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• They frequently lack the efficiency, the size that they need to be able to be self-sufficient, and as
• The packet also includes our annual report.
• I'm going to jump over to our annual report real quick, which is on the right-hand side, stapled copy
• We go in there and we weatherize and make the homes more energy efficient, and it's not just putting
• Efficiency measures.

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• Will you give us your report? Okay, thank you. Will you give us your report? Okay, thank you.
• Will you give your report, please, Tim? Yes.
• Will you give us your report, please? Happy to.
• Rather, it was efficient and well-prepared.
• Will you give your report, please? Yep.

Keywords: Virginia Commission for the Arts Board Meeting, 976, house, all

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• It also requires the development of monitoring and reporting schedules for these projects and ensures
• Yet, we have another example in this report of an agency with lots of part-time positions, and those
• Some interested applicants also reported issues like accessibility issues such as internet connection
• And I'd love to have, at some point in time, a report from you on how much funding could we use, how
• Subsequently, AB 126 made some modifications, so we issued a second staff report.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The clerk will report the bill.
• we'll we'll we'll pick a random report. we'll we'll we'll pick a random report.
• reports.
• Reports and creates a new report summarizing the other reports.
• is reading the reports. is reading the reports.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• What we are requesting is at least in the committee report, so as it moves through the House, that they
• Hawaiʻi Farmers Union via Zoom. the commune report we know the the the commune report we know the the
• as<00:10:32.279> it<00:10:32.399> moves<00:10:32.760> through committee report
• Please join us and state your name for the record. efficient uh it could be you know done efficient uh
• scientific um evidence of the efficiency scientific um evidence of the efficiency of<01:07:18.599

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• There's also a verbal alteration to the A7, which I will have counsel report on at your discretion.
• Every Minnesotan must have access to affordable and reliable telecom services to report an emergency,
• <00:33:01.519> an reliable telecom services to report an reliable telecom services to report
• Mapping services remain imperfect because the data is self-reported from providers.
• more efficient use of state dollars. more efficient use of state dollars.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• not to adopt the conference report. not to adopt the conference report.
• committee report. Thank you, Mr. committee report. Thank you, Mr. President. President.
• And yet at the same time, during the conference committee report, it was reported that the executive
• Uh the conference committee report.
• <02:18:59.840> Senator conference committee report. Senator conference committee report.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Clerk, please<00:06:38.520> report. please report. please report.
• Clerk, please report. report. report.
• Clerk, please report. report. report.
• Clerk, please report. Committee. Clerk, please report.
• Please report.

Keywords: 958, all

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• You recall, we presented the siting report in mid-December, and today we'll report on the economic impacts
• All of that is detailed in the report.
• Again, that's detailed in the report.
• But yes, it's more than that one report.
• This map is from a recent GAO report.

Keywords: 908, all

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• <00:17:47.480> these<00:17:47.720> reports<00:17:48.120> provide reports these reports
• provide reports these reports provide information<00:17:48.880> on<00:17:49.080> each<
• <05:39:31.680> which to be drafting the final report which to be drafting the final report
• this this month January um that report this this month January um that report will<05:39:38.718>
• <05:40:34.478> and will all be drafted in the report and will all be drafted in the report

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance received an informational briefing from the Department of Education on its budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. The Superintendent and staff described the department’s mission, enrollment and staffing scale, recent gains in NAEP reading and math, persistent attendance problems since the pandemic, and the need for resources to support student recovery, middle school math, and other strategic priorities. The department said its proposal is intended to be aligned with its 2023–2029 strategic plan, fiscally balanced, and reliable for schools, while also addressing inflation, workforce needs, and uncertainty in federal funding. Assistant Superintendent and CFO Brian Hallet reviewed federal grants, non-general funds, and the budget development process. He said federal funds make up about 11% of the department’s FY25 appropriation and warned that House budget proposals could threaten predictable funding for core programs. He also explained that the department began its biennial budget work in April 2024 and used an internal review group to identify possible reallocations. The department characterized its request as a “flat” budget proposal overall, with a large share devoted to continued funding for existing recurring needs, and noted challenges including a projected state funding decline, inflation, lingering pandemic impacts, recruitment and retention, and uncertainty about future federal support. A major topic was the department’s capital improvement program. DOE officials argued for a risk-based, proactive approach using lump-sum “buckets” to manage facilities and deferred maintenance across more than 21.5 million square feet at 268 sites. They said this would allow more efficient prioritization of projects and better coordination with complex area superintendents, principals, and legislators. Members asked about how legislative priorities would fit into the bucket system, county-versus-state property jurisdiction issues affecting school facilities, enrollment decline and staffing ratios, and how the department plans to adjust facilities and human resources to shifting enrollment patterns. DOE said it is studying enrollment trends, will brief the Board of Education next month, and is willing to provide further briefings to legislators. No votes or formal actions were taken during the informational briefing.

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• While it does not carry the efficiency.
• > and<01:03:14.240> globally industry remains efficient and globally industry remains efficient
• c> on-farm sustainability reports allow on-farm sustainability reports allow farmers<01:40:39.440>
• that<01:41:39.679> allow efficiency, and timelines that allow efficiency, and timelines
• That's why we're so efficient here in this part of the country.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We explored opportunities to create efficiencies, reallocate funds, and examine the interactions across
• We explored opportunities to create efficiencies, reallocate funds, and examine the interactions across
• <01:10:20.840> so has been in creating more efficiency so has been in creating more efficiency
• I got a report from them just last week and shared it with Commissioner Kesler too from MPCA.
• I very much would like to see that economic impact report.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair Hooper: Thank you for that very nice report.
• Chair Hooper: Reported as a committee bill.
• By your vote, SPB 2504 is favorably reported. Reported as a committee bill.
• By your vote, SB 7014 is reported favorably.
• By your vote, CS for SB 270 reported favorably.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• conduct these proceedings efficiently conduct these proceedings efficiently while<00:01:38.400><
• information, and has produced the report information, and has produced the report that<00:04:34.800
• I read your report.
• Grant said there is an efficient classroom size that most efficiently uses the professor’s time and the
• classroom size that that uh efficient um classroom size that that uh most<01:04:42.319> efficiently

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Currently today we have no reporting mechanism.
• Currently today we have no reporting<00:06:28.800> mechanism.
• Um we don't know reporting mechanism.
• > mechanism<00:06:36.320> to will require a reporting mechanism to will require a reporting
• supporting efficient project delivery. supporting efficient project delivery.

Bills: HB542

Keywords: HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services

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• We rely a lot on the public to report to us potential non-compliance, in which we investigate.
• that wouldn't help create efficiencies that wouldn't help create efficiencies um<01:10:18.040>
• <01:10:40.600> I'm streamline government efficiencies I'm streamline government efficiencies
• That’s something we should report.
• That’s something we should report. Is M. L. Moro here?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from the Department of Environmental Services on proposed changes in House Bill 2 and related technical changes in House Bill 1 tied to the governor’s permitting realignment initiative. The proposal would move environmental review staff from Fish and Game and DNCR to DES to create a more centralized “one-stop shop” for applicants needing DES permits, especially for wildlife and natural heritage reviews. DES said the goal is to speed permitting, support a 60-day review clock, and improve coordination among agencies while keeping the substantive review work in place. Members asked about staffing impacts, the scope of the transferred duties, and whether the change would create redundancy or weaken the other agencies. DES said most of the affected staff work primarily on these reviews, though Fish and Game staff also handle other state and federal reviews, which is why the proposal was adjusted to keep one of the four Fish and Game positions there and move three to DES, along with two positions from DNCR. DES also described a new supervisory position in HB 2 to manage the transferred staff within its land resources bureau. Officials said the reviews would still be done by specialists, but under DES supervision, and that the agencies would continue to coordinate recommendations on species impacts and mitigation. The committee also discussed fee increases intended to offset costs, including a 50% increase in wetlands fees and a 100% increase in alteration-of-terrain fees, with the department saying the changes would cover the new positions. Members raised concerns about impacts on private homeowners, possible incentives to work without permits, and whether fines should be used more as a revenue source or for mitigation. DES said wetlands permits are roughly split between homeowner-related and commercial projects, that permit-by-notification already creates a two-tier structure for smaller projects, and that enforcement relies partly on public complaints and online permitting systems. The department also said most fines currently go to the general fund and vary widely year to year, with about $75,000 budgeted, and that the proposal would also create permit-by-notification authority for alteration-of-terrain projects between 100,000 and 150,000 square feet, mirroring language in Senate Bill 110. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• The clerk will report the bill.
• The clerk will report the bill.
• The clerk will report the bill.
• The clerk will report the desk. The clerk will report the amendment.
• sure that it can run more efficiently. sure that it can run more efficiently.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• we passed House Bill 7021, updating both the Baker and Marchman Acts to enhance care and improve efficiency
• we passed House Bill 7021, updating both the Baker and Marchman Acts to enhance care and improve efficiency
• There's an annual Marchman Act data report that's now required, which includes...
• There's an annual Marchman Act data report that's now required, which includes data collected from the
• Overall, two-thirds of participants reported improved efficiency and coordination within the Baker Act

Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to receive an update from the Florida Department of Children and Families on implementation of House Bill 7021, which revised the Baker Act and Marchman Act and was funded with a $50 million appropriation. Deputy Assistant Secretary Bill Hardin reported that the department has updated reference guides, training, administrative rules, and forms; launched regional behavioral health collaboratives; and created the Office of Children’s Behavioral Health Ombudsman. He said early data show continued declines in Baker Act use, high diversion rates from involuntary examinations through 988, mobile response teams, and care coordination, along with generally positive provider feedback on changes such as allowing psychiatric nurses to initiate emergency treatment orders and clarifying the 72-hour examination period. Hardin also described Marchman Act changes, including a streamlined petition process, remote testimony, improved discharge planning, and a new annual data report. He said the department has completed or is completing multiple training courses for providers and law enforcement, and has adopted or is finalizing numerous rules and forms. He reported that the regional collaboratives are identifying common statewide needs such as service capacity, resource sharing, funding flexibility, and peer support, while the ombudsman office is handling complaints and helping families navigate services. Members asked about whether the current funding is sufficient, future budget needs, outreach for the new ombudsman office, and services for juveniles. Hardin said DCF has posted legislative budget requests for additional forensic FACT services and short-term residential treatment beds, including children’s beds, and noted the ombudsman office is staffed with two FTEs and supported through existing complaint-management and regional systems. He said outreach is being done through regional collaboratives and coordination with other agencies, especially the Department of Education, and that juvenile transport and placement issues have improved with the new law. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.

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• This is just a snippet from the report that this board puts out, and so if you had the report you'd be
• Additionally, the department reported that it reduced some of its monitoring processes.
• Our report also includes a question-and-answers section.
• And that matters, as I'll get into some of the findings in the report.
• On the same page of the report... ...page 17 of the Auditor General report, you'll note that in FY 24

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee of Reference met for sunset reviews and first heard a presentation on the Credit Enhancement Eligibility Board from the Governor’s Office. The presenter explained that the board, created in 2016, has no dedicated staff or administrative budget and is supported by existing budget and policy staff and the Treasurer’s Office. The board’s purpose is to lower borrowing costs for qualifying schools by using a guarantee fund to enhance credit ratings, and it has largely been used by charter schools. Because the board has reached its statutory leverage cap and has not met since 2022, it is currently in a monitoring role, but it must remain in place to honor guarantees if any approved financing defaults. The committee asked about financing maturities, demand from schools, and whether a shorter continuation period would make sense. No public testimony was offered, and the committee voted to recommend continuing the board for 10 years, until July 1, 2036. The committee then reviewed the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WICHE’s president described the interstate compact, its regional role in higher education access, workforce development, and data services, and its major student programs: the Western Undergraduate Exchange, the Western Regional Graduate Program, and the Professional Student Exchange Program. She highlighted tuition savings for Arizona students and the state, the return of many PSEP graduates to practice in Arizona, and additional cost savings through cooperative purchasing and technology contracts. The committee asked no substantive questions, and it voted to recommend continuing WICHE for 10 years, until July 1, 2036. The final major item was the Arizona Department of Education School Safety Program performance audit, followed by testimony from the department. The Auditor General reported that the program has grown substantially, especially after expansion to counselors and social workers and increased appropriations, but that ADE did not consistently ensure schools complied with program requirements. In a sample of 16 schools, most had issues such as missing or incomplete operational plans, inadequate safety team activity, incomplete required training, missing activity logs, or reimbursement requests lacking expenditure reports. The audit said these problems reduced the program’s effectiveness and increased the risk of improper spending, and it recommended stronger monitoring, written procedures, and better documentation review. ADE accepted the findings and said it is implementing the recommendations through more direct staff oversight, training requirements tied to funding, encrypted submission of emergency plans, site visits, and representative desk reviews. The discussion then shifted to whether emergency plans should address federal law enforcement actions; the director said the plans are designed for campus safety threats generally and do not specifically contemplate ICE enforcement. The committee took no vote on the audit presentation and adjourned after discussion.

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• So we're we're sort of finance report.
• Uh their networks can and efficiently.
• can go faster with more fuel efficiency. can go faster with more fuel efficiency.
• :32.800> a<01:45:32.960> crazy an efficiency standpoint is a crazy an efficiency standpoint
• <01:47:18.159> with<01:47:18.480> purpose-built reporting with purpose-built reporting

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.