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• A lot of small providers have come about in the last 10, last 15 years, and so that has had an impact
• on things so while Medicaid an impact on things so while Medicaid waiver<00:04:46.280> dollars
• I am the director of research, analysis, and policy for ARM.
• I am the director of research, analysis, and policy for ARM.
• I am the director of research, analysis, and policy for ARM.

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• This bill in front of you has both a food security impact, an impact on our agricultural industry, and
• an economic impact.
• So the analysis... ...from the FIR, thank you for bringing that up.
• So this is one piece I don't understand in the analysis, quite honestly, Madam Chair.
• I'm not quite sure about this portion of the analysis. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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• Human Services Committee, there were multiple letters of support from agencies detailing how this impacted
• The change in the language wouldn't impact at all, if that makes sense.
• And analysis so that we can understand the data.
• What it does and what the impacts are on their communities across the state.
• Analysis that answers a lot of the questions that we currently have. Yeah, Chair Scott.

Bills: HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273

Keywords: Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money

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• that these systems talk to each other, that different agencies can see how one provider has been impacted
• 00:20:14.720> provider<00:20:15.280> has<00:20:15.520> been<00:20:15.720> impacted
• has been impacted in a different<00:20:17.240> uh<00:20:17.440> lane.
• <00:23:37.760> infrastructure<00:23:38.840> to<00:23:38.960> mature the analysis
• infrastructure to mature the analysis infrastructure to mature our<00:23:39.680> state's<00:23

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Summary: The House took up Senate File 334, a bill to modernize Minnesota’s county-administered human services technology systems, including those used for Medicaid, SNAP, and related programs. The author described the current systems as outdated “green screen” platforms from the late 1980s and early 1990s that are cumbersome for county workers, slow service delivery, and make it harder to retain staff. The bill would create an integration layer over legacy systems, establish a long-term technology modernization fund with about $90 million in spending over time and a $50 million cap, and place MNIT in charge of holding and disbursing funds. It also creates governance structures, including an interagency group with county representation and a legislative working group, and includes a $15 million fund for the Office of the Inspector General’s technology needs. Several members spoke in strong support, emphasizing that modernization would improve efficiency, help counties serve residents better, and strengthen fraud detection and data sharing. Representatives from Winona, Washington, Olmsted, Stearns, Hennepin, and others cited local experiences with hacked county systems, obsolete software, and the difficulty of recruiting workers to outdated systems. One member urged that the effort be made enterprise-wide and suggested adding the Office of Legislative Auditor to oversight. Another noted the bill’s potential to improve identity verification tools and support broader agency collaboration. No amendments were offered. After third reading and debate, the clerk called the roll and the House passed the bill with 134 ayes and 0 nays; the title was agreed to.

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• And finally, I want to thank the committee for your thoughtful analysis.
• Kumar, a board-certified behavior analyst representing the California Association of Behavioral Analysis
• But if, with those limits sort of in mind, and that we're not impacting major retailers that sell donuts
• Then I guess the only question that I will go ahead and pop down to is just the impact that it could
• Then I guess the only question that I will go ahead and pop down to is just the impact that it could

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• Disparate impact, gender theory, radical a sexual re shrivel edge or or any related formulation of these
• This impacts just about every area of my Life.
• This impacts the mission of medical schools which have seen a bar.
• And I noticed in the analysis of this bill, under the government sector impact that at the time of authoring
• But accordingly, the overall fiscal impact is unclear.

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• And then, second, the health impacts are unknown.
• So we're not going to be directly contacting that impacted groundwater.
• My question is really coming from an economic impact perspective.
• Because there is a fiscal impact report that does have a lot of numbers and statistics.
• But has it impacted oil and gas operations? Have any operators gone out of business?

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• We've gone through a lot of feasibility analysis to understand, I think we looked at, I want to say,
• of how that may impact Wyoming's water and water supply.
• of how that may but also an analysis of how that may impact<00:59:23.280> Wyoming's<00:59:23.920
• impact Wyoming's water and water supply. impact Wyoming's water and water supply.
• impacts from largecale industrial<01:13:08.320> water<01:13:08.560> use.

Bills: SF0050, SF0068, SF0084, HB0087, HB0029, HB0061, HB0090

Keywords: groundwater, water resource management, state engineer, aquifer study, corrective controls, monitoring wells, public reporting, irrigation, water management, funding, maintenance projects, tax assessments, state law, water conservation, Colorado River, drought, water rights, voluntary program, interstate agreements, water development

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• <00:24:29.600> is uh intense discussion and analysis is uh intense discussion and analysis
• And again, do that technical analysis.
• <01:05:30.799> Again,<01:05:31.119> holding do a fiscal analysis.
• Again, holding do a fiscal analysis.
• analysis is a little over $1. analysis is a little over $1.

