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• lensure and certifications lensure and certifications implementation.<00:50:56.800> I'll<
• It's not a comfort dog certification.
• Nursing homes don't own dogs.
• Nursing homes don't own dogs.
• Nursing homes don't own dogs. They dogs. Nursing homes don't own dogs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Education Fund. ...bill that expands the scope of the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to
• We have some nurses from the Florida Nurses Association.
• The Florida Nurses Association is a voice for over 440,000 nurses in each of our districts.
• Nurses are the most trusted profession in America, and we all know that, our nurses and our medical professionals
• Nurses Association, as well as Sandra Falk, a retired operating room nurse.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including guests from the press, Florida State women’s soccer, and former Senator Janet Cruz. Members also announced there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and proceeding quickly to third reading and final passage. Among the measures approved were bills modernizing trust settlement and trustee discharge procedures; revising military affairs laws, including leave protections, retirement eligibility, and assistance programs; creating uniform cash-rounding rules as Florida prepares for the end of the penny; refining podiatric medicine rules on cellular/tissue-based products and informed consent; expanding veterans’ court access statewide; clarifying RV park special assessments; establishing concurrent state-federal jurisdiction for juveniles on military installations; reauthorizing alcoholic beverage loss deductions; and revising bail bond and pretrial release laws, including training, electronic notices, forfeiture timing, and related procedures. Members also passed bills on eyewear insurance licensing, expanding the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund into health science education, streamlining recovery residence regulation, enhancing felony battery penalties, and updating child welfare rules to reduce repeated background checks, make the Step Into Success program permanent, and create a best-practices program. Several bills drew brief supportive remarks, especially those affecting veterans, the National Guard, foster youth, and military families. One bail bond bill prompted questions about charitable bail bonds, with the sponsor stating the current statute would remain unchanged. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously; the bail bond measure passed 36-1, while the others noted here passed with no or minimal opposition. The Senate also adopted an amendment to the military affairs bill and a delete-all amendment to the military-installation jurisdiction bill before final passage. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to honoring Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman on her farewell. Members from both parties offered extended remarks praising her leadership, preparation, collegiality, advocacy on issues such as voting rights, women’s rights, Israel, anti-Semitism, breast cancer, school safety, and family law, and her effectiveness in committee and on the floor. Berman delivered an extended farewell speech reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her family, her district, and her legislative priorities, and the Senate ordered her remarks spread upon the journal before recessing and later returning to continue the calendar.

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• for school nurses.
• School nursing is a specialty form of nursing.
• <01:05:21.280> School certification for school nurses.
• School certification for school nurses.
• nursing you is a specialty form of nursing.<01:05:25.520> The<01:05:25.760> department

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We have never contemplated cardiac nurses.
• We have never contemplated cardiac nurses.
• If you choose to be a nurse, then be a nurse.
• If we want to just have nurses become doctors, then just have nurses and don't have doctors anymore.
• How does the temporary certificate come into play?

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for former member Chester Clem, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum confirmation. Members then adopted the special order report for the day and approved a Rules and Ethics Committee report amending House Rule 15.3 to allow fundraising under certain circumstances during extended or special sessions. The chamber then took up several bills. HB 1405 on a statewide project for missing persons with special needs passed unanimously. CS/CS/CS/SB 290, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, passed 94-10 after debate focused on conservation land surplus procedures and agricultural use of state lands. CS/CS/CS/HB 905, the “Fire Act” on foreign influence, foreign gifts, critical infrastructure, sister city agreements, and related restrictions, passed 80-20 after the House adopted an amendment adding a prohibition on certain surrogacy contracts involving citizens or residents of foreign countries of concern. CS/CS/HB 1197, dealing with information technology procurement and contracting, passed 109-0. HB 1103 on local administration of vessel restrictions passed unanimously. The House also debated CS/CS/CS/HB 399 on land use and development regulations. Supporters said it would limit development fees, standardize compatibility rules, allow manufactured homes in RV parks, and lower voting thresholds for comprehensive plan changes to address housing affordability; opponents argued it would preempt local control, weaken voter-approved urban boundary protections, and risk conservation lands. An amendment to preserve Orange County’s boundary rules failed, while a technical amendment on manufactured homes passed. The bill then passed 71-38. The House also passed several local bills, including measures for the Pace Fire Rescue District, Avalon Beach/Mulat Fire Protection District, East Point Water and Sewer District, Fellsmere Water Control District, and Headwaters Water Control District, with votes ranging from 83-27 to unanimous approval. The transcript also included farewell remarks from Representative Angie Nixon before the House returned to remaining business.

