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• the state code absences, tardies, excused, unexcused, completely differently, meaning we don't have apples-to-apples
• the state code absences, tardies, excused, unexcused, completely differently, meaning we don't have apples-to-apples
• the state code absences, tardies, excused, unexcused, completely differently, meaning we don't have apples-to-apples
• the state code absences, tardies, excused, unexcused, completely differently, meaning we don't have apples-to-apples
• districts code absences, tardies, excused, unexcused, completely differently, meaning we don't have apples-to-apples

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• His unprecedented mid-decade gerrymander tears up the map created by our citizens commission, replacing
• His unprecedented mid-decade gerrymander tears up the map created by our citizens commission, replacing
• to preserve the map of every state until the next census.
• In your sight we, your children, are your creation, the apple of your eye.
• In your sight we, your children, are your creation, the apple of your eye.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And I still want the answer: is an Apple Watch a biofeedback device?
• Yes, and so I believe that an Apple Watch could be used as a biofeedback device.
• Senator Polsky recognized in questions. of any others, and I still want the answer, is an Apple Watch
• Yes, and so I believe that an Apple Watch could be used as a biofeedback device.
• “One last spot at the apple, Senator Polsky? You’re recognized.” “Okay, I don’t know.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bill 1272 on guardianship, which would limit a guardian’s ability to isolate an adult ward from family and require notice of major events such as a ward’s death or relocation to a more restrictive setting. Senator Jones and supportive speakers said the bill was intended to protect wards from abuse and isolation by bad actors, while still preserving good-faith guardianship. With no opposition testimony or debate, the committee voted 8-0 to report the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS for Senate Bill 1284, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil claims for the death of an unborn child. An amendment was adopted to define “unborn child” as a member of the species Homo sapiens carried in the womb and to state that the act does not authorize claims against the mother or against health care providers acting within the lawful standard of care. The bill drew extensive debate and testimony. Supporters argued it would give parents parity and fuller damages, including economic losses and mental anguish, when negligence causes the death of an unborn child. Opponents, including the ACLU, medical professionals, and reproductive rights advocates, warned it could be used to target abortion care, increase malpractice exposure, worsen physician shortages, and create speculative damages. The committee approved the bill 6-4. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1288 on parental rights, with a strike-all amendment that would strengthen parental control over minors’ medical decisions, surveys, and biofeedback devices, while adding exceptions for emergencies, court orders, certain legal statuses, and situations involving abuse or out-of-home placement. Supporters said the measure restores parents as primary decision-makers and protects children from inappropriate questioning or treatment without consent. Opponents argued it could block minors from confidential care for STIs, mental health, or abuse-related issues, and could chill school and medical screenings. The transcript ends during testimony and debate on this bill, before any final vote is shown.

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• Apple Valley PFAS removal upgrades to water treatment plant, $3 million, and also $6.1 million from the
• program from the 2021 bill, and then $7 million canceled from the 2023 capital investment bill for Apple
• the 2023 capital investment bill uh from the 2023 capital investment bill uh for<00:25:16.040> Apple
• <00:25:18.160> Uh<00:25:18.240> so For Apple Valley Transit Station.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up a large bonding bill and reviewed the final spreadsheet of capital investments. Chairs and members repeatedly thanked staff, House and Senate negotiators, and the Governor’s team for a collaborative process. The bill was described as a statewide package rather than a partisan one, with major funding for higher education asset preservation, DNR projects, public safety, transportation, the Met Council, veterans facilities, corrections, DEED/local projects, and a large water infrastructure section. House Fiscal staff and Senate fiscal staff walked through the bill line by line. Highlights included University of Minnesota and Minnesota State asset preservation, education and language immersion school funding, DNR trail and flood mitigation projects, public safety facilities, local road and bridge grants, Met Council parks and I/I grants, veterans home and armory funding, corrections projects including the Faribault vocational expansion, and many local economic development and public facility projects across Greater Minnesota and the metro. The bill also included Public Facilities Authority water and wastewater grants, housing rehabilitation funding, historical society grants, a Minnesota Zoo operating transfer, airport appropriations, and several cancellations of prior appropriations to help finance the package. Members generally praised the bill and the bipartisan work behind it. Some Republicans emphasized the one-time license fee reduction and affordability, while also saying DEED’s business development infrastructure funding was too low. Senator Nelson highlighted long-awaited transportation projects such as Highway 14 and township roads. Senator Dibble supported the transportation investments but criticized the bill for having no transit funding, calling that a major omission. No vote was recorded in the excerpt, but the discussion centered on final review and support for moving the bonding bill forward.

