Transcript Highlights:

• priority within that policy proposal the providing support for those industries that kind of are the fast track
• “Those industries that kind of are the fast track eligible, is it only, is the priority within that directing
• It’s not specifically based on Fast Track, but those programs that Fast Track, which is really directed
• “Fast Track, which is really directed at the two-year schools as opposed to the four-year schools, might

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:

• Will make the mask penalty a misdemeanor, tracking the language of Senate Bill 2203, which this committee
• And some other provisions, but we'll be tracking the language of SB 2203.
• 01.400><c> be</c> And some other provisions, but we'll be And some other provisions, but we'll be tracking
• </c> tracking the the language of SB 2203. tracking the the language of SB 2203.

Bills: SB2057

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on Thursday, March 5, for a series of decision-making agendas and considered a long list of Senate bills. Early measures included SB 2151, which clarifies state and local authority during emergencies and revises the definition of “emergency”; the committee agreed to restore the broader, long-used definition and add a sunset date, then passed the bill with amendments. SB 3055, concerning false impersonation of an employee organization representative, was amended to remove liquidated damages and passed. Several technical or conforming bills also advanced, including SB 3067, SB 3077, SB 3131, SB 3134, SB 3144, SB 3152, SB 3154, and SB 3249, with most passed with technical amendments or unamended; some members noted reservations on SB 3249. The committee also took up bills affecting public safety, health, and education. SB 3083 was amended to narrow notice requirements for protective orders involving military-affiliated individuals to a designated military security force, and SB 3118 on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children passed as is. SB 3134 modernized emergency medical services statutes, while another SB 3134 item addressed dangerous intoxication and civil protective custody. SB 3262, requiring the Hawaii State Teachers Board to submit nominees to the Board of Education, was amended to include a defective effective date. SB 3315, allowing a one-time medical cannabis purchase while registration is pending, was also amended to a delayed effective date and passed. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on law enforcement and immigration-related proposals. SB 3322, which restricts facial coverings by law enforcement, requires visible identification, and sets agency policies on cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, was amended to remove an affirmative defense, make the penalty a misdemeanor, and incorporate exceptions for undercover work and related preparation; it passed with one no vote. SB 3251, barring certain former ICE and Border Patrol personnel from employment in specified state agencies, was narrowed to apply to those with more than 90 cumulative days of such work during a defined period and passed with reservations. SB 2057, a reconsideration measure limiting use of state personnel and funds to assist federal immigration agents beyond their authority, was further amended to clarify definitions, protect First Amendment activity, and preserve cooperation required by federal law; it then passed without objection. The committee adjourned after adopting each measure considered.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we also then, of course, have Fast Track and some other programs.
• of the state that we know that we're growing toward and we need to get more Missourians into those tracks
• And then could you— is there a way to know what you're tracking in regard to what information are you
• We can track completion. We can track where they're going to go next.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:

• strengthening these regional partnerships, and building a new career digital passport so people can track
• megawatts in Fresno County, all moving forward, but also moving forward under California's new fast-track
• You know, we're also laying tracks in the nation's first high-speed rail system.
• over 50 major structures; more than 60 miles of guideway have been completed, ready for immediate track
• electrification, as the folks in the Bay Area understand this, full electrification of 51 miles of track

Summary: The joint convention convened to receive Governor Gavin Newsom’s final State of the State address, with legislative leaders introducing the Governor and welcoming constitutional officers, judges, and other guests. The proceedings opened with a moment of silence honoring Renee Nicole Good and other immigrants affected by detention and due process concerns. After introductory remarks from the Speaker, Senate President pro Tem Monique Limón, and Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Governor Newsom delivered a wide-ranging address reflecting on his administration and California’s response to recent crises. The Governor highlighted California’s economic performance, tax structure, minimum wage increases, education funding, child care and school meal investments, housing reforms, apprenticeships, infrastructure projects, clean energy progress, and efforts on homelessness, mental health, and public safety. He also discussed state action on artificial intelligence regulation, climate resilience, insurance reform, and wildfire recovery, while sharply criticizing the federal government and President Trump on immigration, health care, food aid, disaster response, and other issues. He announced that his upcoming budget would include major education spending, a five-year extension of the CalCompete tax credit, additional community school funding, a rebuilding fund for fire survivors, and other policy proposals. At the close of the address, the Legislature formally ordered the Governor’s State of the State speech printed in the journal as a special appendix. The joint convention then adjourned sine die.

