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• All those technology functions in responding to a critical need that we know exists in our state.
• our local community level we have somewhat of a patchwork of emergency responses that many times function
• All those technology functions<00:08:20.240> in functions in functions in responding<00:08:22.480
• function function in<00:08:45.480> in<00:08:46.320> disconnected<00:08:47.120> way<
• recently and I was talking at a function recently and I was very<00:53:23.360> pleased<00:53:

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Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board received a presentation from Dr. Stack and Commissioner Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for a federal Medicaid-related funding opportunity tied to House Resolution 1. They described a compressed six-week stakeholder process that produced more than 50 responses and letters of support, and said the application was organized around five broad priorities: maternal health, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, EMS/trauma response, and chronic disease. They emphasized that the proposal was designed to align with CMS goals, use allowable funding categories, and focus on sustainability rather than a short-term grant. Commissioner Langfeld outlined five core initiatives: rural community hubs for chronic care innovation, beginning with obesity and diabetes; a maternal and infant health effort called POWER; a behavioral health and substance use model called IMPATH; an oral health initiative called Rooted in Health; and an integrated crisis-to-care EMS and trauma response effort. He said the chronic disease work would include prevention, food-as-medicine concepts, and technology tools, while the maternal health effort would expand team-based care around mothers and infants using community health workers and doulas. The behavioral health proposal would build on existing crisis intervention models, oral health would address workforce and access gaps through training, mobile vans, and telehealth, and the EMS proposal would better connect emergency response with home-based and community care. Several senators questioned whether the proposal would meaningfully address rural hospital closures or the broader rural health care crisis. Senator Meredith said the plan was not transformational and would not save rural hospitals, while Senator Berg asked how success would be measured. In response, the presenters said they would use both lagging and leading indicators, with an emphasis on rapid-cycle feedback and data use that is more actionable in real time. They also said the work could help existing models that already show promise, such as behavioral health units and dental workforce expansion, even if it would not solve the larger funding gap created by HR1. Senator Douglas asked how the proposals would motivate patients to participate in their own health care. The presenters responded that the chronic disease prevention work would focus on obesity, diabetes prevention, nutrition, and consumer-facing technology tools to help people engage in their own care, and that EMS-community health worker partnerships could identify unmet needs in the home and reduce preventable problems. The board then moved on to its next agenda item, Medicaid managed care delivery models, with Tom Stevens, Katherine North, and Dr. Patel scheduled to present.

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• She said assessed market values are a function of the private market, not zoning, and that Mankato and
• Assessed market values<00:14:23.440> are<00:14:23.600> a<00:14:23.839> function<
• 00:14:24.000> of<00:14:24.240> the<00:14:24.480> private values are a function of
• fees which has been a essential function fees which has been a essential function of<00:27:52.559
• So again, we function that happens.

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• <01:27:58.480> My<01:27:58.719> transportation the economy functions.
• My transportation the economy functions.
• It's a very common one that's made, that if you can hold people accountable through the audit function
• they did discuss um the audit function they did discuss um the audit function and<01:47:11.360><
• accountable through the audit function accountable through the audit function that<01:48:03.199>

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• I think it's trying to facilitate better functionality for our constitutional officers.
• I think it's trying to facilitate better functionality for our constitutional officers.
• I think it's trying to facilitate better functionality for our constitutional officers.
• But there's so many functions that are needed.
• But there's so many functions that are needed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our nation's communications infrastructure plays a critical role in the functioning... to thank Senator
• However, these staffing levels are critical to maintaining our services and function successfully.
• maintain our our services and function maintain our our services and function successfully<00:49
• However, when the board attempted to implement the administrative functions needed to move forward with
• needed to move administrative functions needed to move forward<01:29:01.719> with<01:29:01.840

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and your video off while waiting to testify, and after your testimony is complete, the Zoom chat function
• 00:07:19.360> chat testimony is complete the zoom chat testimony is complete the zoom chat function
• 07:20.400> to<00:07:20.560> chat<00:07:20.759> with<00:07:20.879> the function
• will allow you to chat with the function will allow you to chat with the technical<00:07:21.440>
• <00:11:01.519> properly<00:11:02.519> and process functions properly and process functions