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• just kind of delve into, and hopefully we can do this quickly, is it seems as though we're talking apples
• Because I don't think we're talking apples and apples.
• I think we are talking apples and oranges there. And I do think, just to finally know, Mr.

Summary: The joint hearing of the Select Committee on Native American Affairs and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee focused on the University of California’s compliance with NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA and the return of Native American human remains and cultural items. Senators and Assembly Members opened by emphasizing the sacredness of repatriation, the ongoing trauma caused by delayed returns, and the need for stronger systemwide accountability. The State Auditor presented the third audit of UC’s repatriation efforts, concluding that UC still lacks the urgency, oversight, and clear timelines needed to promptly return remains and belongings. The audit found thousands of remains and hundreds of thousands of cultural items still in UC custody, new undisclosed collections at several campuses, weak budgeting and underspending, and repatriation plans that often lacked concrete deadlines. The auditor recommended stronger UCOP oversight, performance metrics, proactive searches for undiscovered items, and possible legislative action to tie funding to measurable progress. UC officials responded that the system is committed to full compliance and has accelerated its work since adopting a new policy in 2022. UC Provost Catherine Newman said the system repatriated more than 2,800 ancestors and nearly 80,000 funerary belongings in the past year, and that UC now says 80.3% of Native American remains are either repatriated or available for repatriation. UC announced a new systemwide plan to complete repatriation of human remains by the end of 2028, to finish high-risk campus reviews by June 2026, to recall all loans by January 2026, and to require quarterly reporting to UCOP. UC also said it will spend an additional $8.8 million over three years, expand staffing, improve databases, support tribal consultation costs, and identify potential reburial sites on UC land. Berkeley and San Diego described increased staffing, consultations, and repatriation activity, while Santa Barbara said it had corrected earlier omissions, notified tribes about previously unreported ancestors, and was working toward completing repatriations and updated inventories. Committee members pressed UC on why progress has been so slow, why the audit’s timelines differed from UC’s public reporting, and whether the 2028 goal applies only to human remains rather than all cultural items. UC said the 2028 target is for human remains, while cultural items will take longer, and acknowledged that more work remains. Members also asked about the technical expertise needed for repatriation, the role of tribal experts, and whether repatriation should be embedded more permanently in UC governance or statute. Tribal leaders and representatives then testified that remains and belongings were taken without consent and must be returned with tribal consent and leadership. They criticized the repeated delays, stressed that tribes are the experts on their ancestors and cultural heritage, and urged UC to treat repatriation as a top priority and to return all associated items, not just human remains, so ancestors can truly rest.

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• It's less expensive than Apple Pay.
• Apple Pay, it's less expensive than a lot of other opportunities and all the fintechs that are being
• Accepted payment: debit, credit, Apple Pay, phone tap.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on the future of payments and sales transactions by credit card heard extensive testimony from credit union, banking, retail, restaurant, and payments-industry representatives about proposals to limit interchange fees, especially on the tax and tip portions of transactions. Several witnesses opposed state-level restrictions, arguing they would create a patchwork of rules, burden state-chartered institutions, raise compliance complexity, and ultimately reduce resources for fraud prevention, cybersecurity, rewards, and access to credit. Others, including retail and merchant advocates, said swipe fees are a significant and growing cost for small businesses and that states should consider reforms such as limiting fees on taxes and tips, allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs more closely. Witnesses also discussed recent legal and regulatory developments, including Illinois’s interchange-fee law, OCC and NCUA interim rules, and the ongoing Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement. Industry representatives said the Illinois law has been delayed and is likely preempted for most transactions, while merchant advocates argued the state efforts and court rulings show that networks and banks do not set fees competitively. The proposed antitrust settlement was described by some as a meaningful but limited merchant victory, with temporary fee reductions and expanded surcharge/steering rights, while others said it still falls short of structural reform. The commission members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of fees, the cost of cash, whether merchants can pass costs through, and whether small businesses are actually seeing benefits from the current system. Members repeatedly emphasized the need for a fair middle ground that protects both small businesses and the payment system. No substantive votes or policy actions were taken beyond accepting testimony, and the meeting ended with adjournment after all scheduled witnesses had spoken.

