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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (10-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So we always want to ensure this tool did not change practice. Nothing changed in our practice.
- so our practice has not changed. changed. changed.
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of you know, all of that the practice of you know, all of that the practice - Um, so again, that has been a part of our practice.
- part of our practice. part of our practice.
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Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01
SERVS Informational Update- 00:01:22
Child Removal and Reunification Update: Department for Community Based Services Financials- 00:03:00
Small Business Sales Tax Websites: Department of Revenue-00:28:05
Senior Citizen Meal Programs: Department for Aging and Independent Living-00:35:50
Adjournment-01:41:57, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the September 11 meeting by motion and voice vote. It then received a brief update on the statewide emergency responder voice system, but no presenter was present. The chair said he expected a more substantive update in November and warned that if there is not real progress on acquiring needed private properties, the committee may consider further action, including possibly freezing funding.
The main discussion centered on the Department for Community Based Services’ child removal and reunification work and its structured decision-making tools. Commissioner Lisa Dennis and General Counsel Wesley Duke explained that the intake, safety, and risk assessment tools are being used at very high rates and that the department is still implementing and evaluating the system. Dennis said the tools are meant to inform, not replace, professional judgment; when staff disagree with a recommendation, the worker and first-line supervisor consult and decide together. Members questioned whether the system favors keeping children in the home, whether the department has studied safety outcomes for in-home cases versus removals, and whether foster home shortages affect removal decisions. Dennis said child safety remains the top priority, that the practice has not changed, and that the department would provide additional data on outcomes later. Members also asked about permanency timelines and delays in termination of parental rights cases; Dennis said federal timelines are difficult to meet because of family progress, substance use recovery, and court delays, and she confirmed foster parent shortages were not the reason for those delays.
The committee then heard a presentation from the Department of Revenue on the new My Taxes portal. Staff said the portal, launched in March, replaced DOR’s portion of the old Kentucky One Stop Business Portal and now allows businesses to file and pay multiple taxes, update account information, and receive official notices. They reported the system is available 24/7 except for scheduled maintenance every other Thursday evening, has maintained over 99% availability since launch, and now has a dedicated contact center with 50 agents plus a public help line and email. In response to questions, the department said early downtime was caused by unexpectedly high traffic, but server capacity was increased and in the last three months there had been only one day of unexpected downtime.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Honeybee management practices mostly in hobbyist beekeepers who are not as educated on beekeeping practices
- And it really just promotes best practices.
- We're looking at stewardship practices.
- We adopt best practices.
- Of these practices in our community.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 22nd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- number of new people here in the audience, let's just take a moment to do that out of my general practice
- because one of the things that we're most focused on is making sure that we are evidence-based in the practices
- We're very focused on promising practices that allow us to do research to determine whether and Not the
- It's kind of my habit and practice to do that.
- update our policies and procedures to promote accountability, transparency, and to reflect best practices
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- standards of practice of school nursing. standards of practice of school nursing.
- I have my doctorate in nursing practice, so you can call me Dr. Lear, Dr. Nurse Lear.
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people's data privacy, data practices, people's data privacy, data practices
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The sheeting that's used today is an industry practice, the best practice.
- Chair, well, it might be best practices for government, but it's not best practices for the people that
- Chair, well, it might be best practices for government, but it's not best practices for the people that
- The sheeting that's used today is an industry practice, the best practice.
- Chair, well, it might be best practices for government, but it's not best practices for the people that
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance.
The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting.
Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board Mar 31st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board
Transcript Highlights:
- For 20-some years, I was the president of RVK and a practicing senior consultant.
- We think it's part of the regular part of good best practice for running institutional funds.
- But it has practical implications for the...
- And, you know, that's not something that we would say to you as best practice, Representative.
- That we would say to you as best practice, Representative. If I may just continue.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- These practical solutions make a meaningful difference for families trying to balance work and raising
- they feel so. able to actually operate businesses in ways that they feel actually apply to best practices
- I'm a doctor of nursing practice and an advanced practice registered nurse for 34 years.
- Practice and an advanced practice registered nurse for 34 years.
- Brittany Honeycutt, a native Floridian and also a family physician, practicing here in Central Florida
Keywords:
recreational vehicle parks, special assessments, property tax, occupancy rates, commercial assessment, school safety, guardian program, firearms, crimes near schools, security assessments, public postsecondary education, medical freedom, vaccination, ivermectin, healthcare practitioner liability, immunization exemptions
Summary:
The committee first took up CS for SB 896, a school safety bill expanding the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions. The bill requires active assailant response plans, security risk assessments, threat-management protocols, use of the suspicious activity reporting tool, and allows voluntary participation in Guardian for colleges and universities. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty are not eligible for Guardian. Members debated campus carry concerns, storage of firearms, and whether the bill could lead to broader gun access on campuses. Several faculty and gun-safety advocates testified against the bill, while supporters argued trained guardians can deter violence. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then approved CS for CS for CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, clarifies regulations, and reduces overregulation of before- and after-school programs. An amendment expanded authority for the Florida Education Foundation to fundraise for early learning from birth to VPK. Testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing affordability, access to quality child care, and relief for working families, though one speaker opposed the bill as an expansion of government. The bill was reported favorably.
Next, the committee passed CS for CS for SB 118, which clarifies how non-ad valorem special assessments are applied to recreational vehicle parks and limits the square footage used for assessment purposes to the maximum size of an RV space. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which addresses seaport and airport planning, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, advanced air mobility, toll programming, and other transportation-related changes. Amendments modified provisions on personal delivery devices, utility permits, autonomous vehicle penalties, and law-enforcement cruiser lights. Both bills were reported favorably.
Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756, the medical freedom bill, which proposes new vaccine information requirements, conscience-based school immunization exemptions, limits on compelled vaccination during public health emergencies, and behind-the-counter access to ivermectin for adults. The sponsor and supporters framed the bill as strengthening informed consent and parental rights, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and the inclusion of ivermectin. Public testimony was extensive and sharply divided. The transcript ends during continued testimony and debate on SB 1756, before a final vote is taken.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- As the sponsor said, really the practical Issue for us is that the current structure doesn't adequately
- I also, in my mediation practice, have Mediated cases involving wrongful death.
- And I I practiced under it in Mexico. Lawyers have practiced for decades before me.
- So this definition of occurrence becomes pretty important in our practice.
- I'm trying to maintain the law that we've all practiced with for decades. Right.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/28/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The same harmful practices remain active today.
- But it's related to how these people from other countries come into the state of Arizona to practice,
- And with that, I vote aye. ...here at the state to ensure that this horrendous practice is ended.
- And when we met with DCS, we realized that it's not a practice for them to take pictures of kids. ...
- This legislation aligns with many of Paragon's recommended best practices for program integrity.
Bills:
SB1051, SB1114, SB1115, SB1122, SB1132, SB1162, SB1169, SB1171, SB1172, SB1173, SB1174, SB1175, SB1179, SB1188, SB1233, SB1236, SB1242, SB1316, SB1368
Keywords:
SB1051, Arizona hospitals, immigration status, patient intake, admission forms, registration forms, health care reporting, uncompensated care, emergency department, lawfully present, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen patients, hospital funding, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, border security, health care institutions, patient privacy, medical access, immigration policy
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight committee (7-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Are they adapting to best practices and agricultural trends?
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and <00:20:25.360>agricultural <00:20: - <00:20:26.720>
I practices and agricultural trends? I practices and agricultural trends? - Um, but it could be, you know, certain areas it could be better and, you know, those practices can be
- So, we're doing that through practices.
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Meeting Start 00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:04
Approval of Minutes 00:36
KOAP Report 00:51, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the June 12 minutes, and then received a presentation from Brandon Reid and Bill McCloskkey of the Agricultural Development Board on the June report and the 25th anniversary of the Agricultural Development Fund. They described a joint anniversary meeting held at the Kentucky Historical Society, thanked staff, and noted that the board presented members with a token of appreciation. They also reported a clean annual audit, with the audit report to be shared more fully at a later meeting.
The presenters reviewed June activity and funding decisions, saying the development board approved about $3.3 million and the finance board about $5 million in loans. They highlighted program activity such as advisory council meetings, site visits, project reports, and county comprehensive plans. Specific projects discussed included the Food Chain project, which sought support for equipment and improvements to expand Kentucky product marketing; Miller Rockbridge Farms LLC, which sought county support for a barn for an education program; and Thompson Family Farm LLC, which sought funding for a livestock buying station. The board approved reduced or county-only funding in some cases, including $45,643 for the Food Chain project and county money for the farm projects.
Members asked about the meaning and purpose of the county comprehensive plans and how counties use them to guide funding decisions. The presenters explained that House Bill 611 created a structure in which each county council develops a comprehensive plan, updated on a five-year cycle, to prioritize local agricultural investments and evaluate applications. They said county councils work with extension agents and the Agricultural Development Office, and that staff attend meetings, provide training, and help new agents and council members understand the program. Members emphasized that the planning process helps ensure funds are targeted to local needs and supports diversification of agriculture beyond tobacco.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- The act seeks to better reflect current practices in the relationship between a real estate broker or
- I chair the corporate group there, and I'm also vice chair of the global M&A practice.
- That is the current practice.
- It is standard practice, as you said, Chairman, to do this.
- This practice discourages competition and increases costs for ratepayers.
Keywords:
electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Press Conference 3/19/25
Transcript Highlights:
- this issue, having had the experience of serving vets who have been ripped off by this predatory practice
- Some of the shady practices veterans are being warned about include being asked to sign documents to
- Some of the shady practices veterans are being warned about include being asked to sign documents to
- Now, with these predatory practices, we're able to most likely get things resolved in a quick manner
- So lawsuits, injunctions, if you need one, to stop folks from practicing compensation the same way we
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill establishes a practical and reasonable process, preventing waste by ensuring these badges are
- and everything uh every practice and everything uh every location<00:21:38.039>
that <00:21:38.240 - I just have a question of practicality.
- uh so I'm on a Lake practicality uh so I'm on a Lake Association<00:31:57.360>
or <00:31:57.519 - Long question, sorry, but I'm just trying to get the practicality of how this would work.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (06/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- We can definitely provide into practice.
- <00:54:07.119>
approach expressed to us a practical approach expressed to us a practical approach - But it's also for those practices to see more patients.
- <01:31:22.159>
medical working with family practice medical working with family practice medical - Um, outpatient primary care practice.
Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements.
The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories.
Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- through that impact the data Practices through that impact the data Practices Act<00:36:53.480><
- To know that someone has my back, to know the feeling of going to practice, the tough practices that
- To know that someone has my back, to know the feeling of going to practice, the tough practices that
- To know that someone has my back, to know the feeling of going to practice, the tough practices that
- is not an unfair discriminatory practice is not an unfair discriminatory practice to<02:17:01.559
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- For some people, an open-casket cremation is common practice; for others, it's considered ghoulish.
- Judaism believe that the practice Judaism believe that the deceased<00:57:53.119>
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for <00:58:25.520>others <00:58:26.240>it's is common practice - where we are practicing we have worked<01:02:02.880>
hard <01:02:03.079>to <01:02:03.240 - New Hampshire codify this best practice New Hampshire codify this best practice into<01:21:30.960
NH
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- can tell you from a practical can tell you from a practical perspective<02:03:17.520>
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to Freeholder that was common practice to Freeholder that was common practice - So this is not really an unusual practice or an outdated practice.
- So this is not really an unusual practice or an outdated practice.
- So this is not really an unusual practice or an outdated practice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 2 - 03/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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in medicine pharmacist practicing in medicine pharmacist practicing in downtown - In practice in alignment with the act.
- Poverty rates, county agency practice.
- are the practices and the best<01:36:13.520>
practices, <01:36:14.120>but <01:36:14.760 - Good practices and and, you know, right?
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2019, we passed a bill that allowed military spouses to practice some licenses.
- Practice requirements when determining if a license issued by another state is of similar scope of practice
- for one example, recognizes out-of-state licenses for military spouses, and they use the scope of practice
- A journeyman electrician license, and this is the scope of practice.
- I became Dad; I got to schedule soccer practices, tournaments, and whatnot, the same way with my daughter
Keywords:
commemoration, military, navy seal, honor, January 12, Nathan Gage Ingram, military funeral honors, JROTC, veterans, training, grant program, military honors, community engagement, funeral services, education grants, community service, HB 3359, veteran status, Texas Veterans Commission, veterans services
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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report <04 - It makes absolutely no sense, but that is what happens in practice.
- There's a bunch of practical issues, and one I would mention is network problems.
- our Network so that's just a practical our Network so that's just a practical problem<05:25:32.320
Summary:
The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 167, a PFAS-related measure to add ski, snowboard, and boat wax to the state’s list of banned consumer products containing PFAS. The sponsor said the product is already banned in many other places, alternatives exist, and the concern is that these products go directly into water rather than landfills. She cited high PFAS levels in several New Hampshire lakes and argued the bill would help stop further contamination. A member of the public also described personal experience with ski wax products disappearing from the market, suggesting PFAS may have been the reason. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 167.
The committee next opened a hearing on House Bill 312, dealing with college athletes’ name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. Representative Moffett explained the bill was prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s NCAA v. Alston decision and was modeled on New Jersey law. He said the bill would prevent colleges from restricting NIL compensation, require athletes to use licensed attorneys or registered sports agents, and limit certain endorsements involving addictive drugs, adult entertainment, firearms, and weapons. He framed the measure as a proactive response to a changing college sports landscape and noted possible future conflicts involving schools, agents, and endorsements.
Committee members raised several concerns and suggested changes. One member questioned the bill’s exclusion of two-year institutions, another objected to the weapons restriction, and others asked how the bill would affect scholarships. The sponsor said the intent was to protect scholarships, especially athletic scholarships, and clarified that need-based scholarships were not meant to be affected. He also acknowledged discomfort with the endorsement restrictions and said the committee might want to broaden or revise the language. The hearing remained open for further consideration, with no vote taken in the excerpt.