1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,369 >> THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 00:00:02,369 --> 00:00:03,603 WERE IN SESSION 3 00:00:03,603 --> 00:00:05,271 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 4 00:00:05,271 --> 00:00:06,373 WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THEY ARE 5 00:00:06,373 --> 00:00:06,940 CONSIDERING INCLUDING BILLS 6 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:07,507 ABOUT EDUCATION, STAND YOUR 7 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:08,641 GROUND AND MORE, ACTION IN THE 8 00:00:08,641 --> 00:00:11,745 SENATE AS WELL AND AN 9 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:12,312 ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE SENATE 10 00:00:12,312 --> 00:00:15,248 PRESIDENT ABOUT A COMPROMISE 11 00:00:15,248 --> 00:00:16,750 WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE 12 00:00:16,750 --> 00:00:18,051 PROPOSAL. 13 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:20,620 "CAPITOL UPDATE" STARTS NOW. 14 00:00:20,620 --> 00:00:24,624 ♪ 15 00:00:24,624 --> 00:00:34,701 ♪ 16 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:35,368 >> WELCOME TO "CAPITOL UPDATE" 17 00:00:35,368 --> 00:00:36,236 YOUR REVIEW OF STATE GOVERNMENT 18 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:36,736 FOR TUESDAY APRIL 4. 19 00:00:36,736 --> 00:00:39,839 I'M THERESA MARSENBURG. 20 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:41,474 A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 21 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:42,075 PREGNANCY SUPPORT SERVICES TO 22 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:46,946 THOUSANDS OF WOMEN COULD SOON BE 23 00:00:46,946 --> 00:00:47,547 PERMANENTLY WRITTEN INTO STATE 24 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:47,714 LAW. 25 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:49,082 THE MEASURE HAS CRITICS. 26 00:00:49,082 --> 00:00:49,682 REBECCA BAER JOINS US OUTSIDE 27 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:51,818 THE HOUSE CHAMBER WITH MORE ON 28 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:52,419 QUESTIONS LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN 29 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:57,824 ASKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 30 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,125 >> THE PROGRAM HAS EXISTED AND 31 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:00,393 HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE STATE FOR 32 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:00,660 10 YEARS. 33 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:02,629 SUPPORTERS SAY IT'S TIME TO MAKE 34 00:01:02,629 --> 00:01:05,598 IT A PERMANENT PART OF STATUTE 35 00:01:05,598 --> 00:01:06,699 INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REAUTHORIZE 36 00:01:06,699 --> 00:01:07,267 IT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS 37 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:10,837 EVERY YEAR. 38 00:01:10,837 --> 00:01:12,806 THE PREGNANCY SUPPORT SERVICES 39 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:13,440 PROGRAM PROVIDED HELP TO 24,000 40 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,041 WOMEN IN THE LAST YEAR. 41 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:19,045 THE CENTERS FROM THE NETWORK 42 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:19,579 OFFER SERVICES THAT SOLELY 43 00:01:19,579 --> 00:01:21,314 PROMOTE CHILDBIRTH. 44 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:22,415 THOSE INCLUDE PREGNANCY TESTS, 45 00:01:22,415 --> 00:01:25,385 COUNSELING AND MOST RECENTLY 46 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:25,885 WELLNESS SERVICES EITHER 47 00:01:25,885 --> 00:01:29,656 PROVIDED AT THE FACILITY OR 48 00:01:29,656 --> 00:01:30,056 THROUGH REFERRALS. 49 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:33,159 EACH YEAR THE PROGRAM IS 50 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:33,693 AUTHORIZED THROUGH PROVISO 51 00:01:33,693 --> 00:01:36,863 LANGUAGE IN THE STATE BUDGET BUT 52 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:37,730 NOW I BILL WOULD MAKE IT A 53 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:38,298 PERMANENT PART OF STATE LAW. 54 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:40,667 THE MEASURE WAS ADDED TUESDAY ON 55 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,335 THE HOUSE FLOOR. 56 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:42,902 >> THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN 57 00:01:42,902 --> 00:01:46,272 PROVIDING WOMEN SERVICES FOR 58 00:01:46,272 --> 00:01:46,606 OVER 10 YEARS. 59 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:48,875 IT'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND I 60 00:01:48,875 --> 00:01:49,476 THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO 61 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:53,847 GET WOMEN TO THE SERVICES THAT 62 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,048 THEY NEED ESPECIALLY WHEN IT 63 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:56,583 COMES TO BEING PREGNANT. 64 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:57,217 >> THE BILL REQUIRES SERVICES 65 00:01:57,217 --> 00:01:59,319 WHERE INFORMATION CAN BE 66 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:03,022 DELIVERED IN A NONCOERCIVE WAY 67 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:03,690 WITHOUT RELIGIOUS CONTENT BUT 68 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:04,290 SOME QUESTIONED HOW PROVIDERS 69 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:15,401 HANDLE CLIENTS SEEKING ABORTION. 70 00:02:15,401 --> 00:02:16,035 >> REPRESENTATIVE TOLEDO. 71 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:16,603 >> THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. 72 00:02:16,603 --> 00:02:17,170 WE WOULD TELL THE WOMAN THAT 73 00:02:17,170 --> 00:02:18,905 CAME IN WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES 74 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:22,375 THAT WE OFFER BUT WE WOULD NOT 75 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:23,076 REFER HER OUT TO AN ABORTION 76 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:25,778 CLINIC. 77 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:26,412 >> OTHERS WERE CONCERNED OVER 78 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:28,515 THE NETWORK'S WELLNESS PROGRAM 79 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:29,148 AT A PILOT PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN 80 00:02:29,148 --> 00:02:30,149 FEBRUARY. 81 00:02:30,149 --> 00:02:33,219 REPRESENTATIVE LORI BERMAN SAID 82 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:33,820 MANY OF THE CLINICS DON'T HAVE 83 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:36,823 DOCTORS ON SITE. 84 00:02:36,823 --> 00:02:37,423 SHE PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT THAT 85 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:38,558 WOULD HAVE REMOVED THE WELLNESS 86 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:41,060 PORTION OF THE BILL. 87 00:02:41,060 --> 00:02:41,661 >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE 88 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:42,829 SHOULD BE FUNDING THESE WELLNESS 89 00:02:42,829 --> 00:02:47,867 SERVICES WHILE WE DON'T KNOW WHO 90 00:02:47,867 --> 00:02:48,601 WAS GOING TO BE MAKING THE 91 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,303 REFERRAL AND HOW IT'S GOING TO 92 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:53,139 BE PAID FOR. 93 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:53,873 I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYBODY 94 00:02:53,873 --> 00:02:55,775 SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT SO THAT 95 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:58,811 WE DO NOT HAVE TO PUT THE STATE 96 00:02:58,811 --> 00:03:01,114 IN A POSITION OF SUPPORTING AN 97 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:02,782 UNTESTED PILOT PROGRAM. 98 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:03,850 >> THE AMENDMENT FAILED. 99 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:04,484 MEANWHILE MINORITY LEADER JANET 100 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:06,452 CRUZ POINTED OUT THAT THE STATE 101 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:08,454 ALREADY SPENT MILLIONS OF 102 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:11,524 DOLLARS TO SUPPORT SIMILAR AND 103 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:13,159 IN SOME WAYS MORE EXTENSIVE 104 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:13,660 SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH 105 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:15,028 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HEALTHY 106 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,763 START. 