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• I don't have that with me today, full disclosure, but it's not apples to apples.
• It's like apples to oranges. So just for context.

Bills: S7010

Keywords: Roth contributions, deferred compensation, retirement savings, Florida Statutes, tax benefits

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to take up SB 7010 by Senator Mayfield, which would authorize Roth post-tax contribution options in state and local deferred compensation plans. The bill was briefly explained, received one appearance in support, had no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget on the governor’s recommended $117.4 billion “Floridians’ First Budget.” The presentation highlighted major spending areas including education, health care, public safety, transportation, environmental restoration, and economic development. Key proposals included increased FEFP funding for K-12 schools, teacher salary funding, higher education support, Everglades and water quality funding, emergency preparedness reserves, corrections staffing and pay increases, law enforcement recruitment bonuses, cybersecurity, and affordable housing and infrastructure investments. Members asked extensive questions about property tax reserve planning, litigation funding, emergency response fund balances and expenditures, the use of federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention facilities, the animal abuse hotline, Hope Florida, corrections staffing, and the proposed reduction in ADAP eligibility for HIV/AIDS medication assistance. A member of the public also testified at length about concerns that the ADAP changes would harm access to life-saving medications and alleged improper shifting of program funds. Committee members and the presenter acknowledged follow-up questions on several items, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the favorable report on SB 7010 and adjournment.

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• Even though my grandparents had long since gone, the trees were still producing these beautiful apples
• With their limbs on the ground, but I see all the apple trees, and I hear about that kitchen.
• Crab apple jelly, fruit that the old-timers, my grandparents, put away and it lasted...

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• sir, but they, that is apples to oranges because they count different things.
• Again, apples to oranges because they count different things.
• the federal government, they allow those to be considered in the direct costs, which means it's an apples

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• people never would have showed up for parole at the other chance anyway, that's kind of not putting apples
• to apples.
• That's apples to oranges what we have here. I understand the difficult role the parole board is in.

Bills: HB202, HB42, HB146, HB492, HB285, HB7, HB454, HB42, HB7

Keywords: law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, illegal immigration

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• would sit there, and I'd get one of the—he'd always have fruit there, so he'd have a banana or an apple
• sources that this could lead to the reduction of jobs in the state because we cannot just replace apples
• to apples when it comes to an oil and gas job versus a solar, wind, or other kind of renewable job.

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• months ago, the legislative auditor revealed that multiple DHS employees, not just one or two bad apples
• months ago, the legislative auditor revealed that multiple DHS employees, not just one or two bad apples
• months ago, the legislative auditor revealed that multiple DHS employees, not just one or two bad apples

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are comparing apples to apples.
• The military is requiring more and more and we have companies like Apple and other things that... may

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And so this is a second bite at the apple that we are providing as a courtesy to these two organizations
• with the current model that you have for lava zones, I wanted to ask: USGS has created the lava zone map
• created<01:39:03.600> the<01:39:03.840> lava<01:39:04.159> zone<01:39:04.480> map
• <01:39:05.440> and USGS has created the lava zone map and USGS has created the lava zone map
• Are you basing it on a USGS map that's historical of lava flows, or are you actually using some sort

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And so when we look at this map, and we do have concerns, we did have a positive case in Crow Wing County
• And so when we look at this map, and we do have concerns, we did have a positive case in Crow Wing County
• And so when we look at this map, and we do have concerns, we did have a positive case in Crow Wing County
• And so when we look at this map, and we do have concerns, we did have a positive case in Crow Wing County
• And so when we look at this map, and we do have concerns, we did have a positive case in Crow Wing County

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Just give you a little road map.
• Members, just for a road map again, this bill will be discussed and we will be laying it over for possible
• :36:55.119> road just trying to give you the best road just trying to give you the best road map
• :36:56.319> ready<00:36:56.599> and<00:36:57.119> make<00:36:57.280> it map
• get your questions ready and make it map get your questions ready and make it as<00:36:57.720> easy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• bullet to solve this problem, so we're trying to figure out ways that we can take bites out of the apple
• So we're trying to figure out ways that we can take bites out of the apple, some bigger than others,

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 4893, which would increase penalties for contempt of magistrate court and raise the maximum fine a court may impose without a jury trial. Counsel explained that the bill would raise fines for first, second, and third offenses, add community service, and allow weekend jail or work release for a third offense. The committee adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and adopted a title amendment. The committee then took up House Bill 5684, a pilot program creating child protection commissioners to help handle abuse and neglect cases. Counsel and the sponsor described the proposal as a way to reduce circuit court backlog, improve the frequency and consistency of hearings, and provide more focused attention to children and families while leaving final decision-making authority with circuit judges. Supporters cited the heavy caseloads, shortages of guardians ad litem, and a Texas model that reportedly improved efficiency; one senator criticized the bill as adding bureaucracy, while others said the system needs a new approach. Members discussed funding through a companion bill tied to the medical cannabis fund, with an initial startup amount and ongoing annual support. Several senators raised concerns about the lack of a sunset date and the need for measurable outcomes. The committee adopted an amendment requiring the Supreme Court’s Administrative Director to identify measurable outcomes, establish a pre-implementation baseline, and provide annual reporting to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, including costs and projected costs. House Bill 5684, as amended, was then reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.

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• We see it in the criminal justice context, and I'm not saying there aren't bad apples. There are.
• My concern is for the small percentage of so-called bad apples where they are not there to protect and

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• Now, of course, there's always bad apples in every industry, and that's why we have codes and regulations
• , unfortunately, to protect the public and to get rid of those bad apples.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Of course, there are always going to be bad apples in the bunch, but I think by and large, they take
• Of course, there are always going to be bad apples in the bunch, but I think by and large, they take

Summary: The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 413, relating to attorney’s fees, suit money, and costs in family law cases. Representative Gottlieb explained that the bill and strike-all amendment were intended to promote fairness, create more uniformity across circuits, expand judicial discretion in awarding fees, and strengthen enforcement language. Members discussed how the amendment’s reference to good-faith settlement offers would apply only after trial in fee determinations, not during the trial itself. Jamie Epstein of the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section supported the measure overall, saying it would improve consistency and deter bad-faith litigation, but noted concern about one paragraph creating a presumption of entitlement to fees in contempt actions. The committee adopted the strike-all amendment and then passed HB 413 favorably as amended by a 13-0 vote. Chair Koster said the bill would provide needed clarification in family law practice and help parties litigate more professionally and amicably. After the vote, the committee heard a presentation from Florida Bar President Sayah Baker Barnes on the Florida Bar’s role and the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession. Baker Barnes described the Florida Bar as an arm of the Florida Supreme Court responsible for regulating lawyers, protecting the public, handling discipline, reimbursing some victims of lawyer theft through the client security fund, and providing continuing legal education. She said AI use among lawyers has grown rapidly and that the Bar has created committees, guidance, and an ethics opinion to help lawyers use AI responsibly. She emphasized that lawyers remain responsible for the accuracy of AI-generated citations and work product, noted that Florida courts have already disciplined lawyers and a pro se litigant for fake AI-generated citations, and discussed confidentiality, privilege, and deepfake concerns. Members asked about protecting client information and finding best-practice resources, and she directed them to the Bar’s LegalFuel site and AI guidance materials. The meeting then adjourned.