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• Their pre-transfusion hemoglobins dropped to around 7. They laid around, they had no energy.
• you know, Grandma's going to have surgery, so all the kids don't donate blood, we will see a drastic drop
• I'm, I'm really having a hard time grasping the fact that you're going to see a drop, even a.
• Even a small drop in overall donations to your blood bank if someone decides to donate blood for one
• And it was kind of sad to see that they just dropped out of the donor population.

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• We saw a huge drop-off. Why?
• <00:14:36.000> Because We saw a huge drop off. Why? Because We saw a huge drop off. Why?
• > the<01:15:50.719> first Withholding dropped sharply in the first Withholding dropped
• <02:45:41.200> from struggling and uh the the drop from struggling and uh the the drop from
• under the pessimistic scenario dropping under the pessimistic scenario dropping u<03:22:49.439><

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Summary: The meeting focused on preliminary fiscal 2026 revenue estimates and the governor’s office request for an official revision to fiscal 2026, with members reminded that any estimate adopted now would not bind the December official estimates. Staff from S&P Global walked through three forecast scenarios—control, optimistic, and pessimistic—based on recent federal tax changes, tariffs, and other policy developments, emphasizing that the outlook remains highly uncertain. Under the control scenario, the presentation projected below-trend real GDP growth of 1.8% in fiscal 2026, slowing to 1.5% by fiscal 2028, with unemployment peaking around 4.5% and the Federal Reserve cutting rates three times to a long-run range of about 2.75% to 3%. The optimistic scenario assumed lower effective tariffs, stronger growth, and better labor and housing outcomes, while the pessimistic scenario assumed a broader trade war, higher effective tariffs, faster deportations, weaker employment and consumer spending, and unemployment rising to about 6.3%. Speakers also noted that the forecast was prepared before later BLS revisions and that recent data on inventories and AI-related investment made the recent quarters look unusually volatile. Members discussed how the current fiscal 2026 outlook compared with earlier assumptions and noted that the eventual revenue revision may be smaller than the spread between the optimistic and pessimistic economic scenarios. The governor’s office and committee members also reviewed sector-specific impacts, including manufacturing, housing, light vehicle production, exports, and consumer sentiment, with particular concern about Kentucky’s auto and housing-related industries. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• happen to know what happened around that time or have any theories of why we saw that significant drop
• 2013 2014 we had a very precipitous drop 2013 2014 we had a very precipitous drop that<00:53:26.880
• drop? drop?
• Chairman, any state policy that changed around that time that maybe would explain that drop?
• Chairman, any state policy that changed around that time that maybe would explain that drop?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Major Tax Provisions in H.R. 1 (Public Law 119-21) 00:02:45 Kentucky’s Workforce 00:33:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and heard a brief member introduction before taking up an overview of major tax provisions in HR1, referred to by the presenters as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Representatives from the Kentucky Society of CPAs explained new federal deductions for tips, overtime, and car loan interest; a new tax-favored “Trump account” for children; expanded bonus depreciation and Section 179 expensing for businesses; changes to R&D expensing; and a new limit on wagering loss deductions. Members asked several clarifying questions about the duration of the provisions, W-2 and 1099 reporting changes, and how overtime deductions would work. The presenters emphasized that tips and overtime remain subject to payroll taxes and that many of the business provisions are permanent, while the individual deductions are temporary through 2028 or otherwise phased in over time. The discussion then shifted to individual and nonprofit provisions, including the increase in the state and local tax itemized deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 with income-based phaseouts, the temporary senior deduction, and a new deduction for car loan interest with income limits and vehicle qualifications. On charitable giving, the presenters described a permanent nonitemizer deduction, new floors for individual and corporate charitable deductions, and a new scholarship-granting organization credit that would allow donors to receive a dollar-for-dollar federal credit up to $1,700, beginning in 2027. Members focused heavily on the SGO provision, asking about state implementation, oversight, whether churches would qualify, and whether the credit could support both public and private education. The presenters said the state would need to establish the mechanism and that additional federal guidance is still pending. After the tax presentation, the committee heard from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce on workforce issues, with a focus on child care and housing as barriers to labor force participation. Chamber representatives said they were not proposing large new government programs, but rather targeted policy recommendations for the 2026 session. They described Kentucky’s long-term decline in workforce participation since 2000, attributing much of it to demographic change, an aging population, and fewer younger workers entering the labor force. The presentation continued into a broader discussion of workforce trends and the need for practical policy responses, but no votes or formal actions were taken on these informational items.

