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• That 100% there's no cost share.
• Other needs assistance we have a 25% cost share.
• It has to do with vehicles you had mentioned shared services with OMS.
• OK, so you have vehicles. They're just the The OMEs process, thank you. You bet.
• We, you're asking if that would put us like we'd have our cost share.

Keywords: 914, all

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• or been in the to be driving the vehicle or been in the vehicle. vehicle. vehicle.
• registered to a vehicle. registered to a vehicle.
• their vehicle, what happens? their vehicle, what happens?
• > vehicle.
• their off-road vehicle? their off-road vehicle?

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• I share my colleagues cost right now.
• >> Senate joint resolution six shared >> Senate joint resolution six shared parenting
• file 95 drivers and motor vehicle file 95 drivers and motor vehicle services<01:41:24.320> third
• vehicle services thirdparty providers. vehicle services thirdparty providers.
• <01:55:52.880> vehicle House Bill 26 engrossed vehicle House Bill 26 engrossed vehicle registration

Keywords: 916, all

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• at the department offered to all state fleet vehicles.
• So, you know, snowplow—you can see it on anything, you know, any kind of our vehicles.
• at the department offered to all state fleet vehicles.
• So, you know, snowplow—you can see it on anything, you know, any kind of our vehicles.
• anything, you know, any kind of our vehicles.

Bills: HF3727, HF3684, HF3467

Keywords: veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards

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• And I do share that feedback and concern, and that's I hear you, and I do share that feedback and concern
• motor vehicle dealers.
• manufacturers and franchise motor vehicle dealers.
• manufacturers and franchise motor vehicle dealers.
• manufacturers and franchise motor vehicle dealers.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer by Rabbi Moshe Umatz, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions and recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar after a motion to reconsider SB 1080, which was temporarily postponed. Several bills were also set aside during the day, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, and school social workers. The Senate passed a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills. These included funding for expedited DNA testing grants for local law enforcement (SB 1072/HB 847), additional aggravating factors in capital cases involving religious, school, or government gatherings (SB 984/HB 693), fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients (SB 924/HB 677), commuter rail indemnification for Miami-Dade and Broward counties (SB 916/HB 867), restrictions on disposing of migrant vessels in Florida waters (SB 830), specialty license plates including Miami Northwestern and several colleges and institutions (SB 824), an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign (SB 398), relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University (SB 364), charter school changes allowing parent conversion and municipal job-engine charter schools (SB 140), sex offender registration reporting changes (SB 1654/HB 1351), penalties for assaulting utility workers (SB 1386), juvenile justice revisions and truancy process updates (SB 1344), reporting of student mental health outcomes (SB 1310/HB 969), foster home license transfer simplification (SB 1174/HB 989), water access facility funding and boating industry incentives (SB 1162/HB 735), Florida Virtual School operational changes (SB 1122), school readiness program support for children with disabilities (SB 1102), sexual image offenses involving minors (SB 1180/HB 757), age-related defenses in child sex offense cases (SB 1136/HB 777), tampering with electronic monitoring devices (SB 1054/HB 437), certified recovery residences and local zoning accommodations (SB 954), and the FSU Election Law Center (SB 892). Most of these bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 984 and SB 140 drew some opposition. One of the most extensive debates centered on SB 820, codifying the Office of Faith and Community. Senator Polsky offered an amendment to bar political activity by office staff, citing emails and campaign-related communications tied to Amendment 4; the amendment failed on a 13-23 vote. Senators then debated the bill’s relationship to state election law, free speech, and the role of faith-based outreach. Supporters emphasized the office’s service network and reported benefits to children and families, while some senators raised concerns about interfaith representation and political use of government resources. The bill was then read a third time and the Senate proceeded toward a final vote as the transcript ended.

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• has interlock installed on a different vehicle.
• It allows them to get this other vehicle back but not drive it.
• So, it ranges, depending on the vehicle.
• In some cases, it was a vehicle that was run into the officer or a knife.
• This bill is being used as the vehicle for the House Public Safety Committee. Policy package.

Bills: HF1354, HF1901, HF2124, HF2130, HF2260, HF2099, HF104, HF134, HF1769

Keywords: public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities

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• Uh those vehicles are being comes in.
• You know, it's a $90,000 vehicle.
• and maybe it's even on your vehicle. and maybe it's even on your vehicle.
• Um, I'll share a real life story not. Um, I'll share a real life story with<00:56:10.480> you.
• kind of help us at least at the vehicle. kind of help us at least at the vehicle.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

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• Healthy yogurt too, but I'm grateful to be sharing space with you today and look forward to listening
• After that, we're going to leave and go in our vehicles to take a tour around the community. Okay?
• Most of the District 14 vehicles, when they ask for a vehicle for our seniors or any kind of travel,
• vehicle to come and utilize it for chapters.
• And get in our vehicles, and I'll probably lead with my truck.

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• Chair, and thank you, Commissioner, for sharing this with us.
• <00:36:10.960> I recent thoughts that were shared. I recent thoughts that were shared.
• Share your notes.
• vehicle for bigger and better things. vehicle for bigger and better things.
• <01:02:01.280> to allow us sort of a better vehicle to allow us sort of a better vehicle to

Bills: HF4598, HF4884, HF3732

Keywords: workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician, correctional officer, security counselor, public safety dispatcher, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability

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• ICE vehicles circling the buildings? ICE vehicles circling the buildings?
• /c><01:15:01.679> parking<01:15:02.000> lots vehicles staging in the parking lots vehicles
• <01:21:40.480> right came to had two ICE vehicles right came to had two ICE vehicles right
• <01:35:36.560> your say your name and then share your say your name and then share your testimony
• Thank you. shared. We shouldn't leave shared.

Bills: HF3435, HF3409

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• That's how I also thank you for sharing.
• <01:04:49.119> your So thank you for sharing your So thank you for sharing your experience
• It the vehicle consent to search form.
• This will be vehicles as it stands now.
• <02:03:51.159> when consenting to search the vehicle when consenting to search the vehicle

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's only fitting that we're in Black History Month for me to share that information and just to tell
• So I appreciate you sharing that with me. The car is still moving.
• I have several moments of Black history that I'm going to share with the body.
• Of course, it relates to the bill, but it's just a little different from what you shared with us about
• The second provision is that if under current law, shooting into an occupied dwelling or vehicle, the

Bills: SB 26, SJR 36, SB 26, SB 616, SB 565, SB 384, SB 28, SR 109, SR 122, SR 126, SR 130, SR 136, SR 137, SR 141, SR 142, SCR 20

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension, utility consolidation, regionalization, water supply, sewer

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• Data sharing agreements with participating governments and the Florida Digital Service will provide a
• branch licensee that sells 1,000 or more vehicles of a particular line make to motor vehicles within
• 1,000 or more vehicles of a particular line make to motor vehicles within the state during a 12-month
• If you had more than 33% market share after this year or before? No. Additional questions.
• And I shared that also with Senator Avalu. I'm sorry. Just kidding, guys.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• uh move and share uh move and share the<00:15:54.520> A4<00:15:55.000> amendment?
• vehicle bill. vehicle bill.
• Um I do share the committee.
• We have a shared power-sharing agreement.
• We have a shared power-sharing agreement.

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

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• That's the kind of story many people like Melissa share and I tell it today because there's been a lot
• One thing that I want to share with you all is Mr. Schor is the recipient of an Oregon. transplant.
• . on a parking space designated as an electric vehicle charging station.
• of liability insurance for financial responsibility of motor vehicle or recover damages arising from
• a motor vehicle collision.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It's always at least 2 people in the vehicle transporting about Senator Garcia.
• But the state highway safety motor vehicles doesn't have it.
• So he was trying to break into a vehicle. Were he is head screwed up?
• And I share your appreciation for that First Amendment right?
• Please share them with us directly.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Make sure to subscribe, like, and share. Thank you. Thank you for watching. Thank you for watching.
• The Ani and Joseph Anderson Safety Act, and I want to share a story with you.
• And this is the story that he shared. His father was a...
• That is what Jeff shared with us. Joe Anderson would be happy and would say it was worth it.
• And we urge your support to make our current power-sharing agreement function even better.

