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• The Charity Protection Act ensures that any filing or reporting requirements imposed on charitable organizations
• chaplain at CDF Christian Church in Miami, over prison ministry and veteran affairs, a doctoral candidate

Bills: S1080 , S1112 , S1324 , S1338 , S1582 , S1672

Committee: Senate Commerce and Tourism

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism considered several bills. SB 1338 by Senator Burton would strengthen enforcement of written endowment agreements for charitable gifts and require legislative approval for new filing or reporting requirements on charities. The sponsor and Philanthropy Roundtable testified in support, emphasizing donor intent and protections for nonprofits; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1324, which was expected to address principal offices of LLCs, was temporarily postponed. The committee also passed CS/SB 1080 by Senator DeSigley, which directs FDOT to adopt rules allowing direct payments to first-tier subcontractors in specified circumstances. A transportation industry representative supported the measure, saying the situations are rare but need a statutory remedy. CS/SB 1582 by Senator Yarbrough, as amended, requires secondhand dealers, secondary metal recyclers, and pawnbrokers to submit transaction data to FDLE for statewide sharing through systems such as LInX; the amendment and bill were both reported favorably, with one witness from the Florida Recycler’s Association opposing the amendment. Senator McLean’s SB 1672, creating a home buyer workforce tax credit for employer contributions to help employees with first-time Florida home purchases, was reported favorably with support from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. SB 1112 by Senator Garcia, relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act, drew extensive testimony from workers, reentry advocates, and supporters who argued it would prohibit placement fees when workers are hired permanently, require annual registration of labor pools, improve accountability, and support stable employment and reentry; the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after recording votes and other closing business.

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• purpose of allowing members to co-sponsor bills and resolutions or to submit vote modifications and have filed
• 05:30.320><c> modifications</c><00:05:31.160><c> and</c><00:05:31.280><c> have</c><00:05:31.400><c> filed
• </c> submit vote modifications and have filed submit vote modifications and have filed the<00:05:31.800
• effort to contact the petitioner for background information, for context about why that petition was filed
• disqualified, the county board of elections shall not disclose or report the votes cast for that candidate

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• Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
• Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
• Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
• Uh, well, I think the candid answer to that is we don't know.
• Um, in June, uh, filing would be in March.

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

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• Representative Butler withdraws from the files prior to introduction House Resolution 40.
• House Bill 996 by Representative DeWitt provides relative to expenditures made by a candidate, principal
• to discharge House Bill 99 from Criminal Justice for the purpose of withdrawing this bill from the files
• From Criminal Justice for the purpose of withdrawing this bill from the files of the House.
• Basically, the main thing it does is realign the extended date for filing of taxes quarterly from May

Bills: HR46 , HR47 , HR48 , HR49 , HR50 , HR51 , HR52 , HR53 , HR54 , HR55 , HR56 , HR57 , HCR31 , HB20 , HB21 , HB166 , HB494 , HB710 , HB795 , HB985 , HB986 , HB987 , HB988 , HB989 , HB990 , HB991 , HB992 , HB993 , HB994 , HB995 , HB996 , HB997 , HB998 , HR42 , HR43 , HR44 , HR45 , HCR22 , HCR23 , HCR24 , HCR25 , HCR26 , HCR27 , HCR28 , HCR29 , HCR30 , SCR13 , HB894 , HB983 , HB984 , SB19 , SB23 , SB26 , SB30 , SB39 , SB45 , SB46 , SB50 , SB51 , SB55 , SB69 , SB71 , SB73 , SB84 , SB85 , SB89 , SB96 , SB98 , SB101 , SB110 , SB148 , SB150 , SB160 , SB164 , SB303 , SB340 , HB28 , HB36 , HB50 , HB52 , HB56 , HB62 , HB68 , HB92 , HB110 , HB117 , HB119 , HB124 , HB140 , HB147 , HB160 , HB171 , HB174 , HB182 , HB193 , HB196 , HB198 , HB203 , HB228 , HB234 , HB237 , HB260 , HB268 , HB271 , HB285 , HB289 , HB316 , HB351 , HB393 , HB400 , HB413 , HB446 , HB469 , HB486 , HB534 , HB551 , HB552 , HB574 , HB576 , HB634 , HB649 , HB677 , HB735 , HB739 , HB779 , HB784 , HB796 , HB807 , HB842 , HB850 , HB919 , HB474 , HB487 , HB503 , HB606 , HB633 , HB707 , HB720 , HB728 , HB733 , HB846 , HB852 , HB856 , HB868 , HB875 , HB129 , HB130 , HB287 , HB489 , HB545 , HB553 , HB555 , HB570 , HB854 , HB952 , HB221 , HB148 , HB331 , HB149 , HB901

