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• The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it
• vote and 51% of the bargaining unit chose not to vote or forgot to vote, the bargaining unit would be
• So in a unit of 1,000 employees, 501 must vote and 251 must say yes.
• of those entities that are actually representing the employees in that unit.
• That are actually representing the employees in that unit.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including recognition of the day’s doctor of the day, an intern, and a resolution honoring the late Bob Graham and firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also adopted a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day. After routine announcements, the Senate moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion bills substituted in place of Senate versions. The first major floor action was passage of a tax-related bill conforming Florida’s Internal Revenue Code to federal changes while excluding certain provisions from H.R. 1; it passed 34-0. The Senate then considered CS/SB 1758 on public assistance and Medicaid, which proposed stronger fraud enforcement, a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services, pharmacy and drug rebate reforms, and SNAP fraud reduction measures. A Berman amendment to require Medicaid expansion before work requirements was rejected, as was an Osgood amendment to add photo-ID protections and exemptions for certain SNAP users. The bill remained on the calendar for third reading after extensive debate and questioning about implementation, exemptions, and potential impacts on beneficiaries. The chamber also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry and related public records exemption, designation of the SS American Victory as Florida’s official flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on gold and silver legal tender, public records exemptions for financial institutions and custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government finance transparency, digital voyeurism, and insurance customer representative licensing. Most of these measures were adopted after brief explanation, minor amendments, or substitution of House companions, with votes generally in favor and several passing unanimously or by wide margins. Later, the Senate took up CS/SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would expand parental vaccine information requirements, add a conscience-based exemption, allow behind-the-counter ivermectin access, and repeal the sunset on the mRNA mandate prohibition. The bill’s first amendments clarified anti-kickback rules for vaccine manufacturers and required informational materials to address risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy; the transcript ends during consideration of this bill, before final passage is shown.

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• The Citizens United decision of 2010 ruled that corporations have the same rights as people, including
• Since Citizens United, dark money has flooded all levels of government.
• to find ways to address the unlimited spending, especially by corporations, unleashed by Citizens United
• to find ways to address the unlimited spending, especially by corporations unleashed by Citizens United
• Under those circumstances, this is a reasonable bill to affirm the limits found in our United States

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Pledge of Allegiance: To the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
• There is a list of branches to include the United States Army Reserve, but it does not include the other
• I do honor guard on Tuesdays up at the cemetery in Winch Unit.
• I was a reservist, proud United States Air Force Reservist out of Westover. I served for 10 years.
• I had 235 soldiers in a unit, a single unit, the size of most battalions.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-26 session on recognitions, definitions, and designations related to veterans. Chairs John Velis and Joseph McGonagle opened the hybrid hearing with housekeeping rules and noted the committee’s reporting deadlines. The hearing focused on several bills honoring veterans and military-related service, including H. 3825 to include reserve components in flag half-staff recognition for service members killed in action, S. 2499 to place a State House marker honoring three Medal of Honor recipients from the war on terror, S. 2498 to add Merchant Marine recognition at veterans cemeteries and the State House and create a Massachusetts merchant mariner medal, and H. 2500/S. 2500 to have Massachusetts fly the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and fallen service members. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 3871 and S. 2467, which would update the Commonwealth’s definition of “veteran.” Testimony came from the Office of Veterans Services, veterans organizations, Public Health Service and NOAA representatives, National Guard and Reserve veterans, and Gold Star advocates. Witnesses argued the current state definition is inconsistent with federal law and excludes some service members who should be recognized, especially members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, reservists, and some National Guard members. Supporters said the bills would improve fairness, consistency, and access to benefits and services, while several speakers emphasized that service in uniform should be honored regardless of branch. Some testimony also urged a broader moral recognition of all who raised their right hand, while others focused on aligning state law with federal definitions and closing gaps in eligibility. Committee members asked questions about the practical and fiscal effects of broadening the definition, including how the proposed language would interact with existing federal standards and state benefit programs. Witnesses explained that the bills would remove the current 180-day and 90-day active-service calculations and instead recognize certain active service and six-year reserve or Guard commitments, though some members noted that this could create a broader state standard than the federal one. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing, and the committee concluded after hearing from the final witness and adjourning.

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• And white students from the lower quadrants or quintiles of wealth in the United States.
• Belzowski is I understand that the Navajo Department of Justice has various units.
• The unit doesn't know; they don't involve us in the process of that request.
• And resource government units.
• We had treaties with three nation states: treaties with Spain, Mexico, and the United States.

