Transcript Highlights:

• If an employee embezzles funds and the fraud is uncovered later, the consequences still apply and the
• If an employee embezzles funds and the fraud is uncovered later, the consequences still apply and the
• , that false accusations of ballot fraud, that false accusations of ballot fraud, harassment,<00:
• mind that the incidents of voter fraud mind that the incidents of voter fraud in<00:53:53.280>
• <00:54:05.920> in there are five cases of voter fraud in there are five cases of voter fraud

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2246, which would expand public financial disclosure requirements. The State Ethics Commission strongly supported the bill, saying broader disclosure could help restore public trust and potentially deter corruption, and it offered a clarifying amendment to make clear the requirement applies to board and commission members rather than all employees of listed agencies. Several organizations and individuals also testified in support. A committee member asked about the amendment, and the commission explained it was intended as a clarification rather than a substantive change. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2250, which would add homeless facilities to the locations covered by the drug-free-zone offense for promoting controlled substances. The Public Defender opposed the measure, arguing that many homeless facilities are unmarked and not easily identifiable, creating notice, fairness, and due process concerns and risking arbitrary enforcement. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying it targets distributors rather than users, that notice can be proven through evidence, and that the law is aimed at protecting vulnerable people in shelters and similar facilities. In questioning, senators asked how homeless facilities would be identified and whether the bill would cover all shelter models; the prosecutor said the definition is cross-referenced in statute and must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii and other groups testified in opposition, while several service and advocacy groups testified in support. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2325, which would allow courts to review and potentially reduce sentences for certain juvenile offenders after 15 years if the person is not a danger to the community. Judiciary staff said the court supports the bill’s intent but noted Hawaii’s indeterminate sentencing structure leaves no alternative sentence for a court to reduce to, suggesting the measure may need structural sentencing changes or could instead be directed to the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Public defender representatives and youth-justice advocates supported the bill, emphasizing rehabilitation, adolescent brain development, trauma, and the need for a meaningful opportunity for release. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a matter of fact, none of them have even been identified as committing fraud.
• And again, show me the fraud. It doesn't exist.
• And again, show me the fraud. It doesn't exist.
• We've been hearing a lot about fraud and non-citizens voting.
• Was actual fraud found? Senator Burrell. Thank you, Mr. President.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• Yes, there are significant fraud prevention pieces in it.
• Uh, yes, there are significant uh fraud Uh, yes, there are significant uh fraud prevention<02:48
• Obviously, I won't go into all of my concerns about the potential for fraud here.
• Obviously, I won't go into all of my concerns about the potential for fraud here.
• I'll save that for I guess fraud here.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to probate or to be appointed as a personal representative while also protecting safeguards against fraud
• > against while also protecting safeguards against while also protecting safeguards against fraud
• This bill protects privacy of the fraud.
• <00:19:26.720> or<00:19:27.039> there<00:19:27.360> is trying to perpetuate a fraud
• or there is trying to perpetuate a fraud or there is a<00:19:27.840> creditor's<00:19:28.480>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, excused absent senators, and approved the journal. The clerk reported House-passed bills and Senate bills received from the House, and several Senate bills were read a second time and sent to the Rules Committee. Committee reports recommended passage of multiple measures, including bills from Appropriations and Revenue, Health Services, Natural Resources and Energy, State and Local Government, and Transportation. The chamber then moved to orders of the day and took up Senate Bill 50 and Senate Bill 191, while Senate Bill 137 and Senate Joint Resolution 54 were passed over and retained in the orders of the day. Senate Bill 50, relating to the disposition of property, was explained as a broad update to trust, probate, and intestacy law. Supporters said it would streamline probate when there are no disputes, add privacy protections for decedents’ estate information, give courts more flexibility, set retention and filing-fee rules for wills, recognize electronic wills and other uniform-law concepts, and allow transfer-on-death designation for motor vehicles. A floor amendment removed inheritance-tax provisions and corrected technical issues; it was adopted, and the bill passed 35-1 after debate in favor from several senators and no substantive opposition. Senate Bill 191, creating the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-based Child Care Incentive Pilot Program, was also amended and passed. The bill would establish a three-year pilot administered by the University of Kentucky College of Education, providing a one-time $2,000 per child incentive payment or refundable tax credit to child care providers and low-income families when children are assessed as kindergarten ready. A floor amendment clarified that the study and recommendations must comply with federal child care regulations; it was adopted, and the bill passed 35-1 after a senator changed a vote from no to yes. The Senate then recessed for Rules and Committee on Committees meetings, after which the rules committee posted additional bills to future orders and the committee on committees referred several bills and resolutions to standing committees. Several members also made announcements about upcoming committee meetings, a legislative breakfast, a fish fry, and condolences for a community member.

