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• C.S. for CS for CS SB 700 is reported favorably.
• Yes, and by your votes, SB 796 is reported favorably.
• In that report, how many cases were in that report, or Representative Garrow? How many cases?
• It is the individual supervisor based on reporting period. So that way, and they report monthly.
• And the report that was given last year, the report that was filed this year, the office... ...that was

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for CS for SB 462 on transportation. A substitute amendment was adopted that would require counties receiving transportation surtax proceeds to report how the money is used to the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, prohibit certain airport fees tied to collegiate aviation flight training, create a Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority pilot program, and dedicate $10 million annually for a traffic signal modernization program. The amendment also removed several provisions from the bill, including a sales-tax transfer to the State Transportation Trust Fund, a bid-protest-related contracting requirement, and repeal of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council. A late-filed amendment was tabled, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS for CS for CS for SB 628, Lucy’s Law, which strengthens boating safety penalties for leaving the scene of a vessel accident and reckless operation. After the sponsor withdrew a pending amendment, the committee heard emotional testimony from Lucy’s parents and others in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee next considered CS for CS for SB 700, the Florida Farm Bill, under a strike-all amendment. The bill’s major provisions included removing non-purity additives from public water systems, requiring clearer labeling for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminalizing drone harassment over farmland, updating agriculture disaster recovery programs, creating an honest services registry for charities tied to countries of concern, expanding FFA-related scholarships and school infrastructure, and allowing the state to repurchase certain former agricultural lands converted to solar fields. Testimony included strong support from agriculture and related groups, opposition from the Florida Bankers Association over a private right of action related to financial discrimination, and criticism from speakers opposed to fluoride removal. The bill was amended and then reported favorably despite some opposition. The committee also reported favorably SB 796, which authorizes DEP general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems to replace failing septic tanks. The committee then took up a large strike-all for CS for SB 1618, a K-20 education package. The amendment combined provisions on VPK flexibility, early grade success, agriculture education, financial literacy, reading intervention, teacher assignment transparency, restrictions on spending public funds for political or social activism, emergency opioid antagonists, corporal punishment consent, teacher certification pathways, and other higher-education and workforce items from SB 1624, including guardrails for certain private religious postsecondary institutions. Members questioned the new prohibition on using public funds for political or social activism, with the sponsor saying it was intended to keep public schools from being a battleground for ideology; Equality Florida and the ACLU opposed that section. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee began extensive debate on CS for SB 7016, a major initiative-petition reform bill. The sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse documented in a large Office of Election Crimes and Security report and would impose tighter rules on petition circulators, including Florida residency and U.S. citizenship requirements, training, shorter submission deadlines, stronger penalties, new identification requirements on petitions, and a 25% invalid-signature trigger for investigations by election-crimes officials. Senators raised numerous questions about due process, public records, penalties, the treatment of volunteers and former felons, the verification process, and the practical effect of the new deadlines and thresholds. The discussion was ongoing when the transcript ended, and no final vote on SB 7016 is shown in the excerpt.

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• Chairman, I move that when the Committee of the Whole rises to report, it report Senate Bill 1632 as
• Majority Leader, I move the Committee of the Whole report. Mr.
• Read the report. Mr.
• Read the report. Mr.
• The reader read the report. Mr.

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• The next slide talks about that annual report.
• will want to expand on in subsequent reports.
• It's an annual report.
• There are strong reporting requirements.
• There are strong reporting requirements.

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• report report >> to<04:58:58.798> the<04:58:59.120> committee<04:58:59.520> report
• committee report. I request an I vote. committee report. I request an I vote.
• report is adopted. To the bill. report is adopted. To the bill.
• 1137 and the committee report. 1137 and the committee report.
• >> There is no committee report. >> There is no committee report.

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• CHAIR PASSIDOMO. >> YES CS FOR CS FOR SB 650 IS REPORTED FAVORABLY.
• VICE CHAIR PASSIDOMO. >> BY YOUR VOTE, THIS REPORTS FAVORABLY.
• >> THEY DO, THEY REPORT TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EXPLOITED >> THEY DO, THEY REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
• THEY CAN'T REPORT THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE IT. WE CAN'T SEE IT, WE CAN'T REPORT IT.
• IF YOU ARE BEING MISHANDLED BY AN ADULT, PLEASE REPORT IT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Representative Hartman: This information came out of the jury's report.
• CS for HB 47 reported favorably.
• HB 6531 reported favorably as amended. Thank you for it.
• The record will show HB 945 reported favorably.
• Chair: Show CS for HB 245 reported favorably.

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• Chairman, reported that an elderly member was contacted by scammers.
• And so I do digital assets for payments.
• then transmit the digital assets uh and then transmit the digital assets uh and transfer<00:45:54.160
• currency to digital currency directly.
• <01:29:11.840> Innovation Technology, and Digital Innovation Technology, and Digital Innovation

Bills: HB0098, HB0075, HB0041, HB0101

Keywords: gun control, Second Amendment, constitutional rights, misdemeanor, law enforcement, virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management

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• to give the bill a favorable report. to give the bill a favorable report.
• >> Bill's given a favor report. Thank you. >> Bill's given a favor report.
• >> Move to give the bill a favorable report. >> Second. >> Favorable report offered by Representative
• Second report.
• >> Bill G report. Thanks, sir. >> Bill G report. Thanks, sir.

Bills: HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388, HB187, HB98, HB360, HB394, HB398, HB388

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• So a lot of the times when we went through digitization, the first question we asked is, OK, what are
• A report would typically take 10 to 15 days to look at the tactics of what an adversary would do.
• Because of the AI models we built here, we were able to complete that report in under seven hours.
• What used to be multiple incidents is down to single digits; we've come a long way.
• That was the basic thesis of No Child Left Behind and giving them a digital device.

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• . >> Um, we're moving on to HP 109 relative to false reports to law enforcement.
• You, when things are in writing, especially with digital communications, that is not necessary.
• <00:27:13.440> communications, especially with digital communications, especially with digital
• We thought digital communications, just that's it, that's what we're dealing with there—digital. may
• . digital. digital.

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• Reports of Standing Committees. Reports of Select Committees.
• Communications and Reports from State Officers. Motions and Resolutions.
• This bill will prohibit the practice of electronic shelf labeling, which is digital labels that appear
• Borrello, is the fact that Walmart specifically has indicated their intention to implement these digital
• So, I realize, I think I have seen these little digital price things at many stores, some even here in

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Summary: The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance. The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure. Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.

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• Some people want to blame renewable energy for the higher bills, but honestly, DPS did a report a couple
• Just last week, though, NYISO published a report looking at the impact of gas on the cost of electricity
• So in the DPS report that came out last fall, they did a breakout of exactly what all the costs are on
• But it's single-digit percentages...
• of which... ...single-digit percentages of a person's actual individual electric bill.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications met under Chair Senator Kevin Parker and considered several bills related to clean energy, transmission, storage, schools, and microgrids. Bill 1456, which would require certain watercraft, aircraft, and trains to be zero-emissions and direct NYSERDA studies and incentives, was discussed as technology-neutral and advanced with one no vote to the Finance Committee. Bill 286, increasing statewide energy storage capacity, drew concerns about battery safety, fire risk, and volunteer fire department training, but was advanced to the floor with two no votes. Bill 2482, the Go Green Schools Act, would let schools convert to renewable energy and keep savings for school operations; it advanced to the floor despite concerns about siting solar on school grounds. Bill 2485 on expanding electric transmission lines and Bill 5510 directing NYSERDA to develop microgrid recommendations were both advanced to the Finance Committee, each with one no vote. The committee then heard testimony from Marguerite Wells, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York. She argued that wind, solar, storage, and transmission have made New York a leader in clean energy and said renewable energy is increasingly cost-competitive, with much of recent bill increases driven by grid upgrades and gas prices rather than renewables. She also said clean energy helps hedge against volatile fossil fuel prices, pointed to community solar and offshore wind as savings and reliability tools, and said the state’s permitting and interconnection processes have improved. Members questioned Wells about farmland use, decommissioning, recycling of solar and wind equipment, battery storage safety, local control, and misinformation. Wells said utility-scale projects require decommissioning plans and financial assurances, farmland must be restored under agricultural guidelines, and recycling capacity is developing. On battery storage, she said New York has rigorous codes and monitoring requirements, that not all storage is lithium-ion, and that state-level permitting is appropriate for large facilities. Several senators raised concerns about fires, contamination, winter performance, and siting projects in densely populated areas or on farmland, while others emphasized farmland protections and the value of renewable projects to host communities.

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• It requires an initial report to the legislature prior to the regular session of 2026 and a final report
• <00:11:30.000> no session of 2026 and a final report no session of 2026 and a final report
• <00:27:57.520> That<00:27:57.760> report,<00:27:58.399> if there'll be a report
• That report, if there'll be a report.
• This is really not fair. uh committee report to the House uh committee report to the House Speaker.<00

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Summary: The committee heard several housing, landlord-tenant, and condominium-related measures. Senate Bill 62, relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, would allow HPHA-owned parcels and related areas such as parking lots to be closed to the public with posted signage; HPHA strongly supported the bill, saying it would help reduce loitering, drinking, and other problems, and no further testimony was offered. Senate Bill 822, relating to the landlord tenant code, would create a three-year working group in the Department of the Attorney General to study and improve the residential landlord-tenant code. The Judiciary supported the measure but said the scope should be narrowed; the Attorney General opposed leading the group and suggested another agency should do so; Hawaii Realtors and the Hawaii Worker Center supported the concept and suggested moving the chairmanship to the Judiciary and including Legal Aid participation. The Judiciary said it could chair the group if the bill were narrowed to matters within the court’s purview. Senate Bill 38, relating to housing, would limit counties from imposing stricter conditions, AMI requirements, or fee-waiver reductions on certain affordable housing proposals if those changes would increase project costs. HHFDC supported the bill, saying county changes after state approval create uncertainty for developers, while the Hawaii State Association of Counties opposed it as an intrusion on local authority and a restriction on county safety and infrastructure conditions. Members asked about whether existing county review periods were sufficient, and the county association said the main concern was the bill’s language limiting counties from making cost-increasing conditions. Senate Bill 146, relating to condominiums, would revise alternative dispute resolution procedures for condo disputes, including evaluative mediation and binding arbitration. The Hawaii Real Estate Commission said it took no position overall but supported a $150 mediation fee and asked for a similar arbitration fee; Community Associations Institute supported the bill with suggested amendments; however, most testimony was strongly opposed by condominium owners and advocates, who said the bill had been changed to the detriment of owners and would increase costs and reduce protections. The committee noted 44 testimonies on the bill, with 2 in support, 37 in opposition, and 2 with comments. Senate Bill 253, relating to condominium reserves, would require a detailed budget summary to stand on its own, remove a good-faith defense for certain noncompliant budgets, and clarify standing and the association’s burden regarding substantial compliance. Hawaii Realtors and Community Associations Institute supported the measure as improving transparency and giving owners and buyers a clearer picture of association finances. Greg Msakian also supported it, arguing it would help owners and describing problems he experienced with budget committee exclusion and budget noncompliance in his own association. The discussion ended while testimony on the bill was still underway, with additional witnesses expected.

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• I'm more on the report. Neither are we. So we'll get through it together.
• This next one is the first real-time, real-world digital twin of a nuclear reactor.
• Real-time, real-world digital twin of a nuclear reactor.
• For example, we have a leadership role in the 2023 critical minerals assessment report.
• There's the reports that I mentioned, those critical minerals and materials reports, do focus on which

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• I am the director of AI and technology policy as well as the associate director of the center for digital
• Um, just to give you a bit of context about the Center for Digital Risk and Innovation.
• Um, just to give you a bit of context about the Center for Digital Risk and Innovation.
• any existing laws, whether they were meant to originally regulate a digital space or not.
• Um that's that's digital space or not.

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Summary: The Intelligence Task Force met with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the August 14 meeting. The first presentation was from the National Retail Federation on artificial intelligence in the retail sector. NRF described AI use cases in three areas: consumer-facing tools such as chatbots, product descriptions, and marketing; employee-facing tools such as company-specific apps trained on employee manuals; and internal uses such as supply chain forecasting, inventory planning, fraud detection, cybersecurity, and coding support. The presenters said retail has been among the top deployers of AI and emphasized that the goal is to improve both customer and employee experience. NRF also outlined its principles for responsible AI use, organized around governance and risk management, customer engagement and trust, workforce applications, and business partner accountability. The group said retailers should maintain strong internal oversight, be transparent with customers, ensure compliance with existing laws, closely review workforce-related uses because they can be high-risk, and clearly define responsibilities between retailers and third-party developers. In policy discussion, NRF urged a tiered approach focused first on high-risk uses such as hiring, health care, financial, mortgage, and rental decisions, warned against fragmented rules that could favor only the largest firms, and encouraged voluntary standards and worker upskilling incentives. In response to a question about dynamic pricing, NRF said its members do not target consumers based on pricing and offered to follow up with more information. The committee then moved to a follow-up discussion on energy policy and data centers, hearing from Bartley Cleland of NetChoice. He explained that AI runs largely in data centers and that cloud computing shifts processing and storage away from individual devices, which he argued improves efficiency and can reduce costs. He said electricity demand has been rising over time and that AI will increase compute-related electricity use, but framed electricity as a normal input to economic growth. No votes or formal actions were taken after these presentations.

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• Chairman Luhan moves that HB 331 without amendment be reported to the full House with recommendation
• HB 1240 without amendments be reported to the full House with the recommendation that it do pass and
• Provenance data requirements were also tweaked to align with C2PA digital technical standards.
• It will also generate, uh, it's anticipated to generate under the economic report of Mr.
• Perryman's report, it will be a success.

Bills: HB74, HB175

Keywords: environmental project, public money, political subdivision, greenhouse gas emissions, federal law compliance, renewable energy, water conservation, retroactive child support, child conception, paternity, family law, health care expenses

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• feel like we should build a digitized feel like we should build a digitized system<00:32:46.760>
• <01:09:17.080> for we can we can generate that report for we can we can generate that report
• It predates us, actually, as does Leeward's TV pro and digital media, as does Hawaii CC Hilo's digital
• Hawaii CC hilo's digital media does uh Hawaii CC hilo's digital media program<01:20:43.120> right<
• So Chris and I both get these reports, the email reports, about, you know, what accounts we sit on.

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• I did take a look back at how it was introduced and the committee report from the House.
• <00:46:02.240> licenses<00:46:03.359> and<00:46:03.599> the verified digital
• solution that solves the last digital solution that solves the last mile<00:46:57.040> of<00:
• > Currently, digitally verified licensing Currently, digitally verified licensing programs<00:47:09.040
• <00:49:27.520> application OPLC with a complete digital application OPLC with a complete digital

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• Her GAL just echoed what DCS said in their case reports.
• Her GAL just echoed what DCS said in their case reports.
• But then I also receive many reports of... ...in.
• But then I also received many reports of DCS workers who just, when there's a report of abuse, possible
• signature, but we're only getting the digital signature right now.

Bills: SB1012, SB1099, SB1234, SB1392, SB1489, SB1535, SB1570, SB1609, SB1627, SB1634, SB1661, SB1709, SB1723, SB1725, SB1743, SB1829, SCR1027, SCR1040, SCR1048

Keywords: concealed carry, firearms, restaurants, liquor licensing, public safety, defamation, private figure, public concern, statute of limitations, internet defamation, juvenile court, legal representation, appointed attorney, guardian ad litem, child welfare, election canvass, canvassing board, governing body, election inspection, election access

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• SB 1369, county medical examiner reports access. Government.
• SB 1432, central bank digital currency ban. Government.
• SB 1305, ESA's personal aid ADE reporting requirements.
• SB 1335, water banking annual report posting.
• SB 1382, groundwater pumping, measuring, reporting.

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