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• Is it measured by drops? If it is measured by drops, how many drops?
• Is it measured by drops? If it is measured by drops, how many drops?
• Is it measured by drops?
• If it is measured by drops, how drops? If it is measured by drops, how many<00:24:32.880> drops?
• Uh we too uh uh recommend the dropping Uh we too uh uh recommend the dropping of<01:17:09.280>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard SB 888, which would bar operators of smart household security devices from sharing user data with law enforcement unless the user consents or police obtain a warrant. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection offered comments and Judiciary submitted written support. Several individuals also submitted written support. The committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the Office of Consumer Protection may enforce violations and adopting Judiciary’s recommended changes, while also deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The motion passed unanimously among members present, with one senator excused. The committee then took up SB 2777 on insurance disclosures. The bill would require authorized insurers to disclose claim-handling data to consumers, including claims open at the start of a period, closed with payment, closed without payment, and open at the end of the period. The committee described amendments to clarify the bill, remove a requirement for the DCCA insurance division to handle publication, and defer the effective date to July 1, 2050. The measure was passed with amendments and the recommendation was adopted, with one member voting no and another excused. In a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Judiciary hearing on SP2738 relating to tax haven abuse, the Department of Taxation offered comments and the Tax Foundation testified in opposition, arguing the state should rely on IRS audits and existing worldwide reporting rules rather than create a separate state approach. Other written testimony was noted in both support and opposition. The committees recommended passage with amendments adopting Taxation’s technical changes and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050; the recommendation was adopted, with one senator noting reservations. The joint hearing then moved to health-related bills, including SB 2690 on primary care spending, SB 3103 on energy assistance, SB 3137 on Department of Health authority over food, drugs, and cosmetics, SB 3164 on child welfare service organizations, and SB 3206 on cannabinoids. SB 2690 drew strong support from physicians and advocates who said it would address primary care shortages, especially on neighbor islands, while HMSA and others warned a fixed spending percentage could raise costs and suggested a working group. SB 3164 drew support from child welfare providers and opposition from the Attorney General over indemnification language, and SB 3206 drew mixed testimony: state agencies raised federal-law and vagueness concerns, while hemp and cannabis advocates and some farmers supported the measure and urged broader legalization or amendments.

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• are temp workers, whether it's signature verification for the the millions of petitions that get dropped
• Maybe we should write, don't drop the ballot boxes off the back of the truck.
• Did you at this day this time, you know, drop your ballot off my secure ballot intake stations are and
• Regarding the vote by mail request that, you know the drop in the vote by mail requests.
• What's dropped off in the ballot box? We need to signatures. I'm an election worker also.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And they don't sufficiently specify why a policyholder is being dropped.
• right now, they very rarely have the opportunity to fix the problem with their property before being dropped
• It allows insurers to drop policies for safe homes without accountability.
• can then go to the community leadership and say, hey, we need to get together because we're getting dropped
• In 2023, our insurer stopped writing landlord policies in California and dropped us.

