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• Westerman: H.R. 42 would exclude amounts distributed from the Alaska Settlement Trust to those blind,
• H.R. 42 would address this oversight and exclude the amount of benefits distributed to aged, blind, or
• H.R. 4 WOULD ADDRESS THIS OVERSIGHT AND EXCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTED TO AGED, BLIND OR
• However, when an individual receives a distribution from an Alaska Native settlement trust, part of this
• HOWEVER, WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVES A DISTRIBUTION FROM AN ALASKA NATIVE SETTLEMENT TRUST, PART OF THIS

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We have in item one the State Equalization Guarantee distribution.
• If you turn to slide eight, I think it's really important to note that the SEG only distributes funds
• . generate funds; it only distributes existing legislative appropriations.
• If you go to slide nine, we have a short summary on how the SEG funding will be distributed.
• To try to understand a lot about the actual vacancy turnover and distribution of educators.

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• The policy in a lot of our distribution needs to change because our founding fathers set up a great system
• Can you imagine if our system and the distribution of everything that we did in this country was just
• That's almost $1 million that could go less out there that is being distributed if we were more on 5%
• sent down here, it would go into a fund, and then once it hits $150 million, $2 million would be distributed
• would go into this fund out of general revenue, and then once it hit $150 million, it'd be back distributed

Keywords: 1204, all

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• situations or if the state were to put in, you know, more resources into this, like how what's a good distribution
• situations or if the state were to put in, you know, more resources into this, like how what's a good distribution
• situations or if the state were to put in, you know, more resources into this, like what's a good distribution
• <00:14:45.360> what's<00:14:45.600> a<00:14:45.760> good<00:14:45.920> distribution
• <00:14:46.480> how like how what's a good distribution how like how what's a good distribution

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS) 00:00:53 Approval of Minutes 00:23:37, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Board of EMS presented an additional budget request focused on grant funding for local EMS agencies, not agency operations. Officials said the board has 13 full-time staff after losing employees in the 2022 transition back to state government, and that the request would be a 100% pass-through to providers. They initially described two requests totaling $12.91 million: $10.8 million for the EMS block grant and $2.1 million for workforce education tied to House Bill 484, but later said they would withdraw the $2.1 million request because rural health transformation funding appears likely to cover those education needs. Most of the testimony explained why the EMS block grant should be increased. The board said the grant began in 1980 at about $1.2 million and has remained largely unchanged while EMS costs have risen sharply. They cited higher prices for ambulances, stretchers, and cardiac monitors, along with increased labor and reimbursement pressures. Board members emphasized that modern EMS now provides much more advanced care in the field, especially in rural areas, and argued that equipment such as 12-lead cardiac monitors can significantly improve patient outcomes. They said the current grant provides about $10,000 per county, while the request would raise funding to about $100,000 per county and increase the per-capita amount from roughly 26 cents to $2.60. Members also discussed whether the block grant statute should be reformed to target need more directly. Board officials said they had considered making the grant more competitive, but decided against it for now because many counties rely on the annual funding and shifting money away from some areas would create hardship. In response to questions, they said Kentucky has about 160 class one EMS agencies providing 911 response across 120 counties, and that grant awards in recent years reached 91 counties, then 108, then 110 counties. They also highlighted the cost and safety benefits of power loading systems for stretchers, saying they can reduce back injuries and help retain EMS workers, but are often unaffordable for smaller departments. No votes were taken on the budget request during the hearing. After the testimony and questions, the committee approved the minutes from the prior meeting by motion and second, with no opposition, and then adjourned.

