Video & Transcript Research : 'pilot program'

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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is an incentive program to get This is an incentive program to get folks<00:37:32.320> to
  • using um this program money? using um this program money?
  • programs? programs? Oh,<00:43:26.880> I<00:43:27.119> see.
  • off their first ever recycling program. off their first ever recycling program.
  • <01:40:46.320> Um, nutrition program? Um, nutrition program?
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The meeting opened with roll call and housekeeping, including moving standing attendees to an overflow room and asking the audience to avoid interruptions. The task force then heard testimony from Allison Adams of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who presented statewide health trend data showing Kentucky ranked 41st overall and 44th in health outcomes, with especially poor performance on premature death, chronic disease, diabetes, and vaccination rates. She emphasized that Kentucky has the highest rates of residents with multiple chronic conditions, that diabetes remains above the national average, and that childhood immunization rates have worsened. She also highlighted major provider shortages in rural areas, noting that 43 of 120 counties meet shortage criteria and that more than half of primary care providers are concentrated in Fayette and Jefferson counties. Adams urged the task force to focus on prevention, early intervention, access to care, physical activity, and healthier school and community environments, and said the foundation is prepared to share results from its demonstration projects. Task force members asked follow-up questions about the age range for chronic-condition data and whether the diabetes figure reflected type 1 or type 2 diabetes; Adams said the chronic-condition measure spans all ages and that the diabetes figure likely reflects type 2, though she offered to provide the full report. The task force then approved the minutes from the prior meeting. The committee next turned to SNAP benefits and heard from Lisa Dennis, commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, and Roger McCann, director of the Division of Family Support. They explained that SNAP is not only a food assistance program but also a public health and family stability tool, arguing that poor diet contributes to chronic disease and that food insecurity is linked to family stress, child welfare involvement, and neglect-related CPS referrals. They cited research showing that more generous SNAP policies are associated with fewer CPS reports, fewer substantiated reports, and fewer foster care placements, and said SNAP helps reduce risk and promote stability across vulnerable populations including children, older adults, people with disabilities, and pregnant women. They also described SNAP-Ed as the nutrition education component that teaches healthy eating, cooking on a budget, and how to use fresh produce, but warned that recent federal legislation eliminates federal funding for SNAP-Ed beginning in federal fiscal year 2026. McCann outlined the remaining SNAP outreach and employment-and-training components, noting that outreach is typically run by nonprofits with a 50% match and that employment and training funds job-skills programs to help recipients move toward better jobs and self-sufficiency. The discussion emphasized that access to nutritious food, education, and job supports are all part of improving health outcomes and reducing food insecurity.
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • It removes language that allows up to 50% of the allocation for the improvement of instructional programs
  • The first section directs the Department of Human Services to pay licensed child care program subsidy
  • First, it would up the $3 million set in the fund for the Supreme Court pilot program for establishment
  • First, it would up the $3 million set in the fund for the Supreme Court pilot program for establishment
  • First, it would up the $3 million set in the fund for the Supreme Court pilot program for establishment
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present and first approved the minutes of the previous meeting. It then took up House Bill 5438, which revises parts of the school aid formula and limits certain uses of instructional program, technology, and induction funds; the committee adopted an Education Committee amendment and reported the bill to the full Senate. The committee also reported House Bill 4087, creating the West Virginia-Ireland Education Alliance for higher education partnerships and grants, after brief explanation and no opposition. Members then considered House Bill 4191, which expands the child care tax credit to employer-sponsored child care facilities and changes subsidy payments from attendance-based to enrollment-based, with electronic filing requirements by 2026. Senators spoke in strong support, describing it as a workforce and economic development measure, and the bill was reported. House Bill 5074, which redirects medical cannabis fund balances and future revenues to general revenue and several specified purposes including the Supreme Court, universities, law enforcement, and health programs, was amended to increase the court allocation and remove the direct university research earmarks; it was reported over concerns that accumulated fund money would be diverted to general revenue. The committee also advanced House Bill 5353, bringing virtual currency kiosks under money transmission licensure and adding consumer disclosures, transaction limits, support requirements, and anti-fraud protections; a strike-and-insert amendment clarified kiosk rules and added law-enforcement contact requirements. House Bill 5527, regulating licensure of wellness reimbursement program administrators and related broker duties, was amended to clarify the definition and protect proprietary licensing information from public disclosure, then reported. House Bill 5687, as amended, phases down the metallurgical coal severance tax and incorporates a separate oil-and-gas tax reduction for new wells while adjusting county and municipal distributions, and it was reported. The committee also approved a large revenue rules bundle, House Bill 4245, with amendments to a lottery rule and a pre-need burial company rule, and reported House Bill 4418 to create an electronic municipal B&O tax filing system once enough municipalities participate. Finally, the committee reported House Bill 5168, which creates a permanent $12 million lottery-funded EMS support structure, including mental health treatment funding, county EMS funds, and an all-county EMS fund; members emphasized the need for stable EMS funding, especially in rural areas, and clarified how counties with and without levies would benefit. The committee then announced several Senate bills would not be taken up that day and adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/9/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're also ready to work on program integrity.
  • We were piloting the development of three dashboards around program integrity and Homestead.
  • What we don't understand is all these programs operate in different programs.
  • And some of these programs are 75/25, 50/50.
  • I think we've identified the importance of this program.
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Land Grant Oct 7th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if we go to slide 10, you'll see one of our pilots for this program in Coyote Creek.
  • But we can use these, what I call pilot programs, because they are kind of the avant-garde section of
  • The wood grant programs.
  • Forestry Programs for Land Grants.
  • Chair, the presentation that has the slides that say state forestry programs land grants is programs
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Employee Benefits Programs Committee May 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Employee Benefits Programs Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • That is a program where if you have diabetes, this is a program that can help you make.
  • in this program.
  • Again, a unique program.
  • program or the PERS pilot period.
  • program or the PERS pilot period.
Keywords: 908, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (04/14/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tax incentives, tax programs, grant programs of all nature.
  • :50:49.280> programs incentives, tax programs, grant programs incentives, tax programs, grant
  • net metering program. net metering program.
  • The main program or the New Hampshire program, the New Hampshire program.
  • The main program or the New Hampshire program, the New Hampshire program.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met on April 14 and began by welcoming a new member, Representative Samban Denier, who briefly described his background as a Clarkson University environmental engineering graduate and Air Force veteran. The committee then moved into a work session on five energy-related bills, starting with Senate Bill 65 on stormwater management for solar arrays. Representative McGee presented amendment 1594H, which would exclude projects in shoreland areas from the bill’s permit-by-notification process and require the standard alteration-of-terrain permit review instead. Members asked for clarification, and McGee explained the amendment was requested by the New Hampshire Lakes Association and others to preserve the fuller review process for shoreland projects. The committee appeared satisfied with the explanation and moved on. The committee next discussed Senate Bill 230 on electric utility restructuring and investment in distributed energy resources. Members concluded that section one was unnecessary because a better definition of advanced nuclear resources had already been added to House Bill 710, and that section two would allow investment in advanced nuclear resources in a way they had already rejected in another bill due to ratepayer risk. Several members agreed the bill was redundant and supported an ITL motion. They also discussed Senate Bill 232 on net metering terms and conditions, focusing first on whether hydroelectric generators could be listed in ISO New England while also taking net metering credits. Granite State Hydropower Association representative Heidi Kroll testified that generators are subject to checks and balances, that double-dipping is not occurring, and that rules and tariffs already require participation in one market arrangement or the other. Discussion on Senate Bill 232 then shifted to section two, which would bar retroactive changes to net metering tariffs in place as of January 1, 2025. Representative McGee proposed alternative language to protect existing customer generators, group hosts, and municipal hosts from retroactive changes, while others said the language was needed to provide stability for current participants operating on thin margins. Some members supported the clearer wording; others argued the committee should not tie the hands of the PUC and DOE, noting future circumstances could require regulatory flexibility and that conflicts could be resolved in court if necessary. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, and the discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The governor wants a device program.
  • Like, for instance, where these pilot programs, would these be able to abate taxes in you?
  • And at the end of the pilot of them implementing their program, proving that it actually works, at the
  • through the pilot program, right?
  • Do the programs talk to each other?
Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and the chair noting it was the committee’s last meeting of the session. The committee first considered Senate Bill 254, which would prohibit certain excess debit card surcharges and authorize enforcement by the Attorney General. After adopting technical amendments and a committee amendment requiring written notice before a private right of action, the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then took up Senate Bill 80 on broadband administration fees and GUMBO program closeout. Members questioned the proposed increase in administrative and contractor fees, the timing of project completion, and how withheld reimbursements would work for utility damage. After adopting several amendments, including cleanup language and a provision to restore the reimbursement process, the bill was reported favorably as amended, though the Louisiana Telecommunications Association voiced concerns about the withholding language and lack of a clearer fault-determination process. The committee next considered Senate Bill 469, updating the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law. Technical amendments were adopted, along with amendments clarifying that the bill’s 30-day notice to utility owner-operators is separate from existing GUMBO notice requirements and creating a rapid dispute-resolution process involving the Office of Broadband, the utility operator, and the local governing authority. Testimony from broadband and municipal stakeholders emphasized the need for quicker responses to excavation damage and better enforcement, while some witnesses raised concerns about the late amendment and the need for clearer recourse and standards. The bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 468, dealing with fuel rewards programs and fuel discount limits, was also amended to allow such discounts while capping them at $1 below the advertised price; it was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 131, concerning attorney’s fees and costs in professional licensing disciplinary proceedings, drew testimony from a cosmetology board representative and the Pelican Institute. Supporters argued the bill would curb incentives for boards to generate revenue through enforcement and give licensees a fairer opportunity to resolve cases; board testimony noted that some boards already have fee caps and that enforcement actions are relatively limited. After adopting an amendment clarifying when a licensee is the prevailing party, the bill was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 251 on critical infrastructure protection also received technical amendments and several substantive changes, including adding ports and airports to the definition of critical infrastructure, clarifying “significant access,” adding a knowledge requirement, and adjusting exemptions and enforcement timing; it was reported favorably as amended after testimony from State Armor representatives about foreign adversary threats. Finally, House Resolution 253 was introduced to create a task force to study how post-2005 building code additions and inspection requirements affect residential construction costs, with the sponsor explaining the goal was to gather industry input and return recommendations next session.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Transportation - 01/27/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The piloting technology shines because you can have a piloting center where your staff are in a remote
  • had been misplaced um or we can program had been misplaced um or we can program it<00:10:07.399>
  • Do you program, like, how does the programming happen so that the operator not being there still means
  • Do you program, like, how does the programming happen so that the operator not being there still means
  • The ignition interlock device program is a large and extensive program.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance. The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting. Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • So the College Bound programs and programs like them are needed.
  • And I think that, because of the pilot program and because of some of those partnerships that we've been
  • And I think that, because of the pilot program and because of some of those partnerships that we've been
  • I've never had any outreach from any programs, and I am a program advocate, so I speak about programming
  • I've never had any outreach from any programs, and I am a program advocate, so I speak about programming
Keywords: 1183, house
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-REVIEW Mar 17th, 2026

ALC-REVIEW

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is for their PET building cyclotron equipment program.
  • program.
  • And it is to extend the sub-grant term to support an enabling technology pilot program to enhance services
  • So it's an intensive in-home program for those children.
  • So I don't have the pilot sites in front of me, but it is in specific pilot sites across the state.
Summary: The subcommittee reviewed multiple methods of finance and construction items, including projects for Arkansas State University, Black River Technical College, UAMS, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and UCA. The UAPB Allied Health and Sciences Building appeared both as a method of finance and as an alternative delivery construction project, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer. Members approved the methods of finance, the alternative delivery project, and several discretionary grants, including Department of Health grants for a heart attack center designation and community health worker training, and DHS grants related to homeless services, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot. The committee then reviewed service contracts, including RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental agreements, and a large number of out-of-state and in-state contracts. Testimony focused heavily on DHS staffing and state hospital contracts, the Arkansas State Police seatbelt survey, AEDC’s lithium supply chain analysis, and Shared Administrative Services’ new SuccessFactors performance-management contract. Members asked detailed questions about contract nursing costs, turnover, hiring timelines, and whether some contracts were being renewed or amended beyond their original projected costs. DHS and Veterans Affairs officials explained staffing shortages, retention incentives, and the use of contract labor as a supplement to state employees. Several contracts drew scrutiny and were held for further review. Representative Wardlaw raised concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments on the Department of Education security contract and on DHS staffing contracts, arguing that some had exceeded their original projected totals. The committee voted to hold contracts 5, 7, and 8 until Friday, while adopting the remaining contracts. The meeting ended after informational reports on service contract amendments without material change, executed contracts, and emergency procurements were presented, with no further business before adjournment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:02 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most importantly, pilot projects and other toxicity studies still need more time, and each of the...
  • Importantly, pilot projects and other toxicity studies still need more time, and each of the studies
  • It developed a robust permit program for pilot projects to develop that science in New Mexico.
  • Rather than go through that pilot project program and develop the science, the industry has resorted
  • I oversee the equine program at Animal Protection New Mexico.
Bills: HM45, HB276, HB300
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We kind of look at the state of North Carolina as almost a pilot program for the rest of the country.
  • We believe that North Carolina is a... significant pilot program that any state can use to see that this
  • We can provide proof of concept for this pilot program.
  • We do request support for the authorization and funding of a one-year VJI pilot program there in New
  • It's a half a million dollars to do a pilot program.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • program for two.
  • Establish a pilot program for two funded projects through DOTD and two through the Office of Highway
  • We typically do that on federally grant-funded programs.
  • Why would our state willingly spend more on these pilot construction projects than necessary?
  • So, if the pilot did progress, it would be less bad and tolerable, but not desirable.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 and considered several resolutions and one Senate bill dealing with transportation project delivery, vehicle safety, school-zone safety, flooding, and highway signage. The committee first took up SCR 64, which creates a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) for public works. An amendment added representatives from Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors to the task force, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The committee also heard HR 282, which creates a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with Louisiana State Police and other stakeholders; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 513, which addressed public works project delivery methods and included a proposal for an average-bid award method as well as design-build authority for airports and vertiports. Testimony from a Reason Foundation policy analyst and a Louisiana Associated General Contractors representative opposed the average-bid concept, arguing it lacked U.S. precedent, could encourage collusion, and could raise costs, while airport-related design-build provisions were supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to remove the average-bid language, then reported SB 513 with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses involving crossing guards and distracted driving. In addition, HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were acted on and the committee adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • For dollars for programs such as CTE.
  • Two students earned private pilot licenses.
  • But, you know, after 12 years of working at central office, overseeing federal programs, bilingual programs
  • It's not a half-time program. It's a 6-hour program, and we're not getting funded for that.
  • I need to continue with the programs I'm working with for my students, and we have great programs.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session May 14th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Francesca Franco won four medals, including silver in program oral interpretation.
  • Senate Concurrent Resolution 174 by Senator Perez, relative to the 60th anniversary of pilot regional
  • Established in 1966, these pilot regional centers...
  • This resolution recognizes the 60th anniversary of these two pilot regional centers and reaffirms the
  • During his time on the board, he co-founded the Urban Habitat Program, bringing together multicultural
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayers, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then spent much of the opening period on floor privileges and guest recognitions. Members welcomed a delegation from Catalonia and Spain marking the 40th anniversary of the California-Catalonia sister-state relationship, Solano Community College’s speech and debate team, and several small business honorees, including Royal Clothiers and Old California Botanicals. The chamber also recognized Tennessee Representative Justin Jones, with several senators speaking in support of voting rights and democracy. The body then moved to business and confirmed two gubernatorial and State Bar appointments: Rick Simpson to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Laura Ederton Speed as executive director of the State Bar. Senators also adopted SCR 163, recognizing May as California Tourism Month, with remarks emphasizing tourism’s economic impact and the work of Visit California and destination marketing organizations. The Senate next adopted SCR 170, declaring Firefighter Mental Health Awareness Week, after extensive testimony from senators and firefighters about the trauma first responders face and the need to reduce stigma and expand support services. The Senate also adopted SCR 174, marking the 60th anniversary of California’s pilot regional centers and highlighting the state’s community-based developmental services system. It then adopted SR 111, recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia, after strong floor statements about discrimination, safety, and the need to oppose silence in the face of hate. The consent calendar was approved, SCR 116 was moved to the inactive file, reconsideration was granted on SR 111 for a later session, and the Senate adjourned in memory of Carl Anthony and Lupe Estrella, with the next meeting set for Monday, May 18, 2026.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 27th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Reflecting a long and distinguished record of success across its athletic program, and whereas Grambling
  • The Governor's Fellowship Program, are they here? All right. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • And we have the fellows that are part of the program standing here on my right.
  • These exceptional college students have been selected to participate in the Governor's Fellows Program
  • The program also includes weekly educational trips across Louisiana to deepen their understanding of
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard a guest prayer by Pastor Lee Shipp, and conducted routine opening business including journal adoption, receipt of confirmation appointments, and House messages naming conferees on several Senate bill disagreements. The chamber also adopted or recognized several personal privilege resolutions and commendations, including honors for Grady Hazel, the Acadiana Veterans Hockey of Louisiana national championship team, Grambling State University’s 125th anniversary and related athletics/band centennials, the 2026 Governor’s Fellows, and a brief address by special guest Ms. Benson. Members then acted on a series of resolutions and concurrent resolutions. The Senate adopted measures creating or requesting study task forces on child permanency, medical malpractice review panels, driving school fees, the Minimum Foundation Program, and earthquake activity in north Louisiana, and it concurred in House resolutions on illegal dumping, gaming board review, behavioral health crisis center reimbursement, Medicaid incentive payment reporting, and a physician review panel study. Several condolence and commendation resolutions also passed, including those honoring Lewis Thomas Nelson and Josephine Ruth Kennedy, and the Senate adopted a resolution urging local governments to consider generator requirements for unlicensed senior and disability residential facilities. The chamber also took up House Bill 723, a motorcycle traffic-signal bill allowing certain two- and three-wheeled vehicles to proceed through malfunctioning vehicle-actuated signals under specified circumstances; after debate about safety and enforcement, it passed 33-3. The Senate then considered numerous House amendments to Senate bills, concurring in most, including bills on fluoridation/local opt-out, public assistance, nutrition, human trafficking training, bulletproof vests, adult residential care generators, cell-cultured food products, public benefits eligibility, attorney-fee limits in disciplinary proceedings, critical infrastructure protections, debit card surcharges, bank stock certificates, child welfare proceedings, digital student IDs, watershed restoration funding, innovation hubs, sports agent registration, and manufactured housing regulation. It rejected House amendments to SB 283 and SB 408 for further negotiation. The session ended with announcements for committee meetings and a recess until 2 p.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Psilocybin therapeutic use program established 3/9/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One thing I want to highlight about this bill in particular is that it is a pilot program.
