Video & Transcript Research : 'Compensation Commission'

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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025 at 01:04 pm

Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lumpsome payments, especially from the patient compensation fund, are harmful for patients in the long
  • So, prior to the 2021 Medical Malpractice Act, there was a provision in the patient compensation fund
  • Now, finally, on the medical malpractice reform, we need to reform the Medical Review Commission.
  • To trial, even after a negative verdict from the Medical Review Commission.
  • I'm in the legislature, not on the county commission.
Keywords: 996, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And compensations of public school educators, and referring teacher compensation under the foundation
  • SB 293 by Kaufman relates to the discipline of judges in the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for
  • HB 912 by Mooney, relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner for certain
  • And compensations of public school educators, and referring the teacher compensation under the foundation
  • SB 293 by Kaufman relates to the discipline of judges in the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Within the Legislative Research Commission, there are technically 13 statutory committees, boards, and
  • commissions within the jurisdiction of the legislature.
  • I'm Chris Bid, the executive director for the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority
  • employees deferred compensation employees deferred compensation Authority<00:05:24.759> welcome
  • This is Senate Bill 104, Deferred Compensation for State Employees.
Summary: The House State Government Committee met with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, adopting committee substitutes where offered. Senate Bill 176, relating to statutory committees within the Legislative Research Commission, was presented by Senator Matt Nunn as a cleanup and process-streamlining measure for appointments, vacancies, and appointing authorities. It passed the committee 15-0 with a title amendment. Senate Bill 104, presented by Senator Scott Maiden and the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority, would update deferred compensation law by adding a fiduciary standard, allowing less expensive liability insurance, making federal-law compliance self-correcting, and authorizing a self-directed brokerage account option. It passed 15-0 with favorable expression. Senate Bill 9, presented by Senator Jimmy Higdon, would change teacher retirement-related leave provisions, including up to 30 days of maternity leave, a 13-day annual rollover toward retirement, limits on using annual leave to increase retirement benefits, reporting requirements, and related cleanup provisions. After questions about maternity leave, district flexibility, and the actuarial cost of additional days, it passed 15-0 with favorable expression. Senate Bill 129, presented by Senator Rocky Adams and House sponsor Representative John Hudson, was described as a housing and redevelopment measure aimed at vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties in Louisville. Testimony focused on allowing qualified nonprofits to purchase certain tax-delinquent properties after a waiting period, along with provisions on density development, accessory dwelling units, urban development incentives, fire and code enforcement recovery, a Central Business District tax fix, and changes to binding elements. Members raised concerns about nonprofit qualifications, land bank overlap, and county clerk burden; the bill passed 13-1 with one pass and received a title amendment. Senate Bill 178, presented by Senator Mike Nemes, was a short reorganization bill to codify the transfer of the Department of Disability Determination Services Program from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Labor Cabinet. It passed 12-0. The committee then recorded additional votes and adjourned, with the chair thanking members and staff, noting it was likely the final meeting of the year.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Mar 5th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Extra hours are ultimately compensated for it. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • This means that some employees are not getting compensated.
  • By leave or by compensation for the hours worked.
  • So if an employee has extra leave, I guess time, then they would be compensated for that.
  • Are they compensated?
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Jan 14th, 2025

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and the Florida Commission on Ethics.
  • So the recommendation was suggested to the commission by a recently-appoyed commission member who pointed
  • to be heard at a commission meeting.
  • to be heard at a commission meeting.