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee met to consider several insurance-related bills, with SB 1301 by Senator Allen and SB 876 by Senator Padilla receiving the most discussion. SB 1301 would reform residential property insurance non-renewals by requiring clearer written explanations, giving policyholders a chance to fix identified issues, and limiting non-renewals based on unreasonable grounds. The bill was supported by consumer advocates, fire survivors, local officials, and several organizations, while insurers said they had worked extensively with the author and were moving to neutral, though they still raised implementation and proprietary-information concerns. The committee voted to pass SB 1301 as amended to Appropriations, with the roll left open briefly before the bill was declared out. SB 876 would overhaul wildfire and disaster claims handling by requiring updated replacement-cost estimates, stronger extended replacement-cost and building-code coverage options, faster status updates when adjusters change, and other consumer protections. Supporters included the Department of Insurance, United Policyholders, consumer groups, and local representatives, who argued the bill addresses underinsurance, delays, and inconsistent claims handling exposed by recent wildfires. Several industry groups said recent amendments resolved major concerns and moved them to neutral, while the California Fair Plan remained respectfully opposed pending further review. The committee approved SB 876 as amended to Judiciary, again leaving the roll open briefly before finalizing the vote. The committee also took up a consent item, SB 536 by Senator Archuleta, which was approved unanimously to Appropriations. Other bills listed at the start of the hearing, SB 555 and SB 795, were pulled at the request of the authors and were not heard.

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• We know that math tends to rise through fifth grade in New Mexico and precipitously drops once we get
• anything to be concerned about—but we see a drop in math.
• Some of this drop may be a cohort effect related to the post-pandemic recovery gap.
• There's a four-point drop across four years, as you saw in the aggregate data.
• And my question really is, by dropping those requirements, have we seen a negative impact on these?

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• So, right now, when those charges are dropped, the victim is not notified.
• So, right now, when those charges are So, right now, when those charges are dropped,<00:40:42.079>
• <00:40:43.599> Can dropped, the victim is not notified.
• Can dropped, the victim is not notified.
• or they're not going to has been dropped or they're not going to press<00:40:53.839> charges.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Maybe we should write, don't drop the ballot boxes off the back of the truck.
• And I would absolutely listen to the public: hey, did you at this day, this time, you know, drop your
• Did you drop off on this day?
• Seeing nationwide, you saw with ballot drop boxes being destroyed, put on fire, right?
• Regarding the vote-by-mail request, you know, the drop in the vote-by-mail request, are you requesting

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.” The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals. Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.

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• So starting in 2028, the provider tax safe harbor threshold is going to drop 0.5% and it will drop 0.5%
• Um, January 2028, it's going to drop Um, January 2028, it's going to drop down<00:25:35.440>
• in place. 2029, it drops down to 5%. in place. 2029, it drops down to 5%.
• to<00:25:45.120> four Still in place. 2030 drops down to four Still in place. 2030 drops down
• <01:25:26.480> in uh have you seen a measurable drop in uh have you seen a measurable drop

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• down to just $3 million for the drop down to just $3 million for the base<00:35:05.000> bium<
• 50%, and the slots for centers have dropped in Northeast and Northwest.
• <00:37:08.359> in Greater Minnesota has a 16% drop in Greater Minnesota has a 16% drop in
• in Northeast and Northwest has dropped in Northeast and Northwest has dropped 50%<00:37:34.839><
• in Northeast and Northwest so dropped in Northeast and Northwest so I'm<00:37:38.640> curious

Bills: HF2582, HF2266, HF2518, HF2039, HF1941

Keywords: child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian

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• For 2024-2025, the next year, the insurance premiums increased to $118,000, and that was dropping their
• Changes will never be seen by those Texans because they're just going to drop the coverage.
• to provide coverage for trans-affirming care, HB 778 paradoxically incentivizes these companies to drop
• in your vehicle, your need for liability insurance is... which is what you're asking to basically drop
• So regarding the uninsured motorist coverage that you mentioned, they dropped that— that's involved?