  • This is a pilot program.
  • I'm here today testifying in support of HF 296 to create a psilocybin therapy pilot program here in Minnesota
  • We should act on HF 296 to create a regulated, supervised access pilot program to treat severe mental
  • Psilocybin programs already exist.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • program.
  • There is a 15 million dollar proposal related to a pilot program to redesign middle and high schools.
  • This is one this is one identified as one-time funding for a pilot program but I can't seem to be able
  • to get much more information besides it's a one-time pilot program is it utilizing any evidence-based
  • The purpose of the program is like it says in the name it's a pilot program the COE and nonprofit that
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • The road pilot was not in the contract. Now the DOE is calling this program a pilot.
  • I think we should build on that and then supplement it with programs like this pilot, using nonprofits
  • using it with programs like this pilot using it with programs like this pilot using nonprofits<01
  • I just wanted to know what is the projected cost to run this pilot program?
  • What is the projected cost to run this pilot program? Um, we have... Hi, um, Bryce C. Cheryl.
Keywords: 910, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Regulated Industries Mar 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members will take up tab 1, CS for SB 592, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, by Senator
  • SB 592, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, by Senator Leak.
  • This bill aims to revise and enhance the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to improve the hurricane
  • Only November 14th of last year was the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot Program launched.
  • Only November 14th of last year was the My Safe Florida Condo Pilot Program launched.
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with CS for SB 592, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program. The bill was explained as revising condominium eligibility and grant rules, lowering the approval threshold to 75%, changing roof project rules, capping reimbursement at $175,000 per association, and excluding detached units. Two amendments were adopted, including one clarifying the three-story threshold and another adding wind-driven rain mitigation devices for sliding glass doors as an eligible improvement. A late-filed amendment to appropriate $500 million for the program was adopted on a roll call vote, but the bill itself was then reported favorably. Testimony generally supported the program, with members noting strong demand and the need for more funding, though one amendment drew concern from a window manufacturer and some members about product approval and fairness. The committee then approved CS for SB 622 on pari-mutuel permit holders, which would allow certain facilities to be leased to Hialeah permit holders and other same-class permit holders, with an amendment making the lessee eligible to apply for, rather than automatically receive, a license for inter-track wagering or Hialeah games. CS for SB 1404 on illegal gambling was also reported favorably after amendments added a declaratory judgment process for veterans organizations, strengthened ethics/revolving-door restrictions for Gaming Commission personnel, and then withdrew a late amendment concerning a Miami casino property. Prosecutors and the Gaming Control Commission supported the bill as a tool to target criminal gambling operations, while amusement machine operators and veterans groups raised concerns about overbreadth and uncertainty for lawful operators. SB 604 on residential swimming pool requirements was temporarily postponed after questions about how the new sale/transfer disclosure and safety-feature requirement would work in practice, especially for cash transactions and whether home inspectors would be involved. SB 1682, adding 911 dispatchers to the definition of first responder, was reported favorably with support from dispatchers and members who emphasized the trauma and public safety role of telecommunicators. SB 818 on utility relocation and SB 1228 on spring restoration were both reported favorably, with counties opposing the utility bill as a cost shift to taxpayers and the spring bill drawing support from JEA. The committee also approved CS for SB 948 on flood disclosures for tenants and condo buyers, and CS for SB 1742, a major condominium and cooperative association reform bill that would adjust reserve funding rules, allow temporary reserve pauses after milestone inspections, require substitute budgets over a certain threshold, permit lines of credit in lieu of reserves through 2028, expand disclosure and data reporting, and add conflict-of-interest and governance changes. The condo bill drew extensive discussion and testimony, with supporters praising the flexibility and transparency provisions and some owners urging additional relief for inland, lower-rise buildings; it was ultimately reported favorably.