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• 31:41.760> authority,<00:31:42.320> the<00:31:42.440> last<00:31:42.760> sentence
• statutory authority, the last sentence statutory authority, the last sentence concludes concludes
• Okay, so at a minimum we have your commitment that at this month's Board of Ag meeting, you guys will
• Okay,<01:15:39.240> so<01:15:39.440> at<01:15:39.560> a<01:15:39.600> minimum
• Okay, so at a minimum we have happening.

Bills: HB389, HB1166, HB1510, HB1541, HB1605, HB1661, HB1663, HB1678, HB1769, HB1785, HB1801, HB1802, HB1815, HB1824, HB1838, HB1840, HB1853, HB1860, HB1891, HB1952, HB1960, HB1969, HB1970, HB1972, HB1976, HB2050, HB2094, HB2104, HB2158, HB2165, HB2171, HB2208, HB2246, HB2271, HB2300, HB2310, HB2315, HB2319, HB2338, HB2339, HB2343, HB2443, HB2498, HB2551, HB2599, HB2606, SB17, SB83, SB99, SB148, SB411, SB709, SB847, SB874, SB888, SB1032, SB1166, SB2001, SB2014, SB2031, SB2041, SB2050, SB2057, SB2061, SB2074, SB2075, SB2089, SB2095, SB2101, SB2102, SB2108, SB2109, SB2110, SB2125, SB2135, SB2138, SB2140, SB2146, SB2151, SB2152, SB2175, SB2203, SB2239, SB2246, SB2247, SB2253, SB2261, SB2268, SB2271, SB2272, SB2320, SB2340, SB2347, SB2353, SB2363, SB2367, SB2372, SB2376, SB2386

Keywords: HB389, uncrewed aircraft, drone, drones, UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, misuse of uncrewed aircraft, criminal offense, felony enhancement, drone crime, public safety, police, deputy sheriff, fire department, intoxicated operation, registration number tampering, property damage, bodily injury, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package, Hawaii Revised Statutes

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• This is actually a five-sentence amendment, but it's an extremely impactful, important amendment.
• This is actually a five-sentence amendment, but it's an extremely impactful, important amendment.
• Our minimum wage is $14 an hour, so any parent who works even part-time is disqualified for Medicaid,
• No minimum participation.
• On February 10th of this year, a chief U.S. district judge sentenced the immediate past president and

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several introductions and memorials, including a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar, with several bills substituted with House companions and adopted by voice vote or recorded vote. Early measures included a tax conformity bill tied to federal Internal Revenue Code changes, which passed 34-0, and a Medicaid/public assistance bill that drew extensive debate over work requirements, fraud reduction, behavioral health services, and SNAP/EBT reforms. Amendments offered by Senators Berman and Osgood to condition or soften the work and photo-ID provisions were rejected, and the underlying bill was placed on the third-reading calendar after lengthy questioning about implementation, exemptions, and eligibility effects. The Senate also passed bills on computer science education and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry public-records exemption and registry update, designation of the SS American Victory as Florida’s official state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the legal-tender sunset for gold and silver, public-records protections for gold/silver custodians and stablecoin-related entities, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, and local government budget transparency/spending measures. Most of these measures were adopted after minor amendments or technical substitutions, with votes generally ranging from 31-3 to 34-0. The chamber also recognized the Florida Channel’s 30 years of legislative coverage. Later, the Senate approved a digital voyeurism bill expanding the reasonable-expectation-of-privacy definition to include private fenced yards, and an insurance customer representative licensing bill allowing high school students to complete insurance/personal finance coursework and later qualify for licensure. The final major item was a medical freedom bill that would expand parental vaccine information requirements, add a conscience-based exemption to immunization mandates, allow behind-the-counter ivermectin for adults, and repeal the sunset on the mRNA mandate prohibition; two amendments clarifying anti-kickback rules and requiring vaccine information to include risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy were adopted, while questions from Senators Smith and Massullo focused on public-health impacts and the content of the required materials. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• First, like, home page, top paragraph, first sentence. Half of it is just...
• website that by the way had no basis in reality and let me go for it let me read the rest of the sentence
• to you all right here's the rest of sentence Your LAR, TxDOT, Civil Rights Division, promotes inclusion
• So normally it's a minimum of about four years to actually see the effects. that you want to you want
• Because there is a minimum age. Right? And in our banking system, what we do today is we...