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard testimony on Senate Bill 897, which would create a Wildlife Liability Trust Fund within DCCA for administrative purposes. The chair opened by noting the hearing had to end by noon because of floor session, and that written testimony would be considered if not all witnesses could speak. Testimony included support from DCCA, the Attorney General’s office, the Public Utilities Commission, Charter Communications, Ulupono Initiative, AES Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric, Clearway Energy Group, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Hawaiian Telcom, and IBW Local 1260, with opposition or concerns from the Hawaii Association for Justice and some others. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill and asked for amendments, saying the fund would help address wildfire liability, protect customers and the economy, and support restoration of investment-grade credit; it also proposed a larger shareholder contribution and said the bill was part of a broader effort to raise settlement funds and improve grid safety and resiliency. Committee members focused heavily on whether the bill would actually lower costs for ratepayers and improve credit ratings. DCCA said there was a nexus between limiting liability, creating a sufficiently large wildfire fund, and transparent mitigation requirements, but acknowledged there was no guarantee of a credit-rating improvement or precise estimate of rate impacts. Members questioned Hawaiian Electric about the assumptions in its cost comparisons, the 30-year securitization structure, and whether funding could be shifted later to shareholders after credit was restored. Hawaiian Electric responded that the bill assumes the fund is paid through securitization, that removing that presumption could undermine the credit-rating benefit, and that its models suggest credit-spread savings could offset the customer charge over time; it also said it would follow up with additional analysis. The company and Ulupono both described the measure as a difficult but potentially necessary way to socialize wildfire risk and avoid a larger crisis later. The Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the bill’s liability caps and raised concerns about consumer rights, oversight discretion, statute-of-limitations changes, and evidence rules. Hawaiian Telcom suggested amendments to clarify compliance with FCC pole-attachment agreements. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided, and members indicated they wanted more analysis before being comfortable with the bill’s long-term ratepayer impacts.

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• of our infrastructure bears any function of our infrastructure bears any relation<01:49:40.560> to
• Um, obviously regarding renewables, you know, if they can function in the market, then there's clearly
• Um, obviously regarding renewables, you know, if they can function in the market, then there's clearly
• Everybody is functioning in a market, in a free and a regulated market, but in a market.
• Um, obviously regarding renewables, you know, if they can function in the market, then there's clearly

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• that each department has to navigate on their own when land sales are not typically a day-to-day function
• <00:07:43.160> that<00:07:43.320> they<00:07:43.480> are a day-to-day function
• that they are a day-to-day function that they are doing.<00:07:44.880> Thank<00:07:45.040>
• And that framework needs to have a functioning registry to make it come to fruition.
• registry to make it come to functioning registry to make it come to fruition.<00:24:12.760> So,

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• The way we're thinking about AI is across a broad set of the functions that we perform.
• we're trying to leverage it across the spectrum in our operations as well as in our core support functions
• It seems to me that when we talk about reviews taking 15 months, that's a function of, at least in part
• So that's not necessarily a function of moving to a batch process.
• That's largely a function of the location of where that load is going to locate. and the transmission

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• 00:40:40.000> really<00:40:40.320> the<00:40:40.560> only<00:40:40.800> functional
• the only functional part of this<00:40:41.920> looked<00:40:42.240> like<00:40:43.040>
• And that seemed to me to be functional on its own.
• <00:41:27.280> on<00:41:27.599> its seemed to me to be functional on its seemed to
• me to be functional on its own.<00:41:28.640> Um<00:41:29.040> there<00:41:29.200> was

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This request also helps address snow and ice removal, continuing our efforts to bring these functions
• inhouse to uh in these functions inhouse to uh in districts<00:21:11.440> where<00:21:12.159>
• It's a function of scope of the project and those cost estimates that some are reluctant to adjust.
• It's a function of of scope of things.
• It's a function of of scope of the<00:41:10.319> project<00:41:10.880> and<00:41:11.359

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Summary: The Transportation Committee met to review the Transportation Cabinet’s budget request and the recommended highway plan; no votes were taken. Secretary Jim Gray opened with praise for KYTC snow and ice crews, describing their response to recent winter storms and noting the scale of the effort, including about 2,300 workers, 1,438 pieces of equipment, and more than 948,000 miles driven in the first week. He then outlined the cabinet’s overall highway plan, saying it includes more than 1,300 projects and about $9.5 billion in anticipated state and federal funding over six years, with roughly 40% directed to existing pavements, bridges, and guardrails. He highlighted major priority projects such as the Mountain Parkway four-laning, the Brent Spence Companion Bridge, and the I-69 Ohio River crossing. Budget director Sean McCarron explained that the cabinet adjusted its request after the Consensus Forecast Group lowered road fund revenue estimates, and said the cabinet only included additional requests it viewed as essential. He described requests to support driver licensing regional offices, including funding to maintain temporary and contract staff used to reduce wait times, expand offices from 35 to 41 locations, and support improved customer service; he warned that without the current-year increase, wait times would rise again. He also discussed maintenance funding, saying the proposed increases would help cover rising costs for salt, snow and ice drivers, and mowing, while allowing continued litter pickup, vegetation management, pothole repair, and more in-house snow and ice work. Deputy Secretary Mike Hancock addressed specific capital questions, especially the Brent Spence Bridge and Cairo Bridge. For Brent Spence, he said the requested $125 million in general funds is needed because construction costs have risen sharply, citing a 61% increase in highway construction costs from 2020 to 2025, and said Kentucky and Ohio are both contributing to keep the project moving. He added that if the legislature does not provide the $125 million, KYTC would have to shift $100 million in federal highway funds and $25 million in state match from other projects. Hancock also reviewed several project reauthorizations for maintenance facilities and aviation projects, and noted a $5 million federally funded truck parking project aimed at addressing statewide truck parking shortages, especially along interstates and in areas such as Louisville, northern Kentucky, Frankfort, Somerset, and western Kentucky.

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• The Division of Accounting provides central payroll processing functions.
• The Division of Accounting provides central payroll processing functions.
• The Division of Accounting provides central payroll processing functions.
• Right now, we're doing several manual functions.
• Right now, we're doing several manual functions in order to make it work.

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• OIS for your work, everything you do so that we function, and you're the people in the background, and
• do<00:53:17.440> so<00:53:17.599> that<00:53:17.839> we<00:53:18.480> function
• everything you do so that we function. everything you do so that we function. and<00:53:19.040><
• But you need them all for your hand to function. There's no reason why we can't do that here.
• your hand to function. your hand to function.

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened for the first day of session and first elected Delegate Luke Clippinger as Speaker Pro Tem. Members nominated and seconded him with remarks praising his leadership, work on Judiciary Committee issues, and ability to mentor colleagues. Nominations were then closed, the House voted by voice, and Clippinger was sworn in. The chamber then opened nominations for Speaker of the House. Multiple members spoke in support of Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk, highlighting her personal story, legal background, public service, and committee leadership. Speakers emphasized her work on major policy areas including education, police reform, racial and economic justice, reproductive freedom, and support for historically Black colleges and universities. One member from the minority party also seconded the nomination, saying she had been inclusive and respectful in committee work and legislative process. After nominations were closed, the House voted by voice and elected Peña-Melnyk Speaker of the House of Delegates. She was sworn in and thanked members for their support, reflecting on the diversity in the chamber and the significance of the moment. In her remarks, she also praised outgoing Speaker Adrienne Jones and recognized family members, dignitaries, and colleagues in attendance.

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• The federal government is, in this space at least, right now functional, notwithstanding the fact that
• As a starting point for a fair and functional creative economy, As a starting point for a fair and functional
• Often that good public policy makes everyone unhappy because it's a function of compromise.
• Some of that is a function of it has been three years since this was kicked off by an unwise research
• if this is public, but if possible, can you talk a little about those partnerships and how they function

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing at Stanford on the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, transparency, and California’s creative economy. Chairs and members emphasized that the hearing was not on a specific bill and no vote would be taken. Opening remarks framed the issue as balancing protection for artists and other rights holders with the need to keep AI innovation and related economic activity thriving in California, while noting that federal action is unlikely and that state policy may influence national standards. The first panel featured Professor Pamela Samuelson and Stanford researcher Rishi Bommasani. Samuelson reviewed the current copyright litigation landscape, including dozens of lawsuits over AI training, and explained the fair use framework, the Google Books precedent, and the uncertainty around newer theories such as market dilution. She said states can likely regulate transparency, deepfakes, privacy, and safety, but warned that some proposals may be preempted by federal copyright law. Bommasani described widespread opacity around training data among major California AI companies, discussed AB 2013 and the EU AI Act as transparency models, and identified gaps in disclosure design, enforcement, and whether transparency alone can address copyright and IP concerns. Members asked about open-source models, opt-outs, machine unlearning, user data, and state options for protecting creators. The second panel included SAG-AFTRA board member Jason George, Animation Guild president Danny Lynn, and OpenAI copyright counsel Mark Gray. George and Lynn argued that AI training on performers’ and artists’ work without consent or compensation threatens jobs, bargaining power, and reputations, and they supported stronger transparency and licensing requirements so creators can identify when their work is used. Gray said AI is already being used as a productivity tool and highlighted partnerships between AI companies and publishers, record labels, and studios, while arguing that specific harmful uses such as deepfakes should be regulated directly rather than restricting general-purpose AI development. Committee members discussed labeling and watermarking of AI-generated content, transparency around model use, and whether state law should require more detailed disclosure of training data; no formal action was taken.

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• It's a function somewhat like that to pull down payroll data, but, uh, you know, we also can go through
• It's a function somewhat like that to pull down payroll data.
• It's a function somewhat like that to pull down payroll data, but, uh, you know, we also can go through
• It's a function somewhat statements.
• It's a function somewhat like<00:35:15.200> that<00:35:15.359> to<00:35:15.599> pull

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• While we phrase charter schools, they are still public schools; they function very differently with the
• Where the developer is negotiating with themselves or functioning in both roles.
• We know charter schools may sometimes function and be created and use different types of buildings.
• WHEN I ASKED THE COMMITTEE WHAT WOULD BE THE FUNCTION AND ALL THE STUFF AND WHAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS
• WE ARE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE FUNCTIONS IN THESE DEPARTMENTS UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

Bills: SB 2, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117, SB 503, SB 2, HB 120, HB 20, HB 150, HB 6, HB 100, HB 210, HB 215, HB 1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB 142, HB 451, HB 124, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance

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• These incidents create a climate of fear, making it difficult for courts to find. function effectively
• It increases wait times for hearings and other important court functions that other constituents and
• Thank you. to these governmental and other entities that are vital to the functioning of our society.
• Tips on, I do think that government has some core function. to keep us safe, provide for us while we're
• I believe this is a core function of the government or it's by I don't know the correct legal term is

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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• We believe that a core function of government is the maintenance and improvement of roads, bridges, and
• <00:35:58.400> that<00:35:58.800> a<00:35:59.119> core<00:35:59.440> function
• <00:35:59.839> of We believe that a core function of We believe that a core function of government
• c> statewide infrastructure truly serves a statewide infrastructure truly serves a statewide function
• Connecting the state together, function.

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• products can quickly become vulnerable to cybersecurity and privacy risk or a significant loss of key functionality
• maintaining a smart product, consumers may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, they may lose smart functionality
• Internet-connected devices require security updates from manufacturers in order to remain secure and functional
• potential, and now we're seeing it in reality, choking local governments to the point where they cannot function
• and swamping out... ...local governments to the point where they cannot function and swamping out actual

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• products can quickly become vulnerable to cybersecurity and privacy risk or a significant loss of key functionality
• maintaining a smart product, consumers may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, they may lose smart functionality
• Internet-connected devices require security updates from manufacturers in order to remain secure and functional
• potential and now we're seeing it in reality, choking local governments to the point where they cannot function
• and swamping out... ...local governments to the point where they cannot function and swamping out actual

Summary: The committee began as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum and heard several privacy- and technology-related measures. The first item was H.R. 117, a resolution urging Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The author and supporters argued the law is outdated and shields platforms from accountability for harms such as harassment, exploitation, scams, and other online abuse. Witnesses, including a survivor parent and a gender justice advocate, described harms to children, women, and LGBTQ people and urged a two-year sunset to force federal reform. Some members supported the resolution as a call for federal action, while one member said he could not support it because the resolution was too general and lacked specificity about the reforms being sought. No vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The committee then heard SB 898, which would require manufacturers of connected consumer products to disclose how long they will support the software and to notify consumers when products approach end of life. The author said consumers deserve transparency about security updates and continued functionality, and supporters from Consumer Reports and PIRG emphasized cybersecurity risks, consumer confusion, and electronic waste from unsupported devices. Opponents, including business and industry groups, raised concerns about enforcement through the unfair competition law, notice burdens, labeling issues, and compliance challenges, especially for products with long support windows or third-party dependencies. One member expressed support, noting the cybersecurity risks of end-of-life devices, but again no vote was taken because there was no quorum. The committee also heard SB 435, which would narrow the CCPA definition of publicly available information to limit how businesses classify data as public. The author and supporters said the bill would close a loophole that allows data brokers and others to monetize personal information without meaningful consent and could help prevent surveillance and misuse of data, including by government agencies. Opponents argued the bill would upset the balance between privacy and the free flow of information, create compliance uncertainty, and retroactively reclassify information that businesses reasonably believed was public. Some members said they supported the goal of stronger privacy protections, while others said the bill was too broad. The committee again could not vote due to the lack of a quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 923, which would expand Californians’ right to delete personal information to cover data obtained from third parties and require online businesses to offer a web form or similar method for deletion requests. Supporters, including the California Privacy Protection Agency and consumer advocates, said the bill would make deletion rights meaningful and better address data broker practices. Opponents sought an opt-out-of-processing alternative and raised operational and legal concerns, but supporters said deletion is not the same as retention or processing limits. Members largely spoke in favor of the bill’s privacy goals, but no action was taken. The committee also heard SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” which would require human review for certain automated employment decisions and limit predictive analysis in workplace discipline and termination. Labor groups supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or erroneous AI-driven decisions, while business, public employer, and local government groups opposed it as overbroad and burdensome. Members voiced support for human oversight in employment decisions, but the item was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1114, the SOGI Data Privacy Act, which would restrict disclosure of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex data to federal agencies absent a court order or legal requirement; the author and witness framed it as a response to federal efforts to obtain sensitive LGBTQ-related data.