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• , from my perspective, that the chair of Labor will either non-concur or ask for a committee of conference
• , from my perspective, that the chair of Labor will either non-concur or ask for a committee of conference
• , from my perspective, that the chair of Labor will either non-concur or ask for a committee of conference
• This will be the end of it until we get to committees of conference, if there are any.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Administration Committee met to consider SB 197, which concerns medical supervision for the licensed registered nurse employed by the Legislative Facilities Committee. The main discussion focused on an amendment, 2025188H, that adds language about the chief medical officer’s authority to issue standing orders and includes immunity language for civil or criminal liability when acting in good faith and with reasonable care. John Williams of Health and Human Services explained that the language was modeled on similar provisions used for standing orders such as Narcan and epinephrine, and that it was vetted with the Attorney General’s office. Members raised questions about whether the immunity could shield mistakes or apply beyond the State House nurse; the chair clarified that the provision applies to the chief medical officer’s issuance of standing orders under this section, while the nurse’s practice remains governed by RSA 326. Representative Wade moved the amendment, which was seconded and adopted on a roll call vote of 10-0. The committee then voted on SB 197 as amended and recommended it ought to pass as amended, again by a 10-0 roll call vote. The bill was placed on consent, and the chair noted that a written committee report would be prepared. After the vote, the chair briefly updated members on other upcoming matters, including a Senate message on the Gold Star flag bill, the status of an enroll bills issue, and a Senate amendment to HB 248 on ethics. The committee also discussed scheduling for a joint historic committee meeting and a proposed Wentworth Cheswell portrait item, and members offered closing thanks to the chair, clerk, and staff for their work.

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• Clay Roberts with the Florida Conference of DCA Judges. Okay, thank you, sir, for being here.
• Following the bill, Joseph Harmon, Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops. The polling of the bill.
• I represent the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• Public testimony: Joseph Harmon, Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, waives in support.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered a large agenda of bills, mostly in the criminal justice, courts, civil procedure, and family/consumer protection areas. Early measures included CS/HB 1161 on removing altered sexual depictions posted without consent, HB 403 modernizing LLC law to allow protected series LLCs, CS/HB 97 on service of process in protection proceedings for vulnerable adults, and HB 813 as the state courts package addressing duty judges, arbitrator compensation, and notarization by judges. All of those bills were reported favorably, with HB 403 and HB 813 amended. The committee also heard and advanced CS/HB 947 on evidence of medical damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases, which drew substantial opposition from insurers, business groups, and defense-oriented witnesses, while the sponsor argued it would let juries hear all relevant evidence; it passed 19-3. Members also approved CS/CS/HB 615 allowing electronic delivery of landlord-tenant notices by email, after an amendment requiring opt-in language and written notice to update an email address; tenant advocates still raised concerns about eviction-related notices and receipt verification. HB 663 increased penalties for using tracking devices or apps to commit dangerous crimes and passed unanimously. CS/HB 385 made technical changes to the Florida Trust Code and passed unanimously after a conforming amendment. CS/HB 255, known as Dexter’s Law, increased penalties for aggravated animal cruelty and was supported by law enforcement and animal welfare groups; it passed unanimously. Later in the meeting, the committee approved HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders after the sponsor withdrew an amendment that would have changed the deadline from six hours to six business hours, following concerns that the delay could be too long for urgent orders. CS/HB 1099 gave law enforcement discretion in arrests involving individuals with significant medical conditions in facilities and passed unanimously. HB 653 added aggravating factors for capital felonies involving assassinations or attempted assassinations of heads of state; it drew opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and passed 20-2. CS/HB 59 expanded wrongful incarceration compensation by extending the filing deadline, removing the clean-hands bar, and allowing exonerees to choose between civil suit and the state claims process; it passed unanimously. PCS/HB 777 increased penalties for in-person luring or enticing of children and barred certain age-based defenses, passing unanimously. Finally, CS/HB 437 increased penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring devices; two amendments softened the bill by clarifying juvenile treatment and giving judges limited discretion to avoid automatic revocation of pretrial release, and the bill passed 21-1 before the meeting adjourned.

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Keywords: 1183, house

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• RIGHT, I WANT TO WELCOME CHAIR ESPOSITO, SENATE MEMBERS AND HOUSE MEMBERS TO THE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE
• TODAY SO WE WILL BE IN TOUCH, WE MAY HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE MEETING AND WE THANK YOU ALL ON THE CONFERENCE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• All right, the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism
• And seeing no other public comments or anyone wanting to address the conference, no further business,

Summary: The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to exchange final budget offers. The Senate presented another offer and said it had made a good-faith effort to move closer to House positions. The House responded with House Offer 2 on proviso, back of bill, and the implementing bill, stating that it agreed with all shaded budget lines and that any remaining differences would bump. The Senate then accepted the House’s offer on several specific lines, including 16B, 164, 323, 369, 445, 447, 441, and 493, with a brief clarification sought on one line number. The chair and Senator DeSigley noted that the remaining differences would bump, indicating unresolved items were left to fall out. No public testimony was taken, and the meeting ended with mutual thanks and adjournment.

