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• As we look to diversify and expand our contractor pool on public works projects, these types of mandates
• I heard different things whenever your witness was saying that this is not picking among the labor pool
• to add additional requirements into public works projects, we are only going to have a certain bid pool
• We are only going to have a certain bid pool that will be interested in continuing to pursue those efforts

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Uh, in 2020, there were some regulations passed by the Board of Health on swimming pools.
• In 2020, there were some regulations passed by the Board of Health on swimming pools.
• The result was that many apartment complexes' pools were shut down.
• It was a very difficult time, and the end result was hundreds of pools were shut down.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:04 Roll Call 00:00:14 HB 682 Discussion 00:01:41 HB 682 Vote 00:03:10 HB 731 Discussion 00:04:33 HB 731 Vote 00:06:26 HB 607 Discussion 00:09:24 HB 607 Vote 00:32:15 Adjournment 00:34:12, 958, all

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• person you replace her with doesn't have the same level of credit, that money would go back into the pool
• person you replace her with doesn't have the same level of credit, that money would go back into the pool
• person you replace her with doesn't have the same level of credit, that money would go back into the pool
• person you replace her with doesn't have the same level of credit, that money would go back into the pool

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Commonwealth’s Attorneys, County Attorneys, Prosecutor’s Advisory Council 00:00:18 Approval of Minutes 00:20:09 State Treasurer 00:20:33, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from representatives of the Prosecutor’s Advisory Council, including county and commonwealth attorneys, on their proposed budget. They described the scope of their work in district and circuit court, juvenile and dependency cases, specialty courts, guardianship, involuntary hospitalization, and the Rocket Docket program. The witnesses emphasized that their budgets are overwhelmingly personnel costs and warned that proposed cuts could lead to layoffs, reduced retention, and loss of recently added positions. They also said the General Assembly’s recent salary classification plan had improved recruitment and retention, and that underfunding could reverse those gains. A major topic was the Rocket Docket program, which they said speeds lower-level cases through the system, reduces jail costs, and saves money for both counties and the state. They reported that in one circuit, average jail time for certain cases dropped from about 50 days to about 6 days. They also raised concerns that the Rocket Docket line item may not be clearly included in the committee substitute and asked for clarification on how the budget would treat it. In response, the chair said the intent was to move some of those items into the base budget, though the exact structure was still uncertain. The presenters also discussed a 2022 subsidy for county attorney employees tied to retirement contributions, saying it totals about $1.3 million and should not be reduced because the obligation remains. They said the budget would need to support the salary classification plan extensions, House Bill 8 subsidies, and a new case management system that they described as essential to modernizing operations and improving communication with victims and law enforcement. The chair thanked them for the testimony and indicated the committee would continue reviewing the budget. The committee then heard from Deputy State Treasurer Russell Weber, who reported that the treasury has now returned more than $90 million in unclaimed property to Kentuckians. He said the office faces ongoing fraud issues and requested funding for a dedicated legal counsel and a fraud investigator, along with outreach money to educate the public about unclaimed property. He also outlined several capital requests, including the final year of a printer-system lease and replacement of HVAC equipment in the treasury building. Members briefly joked with him about a mineral-rights bill and coal, but no votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and adjourning the meeting.

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• Correct it and get these fine men and women the pay that they deserve for the risk that they take.
• American art mural that's in there that's going to be demolished. there was a two-part part of that risk
• Now, at the risk of offending my friends in the room, I want to point out a few examples. two of which
• are similar to, I would include training and leadership, development programs, technology services, risk
• management pools, advocacy, intergovernmental relations, public information campaigns, group purchasing

Bills: HB 111, HB1545, HB2145, HB2467, HB2520, HB4136, HB4181, HB4214, HB4218, HB4219, HB4359, HB4437, HB4822, HB111

Keywords: Texas Public Information Act, open records, public records, government transparency, confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, governmental body, Chapter 552, public information law, nonprofit association, quasi-governmental entity, economic development, trade secrets, proprietary information, commercial financial information, Alamo restoration, local workforce board, TDCJ contract facility, civil commitment facility, water supply corporation

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• Do you agree there's a risk of duplication in some sense?
• I don't believe that there is a risk of duplication.
• So, this puts CARB at risk of losing existing subject matter experts that we've just hired and trained
• Without adequate resources, we risk falling behind on our climate commitments.
• On behalf of the **Almond Alliance** and **California Pool and Spa Association**, we strongly oppose

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I mean, you've got the pools. I think they expect all of the pools.
• So they do have hot tubs and different pools, but Mr.

