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• If you don't know, Dakota, or the Dakota language, is the first language of Minnesota.
• endangered category of world languages. endangered category of world languages.
• revitalizing Native American languages. revitalizing Native American languages.
• It's a brand-new language.
• It's a brand-new language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The House language took that language at the outset.
• just keep sticking with the language just keep sticking with the language that<00:04:01.240>
• What wasn't the the current language What wasn't the the current language that's<00:04:46.640>
• And they want this language or what closely approximates this language as well.
• And they want this language or what closely approximates this language as well.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• on potentially some additional language. on potentially some additional language.
• discuss some of the language. discuss some of the language.
• And come with the language.
• I've got language. We're good.
• I've got language. We're good.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Well, we'll see about that language.
• Article 5, Senate language. Oh, I one. Article 5, Senate language.
• Just for clarity, did you say the Senate language includes the autism language? Yes.
• language is contained on. Um Mr. Mr. language is contained on. Um Mr. Mr.
• don't have that language in the bill. don't have that language in the bill.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's also found in the House language. language. language.
• the Senate language. the Senate language.
• the Senate language.
• Both the language in the House file and the Senate language are very similar.
• Senate language are very similar. Senate language are very similar.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee met to walk through nonpartisan side-by-side comparisons of House File 4188, focusing on differences between House and Senate language across consumer protection, insurance, financial services, health, and technical provisions. Staff highlighted numerous Senate-only items, including rules for financial providers communicating through trusted contacts, virtual currency requirements for banks and credit unions, a prohibition on virtual currency kiosks beginning in 2026, mortgage servicing and student loan servicing changes, the Rental Home Marketplace Guarantees Act, insurance and travel-related provisions, scrap metal licensing changes, protections related to minors accessing chatbots and AI companions, and several technical or conforming repealers. Staff also noted that some provisions were identical or substantially similar between the chambers, including mortgage originator standards, student loan borrower protections, securities-related changes, unclaimed property provisions, and technical updates in the bill’s miscellaneous articles. The Senate-only health-related articles were also summarized, including repeal of the prescription drug affordability advisory council, technical changes to the reinsurance program, and a series of health insurance provisions on enrollment-growth notices, limits on officer and director salary increases under certain capital conditions, guaranteed issue rights for certain Medicare supplement enrollees, data-sharing between Commerce and Health, restrictions on using artificial intelligence alone to deny claims, reimbursement for clinical trainees, home care nursing coverage, and PBM transparency. The Senate’s telecommunications article was described as largely technical and conforming, with repeals of obsolete statutes. Staff also noted that some standalone bills had already passed and would be removed from the comparison report. Public testimony followed. Thomas Elness of AARP Minnesota supported inclusion of the cryptocurrency kiosk bill, expressed support for guaranteed issue protections for a narrow group of consumers affected by discontinued plans, and urged adoption of changes to the consumer protection restitution account, including raising the cap to $10 million per fiscal year. Representative Lee testified that the restitution account proposal should be treated as policy rather than finance because it has a zero fiscal note, and said the House would accept the Senate’s $10 million cap. Robin Rowan, representing the Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council and the U.S. Travel Insurance Association, urged adoption of Senate travel insurance language, requested a House-style change to lead-generation recordkeeping language, and supported a Senate provision allowing employers and insurers to coordinate notice to employees when group policies are cancelled. The Department of Commerce then responded to questions, explaining that the prescription drug affordability council would be sunset because the board already has other avenues for public input, that the reinsurance changes were technical and did not alter the prior agreement, and that the abandoned cryptocurrency provisions rely on statutory definitions of inactivity and known examples such as keys stored in safes or deposit boxes.

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• Now, as I'm sure you have observed, the language in HB 781 as introduced and the language of 131 as introduced
• as<00:03:25.840> in introduced and the language of 131 as in introduced and the language
• Yes, um, I think the language, uh, oh, so a couple things: the language, this applies to, it says school
• student medical disability or language student medical disability or language proficiency<00:11:
• Following language.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee work session of the Education Policy and Administration Committee focused on House Bill 131 and House Bill 781, which were described as nearly identical bills addressing student cell phone use in schools. Members noted that HB 781 is an early bill and therefore needed committee action by Wednesday, while HB 131 did not face that deadline. The chair and members discussed the bills’ shared goal of requiring school boards to develop and adopt policies on student personal device use, with debate over whether the state should set minimum standards or leave more to local control. A major topic was funding. One member urged the committee to avoid creating an unfunded mandate and asked for some funding support, while others argued it was too early to commit money and that the committee should first establish the policy framework. The governor’s proposed funding was discussed, including a $1 million figure in the budget and a separate $250,000 amount referenced in the bill, but several members said the money would likely be insufficient to cover all students or pouch systems statewide. The committee also reviewed a handout reflecting proposed budget language that would require school boards to adopt policies on personal device use during the school day, with schoolwide implementation and exceptions for medical disability or language proficiency needs, and a DOE-administered grant program. Members spent considerable time on drafting details, especially deadlines and exceptions. They debated whether the bills should require school boards to “develop,” “adopt,” or also “implement” policies, and whether the effective date of the act should also serve as the deadline for school boards. They also discussed whether exceptions for classroom instructional use should be mandatory or merely encouraged, and whether the bills should explicitly include or exclude charter schools. Additional proposed exceptions included IEPs, 504 plans, English learners, and medical needs such as glucose sensors or insulin pumps, with some members suggesting medical issues be certified by a physician. No final vote or formal action was taken in the work session.

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• <00:07:28.160> to or emergency aid funding language to or emergency aid funding language to
• 00:13:05.960> receiving intent language that districts receiving intent language that districts
• that<00:13:12.200> removes We also add language that removes We also add language that removes
• first-served basis and remove language first-served basis and remove language that<00:13:40.320>
• excess lottery funds, and add language excess lottery funds, and add language establishing<00:23

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 503 Discussion 00:01:00 HB 503 Vote 00:02:17 HB 504 Discussion 00:02:53 HB 504 Vote 00:04:48 HB 500 Discussion 00:05:19 HB 500 Vote 00:29:18 HB 900 Discussion 00:32:02 HB 900 Vote 00:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor. The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review. Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• The chief clerk will call the roll. language on page 29 and page 30, language on page 29 and page 30,
• all vetoed language in section 67, University of Wyoming, that constitutes footnote 9B. of language
• > vetoed<02:59:50.319> language<02:59:50.640> in overriding all vetoed language
• language cons uh con all vetoed language cons uh con constituting<03:05:32.240> section<03:05
• language consisting of Section 310, limitations on salary increase. the governor's veto of language

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:20:12.880> or<00:20:13.080> language<00:20:13.600> with language or language
• just to strike them from the language. just to strike them from the language.
• language for OPMs.
• which is the Senate language for OPMs. which is the Senate language for OPMs.
• . language. language.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee discussed a higher education attainment-goals bill and several related amendments. Members first reached agreement on funding changes: one amendment redirected money for fraud-prevention software for MnSCU and $5,000 for trees in Bemidji, and another moved $570,000 for workforce development-related funding. Members noted the use of general fund dollars to cover a FIG shortfall and expressed support for addressing fraud prevention while also saying MnSCU should be made whole in the next biennium. Both amendments were adopted. The main policy debate centered on an amendment updating the statewide attainment goal and related P-20 partnership language. Senator Um Ruebain proposed returning the attainment goal from 75 percent to 70 percent, and members discussed whether the bill’s expanded reporting and coordination duties would create costs for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Nonpartisan staff and Commissioner Olsen said the Office of Higher Education and the P-20 partnership expected no costs, while DCYF’s fiscal note assumed reporting and staffing costs. After discussion, DCYF indicated it would absorb the costs, but some members still objected to expanding the partnership and creating additional bureaucracy. Members also debated whether early childhood and K-12 subgoals should be included as part of the attainment-goals framework. Supporters said aligning early childhood, K-12, and higher education goals is necessary to improve postsecondary attainment, while opponents argued the committee should focus on existing higher education goals and basic K-12 achievement. The committee ultimately adopted the Senate language on the attainment-goals section as amended, including the change back to 70 percent and revisions directed by staff to ensure the correct references were updated. The A12 amendment on pregnant and parenting students was also adopted earlier in the meeting.

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• do is give the child access to language do is give the child access to language what<00:05:03.120
• A lot of it is making sure they have peers with language. They have adults with language.
• would get with access to her language would get with access to her language 100%<00:14:16.880>
• during the 0o to five acquire language during the 0o to five critical<00:15:53.399> language
• under this language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The explainer language is in your packet.
• I mean, I think that the explainer is exactly consistent with that language.
• The explanation language for the next one.
• Can I get a motion on the actual explainer language? So moved. Second.
• If I could get a motion on the actual explainer language as amended. Second.

Summary: The joint meeting of the Privileges and Elections Committees convened with a quorum present to approve explanatory ballot language for three proposed constitutional amendments scheduled for the November ballot. The committee reviewed the amendments on reproductive freedom, the right to vote, and the right to marry, with staff explaining that the committee was only approving neutral voter-facing explanation language, not the constitutional text itself. Members raised questions about wording, ballot order, and whether the explanations were sufficiently clear or potentially leading, especially on the reproductive freedom amendment. For HJ 1/SJ 1, the committee debated the explanation at length, including objections that it was misleading or incomplete and responses from counsel and supporters that it accurately tracked the amendment text. A motion to insert “Question 1” into the explanation was adopted, and the amended explainer language for the reproductive freedom amendment was then approved. The committee then moved through the right-to-vote and right-to-marry amendments, similarly adding question numbers to the explanatory language before approving the amended explanations. Recorded votes showed the amendments to the explanatory language passing on party-line divisions in both chambers, generally with Senate support from the majority and House support from the majority, while several members voted no. After approving the amended explainer language for all three amendments, the committee concluded the meeting and adjourned.

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• language that we have before us. language that we have before us.
• the federal language?
• the federal language?
• . language. language.
• language that that same kind of language language that that same kind of language with<00:53:58.000

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The explainer language is in your packet. Madam Chair. Yes.
• That's language that may be preferred.
• The explanation language for the next one.
• Can I get a motion on the actual explainer language? So moved. Second.
• Senator Deeds: I move we add question two to the H.J. 3 language.

Keywords: House Committee Room C, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• So, this incorporates not only Senator Pearl's updated language, but also the additional language that
• <00:26:27.919> that same um into the the same language that same um into the the same language
• , but also the additional language, but also the additional language<00:26:54.559> that<00:26:
• 54.880> Director<00:26:55.320> Whimsat language that Director Whimsat language that Director
• Pearl's language and director Whimset's<00:28:26.520> language<00:28:27.520> or<00:28:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Environment and Agriculture Committee met in executive session on SB 302, a bill requiring background checks for solid waste facility owners. The chair announced a staffing change, noting Representative Comtois was no longer vice chair and Representative Barber would serve in that role. The chair then explained that the committee had before it an amendment incorporating Senator Pearl’s updated language and additional technical changes requested by DEES Director Whimsat for FBI background-check requirements, and a separate amendment offered by Representative Patenza that would add language from the budget bill relating to a site evaluation committee, moratorium provisions, and harms-and-benefits language. Representative Patenza argued that the governor’s solid waste and site evaluation language had been developed over years with the committee, the governor’s office, and DEES, and should be moved into a standalone bill so it would not be lost if the budget failed. She said she had been told by Senator Roseford that the budget language would be placed into a separate House bill, and several members supported having a standalone vehicle as a backup. Representative Bixby, Haskins, Gruber, and others said they favored keeping the work alive in a separate bill, while Representative Scully said he disliked non-germane amendments and would vote only for the base bill and the chair’s amendment. Representative Barber asked for clarification on why the amendment was considered non-germane, and the chair and Representative Patenza explained that the budget-related policy had not had a separate public hearing. Members discussed legislative procedure, including whether the committee should recess to allow a hearing on the non-germane amendment and then return to act on SB 302. After discussion, the committee took a show of hands and overwhelmingly favored recessing the executive session to Tuesday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m. in LOB room 301-303, so a separate hearing could be held on Representative Patenza’s amendment before further action on SB 302.

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• the language as it's written in here? the language as it's written in here?
• Um, to me that's I only know I've looked at the language in here.
• , quote placeholder with actual language, quote placeholder with actual language, we<00:08:02.479
• It's 9 million a year language in here.
• that was implemented into language that was implemented into language because<00:10:28.320> I

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• possible that the American sign language possible that the American sign language interpreters<00
• display the American Sign Language display the American Sign Language interpreter<00:04:28.479><
• a um experts on Pacific local language a um experts on Pacific Islander<00:12:58.240> languages
• we have videos in the right languages. we have videos in the right languages.
• <00:13:36.399> materials that we had tongen language materials that we had tongen language

