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• funds where the individual who's received that ticket pays in for receiving a service, basically a class
• And so they are running those classes as people in those areas receive those court orders to attend classes
• They're taking the four required graduate-level classes.
• They're taking the four required graduate level classes.
• So those are for graduate-level classes, which the tuition and fees for graduate-level class is higher

Keywords: 1204, all

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• This just bumps it up to a Class A misdemeanor if you falsely accuse knowingly.
• So the bill basically makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly cause serious bodily injury to Public
• include firemen on call or volunteer or paid EMS people and police officers, and then it would make it a Class
• So the bill basically makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly cause serious bodily injury to Public
• So the bill basically makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly cause serious bodily injury to Public

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• the entire complex as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class
• the entire complex as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class
• the entire complex as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class
• hosting everything from world-class hosting everything from world-class sporting<00:32:08.320>
• Now, with this investment, our members are ready to once again deliver a world-class facility that will

Keywords: 1183, house

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• He said most marijuana convictions are covered in current expungement laws for Class D felonies, but
• He said most marijuana convictions are covered in current expungement laws for Class D felonies, but
• D Felony but but um you had to the Class D Felony but but um you had to apply<00:29:59.799> for
• No one deserves to live in fear, and no one is alone. class A misdemeanor uh no man no matter class A
• And again, I'm just going to reiterate the portion of the changes in law: in order for it to be a Class

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:06 SB 75: 00:01:05 Discussion in Opposition to SB 75: 00:11:00 SCR 89: 00:26:30 HB 38: 00:34:51 HB 201: 00:50:16, 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 75, sponsored by Senator Reed, which would lower Kentucky’s concealed carry age from 21 to 18. The bill’s supporters, including Taylor McKe of the NRA, argued that 18- to 20-year-olds are legal adults who should have equal Second Amendment rights, noting they can vote, serve in the military, and otherwise be treated as adults. Supporters also cited court decisions and historical arguments, while opponents, including Kathy Hobart and Chuck Eddie, warned that the bill would increase gun violence and put more guns in the hands of young people without adequate training. Senator Carol said he opposed the bill because the brain is not fully mature until about age 25 and called the measure irresponsible; Senator Denine said he would pass the bill but wanted training requirements added; Senator Thomas also opposed it on public safety grounds; and Senator Wheeler supported it as a parity and self-defense measure for law-abiding young adults. After debate, the committee voted on SB 75 and reported it favorably with the expression of opinion that it should pass. The roll call reflected a mix of support and opposition, with several members explaining their votes. Supporters emphasized self-defense, constitutional rights, and consistency with adult responsibilities, while opponents focused on youth violence, public safety, and the lack of a training requirement. The committee then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, sponsored by Senator Jimmy Higdon, which would direct the establishment of a Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Task Force. Higdon described it as a typical interim work group and said it would include five House and five Senate members. Discussion broadened to expungement and restoration issues, including marijuana-related convictions and other records that members said should be reviewed in light of changing laws. Chair Storm noted he had filed a separate expungement task force resolution and suggested the measures could be coordinated. The resolution was moved, seconded, and the roll was called, with Senator Thomas later explaining support for treating older marijuana convictions more equitably in light of current law.

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• Chairman, possession is already a Class D felony, but it's got some limits on it as you can see in the
• So it's already a Class D felony to possess on the quantity of the particular schedule, yeah, correct
• "It's already a Class D felony to possess on the quantity of the particular schedule, yeah, correct,
• They would still be possession of a Class D felony; it would just be the one that would apply if they
• D Felony it would possession of a Class D Felony it would just<00:53:13.720> be<00:53:13.920>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:09 SB 64: 00:01:20 SB 73: 00:05:33 HB 662: 00:09:40 HB 320: 00:20:17, 958, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first approved Senate Bill 64, as amended, on a 14-0 vote. The bill was described as a copper theft prevention measure aimed at protecting key infrastructure assets, including telecommunications and electrical highway infrastructure. Testimony in support came from Senator Brandon Storm and representatives from Charter Communications and law enforcement, who said copper theft and related vandalism are damaging fiber and other infrastructure across the state. A committee substitute was adopted before the vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 73, relating to sexual extortion. Senator Julie Rocky Adams and Kentucky Youth Advocates testified that sextortion is a fast-growing crime against children and that the bill would make sexual extortion a felony, create civil remedies for victims, and require school-based education and resources. The bill passed 15-0 and was reported favorably for floor consideration. House Bill 662, relating to personally identifiable information, was also approved after discussion and a committee substitute. Representative John Blanton said the bill would help protect judges and certain medical review personnel from public disclosure of personal information while preserving provider access needed for appeals and communications. The Kentucky Medical Association supported the concept but stressed the need to preserve provider-facing information so doctors can conduct peer-to-peer reviews and appeals. The bill passed 15-0 with one pass vote. House Bill 320, relating to controlled substances on hospital property, was taken up for discussion only and no vote was taken. Representative Mike Klein and a St. Elizabeth nurse testified that hospitals are seeing illicit drug use and trafficking on campus and argued for a drug-free zone to protect staff, patients, and visitors. Committee members raised concerns about how the bill would apply to unconscious overdose patients, lawfully prescribed medications, emergency situations, and whether possession should be treated differently from trafficking. The chair ruled a motion out of order because the item was for discussion only, and the bill remained under consideration.