  • Zilkowski, if you could inform the commission, our inform the commission, or for the McKay, Mr.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections convened, established a quorum, and members introduced themselves and the committee staff. Chair Gaetz outlined the committee’s jurisdiction over election law, ethics law, executive appointments, and related confirmations, and described the committee’s process for handling gubernatorial nominations and member concerns about nominees. The committee then received a briefing from the Florida Commission on Ethics on its 2025 legislative priorities and on implementation of Senate Bill 7014 from the prior year. The commission recommended three changes: expanding the definition of “relative” in the gift law to include current and former foster parents and foster children; authorizing salary withholding to help collect civil penalties and restitution; and adding whistleblower-like protections for people who file ethics complaints. Commission staff also explained how SB 7014 changed complaint processing by requiring allegations to be based on personal knowledge or non-hearsay information and by imposing new deadlines for legal sufficiency review, investigations, and advocates’ recommendations. They said the commission has adapted its intake and review process and is currently meeting the new timelines, though the tighter deadlines may create staffing and scheduling challenges. Commission counsel also provided an update on two active lawsuits. One challenges the constitutional in-office lobbying ban, and the other challenges the requirement that elected municipal officers and mayors file Form 6 financial disclosure forms. The committee discussed the impact of the new complaint standards, the possibility of litigation if deadlines are missed, and whether local ethics boards are implementing SB 7014 similarly. Members expressed support for the commission’s work and asked for written legislative recommendations and proposed statutory language. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (04/08/2025)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • as um I'm chair of the PTSD commission. as um I'm chair of the PTSD commission.
  • come a long way in workers compensation come a long way in workers compensation and<01:13:55.520
  • The workers compensation provider.
  • He asked whether workers' compensation would be based on base pay and whether a later $10,000 commission
  • <02:51:07.439> I compensation from their employees. I compensation from their employees.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Coastal Commission acted on the lands.
  • And the Commission uses that to balance affordability, safety, and reliability.
  • So we go in front of the Commission all the time. They look at that.
  • So it's a need for just compensation and a mechanism that will allow that.
  • SB 1366 requires both the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission
Summary: The committee heard several energy, water, and utility bills. SB 919 by Senator Grayson would extend the biomethane monetary incentive program through 2030 and authorize additional funding to support renewable natural gas projects by reducing interconnection costs. Supporters said high interconnection costs and the current tax treatment are major barriers to methane reduction projects; opponents, including TURN and environmental groups, raised ratepayer cost concerns and objected to rate-basing and additional public funding. The author said amended language would remove the rate-basing provisions and instead urge the CPUC to act quickly on its pending decision. SB 931 by Senator Laird would reauthorize the Community Impact Mitigation Program for the Diablo Canyon plant through 2030 to continue funding local emergency preparedness, fire protection, public safety, and school district costs. The County of San Luis Obispo and labor groups supported the bill, while TURN opposed it as a statewide ratepayer subsidy that could be funded from existing PG&E revenues instead of higher rates. Members discussed the bill in the context of the 2022 Diablo Canyon extension deal and the possibility of a future longer extension. SB 1215 by Senator Cortese would direct the CPUC to set deployment targets for EV charging in multifamily housing and evaluate progress, with amendments aimed at affordability and limiting system upgrade costs. Supporters said renters are largely locked out of home charging and that prior utility programs proved cost-effective; no opposition testified. SB 1359 by Senator Stern would require more deliberate CPUC review before major gas system investments, emphasizing electrification and non-pipeline alternatives. Gas utilities and several industry groups opposed it, arguing it could undermine the obligation to serve, create safety and reliability risks, and change the regulatory compact. The committee also heard SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar, presented by Senator Gonzalez, which would establish a statewide low-income water rate assistance program upon appropriation. Water agencies, environmental groups, and local governments supported the measure, while one member expressed concern that it lacked a funding source and could not overcome Proposition 218 limits; the bill was moved to Appropriations and the roll was left open. Finally, SB 1098 by Senator Perez would restrict the use of long-running memorandum and balancing accounts by investor-owned utilities, require exceptional circumstances for new accounts, and add sunset and cost-sharing requirements. Consumer advocates and large energy users supported tighter oversight, while the utilities and business groups opposed the bill as too rigid and potentially harmful to flexibility for wildfire, emergency, and safety-related costs.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Feb 19th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when you're worried about the commission, you're talking about the percentage.
  • commission they could get with an HCSM.
  • But compensation is the remedy the law provides, and it is the remedy the state owes.
  • It is not lost on me that my first bill is the Groveland Four compensation bill.
  • And Palm Beach County, the commission, didn't vote on this.
