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• /c><00:11:55.120> while<00:11:55.279> the<00:11:55.639> uh<00:11:55.800> permanent
• facility kitchen while the uh permanent facility kitchen while the uh permanent kitchen<00:11:56.440
• It also includes the operation of a temporary treatment solution until a permanent treatment solution
• It also includes the operation of a temporary treatment solution until a permanent treatment solution
• treatment solution can be permanent treatment solution can be constructed<00:20:08.600> this<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the January minutes and then received several informational reports on school district tax levies, revenue bonds, lease advertisements, and previously rejected lease transactions. Members were told that one rejected lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Hardin County would be canceled and rebid, while a Perry County lease modification for the Energy and Environment Cabinet would proceed. The Kentucky Communications Network Authority also submitted its quarterly capital projects report, and Eastern Kentucky University reported revisions to asset preservation projects. Janice Thomas, Deputy State Budget Director, presented four capital project action items. These included a Kentucky State University Betty White Building renovation funded by USDA grant money, a Department of Education state schools dormitory and cottage renovation appropriation increase because bids exceeded estimates, a restricted-funds scope increase for the Elizabethtown CTC science building expansion, and a pool project report for the Department of Corrections’ KCIW kitchen drain line repair and replacement. Representative Petrie asked about how often the statutory authority for midstream project increases is used and whether bids are typically competitive; Thomas said the increases are used often when bids come in above estimates and that bids are generally competitive, though construction costs have been difficult to gauge. The committee unanimously approved the first three action items, and the KCIW project was reported with no action required. H. Sandy Williams of the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority then presented six loans and one emergency grant. The items included loans for Frankfort’s East Frankfort Interceptor wet weather facility project, Sturgis wastewater improvements, Scottsville inflow and infiltration work, Morganfield wastewater treatment plant planning and design, Western Pulaski County Water District transmission improvements, and Springfield water system planning and replacement work, plus an emergency Kentucky Waters grant for Eddyville following a sewer treatment plant failure and local emergency declarations. After no questions, the committee unanimously approved the seven KIA transactions. Chelsea Couch then presented a Kentucky Housing Corporation conduit issuance for $38.4 million to finance a multifamily rental project in Jefferson County; members asked how the committee participates and were told it was a conduit issuance rather than state debt. The committee approved that item. Finally, the committee heard an informational Turnpike Authority refunding issuance of about $53 million for present value savings, then approved four SFCC debt issues for Henderson, Pulaski, Scott, and Trimble counties to finance school renovations and construction. The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting date and location.

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• focused in particular at the administrative and staff level because those are the folks that are permanent
• normative approach to the ways in which teachers approach topics that are content neutral, meaning the rule
• Teachers approach topics that are content neutral, meaning the rules shouldn't be about Israel and Palestine
• measures of equality that are already proposed here in the state, including the establishment of a permanent
• for measures of equality that are already proposed here in the state, including the establish of a permanent

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Anti-Semitism opened by approving the minutes from its November 5, 2025 meeting and outlining plans for its next meeting on November 20, when it expects to vote on the draft master report and recommendations. The chair explained that revised drafts would be circulated, changes would be handled by motion, and the final vote would be by roll call. The meeting then moved through several public panels focused on prevention, education, workplace support, and community safety. Parents for Peace testified that anti-Semitism and extremism should be treated as a public health crisis and urged state funding for training in K-12 schools, healthcare, and law enforcement. The panel described its intervention work with radicalized youth and families, argued for early-warning training for educators, and recommended diversion resources for courts and prosecutors so cases can be addressed before they escalate. Commissioners asked about the origins of radicalization, the need for school-based training, and how to connect courts and police to available resources. Project Shema’s Orrin Jacobson argued that effective anti-Semitism education must be nuanced, pluralistic, and grounded in a better understanding of Jewish identity and contemporary anti-Semitism, especially in conversations about Israel and Palestine. He said the group has run dozens of workshops in Massachusetts and emphasized that institutions should adopt content-neutral norms, train staff and administrators, and measure whether trainings lower tensions and increase willingness to intervene. Commissioners asked about handling activists who reject nuance, the role of faculty versus students, and whether classroom norms should limit teachers from advancing personal agendas. A workplace panel from Klaal and Combined Jewish Philanthropies presented survey data showing many Jewish employees feel unsafe being openly Jewish at work and that antisemitism training is the top requested support. They described rapid growth in Jewish employee resource groups, existing programming and stipends for ERG leaders, and recommended mandatory anti-Semitism training, support for Jewish affinity groups in public and private sectors, and broader convenings of major employers. The commission also heard from Truah rabbis and educators, who urged stronger interfaith solidarity, a state office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, and explicit attention to democracy and civil rights as part of anti-Semitism strategy. After a recess, the commission heard from Israeli-American, Russian Jewish, and Persian Jewish witnesses who described antisemitism as a lived, personal, and civic issue affecting immigrants and their families. They called for inclusion of diverse Jewish voices in state initiatives, stronger protections for Israeli-American businesses, and recognition that anti-Zionist rhetoric often becomes direct harassment of Jews. The chair said the testimony and suggested edits would be incorporated into the draft report, and the meeting ended with plans for further revisions before the final vote.