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• Our mission is to represent residential and small commercial consumers as a class in utility proceedings
• However, we represent them as a class, so we don't represent any individual person, but as a class, that's
• And Get more information on how the agency can help them as a class as you mentioned, um, before the
• And so is that there's 3 class ones and then there's the Gillespie County, OK. And then you.
• It's one of the classes of forms that you have.

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• They evacuate the class, and she can't handle it anymore."
• and he sleeps through my whole class. and he sleeps through my whole class.
• <01:57:45.840> Uh disrupting class? Leave him alone. Uh disrupting class?
• They evacuate crazy in class every day.
• it the class and she can't handle it anymore

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We also created a new license class, the C3 license class.
• and this would allow for a license class and this would allow for a capacity<00:26:24.039> of
• <00:26:32.399> the<00:26:32.520> C3 created a new license Class the C3 created a new
• license Class the C3 license<00:26:33.440> Class<00:26:34.159> um<00:26:34.320> this
• um this would allow for um license Class um this would allow for um up<00:26:35.679> to<00:26

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you asked me after class what I had learned, I couldn't tell you.
• If you asked me after class what I had learned, I couldn't tell you.
• I then would have to spend the rest of class battling discouraging thoughts. asked me after class what
• <01:38:06.480> that one lesson to present to a class that one lesson to present to a class
• It was before we had the personal finance class that we passed last year.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As a teacher, I had the experience of having students in my class who had seizure disorders or other
• They were put in my class because the parents and the staff knew that I knew what to do.
• having students in my class having students in my class who<00:17:59.000> had<00:17:59.840
• They students were put in<00:18:03.920> my<00:18:04.120> class<00:18:04.600> cuz
• in my class cuz in my class cuz the<00:18:05.760> parents<00:18:06.560> and<00:18:06.840

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• felony<01:06:13.440> um<01:06:13.920> for<01:06:14.240> a<01:06:14.480> class
• <01:06:14.720> A category A felony um for a class A category A felony um for a class A felony
• I support the protection of our class A soils for agricultural land as the Hawaii Farmers Union testified
• I support the protection of our class A soils for agricultural land as the Hawaii Farmers Union testified
• I support the protection of our class A soils for agricultural land as the Hawaii Farmers Union testified

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Um, currently, you know, the engineering class is very limited in terms of where we could go in terms
• Um, currently, you know, the engineering class is very limited in terms of where we could go in terms
• Um, currently, you know, the engineering class is very limited in terms of where we could go in terms
• I mean I I would defer to whole class.
• Nuis Boss, HGA H. different classes by almost every different classes by almost every department<00:20