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• I believe it's all vehicles. I think it's all vehicles. Um, Mr.
• I believe it's all vehicles. I think it's all vehicles. Um, Mr.
• I believe it's all vehicles. I think it's all vehicles. Um, Mr.
• Next hearing is in 10 minutes. vehicles. I think I would I would think vehicles.
• <03:17:36.160> Lambert it's it's all vehicles. Um, Mr. Lambert it's it's all vehicles.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused primarily on House Bill 1087 and House Bill 123, both related to firearms. HB 1087 was introduced as a Second Amendment measure, but after questions from the chair and discussion with law enforcement, the sponsor agreed it should be set aside and referred to a study committee for further review, rather than advanced as written. The New Hampshire Chiefs of Police Association testified in opposition to the bill as written, while also indicating support for the sponsor’s proposed amendment or a study approach. The bulk of the discussion centered on HB 123, which would require the return of firearms after a not guilty verdict or dismissal. The sponsor and several members described the bill’s purpose as speeding up the return of property, but law enforcement and judicial branch witnesses raised concerns about federal law, the need to ensure a person is still legally eligible to possess firearms, and the bill’s 24-hour return requirement. Witnesses from the State Police and judicial branch explained the current process, including background checks through the state police gun line, and said the existing procedure already aims to return firearms promptly while allowing time to verify disqualifying information. Members and witnesses discussed possible amendments, including removing language that would bar background checks and instead tying return of firearms to completion of the check within a set time frame. Judicial branch and State Police witnesses said a process that requires a background check and return within a reasonable period, with notice if there is a delay or denial, would better address safety and legal concerns. The hearing ended without a vote; the committee closed the public hearing and indicated it would continue working on the language before executive session.

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• of recipient benefits. to cover a share of recipient benefits.
• We have Oregon shares and penalties.
• <01:30:00.239> Uh uh vehicle uh value trade in value.
• Uh uh vehicle uh value trade in value.
• Enough pay their fair share.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

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• The last is conspicuously marking vehicles.
• And the cost to mark those vehicles would be astronomical.
• The last is conspicuously marking vehicles.
• <00:35:13.040> would<00:35:13.280> be mark those vehicles um would be mark those vehicles
• I'm about having your vehicles marked.

Bills: SB2363, SB2054, SB2057, SB2377, SB3322

Keywords: public lands, county authority, public health, safety regulations, cultural preservation, public safety, Hawaii National Guard, military deployment, governor authority, federal assistance, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, detainer, ICE, federal immigration authorities, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 U.S.C. 1373, 8 U.S.C. 1644, deportation, undocumented immigrants

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2033 on renewable energy, focused on rooftop solar and grid-ready homes. Members discussed amendments intended to clarify retrofit provisions for new homes, cost-sharing requirements for interconnecting customers, compliance with relevant safety standards or certifications, and a date change. The chair recommended passage with amendments, and the committee adopted the recommendation unanimously. The joint committees then heard Senate Bill 2363 on county authority over access to encumbered properties such as streams. The City and County of Honolulu, along with the Department of Transportation and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, testified in support, saying the bill would help protect public safety, reduce flood risk, and prevent illicit activity. A Libertarian Party representative opposed the measure, arguing the problem stemmed from mismanagement and that the bill granted overly broad new powers. No action was taken during the hearing. The committees also heard Senate Bill 2054 and Senate Bill 2057, both relating to public safety and immigration-related state authority. Testimony on SB 2054 largely supported limiting state resources for federal or out-of-state deployments when the governor objects, with the Hawaii National Guard raising concerns about unclear obligations for service members and the distinction between Title 10 and Title 32 authority. On SB 2057, supporters including ACLU of Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and the Legal Clinic said the bill would curb cooperation with ICE, protect constitutional rights, and preserve trust in immigrant communities; one witness also noted the rapid growth of 287(g) agreements nationwide. The committee then moved on to SB 2377 on property damage to critical infrastructure, where Charter Communications and Hawaiian Telecom supported the bill and asked for clarification to include broadband and telecommunications, while the Public Defender questioned whether the higher penalty was justified. Finally, the committee began SB 3322 on law enforcement, with testimony emphasizing clearer separation between local police and federal agents, limits on immigration enforcement cooperation, and protections for community trust; the hearing continued with additional testimony and questions.