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• The last administration have left us with gender dysphoria, mutilating children, permanently damaging
• thank you the last administration have left us with gender to fort dysphoria mutilating children permanently
• The USFR is a huge book of rules.
• So it tells a district how to do—it is a very large book of rules—and smaller schools struggle to be
• These moves often include multiple transitions from temporary to permanent housing, along with the added

Bills: HB2093, HB2370, HB2376, HB2380, HB2381, HB2383, HB2423, HB2481, HB2621, HB2895, HB4005, HB4043, HB4109

Keywords: mental health, school curriculum, education policy, instruction requirements, statute repeal, charter schools, education, weapons detection, public safety, school administration, school districts, real estate transactions, school property, bond issuance, land use approval, capital improvements, school governance, board meetings, education funding, parental notification

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• My numbers had 31 states permanently legalizing this and three more temporarily.
• It just relies on market choice. this into a permanent law. Um, so I this into a permanent law.
• To the city's own admission, they did not apply the rules equally and looked the other way on some of
• <01:28:16.719> overriding<01:28:17.199> the<01:28:17.440> state local rules
• <01:28:37.520> aren't under state law, the the rules aren't under state law, the the rules

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Under this bill, the TIDC would adopt rules to promote compliance with the standards, and they can issue
• Under this bill, an expunction would be a permanent record of the arrest.
• So I'm going to follow those rules. Okay. So the chair would recognize Ms.
• As, I think, a general rule.
• I think a general rule.

Bills: HB115

Keywords: public funds, lobbying, political subdivision, government spending, transparency, HB 115, taxpayer-funded lobbying, local government lobbying, county association dues, municipal lobbying, lobbyist registration, Chapter 305, Government Code Section 556.0056, Local Government Code Section 89.002, county government, city government, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, state association of counties, sheriffs association

Summary: The Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence reconvened with a quorum present and announced it would likely not vote that night because of confusion over the bill list; members were told a definitive list would be circulated the next morning and a formal meeting would be scheduled later. The chair then heard a series of bills, generally taking testimony and leaving each pending without action. House Bill 1847 would set maximum caseload standards for private attorneys handling indigent criminal appointments through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission; House Bill 2417 would expand compensation eligibility for some wrongfully imprisoned people; House Bill 2813 would require earlier and more specific victim notice of scheduled court proceedings; and House Bill 2309 would expand state and local authority in certain civil asset forfeiture cases involving human trafficking, health care fraud, and organized crime. Each bill was laid out by its author or a member, with no opposition witnesses registered, and each was left pending. The committee also heard House Bill 4733, which would require sealing records for people acquitted of charges when they were not convicted on the related allegation; House Bill 2328, which would modernize expunction service by encouraging electronic notice, setting a standardized fee when electronic service is unavailable, extending clerk retention of expunction orders, and preserving certain mental health commitment orders; and House Bill 115, which would revise Texas’s “junk science” post-conviction writ law by providing counsel, changing the relief standard, requiring written decisions, and easing procedural barriers. Testimony on HB 2328 was mixed: county clerks supported the bill as a cost-saving modernization, while legal advocates warned that permanent retention of expunction orders could undermine true expunction and create privacy risks. HB 115 drew support from innocence and defense organizations, with some concern about a provision affecting subsequent writs. All were left pending after testimony. Later, the committee heard House Bill 2046, which would allow affirmative family-violence findings for any Penal Code offense rather than only Title V offenses; testimony from a Dallas County prosecutor and a committee member emphasized that family violence can involve arson, burglary, fraud, and other non-Title V conduct, and the bill was left pending. House Bill 1765 would tighten restrictions on no-knock warrants by requiring higher-level approval, judicial review, and identifiable officers; members discussed the dangers highlighted by the Harding Street raid and similar incidents, and the bill was also left pending. The meeting ended with the chair noting that some bills had been removed from the agenda at the author’s request and that members should be prepared to finalize the vote list the next day.

