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• These holdings would be secured with rigorous custody standards, subject to regular audits and strictly
• Bitcoin and blockchain deliver precisely that: immutable transparency, auditability, and independence
• It mandates qualified custodians with top-tier encryption, audits, and disaster recovery.
• Encryption, audits, and disaster recovery.
• Over the past decade, Bitcoin has been the best-performing asset in the world, consistently outperforming

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hearing on 25 tax and administrative bills, with opening remarks explaining the hearing process and noting that House-filed matters must be reported by December 6. The first major topic was funding for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial and related support for families of fallen officers. Police representatives, memorial fund advocates, and family members gave emotional testimony urging favorable action on S. 1934 and related bills, emphasizing the need for a permanent revenue stream to maintain the memorial and honor officers killed in the line of duty. Committee members and legislators responded with personal remarks of support and appreciation for law enforcement families. The committee then heard testimony on a proposed Commonwealth Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, including S. 1967 and related bills. Senator Peter Durant and later Dennis Porter argued that the state should be allowed to invest a limited share of stabilization or other funds in Bitcoin or other regulated digital assets as a hedge against inflation and fiscal risk, with strict caps, custody rules, and audits. They described the proposal as a forward-looking, non-mandatory framework for diversifying state reserves. No vote was taken during the hearing. Another major topic was disaster resilience funding. Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham supported S. 1936/H. 3030, saying climate-driven flooding, drought, and wildfire risks are increasing and that the State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust Fund needs a dedicated revenue source. Senator Comerford also testified in favor, explaining that the fund was created in the prior session, that recent floods showed the need for quick state response, and that the bill would dedicate a portion of capital gains revenue to the fund. Committee members asked about how the fund would accrue and be used. The committee also heard testimony on PILOT and endowment-related bills: AICUM opposed H. 3122/S. 2013 and H. 3264/S. 2016, arguing that an endowment tax and mandatory PILOTs would harm private nonprofit colleges, students, and research; and a representative from Peru supported reform of PILOT formulas for state-owned land, saying rural towns need higher reimbursements and hold-harmless protections. The hearing concluded after testimony on the digital asset bills, with no recorded votes or final actions.

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• Okay, the performance differentials. What we're going to do is work with existing staff.
• <00:14:32.000> what those performance differentials, what those performance differentials, what
• > which<00:14:40.000> includes performance measures uh which includes performance measures
• So it it performance differential. Okay.
• <00:30:44.480> Oh audit would be better. Thank you. Oh audit would be better. Thank you.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• If voter fraud is truly as rare as supporters claim, then why is California so afraid of audits and the
• For example, requiring the PUC to establish clear performance metrics on things that we should know,
• This will make clear what our expectations are for good performance.
• For good performance.
• . ...$150,000 to engage in agreed-upon procedures engagements in lieu of a full traditional audit.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and confirmed three gubernatorial appointments: Doreen Diyamo to the State Water Resources Control Board, Dr. Anne Maria de Mars to the State Athletic Commission, and Ronald Fiore to the State Athletic Commission. The chamber then took up a series of floor items, including SB 73 on election security, SB 929 on annual reporting by the California Energy Commission, SB 1370 on wildfire-related oversight testimony, SB 983 on Port of San Diego contracting authority, SB 1367 on restricting new detention-facility land use approvals, SB 1257 on annual reporting of immigration enforcement incidents, SB 1103 on retailer reporting related to immigration enforcement, SB 1399 on continuing DOJ reviews of immigration detention facilities, SB 873 on limiting ICE arrests near courthouses, SB 1292 on pilot camera/sensor enforcement for curb management, SB 878 on insurance prompt-payment penalties, SB 958 on CEQA clarification for building-height impacts, SB 924 on low-income energy assistance, SB 1057 on certification changes for nurse assistants and home health aides, SB 1092 on resident bid opportunities for mobile home park sales, SB 1123 on considering consumer benefits in regulatory analysis, SB 1233 on utility rate transparency, SB 1237 on pay equity reporting enforcement, SB 886 on data-center cost allocation, SB 905 on utility executive incentives and ratepayer protections, SB 909 on public works wage enforcement, and SB 925 on a statewide fusion-energy roadmap. Most of the debate centered on election security, immigration enforcement, utility rates, housing and land use, and environmental/CEQA policy. SB 73 drew sharp support and opposition over ballot custody and law-enforcement access at voting locations, with supporters framing it as a response to election interference and opponents arguing it would hinder legitimate investigations and raise constitutional concerns; the urgency clause and the measure both passed. Immigration-related bills were defended as protections for vulnerable communities and court access, while opponents argued they would obstruct enforcement and public safety. Energy and utility bills were presented as ratepayer protections and transparency measures, with supporters emphasizing affordability and accountability and opponents warning about regulatory burdens and impacts on business and utility operations. SB 954 generated extensive discussion over whether it appropriately refined last year’s CEQA exemptions for advanced manufacturing or improperly rolled back housing-related reforms; supporters said it added needed guardrails and labor/environmental protections, while opponents said it would add bureaucracy and uncertainty. Several measures passed on recorded votes, including SB 73, SB 929, SB 1370, SB 983, SB 1367, SB 1257, SB 1103, SB 1399, SB 873, SB 1292, SB 878, SB 958, SB 924, SB 1057, SB 1092, SB 1123, SB 1233, SB 1237, SB 886, SB 905, SB 909, and SB 925. SB 958 passed unanimously without objection, and SB 925 also passed unanimously. The transcript ends during continued debate on SB 954, with supporters and opponents still discussing the bill’s CEQA, housing, labor, and manufacturing provisions.