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• I'm curious, Secretary, if you've ever done a correlation analysis of that budget versus your miles of
• I would encourage that you do that analysis or that comparison because it goes back to best practices
• The BRM database can also perform some analysis, trying to predict future projects.
• Finally, we have the overload program, where the bridge management section performs capacity analysis
• The overload program, a beam analysis program, is used for these overweight permits.

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• We've done a little bit of analysis into math.
• Uh, we know that analysis into math.
• analysis with those resources. analysis with those resources.
• That's sort of the level of data analysis you'd have to do, and we just don't have that right now.
• That's sort of the level of data analysis you'd have to do, and we just don't have that right now.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Oversight Committee met to review statewide education improvement and assessment issues under RSA 193-C:8-a, with the chair focusing on curriculum frameworks, academic standards, and resource elements tied to the state’s adequate education statutes. The chair walked through the statutory relationship between minimum standards for public school approval, academic standards, and local control of curriculum, noting that New Hampshire law requires curriculum frameworks to guide what students should know and be able to do while leaving districts flexibility in instruction. He also raised concerns that some subject areas appear to have current frameworks or standards while others do not, and suggested the committee may need to consider an amendment creating a curriculum frameworks and academic standards coordinator at the Department of Education. Nate Green, director of the Division of Education Analytics and Resources, explained that the terms “academic standards” and “curriculum frameworks” have evolved over time and are often used interchangeably, but can mean different things depending on the subject area. He said the state’s more prescriptive standards largely developed after No Child Left Behind, especially in math, ELA, and science, while older or less-tested subjects such as arts, physical education, and health often retained looser framework-style documents. Green outlined one possible approach of standardizing terminology, but also said New Hampshire could instead define curriculum frameworks separately as a combination of standards, curriculum, and instructional approaches. He emphasized that state standards must support statewide consistency and assessment, while local districts retain control over how they teach. Committee members discussed how these distinctions affect different grade levels and subjects, using examples from math and science to show that minimum standards are broad while academic standards are more specific and grade-level based. Green described how science standards are organized by physical science, life science, and earth/space science across grade bands, while math standards are more directly tied to individual grades. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported during this portion of the meeting; the discussion remained informational and exploratory as members considered whether statutory language or departmental organization should be updated.

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• Not that we agree with this chart, but it's from Oxford Partners and it did an analysis of the role of
• Not that we agree with this chart, but it's from Oxford Partners, and it did an analysis of the role
• and to do requires us to do the analysis and to do the<00:25:00.080> analysis<00:25:00.559>
• > relative<00:25:00.960> to<00:25:01.200> jobs, the analysis relative to jobs, the
• at least showing impact relative to that<00:47:27.920> area.

Keywords: The first few minutes of this meeting was missed on the live stream. This upload restores those few minutes, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee met with Secretary Jeff Null and General Counsel Matt Wing of the Cabinet for Economic Development for an overview of the cabinet’s main economic development tools, strategy, and compliance practices. Null said the cabinet uses a data-driven approach focused on competitiveness, site readiness, wages, workforce training, and long-term assets such as roads, rail spurs, water, and sewer improvements. He emphasized that the cabinet tries to balance attracting new employers with supporting existing businesses, and said compliance is a core value of the agency. Null walked members through several programs, including the closing fund, Kentucky Business Incentive (KBI), Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training support, and the KIA sales-tax refund tool for construction materials and equipment. He said the closing fund has received $80 million over two years for projects generally involving at least $10 million in investment, though some flexibility exists. He also explained that Bluegrass State Skills funding is typically about $2,000 to $3,000 per job and can be used flexibly for training, including sending Kentucky workers to be trained elsewhere or paying trainers to come to Kentucky. He described KBI as a pay-as-you-go, incremental tax credit tied to actual jobs and investment, and said the legislature’s tiered refundable credit structure allows more targeted use of incentives in heritage and non-heritage counties. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on compliance and monitoring. Null said incentive agreements are written with commercial terms and spell out jobs, investment, wages, and training commitments. The cabinet requires regular reporting, invoices, and sampling, and can use clawbacks or suspend benefits if companies fail to meet obligations or lose required environmental permits. He said the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority reviews incentive applications in public meetings and often requires company representatives to answer questions before preliminary approval is granted. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• And we're going to look at potential financial equity and quality impacts.
• Our unemployment rate was impacted. So it does have a two-generation impact.
• So there is an important two-generation impact of child care.
• So there is an important two-generation impact of child care.
• I looked at the analysis here. It hasn't brought up.

Summary: The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages. Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation. The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.

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• Assets and the impact on maintenance.
• Our crews take tremendous pride in the work they do and the impact it has on the public.
• Is that an analysis something that has been done, or that we can do?
• We haven't done, to my knowledge, any specific analysis like that.
• Bridge that has impacted your constituents. They're all over the state, as you can see.