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• The bill prohibits the sale or distribution of any product containing intentionally added PFAS, including
• I do want to emphasize that the bill includes a distribution ban that would extend to products merely
• They'll go to a shipping warehouse, they'll go to a distribution center.
• From there, they get put on rail or truck and distributed around the country.
• And all of the other companies that we represent are also going to look at their distribution systems

Summary: The committee heard SB 404 on metal shredding facilities, SB 601 on water quality protections after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision, SB 682 on phasing out PFOS in certain consumer products, and later SB 646 on prenatal vitamins and toxic metal contamination. SB 561 had been pulled from the hearing. In each of the measures, the authors and supporters emphasized environmental and public health protections, while opponents raised concerns about overregulation, implementation, and unintended economic impacts. The committee also spent time on the policy details of each bill, including how smaller operators would be treated under SB 404, how “nexus waters” would be defined under SB 601, and whether alternatives and testing standards were adequate under SB 682 and SB 646. For SB 404, Senator Caballero said the bill would create a permitting and enforcement framework for metal shredding facilities, with operational standards for fire prevention, stormwater, and releases of shredder residue, while supporters argued it would bring needed certainty to a critical recycling industry. Opponents, including small recyclers and community/environmental advocates, said the bill was either too broad or not strong enough, with some warning it would burden smaller facilities and others arguing it would fail to protect overburdened communities. The committee approved SB 404 on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations, with recorded support from the chair and some members and opposition from others. SB 601 sought to restore state-level protections for waters that lost federal Clean Water Act coverage after Sackett, using a “nexus waters” framework and revised enforcement provisions after amendments removed the private right of action. Supporters said California needed to preserve protections for seasonal streams and wetlands and avoid backsliding, while opponents from business, agriculture, water districts, and local governments argued the definition remained too broad and could create uncertainty, costs, and unintended consequences. The committee also approved SB 601 on a due-pass motion to Appropriations, again with split votes. SB 682, which the committee also advanced, would phase out intentionally added PFOS in six product categories, including cleaning products, cookware, dental floss, ski wax, food packaging, and juvenile products, with an amendment delaying cookware implementation until 2030. Supporters framed it as a source-control measure to reduce PFAS contamination and lower long-term water treatment costs, while manufacturers and cookware interests argued the bill was overbroad, lacked workable testing standards, and could push consumers and businesses toward uncertain alternatives. The committee chair recommended an aye vote, and the measure passed to Appropriations. SB 646 was then introduced on prenatal vitamins, with supporters saying it would require testing and disclosure of heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, while the opposition said disclosure must be handled carefully so as not to confuse consumers or undermine confidence in prenatal supplements.

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• A disclosure is required when a person publishes or distributes synthetic media that the person knows
• A disclosure is required when a person publishes or distributes synthetic media that the person knows
• A disclosure is required when a person publishes or distributes synthetic media that the person knows
• A disclosure is required when a person publishes or distributes synthetic media that the person knows
• A disclosure is required when a person publishes or distributes synthetic media that the person knows

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• We're an insurance distribution firm delivering tailored insurance and advisory solutions to businesses
• You'd be able to distribute risk across different types of risks.
• , whereas if you're doing a group, you actually have the opportunity in that singular policy to distribute
• Adding this exception for utilities and transmission and distribution utilities is similar to the existing
• We are one of only 4 transmission distribution utilities in the state of Texas.

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• So then ECECD and its additional distribution or its additional funding levels, how did they fare?
• The House sent over that bill with only a distribution of $400 million, and with the expenses and the
• Chairman, House Bill 71 increases the amount of distribution from the Early Childhood Education Program
• The amendment takes in two revenue streams that distribute into the early childhood fund.
• In terms of the distributions of revenue streams being split, one of those revenue streams is going to

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• subjected to either the gross misdemeanor penalty for possession or the felony law for intent to distribute
• subjected to either the gross misdemeanor penalty for possession or the felony law for intent to distribute
• the felony law for um for<00:02:27.800> intent<00:02:28.080> to<00:02:28.280> distribute
• receives mail, scans that mail, photocopies it, and then sends it to the facilities for staff to distribute
• <00:09:38.800> the facilities for staff to distribute the facilities for staff to distribute