107 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:20,133 >> IN MY OPINION IT COULD BE A 108 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:20,833 DUPLICATE OF WASTE OF TAXPAYER 109 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:23,136 DOLLARS AND I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE 110 00:03:23,136 --> 00:03:28,775 IMPOSING UPON THE TAXPAYER AN 111 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:29,342 UNNECESSARY MIDDLEMAN AND I 112 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:33,580 WONDERED IF YOU AGREED. 113 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:37,417 >> REPRESENTATIVE TOLEDO. 114 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:38,751 >> THANK YOU LEADER AND I 115 00:03:38,751 --> 00:03:39,218 RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. 116 00:03:39,218 --> 00:03:41,454 THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RESOURCE 117 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:42,555 FOR WOMEN. 118 00:03:42,555 --> 00:03:43,222 >> SOME MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO 119 00:03:43,222 --> 00:03:46,492 VOTE ON THE BILL WEDNESDAY. 120 00:03:46,492 --> 00:03:48,261 A SENATE COMPANION PASSED ITS 121 00:03:48,261 --> 00:03:48,861 FIRST COMMITTEE STOPPED THREE 122 00:03:48,861 --> 00:03:49,395 WEEKS AGO AND HAS TWO MORE 123 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:51,864 STOPS. 124 00:03:51,864 --> 00:03:52,332 >> THANKS REBECCA. 125 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:52,899 NOW WE WILL TAKE A LIVE LOOK 126 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:55,468 INTO THE HOUSE. 127 00:03:55,468 --> 00:03:57,971 AT THIS HOUR LAWMAKERS ARE 128 00:03:57,971 --> 00:03:58,504 WORKING ON OVERHAULING THE 129 00:03:58,504 --> 00:03:59,072 STATE'S CONTROVERSIAL "STAND 130 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:02,442 YOUR GROUND" LAW. 131 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:04,077 HOURS AFTER HOUSE DEMOCRATS 132 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:04,944 AGREED TO UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSE THE 133 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:05,378 PROPOSED CHANGE. 134 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:07,146 THE MEASURE WHICH SHOULD GET A 135 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:08,781 FINAL VOTE WILL WEDNESDAY WOULD 136 00:04:08,781 --> 00:04:11,784 PUT THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON 137 00:04:11,784 --> 00:04:15,254 PROSECUTORS NOT DEFENDANTS IN A 138 00:04:15,254 --> 00:04:15,688 SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM. 139 00:04:15,688 --> 00:04:18,191 >> WE HAVE SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE 140 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:24,998 INDIVIDUALS HAVE SHOT AND KILLED 141 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:25,598 AND USED STAND YOUR GROUND TO 142 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:27,834 GET OFF AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S 143 00:04:27,834 --> 00:04:29,035 A GOOD MEASURE AND I DON'T THINK 144 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:29,569 THE LEGISLATION SHOULD BE 145 00:04:29,569 --> 00:04:34,707 SUPPORTING SUCH BAD LEGISLATION. 146 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:36,342 >> THE MEASURE WOULD REVERSE A 147 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:38,211 2015 FLORIDA SUPREME COURT 148 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:39,245 RULING THAT SAID DEFENDANTS HAVE 149 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:39,879 TO PROVE THAT THEY USE STAND 150 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:41,814 YOUR GROUND AND SHOULDN'T BE 151 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:43,449 CHARGED WITH A CRIME IF THEY 152 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:43,783 SHOT SOMEONE. 153 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:44,751 INSTEAD UNDER THE BILL 154 00:04:44,751 --> 00:04:45,518 PROSECUTORS WOULD HAVE TO SHOW 155 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:48,488 WHY SOMEONE ISN'T ALREADY 156 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:49,389 PROTECTED BY THE LAW. 157 00:04:49,389 --> 00:04:53,226 >> IT'S ABOUT INTIMIDATION. 158 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:53,860 IT'S ABOUT ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON 159 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:57,063 IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TELL 160 00:04:57,063 --> 00:04:58,231 PERHAPS A GANG MEMBER THAT IT'S 161 00:04:58,231 --> 00:05:02,068 OKAY TO GO KILL ANOTHER MEMBER 162 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:02,669 AND STAND UP AGAINST SOMETHING 163 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,038 LIKE STAND YOUR GROUND. 164 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:07,106 THIS GOES MUCH DEEPER THAN JUST 165 00:05:07,106 --> 00:05:07,540 PROTECTING YOURSELF. 166 00:05:07,540 --> 00:05:10,943 >> DESPITE THE DEMOCRATS 167 00:05:10,943 --> 00:05:11,577 POSITION THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY 168 00:05:11,577 --> 00:05:12,779 IN THE HOUSE HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY 169 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:13,780 SUPPORTED THE MEASURE. 170 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:17,183 THE SENATE HAS ALREADY APPROVED 171 00:05:17,183 --> 00:05:17,684 A SIMILAR MEASURE. 172 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:21,320 THE HOUSE IS POISED TO APPROVE 173 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:21,888 LEGISLATION SETTING MINIMUM 174 00:05:21,888 --> 00:05:22,622 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND 175 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:26,125 BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR 176 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:27,126 RIDESHARING COMPANIES. 177 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:27,727 >> THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A 178 00:05:27,727 --> 00:05:29,729 FRAMEWORK THAT PROTECTS RIDERS 179 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:33,232 DRIVERS AND ANYONE WHO CHOOSES 180 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:35,535 TO ENTER INTO THE ECONOMY. 181 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:36,102 LAWMAKERS HAVE STRUGGLED TO 182 00:05:36,102 --> 00:05:36,703 DEVELOP SOME KIND OF STATEWIDE 183 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:39,238 REGULATION FOR UBER AND LYFT 184 00:05:39,238 --> 00:05:42,642 WHICH WORK ACROSS CITY AND 185 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:43,309 COUNTY LINES. 186 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:43,876 THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES 187 00:05:43,876 --> 00:05:44,444 OPPOSES THE MEASURE BUT THE 188 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:48,614 HOUSE APPROVED OF IT WEDNESDAY. 189 00:05:48,614 --> 00:05:49,348 THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE 190 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:54,821 COVERAGE, $100,000 PER DEATH PER 191 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:55,455 INCIDENT AND 25,000 FOR PROPERTY 192 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:56,689 DAMAGE. 193 00:05:56,689 --> 00:05:57,457 THAT'S BEFORE THEY CLICK ON 194 00:05:57,457 --> 00:06:01,160 ACCEPT THE RIDE. 195 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,462 AS SOON AS THEY ACCEPT A RIDER 196 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:02,895 IT GOES TO 1MILLION. 197 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:04,664 38 STATES HAVE APPROVED LAWS 198 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:08,935 WITHIN FLORIDA COMPANIES OPERATE 199 00:06:08,935 --> 00:06:10,169 ONLY UNDER LOCAL REGULATIONS 200 00:06:10,169 --> 00:06:10,770 ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THE TAMPA 201 00:06:10,770 --> 00:06:14,507 AREA IN GAINESVILLE AND 202 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:14,807 TALLAHASSEE. 203 00:06:14,807 --> 00:06:15,408 A SIMILAR MEASURE CLEARED THE 204 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:17,243 HOUSE LAST YEAR BUT FAILED IN 205 00:06:17,243 --> 00:06:19,645 THE SENATE. 206 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:20,847 BOTH SIDES ARE IN AGREEMENT. 207 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,682 HOUSE MEMBERS ARE ALSO ASKED 208 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:25,218 QUESTIONS ABOUT EDUCATION BILLS 209 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:25,985 PRESENTED TO THE FULL BODY 210 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:26,619 TUESDAY AFTERNOON INCLUDING A 211 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:29,922 BILL IN AN EFFORT TO CLARIFY THE 212 00:06:29,922 --> 00:06:32,859 LEGISLATURE'S INTENT IN 2011 213 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:33,993 WHEN THEY PASSED A LAW GETTING 214 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:34,494 RID OF WHAT WAS COMMONLY 215 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:36,796 REFERRED TO AS TEACHER TENURE. 