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• And this change of season makes me particularly nervous about our very old, expensive-to-replace HVAC
• HVAC units and expensive to replace HVAC units and furnaces.<00:08:50.080> Um,<00:08:50.720><
• We'll ask to replace the restricted funds with real funding.
• systems, and replacement, HVAC systems, and structural<00:21:49.120> repairs.
• Over half of our colleges have PEP status, bridge education program status, so they can receive Pell

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:09 State of the Judiciary: 00:02:33 The Corrections - KCTCS Reentry Program: 00:49:44 Update on 2022 RS SB 90: 01:27:49, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on the Judiciary met on November 6, 2025, approved the minutes, and welcomed guests including Kentucky Specialty Courts manager Elizabeth Nichols and Boyle/Mercer Family Court Judge Bruce Petri. The committee then heard the Chief Justice of Kentucky, Deborah Lambert, deliver her state of the judiciary address, focused largely on judicial branch funding, facilities, technology, and specialty court programs. Chief Justice Lambert said the branch is facing a projected $14.3 million shortfall for fiscal year 2026 and asked lawmakers for supplemental support, access to reserve funds, and higher base appropriations to cover inflation and nondiscretionary costs. She also requested a 15% across-the-board pay increase for judicial branch employees, citing salary gaps with other state workers and declining judicial compensation relative to national averages. She emphasized that the branch has received a clean FY 2025 audit and said the requests were intended to sustain current operations rather than expand them. A major portion of her remarks covered court technology and facilities. She described the move to Chamberlain during Capitol renovations, the purchase of that building as a cost-saving measure, and the need to fund courtroom audio/video systems and a new statewide case management system. She also discussed courthouse maintenance, flood damage, mold issues, security system upgrades, and the $47 million asset preservation fund created last session, while asking for additional local facilities funding and one-time disaster-related support. Lambert highlighted specialty court and statewide program results, including foster care review boards, family recovery courts, court designated worker programs, drug and mental health courts, and the Judicial Commission on Mental Health. She thanked legislators for prior bills and support, including House Bill 1, Senate Bill 26, and the CES law, and said 2026 recommendations will focus on civil commitment reforms under KRS 202C. During questions, Senator Wheeler asked whether some courthouses are being overbuilt; Lambert said most facilities are inadequate, though some may be larger than needed, and that future needs and population changes must be considered. She also noted that virtual hearings and technology have improved efficiency. No votes or formal committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the presentation.

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• He asks that we look at the amendment and replace the amendment in whole.
• deportation of immigrants he replaced deportation of immigrants he replaced that<00:47:34.880>
• he asks that we amendment and he replac he asks that we look<00:47:46.960> at<00:47:47.160>
• 48.400> the look at the amendment and replace the look at the amendment and replace the amendment
• The school district conceded that the actuality of her hours exceeded what her formal status was.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 180, which concerns critical incident stress management teams. Representative Mark PR, the bill sponsor, proposed an amendment to add a definition of “team leader” and to clarify that teams may or may not be affiliated with a municipality. He argued that a certification test offered by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation is unnecessary and too expensive at $400, since team members are volunteers who already receive training and continuing education. Committee members asked about the training structure and certification language, and the sponsor explained that the teams are self-certified and that the amendment was intended to clean up the bill’s language. The committee then voted on HB 180 in executive session. Amendment 0261H was adopted 11-0, and the bill was then moved as amended and passed 11-0. The committee placed the bill on consent. Later, the committee heard House Bill 438, sponsored by Representative Timothy Horan, dealing with immigration detention and related state policy. Horan described the bill as an update to earlier legislation and said it would codify best practices, prohibit state cooperation with mass deportation efforts, bar for-profit operation of immigration detention facilities, and require Executive Council approval before the governor could deploy the National Guard for immigration deportation activities. Committee members questioned whether the bill could be read as authorizing detention facilities and discussed the relationship between the state and Strafford County Jail. An amendment presented on behalf of Representative Patrick Long was described as a technical rewrite that removed several sections and changed language, but the hearing ended before any vote was taken on HB 438.

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• an excuse to replace the expertise and<05:18:54.600> experience<05:18:55.200> of<05:18
• I'm excited about the prospect status.
• Elevating this site to National Park status will raise its profile, attract more visitors, and support
• to National Park status will raise its<05:55:01.960> profile,<05:55:02.640> attract<05

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• And while some groups only see the statues and paintings when they come to the Capitol, these students
• And while some groups only<00:37:47.920> see<00:37:48.079> the<00:37:48.400> statues
• c><00:37:48.800> and<00:37:49.040> paintings<00:37:49.760> when only see the statues
• and paintings when only see the statues and paintings when they<00:37:50.160> come<00:37:50.320
• /c><00:56:27.440> as<00:56:27.680> a<00:56:27.839> result doing full roof replacements

Keywords: 916, all

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• Section 5 addresses the deposit of revenue on the sales of motor vehicle replacement parts.
• The sales tax on motor vehicle replacement parts is deposited into a dedicated account, and this clarifies
• these uh the sales tax on motor parts these uh the sales tax on motor vehicle<00:14:34.320> replacement
• <00:14:34.759> parts<00:14:35.000> is<00:14:35.240> deposited vehicle replacement
• parts is deposited vehicle replacement parts is deposited into<00:14:36.040> a<00:14:36.399><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• designated a fiscally constrained county to make sure that fiscally constrained counties do not lose their status
• school districts and the county commissions, many have already completed the process for renewing or replacing

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This bill gives districts another tool in the toolbox and does not replace performance pay.
• late-filed amendment, actually a handwritten amendment filed by Senator Burgess to add a bald eagle statue

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216, which would revise public school personnel compensation rules to give districts more flexibility in using cost-of-living adjustments, recognizing advanced degrees, and adjusting performance pay limits for educators and other school personnel. Senator Rodriguez said the bill would add tools for recruitment and retention without replacing performance pay, and several members spoke in strong support, emphasizing teacher pay, retention, and the need to invest in education. The bill was reported favorably after roll call. The committee next considered SB 1036 on school counselors. Senator Claudio explained that the bill addresses counselor shortages by removing a barrier tied to classroom-teacher certification requirements, which she said limits the applicant pool and makes it harder to recruit and retain counselors. Public testimony strongly supported the bill, including students and school personnel who described high counselor-to-student ratios, limited access to counseling, and the importance of mental health and academic guidance. Members also discussed related support roles such as BRACE advisors and the need for more efficient use of district resources and state support. During debate, senators shared personal examples of how counselors can help students identify goals and access opportunities, while also noting that many counselors are overwhelmed by administrative duties and large caseloads. Senator Claudio closed by saying the bill removes barriers for direct-service professionals and could be paired with future efforts on ratios and streamlined services. CS for SB 1036 was reported favorably by roll call. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on SB 1216, and the committee adjourned.

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• This bill gives districts another tool in the toolbox and does not replace performance pay.
• late-filed amendment, actually a handwritten amendment filed by Senator Burgess to add a bald eagle statue

Bills: S0920, S1036, S1216

Keywords: mathematics education, career pathways, applied algebra, college readiness, technical education, school counselors, educational standards, certification requirements, evaluation criteria, professional development, public school personnel, salary adjustment, performance salary schedule, cost-of-living adjustment, school administration

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met with a quorum present and first temporarily postponed SB 920 on mathematics education. The committee then took up SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, sponsored by Senator Rodriguez, which would give districts more flexibility in educator pay by restoring meaningful cost-of-living adjustments for teachers with direct student contact, allowing recognition of relevant advanced degrees, and removing rigid performance-pay caps. Several senators spoke in support, emphasizing teacher retention, compensation, and education as a state investment. The bill was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee considered CS/SB 1036 on school counselors, sponsored by Senator Calatayud, to address counselor shortages by removing certification barriers tied to classroom teacher requirements. The sponsor and supporting testimony described recruitment and retention problems, high counselor-to-student ratios, and the need for counselors to focus on student academics, mental health, and college/career readiness rather than administrative duties. Public testimony came from students, educators, and school personnel who described limited access to counselors and the impact on student well-being and college planning. Committee members broadly supported the bill while noting that counselors are often overburdened and that additional support personnel, including BRACE advisors, may also need attention in the future. Senators also discussed broader efficiency measures and the need for schools and colleges to improve access to guidance services. CS/SB 1036 was reported favorably by unanimous vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on the two bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• In my case, selling would mean losing our dream home and any realistic chance of replacing it.
• In plain terms, CH6 asserts business status for profit purposes while also invoking association powers