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees heard testimony on several personnel and employment bills. SB 2119 would require the state or counties to reimburse public officers and employees for approved work-related travel costs within 30 days; testifiers from the State Procurement Office, UPW, HGA, the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, and others supported the measure, citing delayed reimbursements. SB 3131 would update state position titles by changing “private secretary” to “executive assistant” and “secretary” to “administrative assistant” where applicable, and it drew support from DEED and comments from the State Librarian. SB 3069 would permanently exempt a limited number of specialized positions in DAGS Public Works and the Comptroller’s office from civil service; DAGS, HCDA, and DEED supported it, while UPW opposed it. Committee members questioned whether the exemption should be narrower and whether the positions should be consultants or actual employees, and DAGS said the roles were narrowly tailored, highly specialized, and intended to help manage complex projects such as Aloha Stadium, the convention center, and other major redevelopment work. The committee then heard SB 3180, which would repeal the limit on temporary employment in a single position for two 89-day terms. Testimony included support from the Procurement Office, DOE, DHRD, the State Librarian in opposition, UPW written comments, HGA, the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii, and others. Discussion focused on whether the bill was needed to address abuse of repeated 89-day hires and whether it would affect recruitment and career pathways. Finally, SB 2137 would allow departments, divisions, and agencies to assume hiring and recruitment functions from DHRD under certain conditions. DHRD opposed the bill, saying existing law already allows delegation and that agency-level recruitment often lacks the expertise and staffing to do the work; UHPA supported it, and UPW submitted written support. In questioning, DHRD said it had reduced backlog and was now current on screening, while also offering programs like Operation Hire Hawaii for faster agency-led recruitment.

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• Now, I want you to think for a moment what's going on in that class.
• everybody in his class. everybody in his class.
• <00:37:53.680> It's what's going on in that class. It's what's going on in that class.
• You could probably go to six classes and you get six in a semester or a year.
• and you get six in a six classes and you get six in a semester<01:27:18.719> or<01:27:18.960>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:08 Agency Updates: 00:01:27 Truancy: 00:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.

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• So this bill is a class A misdemeanor? Correct. So what are the consequences for this?
• Um, as I read the bill correctly, are you reading the bill to also create a Class A misdemeanor?
• I think I'm guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Don't you agree?
• To be published or republished from someone else, then I'm guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
• Like others in your freshman class, you held elected office before, isn't that correct?

Bills: HB24, HB45, HB15, HB35, HB38, HB47, HB318, HB349, HB554, HB1359, HB1373, HB1647, HB2254, HB2259, HB2853, HB3073, HB3088, HB353, HB355, HB786, HB762, HB705, HB932, HB849, HB 1160, HB 1119, HB1612, HB3041, HB713, HB3104, HB3970, HB3962, HB5061, HB4042, HB4115, HB4490, HB1731, HB1705, HB2607, HB3556, HB138, HB3689, HB1788, HB1887, HB1914, HB2402, HB2306, HB1809, HB2350, HB3000, HB3237, HB3326, HB3211, HB 1056, HB2081, HB2187, HB3092, HB3308, HB3526, HB3750, HB3527, HB4219, HB4230, HB4290, HB5238, HB4804, HB4749, HCR6, HCR12, HCR34, HCR50, HCR55, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR74, HCR75, HCR78, HCR80, HCR93, HCR100, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, HCR90, SB1806, SB783, SB1271, SB326, SB1637, SB769, SB897, SB1035, SB1706, SB1185, SB1194, SB384, SB1426, SB1468, SB1215, SB1066, SB599, SB1930, SB2065, SB767, SB1619, SB1738, HB1500, HB718, HB23, HB34, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB132, HB2756, HB166, HB406, HB186, HB331, HB380, HB1583, HB1584, HB621, HB303, HB552, HB366, HB463, HB 1211, HB1327, HB1461, HB923, HB1760, HB2467, HB5333, HB1592, HB1576, HB1552, HB2018, HB3511, HB1781, HB2013, HB2340, HB2508, HB2970, HB865, HB2851, HB3385, HB3336, HB3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB1397, HB4236, HB4041, HB1965, HB2730, HB3698, HB3699, HB163, HB201, HB272, HB405, HB519, HB654, HB694, HB791, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1842, HB1868, HB1894, HB1943, HB1990, HB2029, HB2061, HB2286, HB2523, HB2622, HB2652, HB2692, HB2842, HB2885, HB3016, HB3096, HB3248, HB3255, HB3479, HB3611, HB3623, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3810, HB3816, HB4129, HB4163, HB4187, HB4238, HB4454, HB4588, HB4643, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HB5616, HB1749, HB1775, HB 118, HB1762, HB2520, HB24, HB45, HB15, HB35, HB38, HB47, HB318, HB349, HB554, HB1359, HB1373, HB1647, HB2254, HB2259, HB2853, HB3073, HB3088, HB353, HB355, HB786, HB762, HB705, HB932, HB849, HB 1160, HB 1119, HB1612, HB3041, HB713, HB3104, HB3970, HB3962, HB5061, HB4042, HB4115, HB4490, HB1731, HB1705, HB2607, HB3556, HB138, HB3689, HB1788, HB1887, HB1914, HB2402, HB2306, HB1809, HB2350, HB3000, HB3237, HB3326, HB3211, HB 1056, HB2081, HB2187, HB3092, HB3308, HB3526, HB3750, HB3527, HB4219, HB4230, HB4290, HB5238, HB4804, HB4749, HCR6, HCR12, HCR34, HCR50, HCR55, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR74, HCR75, HCR78, HCR80, HCR93, HCR100, HCR107, HCR116, HCR117, HCR90