Transcript Highlights:

• strengthening these regional partnerships, and building a new career digital passport so people can track
• megawatts in Fresno County, all moving forward, but also moving forward under California's new fast-track
• You know, we're also lane tracks in the nation's first high-speed rail system.
• over 50 major structures, more than 60 miles of guideway have been completed, ready for immediate track
• electrification, as the folks in the Bay Area understand this, full electrification of 51 miles of track

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• So what we do to track these data is this.
• We remain fully committed and we are firmly on track to meet every milestone within the House Bill. 875
• Educators will then be able to apply to the senator to track those in service points and then report
• And so we we track those and put those out.
• We're able to track every time someone applies for certification.

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• We do have outcome requirements, and we are tracking everything on a dashboard.
• Madam Chair, Representative Chavez, for Medicaid patients, those are tracked through the Medicaid program
• So we are tracking quality data, not through this program specifically, which is more around stabilization
• It takes a village to keep the chair on track.
• I just reading over this, explain whether or let me know if I'm on the right track or not.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• high-quality framework for Career and Technical Education (CTE) requires you to collect, follow, and track
• Educators, 77% of educators say this was enough to get kids back on track.
• So these were kids who were off track and were not going to graduate on time.
• Who are off track to graduate.
• Trying to think back to the Study out of 2,400 students that they tracked that they re-engaged: 300 graduated

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• We've always called them the dog tracks. We've always called them the dog tracks.
• So the palace now is the operating entity, not Green Track anymore. Right? Not Green Track anymore.
• Are there state taxes that come in from Green track on any of this?

Bills: SB90 , SB255 , SB268

Committee: House Tourism

Transcript Highlights:

• The facility inventory tracking system contains Solaris has five components.
• The facility inventory tracking system contains all state facility data, including leases for state agencies
• The lands inventory tracking system contains land data such as what is owned, leased, disposed, otherwise
• The facility inventory tracking system contains all state facility data including leases for state agencies
• The land's inventory tracking system contains land data such as what is owned, leased, disposed, otherwise

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee reviewed several agency rules and objections under Chapter 120. First, the committee revisited prior objections to Agency for Health Care Administration rules containing sunset provisions. AHCA’s general counsel said the agency amended 26 of the objected rules but declined to amend five others, arguing sunset provisions are lawful, are not themselves rules, and were consistent with a 2019 gubernatorial directive. Committee members questioned that position, especially for licensing and certificate-of-need rules, and urged the agency to consider legislative changes; no formal action was taken on that item during the discussion. The committee then considered an objection to Department of Management Services Rule 60G-1.001 defining the Governor’s Mansion grounds. Committee staff argued the rule is vague and improperly refers to future land acquisitions without updating the rule since 1998. DMS defended the rule as a general definition tied to publicly recorded property and a master lease, but said it would not object if the Legislature chose to codify the definition in statute. After discussion, the committee voted to file the objection. Members also received informational updates from the Department of Environmental Protection on the Solaris state lands inventory system, and from the Florida Gaming Control Commission on its response to the Tampa Bay Downs unadopted-rule litigation, in which the commission said it has stopped relying on the prior tax interpretation and will not promulgate a rule on that issue. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation said it would remove an unsupported cigar wholesale dealer permit reference, repeal an obsolete excise-tax deduction rule, and amend penalty guidelines and an affirmation in its alcohol, beverage, and tobacco rules. Finally, the Division of Administrative Hearings’ interim director discussed case-processing times, possible changes to ALJ status, and whether the Florida Rules of Evidence should apply in administrative proceedings, emphasizing the need to weigh costs, independence, and impacts on pro se litigants. The chair noted this was likely the committee’s final meeting of the year.

Transcript Highlights:

• He's been on this committee for me since I've been on this committee, which I've lost track probably
• committee's substitute of SCR 25 urges the city Council to construct a pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks
• it was their wish that no child should have have to risk life and limb by crossing hazardous train tracks
• In a grade crossing accidents, the individual that was stopped on the tracks are disobeying warning devices
• For more UN videos visit www.un.org A semi truck with a low boy trailer got stuck on the tracks and the

Bills: SB35 , SB284 , SB296 , SB305 , SB857 , SB995 , SB1121 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SCR25 , SB 35

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• As far as a timeline, we are on track. We shared this timeline with you.
• It's very high level, but we are on track. We had anticipated early demolition to start in June.
• So we are on track with project completion for June of 2027.
• And as far as this timeline, you're on track. We're on track.
• I don't have it at the top of my head today, but we do track that.

Summary: The committee was called to order, the roll was taken, and the March 18 minutes were approved. Members then received several project and program updates, beginning with CHI St. Alexius’s behavioral health buildouts in Bismarck, Williston, and Grand Forks. St. Alexius reported that the Bismarck project remains on track for June 2027 completion, with demolition underway and final design work nearing completion. Williston reported construction is progressing, staffing recruitment is underway for psychiatrists and other staff, and an air handler replacement is creating a roughly $750,000 unbudgeted barrier that will slightly delay the timeline. Grand Forks reported its expansion is about 30% complete, with no major barriers beyond weather, and leaders said the project should be substantially complete in the first quarter of 2027. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented a series of budget and program updates. Donna Ockland explained several recent line-item transfers as technical corrections that net to zero and do not require new spending, then reviewed salaries, wages, and FTE counts, noting the department remains within its authorized staffing levels. Pat Rainer followed with an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying 12 opportunities have been posted, 422 applications received, and $8.4 million obligated so far, with a goal of obligating the full $199 million by September. He described grants for workforce retention, rural rotations and housing, community gardens, school wellness, behavioral health promotion, safety net services, equipment, technology, EMS, and other initiatives, emphasizing that the program is intended to be transformational and tied to metrics. Members asked extensive questions about how rural eligibility is defined, how grants will support both rural facilities and hub hospitals, and how future years of funding will build on current awards. The committee also heard an update on certified community behavioral health clinics from Elena Zeller, who said North Dakota has been accepted as a demonstration state, implementation is underway in Williston, North Central/Minot, Fargo, and Dickinson, and care coordination and service counts are increasing. Rebecca Askins then reviewed SNAP payment error rates, saying the 2025 rate was finalized at 9.89%, with the state aiming to get below 6% through policy updates, training, data tools, and a quality assurance team. Members pressed her on the causes of the error rate, the role of the SPACES software system, and the need for accountability and improvements. Finally, Dirk Wilkie reported the state laboratory project reached substantial completion on June 12 and is on budget at about $69.95 million, though a service elevator had to be redesigned because it was too small for equipment.

Transcript Highlights:

• As far as a timeline, we are on track. We shared this timeline with you.
• It's very high level, but we are on track. We had anticipated early demolition to start in June.
• So we are on track with project completion for June of 2027.
• And as far as this timeline, you're on track. We're on track.
• I don't have it at the top of my head today, but we do track that.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a series of updates on major health-related projects and programs. CHI St. Alexius representatives reported progress on behavioral health buildouts in Bismarck, Williston, and Grand Forks, including demolition and construction milestones, staffing plans, and timelines. The Bismarck project remains on track for completion in June 2027 with about $346,500 spent to date. Williston reported construction underway, a $750,000 unbudgeted air handler replacement, active recruitment for psychiatrists and other staff, and a projected substantial completion in early 2027. Grand Forks reported about 30% completion, weather-tight status expected in August, and continued staffing ramp-up as the facility expands from its current 24-bed operation. The Department of Health and Human Services then reviewed a set of technical line-item transfers, emphasizing that they were administrative corrections with no net change in funding. The department also walked through the Salaries and Wages Block Grant and FTE counts, noting overall staffing remained within appropriated limits and that behavioral health staffing had increased. Members asked about vacancies, consultant use, and the mix of in-state versus out-of-state expertise for the Rural Health Transformation Program. HHS said it had posted 12 funding opportunities, received 422 applications, obligated $8.4 million so far, hired 26 people, and was preparing additional grant rounds and a CMS budget submission. The department said the program is structured around workforce, prevention/healthy living, care closer to home, and technology/data, with ongoing stakeholder engagement and community forums. The committee also heard on the certified community behavioral health clinic implementation plan, SNAP payment error rates, and the state laboratory project. HHS said CCBHC certification is being implemented in four regions—Williston, Minot/North Central, Fargo/Southeast, and Dickinson/Badlands—with care coordination expanding and baseline data still being collected. On SNAP, the department reported a 2025 payment error rate of 9.89%, acknowledged cost impacts under HR1, and said it is using training, system changes, and pre-authorization quality checks to reduce errors toward a 6% target over the next 6 to 12 months. Finally, Public Health reported the state laboratory reached substantial completion on June 12, with total costs at $69.95 million of the $70 million budget, though a service elevator issue will require a new lift to be added using contingency funds.

Transcript Highlights:

• And the purpose of this law was to add track...
• So basically, like a mailhouse has to keep track.
• This says, all right, you're legally already had an obligation to track it.
• It's the money that we're tracking. And we're not trying to stop anybody's messages.
• This is, again, It's the money that we're tracking.

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• “So, yeah, I’m not tracking $50 million, but maybe Chris can answer that question about the $50 million
• “What we did with the initial investment, which what I’m tracking is about $12 million, is we’ve started
• So we will tell the colleges that we’re going to track how many Californians are getting transcripted
• This is because half of districts are already on track to exceed their current year enrollment growth
• The wage differentials that we've been able to track for our completers are roughly a 20% increase from

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• Because they haven't been tracking it.
• We can run on two tracks.
• I really do believe that we can run tracks.
• This one can run in their tracks, and this one can run in their tracks, and the state has already set
• That we can run tracks. This one can run in their tracks.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• application platform to streamline submissions, reduce paperwork, and help applicants complete and track
• We check prompt payment compliance and<00:25:23.440><c> track</c><00:25:23.679><c> whether</c><00:25:
• whether the DB commitment on and track whether the DB commitment on paper<00:25:25.279><c> matches</
• Without a long track record or firms.
• Without a long track record or the<00:26:11.360><c> or</c><00:26:11.679><c> the</c><00:26:11.919><c>

Summary: The August 2025 interim meeting of the Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, approval of the June meeting minutes, and welcoming a new member, Ivonne Smith, who noted her background in MWBE and DBE work. The chair also offered condolences to a member whose father recently passed away and explained that the committee had invited agency officials to answer questions raised at the prior meeting. The first presentation was from Singer Buchanan of the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, who described the state’s equal opportunity and contract compliance office and its certification programs for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and minority/women business enterprises. He outlined outreach efforts, including partnerships with veterans’ organizations, the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, UK, and transportation-related groups; explained that the programs are intended to expand market access rather than provide grants; and said the office has moved to an online application portal that has processed 227 new applications since December 2023. He reported 536 total vendors across the programs, including 29 service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and said the office is considering website testimonials to improve outreach. Members asked about staffing, application assistance, and whether the state program conflicts with federal policy; Buchanan said the office has three staff members and that the program is state-funded and, based on legal advice, should continue under Kentucky law. Tony Yusefi of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet then presented on the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. He explained the program’s legal basis under federal DOT regulations, its eligibility standards, and its purpose of creating a level playing field while helping firms grow and eventually compete without assistance. He described certification requirements, annual documentation, prompt-payment protections, commercially useful function reviews, good-faith effort requirements, and sanctions for violations. He also discussed barriers facing DBEs, including access to capital, bonding, insurance, training, and prequalification requirements, and noted that 50 firms were removed last month for noncompliance with annual documentation rules. Yusefi said the cabinet has expanded supportive services, including an online application platform, bid notifications, and a nine-class business development program; 95 DBEs are enrolled this year, and the bid-matching system reaches an average of 377 DBEs monthly.