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• THC is the primary psychoactive component in cannabis, and by using this as a common unit of analysis
• Separate units within DOH conduct its work.
• Another unit is responsible for investigating complaints filed against hospitals.
• Separate units within DOH conduct its work.
• Another unit is responsible for investigating complaints filed against hospitals.

Summary: At the May 14, 2025 JLARC meeting, members approved the January 9 minutes and adopted the 2025–27 biennial work plan with a minor typo correction. Staff reviewed the new work plan studies, including a drug take-back program fee/expenditure review due in December 2025 and a state energy performance standard compliance review due in June 2027, and noted JLARC’s recent session activity, including several bills passed related to JLARC work and recommendations. The committee then heard a preliminary cannabis market study showing Washington businesses likely produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023. Staff and RAND said LCB’s data systems are incomplete and unreliable, limiting regulation, tax verification, and diversion tracking; they recommended that LCB submit a plan by year-end for collecting accurate data by the end of 2026. Members and LCB discussed the long timeline for a new traceability system, the causes of missing sales and weight data, overproduction, diversion, and the social equity program’s effect on producer licenses. JLARC also presented a preliminary hospital oversight report concluding that the Department of Health is late on many hospital inspections, does not verify third-party inspection standards, does not review adverse health event correction plans, and could make hospital data more accessible. The committee discussed fee funding, language access, and inspection timing, and DOH said it would work on a strategic plan and continue coordinating with JLARC. Members also heard a preliminary report on the public records survivor exemption, which found agencies are using it but need more guidance; JLARC recommended keeping the exemption and having the Attorney General provide additional training. Finally, the committee approved the DDA processes and staffing final report for distribution, which recommended performance metrics, stronger data quality controls, and workforce planning; DDA concurred. JLARC also introduced proposed study questions for a future DCYF juvenile rehabilitation review focused on safety, security, programs, staffing, education, and contraband, and the meeting adjourned after members asked about scope and facility conditions.

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• Assembly Bill 956 allows homeowners to build two detached accessory dwelling units on a property, as
• Some are told that they can build two units, but only if one is detached.
• We know that for decades the United States Supreme Court has recognized that students, regardless of
• We're seeing this model replicated across the United States: ASU's downtown Phoenix campus, and Purdue
• Quite frankly, existing services and on-campus units just are not enough to address the crisis.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 14, 2025, for a regular order hearing with a large consent calendar and many individual bill presentations. The committee first approved numerous bills on consent, then heard a series of measures spanning reproductive health, child care eligibility, transportation, mental health diversion, county recorder fees, groundwater management, election deadlines, parking enforcement, consumer protections, housing, immigrant and student protections, and utility/CPUC oversight. Several bills were taken up only for presentation because they were on suspense, including ACA 4 on long-term housing funding, and the committee later approved a very large suspense calendar as a whole. Among the bills discussed, AB 260 would protect medication abortion access and providers; AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility during family leave or job search; AB 1014 would give Caltrans more flexibility on speed limits in rural highway segments; AB 46 would clarify judicial discretion in mental health diversion; AB 1413 and AB 929 addressed groundwater adjudication and SGMA-related protections for small community water systems and wetlands; AB 930 would count vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days; AB 1022 would end towing solely for unpaid parking tickets; AB 290 and AB 302 dealt with automatic payments for the California Fair Plan and medical data protections; AB 1303 would remove the need for a Social Security number for California Lifeline eligibility; and several housing bills, including AB 920, AB 956, AB 1470, AB 893, and AB 1021, sought to streamline approvals or expand housing options. AB 1318 and AB 49 focused on immigrant-serving nonprofits and keeping immigration enforcement out of schools, while AB 1532 extended telecommunications and transportation access programs and added CPUC accountability measures. Testimony was generally supportive for the bills heard, with authors and sponsors emphasizing low or absorbable fiscal impacts, consumer protection, housing production, public safety, and protections for vulnerable communities. Opposition appeared on a few measures, including concerns about ADUs, towing authority, charter school-related issues, and the scale of proposed housing funding in ACA 4. Several members also commented in support of the housing and immigrant-protection measures, and some bills were voted out with recorded no votes or not-voting members noted. After the suspense calendar was deemed approved, the committee opened public comment on bills not presented that day, heard a long list of supporters and opponents on various measures, and then adjourned.

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• I want to spend some time talking about Medicaid fraud, Control Unit, and Medicaid fraud.
• At the same time, the unit won about $53 million in restitution and recoveries.
• I’m wondering if there are tools that we've learned as we think about our Medicaid fraud unit.
• We had the Medicaid fraud unit come in. They haven't yet been here.
• Medicaid fraud unit here at a future meeting.