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, peer support, first responders, mental health, confidentiality, emergency services, information network, health services, client referral, data privacy, disaster preparedness, accreditation, community services, sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination

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• We had gym class, and it was very common in gym class when the boys and the girls would play a sport
• So in gym class, we were all together.
• and it was very common in gym class and it was very common in gym class<01:03:12.440> when<01
• when the boys and the girls would class when the boys and the girls would play<01:03:15.160> a
• we were all together class we were all together and<01:03:27.559> on<01:03:27.720> this

Keywords: 1183, house

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• middle class, Mr. President. middle class, Mr. President.
• When is the last time the middle class When is the last time the middle class got<02:23:32.160><
• helped our middle class? helped our middle class?
• middle class, Mr. President. middle class, Mr. President.
• . class. class.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, April 2, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation by Reverend J.C. Austin of Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, and journalized the prayer. Members also introduced several guests and interns, including a shadow from the 45th District, a Legislative Black Caucus fellow, a ninth-grade author from Annapolis High School, a World Autism Acceptance Day group in the gallery, and a student shadowing the Senator from District 30. The chamber then moved to House bills on second reading and Senate bills on third reading. The Senate adopted favorable committee reports and passed several House bills without objection, including measures extending the Maryland Horse Industry Board sunset, requiring housing counseling information for certain first-time homebuyers, expanding the educator expense tax subtraction to full-time pre-K teachers, increasing funding for the State Library Resource Center, extending agricultural use assessment eligibility for community solar projects, allowing the Seat Pleasant Police Department to join the Law Enforcement Officers Pension System, authorizing changes to a tax sale legacy protection program, and granting special taxing authority for the Village of Drummond. The chamber also adopted seven amendments to Senate Bill 1007 on state debt authorizations and ordered it printed for third reading. On final passage, Senate Bill 956 on Maryland Transportation Authority video toll collections passed with 44 affirmative votes. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 841, a major energy affordability and utility reform bill, with two committee amendments adopted. The bill was described as providing short-, medium-, and long-term rate relief, including changes to EmPOWER Maryland, utility cost recovery, data center tariffs, net metering, solar policy, transmission planning, battery storage, nuclear incentives, and low-income assistance. Debate began on the amended report, and a motion to lay the bill over was withdrawn while members discussed waiting on additional amendments.

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• <00:56:10.760> of<00:56:10.880> Dartmouth meaning a single class of Dartmouth meaning
• of Voters one uh who separate classes of Voters one uh who ones<01:18:14.280> who<01:18:14.440
• , so—but we've already seen the popularity of your classes today, haven't we?
• , so—but we've already seen the popularity of your classes today, haven't we?
• say before the class say before the class ended<04:26:08.000> and<04:26:08.359> uh

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• least eliminate all the archaic classes that we had as well, and they're be able to do that.
• We have maybe 10 or 15 requests for an amendment or a new class. It's not a lot.
• Is that also kind of an archaic class? Let me just look here.
• Is that also kind of an archaic class? Let me just look here.
• We have 73 delegated classes of work that only one person handles.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <00:22:05.760> that times that by 20 students per class that times that by 20 students per
• <01:23:37.800> was were eliminated or that class was were eliminated or that class was abolished
• <02:31:45.279> so synchronous and asynchronous classes so synchronous and asynchronous classes
• It's recruiting all salaried classes of work.
• You can't save for a house or your paycheck.” required class I I think that the the required class I

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Anything over $1,000 becomes a felony, a Class D felony? Oh, okay. Very good.
• Anything over 1,000 becomes a felony, a class D felony? becomes a felony? It'd be 1,000.
• Anything over 1,000 becomes a felony, a Class D felony. Oh, okay. Very good.

Keywords: 1204, all