Transcript Highlights:

• We track the waiver on a separate tab which I'll talk about momentarily.
• It says it's a current 2017, 2018 emergency award, so we don't track emergency awards on in this, is
• So there's an emergency award, not something that gets tracked in here? Mr. Chair, Mr.
• So the awards are tracked, it's just in a hidden piece, although with the award language change, hidden
• Would it be Tracked the same way as some of the other special appropriations out of the fund?

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:

• The Citizens Utility Board has tracked this data going back a decade, and that far exceeds any year for
• The Citizens Utility Board has tracked this data going back a decade, and that far exceeds any year for
• that very carefully and we use tracked that very carefully and we use their<00:18:46.440><c> energy<
• Do we track that? Is that part of the process?
• Have you looked at that number, and do you track that within the department, Mr. Schmid?” Mr.

Summary: House File 771, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion. The bill would create a state supplemental grant program to build on LIHEAP, with the goal of expanding energy assistance beyond the winter season to cover summer cooling needs and reduce utility shutoffs. Representative Craft said the proposal would use existing LIHEAP systems, help more eligible households, and support related services like weatherization. The committee adopted the author’s amendment, DE2, without objection. Supporters testified that energy costs remain unaffordable for many Minnesotans, especially in rural areas and among low-income households, seniors, and people using delivered fuels. Annie Levenson-Faulk of the Citizens Utility Board said only about a quarter of eligible households receive assistance, summer shutoffs are common, and cooling needs have grown significantly. Trisha Leite of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association, Amanda Macky of Minnesota Valley Action Council, and Ken Schum of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association all supported the bill, saying year-round assistance would help households, reduce disconnects, stabilize demand for aid, and ease pressure on utility rates. Michael Schmitz of the Department of Commerce said Minnesota has received about $112 million in LIHEAP funds so far this year and is awaiting additional federal money; he also noted recent funding has been lower than in prior years and inflation has reduced its value. Members discussed the scale of utility shutoffs, the increase in cooling demand, and whether the bill addresses root causes or serves as a temporary fix. Representative Weiner argued that the state should focus on keeping more money in taxpayers’ pockets and reducing the need for subsidies, while Representative Craft responded that the underlying issue is low incomes and widening wealth inequality, and that policies like the child tax credit are better ways to address poverty. The chair also asked how LIHEAP dollars flow, and Commerce said most benefits are paid directly to utilities on behalf of households rather than as direct cash payments to recipients.

Transcript Highlights:

• Rice, Risk Pool Insurance, Continuing Education, Legislative Tracking with Bill Reading, Bill Analysis
• Bill tracking is when we hear the most about probably the legislative alerts.
• We could be their voice, but we're also tasked with passing our bills and tracking 9,000 bills that were
• We cannot keep track of every single issue. So what are your thoughts in terms of.
• couldn't be a city councilman with that kind of... how to pay, we needed professional help to keep track

Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB3 , SB6 , SB15 , SB35 , SB290 , SB706 , SB842 , SB917 , SB1281 , SB1451 , SB1902 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB19 , SB388 , SR261 , SR265 , SR276 , SR277 , SR281 , SR286 , SR293 , SCR5 , SCR13 , SB2425 , SB2880 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB388 , SB412 , SB495 , SB2425 , SB2880