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• And I believe in my packet I have—there's two maps. I didn't testify to those.
• So there has been the recent discovery of a new map, and so okay, I only have this 1761 map that Senator
• So there has been the recent discovery of a new map, and so okay, I only have this 1761 map that Senator
• So there has been the recent discovery of a new map, and so okay, I only have this 1761 map that Senator
• I mean, I don't know okay I only have this the 1761 map that okay I only have this the 1761 map that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This map shows the current state of ARDAX, across.
• This map shows the current state of ARDAX across the country.

Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum present and received a briefing from Melissa Jordan, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Health and chair of the Florida Rare Disease Advisory Council (ARDAC). Jordan explained that rare diseases affect fewer than 200,000 people each individually, but together impact an estimated 2.3 million Floridians. She reviewed ARDAC’s structure, its three subcommittees, and its 2025 legislative report recommendations, which focused on expanding Florida-specific data, disaster preparedness, state agency coordination, insurance oversight, provider education, faster diagnostic tools, research collaboration, and establishing centers of excellence. She also highlighted ARDAC’s work with other states and its effort to build an online repository of resources for families and providers. Jordan discussed the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program, funded at $500,000 annually, which supported research awards at Florida State University and the University of Miami in 2024 and another University of Miami project in 2025. She also described House Bill 907 and the Sunshine Genetics Act pilot program, which created the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and a newborn whole-genome sequencing pilot to screen volunteer infants for hundreds of conditions beyond traditional newborn screening. The institute will include research, training, clinical care, a diagnostic lab, genome editing capacity, and a sequencing pilot overseen by a board, consortium, and steering committee. Members asked about interstate collaboration, the scope of data collection beyond Medicaid, how the council reduces family financial burdens, how families and providers can learn about available resources, and how ARDAC measures effectiveness. Jordan said Florida has learned from other states’ survey-based approaches and instead is using administrative data sources such as Medicaid, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, birth and death certificates, with more clinical data to be added over time. She said success is tracked through annual reports, ongoing work plans, and quarterly research reports that measure progress, patient enrollment, treatment outcomes, and potential follow-on funding. The meeting concluded after the presentation and questions, and the subcommittee adjourned without further business.

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• Together, these provisions create an open-ended impact map, triggering testing across a broad, undefined
• amendments, is the downwind ash zone should be set by Cal EPA, DTSC, along with Cal Fire, based on the maps
• The map of the individual fires will obviously be different, but it will be a uniform process, a uniform
• So we talk about a smoke impact map.
• California's EPA's disadvantaged communities mapping tool identifies which areas as disadvantaged based

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on AB 2218, which would declare state policy to recognize and address water-related inequities affecting California Native American tribes and require several state agencies to incorporate that policy into water-related decisions. The author and tribal witnesses said the bill would codify a seat at the table for tribes and build on existing consultation and equity commitments, while supporters from environmental and tribal organizations backed the measure. Opponents from municipal utilities, water agencies, cities, counties, agriculture, and business groups argued the bill was too vague, could create uncertainty for water supply and project approvals, and might invite litigation. The chair signaled support, and the author said the bill was intended as a consultation measure rather than one that would usurp agency authority. The committee then took up AB 1795, a wildfire smoke-damage bill that would establish statewide standards for inspecting, testing, and remediating smoke-damaged homes and create clearer insurance claim handling rules. The Department of Insurance supported the bill, saying it would bring consistency and accountability after major urban-interface fires, while wildfire survivors and advocates said current insurer practices leave families unable to safely return home. Insurance and local government groups opposed unless amended, warning about cost, implementation uncertainty, and the bill’s scope. Members discussed unresolved issues, including how the bill would interact with a separate wildfire health-and-safety bill, whether it would apply to existing policies, and how presumptions and testing standards should work. The committee voted AB 1795 out on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations. AB 1642, another wildfire-related bill, was also heard and focused on setting science-based testing and clearance standards for homes, schools, and businesses after urban and wildland-urban interface fires. The author and a Caltech scientist described contamination from lead and other heavy metals in fire-affected homes and argued for a presumption that certain contaminants found after a fire came from the wildfire, to reduce costly disputes. Survivors and many advocacy groups supported the bill, while insurers and other industry groups opposed, saying the testing regime was too broad, the geographic scope was unclear, and the presumptions could function like strict liability and raise insurance costs. Senators pressed both sides on how AB 1642 would overlap with the CDI smoke-claims task force and with AB 1795, and the author said the two bills were intended to be complementary and would continue to be reconciled. The committee also briefly heard AB 1976, which would create a CEQA exemption for pedestrian malls and limit certain local procedural delays for pedestrian and traffic-calming projects. Supporters said it would make it easier to create safer, more walkable, and more livable streets, and there was no opposition testimony. The chair described it as a narrow CEQA exemption for active transportation-related projects and indicated support. The committee then moved on to AB 2026, a groundwater recharge permitting bill, with the author explaining that it would streamline permitting so more recharge projects can capture floodwater and store it for drought years; testimony on that bill began as the transcript ended.

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• </c> This slide shows a map of all of the current school and educational program locations in 2025.
• Um, if you can comment on that in any way. >> It, when you look at the map on whichever slide that map
• you</c><00:31:48.880><c> look</c><00:31:49.039><c> at</c><00:31:49.120><c> the</c><00:31:49.440><c> map
• &gt;&gt; It when you look at the map on whichever slide<00:31:52.159><c> that</c><00:31:52.480><c> map
• is on, it definitely is slide that map is on, it definitely is um<00:31:55.760><c> condensed</c><00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And what we're doing with this bill is making sure that FWC will create a map of five districts in the
• Very similar to a map that you can, well, I guess people my age and older used to be able to go to the
• gas station or Walmart and buy a map, and you could see where you're supposed to go.
• Very similar to a map that you can, well, I guess people my age and older used to be able to go to the
• gas station or Walmart and buy a map, and you could see where you're supposed to go.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions before taking up the special order calendar. The chamber first postponed CS/SB 80 on state land management, then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions when identical or nearly identical. Early actions included unanimous passage of HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a recycling and waste-diversion roadmap, and passage of CS/CS/SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking after amendments addressing out-of-service credits and former phosphate mine lands; that bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional concerns. The Senate also passed HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, adding a sentencing multiplier and a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, and HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, with $190,000 in nonrecurring implementation funds and a July 1, 2026 implementation date. The chamber then approved HB 1089 to add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, and HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects, lower the approval threshold, and clarify ownership and reimbursement issues. Members discussed funding levels and whether insurance premium credits would be required, but the bill passed unanimously. The Senate also passed HB 1145 on workforce education, HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, and HB 181 on parole guidelines, all without recorded opposition. CS/CS/SB 976 on court-appointed psychologists also passed unanimously, as did HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, which broadened protections against non-consensual and digitally forged intimate images. Later, the Senate approved HB 1156 creating the Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program, after clarifying training requirements and hearing support that the measure would help families keep medically fragile children at home while compensating trained parents. The chamber also passed HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care, with an amendment allowing designated facilities to retain stabilized patients who still meet involuntary examination criteria. Throughout the day, senators used questions and debate to probe charter school governance in CS/CS/SB 822, which was substituted with HB 443 and amended to expand charter autonomy over conduct codes, enrollment, reporting, and facility use while maintaining sponsor oversight; that bill was placed on the calendar for third reading rather than voted on in the excerpt. Several other measures, including SB 716, SB 76, and the final SB 1252 item, were postponed or not reached before the transcript ended.

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• similar to the TDI regulatory map for the individual market rating.
• Slide 6 should have a heat map on it of cost.
• On slide number nine, what you see is something of a heat map of the state of Texas.
• On slide 10, you're going to see another sort of heat map of the state of Texas.
• These Texas heat maps show hospital referral regions.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• You'll see on your map in front of you.
• And the prairie area here on that map is 33% of the total area of the state.
• And the prairie area here<00:13:49.279><c> on</c><00:13:49.519><c> that</c><00:13:49.760><c> map</c><
• is 33% of the total here on that map is 33% of the total area<00:13:51.920><c> of</c><00:13:52.079><
• There's also a map of the most up-to-date completed parcel map in your handout.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Take a look, and if you have any questions later on the map, we have broken down for you what you're
• Before he hits me, can you flip the map and just show us?
• So if you'll look here on the map at the very top left. Can you flip it so that I can see?
• I mean, you've noticed that we're... whether it's a map or the number of people.
• I think that was a map that the members had copies of.