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I will kindly ask you to please wrap up your testimony, which means basically to finish your sentence
• action being taken whether... ...infringes fundamental rights, but in all cases due process is at a minimum
• So minimum notice and hearing.
• You must also give the public a minimum of five days to review the maps.
• Please complete your testimony, last sentence.

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• At a minimum, I would hope for policy grounded in consistent principles.
• Uh, I think we're trying to give permission to do termination of the pregnancy, but the last sentence

Bills: HB0117, HB0126

Keywords: informed consent, abortion, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, fetal heartbeat, termination of pregnancy, medical emergency, Wyoming legislation, rights of minors, healthcare regulations, parental consent, 916, all

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• um, 27.1, subsection 2, is being amended to require the board to require physicians to complete a minimum
• and I struggled with this section quite a bit because the way that the language structure of the sentence

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee reviewed four bill drafts for the Rural Health Transformation effort. The first required the presidential physical fitness test in PE classes; members asked about DPI and school support, then moved and approved the draft. The second required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and included legislative intent encouraging other health boards to consider nutrition-related CE; it was approved after brief discussion. The third bill adopted the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact. Members discussed a separate issue involving occupational therapy compact background checks and whether that fix could be added now or would need to wait until later; the committee also discussed Board of Medicine input and the compact’s workforce benefits. The draft was moved forward to the full committee. The fourth bill expanded pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution. Legislative Council explained the draft, and Senator Roars proposed substantial amendments to narrow motion sickness, UTI, diabetes supply, and substitution provisions. Members debated whether to vote on amendments now or wait for the special session public hearing; concerns were raised about transparency, stakeholder input, and avoiding premature action. No amendment vote was taken, and the bill was left for later consideration. The committee then recessed until the next day.

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• Okay, so we're really trying to get those individuals who are living off Social Security, who have minimum
• Would you complete that sentence about the reverse mortgages?

Bills: HB1342, HB2889, HB3002, HB3254, HB4820, HJR40, HJR40

Keywords: private activity bonds, housing, residential rental projects, low-income, affordable housing, bond measures, funding equality, political subdivisions, public communications, election fairness, debt collection, consumer rights, disclosures, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, settlement agreements, State Board of Education, group benefits program, health insurance, state employees, dependents eligibility

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• I want to recognize my vice chair, [missing context for a complete sentence]. opening remarks, and we're
• more inclusive zoning. ...classifications, limitations on lot sizes, and the elimination of parking minimums

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Chairman, that you consider removing the final sentence, which states that a firearm shall not be considered
• which states that a the final sentence which states that a firearm<00:10:04.160> shall<00:10:
• The bill's objective is fully achieved without that sentence.
• I urge the committee to recommend this bill as ought to pass, with that final sentence removed, and I
• Wouldn't this long sentence require the three words inserted in red, which was as well as?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We'll help you even with sentencing if you're found guilty because you will be now less likely to commit
• they completed the program jail sentence they completed the program and<00:36:38.000> they<00
• <02:31:34.720> Unfortunately,<02:31:35.279> these 180day sentence.
• Unfortunately, these 180day sentence.
• Representative Burch said that the difference between the two would probably be sentencing structure

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The last thing I want to address is the question that Representative Harrington asked about the sentence
• <02:09:00.360> that<02:09:00.480> begins asked about uh the sentence that begins asked
• about uh the sentence that begins on<02:09:00.960> line<02:09:01.400> 25<02:09:02.400>
• If we keep it or if we don't keep it, it's going to cost New Hampshire $4.6 million minimum.
• <02:30:35.720> that Hampshire 4.6 million minimum that Hampshire 4.6 million minimum that

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• took out that word, I think I'd probably be more comfortable with it or that little ending of that sentence
• took out that word, I think I'd probably be more comfortable with it or that little ending of that sentence
• took out that word, I think I'd probably be more comfortable with it or that little ending of that sentence
• > is<05:52:06.000> already<05:52:06.240> something<05:52:06.480> that minimum
• , which is already something that minimum, which is already something that has<05:52:06.958> to

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Have all school districts been able to reach the minimum salary of $47,500 for all teachers?
• The reason that local districts haven't reached that minimum salary, which is what we have, is the $100
• Hopefully, he can help me also finish this sentence and address the issue.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• 150 HOPE NAVIGATORS AND STATE AGENCIES AND BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH IF THEY'RE ARE PAID 40,000 EACH MINIMUM
• WHAT THEY ARE DELIVERABLES ARE AND WHY WE ARE CUTTING STAFF WHEN WE HAVE THIS WHOLE 6 MILLION DOLLAR MINIMUM
• > FOR SECURE FLORIDA FUTURE IF YOU HAVE THE GRANT PROPOSAL IN HAND, FOURTH PARAGRAPH DOWN, FIRST SENTENCE

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• <00:23:24.320> capital um to come up with uh minimum capital um to come up with uh minimum
• And then minimum capital requirements.
• Uh number nine minimum impairment.
• But let's read that sentence again. Can you mind please?
• But let's read that sentence again. Can you mind please?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• in the last paragraph of that sentences in the last paragraph of that letter.<00:33:14.799> It
• He said his concern would be a minimum protection regulation.
• So, my concern would be a minimum this.
• So, my concern would be a minimum minimum<01:04:22.000> protection<01:04:22.480> regulation
• Um, a lot minimum protection regulation.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Uh, but then also if, if there is a sentence that's carried out following a conviction, uh.
• has been previously convicted of the offense, the current penalty is a Class A misdemeanor with a minimum
• My bill increases this penalty to a state jail felony with a minimum term of confinement of 1 year.
• Except the offense of the state jail felony with a minimum of minimum confinement of one year if it is
• It is a state jail felony on a first offense, and if it is a repeat offense, then you've got a minimum

Bills: HB268, HB305, HB307

Keywords: gun show, firearm sales, criminal background check, firearm regulation, gun show promoter, election procedures, voter registration, residence requirements, change of address, voter eligibility, youth camp, flood safety, life jackets, grant program, flotation devices

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• <01:51:57.760> of<01:51:57.920> article people and the last sentence of article people
• and the last sentence of article 101<01:51:58.880> in<01:51:59.119> part<01:51:59.360>
• ...for federal tax purposes, for, uh, you know, minimum required distributions of 401(k)s, etc., you
• that<02:45:29.399> it<02:45:29.520> was<02:45:29.800> one<02:45:30.160> sentence
• /c><02:45:30.760> in<02:45:30.960> 1784<02:45:31.960> today That it was one sentence

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• One is the Medicaid rate is the same regardless of the minimum standards for the qualifications for EMTs
• are the two differentiated services, and then maybe a couple others out there, and those have some minimum
• Springer. >> Um, Madam Chairman, Representative Ottman, that or is important in that sentence.
• Opman, uh that or is important in that Opman, uh that or is important in that that<01:10:11.679> sentence
• Uh so the received that sentence.

Bills: HB0004

Keywords: medical assistance, birthing centers, healthcare, Medicaid, Wyoming, 916, all

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• have a mental health evaluation and follow the recommendations of treatment if the defendant is sentenced
• Additionally, for defendants... ...getting treatment as a part of his or her probation sentence.
• Additionally, for defendants who are sentenced to prison, it requires DOC to evaluate the mental health
• It's interesting to note that when minimum wage reaches $15 an hour, legislative pay is below $15 an
• And so the bill provides an education stabilization fund to minimum.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.