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several introductions recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and professional groups in the gallery. The chamber then took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee confirming 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted by a vote of 36-0. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and funding. The bulk of the meeting was spent on special-order bills, many of them open-government sunset review measures and policy bills. The Senate passed bills preserving or updating public records exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; a commercial driving schools bill; a human trafficking training requirement for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; a nature-based coastal resiliency bill with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve; a chiropractic patient-funds bill; specialty license plate legislation; a one-time waiver for late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation changes; the Florida Farm Bill with amendments protecting Everglades lands and technical corrections; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders; disability presumption clarifications for firefighters and law enforcement; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity changes; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and a blue envelope program; public post-secondary safety policy requirements; and a bill allowing licensed agents to market health care sharing ministries. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. Members debated a number of measures, especially the health care sharing ministries bill, where opponents raised consumer-protection and commission concerns and supporters argued for free speech, religious liberty, and expanded consumer choice; it passed 32-5. Other debated bills included the autism law enforcement bill, the school athletics bill addressing coach support for student-athletes, and the Farm Bill, where senators discussed surplus land safeguards and biosolids timing. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, often 37-0 or 38-0, with a few closer votes such as the patriotic displays bill (36-2) and the health care sharing ministries bill (32-5).
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (4:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It caps inmate health care compensation and emergency medical transportation at 110% of the Medicare
  • House Bill 4041, compensation for health care services for inmates in Indian River County, is a local
  • And I served on the county commission. I am fresh off the county commission.
  • And I served on the county commission. I am fresh off the county commission.
  • This debate, I served on the county commission. I am fresh off the county commission.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes. The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed. After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair and members, HB 2478, as amended, establishes the Arizona Commission on Student Outcomes
  • Madam Chair, members, HB 2680, Workers Compensation Notice Fraud Commission, outlines requirements for
  • the Industrial Commission to create a new database to track workers' comp policies.
  • Madam Chair, member is HB 2680, Workers Compensation Notice Fraud Commission.
  • Madam Chair, members, HB 2680, Workers Compensation Notice Fraud Commission, outlines requirements for
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Rules Apr 8th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • It should be fully compensate.
  • The compensation is prohibited. Specific prohibitions.
  • Judicial qualifications occasions Commission.
  • We're going to take up tab. 46 appointment to the commission on ethics senators.
  • This is a reappointment he's already serving on the commission.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 21st, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We currently provide that benefit for commissioned officers only.
  • We currently provide that benefit for commissioned officers only.
  • Commission recommendations.
  • fairly compensated.
  • Lauren Scott with the Judicial Compensation Commission and Edwin Murray with Judicial Compensation.
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 350, which would extend the grade levels at Ecole Pointe-au-Chien from fourth through eighth grade. The sponsor and several members emphasized the school’s importance to Terrebonne Parish, French immersion, and school choice. An amendment was adopted making the bill subject to appropriation, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Members then approved House Bill 749, which authorizes the Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority to contract with a program manager for certain savings programs, including ABLE, START, and START K-12, in response to a prior cyber incident and to improve security and customer service. An amendment simplified the bill’s effective-date language so provisions would take effect upon execution of the contract. The bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee also advanced House Bill 979 to increase the survivor benefit for law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty from $250,000 to $350,000. Testimony from the governor’s office said the increase could be covered within existing appropriations and that the amount was consistent with inflation since the benefit was last set. The bill was reported favorably. Later, House Bill 42 creating a phased retirement option for public post-secondary employees in the Teachers’ Retirement System was reported favorably, and House Bill 205 to allow local clerks of court to supplement election commissioner pay by up to $100 per election was also reported favorably after extensive testimony about staffing shortages and stagnant pay. The committee additionally reported favorably House Bill 12 extending survivor benefits to reserve officers killed in the line of duty, and House Bill 324 on judicial salaries, after amending it to remove future COLA provisions and leave only the permanent stipend increase.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Jun 10th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The next Emergency Commission meeting will likely be held early September.
  • It's titled Legislative Assembly employee positions and compensation.
  • I had a question for Emily about the compensation.
  • Do we feel like the compensation we're providing is enough to provide for their housing and their compensation
  • And then we're going to move on to the compensation side of these employees.
Keywords: 908, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Jun 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Governor's appointments not required to appear: item 2K, Kent Sasaki for the Building Standards Commission
  • Kent Sasaki for the Building Standards Commission. I will entertain a motion.