216 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:40,500 THE GOAL WAS TO NO LONGER ALLOW 217 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,000 CONTRACTS WITH TEACHERS 218 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,935 ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE 219 00:06:42,935 --> 00:06:44,570 PERFORMING WELL. 220 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:45,138 >> TO CLARIFY THE ANNUAL 221 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:45,772 CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL 222 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:48,274 BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. 223 00:06:48,274 --> 00:06:49,075 THE BILL DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH 224 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:49,542 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 225 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,811 AGREEMENTS. 226 00:06:51,811 --> 00:06:52,445 IT CLARIFIES THE TERMS OF ANNUAL 227 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:55,848 CONTRACTS UPON BECOMING LAW. 228 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:57,717 >> DESPITE THE LAW SOME TEACHERS 229 00:06:57,717 --> 00:07:00,353 UNIONS HAVE NEGOTIATED CONTACTS 230 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:04,290 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO GUARANTEE 231 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:06,259 ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ONE-YEAR 232 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:06,692 CONTRACTS. 233 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:07,326 >> WHY ARE WE TRYING TO TAKE 234 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:08,661 AWAY THE RIGHTS OF LOCAL SCHOOL 235 00:07:08,661 --> 00:07:11,831 BOARDS TO MAKE THIS 236 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:14,233 DETERMINATION FOR THEMSELVES AS 237 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:14,867 TO WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO THIS 238 00:07:14,867 --> 00:07:17,403 WAY OR NOT? 239 00:07:17,403 --> 00:07:17,970 SHOULDN'T WE LET THIS BE AN 240 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:21,440 ISSUE OF LOCAL 241 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,843 SELF-DETERMINATION WHERE SCHOOL 242 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:24,410 BOARDS CAN MAKE UP THEIR OWN 243 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:27,980 MINDS? 244 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:28,848 >> I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE BILL 245 00:07:28,848 --> 00:07:30,416 THAT WAS PASSED IN 2011. 246 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:31,184 THAT DECISION WAS MADE BACK 247 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:33,886 THEN. 248 00:07:33,886 --> 00:07:34,420 I'M NOT HERE TO DEBATE THE 249 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:36,189 MERITS OF THAT BILL. 250 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:36,722 I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS 251 00:07:36,722 --> 00:07:38,491 LANGUAGE IN THIS BILL JUST 252 00:07:38,491 --> 00:07:43,629 CLARIFIES THAT SO SCHOOL BOARDS 253 00:07:43,629 --> 00:07:44,163 AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 254 00:07:44,163 --> 00:07:47,366 AGREEMENTS CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A 255 00:07:47,366 --> 00:07:48,301 CLEAR CONCISE WAY AND WE DON'T 256 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:48,868 GET INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL 257 00:07:48,868 --> 00:07:52,438 MASTERS OR IMPASSE AND THAT'S 258 00:07:52,438 --> 00:07:54,307 ALL THIS BILL DOES. 259 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:55,608 >> HOUSE BILL373 IS NOW READY 260 00:07:55,608 --> 00:07:56,909 FOR A VOTE ALONG WITH ANOTHER 261 00:07:56,909 --> 00:07:57,510 BILL THAT WOULD RELAX SOME OF 262 00:07:57,510 --> 00:08:00,413 THE CLASS-SIZE REDUCTION 263 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:01,614 MANDATES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A 264 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:02,248 POST-SECONDARY BILL THAT ALLOWS 265 00:08:02,248 --> 00:08:05,318 COLLEGES TO WAIVE CERTAIN FEES 266 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:06,652 FOR STUDENTS IN THE MILITARY. 267 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:07,220 THE FLORIDA HOUSE HAD NEARLY 268 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:07,820 FOUR DOZEN BILLS ON ITS AGENDA 269 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:10,556 INCLUDING A MEASURE THAT WOULD 270 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:13,626 ALLOW SUPERMARKETS TO SELL HARD 271 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:14,927 LIQUOR NEXT TO BEER AND WINE. 272 00:08:14,927 --> 00:08:18,998 ALCOHOL WALL BILL AS IT'S CALLED 273 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:19,599 WAS POSTPONED AT THE HOUSE TO 274 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:20,066 GET MEASURES AIMED AT 275 00:08:20,066 --> 00:08:23,269 PROHIBITING DETERMINATION BASED 276 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:24,370 ON RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN 277 00:08:24,370 --> 00:08:25,671 SCHOOLS THROUGH SOME QUESTIONED 278 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:26,305 IF HOUSE BILL303 ON SENATE 279 00:08:26,305 --> 00:08:29,375 BILL436 WOULD BLUR THE 280 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:29,976 CONSTITUTIONAL WALL SEPARATING 281 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:31,878 CHURCH AND STATE. 282 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:33,880 >> ARE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED THAT 283 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,482 WITH THIS BILL WHAT WE ARE 284 00:08:36,482 --> 00:08:39,452 ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THAT 285 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:40,052 RELIGIOUS GROUPS WILL BE GIVEN 286 00:08:40,052 --> 00:08:41,520 ACCESS TO TAXPAYER-FUNDED TO SO 287 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,791 THESE IN A WAY THAT VIOLATES THE 288 00:08:45,791 --> 00:08:46,359 ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE 289 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:48,294 CONSTITUTION? 290 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:52,598 >> REPRESENTATIVE DANIELS. 291 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:53,299 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK 292 00:08:53,299 --> 00:08:55,234 YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 293 00:08:55,234 --> 00:08:56,969 AS I READ THE FIRST AMENDMENT 294 00:08:56,969 --> 00:08:58,704 ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE THE FREE 295 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,239 EXERCISE CLAUSE AND THE NO 296 00:09:00,239 --> 00:09:04,076 RELIGION TEST CLAUSE ALL LINE UP 297 00:09:04,076 --> 00:09:08,447 WITH MY BILL. 298 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:09,115 >> STILL LEFT ON THE AGENDA OF 299 00:09:09,115 --> 00:09:09,682 THE HOUSE AND SENATE GAMING 300 00:09:09,682 --> 00:09:13,252 PROPOSAL. 301 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:14,220 BOTH WOULD RATIFY A NEW GAMING 302 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,756 CONTRACT WITH THE SEMINOLE TRIBE 303 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:17,390 AND SHARE A PORTION OF GAMBLING 304 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:17,657 REVENUES. 305 00:09:17,657 --> 00:09:21,260 THE MEASURES DIFFER IN EXPANDING 306 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:21,994 SLOT MACHINES, SEVERAL 307 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:25,631 PARI-MUTUELS REQUIRING LIVE 308 00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:30,002 RACES. 309 00:09:30,002 --> 00:09:30,636 PERMIT HOLDERS WHO ACCIDENTALLY 310 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:34,373 SHOW THEIR WEAPON COULD BE 311 00:09:34,373 --> 00:09:35,574 CRIMINALLY CHARGED. 312 00:09:35,574 --> 00:09:36,042 CURRENT LAW ALLOWS LAW 313 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:36,642 ENFORCEMENT TO CHARGE SOMEONE 314 00:09:36,642 --> 00:09:39,712 WITH A MISDEMEANOR FOR THE FIRST 315 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:40,713 OFFENSE. 316 00:09:40,713 --> 00:09:41,280 SENATE PRESIDENT JOE NEGRON 317 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:41,881 ANNOUNCED A COMPROMISE IN HIS 318 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:44,984 PLAN TO ADDRESS POLLUTED 319 00:09:44,984 --> 00:09:45,618 DISCHARGES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. 320 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:48,120 SENATE BILL10 HAS BEEN WORKING 321 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,554 THROUGH COMMITTEES. 322 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:51,557 A BILL THAT HAS SPENT MORE THAN 323 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:53,426 $2BILLION TO CREATE STORIES TO 324 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,627 THE LAKE WHERE WATER CAN BE 325 00:09:54,627 --> 00:09:54,894 DIVERTED. 