Bills: SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, misappropriation, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, racketeering, criminal penalties, New Mexico, public safety, health regulations, community welfare, peace promotion, legislative reforms, election integrity, voter coercion, emergency procedures, polling place security

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• it posted for 30 days, um, with the expectation and the hope of, like other agencies, um, having a pool
• contract and also a reposting of this request for qualification so that we continue to try to seek a pool
• go too much higher, you're going to end up with kind of a, um, a dark lobbying, uh, non-registrant pool

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• hire former trustees immediately, without the one-year waiting period, enabling them to tap into a pool
• UIL extracurricular activities will increase the talent pool that the school district already has access
• Against Senator Hagen-Poole are present. Go ahead. Yes.

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• pools at hotels and and motel and so on. pools at hotels and and motel and so on.
• in our budget about uh some of the risk in our budget right<02:29:58.080> now.
• Uh so one of the risks in our budget 23.
• Uh, so that is one of the biggest risks we have in our budget right now.
• The other big risk area in our to that.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• treasurer or allows for a local government to use the state treasurer for oversight for investment pools
• , and finally it requires the state treasurer... ...oversight for investment pools, and finally it requires

Keywords: 1182, all

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• requires, or allows for, a local government to use the state treasurer for oversight for investment pools
• , and finally it requires the state treasurer... ...oversight for investment pools, and finally it requires

Summary: The caucus reviewed several bills on its calendar, mostly focused on Senate amendments and whether sponsors intended to concur. HB 2114 would alter Motorcycle Safety Fund distributions and motorcycle registration rules, including a Senate change requiring at least one registered owner to be licensed in Arizona; the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2729 would continue several boards and agencies, including the Board of Nursing, Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, Board of Physician Assistance, Department of Economic Security, and Board of Pharmacy; the sponsor also intended to concur. Members discussed two agriculture property inspection bills, HB 2104 and HB 2105. HB 2104 would change rules for agricultural property classification and inspections, while HB 2105 would add notice and reporting requirements for inspections; both had Senate amendments that changed inspection timing and exemptions. Some members raised concerns about county assessors’ workload, opposition from county organizations, and possible inequities and insurance or disaster-related consequences for agricultural property owners. HB 2477, the Arizona Education Savings Plan bill, drew the most discussion. The Senate amendment combined the 529-related provisions with several treasurer-related restrictions and investment rules, and members questioned the policy implications of allowing 529 funds to roll into Roth IRAs. HB 4117 would create or expand criminal penalties for interfering with religious worship, and some members expressed concern about civil liberties and equality issues, while the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2311 would require AI service disclosures to minors and, after substantial Senate amendments, to all account holders in some cases; members asked about effects on schools and government systems, and some noted concerns about the expanded scope and AG enforcement limits. The caucus also heard SCR 1004, which would prohibit photo enforcement traffic programs after December 31 subject to voter approval, though existing programs could continue under certain conditions; law enforcement concerns were noted. SB 1110 would establish a home confinement and electronic monitoring program in the Department of Corrections. SB 1618 would revise the Military Affairs Commission’s membership and duties, but one member objected to adding defense-industry representation and warned about military-industrial-complex influence. The meeting ended with the chair noting that only the bills that had gone through rules were on the agenda and adjourned the caucus.

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• risk to property and risk to communities.
• Because each region has a different risk profile, a different set of vegetation, different risk structure
• They separated out the risk from regular insurance and the catastrophic risk from earthquakes.
• That's our catastrophic risk.
• We have to figure out how to handle our increased risk and our increased catastrophic risk better.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This is workers' comp, so self-insured would be you're carrying the economic risk, but the claims are
• This is workers' comp, so self-insured would be you're carrying the economic risk, but the claims are
• So what House Bill 282 basically does is there's a pool of money that exists.
• So the concept here is that it takes that pool of money that doesn't have to be expended but is there
• concept here is that it takes that pool concept here is that it takes that pool of<04:21:48.479>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House Bill 2 provisions affecting the New Hampshire Retirement System, focusing on Group 2/Tier B retirement changes in pages 25 through 39 of the bill. NHRS Executive Director Jan Goodwin and deputy chief counsel Mark Kavanaugh explained that the 2025 bill is largely similar to prior versions and to HB 727, with the main difference being that the 2025 version does not include the earlier increase in the maximum benefit. They also said the fiscal note for HB 2 is based on earlier actuarial work and that an updated valuation was expected later in the week. A major topic was whether the bill accidentally removed an anti-spiking or special-duty compensation limit. NHRS said the omission appears to be a scrivener’s error caused by moving language between Group 1 and Group 2 definitions, and they planned to flag it in the fiscal note. Members also reviewed the bill’s intent to restore Tier B members to pre-2011 benefit rules, including changes to earnable compensation, average final compensation, and the comp-over-base rule. Some members questioned whether restoring those older rules was appropriate, arguing the 2011 changes were meant to curb pension spiking and that undoing them could be problematic. The committee also discussed the bill’s cost and funding assumptions. NHRS said the 2025 bill would reduce unfunded actuarial liability by about $98.2 million and would have a more favorable effect than the 2023 version, while employer contribution impacts would remain relatively small. Members noted the bill assumes annual appropriations of $27.5 million for 10 years, but House Bill 1 currently provides only $5 million in the first year, and NHRS had not yet analyzed the effect of that shortfall. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on clarifying the bill’s language, intent, and fiscal impact.