Summary: The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and considered four bills. First, the committee took up SB 1724 on municipal utility services. A late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Martin was adopted after he explained it would require annual customer meetings for certain extraterritorial utility customers, cap the use of utility revenues for general government purposes, eliminate a 25% surcharge and reduce the rate differential cap, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain surcharges only as needed to satisfy existing bond covenants. The Florida League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the time needed for rate studies and budget adjustments, but the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices by Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, authorize their installation at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or debate, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water and wastewater service solely because a property owner declines annexation, if the property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. An amendment narrowed the bill by defining “main line” and reducing the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about large users, possible conflict with annexation law, potential enclave creation, and revenue impacts, but Senator Mayfield said he would continue working on the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, Chair Bradley presented SB 1498 on community associations. A strike-all amendment was adopted that made technical changes to video conference recording, turnover inspection reports, and electronic voting, and added provisions requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors, creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal. It also targeted mandatory club or amenity fee structures controlled by developers or third parties, declaring such provisions against public policy, limiting assessments to proportional expenses, and allowing suits and conveyance of common areas after turnover. Testimony from homeowners described alleged governance abuses and opaque, profit-driven mandatory fees in their communities, while the Community Associations Institute supported the amendment. The committee reported CS for SB 1498 favorably. Members then recorded additional votes for the record, and the meeting adjourned.

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• HB 2535 by Leach relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions
• HB 2546 by TEPA relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the Clean School Bus Program, refer

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• refer to the Subcommittee on Workforce, HB 2535 by Leach, relating to the determination. of resident status
• HB 2546 by Tepper, relating to vehicles eligible for replacement under the Clean School Bus Program.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• ledge counsel. are what has passed both houses, and the governor, and the Senate. thereby achieve the status
• If we can all agree that judges shouldn't replace the legislature's policy choices with their own. then

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Allowing for a member on disability status who is over 60 and who receives an annuity adjustment to continue
• Article 12 of the Constitution of New Mexico by repealing Section 6 and adding a new Section 6 to replace

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• We can't do that because we don't have law enforcement status, which gives us three things.
• Did they have law enforcement status? They have law enforcement status? I don't believe they did.
• Does everybody under this bill, does everybody that works here have law enforcement status immediately
• So if they would have law enforcement status but have obligations like a regular police officer for a
• Thank you for testifying, but the status of these officers that you wanted to hire are these licensed

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• <00:23:16.080> I replace the person while they're gone.
• I replace the person while they're gone.
• replace replace themselves.<00:35:43.680> The themselves.
• Does this license purport to replace the cocktail lounge license? Thank you, Senator Murphy.
• No, it does not replace the cocktail lounge license.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• this official uh the dismiss or replace this official uh the CEO<00:41:34.760> as<00:41:35.079
• That is the status quo.
• That is the status quo.
• That is the status quo.
• That is the status quo.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Human Services Committee received an informational overview from Direct Care and Treatment (DCT) staff on the agency’s role and current operations as it transitions from DHS. DCT described itself as Minnesota’s unique state behavioral health system, serving about 12,000 people annually through treatment facilities, residential group homes, and vocational sites, with about 5,000 staff and five major service lines including forensic services and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program. The presentation also reviewed the new executive board required by statute and the 47 work groups created to support DCT’s move to separate-agency status, with staff saying the board is in place, has met, and the work groups are on track for the July 1 deadline. Committee discussion focused heavily on system capacity, staffing shortages, and discharge bottlenecks. DCT said recruiting and retaining staff remains its top pressure, with many vacancies and overtime contributing to burnout. Members also raised concerns about long waits for admission, lack of step-down and community-based placements, and the effect on county jails and hospitals. DCT said it has expanded some capacity, including increasing beds in Willmar, reopening the Ironwood unit in St. Peter, and repurposing the CARE program site to add 16 forensic beds, but emphasized that the broader problem is the lack of community-based options rather than just DCT beds. Members also discussed priority admissions and a prior task force process for handling jail referrals. DCT said the priority admissions framework began July 1 of the previous year, uses factors such as medical acuity and impact on referring facilities, and is intended to help with backflow, though it does not solve the underlying bed shortage. Staff said the priority admissions review panel’s report is due February 15. In response to questions about a high-cost one-to-one care placement, DCT said it had found a less costly alternative and that each case has unique needs. DCT also reported progress on an electronic health record rollout and said a substance use disorder report requested by the Legislature is nearing completion.

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• So I propose that we strike 'use all lawful means available' and replace that with simply 'do everything
• So the amendment I'm proposing is on line four, striking 'use all lawful means available' and replacing
• So we really do think that that language should be added in replacing that current phrase around the
• So that is the suggestion for before line one, and then between lines one and two insert: “replaces the
• The second thing is replacing the word 'recoup' with 'take' reduces the potential for misinterpretation

Keywords: 1182, all

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• jurisdiction somewhere else coming into another governmental jurisdiction and creating a tax exempt status
• In addition to that, I would ask Representative Gates to basically say that the replacement reserves
• You have all these replacement reserves built up and you sell it.
• carpet, replacing appliances, and so in a normal operation of an apartment complex, you're probably
• Those who are ineligible to work in the United States due to their status will often pay a substantial

Bills: HB21, HB211, HB223

Keywords: HB 21, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem tax, property tax, delinquent taxes, tax delinquency, penalty reduction, interest rate, split payment, installment payment, tax relief, county tax collector, taxing unit, property owner, tax collection, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax increase election, supermajority, 60 percent threshold

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• Census State, it doesn't directly break out legal versus illegal status.
• I will say the ACA makes it not possible for, if you don't have a legal status, you can't buy through
• And importantly, it doesn't replace existing plans.
• And importantly, it doesn't replace existing plans.
• You know, he, one of the employees, he had a knee replacement, zero dollars.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• sometimes is that it takes a while to go through the process of, you know, documenting your financial status
• and<00:10:17.560> other<00:10:17.840> things<00:10:18.720> and financial status
• and other things and financial status and other things and that that that that<00:10:20.400> delays
• Is it related to more surgeries that they are given treatment for, hip replacements, or why is that group
• <01:26:44.800> or replacements or replacements or Why<01:26:46.000> is<01:26:46.200>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met on May 29 and approved the draft minutes. DHHS Commissioner Weaver then opened the department update by asking Medicaid Director Henry Litman to brief members on federal and state Medicaid changes, and later turned to DHHS Chief Operating Officer David Weathers for an update on data governance. Members also asked that acronyms be spelled out in future materials and requested a follow-up on the federal Medicaid rule once it is published. Litman reviewed several federal Medicaid provisions tied to HR 1/"OBBA" and related state implementation issues. He said the first major change would be restrictions on certain non-citizens’ Medicaid coverage, affecting about 400 people in New Hampshire, with notices likely 30 to 60 days before the effective date. He also discussed new work requirements/community engagement rules, saying New Hampshire is on track to implement them and will likely need a state plan amendment rather than an 1115 waiver. Other changes included shorter retroactive coverage periods, a new state option for certain community-based services with an estimated $740,000 in implementation support, a freeze and phased-down reduction in the Medicaid enhancement tax beginning in state fiscal year 2029, and limits on directed payments to hospitals after a grandfathering period. He also noted that Medicaid enrollment has fallen from pandemic-era levels, with about 167,000 people covered as of May 1, and that the department is working with CMS on child premiums and other cost-sharing changes approved in HB 2. Committee members asked how the department could plan for the 2029 changes given the number of elections before then, and Litman said federal rules may be adjusted over time as states and stakeholders raise concerns. He emphasized planning for the worst while hoping for the best, and said rural health care transformation funding would help the state prepare. In the second presentation, Weathers explained that data governance is now embedded in DHHS operations to control access, manage reporting, and respond to risk. He defined it as managing what data is collected, how it is used, who can access it, and what laws apply, and said DHHS has moved from governance as a committee to governance as an operational process. He described privacy impact assessments for new systems going into production, monthly privacy and security training, and ongoing review of access controls and data-sharing rules.