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• way they have chosen to knowledge you first as they continue the important work they are charged to perform
• c><00:01:42.400> are<00:01:42.480> charged<00:01:42.880> to<00:01:42.960> perform
• <00:01:43.960> Dear work they are charged to perform.
• Dear work they are charged to perform.
• <00:45:33.520> and which have been duly audited and which have been duly audited and approved

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 33, 37, and 56 and requested concurrence, and it approved the journal from February 27, 2026. The House then considered several bills. House Bill 648, relating to motor vehicle dealers, was explained as closing loopholes in warranty compensation for class 7 and 8 heavy-duty truck dealers; it passed 94-0. House Bill 299, relating to machine gun conversion devices or “Glock switches,” was amended by House Committee Substitute 1, described as mirroring existing federal law so local law enforcement can enforce it; it passed 65-25, with one member explaining support as a constitutional gun restriction. House Bill 282, “Troy’s Law,” relating to vehicle lights for tow trucks, was amended to allow green flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights for wreckers and was presented as a safety measure honoring tow operators killed or injured on highways; it passed unanimously. House Bill 658, relating to limited commercial driver’s licenses for agricultural businesses, was amended with clarifying language and passed 93-0. House Bill 519, relating to a voluntary notation on driver’s licenses or IDs for people with communication disorders, was described as a non-stigmatizing safety tool for first responders and passed 92-0. House Bill 246, “Keion’s Law,” requiring animal control officers to receive training to identify and report child abuse and neglect, was amended to address county liability concerns and passed 85-0 after testimony about child maltreatment data and the link between animal abuse and child abuse. After the bills, the House took up additional business, including moving House Bills 619 and 651 from Appropriations and Revenue for second reading. The chamber also adopted Citation 52 recognizing the Model Laboratory School Personal Finance Team for winning a state competition, and Citation 51 honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and Children’s Advocacy Week. Members announced committee meetings, an Americans for Prosperity Kentucky reception, and a Women’s History Month recognition highlighting Martha Layne Collins as Kentucky’s first and only female governor.

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• day long as well as the art piece of that that our elementary school utilized that gym, um, for performing
• Uh, we're also moving to monthly audits of our bonds and share data.
• So once all of the cleanup work is done, we'll be making sure monthly we go through an audit to ensure
• or, or a soft audit to start closing out items while they're in the period because we have to wait the
• That will reflect on the agency's performance. Those are also integrated.

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• trainings cover a broad range of issues over several days, including ethics, internal controls, performance
• internal controls uh Performance internal controls uh Performance Management<00:04:38.680> conflict
• need additional assistance with an internal audit as well as advisory services from MMB.
• unit at MMB um that will internal audit unit at MMB um that will provide<00:19:59.039> services
• <00:20:02.400> staff<00:20:02.720> and have their own internal audit staff and have

Bills: HF10

Keywords: undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, 1183, house

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• You can find their performances on YouTube. They're all over YouTube.
• <00:21:42.480> on You can find their performances on You can find their performances on YouTube
• <00:22:28.960> with<00:22:29.120> a guitar, and bass guitar performed with a guitar
• <00:23:34.640> Each<00:23:34.880> one performances over the years.
• Each one performances over the years.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Sunset and the chairman of this committee is that when boards, agencies, or commissions are not performing
• at or commissions are not performing at their<00:30:35.840> best,<00:30:36.480> we<00:
• The real estate commission has good audits.
• :31:14.880> commission<00:31:15.919> has<00:31:16.240> good<00:31:16.480> audits
• real estate commission has good audits. real estate commission has good audits.