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard testimony on several public safety and emergency-related measures. SB 3192, on emergency healthcare license waivers, drew support from nursing and healthcare advocates who said automatic emergency licensure during a governor-declared emergency would help avoid delays in bringing qualified clinicians to disaster areas, citing the Lahaina wildfire response. The committee reported 13 supportive testimonies, none in opposition, and one comment. It later recommended passage of SB 3192 with technical non-substantive amendments and a defective effective date, and the recommendation was adopted by vote. SB 2121, requiring ASL interpretation and visible picture-in-picture display during official emergency announcements, received supportive testimony from the Disability and Communications Access Board and the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters. DAP demonstrated why captions alone are not sufficient and why an interpreter on screen improves effective communication. Broadcasters supported the bill’s intent but raised practical concerns about implementation and staffing, suggesting amendments. SB 3239, which would appropriate funds to HMA for bilingual resources and services for residents with limited English proficiency, was supported by legal aid and immigrant-rights advocates who emphasized the need for language access during disasters and noted the large LEP population in Hawaii. After discussion, the chair proposed folding the sign-language and multilingual access concepts into SB 21109, a broader emergency preparedness communications bill, and the committee deferred SB 2121 and SB 3239. The committee also heard SB 2645 on fire prevention and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The fire marshal supported the bill’s provisions to modernize the office, create cross-certified assistant fire marshals, shift inspections to a risk-based schedule, establish the state fire code as the baseline, and create a special fund, but DLNR opposed the section changing the marshal selection process from a council-based appointment to gubernatorial appointment. The chair ultimately recommended passage of the proposed SD2 with blank appropriation amounts and committee-report concerns, and the recommendation was adopted. The committee then passed SB 21109 with amendments, incorporating the deferred sign-language and language-access ideas into the broader emergency communications framework. It also later took up measures from the prior day’s agenda, passing SB 2882, SB 3191, and SB 2339 with amendments, including changes to the state buildings, water safety/drowning prevention, and building code council measures.

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• I want to ensure you that structured literacy is for any language. Any language.
• I want to ensure you that structured literacy is for any language. Any language.
• It means snow in her Choctaw language.
• Structured literacy is for any language.
• You know, once you can learn in one language, it's much easier to learn in a second language, especially

Keywords: 996, all

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• And so if a family chooses to work to develop language in sign language and total communication, then
• and develop language in sign language and develop language in sign language and total<00:42:54.120
• development being in a language-rich home but yet receiving little to none of that language input.
• development being in a language-rich home but yet receiving little to none of that language input.
• on that language rich environment. on that language rich environment.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:10 SB 6 Discussion 00:40 SB 6 Vote 00:13:30 Cochlear Implants 00:16:25, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee heard Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers, which would create an endowed research fund to support collaborative university research in Kentucky. Stivers described the bill as an extension of earlier higher-education research efforts, arguing that Kentucky should build research “hubs” by requiring or encouraging partnerships among universities and outside entities, with potential focus areas including health care, engineering, aerospace, agriculture, and other emerging fields. He said the proposal would establish five research tranches over five years and sought a $30 million endowment for each, generating annual interest to fund consortium-based research and leverage additional private and federal dollars. Senators Frommeyer, Neal, Givens, Boswell, and Richardson spoke in support, emphasizing economic development, job creation, and examples from other research clusters such as Boston and North Carolina’s Research Triangle. The committee voted 12-0 to report the bill favorably to the Senate floor. The committee then received a presentation from Dr. Matthew Bush of the University of Kentucky on pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implants. Bush explained that early hearing detection and intervention is critical because hearing loss in newborns is a neurocognitive emergency that affects language, literacy, and long-term outcomes. He outlined national screening benchmarks, Kentucky’s incidence of childhood hearing loss, and the high educational and societal costs of untreated hearing loss. Bush also highlighted disparities in rural and western Kentucky, where children face delayed diagnosis, longer waits for hearing aids or cochlear implants, and more difficulty accessing follow-up care. He described cochlear implants, the multidisciplinary care they require, and research showing improved language development, quality of life, and cost savings when children are treated early.

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• And in the House... the the uh<00:04:41.040> the<00:04:41.360> language uh the language
• um additional year, but the language um additional year, but the language that<00:04:54.320>
• Uh there is some additional language Uh there is some additional language that<00:05:29.440>
• 34.079> authorize addition, the language would authorize addition, the language would authorize
• includes the clarifying language includes the clarifying language requested<00:12:10.720> by<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:05:19.160> was expansion not all of the language was expansion not all of the language
• that had issues with particular language that had issues with particular language um<00:05:48.520
• <00:29:27.760> is records and so for us that language is records and so for us that language
• Dr Cassie yakle who's whose uh language Dr Cassie yakle who's whose uh language um<00:37:38.839>
• <00:38:35.160> for with Dr Cassie aaki on the language for with Dr Cassie aaki on the language

Keywords: 1191, senate, all