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 327, which would increase penalties for introducing contraband into correctional facilities, especially drugs and other dangerous items sent through the mail or brought in by outside actors. Representative Ingan described the bill as a response to a sharp rise in violations and staff exposures in DOC facilities, arguing that stronger felony penalties are needed to deter people from sending in illicit substances. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus because it has a fiscal note. The committee adopted the DE1 author’s amendment after Representative Ingan explained it was intended to clarify language that could otherwise create a catch-22 for people arrested or booked into jail who already have contraband on them. Members then raised concerns about the breadth of the bill, including overlap with an existing DOC statute and the possibility that the language could sweep in incarcerated people in situations involving prescription medication or minor exchanges. House nonpartisan staff and members suggested the DOC provisions should be reconciled with existing law before moving forward, and some suggested narrowing the bill to focus more specifically on jails. Sheriff Brad Wise of the Minnesota Sheriffs Association testified in support, saying contraband in jails threatens staff, inmates, visitors, and administrators and that current penalties are not enough to deter smuggling. Commissioner Paul Schell of Corrections also testified, noting that DOC already has a separate statute with a higher felony penalty for certain contraband, described the department’s mail-scanning contractor process, and said it has reduced suspected drug incidents by about two-thirds. An A2 amendment tied to medication intake practices was offered by Representative Curran but then withdrawn after discussion, with members agreeing the issue of medication access in facilities should be handled separately.

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• Of this funding, $200 million will be distributed to all municipalities based on the standard Chapter
• 90 program distribution formula.
• The standard Chapter 90 program distribution formula is 58% for road mileage, 21% for population, and
• In support of our rural communities, the remaining $100 million of this funding will be distributed to

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and first took up a Rules Committee report recommending adoption of a resolution honoring the 200th anniversary of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in New Bedford. The House suspended the rules and adopted the resolution. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then reported a series of local bills for consideration, including measures on legal notices, charter changes for Chicopee, Bridgewater, Wellesley, Weston, Somerville, and Watertown, as well as bills on firefighter residency, a checkout bag fee in Sudbury, senior tax exemption eligibility in Williamstown, and liquor licenses in Lexington. The House suspended Rule 7A, gave the bills second reading, and ordered them to a third reading. The House also considered a Ways and Means report on H. 4257, financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. The committee recommended an amendment in the form of a substitute bill, H. 4307, authorizing $1.185 billion in general obligation bonds. After suspension of the rules, the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading. Later, during floor debate on H. 4307, members spoke in support of the bill as a major transportation funding package, emphasizing Chapter 90 aid, road mileage-based distribution, culvert and small bridge repairs, congestion relief projects, and the bill’s fiscal and credit-rating benefits. A roll call was ordered, and the bill passed to be engrossed 156-0. The House also passed to be engrossed a bill validating the results of a special election in Hardwick. In addition, the House adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and agreed to adjourn in memory of former Representative and Senator Matthew C. Patrick of Falmouth. The session included several guest introductions, including Mandela Fellows studying at Bridgewater State University, former legislator Vincent Dimacido, Bellingham Council on Aging guests, and interns in Representative Linsky’s office.

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• Ward Johnson relating to requiring a warning on the labeling of certain consumable hemp products distributed
• HB Number 80 by TOT relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing
• HB number 82 by Kane relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing
• Packaging, labeling, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, storage, dispensing

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• equipment, computer software, procedures, or technology used to communicate, collect, process, distribute
• On... ...or technology used to communicate, collect, process, distribute, or store information.
• procedures, personnel, or technology used to acquire, store, process, manage, use, maintain, display, distribute
• at the state level, because the way that cybersecurity is happening, threats are happening now, distributed

Bills: SB156, SB467

Keywords: gun violence, firearm safety, special counsel, data collection, community initiatives, grants, Attorney General, public safety, suicide prevention, cybersecurity, information security, state agency, data protection, confidentiality, 909, all