Bills: SB274, HB586

Keywords: cannabis, psychoactive cannabinoids, CBD, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC, delta-10 THC, criminal penalties, youth protection, medical cannabis, HB586, Cullman, Cullman County, City of Cullman, annexation, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, local legislation, boundary adjustment, city limits, municipal expansion

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• We receive independent audits by the Department of Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety, and because of our
• 501(c)(3) status, we receive audits from that group as well.
• Yes, yes, we have to do OPPAGA reviews and we have to do audits and all that stuff like anyone else.
• Audits and all that stuff like anyone else, but they left us to be flexible.
• The new criteria will include, of course, submission for the Florida Commerce Veterans Performance Award

Summary: The committee took up SB 116 by Senator Burgess, a veterans bill aimed at several FDVA-related changes. The bill would reduce annual nominations to the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame from 20 to 5, expand FDVA’s survey work to assess veterans’ awareness of available programs and their health literacy, add mental health training to the veterans suicide prevention pilot, strengthen coordination and reporting between Veterans Florida and FDVA, direct FDVA to develop a plan for adult day health care facilities statewide, and allow the Florida Veterans Foundation to use a portion of Gadsden flag plate proceeds for administrative costs. Senator Burgess said the measure builds on prior “Forward March” efforts and helps close service gaps for aging veterans and others who may not know about available benefits. Testimony on SB 116 was uniformly supportive. FDVA leadership said adult day health care could be added at existing facilities such as Port St. Lucie and Lake City, and that the state would need authority and funding to move forward. A veterans legal collaborative, AARP Florida, and Endeavors all voiced support, with speakers emphasizing the importance of better outreach, mental health awareness, and care options that allow veterans to remain at home. The committee then voted favorably on SB 116. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to agency and stakeholder presentations. Florida National Guard officials described a high operational tempo, deployments at home and abroad, hurricane response efforts, and the need to grow the force and infrastructure. FDVA’s adjutant general reported Florida now has the nation’s second-largest veteran population, rising in-migration of younger veterans, a large and aging Vietnam-era population, strong claims and outreach activity, declining veteran homelessness, and improved suicide prevention outcomes. The Florida Veterans Foundation outlined its emergency relief, dental, transportation, and license-plate-funded programs, while Veterans Florida and CareerSource Florida detailed workforce, apprenticeship, SkillBridge, entrepreneurship, and job-fair programs for veterans and spouses, along with efforts to expand recurring funding and better protect customer information.

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• It is a nonprofit organization that then contracts with recyclers and collectors to perform the work,
• Cela: That audit would be under direction of the OA, or, you know, their limited access to auditing is
• They can only audit so much.
• That audit would be under direction of the OA, or, you know, their limited access to auditing is something
• They can only audit so much.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're just waiting for our final audit financial audit.
• That's why they have to go through these audits of the 10-year.
• If they have a bad audit, then it's taken from them. They have to start all over again.
• It's not the state that's not performing well; it may be PD, but the legislature has performed, and the
• They don't know what the. level of performance their grandchild is supposed to be at.

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• this audit. this audit.
• <02:51:30.920> So<02:51:31.080> thank audit is given to this body.
• So thank audit is given to this body.
• That is a statistic that is comparable to the highest-performing public school systems globally.
• their performance of official duties. their performance of official duties.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• OF AN AUDIT GOES AWAY AND WE MOVE ON. >> Chair Anderson: YOU ORGANIZE FOR A FOLLOW-UP. >> THE FLORIDA
• THEY PACK UP THEIR BAGS AND SAY WE WILL NOT'S PERFORM IN THE STATE BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO SO.
• IF YOU ARE PERFORMING SURGERIES YOU ARE MAKING MONEY.
• JUST THINK OF A WORLD WHERE THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS CAN PERFORM THE VITAL DUTIES WITHOUT AN ADDED
• IT NOTED THE TOP PERFORMING CENTERS STAND OUT FOR HANDS ON CARE, AND STAFFING PER DAY THAN THE NATIONAL

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• Regarding performance measurement, there are various ways of measuring performance based on the local
• The existing performance indicators that we have are for drug courts, and we realize that we do need
• In order to measure performance statewide, we realize that we need to have participant-level data that
• We are all operating with basic minimum best standards, and we will be audited.
• We just finished getting audited recently, and we had to make sure that all of our numbers, all of our

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through. The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support. Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.