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the pledge, leave granted for one member, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Women Shaping Industry Day, Louisiana Agriculture Week, and CODOFIL Day at the Capitol. The chamber also received Senate messages concurring in several House concurrent resolutions and adopting SCRs 14 and 15, which designated Flood Awareness Month and recognized the bond between Quebec and Louisiana. Numerous resolutions and bills were introduced and referred, including measures on retirement systems, juvenile justice districts, carbon sequestration in St. Helena Parish, tax administration, election procedures, education, criminal justice, and state property transfers. The House adopted several resolutions without objection, including commendations for Thrive Academy, Bishop Lonnie Welder, Pastor Aaron Holloway, World Down Syndrome Day, and others. Members also heard committee reports on a wide range of bills, with many reported favorably or with amendments. In morning hour, the House discharged and withdrew two bills from committee, and later returned some bills to the calendar with notice to call them on later dates. The chamber then took up a series of floor bills, passing HB 474 to create an income tax checkoff for the Grambling State University National Alumni Association, HB 487 on penalties for unsafe red-light passing maneuvers, HB 503 on utility terrain vehicles in Golden Meadow, HB 606 on personal delivery devices, HB 633 on estimated income tax filing timing, HB 707 on the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission Advisory Board, HB 970 on tacit dedication of public roadways, HB 728 on out-of-state tow truck requirements, HB 846 on license plate coverings, HB 852 on a domestic violence donation checkoff, HB 856 on DOTD indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity construction contracts, HB 221 naming the proposed Mississippi River bridge the President Donald J. Trump Expressway, HB 148 designating a highway memorial, and HB 331 creating a Louisiana GOP specialty plate. Most of these bills passed with little or no opposition, though HB 221 drew debate and passed 68-26. The House adjourned after announcing committee meetings for the following day.

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• I filed Senate Bill 734 because the current exceptions and 7 68 21 8 are unjust and prevent accountability
• And you may law not only have we been unable to file a civil lawsuit against the physicians because my
• He doesn't file 70 bills because he candy picks and chooses those things that are his heart tells them
• And in our discussions on this bill, I know he has struggle with how to craft this bill and file it,
• As we've heard today and I value the candid and respectful dialogue.

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• Uh, presentative candidate has a special guest in the gallery.
• Would you allow me to him to use the floor leader's might presentative candidate?
• Representative candidate is one of my several. House members, and so he's got a special guest here.

Bills: HB1937 , HB2153 , HB3674 , HB2978 , HB3885 , HB3671 , HB3261 , HB3021 , HB3029 , HB4274 , HB3701 , HB3076 , HB2299 , HB3852 , HB3244 , HB3345 , HB3114 , HB3764 , HB4144 , HB3304 , HB2939 , HB4227 , HB3262 , HB2941 , HB3498 , HB4343 , HB4425 , HB3386 , HB3087 , HB3062 , HB3431 , HB4141 , HB3581 , HB4237 , HB2960 , HB3645 , HB3648 , HB3974 , HB3045 , SCR18 , HCR1024 , SJR39 , SJR49 , HB4486 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142 , HB1823 , HB4476 , HB3378 , HB3880 , HB3031 , HB3369 , HB3429 , HB3657 , HB4215 , HB3624 , HB1170

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• DJJ RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFICIENCY AND FILLING VACANCIES QUICKLY WITH THE BEST CANDIDATES AS
• WE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO HIRE THE RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR THIS ROLE.
• HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THAT HAS BEEN VACATED AND ADVERTISED TWICE IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS WITH NO SUITABLE CANDIDATES

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• A file order to expedite business and accommodate our young guests today.
• Okay, we are going to be going back to the business on the daily file.
• Pass temporarily on file item 19. Pass and retain on file item 20.
• Okay, continuing on the business on the daily file, we are skipping back to file item 21, ACR 48 by Assemblymember
• Okay, moving on, we're going to pass and retain on file items 25, 28, and 29.