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• So, what's the mechanism CMS is using to monitor the program and distribute the funds?
• Generally public information will be distributed through the website at mississippi-rhp.com.
• We're doing our best to get information out as quickly as possible through a bunch of distribution channels
• Now, while we're discussing distributions of funds, I first want to note that CMS has established clear
• >> And once that money's distributed, they're reported bi-weekly on... >> I don't know about bi-weekly

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 4 June, 2026; 2:30 PM, 925, all

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• This slide shows the distribution of the governor's 2026 infrastructure plan across several categories
• <00:03:50.080> of This slide shows the distribution of the governor's 2026 infrastructure
• I would think that maybe that could be distributed to artists around the state for memorials.
• I would think that maybe that could be distributed to artists around the state for memorials.
• I would think that maybe that could be distributed to artists around the state for memorials.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• used their portion of that money to hire folks that, you know, have done other things than just distribute
• recommendations, but this would also add an FTE for them for local government division for, in part, to distribute
• used their portion of that money to hire folks that, you know, have done other things than just distribute
• If COGS are ever saying, you know, it takes a long time, part to distribute your member grow.
• DFA has a distribution method.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Academy Sports operates 298 stores in 19 states and three distribution centers in Texas, Tennessee, and
• We also operate distribution centers in Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia.
• Like many retailers, our goods are first shipped from a point of origin to our distribution centers through
• It was intercepted on its way from Nevada to our Texas distribution center.
• In addition to the impact on merchandising, inventory management... ...and distribution center teams

Keywords: Committee, Transportation, aviation safety, confirmation, Lieutenant Commander, Deputy Secretary, Bradbury, Hafensteiner, aircraft incidents

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened to consider the promotion of Coast Guard Lieutenant Samuel Hafensteiner to Lieutenant Commander and the nomination of Stephen Bradbury as Deputy Secretary of Transportation. The meeting highlighted ongoing concerns regarding aviation safety, especially in light of recent aircraft incidents. Members discussed the critical need for knowledgeable leadership within the Department of Transportation to address these safety challenges effectively. Mr. Bradbury's background as a former General Counsel of the Department was presented as a strong asset for the role he seeks.

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• amount as school districts and charter schools will receive from the revised permanent school fund distributions
• House File 3900 is the constitutional amendment allowing a 4.5% distribution from the fund each year.
• constitutional amendment allowing<00:06:35.840> a<00:06:35.919> 4.5%<00:06:37.400> distribution
• <00:06:38.120> from<00:06:38.400> the allowing a 4.5% distribution from the allowing
• a 4.5% distribution from the fund<00:06:38.960> each<00:06:39.240> year.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee on Senate File 4282 met with a quorum present and heard a walkthrough of the bill, which contains forecast adjustments for several agencies. Senate staff explained that Article 1 makes education forecast adjustments for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, Article 2 adjusts appropriations for the Department of Human Services, Article 3 does the same for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and Article 4 increases special transportation services funding for Metropolitan Council programs including Metro Mobility and Metro Move by $8.9 million in FY 2026 and $10.9 million in FY 2027 to match the February forecast. House staff noted that the House language matched Article 1 but did not include Articles 2 through 4. Representative Youakim presented amendment A26-0180, describing six sections that add provisions on paraprofessional qualifications, aid for tribal contract schools tied to revised permanent school fund distributions, expanded allowable uses of school operating capital revenue to include certain utility costs, an extension of an existing appropriation for gender-neutral single-use restrooms, and two school district fund transfer provisions for West St. Paul/Mendota Heights/Eagan and Maple Lake. Members discussed that several items were no-cost and that some fund transfer language had been previously discussed in committee. The amendment was adopted on an 8-0 roll call vote. After adopting the amendment, the committee voted on the bill as amended. The conference committee agreement for Senate File 4282 passed on an 8-0 vote, and the meeting was adjourned.