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• this last version we codified the housing and homelessness accountability results and partnership unit
• pairs with some of the work that you all might be familiar with through our housing accountability unit
• The big city mayors are absolutely united in identifying homelessness as our number one priority, which
• , representing a 1,640 affordable units. 44% increase under the Dyer administration.
• in our west area, 6,000 units in our southeast area, and in downtown Fresno, we've already made all

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• In addition to the costs associated with prosecuting these crimes, the unit also pays Walker County to
• administer its payroll and benefits since they are provided to the unit by the county.
• Um, executive director and chief prosecutor for the Special prosecutions unit.
• I'm the executive director for the, uh, Special prosecution unit, and for Mr.
• We have some of the wealthiest counties in the United States and some of the poorest.

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• By 1978, retailers in the United States.
• It's time our nation United States.
• insurance fraud in the United States. insurance fraud in the United States.
• of the United States. of the United States.
• administration office of the United administration office of the United States<04:29:47.120>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation
• The founders believed in the words of Alexander Hamilton that it fell to the United States of America
• The United States was founded to be that last best hope on Earth.
• The United States was founded to be that last best hope on Earth, to be the country that would, once
• God bless the free state of Florida, and God bless these United States of America.

Summary: The Florida House and Senate met in joint session to receive the Governor’s annual message. After opening formalities, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the appointment of a committee to notify the Governor that the Legislature was ready, the chamber recognized special guests and then received Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis. In his address, the Governor reviewed what he described as seven years of major accomplishments in Florida, emphasizing fiscal restraint, tax relief, economic growth, education reforms, environmental restoration, disaster response, public safety, and immigration enforcement. He highlighted a larger rainy day fund, reduced debt, record job and business growth, universal school choice, higher teacher pay, Hope Florida, Everglades restoration, stronger hurricane response, and tougher laws on crime and illegal immigration. He also warned about property tax burdens, called for a constitutional path to property tax relief, urged informed consent in medical policy, and raised concerns about artificial intelligence. The Governor pointed to several bills already filed and urged lawmakers to send him legislation eliminating DEI in local government, further discouraging illegal immigration, expanding Second Amendment rights, and blocking the spread of Sharia law. He closed by asking the Legislature to continue advancing his agenda. After the address, the joint session voted to dissolve.

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• certain deposits placed in escrow in connection with the purchase or reservation of a condominium unit
• Presently in Texas, an earnest money deposit made by a purchaser for the purchase of a condominium unit
• Um, around the United States and Canada for 48 years. We've been in Texas for 7 years.
• I've put 319 units in what's, what would have been a single family lot in any other neighborhood.
• I provided 20 affordable housing units.

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• certain deposits placed in escrow in connection with the purchase or reservation of a condominium unit
• An earnest money deposit made by a purchaser for the purchase of a condominium unit must be held in an
• Developer that's been developing condos around the United States and Canada for years.
• Units and lower-cost housing; and that's one tool to help solve our housing and affordability crisis
• I provided 20 affordable housing units that was a $6 million subsidy for the affordable housing units

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And that message shall be that Florida is united and stronger than ever before because the members of
• For the past two years, Florida's economy has ranked number one in these United States.
• Our state has among the lowest per capita state debts in all of the United States.
• Our state has among the lowest per capita state debts in all of the United States of America.
• Florida has the lowest in-state tuition in the entire United States of America.

Summary: The Florida House and Senate met in joint session to open the 2025 legislative session, receiving the Florida Cabinet, the Florida Supreme Court, and then Governor Ron DeSantis. The session included a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a motion to appoint a committee to notify the governor that the joint session was ready to receive his message. The committee was appointed, the governor was introduced, and the joint session recessed until his arrival. In his address, Governor DeSantis highlighted Florida’s economic performance, low unemployment, business growth, tourism, and insurance reforms, and urged further action on property insurance, the My Safe Florida Home program, and tax relief. He also called for continued immigration enforcement, praised school choice and teacher pay initiatives, defended higher education reforms, and discussed Hope Florida, hurricane recovery, environmental restoration, and infrastructure. He specifically urged lawmakers to address petition fraud and the constitutional amendment process, condominium reform, and stronger Second Amendment protections. The governor also reviewed prior legislative accomplishments, including tax cuts, parental rights and education measures, anti-DEI actions, law enforcement bonuses, and other conservative policy changes. He thanked legislative leaders and cabinet officials, encouraged continued cooperation over the next 60-day session, and closed by urging lawmakers to build on Florida’s record of productivity. After the governor departed, the joint session voted to dissolve.

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• One was business, two business units.
• owner or the unit owner's authorized agent.
• So I wouldn't release unit owner names, unit owner numbers in the document.
• I think there's those other unit owners.
• Um and the units explicitly prohibited.

Bills: HB1697, HB1678, HB1679, HB2282, HB1940, HB1671, HB1481, HB2015, HB2207, HB2486

Keywords: natural hair braiding, registration, Barbering and Cosmetology Licensing Act, public health, sanitation, cumulative voting, associations, unit owners, board of directors, elections, Hawaii Revised Statutes, condominium, association meetings, electronic voting, proxy voting, mail voting, insurance, premium increase, policy cancellation, licensing

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1697, which would exempt natural hair braiders from licensing requirements under certain conditions. The DCCA Board of Barbering and Cosmetology said it recognizes braiding as within the scope of cosmetology practice but warned that a broad exemption could create consumer protection gaps, especially around sanitation training, tool use, and enforcement. Supporters from the Institute for Justice and the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued the current licensing regime is overly burdensome and unrelated to braiding, citing the 1,250-hour training requirement, high tuition costs, barriers for low-income entrepreneurs, and the fact that many other states already exempt braiders. Committee members asked whether a standalone sanitation course or similar training could address the board’s concerns, and the board said it would bring that idea back for discussion. The committee also noted 16 written testimonies in support and 2 in opposition. The committee then took up HB 1678, relating to condominium and planned community association elections using cumulative voting. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, said the bill would clarify that cumulative voting applies to all candidates, including write-ins, and would help resolve confusion in association elections. One testifier urged the committee to remove proxy voting, calling it an abuse of power in some associations, while another asked whether cumulative voting and proxies could be manipulated to stack votes. In response, the parliamentarian explained that cumulative voting and proxy voting are different, that proxies simply allow someone to vote on another’s behalf, and that existing deadlines and counting procedures reduce opportunities for abuse. Testimony also emphasized that electronic or mail voting can be secure and efficient, and that the bill would make the process clearer and more democratic. Finally, the committee heard testimony on HB 1679, which would clarify an association board’s authority over electronic meetings, electronic voting, voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting. Supporters said the measure would clean up statutory language, make electronic voting optional, and fix problems created by a 2024 change that made written-consent timing rules difficult to use for association actions. They also said the bill would clarify that proxies are only used at meetings, not for actions taken without a meeting. One opponent argued the bill needs further amendment because electronic voting is not well defined and could be abused, and questioned the neutrality of parliamentarians testifying on condominium bills. No votes were taken on any of the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• We begin our meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
• I majored in the United States Army Reserve, currently. Good morning.
• Next, I'm going to highlight briefly the units of the Minnesota National Guard.
• James, Minnesota, and joined the United States Army right after high school.
• James, Minnesota, and joined the United States Army right after high school.

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• He added that he uses 811, has five people working for him every day, and has 52 units across Texas,
• Now, we've already resolved that in the United States, but these are global concerns.
• I mean, we bring in more LNG and oil than the entire United States just in Port Fourchon, and so I just
• I'm talking the plant, not the design, goes through the same criteria that plants here in the United
• Who inspects the pylons for the United States? Is there a company? How is that done?

Bills: HB1163, HB1168, HR252, HR253, HCR103, HCR108, SB80, SB131, SB251, SB254, SB279, SB384, SB414, SB468, SB469, SB496

Keywords: fireworks, retail sales, fire safety, legislation, holiday celebrations, construction standards, precast concrete, DOTD, building regulations, minimum requirements, public projects, private projects, consumer protection, credit card fees, cash transactions, rounding practices, transparency, low-income, economic impact, residential construction

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• <00:23:52.080> ex housed in restrictive housing units ex housed in restrictive housing units
• Everything is within the same unit that he's being housed.
• the same unit that he's being housed. the same unit that he's being housed.
• Um, they have the housing units right now. They're sitting empty.
• Um they have the housing units there. Um they have the housing units right<00:41:02.160> now.

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• Lundberg and colleagues have a seminal study that statistically analyzed mass shootings in the United
• This is how we move forward together: a shared and united commitment to prevent violence and protect
• THIS IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER SHARED AND UNITED COMMITMENT TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND PROTECT THE
• when not in use, or loaded and locked in a secure storage unit.
• The fact is there are 400 million guns in the United States and only about 300 million people.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Today hundreds of Fellowship Bible churches exist across the United States.
• President, I move that the nomination of the President of the United of Clark E.
• There have been absolute concrete of discrimination with DEI units, yes.
• Removal of these DEI units will increase because of that.
• Well, we achieved. incredible improvements over time without DEI units.

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights