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• This was quite an interesting process for our town clerk to go through.
• The statute only names county boards of supervisors in the drafting process.
• Dana, you didn't want to come on down and explain why you should be involved in this process?
• Right now, 16-4-52 means that the EPM has the role of law, so this body should be involved in that process
• and Senate committees with jurisdiction over elections to make sure that we have more of a public process

Bills: SB1006, SB1029, SB1037, SB1038, SB1040, SB1057, SB1060, SB1237

Keywords: campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system

Summary: The Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections met and took up several election- and campaign-related bills. SB 1006 would raise the threshold for itemizing in-state individual campaign contributions in committee reports from $100 to $200 and increase the aggregate reporting threshold accordingly; staff described it as a straightforward campaign finance update, and it passed 4-3. SB 1029 would treat a candidate committee as intending to terminate upon the candidate’s death and allow certain designated individuals to serve as treasurer; testimony from the Town of Queen Creek described practical problems encountered after the deaths of officeholders, and the bill passed unanimously 7-0. SB 1038 would require county election officials to transmit the cast vote record to the Secretary of State and prohibit alteration except as otherwise allowed; members debated whether CVRs are already public records and whether the bill was needed, and it passed 4-3. SB 1237 would add county recorders and the House and Senate election committee leaders to the list of officials consulted by the Secretary of State when prescribing the Elections Procedures Manual; county officials testified this would better reflect their role in early voting and other election functions, and it passed 4-3. The committee also heard SB 1057, which would require vendors providing ballot paper fraud countermeasures to meet specified ISO certifications and include at least three of ten listed security features. Staff explained the ISO standards, and members discussed whether the bill needed additional safeguards and whether it differed from a vetoed bill from the prior session. The bill passed 4-3, with some members noting they wanted amendments or had concerns about the standards and the bill’s structure. After discussing several additional measures, the chair indicated he was not comfortable moving the remaining bills without the sponsor present. Without objection, the committee held the remaining bills and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• um budget. um budget.
• you concluded your work on the budget you concluded your work on the budget bill.<00:08:45.760><
• So it's not like all of budget bill.
• 3 million in the budget. 3 million in the budget.
• Senator Guru and Senator KGO's budget Senator Guru and Senator KGO's budget balancer<00:36:14.640

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

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• in the Senate budget.
• in the Senate budget.
• or at the end of that title 25 process or at the end of that process<01:01:49.119> committed<
• ><01:11:38.719> my the remaining process, it's my the remaining process, it's my understanding
• section 300s from the 2024 budget bill. section 300s from the 2024 budget bill.

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

Transcript Highlights:

• Elizabeth Arnold with the LSO Budget Fiscal Division.
• All of the application processing.
• So those were deleted from the budget.
• Moving on to page four, Agency 96 is the State Budget Department.
• And this is just the budget balancer. The Senate had a budget balancer, which I think is historic.

Bills: SF0032, SF0010, SF0001, HB0001

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

Transcript Highlights:

• Lord, we just pray that you give us wisdom and discernment as we go about this decision-making process
• blessings when you led us through trials because we know you're always there with us throughout the process
• A quorum is present. us throughout the process. In Christ's us throughout the process.
• that you're working with other interested parties, and we can expect a lot more work through the process
• process to get where we need to be. process to get where we need to be.

Bills: HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174, HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

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• process cannot stop it. Not in a board. process cannot stop it. Not in a board.
• An authority that starts an RFP process An authority that starts an RFP process cannot<00:09:53.440
• starts an RFP process cannot stop it. it. it.
• So, you can stop an RFP<00:10:14.680> process. RFP process. RFP process.
• So, that process, to withdraw the RFP.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 KCNA Request for Proposal Process 00:00:01 Overview of KWIC Board and Funding of Kentucky Wired Network Refresh 00:18:10 Zayo Network Services 00:34:40 Discussion of Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Funding 00:57:32, 958, all