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• ON THE CURRENT PROGRAMS WE ARE OVERSEEING $700 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE STATE AREA
• SO FAR TODAY WE'VE DISTRIBUTED OVER 3500 DEVICES WITHIN THIS PROGRAM.
• THIS TAKES WIRELESS, 13% WITHIN THAT DISTRIBUTION, SATELLITE CAME IN AT 25% DISTRIBUTION AND HYBRID TECHNOLOGY
• THE DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE $50 MILLION ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION THAT WILL COME IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS THAT

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• Yep, that's the highway tax distribution funding. So normally that's the highway.
• Yep, that's the highway tax distribution funding.
• So 86% from general funds, 14% from the highway tax distribution fund.
• Again, that was the highway tax distribution.
• And the $172,000 came from general. $28,000 was the highway tax distribution.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2023 for the Racing Commission. Members confirmed the bill’s existing items, including the internships program and copier replacement, and then adopted an amendment based on the worksheet that moved those items to one-time funding. The committee then passed SB 2023 as amended, with the only noted differences from the Senate version being the one-time treatment of the $20,000 internship item and the copier replacement. Next, the committee considered House Bill 2011 for the Highway Patrol. Representative Pyle explained a series of verbal amendments that shifted several one-time and ongoing expenses from the general fund to the electronic permit fee fund, including body armor, preliminary breath test devices, handgun replacement, emergency vehicle operations course resurfacing, and related items, while also removing the shooting range ventilation project because it could be completed with existing funds. The committee also added a section allowing carryover authority for federal grant dollars tied to the in-car router system. After adopting the amendments, the committee passed HB 2011 as amended. The committee then discussed Senate Bill 2014 for the Industrial Commission, focusing on a proposed amendment by Representative Fisher that would direct additional percentages of North Dakota Mill net income to wheat breeding programs at NDSU’s main experiment station and branch research centers. Members asked about current funding, the size of the proposed transfers, and how the money would be used, with Fisher arguing the funds would support breeding, disease resistance, and related research. Several members said they wanted more information on existing funding and program costs before advancing the idea, so the committee held the amendment for further review and took no final action on the bill during this discussion.

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• The bill distributes doc stamps The bill distributes doc stamps by redirecting a portion of the collections
• Specifically, the bill reinstates the doc stamp distribution, which was eliminated in the '25 session
• The modified distribution of $60 million provided by the bill directly adds additional transportation

Summary: The Transportation Economic Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard four measures. First, the committee considered PCS for HB 1177, which originally addressed ad valorem tax exemptions for defense and aerospace operations and contract procedures for Space Florida. An amendment removed the tax exemption portion for later consideration in the tax package, and the bill then passed favorably after brief discussion about Florida’s competitiveness in the space industry. The committee next took up a conforming budget bill on documentary stamp taxes, which redirects a portion of doc stamp revenue from general revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund. The sponsor said the change restores a $60 million transportation funding stream with a corresponding general revenue reduction, while maintaining a net zero fiscal impact overall. Members asked about why the funding was being restored and how the money would be used, and the bill passed favorably. Members then heard PCB 26-02, which re-creates the Emergency Preparedness Response Fund and adds restrictions and oversight. The proposal limits the fund to state appropriations for natural emergencies, requires legislative consultation for extended emergencies, keeps revenue in the fund, sends federal reimbursements to general revenue, adds quarterly reporting and inventory/accounting requirements, and sunsets the fund in 2030 unless reenacted. Testimony and debate focused on accountability, disaster response readiness, and concerns about prior uses of the fund; the PCB passed favorably. Finally, the committee considered HB 953, which strengthens oversight of commercial driving schools by authorizing county tax collectors to enforce related statutes and inspections. The sponsor said the bill responds to fraud and misrepresentation in the industry and would help protect driver licensing integrity, especially in South Florida. After supportive testimony from the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office and a lobbyist, the bill passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned.