency
• Across all avenues of clinical care in the clinic, on the inpatient side, and in the emergency department
• Second was the opening and operations of the new campus at St. Cloud.
• not going to go through all of the details of our guidelines that we have put in place for our operations
• We'll have just under a 2.5% million dollar deficit in the UME program, so in the operations of the medical

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• Maybe the operation needs to change. Maybe some of the land needs to be sold.
• Emerging global diseases and evolving food safety challenges create risks for Minnesotans and for the
• And they are using machine learning to predict swine virus variants a full year before they emerge.
• They had a really tight operation. Nothing went to waste.
• They had a really tight operation. Nothing went to waste.

Bills: HF3692

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: Farmer-Lender Mediation Act, mediation, agriculture finance, debt relief, civil law, 1183, house

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• By operating under a Medicaid waiver instead of through DCF, the state benefits from enhanced federal
• They wait for a medical emergency that sends them to the ER. It's not because they're not working.
• A bill to be entitled an act relating to services during a state of emergency.
• Fast, off and smooth operator. Good afternoon, everyone.
• It spoke so much to me and so much to how you operate. Pink, where you at? Pink, stand up.

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• The company took the county to court over its ordinance prohibiting industrial mineral operations.
• The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.
• The company took the county to court over its ordinance prohibiting industrial mineral operations.
• The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.
• The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.

Committee: Senate Elections

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• Transitional staffing to get that operation up and running.
• They have to pay that cost out of their operating fund.
• For Emergency Management, we've dedicated...
• Just bringing that facility into an operational capacity that staff can turn the lights on and operate
• Understand that we have not reduced operating maintenance costs at any of the agencies.

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