326 00:09:54,894 --> 00:09:55,428 TODAY PRESIDENT JOE NEGRON 327 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,463 ANNOUNCED AN AMENDMENT WILL BE 328 00:09:57,463 --> 00:10:00,866 PROPOSED THAT WOULD ADDRESS MANY 329 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,268 OF THE OBJECTIONS INCLUDING A 330 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:02,501 COST. 331 00:10:02,501 --> 00:10:03,336 THE BUDGET WILL BE $1BILLION 332 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:05,237 LESS THAN ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF 333 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:08,174 THE STATE WOULD USE LESS THAN 60 334 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:10,810 ACRES OF LAND. 335 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,980 >> THE RESERVOIR IN ADDITION TO 336 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:15,448 STORAGE WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 337 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:19,018 100 TO 120BILLIONGALLONS AND 338 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:21,854 AS YOU REMEMBER IN AUGUST WHEN I 339 00:10:21,854 --> 00:10:22,421 TALKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR 340 00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:25,558 PART OF THE PROGRAM I SET A GOAL 341 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:28,728 OF 120MILLIONGALLONS OF 342 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,062 SOUTHERN STORAGE SO THIS PUTS US 343 00:10:30,062 --> 00:10:31,030 IN THE RANGE OF 100 TO 344 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:32,131 120BILLIONGALLONS. 345 00:10:32,131 --> 00:10:34,633 THE FOOTPRINT IN THE EAA WILL BE 346 00:10:34,633 --> 00:10:36,268 REDUCED BY DEEPENING THE 347 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:39,672 RESERVOIR. 348 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:40,272 THE AMENDMENT CONTEMPLATES THE 349 00:10:40,272 --> 00:10:43,943 RESERVOIR BEING 14FEET DEEP. 350 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:44,543 >> PEOPLE WHO WORK IN 351 00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:46,345 AGRICULTURE SOUTH OF THE LAKE 352 00:10:46,345 --> 00:10:46,979 ARE PROTESTED ALL ALONG THAT THE 353 00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:50,750 PLAN WOULD PUT SO MUCH IN THE 354 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:51,517 PRODUCTION THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR 355 00:10:51,517 --> 00:10:51,751 JOBS. 356 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:56,322 THE AMENDMENT OFFERED NO 357 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:56,555 OPTIONS. 358 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:57,189 SELECT THEIR STRONG DEVELOPMENT 359 00:10:57,189 --> 00:10:58,290 COMPONENTS THAT WILL ASSIST THE 360 00:10:58,290 --> 00:11:01,127 GLADES COMMUNITY INCLUDING 361 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:04,096 ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF THE 362 00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:05,831 CLEWISTON AIRPORT AND ALSO 363 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:08,034 LOOKING AT THE INLET PORT IN 364 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:10,970 ADDITION TO TRAINING PROGRAMS 365 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:13,172 FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 366 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:15,474 OF THE STORAGE CAPACITY SOUTH OF 367 00:11:15,474 --> 00:11:17,877 THE LAKE. 368 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:18,511 MORE DETAILS WILL BE DISCUSSED 369 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:19,078 IN THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS 370 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:21,047 COMMITTEE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 371 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:22,348 COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE BORROWING 372 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:25,851 MONEY FOR STUDENT LOANS WOULD 373 00:11:25,851 --> 00:11:27,153 GET A REMINDER EVERY YEAR IN THE 374 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:28,220 MAIL TO REMIND THEM OF THOSE 375 00:11:28,220 --> 00:11:28,421 LOANS. 376 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:30,990 SENATE BILL396 WOULD HAVE 377 00:11:30,990 --> 00:11:31,590 COLLEGES SEND OUT INFORMATION 378 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:34,060 ANNUALLY SHOWING THEM THEIR 379 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:36,896 ESTIMATED TOTAL STUDENT LOANS 380 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:38,497 ARE THE TOTAL PAYOFF PRICE FOR 381 00:11:38,497 --> 00:11:38,998 THEIR EDUCATION AND THE 382 00:11:38,998 --> 00:11:41,267 ESTIMATED MONTHLY PAYMENT AND 383 00:11:41,267 --> 00:11:42,668 HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE HIM TO PAY 384 00:11:42,668 --> 00:11:43,569 IT OFF. 385 00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:44,770 SENATOR AARON BEAN SAYS THEY 386 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:45,371 WANT STUDENTS IN THE STATE TO 387 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:47,073 HAVE THIS INFORMATION SO THEY 388 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:49,608 CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS. 389 00:11:49,608 --> 00:11:50,709 HE SAID PARENT PLUS LOANS WOULD 390 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:51,310 BE INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION 391 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:53,546 TO STUDENTS. 392 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:56,515 >> MEMBERS AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW 393 00:11:56,515 --> 00:12:00,653 STUDENT LOAN DEBT IS EXPLODING, 394 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,389 $2600 EVERY SECOND SO WE WANT TO 395 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:04,023 GET SOME INFORMATION TO OUR 396 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:06,659 COLLEGE STUDENTS SO THEY CAN 397 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:07,993 MAKE A GOOD DECISIONS WHETHER OR 398 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:09,862 NOT TO BORROW MONEY OR NOT TO 399 00:12:09,862 --> 00:12:11,263 BORROW MONEY. 400 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:11,897 >> SENATOR BILL MONTFORD SAID 401 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:12,598 STUDENTS YET HEARD FROM ARE 402 00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:15,101 CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING HELP TO 403 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,735 PAY FOR STUDENT LOANS. 404 00:12:16,735 --> 00:12:17,937 PROVISIONS TO PUT INFORMATION ON 405 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:18,571 HELPING STUDENTS PAY BACK LOANS 406 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,973 WILL NOT BE IN THE BILL. 407 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:21,574 SOME QUESTIONED THE INTENT OF 408 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:25,811 THE BILL. 409 00:12:25,811 --> 00:12:30,182 >> IS THE INTENT FOR STUDENTS TO 410 00:12:30,182 --> 00:12:32,351 CONTINUE THEIR SCHOOLING AND 411 00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:34,220 MAKE IT MORE FISCALLY 412 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,922 RESPONSIBLE OR IS THE INTENT FOR 413 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:39,892 STUDENTS TO SEE THAT THEY ARE 414 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:40,626 SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY AND DROP 415 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:42,094 OUT? 416 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:42,728 AFTER HEARING TODAY'S QUESTIONS 417 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:45,364 AND ANSWERS THE BILL IS READY 418 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:46,265 FOR A FINAL VOTE IN THE SENATE. 419 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:48,434 LAWMAKERS DECIDED TO RIGHT THE 420 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:48,934 WRONGS OF THE PAST. 421 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:52,972 I APOLOGIZE FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD 422 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:55,374 ABUSE AT THE DOZIER SCHOOL FOR 423 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:55,908 BOYS. 424 00:12:55,908 --> 00:12:56,542 "CAPITOL UPDATE'S" MIKE LICQUIA 425 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:57,176 TALKED WITH FORMER STUDENTS AND 426 00:12:57,176 --> 00:13:00,379 JOINS US. 427 00:13:00,379 --> 00:13:01,814 UP UNTIL THE 1960S MANY 428 00:13:01,814 --> 00:13:02,381 STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL WERE 429 00:13:02,381 --> 00:13:06,418 BEATEN BY STAFF. 430 00:13:06,418 --> 00:13:07,052 >> TODAY ONE SENATE COMMITTEE 431 00:13:07,052 --> 00:13:08,587 ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAIN OF MANY OF 432 00:13:08,587 --> 00:13:12,424 THOSE STUDENTS. 