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• She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13. I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
• By the Rules Committee on April 29th, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
• Well, I haven't ruled, but just a moment. I kind of know what's coming.
• If that's your ruling, I'm going to appeal the ruling of the chair.
• So, again, I did not rule against you.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• . >> All persons not entitled to the privileges of the floor under the rules of the Senate must now vacate
• the rules committee for further action. the rules committee for further action.
• Next order of business is meeting of the rules committee and committee on committees.
• committee and committee on rules committee and committee on committees.<01:32:48.159> Senator
• rules committee committee on committees. rules committee committee on committees.

Keywords: 958, all

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• I This is uh the Treasury has different<00:45:23.599> rules<00:45:23.920> than<00:45:24.480
• We have a load of federal regs, and in addition these units have to be affordable permanently to low-income
• <01:25:45.360> to<01:25:45.600> lowincome affordable permanently to lowincome affordable
• permanently to lowincome households<01:25:47.360> which<01:25:47.679> means<01:25:48.000
• <01:26:19.360> for if you're going to permanently for if you're going to permanently for perpetual

Keywords: 0:00:07 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:47 Approval of Minutes 0:01:05 Correspondence and Information Items 0:54:15 Lease Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:56:19 Project Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 1:08:46 Lease Rpt from Finance and Administration Cabinet 1:13:00 Rpt from Office of Financial Mgmt - KIA 1:20:00 Office of Financial Management 1:35:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with routine business, including welcoming new committee member Senator Reginald Thomas, approving the minutes, and receiving a correspondence report on several information items. Those items included University of Kentucky research equipment funding, UK capital project funding using federal/private funds, debt issues from McGoffin County and Owen County school districts, lease modifications by the Division of Real Properties, asset preservation project revisions at Eastern Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) information on Kentucky Wired critical infrastructure. The main discussion focused on a dispute over the Kentucky Wired communication shelters, or “huts,” and related payments under KCNA’s agreement with Asellicom/Excel. Brad Kilby of Asellicom testified that KCNA had not paid for the huts, that Asellicom had not received the alleged $8 million or any later payment, and that Asellicom remained the legal owner. Committee members pressed him on whether payment had been received, whether anyone else might have received it, and whether the lawsuit or dispute resolution process clarified the issue. Kilby said no payment had been received and that the matter was part of ongoing litigation. KCNA Executive Director Doug Hendricks and General Counsel Adam Atkins then testified. They said a certified check for $8.5 million was mailed in July, based on the Finance and Administration Cabinet secretary’s determination that $8.5 million was due under the model procurement code, even though KCNA had initially requested about $12 million to cover a worst-case estimate. They said the contract allowed payment in full or in tranches, that the huts were completed and operational, and that KCNA had not received documentation supporting Asellicom’s higher $10.1 million claim. Members expressed frustration over the missing check and the broader implications for Kentucky Wired, and one member requested that the committee obtain all agency requests related to KCNA/Kentucky Wired since inception; the co-chairs said they would look into making that information available. No formal vote was taken on the dispute during the portion provided.

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• cannot quantify because the rules cannot quantify because the rules haven't<01:02:45.760> been
• <01:02:52.559> are ensures that when those rules are ensures that when those rules are written
• notice before finalizing security rules notice before finalizing security rules and<01:07:41.200
• go into rule making.
• We need the rule go into rule making.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received a series of messages on bills that had been correctly printed, engrossed, re-engrossed, revised, or transmitted from the House and Revisor. The chamber also introduced and laid over several resolutions, including SJR 22 on Plastic Pollution Awareness Week, SJR 23 recognizing Young Americans Bank and the Young Americans Center for Financial Education, and SR 006 for National Donate Life Month. The Senate then paused for personal privilege remarks recognizing military families and public safety telecommunicators, including a gubernatorial proclamation designating April 12–18, 2026, as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. On the consent calendar, the Senate passed SB 20, concerning child care provider licensing and related regulatory changes, with four no votes, and SB 137, concerning administrative burden reduction, unanimously. The chamber also passed SB 140, exempting certain drugs from affordability reviews, by a 20-15 vote; SB 141, concerning optional wildlife-related motor vehicle registration fees and wildlife crossings, by a 28-7 vote; SB 143, updating the name of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee, by a 23-12 vote; HB 1332, concerning the legislative department cash fund, unanimously; HB 1333, concerning payment of legislative department expenses, unanimously; and SB 80, creating the cradle-to-career grant program, by a 31-4 vote. SB 90 was laid over until April 14. The Senate also adopted a third-reading amendment to HB 1331, reducing the appropriation further, and then passed HB 1331 on third reading by a 33-2 vote. In general orders, the Senate laid over HB 1071, SB 134, and HB 1084 to later dates. The committee then took up HB 1126, dealing with firearms dealer requirements, where the sponsor described new security, reporting, recordkeeping, and enforcement provisions; opponents argued it would burden small businesses and drive dealers out of state. Amendment L58, which would have required a small business impact analysis, failed, and the transcript cuts off amid debate on amendment L59, which would require a public stakeholder meeting before finalizing the rules.

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• the $4 million one-time dollars that were allocated each year from the last biennium to be made permanent
• <00:04:00.040> made year from the last bium to be made year from the last bium to be made permanent
• what will we do with those permanent what will we do with those dollars<00:04:03.159> we'll<00
• <00:18:44.159> to<00:18:44.360> the living and add this permanently to the living and
• add this permanently to the base<00:18:45.120> funding<00:18:46.120> I<00:18:46.240>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• property tax exclusion in 2008, the exclusion amounts were as follows: $300,000 for 100% totally and permanently
• 100% amounts were as follows 300,000 for 100% totally<00:01:48.119> and<00:01:48.360> permanently
• <00:01:48.960> disabled<00:01:49.520> veteran totally and permanently disabled veteran
• totally and permanently disabled veteran 150,000<00:01:51.759> for<00:01:51.960> a<00:
• $219,800 per total and permanently $219,800 per total and permanently disabled<00:02:49.840>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Twenty-six of those could have potentially, you know, qualified as a mandate under the federal rules.
• <00:14:39.600> um<00:14:39.759> 11<00:14:40.160> were under the federal rules
• five of those um would federal ACA rules five of those um would have<00:14:46.240> required<00
• Again, remember the federal government has rules around what can or cannot happen in Medicaid.
• Then Medicare, both fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage, is largely governed under federal rules.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And you're saying that even if the two temporary or full-time permanent positions, it still wouldn't
• We're definitely going to need a permanent position to be permanent, but yes, the temporary positions
• or expanding several specialty permanent or expanding several specialty courts<00:23:49.320> on
• We also have a number for Women's Court to make Women's Court permanent, and of the eight, I believe
• Thanks. permanent we'll delay the start of the permanent we'll delay the start of the program<01:20:19.880

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard several election-related bills first. SB 51, a comprehensive public financing bill for candidates, drew strong support in testimony but also concerns from the Campaign Spending Commission that the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund has only about $2.2 million, far short of what would be needed, and that the program could not realistically start in 2026 because of staffing and system changes; the commission asked for a start date no earlier than 2028. SB 118, which would create a full-time investigator position at the Campaign Spending Commission, was supported by the commission, which said it has lacked staff growth since 1995 and that an investigator is needed to handle investigations instead of having the commission’s attorney do that work. SB 255, a housekeeping bill on excess cash campaign contributions, was supported by the commission and several county officials and would require excess cash contributions over the limit to be returned within 30 days or turned over to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. SB 345, which would expand the current partial public financing program, was supported by the commission but drew questions because it would still allow private fundraising; the commission said that under its assumptions the bill would provide more total public funds than SB 51, with a maximum of a little over $20 million versus a little over $15 million for SB 51. Testimony counts were reported as 125 support/48 oppose for SB 51, 26 support/0 oppose for SB 118, 30 support/49 oppose for SB 255, and 30 support/49 oppose for SB 345. The committee then discussed SB 176 on recount thresholds. The Office of Elections said it would stand on written testimony, and the East Hawaii Republican Party was listed but not present. The Office of Elections explained in response to questions that the bill’s recount trigger would be based on the final election-day count, not the early 6 a.m. tabulation, because the initial count is not complete until later in the day and cured ballots are counted later; the office said it does not want to begin recounts before all election-day ballots are counted. The reported testimony count was 4 support, 50 oppose, and 2 comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 260, the Judiciary’s biennial budget bill. Judiciary staff requested about $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027 for operations, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $11.9 million for capital improvements. The Judiciary said the request would support specialty courts such as Women’s Court, Truancy Court, and DWI Court, a new Wahiawa District Court unit, an additional district court judge in Kona, cybersecurity, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, and facility projects including South Kohala design work and a Kauai chiller replacement. Civil legal services providers, including Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, the Legal Clinic, Kuikahi Mediation Center, the Domestic Violence Action Center, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission, all supported the bill but asked for an additional $1 million for the civil legal services line item, saying demand is high and the funding is spread across more providers than before. The Judiciary clarified that some of its requested positions would support Wahiawa and Women’s Court, and that the civil legal services funding goes to organizations serving low-income residents on issues such as immigration, domestic violence, evictions, and foreclosures. The committee also briefly took up SB 279 on fentanyl possession thresholds, where the prosecuting attorney’s office supported the bill and said fentanyl is already driving overdose deaths and that the proposed thresholds target distribution-level quantities rather than personal use.

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• And then in '22 became interim commissioner, and then in '23 became permanent commissioner.
• <00:12:30.760> became commissioner and then 23 became commissioner and then 23 became permanent
• commissioner um so I do have permanent commissioner um so I do have some<00:12:34.959> familiarity
• unit we have the office of General rules unit we have the office of General councel<02:15:03.960>
• regulations the with rules and regulations the ombudsman's<02:23:32.880> office<02:23:33.240>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It delivers a large permanent teacher pay raise in the state and increases the reward expected by the
• It's being created permanently, so billions and billions of dollars will continue forward, whereas in
• And that's just a reference to this biennium. about the permanent nature of the teacher pay raise, we
• The permanent aspects of that are just incredible.
• Additionally, HB 2 provides permanent teacher pay raises and expands the teacher incentive allotment,

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• > essential<00:43:34.560> to permanent bath house is essential to permanent bath house
• <01:25:46.239> was be uh ridiculous and um that rule was be uh ridiculous and um that rule
• a five-year rule go? a five-year rule go?
• five-year rule to go? five-year rule to go?
• rule to 13<01:33:59.600> years.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And is this going to be kind of a permanent delay then for these long-term waivers on an ongoing ...
• of<00:16:42.959> a And is this going to be kind of a And is this going to be kind of a permanent
• :44.000> then<00:16:44.240> for<00:16:44.480> these<00:16:45.839> uh permanent
• delay then for these uh permanent delay then for these uh long-term<00:16:46.639> waiverss<00
• laws and rules. laws and rules.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It helps us construct and now preserve permanent supportive housing, because some of the permanent supportive
• supportive housing some of the permanent supportive housing that<00:24:37.679> I<00:24:37.919
• Um, with the advent of the Lead and Copper Rule improvements, all lead service lines will have to be
• So, the same rules apply as they would for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, how you apply for
• So the lead copper rule improvements—so EPA regulations once it goes into effect in November of 2027,

Keywords: 1183, house

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• current fiscal year 25 budget<00:03:53.319> as<00:03:53.439> the<00:03:53.560> permanent
• base<00:03:54.640> my<00:03:54.760> name<00:03:54.920> is budget as the permanent
• base my name is budget as the permanent base my name is Erica<00:03:55.360> Barnes<00:03:55.760
• /c><00:43:42.119> that<00:43:42.280> we<00:43:42.440> always also and we have rules
• last concern with this in EMS, and Representative Backer knows this all too well, we operate under rules

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Our house rules our state constitution.
• House Bill 862 makes permanent<05:18:20.480> governor's<05:18:21.040> emergency permanent
• This establishes also the safe riding rules for all these vehicles.
• This establishes also the safe riding rules for all these vehicles.
• This establishes also the safe riding rules for all these vehicles.

Keywords: 910, house, all