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• to leverage that status with developers to lower the cost of transmission operations through an acquisition

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• Senate Bill 1385 by Huffman relating to the unlawful acquisition of certain weapons to criminal justice

Bills: SJR34, SB10, SB18, SB19, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB480, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB767, SB790

Keywords: parental rights, parents, children, custody, care and control, upbringing, family law, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, child welfare, education policy, medical decisions, parental authority, primary decision makers, family autonomy, education, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display, First Amendment

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• the types of public lands that at least the public notice is required to address the Florida's acquisition

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• Innovations whose brands and honor to minor brands group from acquisition last year.

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• Acquisition of cutting-edge technology, and finally, support for our students, additional support for

Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.

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• transparency bolsters the work of conservation commissions and strengthens decisions around the acquisitions
• There is no transparency unless the public conversation can take place prior to the acquisition of land
• place prior public conversation can take place prior to<02:19:52.080> the<02:19:52.399> acquisition
• <02:19:54.319> HB<02:19:54.880> 1027<02:19:55.680> will to the acquisition of
• HB 1027 will to the acquisition of land.

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• that when we get to next session, because I think this committee is going to focus largely on data acquisition
• I think that appropriation was very a data acquisition for groundwater districts and groundwater in general
• In state funding to right-size those projects or participate in the acquisition of water supply, storage
• State funding to right-size those projects or participate in the acquisition of water supply, storage

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• You know, a $5,000 threshold better aligns with standard micro purchases or simplified acquisition limits
• /c><03:11:41.840> simplified micro purchases or simplified micro purchases or simplified acquisition
• <03:11:44.080> And<03:11:44.240> it<03:11:44.479> gives acquisition limits.
• And it gives acquisition limits.

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• For example, sites with high acquisition costs or pre-existing contamination, and repurposing of existing
• 00:27:26.080> sites<00:27:26.440> with<00:27:27.160> high<00:27:27.360> acquisition
• For example, sites with high acquisition For example, sites with high acquisition costs<00:27:29.120

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• large commercial development that there's a need for some type of privacy and even on the land acquisition
• type of privacy and even on<01:54:23.840> the<01:54:23.920> land<01:54:24.239> acquisition
• <01:54:24.800> side,<01:54:25.920> um, on the land acquisition side, um, on the land
• acquisition side, um, there's<01:54:26.560> competitive<01:54:27.119> market,<01:54:27.679

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• So we elected to bring in that citation to make it very clear that the acquisition of these metal ear
• citation uh to make it very clear that citation uh to make it very clear that the<01:14:23.679> acquisition
• these<01:14:24.640> metal<01:14:24.960> ear<01:14:25.280> tags the acquisition
• of these metal ear tags the acquisition of these metal ear tags uh<01:14:26.080> was<01:14:26.320

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• We have an English language acquisition program. you<01:02:55.839> give<01:02:56.000> me
• We have an English language acquisition program. let<01:04:03.280> Yeah,<01:04:03.680> the<
• We have an English language acquisition program.
• We have an English language acquisition program.

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Summary: The joint informational briefing by the Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees focused on projected impacts to Hawaii consumers from federal changes affecting Med-QUEST and the ACA marketplace, including the loss of ACA premium tax credits, OBVA/HR1-related Medicaid changes, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements. Committee members noted the meeting was being streamed live and emphasized the need to explain potential coverage losses affecting a significant share of the state population. Med-QUEST administrators reported current enrollment at 390,766, about 27% of Hawaii’s population, and broke that down into major groups including roughly 128,000 ACA expansion adults and about 52,000 parent/caretaker relatives. They said the expansion adult population would be most affected by the new federal requirements, which will shorten renewal periods from 12 months to 6 months and impose community engagement rules beginning in late 2026 and 2027. They described the work requirement as 80 hours per month of work, community service, work program participation, or half-time education, with an income-based pathway tied to $580 per month at the federal minimum wage; they also noted a long list of exemptions, but said many details are still awaiting federal guidance and rulemaking. The administrators said federal changes to immigrant eligibility would eliminate Medicaid coverage for certain noncitizen categories, with an estimated 1,200 to 2,400 people affected, though about 200 may remain covered through a state-funded program for otherwise eligible individuals. They also said marketplace subsidies would no longer be available for some immigrants under 100% of the federal poverty level starting January 1, 2026, with further restrictions expected in 2027. For Hawaii overall, they estimated the new Medicaid work and renewal rules could push an additional 19,000 to 38,000 people into uninsured status, with another estimated 6,000 at risk from the six-month renewal process alone. Members asked about how exemptions would be determined, especially for medically frail and seriously mentally ill individuals, and administrators said they were still awaiting detailed federal rules and were working on data-matching and verification processes to reduce coverage losses.