433 00:13:12,424 --> 00:13:13,058 FROM ACROSS THE STATE THEY CAME 434 00:13:13,058 --> 00:13:15,694 TO THE CAPITOL. 435 00:13:15,694 --> 00:13:16,395 THE SURVIVORS OF ABUSE AT THE 436 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:18,864 DOZIER SCHOOL FOR BOYS. 437 00:13:18,864 --> 00:13:20,833 >> I WAS ABUSED. 438 00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:27,606 I WAS BEATEN. 439 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:31,443 YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME. 440 00:13:31,443 --> 00:13:33,746 THE MEMORIES ARE STILL THERE. 441 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:36,348 THEY NEVER GO AWAY BECAUSE WE 442 00:13:36,348 --> 00:13:38,651 WERE ALL CHILDREN. 443 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,386 WE WERE BABIES. 444 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:46,659 >> I WAS BEATEN FOR EATING 445 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:47,193 BLACKBERRIES OFF A FENCE. 446 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:49,795 I WAS BEATEN BECAUSE I COULDN'T 447 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:50,462 PRONOUNCE THE SCHOOLTEACHER'S 448 00:13:50,462 --> 00:13:55,067 NAME TO HIS SATISFACTION. 449 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:55,601 I WAS BEATEN BECAUSE I WAS 450 00:13:55,601 --> 00:13:59,972 TERRIFIED AND WANTED TO RUN AWAY 451 00:13:59,972 --> 00:14:00,539 AND TOLD ANOTHER CHILD THAT 452 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:00,739 STORY. 453 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:02,274 I GOT BEATEN BECAUSE ANOTHER 454 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:04,677 CHILD AND I DID TALK ABOUT 455 00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:08,180 RUNNING AWAY. 456 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:08,814 SEXUAL ABUSE AT THAT SCHOOL WAS 457 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:10,482 RAMPANT. 458 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:14,186 I PERSONALLY WAS MOLESTED BY A 459 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,921 MEDICAL DOCTOR. 460 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:17,122 >> RICHARD HUNTLEY SAID HIS 461 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:22,828 SPIRIT DIED IN MARIANNA IN 1959. 462 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:25,764 >> AND WHEN I SAW THAT CHURCH 463 00:14:25,764 --> 00:14:26,765 STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 464 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:28,400 ROAD ALL THE MEMORIES CAME BACK. 465 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,903 I WAS TREATED SO BAD AND THE 466 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:33,305 BEATINGS WERE SO SEVERE THAT 467 00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:36,275 WHEN I GOT BEATEN I JUST WENT 468 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:40,646 OUT OF MY BODY AND MY BODY TOOK 469 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:43,582 THE PAIN BUT WHEN I WENT BACK TO 470 00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:44,216 A CONFERENCE THERE AND LOOKED AT 471 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:47,219 THAT CHURCH I HAD SEEN MY OWN 472 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:49,722 FUNERAL ALL OVER AGAIN. 473 00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:52,258 >> SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 474 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:54,760 PASSED DARRYL ROUSON'S SENATE 475 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,028 RESOLUTION1440 ACKNOWLEDGING 476 00:14:56,028 --> 00:15:00,432 THE ABUSES OF THE PAST AT THE 477 00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:03,569 DOZIER AND APOLOGIZING FOR THEM. 478 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:04,169 >> AS I WAS SITTING HERE I 479 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:07,172 COULDN'T HELP BUT THINK WHAT IF 480 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:09,575 THIS HAD BEEN MY CHILD? 481 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:13,412 I WAS BORN IN 1956. 482 00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:14,380 I WAS LIVING AT THE TIME THIS 483 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:15,281 WAS GOING ON AND IT'S HARD FOR 484 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:20,185 ME TO EVEN IMAGINE THAT WE 485 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:21,186 ACTUALLY TREATED OTHER HUMAN 486 00:15:21,186 --> 00:15:22,488 BEINGS THIS WAY. 487 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,188 >> I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT 488 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:24,657 THE STATE OF FLORIDA MANY YEARS 489 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:26,859 LATER ACKNOWLEDGE WHILE THESE 490 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:30,229 YOUNGSTERS WERE IN THE CARE OF 491 00:15:30,229 --> 00:15:30,996 THE STATE, THE STATE DID NOT 492 00:15:30,996 --> 00:15:32,431 CARE FOR THEM. 493 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:32,998 >> FORMER STUDENTS GOT A 494 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:33,766 PERSONAL APOLOGY ON BEHALF OF 495 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:38,337 THE STATE FROM HOUSE SPEAKER 496 00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:38,804 RICHARD CORCORAN. 497 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:40,639 >> IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG WITH THE 498 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:41,507 LEGISLATURE WITH ALL THE 499 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:42,074 EVIDENCE BEFORE US TO COME 500 00:15:42,074 --> 00:15:45,010 FORWARD AND APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT 501 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:46,111 HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BLACKEST 502 00:15:46,111 --> 00:15:47,146 MOMENTS IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY. 503 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:49,481 SOME OF THE CHILDREN DIED AND 504 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,383 WERE BURIED AT THE SCHOOL IN 505 00:15:51,383 --> 00:15:52,251 SOMEWHERE IN SUSPICIOUS 506 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:53,152 CIRCUMSTANCES WHILE MANY 507 00:15:53,152 --> 00:15:54,887 SUCCUMBED TO DISEASE IN THE 508 00:15:54,887 --> 00:15:55,921 EARLY 1900S PARTICULARLY YOUNG 509 00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:58,824 AFRICAN-AMERICANS. 510 00:15:58,824 --> 00:15:59,425 >> THOSE WHO DIED OF A FLU 511 00:15:59,425 --> 00:16:00,726 EPIDEMIC DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE 512 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:06,565 ABANDONED AND FOUND DAYS LATER 513 00:16:06,565 --> 00:16:07,266 WITHOUT FOOD OR MEDICINE WHEN 514 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,835 EMPLOYEES FLED FOR THEIR SAFETY 515 00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:14,340 WENT FROM A TRAGIC EVENT TO A -- 516 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:15,007 >> THURSDAY THE HOUSE JUDICIARY 517 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:15,641 COMMITTEE WILL HEAR A DIFFERENT 518 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,309 DOZIER BILL. 519 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:17,743 THAT WILL FOLLOW THE 520 00:16:17,743 --> 00:16:20,579 RECOMMENDATIONS OF A STATE TASK 521 00:16:20,579 --> 00:16:22,548 FORCE ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE 522 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:23,148 UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF DOZENS 523 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:24,083 OF STUDENTS WHO WERE ONCE BURIED 524 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:24,850 IN THE SCHOOL CEMETERY. 525 00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:29,421 THOSE WHO DIED IN A FIRE IN 1914 526 00:16:29,421 --> 00:16:30,956 WOULD GO BACK TO THE CEMETERY 527 00:16:30,956 --> 00:16:31,724 THERE WHILE THE REST WOULD BE 528 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:33,492 INTERRED IN TALLAHASSEE. 529 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:36,762 UNDER THE HOUSE COMMITTEE BILL A 530 00:16:36,762 --> 00:16:37,396 MEMORIAL WOULD GO IN THE CAPITOL 531 00:16:37,396 --> 00:16:39,932 AND IN MARIANNA AND A BUILDING 532 00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:40,466 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH 533 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:41,133 FLORIDA WOULD BE RENAMED FOR 534 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:45,938 THOMAS A BOY WHO DIED AT DOZIER 535 00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:46,605 IN 1934. 536 00:16:46,605 --> 00:16:49,875 >> A DAY AFTER RICK SCOTT TOOK 537 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:50,442 21 FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CASES 538 00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:54,413 AWAY FROM STATE ATTORNEY ARAMIS 539 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:55,481 AYALA SOME SAID THE GOVERNOR 540 00:16:55,481 --> 00:16:56,081 SHOULD GO FURTHER AND SUSPEND 541 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,984 THE ORLANDO AREA PROSECUTOR. 542 00:16:58,984 --> 00:16:59,885 AYALA SAID SHE WILL NOT SEEK THE 543 00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:02,588 DEATH PENALTY IN ANY CASES. 544 00:17:02,588 --> 00:17:06,525 >> SHE MUST RESIGN OR THE 545 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:07,126 GOVERNOR MUST SUSPEND HER AND 546 00:17:07,126 --> 00:17:07,726 APPOINT SOMEONE IN HER PLACE. 547 00:17:07,726 --> 00:17:12,464 >> HE TOOK CAPITAL CASES AWAY 548 00:17:12,464 --> 00:17:13,098 FROM AYALA AND RE-ASSIGNED THEM 549 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:17,469 MONDAY WITH HER INITIAL REFUSAL 550 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:19,304 TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY IN A 551 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:20,205 HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASE. 552 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:21,507 AYALA IS THE FIRST BLACK STATE 553 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:25,110 ATTORNEY AND HAS BEEN CONDEMNED 554 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:25,978 FOR OVERREACH BY THE LEGISLATIVE 555 00:17:25,978 --> 00:17:29,181 BLACK CAUCUS. 556 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:29,815 >> FIRST I DISAGREE THAT THIS 557 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:34,853 HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH RACE. 558 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:35,521 THIS DISTRICT ATTORNEY COULD 559 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:37,589 HAVE BEEN BLACK, WHITE HISPANIC, 560 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:40,092 I'M HISPANIC MYSELF SO TARGETING 561 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:40,959 HER FOR HER RACE HAS NOTHING TO 562 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:43,495 DO WITH IT. 563 00:17:43,495 --> 00:17:44,363 >> THE GOVERNOR STILL REVIEWING 564 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:45,097 HIS OPTIONS IN THE CASE. 565 00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:47,366 MEANWHILE SENATOR BRACY CHAIR OF 566 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:48,734 THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE 567 00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:51,937 IS CRITICIZING THE GOVERNOR FOR 568 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:52,538 SENDING A DANGEROUS MESSAGE TO 569 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:56,742 PROSECUTORS IN FLORIDA THAT 570 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,744 POLITICS WILL SUPERSEDE THEIR 571 00:17:58,744 --> 00:17:59,144 DISCRETION. 572 00:17:59,144 --> 00:17:59,711 RACIST COMMENTS APPEARED AN 573 00:17:59,711 --> 00:18:00,345 OP-ED IN "THE NEWS YORK TIMES." 574 00:18:00,345 --> 00:18:01,680 FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO 575 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:06,585 REQUIRE DRUG TESTING FOR 576 00:18:06,585 --> 00:18:07,152 FLORIDIANS SEEKING TEMPORARY 577 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:07,519 CASH ASSISTANCE. 578 00:18:07,519 --> 00:18:10,088 IN 2014 THE COURT STRUCK DOWN 579 00:18:10,088 --> 00:18:10,689 THE STATE'S 2011 DRUG TESTING 580 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:13,492 LAW HOUSE BILL1117 SPONSOR 581 00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:18,497 REPRESENTATIVE LATVALA. 582 00:18:18,497 --> 00:18:19,531 >> THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 583 00:18:19,531 --> 00:18:19,965 BILL THAT WAS RULED 584 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:20,599 UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE THIS 585 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:25,170 ONLY TARGETS THE PEOPLE THAT 586 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:26,605 HAVE A PREVIOUS DRUG CONVICTION. 587 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,707 >> THE MEASURE HAS PASSED THE 588 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:29,274 HEALTH CARE BUDGET COMMITTEE 589 00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:31,977 TUESDAY THAT SOME LAWMAKERS 590 00:18:31,977 --> 00:18:33,045 QUESTIONED WHETHER THE MEASURE 591 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:33,846 WAS NEEDED WHEN ONLY APPLIED TO 592 00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:37,082 1.5% OF RECIPIENTS SEEKING 593 00:18:37,082 --> 00:18:37,549 TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE. 594 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:41,487 THEY QUESTIONED THE COSTS. 595 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:42,888 >> I THINK WE WILL BE EXPANDING 596 00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,656 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WITH MORE 597 00:18:44,656 --> 00:18:46,425 REGULATION MORE BUREAUCRACY AND 598 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:49,361 MORE STAFF FOR SOMETHING THAT WE 599 00:18:49,361 --> 00:18:53,332 HAVE NO CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT 600 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,733 THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT. 601 00:18:54,733 --> 00:18:55,300 >> AS I LOOK AT THIS AND 602 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:55,934 EXPERIENCE IN OTHER STATES THAT 603 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:59,304 HAVE BEEN STRUCK THAT THE COST 604 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:02,274 OF TESTING WINDS UP EXCEEDING 605 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:02,975 ANY COST SAVINGS FOR THOSE WHO 606 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,344 ARE REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM AND 607 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:06,845 I FOR ONE WOULD RATHER SEE THAT 608 00:19:06,845 --> 00:19:07,412 MONEY GO TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE 609 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:09,948 TREATMENT THEN BE PUT SIMPLY AND 610 00:19:09,948 --> 00:19:12,351 TESTING. 611 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:13,685 >> THE STATE HAS PUT THE COST OF 612 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:14,253 THE PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL 613 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:14,786 GOVERNMENT DOES ALLOW DRUG 614 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:19,124 TESTING IN MORE THAN A DOZEN 615 00:19:19,124 --> 00:19:20,092 OTHER STATES. 616 00:19:20,092 --> 00:19:20,726 THE MEASURE HEADS TO THE HEALTH 617 00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:24,162 CARE POLICY COMMITTEE. 618 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:24,763 A SIMILAR MEASURE HAS TWO MORE 619 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:25,364 COMMITTEE STOPS IN THE SENATE. 620 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,065 THE BILL THAT WAS POSTPONED IN 621 00:19:27,065 --> 00:19:28,634 THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 622 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:34,873 WOULD ASK VOTERS ADD A 623 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:35,741 REQUIREMENT THAT ALL COUNTY 624 00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:36,942 SHERIFFS BE ELECTED BY THE 625 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:37,709 PEOPLE. 626 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:38,477 MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES FAMILY 627 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:39,077 COUNTY IN FLORIDA THAT DOESN'T 628 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:40,546 HAVE AN ELECTED SHERIFF AT THE 629 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:43,515 POLICE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR IS 630 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,349 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. 631 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:47,119 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION134 632 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:47,886 SPONSORED BY SENATOR FRANK 633 00:19:47,886 --> 00:19:48,387 ARTILES WHO REPRESENTS 634 00:19:48,387 --> 00:19:49,955 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SAID 635 00:19:49,955 --> 00:19:52,958 CONSOLIDATION OF POWERS BREEDS 636 00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:53,258 CORRUPTION. 637 00:19:53,258 --> 00:19:55,794 >> MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS 638 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:56,061 DIFFERENT. 639 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:57,963 FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE 640 00:19:57,963 --> 00:20:00,399 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS ARE NOT 641 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:06,371 ELECTED IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. 642 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,606 >> HE WANTS VOTERS TO HAVE 643 00:20:07,606 --> 00:20:10,108 DIRECT SAY IN CHOOSING A SHERIFF 644 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:11,577 AND FOR THE SHERIFF TO BE IN 645 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:12,978 CHARGE OF HIS OR HER OWN BUDGET. 646 00:20:12,978 --> 00:20:13,545 THE BILL WOULD AFFECT OTHER 647 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:15,380 COUNTIES WHERE THE SHERIFF IS 648 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:18,150 ELECTED BUT HAS TO GO THROUGH 649 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:20,485 THE COUNTY MANAGER TO MAKE 650 00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:20,752 DECISIONS. 651 00:20:20,752 --> 00:20:22,454 SENATOR SPEAK IN OPPOSITION 652 00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:23,088 QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS COULD BE 653 00:20:23,088 --> 00:20:27,726 DONE LOCALLY OR IN OTHER WAYS. 654 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:28,193 >> WE KNOW THAT THE 655 00:20:28,193 --> 00:20:31,663 CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION TO THE 656 00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:32,297 COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION HAS BEEN 657 00:20:32,297 --> 00:20:33,599 ESTABLISHED AND WILL BE GOING 658 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:35,367 AROUND THE STATE. 659 00:20:35,367 --> 00:20:37,970 CERTAINLY HEARING FROM VARIOUS 660 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:42,908 CONSTITUENCIES SO WHY WOULD THIS 661 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:47,279 NOT BE PART OF THE ISSUES THAT 662 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:47,646 THEY DEAL WITH? 663 00:20:47,646 --> 00:20:51,583 >> WHILE THAT MEASURE STALLED 664 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:52,250 ANOTHER PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL 665 00:20:52,250 --> 00:20:53,452 AMENDMENT DID RECEIVE A 666 00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:53,819 FAVORABLE VOTE. 667 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:56,421 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION136 668 00:20:56,421 --> 00:20:56,989 SPONSORED BY SENATOR ARTILES 669 00:20:56,989 --> 00:21:02,427 WOULD ASK VOTERS TO MAKE 670 00:21:02,427 --> 00:21:04,296 PROPERTY OF FRAZIER'S ACCOST 671 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:04,830 DUCHANE OFFICER. 672 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:06,565 THEY CAN ONLY BE SELECTED BY 673 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:06,832 ELECTIONS. 674 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:07,332 IT MOVES ON TO THE RULES 675 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:09,735 COMMITTEE. 676 00:21:09,735 --> 00:21:10,402 AN ELECTION BILLS MOVE TO A 677 00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:11,036 FINAL COMMITTEE STOPPED DESPITE 678 00:21:11,036 --> 00:21:13,672 AN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL SPONSOR 679 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:14,172 CALLED A DISAPPOINTING. 680 00:21:14,172 --> 00:21:15,207 MEASURE BY SENATOR POWELL WOULD 681 00:21:15,207 --> 00:21:17,509 REQUIRE SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS 682 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:20,345 TO ACCEPT VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS 683 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:20,946 AT EARLY VOTING SITES BUT THE 684 00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:24,516 ELECTIONS COMMITTEE CHANGE THE 685 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:25,350 BILL TO ALLOW SUPERVISORS TO OPT 686 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:30,722 OUT THE SENATOR AARON BEAN SAID 687 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:32,624 THE URGING OF THE DUVAL COUNTY 688 00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:33,792 SUPERVISOR WHICH LED MEMBERS TO 689 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:34,660 QUESTION THE MOTIVATION OF THAT 690 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:34,893 CHANGE. 691 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:37,496 >> MY COUNTY WHICH IS SIMILAR TO 692 00:21:37,496 --> 00:21:39,264 THE SIZE OF DUVAL COUNTY WILL 693 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:40,599 PROBABLY DO IT WITH NO PROBLEM. 694 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:44,369 WEST PALM AND BROWARD WILL DO IT 695 00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:49,608 BUT DUVAL IS NOT GOING TO DO IT. 696 00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:50,208 THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A PROBLEM 697 00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:51,977 AND I WONDER WHY. 698 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:56,481 IF I SEARCH AND FIGURE OUT I 699 00:21:56,481 --> 00:21:57,649 KNOW WHY DUVAL WON'T DO IT AND 700 00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:02,587 THAT IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH 701 00:22:02,587 --> 00:22:03,689 GUTTING SENATOR POWELL'S BILL. 702 00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:04,322 >> A SUPERVISOR FROM ANOTHER 703 00:22:04,322 --> 00:22:06,725 COUNTY DID NOT TAKE A POSITION 704 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:09,261 ON THE BILL BUT TOLD SENATORS 705 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:09,795 SOME ARE CONCERNED THAT A 706 00:22:09,795 --> 00:22:13,732 REQUIREMENT COULD LEAD TO COSTS 707 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:14,700 AND FURTHER DEMANDS ON STAFFING. 708 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:15,300 THE FULL HOUSE IS EXPECTED TO 709 00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:17,469 TAKE UP AN UNAMENDED COMPANION 710 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:20,072 BILL TODAY. 711 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:20,639 A HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVED A 712 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:23,709 BILL DESIGNED TO REFORM 713 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:24,676 REGULATION IN FLORIDA BUT 714 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:25,610 QUESTIONS CARRIED OVER FROM AN 715 00:22:25,610 --> 00:22:26,211 EARLIER HEARING ABOUT WHAT THE 716 00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:30,048 BILL WOULD DO TO THE OFFICE OF 717 00:22:30,048 --> 00:22:31,249 PUBLIC COUNSEL TO THE PUBLIC 718 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:31,783 COUNCIL OPERATES UNDER THE 719 00:22:31,783 --> 00:22:32,250 LEGISLATURE REPRESENTS 720 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:35,487 CONSUMERS. 721 00:22:35,487 --> 00:22:37,255 HOUSE BILL 70/70 ONE WOULD 722 00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:37,889 REMOVE THAT FUNCTION TO THE 723 00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:40,759 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IN THE 724 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,393 AGE HE WOULD APPOINT THE 725 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:41,626 COUNCIL. 726 00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:44,262 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAID 727 00:22:44,262 --> 00:22:44,863 AFTER THE BILL'S FIRST HEARING 728 00:22:44,863 --> 00:22:49,601 THEY DON'T SUPPORT THE IDEA. 729 00:22:49,601 --> 00:22:50,235 >> WHAT ISSUE NECESSITATES OR 730 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:54,106 WHAT PROBLEM NECESSITATES MOVING 731 00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,307 THE PUBLIC COUNSEL FROM THE 732 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,842 LEGISLATURE TO THE AGS OFFICE? 733 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:57,509 >> IS PART OF THE A TURNED 734 00:22:57,509 --> 00:22:58,043 GENERAL'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC 735 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:01,446 COUNSEL OPERATES WHOSE PRIMARY 736 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:01,980 PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT THE 737 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:04,149 INTEREST OF THE CONSUMER. 738 00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:06,818 THE MISSIONS ARE SIMILAR. 739 00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:07,452 IN SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE PAST 740 00:23:07,452 --> 00:23:08,286 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE IS 741 00:23:08,286 --> 00:23:10,422 INTERVIEWING IN CASES THAT THE 742 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:16,228 PAC AND WHEN THE PUBLIC COUNSEL. 743 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:16,862 >> THE BILL WOULD CREATE NEW 744 00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:19,931 ETHICAL RULES IN THE PUBLIC 745 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:20,532 SERVICE COMMISSION AND CHANGE 746 00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:21,099 SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT 747 00:23:21,099 --> 00:23:24,202 GOVERN RATE CASES. 748 00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:25,403 HAS ONE MORE COMMITTEE IN THE 749 00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:25,737 HOUSE. 750 00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:27,038 THERE'S NO COMPANION BILL IN THE 751 00:23:27,038 --> 00:23:27,272 SENATE. 752 00:23:27,272 --> 00:23:27,873 SPEAKING OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE 753 00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:30,742 COMMISSION TODAY THEY APPROVED A 754 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:31,343 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN A RATE 755 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:33,044 HIKE REQUEST BY GULF POWER. 756 00:23:33,044 --> 00:23:37,349 EVERYONE AGREED PUBLIC COUNCIL 757 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:37,949 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS BUSINESS 758 00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:40,819 INTERESTS AND UTILITIES. 759 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:44,089 >> IT IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST AND 760 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:44,723 MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD AGREEMENTS 761 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:47,459 I'VE SEEN DURING MY TIME AS 762 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:47,793 COMMISSIONER. 763 00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:50,195 >> THE PARTY STARTED OFF SO FAR 764 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:52,063 APART WHEN THIS WAS FILED SO 765 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:56,234 IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THIS COULD 766 00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:59,504 EVEN POSSIBLY COME TOGETHER. 767 00:23:59,504 --> 00:24:00,272 >> GULF ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR 768 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:01,807 RATE HIKE OF $106 MILLION. 769 00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:03,008 AGREEMENT CUTS BACK TO 770 00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:07,379 62 MILLION WITH RATES GOING INTO 771 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:08,680 EFFECT JULY1. 772 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:09,314 HERE'S A LOOK AT MORE BILLS THAT 773 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:10,782 MOVE FORWARD TUESDAY. 774 00:24:10,782 --> 00:24:13,819 ♪ 775 00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:17,422 ♪ 776 00:24:17,422 --> 00:24:24,196 ♪ 777 00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:29,367 ♪ 778 00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:36,007 ♪ 779 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:41,379 ♪ 780 00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:47,819 ♪ 781 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:52,791 ♪ 782 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:59,764 ♪ 783 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:06,338 ♪ 784 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:13,011 ♪ 785 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:18,783 ♪ 786 00:25:18,783 --> 00:25:23,955 ♪ 787 00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:28,960 ♪ 788 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,199 ♪ 789 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:40,005 ♪ 790 00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:45,610 ♪ 791 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:51,216 ♪ 792 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:56,788 ♪ 793 00:25:56,788 --> 00:26:02,794 ♪ 794 00:26:02,794 --> 00:26:09,968 ♪ 795 00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:12,871 >> BLUE AND SILVER PINWHEELS ARE 796 00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:13,438 POPPING UP OVER THE CAPITAL 797 00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:13,772 CITY. 798 00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:16,041 FIRST LADY ANN SCOTT HELPED 799 00:26:16,041 --> 00:26:16,574 STUDENTS PLANT SOME OF THE 800 00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:19,177 GOVERNOR'S MANSION TUESDAY IN 801 00:26:19,177 --> 00:26:20,612 THE PINWHEELS FOR PREVENTION 802 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:21,046 CAMPAIGN AS PART OF 803 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:21,680 NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION 804 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,083 MONTH. 805 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:25,750 MRS.SCOTT WAS JOINED BY 806 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:26,484 ADVOCATES WHO BRING AWARENESS TO 807 00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:30,121 CHILD SAFETY. 808 00:26:30,121 --> 00:26:32,090 >> I WANT TO TAKE THIS 809 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,625 OPPORTUNITY TO URGE ALL 810 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:36,027 FLORIDIANS TO ENGAGE IN 811 00:26:36,027 --> 00:26:39,597 ACTIVITIES WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO 812 00:26:39,597 --> 00:26:41,499 STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND 813 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:45,870 COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY THIS MONTH 814 00:26:45,870 --> 00:26:49,040 BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 815 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,376 TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP ALL OF 816 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:55,981 FLORIDA'S CHILDREN LIVE HEALTHY 817 00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:56,448 AND HAPPY LIVES. 818 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,250 >> THE FIRST LADY ENCOURAGED 819 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:00,552 LITERACY BY READING TO CHILDREN 820 00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:01,186 ALL OVER THE STATE AND SHE READ 821 00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:04,956 THE BOOK TO THE CHILDREN TUESDAY 822 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:06,091 AFTER THE PINWHEELS CEREMONY. 823 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:07,492 A SEA OF GARNET AND GOLD ARRIVED 824 00:27:07,492 --> 00:27:08,793 AT THE STATE CAPITOL TUESDAY IN 825 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:09,361 RECOGNITION OF FLORIDA STATE 826 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,396 UNIVERSITY DAY FOR THE ANNUAL 827 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:11,863 EVENT CELEBRATING THE 828 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:14,132 UNIVERSITIES FROM THE STATE 829 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:15,767 CAPITOL BROUGHT LAWMAKERS BUT 830 00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:18,370 ALL PLAYERS AND FANS TOGETHER IN 831 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:18,837 THE CAPITOL COURTYARD. 832 00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:21,106 FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER NOW FSU 833 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:21,740 PRESIDENT JOHN THRASHER BRAGGED 834 00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:26,578 ABOUT FSU'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 835 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:27,345 ATHLETICS AND ACADEMICS. 836 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:27,879 >> IT'S NO WONDER THAT 837 00:27:27,879 --> 00:27:28,646 APPLICATIONS ARE UP AT FLORIDA 838 00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:31,816 STATE. 839 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,151 FSU RECEIVED 42,000 APPLICANTS 840 00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:38,490 FOR THIS COMING FRESHMAN CLASS, 841 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:39,724 AN AMAZING 70% OVER WHERE WE 842 00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:41,793 WERE LAST YEAR. 843 00:27:41,793 --> 00:27:43,194 >> THRASHER WAS ON THE HOUSE 844 00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:44,396 FLOOR WHEN LAWMAKERS RECOGNIZED 845 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:44,662 FSU DAY. 846 00:27:44,662 --> 00:27:46,264 OTHER UNIVERSITIES ALSO HAVE 847 00:27:46,264 --> 00:27:46,831 THEIR OWN DAYS AT THE STATE 848 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:50,402 CAPITOL. 849 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:50,969 THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IS 850 00:27:50,969 --> 00:27:51,536 TAKING OVER THE COURTYARD ON 851 00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:53,638 WEDNESDAY. 852 00:27:53,638 --> 00:27:54,939 THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR THIS 853 00:27:54,939 --> 00:27:55,507 EDITION OF "CAPITOL UPDATE." 854 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,408 FROM ALL OF US, THANKS FOR 855 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:57,409 WATCHING. 856 00:27:57,409 ♪