Bills: HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597

Keywords: commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government

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• I know it's a little hard to see, but each dot on this map represents 500 school children.
• You can kind of see the clusters on this map.
• uh children along the Iron Range map uh children along the Iron Range cities<00:13:22.839><c> uh</c>
• And in this map, the blue counties that we see here are the counties that were growing in terms of the
• All of these counties that you see here on the map will be impacted by declining birth rates.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Now, they use state assessment data, but they also use their local assessment like MAP, STAR, I-Ready
• ><00:22:49.080><c> STAR,</c><00:22:49.560><c> I-Ready,</c><00:22:49.920><c> and</c> assessment like MAP
• , STAR, I-Ready, and assessment like MAP, STAR, I-Ready, and other<00:22:50.160><c> things</c><00:22:
• Many of them, though, if we don't open them up, they don't just fall off the map, though.
• One of the things that's map though.

Keywords: 0:00:03 - Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:43 - Approval of October 14, 2025 and November 4, 2025 Minutes 0:01:15 - Acceptance of Office of Education Accountability Report: Analysis Of Student Discipline Data in Kentucky Schools 0:02:10 - Implementation Update on 26 RS HB 257 0:49:38 - Career and Technical Education in the Assessment and Accountability System 1:13:50 - Office of Education Accountability Annual Report 1:47:27 – Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Education Assessment & Accountability Review Subcommittee approved the minutes from its October 14 and November 4 meetings and also approved the Office of Education Accountability report analyzing student discipline data in Kentucky schools. The main presentation came from KDE Commissioner Dr. Robby Fletcher on implementation of House Bill 257, which he said has two major parts: selection of a statewide college entrance exam through a new procurement process, and development of locally designed indicators of quality for accountability. On the college exam, Fletcher explained that the state had to reopen procurement after Senate Bill 197, with the RFP released May 21, vendor questions handled through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, proposals due June 22, and scoring and review expected in July and August, with a vendor decision not likely until October. He emphasized that the exam is a norm-referenced college-readiness measure, not a test of Kentucky academic standards, which are assessed by the KSA. Members asked about the science requirement in statute, the possibility of multiple vendors or district choice, and whether the CLT could participate; Fletcher said vendors must address science in the RFP, multiple vendors could be possible, and any vendor could submit a proposal if it meets the rubric. He also noted that ACT and SAT differ in structure, that either can meet college-readiness benchmarks, and that there were no major complaints about the SAT during its first year of use. The second major topic was the locally developed indicators of quality under House Bill 257. Fletcher said these are intended to let districts measure themselves against their own goals rather than compare districts statewide, while still aligning with Kentucky standards. He described examples such as achievement, growth, student well-being, safety, fiscal responsibility, civics, internships, apprenticeships, project-based learning, and defenses of learning. He said districts may use local assessments such as MAP, STAR, and I-Ready alongside state data, and that local models should be developed with families, community members, and workforce partners. He added that KDE is providing technical assistance, has applied for a federal CGSA grant, and will use a one-time $15,000 cost offset for districts implementing local accountability models, with a superintendent webcast planned for August.

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• It was sort of an arbitrary circle a judge sort of made on a map and said you can't use more water in
• It was sort of an arbitrary circle a judge sort of made on a map and said you can't use more water in
• It was sort of an arbitrary circle a judge sort of made on a map and said you can't use more water in
• We also want to urge caution that any sort of map that characterizes availability of water should not
• </c><01:20:37.520><c> that</c> caution that any sort of map that caution that any sort of map that characterizes

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Yeah, just, um, I mean, if we all agree that it should be done and there's a road map, and it would be
• </c><01:03:03.119><c> there's</c><01:03:03.279><c> a</c><01:03:03.440><c> road</c><01:03:03.799><c> map
• 01:03:04.799><c> and</c><01:03:05.359><c> it</c><01:03:05.480><c> would</c> done and there's a road map
• and it would done and there's a road map and it would be<01:03:05.880><c> critical</c><01:03:06.720>
• </c><01:07:32.520><c> and</c><01:07:32.720><c> we</c> is is kind of all over the map and we is is kind

Keywords: 1183, house

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• been put in place to stand up community gardens and urban farms, to allow for agricultural overlay maps
• committee for listening to this bill. community gardens and urban forms to allow for agricultural overlay maps

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• The exemption includes the maps indicating the locations of those systems, saves from repeal the public
• Senator Polsky asked what happens to maps already in classrooms and whether they would have to be replaced

Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and reported several bills favorably. Senate Bill 7000 repealed the sunset on a public records exemption protecting site-specific location information for threatened and endangered species; Senate Bill 7006 preserved exemptions for building plans and related records showing 911, E911, public safety radio, and NG911 infrastructure; and Senate Bill 7004 extended the exemption for property photographs and personal identifying information tied to certain housing assistance programs. Each of those bills drew no questions, no public testimony, and no debate before favorable votes. The committee also considered Senate Bill 448 on administrative procedure, which proposed broader reforms to the Administrative Procedure Act, including agency rulemaking oversight and cost-benefit analysis requirements. An amendment removed the bill’s eight-year sunset. The Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section testified with concerns that some provisions could chill agency guidance, increase costs and delays, and create standing issues for challenges. Supportive testimony also came from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. Senate Bill 1058, as amended, updated state references to the “Gulf of America” in geographic and instructional materials and removed the road designation of Tamami Trail. Senator Polsky objected to the change as unnecessary and wasteful, while the sponsor said the bill simply aligns materials with the new name going forward. The committee adopted the strike-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably. Later, Senate Bill 924 was heard and amended to expand state employee fertility preservation coverage beyond cancer to other medically necessary treatments, remove age limits, require coverage of standard cryopreservation services, and set storage limits. Senators Polsky and Rodriguez praised the measure as important for young patients facing infertility risks, while one senator questioned whether the state group plan was the right vehicle. The committee reported SB 924 favorably, and members later recorded additional affirmative votes on SB 448 and SB 1058 before adjournment.

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• If you see the map in your packet, you can see the round one sites.
• You know, I there's a map in there and I happen to write everybody's names down on it, and so I know
• You know, I there's a map in there and I happen to write everybody's names down on it, and so I know
• You know, I there's a map in there and I happen to write everybody's names down on it, and so I know
• It's 2.5 for the biennium, and so, you know, that map is just mostly the phase one projects.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> opioid use disorder and um for mapping opioid use disorder and um for mapping referrals<00:32:35.799
• In your packets, you will notice a number of handouts, most notably a map of potential pharmacy deserts
• </c><00:40:50.800><c> of</c> handouts um most notably a map of handouts um most notably a map of potential
• There's a map in your sheet showing ZIP codes without a single pharmacy.
• in your sheet rural areas there's a map in your sheet there<00:47:49.319><c> showing</c><00:47:49.720

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The map gives you a sense we have three large destination medical centers that actually hold campuses
• how we're of Medicine and Science and how we're structured<00:01:54.680><c> the</c><00:01:54.840><c> map
• c> you</c><00:01:55.439><c> a</c><00:01:55.640><c> sense</c><00:01:56.079><c> we</c> structured the map
• This is a map of where our residents have started practices each year.
• On the screen is a map of the graduates currently practicing in locations throughout Minnesota.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• As we address House Bill 2, the MAP test is brought to mind.
• As I talked to earlier, the idea is to replace the MAP test that I think we're all familiar with.
• We are in, right now, about MAP testing time, and so, We are in, right now, about MAP testing time, and
• As I talked to earlier, the idea is to replace the map test that I think we're all familiar with.
• We are in, right now is about map testing time, and so, We are in, right now is about map testing time

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• Uh, if you think about it, it's like the map on your phone; that's taking road information and applying
• on your phone, that's about the the map on your phone, that's taking<01:04:58.440><c> road</c><01:04
• County GIS is, you know, parcel mapping or flood zones, elections, district boundaries.
• of the Indian Reservation, as well as mapping of other projects.
• ><c> of</c> Reservation uh, as well as mapping of Reservation uh, as well as mapping of other<01:18:57.760

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Summary: The committee opened by taking roll for the Joint Transportation, Highways, and Military Affairs Committee and noting that 20 topics had been submitted for discussion, including one late addition. Members were asked to number the topics for reference, and the chair explained that each presenter should give a brief overview before the committee returned to the dais for questions and possible ranking or action. No votes were taken during the portion provided. The first topic was a request from the Associated General Contractors of Wyoming to have TRIP, a third-party transportation research organization, present a report on Wyoming’s highway system. The report is intended to identify transportation needs and 25 priority projects, and the committee generally supported hearing the report and methodology directly from TRIP. The next topic combined two similar railroad safety proposals. Representative Chestek described a bill addressing train length, wayside detectors, and track inspections, citing the East Palestine derailment and concerns about reduced inspection frequency. Committee members raised questions about federal preemption and enforcement authority; Chestek said states can be more protective of safety where federal rules leave gaps, and WYDOT said it would need additional expertise and staffing to administer such a program. No public testimony was offered on the railroad topic. The committee then heard two proposals from the Wyoming Military Department. One would study Tricare subsidies for mental health providers by comparing Tricare reimbursement rates with other insurers, gathering de-identified data on eligible members and provider participation, and then returning to the committee with findings before any legislative recommendation. Members discussed whether the issue might fit better in Labor, Health, and Social Services, but the military department said it believed the committee had a strong connection to the topic. The second military topic would study Service Group Life Insurance for state active duty, comparing state and federal death benefits for Guard members to identify any shortfalls. The committee also briefly discussed a VSO program review raised by Representative Neff, focusing on the number of veterans service officers and retention, but no action was taken in the excerpt.

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• She added that she thinks the effort will shorten the timeline, and that they have a road map for the
• She added that she thinks the effort will shorten the timeline, and that they have a road map for the
• She added that she thinks the effort will shorten the timeline, and that they have a road map for the
• You said, I believe, you have a road map for going forward.
• I was referring to. map for going forward and if you go map for going forward and if you go through<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met to hear the Legislative Budget Assistant Office’s performance audit of the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights. Auditors said the commission was inefficient and ineffective in investigating discrimination complaints and closing cases in a timely manner during fiscal years 2020 through 2023. The report contained 25 observations; the commission fully concurred with 24 and concurred in part with one. Auditors highlighted major problems with case processing delays, inaccurate case data, lack of a case management system, weak strategic planning and risk assessment, outdated and disorganized policies, confidentiality issues, expired administrative rules, fee-setting practices, incomplete financial-interest filings, and failure to complete required reports and reconciliations. Two recommendations, involving complaint screening and conciliation, may require legislative action. Several observations focused on the commission’s intake and investigation practices. Auditors said complaints may have been screened out before docketing, potentially preventing commissioner review required by statute, and that the investigation process lacked clear rules and guidance. They also found investigators were assigned non-investigative tasks, training was inadequate, interview requirements were unclear, supervisory duties were burdensome, and confidential information was not always protected by encrypted email. The audit recommended clearer administrative rules, better internal controls, more focused staffing, a supervisory investigator position, and improved training and documentation. Commission representatives said they had already made progress on several items since the audit began, including posting overdue biennial reports and moving toward a case management system expected to go live in June. They said they were working with EEOC counterparts and legal counsel, but emphasized staffing shortages and high turnover, noting the commission currently had nine people working out of 15 authorized positions, with three investigator vacancies and a vacant paralegal position. Committee members thanked the auditors and commission staff, discussed the history of the audit request, and raised concerns about how long the recommended corrective actions might take. The committee took no vote or formal action during the hearing.