Transcript Highlights:

• With fraudulent use of absentee ballots, it's the number one source of fraud in elections.
• were debating the whole thing about voter ID, it was Rafael and Chiia that said the type of voter fraud
• Look, this is to stop bipartisan voter fraud. How's that? Is that a good way of saying it?
• Because we've seen bipartisan voter fraud down in the valley. We've seen it by Republicans.
• The ballot option to abstain is intended to make the most significant difference in stopping fraud when

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• Another way we're protecting investments is by doing more to prevent, investigate, and punish fraud in
• more to prevent, investigate,<00:17:15.120> and<00:17:15.360> punish<00:17:15.919> fraud
• <00:17:16.400> in investigate, and punish fraud in investigate, and punish fraud in government
• And earlier this year, I issued an executive order to strengthen our state's capacity to investigate fraud
• by establishing a centralized fraud and financial crimes unit at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and I remember are ready to commit fraud and I remember a<00:56:20.600> day<00:56:20.800>
• But, you know, we've had literally no problems and no fraud in Kentucky.
• <00:57:23.120> So<00:57:23.520> as or something fraud in Kentucky.
• So as or something fraud in Kentucky.
• Um and cases of widespread fraud here.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 96 members present, excused absent members, and approved the journal from March 4, 2026. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 50 and 191 and requested concurrence. Several bills were reported for second reading and committee action, including measures on schools, barbering, virtual currency kiosks, eminent domain, DUI, fire protection, school district reporting, teacher certification, legal representation, cost and fee reporting, dentistry, credit insurance, harmful practices, elections, child welfare, health data, Medicaid directed payments, workplace violence in health care, utilities, solid waste, carbon sequestration, and coal/energy affordability. House Bill 534 was sent to the Rules Committee after receiving prior readings, and House Bill 600 was brought up for third reading and passage. House Bill 600, relating to the collection of delinquent tax bills, was explained as allowing counties to use a consolidated procedure to collect multiple delinquent tax cases more efficiently, requiring county attorney contracts with the Department of Revenue to include that option, and extending to counties some property-tax collection tools already used by cities for delinquent and dilapidated properties. A member from Jefferson raised concerns that the bill could allow foreclosure on occupied properties and warned about potential harm to elderly or low-income homeowners; the sponsor responded that the bill was not intended to remove anyone from their property. The House passed HB 600 by a vote of 82-11, and a clincher was applied. House Bill 662, concerning regulation of low-voltage battery-charged security fences by local governments, was described as a business-friendly measure supported by the Chamber of Commerce and affected industries, intended to define the fences and reduce regulatory uncertainty in commercial and industrial zones without removing local regulation. It passed unanimously, 96-0, and a clincher was applied. House Bill 364, relating to benefits for Kentucky National Guard members, was amended by House Floor Amendment 1 to define Commonwealth emergency pay and hazardous duty for Guard members on state active duty during emergencies. Supporters emphasized compensation for Guard members responding to disasters and emergencies, and members cited recent flood and crash responses as examples of their service. The bill passed 96-0, and a clincher was applied. House Bill 534, an elections bill, was taken up with House Committee Substitute 2 adopted. The sponsor said the bill was the product of work by the Secretary of State, the Board of Elections, county clerks, KREF, and others, and was intended to strengthen election laws. Debate focused on a provision that would remove from voter rolls individuals convicted of felonies even while appeals are pending; one member argued this would disenfranchise people before appeals are resolved and sought to offer an amendment, but a motion to suspend the rules for that amendment failed with only 18 votes in favor. Another member said the substitute was the best version of the bill and indicated he would offer amendments, including changes to the felony-appeal language and campaign finance timing, while also seeking to remove a section requiring federal cooperation. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, before final action on HB 534 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• The differences are important, I think, and a lot of the focus, particularly with the fraud issues, are
• particularly um and a lot of the focus, particularly with<00:07:04.680> the<00:07:04.800> fraud
• > um<00:07:06.840> are<00:07:07.040> on<00:07:07.200> another with the fraud
• issues, um are on another with the fraud issues, um are on another type<00:07:08.080> of<00:07

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3672, authored by Representative Quam, and the bill was laid over. Quam said the measure is based on findings from past Legislative Audit Commission audits and is intended to clarify state requirements, strengthen agency compliance, and address gaps such as conflicts of interest in grant administration. He said he wants the auditor to work directly with the revisor and agencies so the rules are clearer and less likely to be misunderstood. Betsy Hayes, Assistant Commissioner with the Department of Administration, testified that sections 5 through 11 of the bill would strengthen grants management authorities, reporting, monitoring, training, and conflict-of-interest limits, and said those changes are generally supported and in some cases already reflected in policy. She raised concern about section 3, saying it could sweep too broadly by applying chapter 16B grants-management requirements to all state payments to non-state entities, including procurement payments, which could create fiscal impact and regulatory overlap. She said the department is working with the author, the Office of the Legislative Auditor, and Auditor Randall to refine the language. Chair Clayburn asked for clarification on the difference between grants and procurement contracts and on the relationship between chapters 16B and 16C. Hayes explained that grants are typically reimbursement-based payments to third parties under chapter 16B, while procurement contracts are inward-facing state purchases under chapter 16C. She said section 3 could unintentionally capture procurement and apply grants rules to it. Clayburn said the bill’s intent is good and welcomed continued work on the language before the bill moves forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• I can't begin to tell you the level of fraud that exists in pharmacy in the United States.
• The number one source of fraud in the US is healthcare, and the number one source of fraud is pharmacy
• Your time is up. ...of fraud is pharmacy. Your time is up. Ma'am, thank you very much.

Bills: HB159, HB110, HB114, HB115, HB116, HB123, HB125

Keywords: U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, HB110, sunset bill, Alabama Sunset Law, State Board of Medical Examiners, Medical Licensure Commission, medical licensing, physician regulation, healthcare regulation, professional licensing, ethics law, state ethics code, public servants, board members

Transcript Highlights:

• The next two lines are the state fraud and financial crimes unit.
• The fraud unit, you've heard a lot about that in this session.
• Uh the fraud unit, you've governor.
• <00:37:17.040> and Minnesota's efforts to combat fraud and Minnesota's efforts to combat fraud
• I'm concerned because we've been in a fraud-type situation for the last year or two years.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So if you want to try to prevent fraud, give the money to the people, put it in their pockets.
• That's just more fraud. There's going to be people.
• We don't know what the fraud is going to be, but there'll be more fraud, a lot more waste of food.
• There's nine states right now that provide free lunch, and they're all fraud-bearing states: California
• Let's not just give them another free lunch that's just going to be wrought with fraud and be bullied

Bills: SB2401, SB2402, SB2403, SB2404

Keywords: SB 2401, North Dakota, Century Code, occupational therapy, occupational therapy board, criminal history record check, background check, licensee investigation, physician continuing education, medical license renewal, nutrition education, metabolic health, chronic disease prevention, health occupation boards, medical board, licensure fee, audit response, disciplinary action, Title 43, board of medicine

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up second reading and final passage of several House bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program and other matters. House Bill 1621, requiring the presidential fitness test in school physical education with exceptions and a delayed effective date, passed 43-3. House Bill 1623, appropriating federal rural health transformation grant funds and creating a related loan program and reporting structure, passed 46-0 after extensive debate about using the federal money for community health, infrastructure, and sustainability. House Bill 1622, joining the physician assistant licensure compact, also passed unanimously 46-0. House Bill 1625, authorizing the Ray Richards Golf Course land sale to support a Grand Forks transportation project and golf course improvements, passed 46-0. House Bill 1626, clarifying that the primary residence credit is applied after the early payment discount so taxpayers receive the full $1,600 benefit, passed 40-6.

Transcript Highlights:

• Texans and businesses often face challenges verifying identities when fraud is suspected.
• The bill creates a secure and voluntary way to prevent identity fraud.
• We help companies fight fraud by determining who's at the other end of a transaction.
• Everything that's happening is creating a crisis in terms of fraud and financial fraud.
• Texas last year lost about five billion dollars to financial fraud, and we're the second worst in the

Bills: HB1455, HB1777, HB2101, HB2136, HB2609, HB3142, HB3552, HB3846, HB4155, HB4514, HB4879, HB4995, HB5014, HB5139, HB5228, HB5436, HCR40

Keywords: mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation

Transcript Highlights:

• As you know, the governor has been very clear on wanting to handle the fraud that continually comes up
• ><00:05:20.639> the very clear on wanting to handle the very clear on wanting to handle the fraud
• 00:05:22.400> comes<00:05:22.800> up<00:05:23.039> to<00:05:23.199> the Fraud
• that continually comes up to the surface where you're reporting on fraud.
• the opportunity, should the governor want, but specifically should legislators want to move those fraud

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I don't think that's something the American people want to see, and I'm afraid it would hurt consumers
• into the rest of the world, they would have to abide by our standards of transparency, openness, consumer
• I do not disagree that there should be efficiency and that we should stand up to fraud.

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• It's a very well-known pattern of Medicaid fraud.
• Now, that is definite fraud.
• This, this, the architecture mirrors validated fraud schemes.
• That's a common fraud model in both health care and especially behavioral health care.
• Medical fraud rings, yes; DCS, yes, yes. Unit-based billing, yes and yes.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• against fraud after the money goes out, and whether there is a way to claw that back if the conditions
• that, you know, with all the the fraud that, you know, with all the the fraud that<00:47:05.040>
• <00:47:11.680> after maybe uh protect against the fraud after maybe uh protect against the
• fraud after that<00:47:12.079> money<00:47:12.240> goes<00:47:12.480> out.
• We're going to force this very stringently, make sure that there is no fraud in the program.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• safeguards in this bill that, you know, the way it will be administered will prevent fraud and ensure
• safeguards in this bill that, you know, the way it will be administered will prevent fraud and ensure
• safeguards in this bill that, you know, the way it will be administered will prevent fraud and ensure
• safeguards in this bill that, you know, the way it will be administered will prevent fraud and ensure
• safeguards in this bill that, you know, the way it will be administered will prevent fraud and ensure

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 3403, authored by Vice Chair Rep. Kazowski, and first adopted an A1 amendment. The amendment made technical and implementation changes recommended by the Department of Revenue, allowed a small portion of funds for county and tribal administrative costs, and clarified timing and reporting for spent and unspent funds. After the amendment was adopted, the bill was moved to Ways and Means. Rep. Kazowski described HF 3403 as a $50 million emergency rental assistance measure to help stabilize households facing eviction, with $44 million directed to counties and $6 million reserved for tribal nations, administered through the Department of Revenue using the existing local homeless prevention aid formula. Supporters said the bill would provide immediate, targeted help to renters and landlords, prevent evictions, and reduce downstream costs to shelters, schools, employers, and health systems. Several testifiers, including representatives from Greater Twin Cities United Way, St. Louis County, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, social workers, a resident, and tribal housing leaders, said local resources were insufficient to meet rising need and emphasized the impact of federal immigration enforcement and related economic disruption on families, workers, and communities. Testimony highlighted sharp increases in rental assistance requests, rising eviction filings, depleted county funds, and the strain on nonprofit and mutual aid efforts. County and city officials said emergency rental assistance and related legal services had already prevented thousands of evictions, but current funding was not enough. Tribal testimony stressed disproportionate homelessness among Native Americans and supported the bill’s tribal allocation. During member discussion, Rep. Amani Hiltsley said the bill was an economic stabilization tool and requested a roll call vote, noting safeguards against fraud and the broader costs of inaction.

Transcript Highlights:

• financial fraud from overseas, to include ransomware.
• c><00:42:32.400> uh<00:42:32.560> you<00:42:32.640> know another by financial fraud
• <00:42:33.599> enabled<00:42:34.000> financial<00:42:34.400> fraud cyber for
• crime enabled financial fraud cyber for crime enabled financial fraud from<00:42:34.960> overseas
• or other things with this new uh fraud or other things with this new system.<00:50:32.640> I'm

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity met remotely on January 8, 2026, approved the minutes from October 27, 2025 by voice vote, and confirmed a quorum was present. The main presentation came from the Minnesota National Guard’s cyber coordination cell, with Lieutenant Colonel Brian Morgan describing the unit’s mission to prepare Guard cyber forces for state or federal cyber support, including domestic emergencies like the St. Paul ransomware incident and broader federal activations. Morgan outlined three main lines of effort: optimizing cyber force training for likely threats, building relationships with state, federal, academic, and local partners, and equipping deployable incident-response tools. He said the coordination cell is not itself the incident response team, but serves as the planning and coordination office for military cyber response, maintaining equipment at Cedar Street Armory that can provide out-of-band connectivity and be deployed quickly. He also described partnerships with Minnesota IT Services, CISA, the FBI, Metro State University, and international/state partners such as Norway and Croatia, along with participation in major exercises and conferences. The presentation emphasized the St. Paul response as a model for coordination, noting the Guard’s role in mission coordination, operational support, public affairs support, and lessons learned. Morgan said the Guard has conducted more than 200 engagements with partner institutions in 2024-2025 and uses outreach to educate counties and other entities on how to request Guard cyber support, comparing the process to requesting assistance for a fire or flood. In response to a question from Representative Bonner, he highlighted the long-standing relationship with Metro State University and its practical role in training cyber personnel, including operational technology training and a credit-transfer pathway toward a master’s degree.

Transcript Highlights:

• on the last page, the Senate agrees with the House offer to include the Minnesota State Enrollment Fraud
• <00:30:03.279> Working<00:30:03.600> Group,<00:30:03.840> but Enrollment Fraud
• Working Group, but Enrollment Fraud Working Group, but includes<00:30:04.960> um<00:30:05.360
• difficult for them to administer grants, as we have found as I'm sitting next to the chair of the fraud
• difficult for them to administer grants, as we have found as I'm sitting next to the chair of the fraud

Keywords: 1183, house

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• of Team House for working with me to include one of these provisions, which is my bill to create a fraud
• source through various million to fraud source through various schemes<00:10:03.600> that<00:
• And we tackled the fraud, waste, and abuse that have siphoned nearly a billion dollars from Minnesota
• And we we tackled<00:40:34.400> the<00:40:34.640> fraud,<00:40:35.280> waste<00:
• abuse that tackled the fraud, waste and abuse that have<00:40:36.800> siphoned<00:40:37.280><

Keywords: 1183, house