  • They have to learn policy and they have to do all this work, how to properly compensate them, how to
  • They have to learn policy and they have to do all this work, how to properly compensate them, how to
  • This particular appointment has no compensation. Why do you want it? Yeah. Yeah.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Mon Feb 3, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:14:48.839> Commission<00:14:49.600> Now<00:14:49.839> those compensation Commission
  • 23:17.679> we victim compensation commission so we victim compensation commission so we created
  • What is—yes, that's the Crime Victim Compensation Commission. Yes.
  • CVCC stands for the Crime Victim Compensation Commission.
  • stands for the crime victim compensation stands for the crime victim compensation commission<00:
Keywords: 910, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a significant increase from when the minimum compensation for teachers was last set back in 1987
  • This is a significant increase from when the first time minimum compensation for teachers was last set
  • would work with several of you on this, to have a full new Chapter 70 or school funding formula commission
  • and hopefully we will You know, be compensated.
  • Yet despite these growing responsibilities, our compensation has remained stagnant.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a public hearing on a large slate of bills, with most testimony focused on two main topics: improving access to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for students with disabilities, and raising educator pay statewide. On the AAC bills (House 514/Senate 418), parents, advocates, and attorneys described how AAC devices and communication books help nonverbal or minimally verbal children communicate, participate in class, and reduce frustration and behavioral issues. Testimony emphasized that while districts are generally required to provide devices, many teachers and school staff lack training to use them effectively; the bill would direct DESE to update licensure and training requirements so newly licensed teachers are prepared to support AAC users. Committee members asked about current teacher-prep practices, implementation, and whether DESE could act without legislation, and witnesses said the proposal was intended as a long-term solution and had previously received some support and compromise language. The committee also heard extensive testimony on House 733/Senate 370, which would set a statewide minimum salary of $70,000 for teachers and $55,000 for education support professionals (ESPs/paras), with inflation adjustments and a phase-in structure that would shift costs over time from the state to municipalities. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, MTA leaders, and school employees from several districts, argued that current pay is not a living wage, contributes to staffing shortages and turnover, and forces many educators to work multiple jobs or rely on public assistance. They said the bill would help recruit and retain staff and better reflect the importance of the work. Committee members raised questions about how the state would fund the mandate, how it would interact with Chapter 70 school aid and local budgets, whether other states have similar mechanisms, and whether the proposal could create disincentives for districts already paying above the floor. Witnesses pointed to the Student Opportunity Act, the Fair Share Amendment, and the need for a broader school funding formula review as possible parts of the solution. The committee also briefly heard and discussed Senate Bill 435/House Bill 736, which would require de-escalation training for school bus operators, with the training paid for by employers. The sponsor and a parent advocate said the bill was prompted by a school bus incident involving a child with cerebral palsy and epilepsy and would improve safety and reduce reliance on law enforcement. Members asked whether the bill should also cover bus monitors and other transportation staff, and whether private contractors and public operators currently provide similar training. At the end of the hearing, the chairs closed testimony on the full list of bills and adjourned the hearing without taking any votes.
MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety 26-06-18

Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Compensation available to attorneys is inconsistent across the state, with attorneys in one populous
  • Senate Bill 885 would create a governing commission and a supporting office.
  • By creating the commission and the supporting office, SB 885 creates the infrastructure necessary for
  • be an autonomous commission within LARA.
  • and implement the systems ultimately established by the commission.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety met with a quorum and adopted the June 4, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up Senate Bill 712, adopting the S-2 substitute, which expands residency requirements to include adjoining districts and removes a provision allowing a district to appoint someone employed by the district. The committee then reported SB 712 to the floor. It also considered House Bills 4025 and 4026, described as safe storage tax exemption bills; the committee heard one supportive written card and reported both bills to the floor, each on a 5-1 vote. The committee next heard testimony on Senate Bill 885, which would create a statewide Parent and Child Legal Representation Commission and Office within LARA to address child protective legal representation. Senator Singh and Alicia Moon of the Michigan Supreme Court described the current county-by-county system as uneven, with attorney shortages, inconsistent pay, and limited specialized training. They said the bill would set standards for training, caseloads, client contact, and compensation, while requiring public comment and future appropriations before implementation. Testimony and written cards from a broad range of organizations and judges supported the measure, and the committee reported SB 885 to the floor on a 6-0 vote. The committee then heard extensive testimony on Senate Bills 1015 and 1016, which would create an Office of Community Violence Intervention and Prevention within MDHHS and establish a grant program to support community violence intervention efforts statewide. Sponsors and witnesses from Force Detroit, D-Live, Seize the Smoke, Advance Peace, public health, law enforcement, and advocacy groups described CVI as a public health and public safety strategy that reduces shootings, supports survivors, and saves public costs. Several witnesses cited local data showing reductions in shootings and homicides in Detroit and Lansing, while one witness from the Michigan Sheriff's Association opposed the bills as written. The committee voted to report both SB 1015 and SB 1016 to the floor, each on a 5-0 vote with one pass, and then adjourned after additional testimony and reading of support cards.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Oct 15th, 2025

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • come before the Commission on Ethics.
  • There's no compensation for serving on the Commission on Ethics, as Chairman Gaetz knows from his time
  • on the commission.
  • The Commission would ask that the law The Commission would ask that the law be amended to allow for a
  • The current commission, if Mr.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and heard a presentation from the Florida Commission on Ethics on several proposed legislative changes. The commission asked for changes to the Whistleblower Act to better cover ethics complaints, a public records exemption for commissioners’ and staff members’ sensitive personal information, an expanded gift-disclosure family definition to include foster relationships, and a first-time waiver of fines for late financial disclosure filers. Staff also requested technical fixes, including treating a timely postmarked appeal as filed on time, clarifying Form 6 filing requirements for appointees to elected seats, extending ethics-training requirements to municipal appointees filling unexpired terms, and clarifying where Form 10 gift disclosures are filed. Commission staff reported high electronic filing compliance rates, the rollout of automated fines, and an average of 92 days for completed preliminary investigations in 2025. They also updated the committee on two federal court challenges involving the in-office lobbying ban and the Form 6 requirement for elected municipal officers. The committee then heard from Secretary of State Cord Byrd, who outlined preparations for the 2026 election cycle and several policy proposals. He discussed work with new supervisors of elections, ongoing election-crimes enforcement, cooperation with federal agencies on citizenship verification, and data-sharing agreements with other states. Byrd also proposed a statewide pre-certification audit system with grants for smaller counties, a more streamlined process for checking voter citizenship status after registration, and a modernization fix for voter records affected by randomized driver’s license numbers. Members asked about special elections, election-crimes investigations, returning-citizen voting determinations, chain-of-custody procedures, and interstate data-sharing agreements. Byrd said special election timing is controlled by the governor, the elections-crimes office investigates but does not arrest, returning-citizen applications are resolved within 90 days, and he is confident in current chain-of-custody practices. The committee also considered gubernatorial nominations. By unanimous vote, members approved a block of nominees, then separately took up Joshua Kellum’s nomination to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The committee heard sworn public testimony from Robin Blevins, who urged rejection of Kellum’s appointment and criticized his background and past involvement in FWC-related advocacy. After brief discussion, the committee voted unanimously to approve Kellum’s nomination as well.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • So since you do not support compensation put into law, do you also not support the exact same compensation
  • compensation put into law, do you also compensation put into law, do you also not<00:19:43.360> support
  • Like should we remove their compensation Like should we remove their compensation too<00:19:55.600
  • <00:25:25.679> outside receive additional compensation outside receive additional compensation
  • , um, the Hawaii State Youth Commission, um, the Hawaii State Youth Commission, eight<01:17:33.679
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 52 (3-24-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Joint Resolution 75 should pass, a joint resolution directing the Public Service Commission to
  • to explore measures Service Commission to explore measures that<00:05:27.520> would<00:05:27.680
  • Motor Vehicle Commission. Motor Vehicle Commission.
  • workers' compensation workers' compensation and<00:29:08.840> other<00:29:09.040> benefits
  • <00:30:52.120> if insurance or workers' compensation if insurance or workers' compensation
Keywords: 958, all