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• But the CMTLs, the labs, their job is to come in behind and test the product, and so they perform an
• And then the other desk audits were designed to make sure that the labs were using scientifically valid
• So one of the things that the OMU does is we do essentially desk audits of the data packages that underlay
• close attention to so the patients weren't getting things that had failed and then the other desk audits
• And then the other desk audits were designed to make sure that the labs were using scientifically valid

Summary: The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met to receive oversight briefings on Florida’s medical marijuana program from the Department of Health’s Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) and from the University of Florida’s Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research. OMMU Director Christopher Kimball outlined the program’s structure, including more than 900,000 active patients, nearly 7,000 caregivers, 27 MMTC licensees, 706 dispensing locations, and nine certified testing labs. He described the state’s pre-approval process for products and advertising, plain packaging requirements, seed-to-sale tracking, registry operations, and compliance efforts such as background checks, inspections, complaint investigations, and lab desk audits. He also said the Bureau of Public Health Laboratories in Jacksonville had been accredited to begin supporting testing. Members asked about telehealth, patient growth, product safety, advertising to children, inspections, and the status of MMTC licensure; Kimball said recertifications by telehealth now make up more than half of recertifications, that patient growth has slowed, and that ongoing litigation is delaying issuance of 22 new MMTC licenses. Kimball also discussed implementation of recent legislation and licensure changes, including licenses issued under HB 387 and SB 1582 to applicants from the original Pigford-related pool, with additional cure opportunities still ongoing. He said the department is monitoring diversion, inversion, and unapproved products, and that it coordinates with law enforcement when needed but does not itself have sworn authority. In response to questions, he said the department does not regulate physicians directly, but may refer concerns to the Division of Medical Quality Assurance, and that caregiver and physician participation requirements are set by statute. Members raised concerns about edibles, child access, and continued use of child-attractive branding; Kimball said the department tries to catch issues through pre-approval and enforcement, and that complaints involving children are treated as serious and investigated using available records and camera footage. Dr. Almond Winterstein then presented the consortium’s research overview. He explained that the consortium was created by statute in 2019, includes 10 universities, and is funded by annual state appropriations. He said its work includes grants, a research repository, a clinical core, outreach, and evidence synthesis, including a recent FDA-supported review of cannabis evidence. He emphasized that the current evidence base is limited and often low quality, with the strongest signals for symptom relief in PTSD-related symptoms, nausea, and some pain outcomes, but with many studies inconclusive or mixed. He also described the consortium’s use of registry data linked to Medicaid, Medicare, death, fetal death, and birth records to study safety and outcomes, including children, pregnancy, driving safety, opioid-sparing effects, and adverse events. Winterstein said adverse event reporting is sparse and likely underreported, with most reports mild but some serious events noted, and he expressed concern about use among young adults because of uncertain benefit-risk and possible effects on the developing brain. The committee discussed the need for better surveillance, more robust adverse event reporting, and the possibility of using linked data to identify harms more quickly. At the end of the meeting, the committee rose without objection.

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• review by the Legislative audit review by the Legislative audit commission<00:16:21.920> uh
• legislative uh audit legislative uh audit uh<00:19:30.200> office<00:19:30.799> and
• members on the legislative audit members on the legislative audit commission<00:31:18.679> um
• similar uh with the legislative audit similar uh with the legislative audit office<01:07:50.039>
• thank you um the legislative audit thank you um the legislative audit commission<01:11:36.320>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You know, are you auditing any... Right? So then we said, hey, what's your quality control?
• You know, are you auditing any of these people to make sure that they're doing a good job?
• Services performed, clear documentation supporting recommendations, and careful oversight of fees charged
• Susan and I put 924 probate cases into a database, and I performed analytics on this.
• Susan and I put 924 probate cases into a database, and I performed analytics on them.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Those downstream impacts will affect school attendance and academic performance.
• Are we not aware of what the high-performing states are doing to have low error rates. Mr.
• How do they monitor the performance of those workers? Thank you, Mr. Chair and Secretary.
• I'm sure it's time to audit your processes to make sure that you're checking all the right boxes.
• What type of... what does that audit show? Um, Mr.

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• I know there were numerous issues that came up on the audit.
• I just had so much involvement in dealing with the audit. But I see that they've turned the corner.
• But septic systems don't often get to perform with the same efficiency.
• Jeff Littlejohn on style performance. Chair: For information only.
• That 80% is the performance criteria.

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• I have with me today, Andrea Macera, our chief of regulatory affairs who oversees licensing and audit
• Our audit department is made up of civilians.
• We are having a hard time at the moment meeting our performance measures because we're short-handed.
• If the perception of our games is key to their performance, if we're going to be returning revenue to
• And can you go back and audit that machine and see how many tickets were printed out of that machine?