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• If you look at fiscal year 24 actual under land acquisitions and easements, just under $3 million.
• fiscal year 24 actual under<02:05:07.280> land<02:05:07.599> acquis<02:05:08.400> acquisitions
• <02:05:09.119> and under land acquis acquisitions and under land acquis acquisitions and easements

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• These dollars are used to support clinic updates, expansions, equipment acquisition, workforce recruitment
• Clinic updates<02:03:07.920> expansions<02:03:08.880> equipment<02:03:09.599> acquisition
• updates expansions equipment acquisition updates expansions equipment acquisition Workforce<02:03

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Bills: SCR12, HB221, HB509, HCR58, HB75, HB1222, SB121, SB312, SB348, SB485, SCR9, SCR58, SB65, SB215, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR54, HCR79, HCR87, HCR94, HCR104, HCR32, HB944, HB17, HB41, HB73, HB223, HB244, HB410, HB750, HB759, HB906, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1086, HB1107, HB1112, HB1215, HB1242, SB208, SB217, SB283, SB387, SB389, SB401, SB408, SB469, HB74, HB119, HB368, HB414, HB552, HB732, HB776, HB848, HB870, HB953, HB956, HB1236, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB149, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB382, SB441, SB449, HB134, HB210, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB784, HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

Bills: SCR12, HB221, HB509, HCR58, HB75, HB1222, SB121, SB312, SB348, SB485, SCR9, SCR58, SB65, SB215, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR54, HCR79, HCR87, HCR94, HCR104, HCR32, HB944, HB17, HB41, HB73, HB223, HB244, HB410, HB750, HB759, HB906, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1086, HB1107, HB1112, HB1215, HB1242, SB208, SB217, SB283, SB387, SB389, SB401, SB408, SB469, HB74, HB119, HB368, HB414, HB552, HB732, HB776, HB848, HB870, HB953, HB956, HB1236, SB29, SB42, SB43, SB78, SB149, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB382, SB441, SB449, HB134, HB210, HB258, HB359, HB468, HB784, HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.

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• If necessary, we then go into the planning and acquisition phase.
• This is the state regulated resource planning and acquisition process that we will go through with the
• <02:14:25.840> This<02:14:26.000> is planning and acquisition phase.
• This is planning and acquisition phase.
• process that we will go and acquisition process that we will go through<02:14:29.840> with<02

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• Other grants are one-time projects for things like boat access construction, acquisition of land, equipment
• <00:23:58.000> operation<00:23:58.640> of<00:23:58.760> the Area land acquisition
• operation of the Area land acquisition operation of the Great<00:23:59.120> Bay<00:23:59.520>
• <00:24:32.200> of<00:24:32.399> land construction uh acquisition of land construction
• uh acquisition of land equipment<00:24:33.880> purchases<00:24:34.399> for<00:24:34.600

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• Why don't we then start carving out, you know, mergers and acquisitions loans that value over $1 billion
• WHY DON'T WE THEN START CARVING OUT, YOU KNOW, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS LOANS THAT VALUE OVER $1 BILLION

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Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage. The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations. Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.

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• I'm the Director of Real Estate Acquisition and Development, Public-Private Partnerships, or P3, with
• The CAP program is applying this approach at the state level through real estate acquisition and project

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