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• All right, the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism
• Seeing no other public comments or anyone wanting to address the conference, no further business, we

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• All right, the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism
• And seeing no other public comments or anyone wanting to address the conference, no further business,

Summary: The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to exchange final budget offers and reconcile differences on the budget, proviso, back-of-the-bill items, and the implementing bill. Senator DeSiglie said the Senate had made a good-faith effort to move closer to the House position, and the House chair responded that the House was offering House Offer 2 and that the parties had made substantial progress over the previous few days. The House stated it agreed with all shaded budget lines and any rows where the two chambers were already aligned, while any remaining differences would “bump.” The Senate then accepted the House’s offer on several specific lines, including 16B, 164, 323, 369, 445, 447, 441, and 493, with a brief clarification about whether one line was 16B or 16. No public testimony was taken, and no additional business was raised. The chair and Senator DeSiglie exchanged closing remarks about their long working relationship, and the conference committee adjourned.

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• I want to welcome Chair Esposito, Senate members, and the House members to the Appropriations Conference
• We may have time for one more meeting, and we thank you all on the conference committee, to our members

Summary: The Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources met to exchange budget and policy offers between the Senate and House. Members noted that the Senate had an offer on the budget spreadsheet and conforming bill, while Chair Esposito presented the House’s offer on proviso and implementing bill language. Both sides said substantial progress had been made, with many items already agreed to and only a limited number of issues remaining. The discussion was brief and procedural, focused on reviewing the latest offers and acknowledging the approaching deadline, which had been extended from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Members indicated there might be time for one more meeting and thanked each other for the cordial and productive negotiations. No public comment or additional member discussion occurred. Senator Truenow moved to adjourn, and the motion was adopted without objection. The committee then adjourned.

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• Is there any public comment or anyone wishing to address the conference committee?
• If there's no further business of the conference committee, Representative Grow, I'd have to pick somebody

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• >> WELCOME TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE MEETING AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO
• SEEING NO QUESTIONS,] THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE CONFERENCE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
• Thank you very much. >> Seeing no one wishing to address the conference committee the big chairs are

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Dresser about a press conference he attended with Pam Bondi in Florida, he once again told me that he
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• fact that he lacked the courage or willingness to potentially lose his job by not going to a press conference

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• We typically have a biennial conference, which we've had to suspend.
• This includes task and side chairs, small round conference tables, conference chairs, as well as storage
• We did host the first annual Oklahoma charter school conference.
• Horizon is hosting their first statewide conference, and that conference will be held as a direct result

Keywords: 914, all

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• Welcome to this conference committee. Today is Thursday, April 23rd at 3 p.m.
• Conference committee. Today is Thursday, April 23rd, at 3 p.m., and we are here in Room 329.

Bills: SCR96, SCR164, SCR172, SCR166, SCR182, SCR7, SCR59, SCR58, SCR60, SCR89, SCR184, SCR11, HB2296, HB2315, HB2343

Keywords: electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection

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• The Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
• Seeing no one wishing to address the conference committee, the big chairs are still operating under the

Summary: The Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services met to finalize a House offer on the budget, project, proviso, back-of-the-bill, implementing, and conforming items. Representative Drodha presented the House’s final offer, stating that the House accepted a long list of Senate Offer Number Two budget rows and Senate Project Offer Number Two rows, with the remaining items effectively resolved. After the offer was presented, the chair noted that all outstanding budget, project, proviso, back-of-the-bill, implementing, and conforming items were officially bumped. Members exchanged brief thanks for the collaboration and progress made during negotiations. No testimony or debate followed, and no further business was raised. Representative D'Roddy moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection. The chair also reminded members that the big chairs were still operating under the one-hour notice requirement.

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• The Safety and Security Conference Committee will come to order.
• So is there any question or discussion from members of the conference committee?
• So is there any question or discussion from members of the conference committee?
• And he urges the conference committee to adopt the Senate position to fully fund the branch's safety
• <00:40:38.080> committee<00:40:38.600> to And he urges the conference committee to

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet. Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals. Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes. Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.

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• proposals like these when I was invited by the Amputee Coalition to attend a So Everyone Can Move conference
• The revenue estimating conference estimate that the impact of this bill is zero.
• explained her opposition to the introduction of the amendment, I would say that Senator Polsky did confer
• Chairman, and welcome to the part where we're getting ready for conference.
• To get the bill in the proper posture for conference? Are there questions on the amendment?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• The Conference Committee on House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• If there's no further business for the conference committee, Senator Colonel David Smith moves we rise

Summary: The conference committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to continue budget negotiations. Members discussed offers related to the budget, projects, proviso, implementing language, and conforming language for House Bill 5403E, with both sides noting progress and expressing hope for timely responses so more items could be closed out. They also referenced ongoing efforts to finalize agency funding and member projects. No public testimony or public comment was offered. Members were reminded that the committee is now on a one-hour notice schedule for the next meeting. With no further business, Senator David Smith moved to rise and adjourn, and the committee adjourned.

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• The Conference Committee on House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• If there's no further business, If there's no further business for the conference committee, Senator

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• The Conference Committee on House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee
• If there's no further business for the conference committee, Senator Colonel David Smith moves we rise

Summary: The conference committee on the House Justice Budget Subcommittee and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to discuss budget-related negotiations, including projects, proviso items, implementing language, and back-of-the-bill provisions tied to House Bill 5403E. Members exchanged offers and noted that progress had been made on closing out projects, with both sides expressing optimism that additional items could be resolved with more time. Senate and House members thanked each other and staff for their work and indicated they would continue reviewing offers and preparing responses for a later meeting. No public testimony or public comment was offered. The committee reminded members that future meetings would be on one-hour notice. With no further business, Senator David Smith moved to rise and adjourn, and the committee adjourned.