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• It's more about what the risk of failure is.
• So the higher the risk, the more they pay.
• So the higher the risk, the more they pay.
• So the higher the risk, the more they pay.
• <03:24:30.399> and seagull um working with risk and seagull um working with risk and benefits

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature. A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date. Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.

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• <02:28:40.000> of first time creates a significant risk of first time creates a significant
• I am not trained and should not be expected to handle that added level of risk because I am a student
• <02:57:44.720> because handle that added level of risk because handle that added level of
• risk because I<02:57:45.279> am<02:57:45.359> a<02:57:45.600> student.
• for single families, posing the risk for single families, posing the risk that<04:24:52.319>

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• They go back to a pool where they can be assigned to a different vehicle asking a different question.
• He said highway settings present much higher risk.
• He said that in a highway setting there is much higher risk, so it must be considered more carefully.
• He said the risk profile for heavy-duty vehicles is different.
• Let me again emphasize that the way I see it is that the risk profile, by the way, when we're talking

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We must scale wildfire risk reduction at the home and neighborhood level.
• They do a risk assessment. We walk them through the process.
• And it's a combination of wildfire risk.
• Has there been a lead assigned for state coordination on wildfire risk?
• It's at risk in the high-risk areas. An overall number of homes at risk in the high-risk areas.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• the area of community access and brain injury waivers, we work to remove the housing insecurity and risk
• directs the board to develop a process for temporary waivers and variances if a nursing home is at risk
• directs the board to develop a process for temporary waivers and variances if a nursing home is at risk
• <00:31:41.760> of waiver if the nursing home is at risk of waiver if the nursing home is at
• risk of closure<00:31:42.399> of<00:31:42.559> receiverhip.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And how do they impact muscle mass and fall risk? And how are they in elderly patients?
• theme, a bit of a sub-theme, as I said, but it is certainly evident in the data, and this notion of risk
• When failure carries a disproportionate either reputational or political risk, leaders often default
• And so we should be able to coordinate better from the system office on identifying where those pools
• So look for a $75 million deferred maintenance pool that would be administered by the State Board of

Summary: The Higher Education Institutions Committee met at NDSU and heard an extensive presentation from President David Cook/President Stewart and NDSU leadership on the university’s priorities, including enrollment, student success, research growth, and use of New Horizons funding. Leaders emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission, its role in workforce development, and its goal of becoming more distinctive through strategic planning, recruitment and retention, commercialization, and partnerships. They highlighted that NDSU awarded 2,370 degrees in 2025, produces a large share of the state’s engineering, nursing, and agriculture graduates, and reported strong outcomes for graduates staying and working in North Dakota. They also noted enrollment headwinds, competition from other institutions, and the need to manage tuition waivers more carefully through a scholarship optimization effort. Provost Sherry Vale outlined academic stewardship efforts, including review or consolidation of low-producing programs, strategic hiring tied to institutional priorities, faculty workload policy changes, and expanded online and regional offerings. She said the university is using New Horizons dollars to strengthen advising, student support, and programs in engineering, agriculture, and health. NDSU leaders also described new or expanded academic offerings such as robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, material science and engineering, nuclear engineering certificates, accelerated nursing, nurse practitioner certificates, a Master of Health Administration, and a clinical research master’s program with Sanford Health. They stressed that these investments are intended to improve student completion, meet workforce needs, and increase return on public investment. The committee also heard testimony from students and recent graduates who described the value of NDSU’s education, mentorship, internships, research opportunities, and support services. Alyssa Hodges spoke about pharmacy education, public health work, and campus support as a parent and student; Ethan Blessy described engineering coursework, internships with Marvin, and career preparation; and Aiden Freolic discussed neuroscience research, federally funded projects, and plans for graduate study. Their testimony was followed by presentations on partnerships with Gateway to Science for K-12 STEM outreach and with Sanford Research on biomedical research, clinical trials, obesity research, and a joint biostatistics hire. NDSU also highlighted systemwide shared services, Governor’s School programming, and research growth, including a reported 8% increase in research expenditures from $199 million to $215 million. No bill votes were taken; the meeting was informational and featured presentations, testimony, and discussion of future planning and partnerships.

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• be is based on, it's a bit of a supply and demand, but it's also based on, you know, the particular risk
• :18:21.840> know,<00:18:22.000> the<00:18:22.120> particular<00:18:22.680> risk
• <00:18:22.960> profile uh you know, the particular risk profile uh you know, the particular
• risk profile of<00:18:23.520> that<00:18:23.720> project.
• Management and Budget allocated, uh, took their first round of applications in January for the housing pool

Keywords: 1187, senate, all