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• by Hayes relating to the fees changed by certain property owners association for the resale of certificates
• and updates of resale certificates or for the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development
• 2532 by Schaffner relating to the licensing and regulation of certain advanced practice registered nurses
• HB 2544 by or relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain nurses employed by a long-term
• Institutions of higher education requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete certificate

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• and upseats of resale certificates or for the committee on.
• 2532 by Schaffner relating to the licensing. and regulation of certain advanced practice registered nurses
• HB 2544 by Orr, relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain nurses employed by a long..
• Requiring students to enroll in certain courses to complete certificate or degree program using courses
• license, commercial driver's license, commercial learner's permit, and personal identification certificates

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Then the industry certifications are the purple, the college certificates are the green, and then the
• here for the culinary certificate here for the culinary certificate students<00:28:42.080> learn
• <00:31:17.039> programs Fields our career certificate programs Fields our career certificate
• I chose a Health and Human Services certificate at MICC.
• chance to get that Workforce certificate chance to get that Workforce certificate but<00:56:49.880

Keywords: 1183, house

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• process for nursing facilities.
• Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2189 mandates that the State Board of Nursing revise the rules or
• It also defines a licensed medical provider as one of the following: a physician, a nurse practitioner
• It also defines a licensed medical provider as one of the following: a physician, a nurse practitioner
• It modifies the procedures under which a pupil is issued a certificate of educational convenience.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of House bills that had returned from the Senate with amendments, with members repeatedly noting that sponsors intended to concur on most items. Topics included public health and vaccination rules (HB 2086, HB 2248), state investment in gold and silver (HB 2140), property records and voter-registration privacy (HB 2327), municipal and county regulation of business property and development fees (HB 2460, HB 2946, HB 2999), legislative subpoenas (HB 2745), cold plunge regulation (HB 2439), nursing-facility complaint timelines and licensed health aide rules (HB 2195, HB 2189), court-ordered treatment review (HB 2923), Access/Medicaid reimbursement and prior authorization for diagnostic services (HB 2932), inmate mental health study committee language (HB 2673), prenatal development instruction in schools (HB 2830), public records requests by legislators (HB 4056), parents’ rights and social transitioning in schools (HB 2249), school district financial compliance and facilities contracting (HB 2481, HB 2482), Native American language proficiency for graduation (HB 2895), advanced math auto-enrollment (HB 2423), special education and military-family procedures (HB 2621), AI rules for state agencies (HB 2592), eviction record sealing (HB 2244), tax filing penalties (HB 2016), shade structures in HOAs (HB 2342), homelessness-related community restitution (HB 2028), medical records timelines (HB 2557), PFAS firefighting foam restrictions (HB 2641), family-court expert testimony and prisoner transition services (HB 2662, HB 2440), address confidentiality protections (HB 2594), guardianship notice attestation (HB 2661), utilities for high-load customers (HB 2756), and nuclear-ready community planning (HB 2456). The committee also briefly moved to Caucus Calendar 19 for additional bills on mobile food vendors, school board training, out-of-state travel and meeting transparency, and a medical-intervention nondiscrimination bill. Several bills drew substantive discussion or criticism. Members debated HB 2932 at length, with staff explaining that Access said the bill would have a high fiscal impact because it would require reimbursement for non-contracted lab services and eliminate prior authorization for a broad range of diagnostic services, potentially increasing costs substantially. HB 2249 also prompted concern from members who argued it could force teachers to out students and create civil liability for using preferred pronouns or failing to notify parents about social transitioning. HB 2830 was criticized as requiring prenatal-development instruction while barring discussion of sexual activity or reproduction. HB 2028, which allows community restitution instead of a $20 probation assessment for people who are indigent and experiencing homelessness, was questioned as potentially punitive. HB 2481 was discussed as a way to help, rather than punish, small rural school districts struggling with financial-record compliance. The caucus also noted that several of the measures were sponsored by Democrats, which was highlighted as notable during the meeting. No formal votes were taken in the transcript. The caucus chair repeatedly asked for questions, and in most cases there were none, after which the sponsor was understood to intend concurrence with the Senate amendments. The meeting ended with adjournment after the caucus moved through the remaining calendar items.

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• school nurse a licensed school nurse school nurse a licensed school nurse also<00:09:34.279>
• <00:09:42.200> in additional lure and certification in additional lure and certification in
• For those of you familiar with the nursing system, you know that there are different kinds of certifications
• those of you familiar with the nursing those of you familiar with the nursing system<00:10:17.680
• that $40,000 for a licensed school nurse that $40,000 for a licensed school nurse I<00:11:02.720

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• HB 3606 by Patterson relating to the exemption from teacher certification examinations for certain persons
• HB 3614 by Pearson relating to the nurse profiles of certain information concerning nurses maintained
• on the Texas Board of Nursing Internet website referred to the Committee on Public Health.
• HB 3687 by Harless Rulings of the certification requirements for a fire marshal on any related employee
• HB 3688 by Smithy Ris issues of the notes and certificates of obligation for the Committee on Pensions

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• Instead of putting the citizenship requirement under post-certification, we moved it to the definition
• Yeah, it's just, so the original bill, the requirement to be a citizen was under post-certification.
• So the only change is instead of putting the citizenship requirement under post-certification, we're
• By a nurse reconstituted medication. There were Senate floor amendments. Representative Miller.
• The Senate has passed Senate Bill 405, by Senator Talbot, providing relative to nursing facilities, a

Bills: HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR281, HR282, HR283, HR284, HCR112, HCR113, HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, SCR63, SCR66, SCR67, SB414, SB484, SB513, HR168, HR174, HR194, HR216, HR264, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR85, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR104, SCR23, SCR29, SCR33, SCR38, HB75, HB705, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, HR188, HR205, HR3, HR197, HR243, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, SCR35, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB39, HB58, HB112, HB134, HB155, HB187, HB287, HB462, HB782, HB825, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB1200, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, HB842, HB633, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB251, HB582, HB646, HB819, HB998, HB1257, SB197, SB436, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, SB149, SB382, SB441

Keywords: highway maintenance, signage, transportation safety, DOTD, infrastructure, public safety, federal grants, job creation, carbon storage, carbon dioxide storage, carbon capture and storage, CCS, mineral rights, mineral owners, oil and gas, disposal wells, injection wells, advanced drilling, carbon sequestration, Louisiana energy policy

Summary: The House met with a quorum and began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several personal privileges recognizing National Police Week, fallen law enforcement officers, a young Olympic weightlifter, a community sports agent, a deceased coach, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day, the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, aviation professionals, and a birthday tribute. The chamber also received Senate messages, committee reports, and a long series of resolutions and bills, many of which were adopted or concurred in without objection. Several measures were returned to the calendar, while others were advanced with technical or clarifying amendments. A major portion of the meeting focused on resolutions honoring or commemorating people and groups, including National Police Week, Barron Baker, Paul T. Derezel II, Coach Emilio Tese, Alpha Phi Alpha, Louisiana Realtors Day, Special Olympics Louisiana, and various memorial highway designations. The House also adopted or concurred in resolutions on topics such as DOTD signage, shrimp procurement, geothermal energy, opioid settlement reporting, hospital design standards, Medicaid redetermination flexibility, chronic wasting disease management, remote online notarization, and a task force on intestate succession. Testimony on these items was generally supportive and brief, with sponsors explaining that most were technical, commemorative, or requests for study. The chamber also took up several substantive bills and Senate amendments. Among the measures concurred in were bills on peace officer citizenship requirements, post-conviction bail limits, portable benefits for independent contractors, workforce development, construction debris burning, license plate coverings, insurance and captive insurers, oil field indemnification, and rural infrastructure financing. One notable bill, HB 39 on peace officer citizenship, drew questions about National Guard members and legal permanent residents before the House concurred in the Senate amendments by a 74-22 vote. HB 134 on harmful material and interactive computer services had its Senate amendments rejected, while HB 359 on nonaffiliated candidates was temporarily returned to the calendar. The most extended debate came on the conference committee report for HB 842, which addressed Louisiana election law in response to the federal Callais decision. Members questioned how the report would affect the current congressional election cycle, absentee ballots, qualifying dates, signature requirements, and whether the closed party primary for U.S. House races had been canceled in favor of an open primary in the fall. The sponsor explained that the report cancels the current closed party primary for congressional races, voids ballots cast in that canceled election, returns qualifying fees, lowers petition-signature requirements, and sets new dates for the open primary and runoff. The House suspended the rules to consider the report the same day it was received, and the discussion highlighted concerns about election administration, district maps, and the scope of the changes before the chamber moved forward.

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• kind certification so certification is kind certification so certification is kind of<00:20:15.679
• For example, nurses—I don't think we need to look at nurses.
• it's<00:52:48.000> a think we need to look at nurses it's a think we need to look at nurses
• have a lot of interest in nurse have a lot of interest in nurse positions<00:52:54.280> when<
• of the you know doing the certificates of the you know doing the certificates of<01:43:48.599>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Members, SB 2512 is the judicial certification conforming bill.
• Educating our nurses, and this modifies statute to designate the Florida Center for Nursing at the University
• of South Florida as the administrator of the Linking Industry to Nursing Education, the line funding
• program that is so important to helping educate our nurses, and requires that the.
• It expands to include health science education programs in addition to nursing, as I said.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• It also does some modification of pre-certification.
• some modification of pre-certification. some modification of pre-certification.
• we have the contrast of our nursing we have the contrast of our nursing homes,<01:31:37.840>
• We're making cuts to nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
• We're making cuts to nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• programs, and associate degree in nursing.
• One in five of our nursing students already has a bachelor’s degree in some other field, but at some
• In some other field, but at some point in life, they realize that they were meant to become a nurse,
• Maine's ratio is 8 to 1 nursing, and that's expensive. I think New Hampshire is 10 to 1.
• Maine's ratio is 8 to 1 nursing, and that's expensive. I think New Hampshire is 10 to 1.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was the first session of a newly created House Education Funding Committee, which also handles career technical education and higher education legislation. The chair explained that the committee was split off from the larger education committee because of the high volume of bills in the prior biennium, and said its focus would be on education funding policy and related fiscal issues. He noted that the committee had already reviewed major topics with the Department of Education, including the foundation formula, building aid, career technical education, special education aid, catastrophic aid, and higher education funding, and that chancellors from the university and community college systems were scheduled to appear later that morning. The bulk of the meeting was an orientation on committee procedures and decorum. The chair reviewed attendance and replacement rules, hearing procedures, time limits for testimony, and how the committee would handle crowded hearings, early bills, and fiscal notes. He emphasized that hearings are not debates, that sponsors and co-sponsors may present but should not use their position to dominate questioning, and that the chair controls whether additional technical questions are asked of witnesses. He also stressed neutrality, saying members should not display buttons or placards or engage in running debates with testifiers, and that the committee should treat all testimony respectfully regardless of party or viewpoint. Additional housekeeping guidance covered security procedures, use of cell phones and computers during hearings, breaks and hydration in the dry hearing rooms, and courtesy toward the clerk and other staff. The chair also asked members to notify leadership in advance of absences and explained that some bills may require larger rooms or overflow arrangements. No votes were taken and no bills were acted on during this portion of the meeting.

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• You recognized she was not the nurse of the day. For I recognized the nurse today.
• , she was encouraged to become a nurse.
• Healthcare is a registered nurse.
• She has been a Staff nurse, nurse supervisor, clinical clinic administrator, educator, director of quality
• improvement, peer review for medical staff, chief nurse, nursing officer, in and health service, clinical

Bills: HR1051, HR1048, SB2074, SJR39, SJR47, SB1983, SB444, SB1503, SB1561, SB592, SB1501, SB1946, SB1567, SB1833, SB2026, SB904, SB2178, SB1651, SB1558, SB1565, SB1553, SB1257, SB65, SB1749, SB1242, SB1642, SB640, SB667, SB1436, SB1484, SB1562, SB1794, SB1644, SB1533, SB933, SB1555

Keywords: livestock, judging, Oklahoma State University, championship, agriculture, military children, recognition, community support, military families, April 15, pharmacy benefits managers, reimbursement, healthcare, prescription drugs, cost regulation, property valuation, tax limit, homestead, income threshold, elderly

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• lot of traveling nurses. lot of traveling nurses.
• Is the nurse paying the tax, or...? >> The nurse?
• 52.880> or nurse paying the tax or nurse paying the tax or >> the<01:30:53.440> nurse
• nurse?
• It depends on the >> the nurse nurse?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• peace officer, law enforcement officer, licensed physician, mental health professional, registered nurse
• So a lot of times the nurses, a lot of times the nurses fill these things out, but sometimes the ER doc
• And sometimes the nurses don't know who that is or don't know how to get in touch with them.
• And somewhat a little bit less related question, but are these hospitals subject to certificate of need
• Like if you're trying to set up a district hospital, also have to meet certificate of need? Yes.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• However, Jay Takahashi Niota, a fellow nurse manager at Pharmarmacare Hawaii, is here on her behalf.
• As a registered nurse in obstetrics at As a registered nurse in obstetrics at Hilo<00:26:32.799> Benoff
• , extraordinary nurse whose kindness, extraordinary nurse whose kindness, commitment,<00:29:31.760
• Representative Takinoi, please proceed with the certificate and lay presentation.
• <00:30:15.279> and<00:30:15.600> lay with the certificate and lay with the certificate

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• JP Hanna, with the California Nurses Association, in support. Thank you.
• Hanna on behalf of the California Nurses Association, in support.
• This bill addresses selective certification.
• This bill addresses selective certification.
• Without selective certification, if candidates in the first three ranks do not possess the necessary

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee heard and advanced several bills covering workers’ compensation, public pensions, workplace training, public works wages, and disability/paid family leave benefits. AB 1048 would require greater transparency when medical provider payments in workers’ compensation are reduced through network or administrator arrangements; supporters said providers need the underlying contract to verify reductions, while opponents argued the problem is overstated and existing dispute remedies are available. AB 1601 would give Sonoma County flexibility to provide targeted cost-of-living adjustments to retirees; supporters emphasized retirees have gone without a COLA since 2008 and that the retirement system is well funded, with no opposition testimony heard. AB 1439 would request a UC Berkeley study on labor standards in real estate and infrastructure projects funded through CalPERS and CalSTRS portfolios; labor groups supported it, while local governments, housing, and industry groups opposed it as unnecessary and potentially burdensome. AB 1697 would delay implementation of last year’s AB 692 on stay-or-pay and related employment contract provisions to 2027, with some support from the NFL and a support-if-amended request from the financial services industry for a 2028 date. AB 1803 would add anti-hate speech content to existing workplace harassment training; supporters framed it as a response to rising antisemitism and workplace hate, while opponents raised First Amendment concerns and argued current law already addresses harassment. AB 2120 would extend Los Angeles Unified’s selective certification hiring authority and allow retention of such employees in layoffs, and AB 2292 would bar providers from charging administrative fees for completing disability insurance and paid family leave certification forms; both drew support and no opposition testimony in the hearing. AB 1198, the Fair Pay for Construction Workers Act, would tie prevailing wage to the time work is performed rather than bid advertisement, with supporters calling it a fairness fix and opponents warning of uncertainty and higher costs on public projects. The committee later reconvened and voted all of the heard bills out, with most passing on unanimous or near-unanimous votes; AB 1439 was the only measure with recorded dissent, passing 4-1 on the final committee vote. Several items were also placed on call before final passage.