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• And if anybody knew that I would wind up as a candidate for vice president, I would have appreciated
• would wind up And if anybody knew that I would wind up as<00:09:26.760><c> a</c><00:09:26.800><c> candidate
• c> for</c><00:09:27.320><c> vice</c><00:09:27.600><c> president,</c><00:09:28.080><c> I</c> as a candidate
• for vice president, I as a candidate for vice president, I would<00:09:28.280><c> have</c><00:09:28.400

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• Of course, right now, to be candid with you... guarantees.
• Of course, right now, to be candid with you, Because they won't actually ever have to dip into the MRG
• Of course, right now, to be candid with you, with the oil prices that we've seen, there's probably going
• We've got a couple of candidate projects that have been talked about, but we still have a little bit

Summary: The committee met for an oversight update on how one-time and recurring transportation-related appropriations are being implemented. Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics Director Grayson Artees reviewed ARPA and PREP-funded airport and aerospace projects, including completed or nearing-completion work at Will Rogers, Woodward, Ardmore, Tulsa’s air traffic control tower, and multiple hangar, terminal, taxiway, utility, and UAS infrastructure projects statewide. He also discussed one-time FY25 and FY26 appropriations for airport development, the repurposing of an unneeded Lufthansa project allocation into other aerospace projects, and the department’s aerospace education grants, classroom labs, aircraft-build programs, and internship support. Members asked for lists of participating schools and for a clearer overall accounting of the funding; Artees said the department would provide those materials and estimated roughly $400 million has been invested in aerospace and defense since PREP and ARPA, with about $250 million directed to airport infrastructure. The committee then heard from ODOT Secretary Tim Gatz on the Retro Fund, lake and industrial access roads, ports of entry, and the PACT Fund. Gatz said Retro, created in statute and funded with $200 million in both 2024 and FY25, is helping accelerate rural high-impact road and bridge projects; he reported $249 million awarded so far, supporting about $1.4 billion in construction, with most projects expected to be awarded by September 2027. He also described lake and industrial access projects, including work at the Port of Inola, and updated members on ports of entry, internal way stations, and the replacement of the aging OkiPROS permitting system with ProMiles. On PACT, he said the county road and bridge allocations are being administered, but the Tax Commission’s role in distributing the county road share has created unnecessary bureaucracy; he urged a statutory fix so the money can go directly to counties. Members asked for lists of approved lake/recreational projects and for clarification on the Tax Commission issue; Gatz said ODOT would provide the project list and that he would welcome Tax Commission input on a legislative remedy. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the updates and questions.

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• Thank you for helping us vet the candidates. We appreciate you being here.
• Thank you for helping us vet the<00:12:45.120><c> candidates.
• We</c><00:12:45.920><c> appreciate</c><00:12:46.240><c> you</c><00:12:46.399><c> being</c> the candidates
• We appreciate you being the candidates.

Committee: Senate Confirmations

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• Equality California and here supporting our Board of Advisor member, Jesse Melgar, a really great candidate
• And then we have candidates come and actually interview for the jobs on site with our staff, and we can
• And then we have candidates come and actually interview for the jobs on site with our staff, and we can
• And we find that we get a lot of candidates through these programs, and we have conversion rates of like
• And we find that these, we get a lot of candidates through these programs, and we have conversion rates

Committee: Senate Rules

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• has been separated from employment for one year prior to reemployment must successfully retake the candidate
• has been separated from employment for one year prior to reemployment must successfully retake the candidate
• reemployment must successfully retake reemployment must successfully retake the<00:29:14.799><c> candidate
• physical</c><00:29:15.760><c> ability</c><00:29:16.240><c> test</c><00:29:16.480><c> or</c> the candidate
• physical ability test or the candidate physical ability test or CPAT,<00:29:17.600><c> ensuring</c><

Committee: House State Government

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• But it can mean that, but it also can mean a very candid discussion with parents, and again, research
• says that candid discussion with parents oftentimes makes the difference.
• She's a doctoral program candidate in occupational therapy.
• She's a doctoral program candidate in occupational therapy.
• Approved programs will use these standards to train teacher candidates, and they will be used for teachers

Bills: SB6192 , SB6206 , SB5346 , SB6125 , SB5841 , SB5907 , SB5951

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: education, reading, mathematics, student intervention, instruction, academic standards, child care, first responders, incentives, pilot program, mobile phones, cell phones, smartphones, school phones, classroom distraction, digital citizenship, media literacy, internet safety, cyberbullying, student mental health

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• She's also an educator for over 35 years and a Democratic candidate for Arizona Superintendent of Public
• George runs Resolute Group and Data Orbital and is also a candidate for the House in 2026, LD3.
• I have a dear friend, Jonathan Treble, who is running for Congressional District 1 candidate.
• I have Kyle Clayton, board president for Washington Elementary School District and candidate for Senate
• seat, LD-27, and Isaac Young, public school teacher, prior intern here, and also candidate for Phoenix

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• my video started um to support Lena Alla Lopez, but I do support her as well as um all the other candidates
• my video started um to support Lena Alla Lopez, but I do support her as well as um all the other candidates
• 52.959><c> other</c> support her as well as um all the other support her as well as um all the other candidates
• 54.000><c> have</c><00:03:54.159><c> submitted</c><00:03:54.480><c> for</c><00:03:54.720><c> and</c> candidates
• that I have submitted for and candidates that I have submitted for and will<00:03:55.120><c> stand</

Summary: The committees met on a 3:00 p.m. agenda that included House Concurrent Resolution 94 and several gubernatorial nominations. HCR 94, which asks the governor to proclaim Hawaii a Purple Heart State on August 7, 2025, drew support from the Hawaii Veterans of Foreign Wars and no opposing testimony. The chair recommended passage as is, and the committees adopted the recommendation without objection. The bulk of the meeting focused on nominations to the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, along with one nomination to the Medical Advisory Board. Nominees and supporters emphasized experience, continuity, and service: Dana Alla Lopez, Beverly Lee, and others described prior commission work; Janet Sato and Marcia Deutsch highlighted long involvement in arts education, grants review, and public art; and Randall Francisco stressed arts advocacy and accessibility. Testimony in support also came from commission staff, the Association for Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the County of Kauai Office of Economic Development, the mayor of Kauai, and others. One nominee, Judy Kvel Kovville, had support from the Department of Transportation. Several committee members raised broader questions about sustaining arts funding amid possible federal cuts and changes in state project financing that could reduce revenue under the 1% for art law. The nominees for the arts-related posts said they were open to exploring new funding sources, including private philanthropy, community support, and learning from other states. After discussion, the committee voted to advise and consent on all listed nominations—GM506, GM507, GM508, GM556, GM654, GM740, GM742, and GM743—with no votes or reservations, and the meeting adjourned.

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• So, again, great candidate, great skill set, and we are in strong support of this nominee.
• So, again, great candidate, great skill set, and we are in strong support of this nominee.
• First one is preserving ag lands and water resources. candidate, great skill set, and we are candidate
• </c><00:25:00.120><c> for</c><00:25:00.320><c> this</c> dream up a better candidate for this dream up
• a better candidate for this board<00:25:00.840><c> seat.

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Environment

Summary: The committee heard gubernatorial nominations for the Advisory Committee on Pesticides and the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. For GM 615, Matthew Liam was nominated to the Advisory Committee on Pesticides. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, CGAPS, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau testified in strong support, citing his landscape industry leadership, pesticide training background, and prior service. Members asked about his experience in Australia and his approach to restricted-use pesticides; he said he avoided using restricted-use pesticides in his landscaping business but applied related safety and recordkeeping practices. Testimony was unanimous in support, with no opposition or comments. For GM 616, N. Young was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. Support testimony from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council highlighted his experience with Lanai agriculture, Sensei, the Food Basket, Pacific Gateway Center, Kamehameha Schools, and institutional purchasing. In response to questions, he discussed balancing public and private funding, the need for adequate capitalization of agricultural projects, and using financial tools to help farmers and accelerate agricultural income streams. He also said the board should focus on making agricultural land productive and strengthening food security. The nomination drew strong support, with no opposition or comments. For GM 617, Jason Moniz was nominated to the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen's Council supported him, emphasizing his decades of veterinary and animal disease control experience, ranching background, and knowledge of biosecurity, leases, and livestock issues. Moniz said his priorities would be preserving agricultural land and water resources, improving biosecurity, supporting farmers and ranchers, and increasing food production in Hawaii. He also said he would be willing to speak up for agriculture and not let the department be sidelined. The nomination received 29 written and oral supports, with no opposition or comments.

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• The corrected journal be filed in the office of the secretary.
• That report will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• That report will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• That report will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• That report will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.

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• </c> businesses filing fraud protection. businesses filing fraud protection.
• Niska, you have House File 20. I know Niska, you have House File 20.
• </c> House File 20 or A10? House File 20 or A10?
• Let's see lawsuit filings, various filings that are all public.
• Senate file number 3045 as reading. Senate file number 3045 as amended.

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• They must pass the candidate physical agility test.
• They must pass the candidate physical agility test.
• They must pass the candidate physical agility test.
• Massachusetts and Vermont have filed legislation, and Maine has already passed the compact.
• Hand-skills examination of candidates for licensure has existed for decades.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration