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• Lake Superior is not just a Minnesota asset.
• It is an is not just a Minnesota asset.
• <00:21:47.920> by international asset also bordered by international asset also bordered by
• <00:42:31.280> asset<00:42:31.680> is make this a regional asset asset is make this
• a regional asset asset is dependent<00:42:32.240> on<00:42:32.320> the<00:42:32.400>

Bills: HF4156, HF3835, HF3995, HF4383, HF4091, HF4084, HF4311, HF198, HF4486, HF4302, HF4309, HF4032, HF3855, HF3673, HF4265, HF4012, HF4339, HF4298, HF3852

Keywords: infrastructure, wastewater, stormwater, Buhl, state bonds, appropriations, economic development, water infrastructure, grants, capital investment, funding, state regulation, Frazee, North River Drive, infrastructure improvements, HF4383, Minnesota capital investment, bonding bill, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

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• members collectively out of those assets members collectively out of those assets we<00:30:48.799
• , the reduced need for additional assets, and the savings customers can get from that.
• and more you rely on some of the assets and more you rely on some of the assets that<00:42:07.359
• We've got some assets like that.
• reduction um we've got um some assets reduction um we've got um some assets like<00:48:06.280>

Bills: HF75

Keywords: HF75, earned incentive release credit, earned incentive credits, revocation, revocable credits, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, prison discipline, incarcerated persons, inmate misconduct, facility rules, sentence reduction, supervised release, Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act, public safety, rehabilitation, prison credits, executed sentence, 1183, house

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• restriction um which means that it<02:23:34.439> is<02:23:34.600> an<02:23:34.920> asset
• > they<02:23:35.760> own<02:23:36.520> and<02:23:36.640> there's it is an asset
• that they own and there's it is an asset that they own and there's nothing<02:23:37.120> in<02

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Serving and trying to move this project forward, I think it would be a huge asset to our community.
• Parnell said, to be a huge asset. To be, as Mr. Parnell said, a huge asset for our state.

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• back to that example in New Mexico of those 50,000. solar systems on homes and businesses, those assets
• What this is doing is basically substituting for an asset that you would deploy.
• It's making use of existing assets and assets that they don't own.
• Again, we're making use of assets that are already in place.
• Again, making use of existing assets, they can be rapidly deployed.

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• A lot of those people are old athletes, and they come back and they generate the assets that they need
• We want to be an asset. I know the CRPs want to be an asset to OVR.
• I think we as a legislature want to be an asset, everyone without exception, that I've talked to.
• We want to be an asset. I know the CRPs want to be an asset to OVR.
• I think we as a legislature want to be an asset, everyone without exception, that I've talked to.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Roll Call 00:24 SB 3 Discussion 01:06 SB 3 Vote 04:51 SB 15 Discussion 07:14 SB 15 Vote 14:42 SB 103 Discussion 15:39 SB 103 Vote 33:53 SB 201 Discussion 35:44 SB 201 Vote 39:47, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment met with a quorum and first considered Senate Bill 3, relating to student athletes and NIL. Senator Max Wise said the bill would modernize Kentucky’s NIL framework so universities remain competitive and student-athletes can benefit, noting the state’s earlier NIL law and the need to act before a pending national settlement. Several members supported the bill but expressed concern that NIL has changed college athletics and could eventually affect high school sports. The committee reported Senate Bill 3 favorably. The committee then took up Senate Bill 15, relating to minimum wage exceptions for minor league baseball players. Senator Amanda Bledsoe and MLB representative Josh Allen explained that the bill would align Kentucky law with the players’ collective bargaining agreement, treating the players as salaried rather than hourly workers and addressing overtime issues. Members discussed the minimum weekly salaries at Single-A and Triple-A, along with housing, meals, and health benefits under the agreement. The committee adopted a committee substitute, passed a title amendment, and reported Senate Bill 15 favorably. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 103, which concerns the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and services for people with disabilities. Senator Danny Carroll and provider advocates said the bill would add regulatory oversight, require reporting to the legislature and governor, and give preference to in-state services when available, while preserving access to out-of-state services when needed. Testimony focused on Kentucky’s low employment ranking for people with disabilities, unused federal funds, provider funding concerns, and an OVR order of selection that would limit services to the most severe cases. The committee adopted a committee substitute and reported Senate Bill 103 favorably after supportive comments from members about the program’s impact on employment and quality of life.

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• and causing much of real estate assets and causing much of this<00:45:59.440> distress.
• and revitalize commercial<00:46:32.560> real<00:46:32.720> estate<00:46:33.599> assets
• <00:46:34.160> across commercial real estate assets across commercial real estate assets across
• <01:14:58.320> as<01:14:58.560> a<01:14:58.719> sought-after<01:14:59.360> asset
• , community as a sought-after asset, community as a sought-after asset, primarily<01:15:00.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the floor amendment explanation reduces the time period after a transaction for a purchaser of a digital
• Digital good to be eligible for a prorated refund if there is a change in the terms of the license that

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized guests including participants in the Southern Arizona Water Leadership Institute and the Doctor of the Day, and then proceeded through committee and floor action on a large slate of House and Senate bills. Early Committee of the Whole work focused on air quality and local regulation measures, including HB 2428 and HB 2875, both amended and recommended do pass. HB 2875’s amendment added small hub airports to a 2.5-mile buffer provision. HB 2877, dealing with timeshare sales and licenses, was also amended and advanced. Later, the Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole report and moved to additional calendar items. On water and related policy, the chamber debated HB 2026 on assured water supply and HB 2029 on the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority program. HB 2026 drew opposition over concerns that the issue of commingling had already been addressed through the alternative designation of assured water supply process, but it ultimately passed 16-13. HB 2029 saw a failed floor amendment by Senator Sundareshan to broaden water-conservation analysis statewide; the amendment failed 13-14, and the bill later passed 29-0 after supporters said WIFA already performs the analysis. The Senate also advanced HB 2132, HB 2261, and HB 2428 from the Committee of the Whole, and later passed HB 2010 on advertising with an amendment concerning prorated refunds for digital goods. The Senate then took up third readings and final votes on numerous bills, including election administration, radiologic technologies, probation, monuments, retirement, county water augmentation authority, technical registration, venue changes, firefighters, health-care institutions, AHCCCS, property tax, state agencies, tourism, employment relationships, motor vehicle warranties, the state fire marshal, and education. Several members explained votes on HB 2177, which concerned a Medicaid waiver issue affecting American Indian services, and on HB 2395, which emphasized physical education and school facilities. The chamber also concurred in House amendments to SB 1092, SB 1430, and SB 1479, then passed those bills on final reading. The meeting concluded with adjournment until April 8, 2026, at 10 a.m.

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• FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE INSTITUTE A DIGITAL HEALTH AND INNOVATION AT OUR COLLEGE NURSING TO LEVERAGE AI
• FOR PROVIDERS CONNECTED THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, AI SERVES AS THE DIGITAL ASSISTANT THAT CAN

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• Not only is it available in hard copy, but a digital copy is available as well.
• Not only is it available in hard copy but a digital copy is available as well.

Summary: The Committee on Military Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met to consider SB 96, which originally proposed a new veterans dental care program but was amended to expand the existing Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. The amendment raised eligibility from 300% to 400% of the federal poverty level and added a recurring $500,000 general revenue appropriation. Members discussed whether expanding eligibility without guaranteed additional funding could dilute services for veterans already being served, while supporters argued it would help veterans currently turned away for dental care. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 96 favorably by roll call vote, with Chair Wright voting no. The committee also approved two committee bills continuing public records exemptions: SPB 7000, covering the address and telephone number of people staying in public emergency shelters during storms or catastrophic events, and SPB 7002, covering certain Department of Military Affairs records stored in or transmitted through Department of Defense systems or related to military cyber operations. Both were moved as committee bills without objection and were favorably reported. Members then received presentations from Dr. Pia Woodley of the Florida Veterans Foundation and Joe Marino of Veterans Florida. Dr. Woodley outlined the foundation’s dental initiatives, emergency assistance, transportation support, benefits guide distribution, new programs for state veterans’ homes and community grants, and recent audits with no findings. Marino described Veterans Florida’s SkillBridge, entrepreneur, and workforce programs, including outreach and federal partnerships, and noted legislative priorities to allow stipends for training at UF IFAS AGVets facilities and to rename a program in statute for clarity. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.

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• due to environmental heat, all in the same year that we experienced 40 consecutive days of triple-digit
• would not be okay with fainting and falling down. ...to the ground because you're working in triple-digit

Bills: HB446, HB1609, HB4443, HB4464, HB4735, HB5476

Keywords: heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster

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• The CSU programs have single digits acceptance rates as well.
• As a proud cat parent, I ask that you consider saving our cats' knuckles in their first digits, and I

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• that one of the researchers who worked with me has done recently is an exciting project on telling digital
• stories, creating and telling digital stories, and learning to create coherence in those stories after

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• course, we just got done hearing a horrible state of our PII bill before, enforcing everybody to do digital
• course, we just got done hearing a horrible state of our PII bill before, enforcing everybody to do digital
• enforcing<00:54:12.480> everybody<00:54:12.800> to<00:54:13.040> do<00:54:13.280> digital
• enforcing everybody to do digital enforcing everybody to do digital creates<00:54:14.319> all

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up a short-form administrative licensing measure requested by the administration to correct and clarify renewal provisions in a prior bill. Members raised no questions, and the committee voted to adopt the proposed Senate draft and recommit the bill back to the Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee for a further public hearing. The committee then heard SB 2876 on natural hair braiding, which would exempt natural hair braiders from licensing under certain conditions. The Board of Barbering and Cosmetology said it views hair braiding as within the broader scope of cosmetology, but agreed that people who only braid hair should not need a license because the training and exam requirements are minimal. The board warned, however, that exempting braiders could create consumer protection gaps involving sanitation, training, and enforcement, and noted that related services such as waxing, cutting, coloring, shampooing, and relaxing would still require licensure. Supporters included the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and the Institute for Justice. The committee also heard SB 2950 on captive insurance and SB 2951 on insurance proceeds. On SB 2950, the Insurance Division opposed the bill, saying captive insurance is designed for formal self-insurance for companies and that allowing captives to insure the public would not fit the existing regulatory framework; a fire survivor advocate supported the measure as a way to expand disaster-related insurance options. On SB 2951, which would require mortgage servicers to follow certain rules for disbursing insurance proceeds after residential damage or destruction, United Policy Holders strongly supported the bill, citing delays in releasing funds and the need to help survivors rebuild, while banking and financial industry groups submitted opposition or comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 2952, SB 2960, and SB 2964, all related to property insurance and disaster recovery. SB 2952 and SB 2960 would extend the time policyholders have after a declared disaster to submit documentation and recover replacement cost value, with supporters arguing that rebuilding after major disasters takes far longer than standard policy deadlines allow and that the bills would improve consumer protection and transparency; the Insurance Division, the Insurance Council, and national insurance groups opposed the measures. SB 2964 would require annual disclosures of replacement cost value and coverage sufficiency; the Insurance Council opposed it as costly and unnecessary because policies already include inflation-related adjustments, while United Policy Holders and fire survivors supported it, saying many homeowners are underinsured and do not understand their coverage.

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• We continue to be at the forefront of medical advancements and digital innovation.
• We continue to be at the forefront of medical advancements and digital innovation.
• We continue to be at the forefront of medical advancements and digital innovation.
• We continue to be at the forefront of medical advancements and digital innovation.
• Of medical advancements and digital innovation.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Approximately 233,000 individuals have been reached through digital platforms.
• Approximately 233,000 individuals have been reached through digital platforms.
• It goes basically from single digits up to 90% plus. Think about that. We're basically 100 days.
• It goes basically from single digits up to 90% plus. Think about that. We're basically 100 days.
• It goes basically from single digits up to 90% plus. Think about that. We're basically 100 days.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on preparedness for the New World screwworm threat and brought together the House Committees on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism and Agriculture and Livestock. USDA officials, Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, and Texas Animal Health Commission leadership described the pest as a serious risk to livestock, wildlife, rural economies, and beef prices, and emphasized coordination among federal, state, industry, and Mexican partners. Witnesses repeatedly stressed that Texas is currently seeing no confirmed U.S. detections, but that recent confirmed cases in northern Mexico, including Nuevo León, remain a concern because of their proximity to the border. USDA testimony outlined current surveillance and response efforts, including more than 120 screw worm-specific traps along the Texas border and neighboring states, thousands of additional dual-purpose traps, wildlife inspections, weekly coordination with Mexico’s Senasica, and a new USDA New World Screwworm Directorate. Officials said the existing Panama sterile fly facility is maxed out at about 100 million flies per week, while a dispersal facility in Tampico is helping move flies farther north in Mexico. They also described plans for a retrofitted sterile fly facility in Metapa, Mexico, expected to come online in 2026, and a new domestic production facility at Moore Air Base, with phase one targeted for late 2026 or early 2027 and phase two adding substantially more capacity later. Members pressed USDA on timelines, production capacity, the reliability of Mexican reporting, the risk from wildlife, and whether modular or mobile facilities could be deployed faster. USDA said it is also exploring innovative technologies, including a genetically engineered sterile male fly, but that such tools still require EPA review and field validation. Commissioner Miller highlighted Texas biosecurity efforts, five permanent inspection stations, cooperation with FDA and EPA on treatments such as Exzolt, and other pest issues affecting Texas agriculture. He also noted research into fly bait and private-sector efforts to speed sterile fly production. Texas Animal Health Commission officials described extensive state preparedness work, including weekly coordination calls, field response trainings, outreach to producers and veterinarians, and a Texas Screwworm Response Team. They said Texas has trained more than 100 inspectors and other personnel, with additional trainings planned, and that the state is expanding its cattle fever tick rider program. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing; the main action was the exchange of testimony and questions about readiness, surveillance, and facility timelines.

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• additional slide that's following those, and the latest investments that we're taking there: robotics, digital
• additional slide that's following those, and the latest investments that we're taking there: robotics, digital
• 54:10.400> taking<00:54:10.720> there<00:54:11.559> robotics<00:54:12.559> digital
• were taking there robotics digital were taking there robotics digital health<00:54:13.280> is

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Yeah, I don't know if it creates one digital and one physical, so the first and becomes an or.
• places<01:42:34.520> so<01:42:34.800> it So it creates three places to post it: one digital
• so it creates three places to post it so it creates three places to post it one<01:43:27.679> Digital
• 29.440> physical<01:43:30.440> and<01:43:30.560> if<01:43:30.719> they one Digital
• two physical and if they one Digital two physical and if they choose<01:43:31.199> I<01:43:31.320

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Our hospitals have been able to reduce unplanned readmissions from a double-digit percent — you can see
• here — 10% baseline down to a single-digit 6% in just one year.
• down<00:29:19.799> to<00:29:20.000> a<00:29:20.159> singled<00:29:20.559> digit
• <00:29:21.399> 6% 10% Baseline down to a singled digit 6% 10% Baseline down to a singled digit

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order/Roll Call 00:16 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations 25:49 Discussion of Hospital Rate Improvement Plan 58:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee began by reviewing a large slate of administrative regulations and explaining that it does not approve regulations but can find them deficient and send them back for further work. Members then asked questions on several items, including EMS reciprocity, dental hygienist licensure, and interpreter licensure. The EMS board explained that reciprocity would extend to applicants from any state, not just contiguous states, because the underlying statute had been amended. On the dental regulation, staff said the changes mainly clarified licensure requirements, reinstatement fees, and that dental hygienists administering local anesthetic must do so under direct dentist supervision. The most extended discussion involved the Board of Interpreters for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The board chair said the main concern was that the EIPA is an educational specialty assessment, not a nationally recognized certification, yet the regulation would allow it to support full licensure. Members discussed whether that could let educational interpreters work outside their intended scope and whether a separate educational license or statutory change would be more appropriate. The board said it did not think the regulation could be fixed further at this point and suggested a statute could create a narrower educational interpreter license. After discussion, the committee voted to defer both related interpreter regulations, 201 KAR 39:030 and the companion regulation, for further work. The committee then took up two community mental health regulations, 907 KAR 1:044 and 907 KAR 5:005, which had been found deficient in Administrative Regulations. Department for Medicaid Services staff said the rules would expand and rename the mental health associate role as a behavioral health associate, making the role available in many more facilities, but would also require additional coursework or progress toward licensure. Some members and providers raised access-to-care concerns, especially for rural areas and unlicensed staff already working in the field. Staff said the proposal had been revised through work with CMHCs and licensing boards, but the committee ultimately voted to defer both regulations as well. After finishing the regulation review, the committee heard a presentation from the Kentucky Hospital Association on the ATRIP hospital rate improvement program. Hospital representatives said ATRIP is a Medicaid state-directed payment program funded through a provider tax and federal matching dollars, allowing hospitals to receive payments tied to quality measures. They reported improvements including lower Medicaid readmissions, high sepsis screening rates, reduced infections and opioid prescribing, expanded postpartum depression and suicide screening, and training for more than 1,000 people. They said the program has helped hospitals invest in staffing and quality improvement and warned that without it, many hospitals would face severe financial strain.

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• So computers now are listed up here in what we're supposed to be doing and integrating all that digital
• So computers now are listed up here in what we're supposed to be doing and integrating all that digital
• So computers now are listed up here in what we're supposed to be doing and integrating all that digital
• So computers now are listed up here in what we're supposed to be doing and integrating all that digital
• So computers now are listed up here in what we're supposed to be doing and integrating all that digital

Keywords: 1189, house, all