Bills: HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• And they don't sufficiently specify why a policyholder is being dropped.
• right now, they very rarely have the opportunity to fix the problem with their property before being dropped
• It allows insurers to drop policies for safe homes without accountability.
• can then go to the community leadership and say, hey, we need to get together because we're getting dropped
• In 2023, our insurer stopped writing landlord policies in California and dropped us.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And then we also have safe place, um, which allows mothers to, um, drop off unwanted live babies without
• And then we also have safe place, um, which allows mothers to, um, drop off unwanted live babies without
• And then we also have safe place, um, which allows mothers to, um, drop off unwanted live babies without
• And then we also have safe place, um, which allows mothers to, um, drop off unwanted live babies without
• We also have safe place, um, which allows mothers to, um, drop off unwanted live babies without criminal

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He had done some studies, and so I dropped off a copy and put my initials on there.
• We didn't want to get too prescriptive in that, but it's just again saying that if a student is dropped
• It's not a drop rule; it's a fiscal rule.
• We really have an edge case where they are being essentially, because of the 15-day drop policy, kicked
• This year, we currently have 601 students that have been 15-day dropped.

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• So, numbers-wise, that does appear to be a drop. On the scale score, that does appear to be a drop.
• . drop. drop.
• On the scale score, that does drop.
• , drop, drop, um<01:30:32.040> nationwide,<01:30:32.760> it<01:30:32.840> was<01
• You don't have eighth grade drops.

Keywords: 916, all

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• down to the the uh them and drop down to the the uh recommended<00:31:17.279> number.
• This is about the 10-day drop rule, people. So, this isn't about additional funding.
• Our birth rate has dropped. We have fewer students in K-12 education now.
• Our birth rate has dropped. We have fewer students in K-12 education now.
• Our birth rate has dropped. We have fewer students in K-12 education now.

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• <00:40:52.600> in For us, we had a dramatic drop in For us, we had a dramatic drop in attendance
• 03.640> and<00:41:03.760> that 20% drop in attendance and that 20% drop in attendance and
• <00:53:47.080> by In December, our attendance dropped by In December, our attendance dropped
• For a museum like ours, that kind of drop is dramatic.
• But even as attendance dropped, our mission didn't.

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• Gossett Seidman: It is different from an anchor which drops and is in the shape of a standard anchor
• Gossett Seidman: Some up to two years at a time and people say where do I drop anchor West Palm Beach
• And looking statewide, we could all use some regulation on who should drop anchor in the mooring fields
• Gossett Seidman: ...I was coming down here, you could just drop anchor anywhere and live between 80 and

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• You need data, the agency will ask for it, the agency will drop it.
• That No, they talked about providing a secure drop box so you can see that was unredacted or unchanged
• That No, they talked about drop it.
• box so you can providing a secure drop box so you can see<00:33:10.560> that<00:33:10.680>
• So, it's not just dropping documents into a drop box.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee received an update from the LBA on three audits related to education programs. Christine Young reported that the special education audit is in report-writing, with 44 of 81 observations completed, and that a draft is expected early in the third quarter with a final report later in the summer. She also said the doorway program audit has a draft report with 12 observations, auditee responses were received May 14, an exit conference was held May 18, and the report is now expected to be presented at the June fiscal committee meeting. The bulk of the discussion focused on the education freedom accounts audit and a proposed expansion of scope. Beulah Skids explained that the original audit, required by the 2022 law creating the EFA program, would be expanded to examine whether students were New Hampshire residents at enrollment and throughout participation, and whether records of educational attainment satisfied program requirements. She described the current work, the draft cooperation agreement being developed with the Department of Education and the Children’s Scholarship Fund, and the department’s concerns about the audit period and the term "educational progress," which the LBA said it would revise. The committee discussed that the expanded work would depend on a written agreement giving the LBA access to needed records, policies, and staff, with the Department of Education potentially serving as an intermediary for data access. Members raised concerns about the scope period and data access. Senator Lang asked that the residency review be limited to the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, rather than the broader 2022-25 period, because those years captured the major program expansions; the committee appeared to agree, with clarification that the reference was to school years, not fiscal years. Members also discussed reconciliation of EFA funds, noting that the department has agreed to reopen rulemaking to make reconciliation more frequent so unused funds can be returned to the state sooner. Several members expressed frustration that access to data had been delayed, while LBA staff said the cooperation agreement is intended to prevent further roadblocks and that the AG’s office could review it if needed.