Summary: The committee first focused on a disputed KCNA procurement for a statewide network-related RFP. Members questioned why the RFP had been labeled non-technical, whether COT should have reviewed it, and whether the KCNA board could direct that it be withdrawn. Finance and Administration Cabinet counsel Barbie Dickens said the RFP was authorized by KCNA working with procurement services after termination of the prior contract and breach notices, was issued in November 2025, paused during a protest, later resumed, and remained an open procurement. She said the agency—not the board—directs the procurement process, though she acknowledged an agency and OPS could cancel or reissue an RFP if needed. Legislators pushed back, citing KRS 154 and House Bill 314 as evidence that the KCNA board controls contracts and operations, and one member said the board had requested the RFP be withdrawn. Dickens said she could not predict the outcome and was not KCNA’s counsel. The discussion also touched on whether the current director had asked to stop the RFP and whether that request had been denied, with no final action taken during the exchange. The committee then turned to Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Corporation and the Kentucky Wired refresh project. Jim Barnhart described the structure of the nonprofit corporation, the role of Quick and Quack in the financing and operations arrangement, and the board membership, noting that the refresh funding had been approved in the 2024-26 capital budget. He said the equipment upgrade is necessary because of end-of-life hardware and software support issues, and that the refresh would expand capacity, lower risk, and reduce operating costs. Barnhart said some equipment had already been received, the rest would be purchased later, and the project should begin before September and take about a year to complete. When asked about contract disputes involving Ledcor and whether the vendor had an ongoing contract, Barnhart and the authority representative said they had not been notified of any issues and were not directly involved in that contract dispute. Committee members also raised concerns about a prior market test and whether a lower-cost bidder had been blocked from a previous RFP process. Barnhart said he understood Quack could make that decision and that the Commonwealth did not have input so long as the network was maintained, but he was not involved at the time. A legislator then read from the KCNA statute and argued that the board, not agency staff, is supposed to direct KCNA contracts and operations, saying House Bill 314 did not change those duties. The chair agreed the committee’s intent was for the board to control KCNA and direct contracts, and the discussion ended with a transition away from the KCNA dispute toward future testimony, including a presentation from Zayo Networks on open access networks and broadband infrastructure.

Bills: HB 34, HB 128, HB 621, HB 748, HB 2259, HB 2960, HB 3113, HB 4749, SB 835

Keywords: property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, elections, scannable ballots, voting technology, paper ballots, electoral process, jury service, juror qualifications, grand jury, petit jury, legal implications

Bills: HB 34, HB 128, HB 621, HB 748, HB 2259, HB 2960, HB 3113, HB 4749, SB 835

Keywords: property owners' association, free speech, assembly rights, government officials, political candidates, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, elections, scannable ballots, voting technology, paper ballots, electoral process, jury service, juror qualifications, grand jury, petit jury, legal implications

Transcript Highlights:

• Budget Office and for agencies. Budget Office and for agencies.
• the process would be. the process would be.
• in the fiscal process.
• Management and Budget. But for the most Management and Budget.
• process at all. process at all.

Bills: HF1234, HF3528, HF3672, HF3679, HF3680, HF1944

Keywords: payment transparency, public contracts, contractor rights, government accountability, construction payments, barbering, licensing, examinations, barber schools, public safety, certifications, Barber Examiners Board, data transparency, Legislative Budget Office, state agencies, fiscal notes, public data, standard time, federal law, time zone

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8W4RT2IL2E, 2026-07-02T03:39:43+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Committee materials, to the extent available, may be found here: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/budget/HF_2024_2025_Division_iii.aspx, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8W4RT2IL2E, 2026-06-14T02:39:06+00:00, 2.2.23, Data collected via generic collector engine, Committee materials, to the extent available, may be found here: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/budget/HF_2024_2025_Division_iii.aspx, 928, house, all, 2.2.40, 2.1.47

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Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC3E5d_1_tE, 2026-07-02T03:39:41+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Committee materials, to the extent available, may be found here: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/budget/HF_2024_2025_Division_iii.aspx, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME4IQcZlZrU, 2026-07-02T03:39:41+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Committee materials, to the extent available, may be found here: https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/budget/HF_2024_2025_Division_iii.aspx, 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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