Summary: The committee received a detailed staff presentation on Washington State Ferries’ capital needs, current fleet status, and long-range funding outlook. Staff described the current service pattern, ridership recovery since the pandemic, the aging fleet, and the state’s plan to add three new hybrid-electric Olympic-class vessels under the 2025 budget, with delivery expected around 2030-2032. Members also heard that the fleet is operating with no reserve vessel, that preservation time is below the desired level, and that terminal electrification and vessel conversion plans face timing, cost, and procurement risks. Questions focused on ridership trends, biofuel supply, design-risk allocation in vessel contracts, sequencing of terminal electrification with new vessel delivery, and the cost and feasibility of restoring international Sidney service, which would require a SOLAS-certified vessel. Staff then outlined ferry capital funding, saying recent spending and programmed needs are far above regular ferry-specific revenues and that the system relies on a mix of dedicated accounts, transportation package money, federal grants, and transfers. They said the near-term budget is balanced through 2027-29, but the longer-term capital outlook shows a shortfall of roughly $250 million to $300 million per biennium, with broader unmet needs much higher. The presentation estimated costs for future vessels, life extensions, terminal electrification, and additional Jumbo Mark II conversions, and noted that the current enacted plan does not fully fund fleet replacement, full electrification, or life extension of older vessels. Members asked for follow-up information on terminal seismic/environmental issues, contract options for additional vessels, and the timing and cost of alternative vessel designs. The committee then shifted to WSDOT maintenance and preservation. Pascoe Focktich described maintenance operations, including winter response, guardrail repair, facilities, equipment, and the effects of underfunding and inflation. He said most of the maintenance budget is fixed cost and labor, that material prices have risen sharply, and that many facilities are in poor condition with asbestos issues and deferred upkeep. He also noted growing guardrail damage, increasing pavement claims, and the burden of maintaining aging bridges and facilities. Members asked about prior planning for these needs, the role of asbestos, and whether more proactive sequencing could help budget decisions. Troy Suing then presented the highway preservation program, saying WSDOT is in the early stages of critical failure and has stretched preservation dollars as far as possible. He explained the distinction between pavement, bridge, and other highway asset preservation, said the department is largely reactive, and estimated that delaying work can make it three to five times more expensive later. He said about 40% of roadways are currently due or overdue for preservation, bridge conditions are nearing the federal poor-bridge threshold, and the department’s 10-year preservation need is about $8 billion. Members asked about the cost of deferring work, whether the department could do more if funded, how priorities are set, and whether other states face similar problems. Finally, Evan Grimm and Mike Fay briefed the committee on bridge strikes by overheight vehicles. They described recent incidents on I-90 near Cle Elum and SR 410 near White River, the damage and closures caused, and possible countermeasures such as public outreach, improved trip-planning tools, and a pilot warning system with sensors and flashing beacons. Fay explained the state’s financial recovery process for third-party damage, saying WSDOT recovers roughly $20 million per biennium and about 78% to 80% of billed damages, with money going to the motor vehicle fund. Members asked about prevention, insurance recovery, and whether the state uses claim data to inform future design or safety changes.

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• To date, on the data centers, they have an impact on water. They have an impact on grids.
• And I'm curious To date, on the data centers, they have an impact on water.
• They have an impact on grids.
• point out the economic impact. of our work.
• impact, and it does change the landscape to some degree.

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• There were two additional changes impacting insurance actions.
• John's County was also significantly impacted.
• Circuit Civil was significantly impacted statewide with each.
• John's County was also significantly impacted.
• studying improper litigation and its impact on the court system.

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through. The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support. Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.

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• Both the Senate and House provisions call for a misclassification fraud impact analysis to be coordinated
• The Senate language is permissive and allows the analysis, and the House requires the report every two
• call for a mclassification fraud impact call for a mclassification fraud impact analysis<00:48:10.400
• to be coordinated between the analysis to be coordinated between the Department<00:48:12.640> of<
• and then the House requires the analysis and then the House requires the<00:48:22.640> report

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• provider have a material impact on the provider and<01:31:35.040> can<01:31:35.440> impact<
• <01:31:48.400> the change that materially impacts the change that materially impacts the financial
• <02:03:33.280> to um shown very minimal fiscal impacts to um shown very minimal fiscal impacts
• <02:25:58.000> of organizations conducted an analysis of organizations conducted an analysis
• doing all the analysis. doing all the analysis. and<04:12:20.319> that<04:12:20.560> there

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The management discussion and analysis provides a narrative overview outlining key year-to-year financial
• Those would impact our budget forecast numbers, but these are the actual numbers based on the results
• And after that, we will issue our system-wide analysis.
• So it's not impacting any of our TANF families at this time.
• But let's look at that initiative and see what it really says and what the impact is.

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• The management discussion and analysis provides a narrative overview outlining key year-to-year financial
• I mean, that would impact our budget forecast numbers, but these are the actual numbers based on the
• It impacted not only the minutes, not only processing renewals, but other areas of board operations.
• So as far as some of the other things we looked at, when that analysis report comes out, we'll have a
• But let's look at that initiative and see what it really says and what the impact is.

Summary: The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts. The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects. Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.