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• So the amount of the EFA scholarship...
• So the amount of the EFA scholarship is 90% of what foundation funding is.
• So if you all increase the foundation funding amount, then the EFA scholarship amount automatically increases
• So if funding increases, though, is there a budgeted amount for the EFAs to increase?
• So potentially could be a large amount of money? It could.

Summary: The committee first considered the Lieutenant Governor’s Office budget and personnel request to move that office onto the state pay plan and increase salaries for its positions. Office representatives said the request was intended to make pay competitive with other constitutional offices and state agencies, that OPM had approved the grades, and that the office did not plan to max out any positions. Members questioned the size of the increase and the office’s workload. A motion to adopt the proposal failed on a tie vote, and the committee then voted to expunge the vote before moving on. The committee then approved a series of Governor’s letters and related personnel transfers, including cuts for Arkansas Educational Television Network, transfers within the Department of Health and several DHS divisions, and a DFA shared services reorganization. The committee also approved moving child nutrition and related nutrition programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture, with department officials explaining that the programs fit better under Agriculture because the grants come from USDA and the transfer would include the positions and funding tied to the programs. Members raised questions about how the appropriations and positions were split between state and federal funding, and about the broader implications of the transfer, but the committee ultimately approved both the Education and Agriculture sides of the move. The meeting also included extended discussion of the Educational Freedom Account program. Members questioned the $309 million appropriation, whether it matched current participation, and whether future demand could require additional funding. Department officials said the amount covered current participation and that the governor had set aside an additional $70 million in case applications increased, but that any amount beyond the appropriation would require returning to the committee. Some members argued the program’s growth could threaten funding for public schools and adequacy, while others noted that the program is governed by rules under the LEARNS Act. The committee also approved a technical title change at East Arkansas Community College from assistant to the president to assistant to the chancellor.

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• It's distributed globally through a bunch of nodes.
• Um, particular dollar amount should be.
• Um, in tremendous amount of products.
• number for public distribution. number for public distribution.
• <04:27:17.199> of I could radically reduce the amount of I could radically reduce the amount

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In 2023, uniquely, you did $200 million, the highest-ever amount of housing infrastructure appropriations
• In 2023, uniquely, you did $200 million, the highest-ever amount of housing infrastructure appropriations
• And so that's why an innovative tool like housing infrastructure bonds is so critical, and the amount
• > resources<00:27:04.960> that<00:27:05.080> we<00:27:05.200> can the amount
• of resources that we can the amount of resources that we can leverage<00:27:06.200> by<00:27:

Bills: HF2148, HF2693, HF2542, HF1141, HF1770, HF1489, HF1709, HF244, HF1266, HF807, HF2619, HF1340

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

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• I noted that in the opposition, the banks are opposing this because of the 2% amount of interest that
• of interest that uh the 2% uh amount of interest that uh the bill<00:19:10.799> provides<00:19
• to to the are paid out are distributed to to the homeowner<00:21:23.720> the<00:21:24.720>
• They had $1.38 trillion distributed amongst its six subcomponents.
• They had $1.38 trillion distributed amongst its six subcomponents.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I know it's a really low amount for federal money.
• Are they in eliminating a significant amount of ozone?
• We spend more to 50 to 60% of that amount. Okay.
• They have to make an agreement to distribute...
• You're going to get a lower grant amount.

Bills: HB512, HB2248, HB2679, HB2832, HB3112, HB3368, HB3490, HB3512, HB3623, HB3666, HB3700, HB3711, HB3770, HB3963

Keywords: grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding

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• It's the smallest it's a small amount.
• <00:07:51.000> will<00:07:51.200> be dollar amount will be dollar amount will be cuz
• that can support a levy in the amount that can support a levy in the amount necessary<00:12:13.320
• ,<00:21:21.920> but<00:21:22.640> um full amount, but um full amount, but um that<00
• <01:06:33.760> system, loop the distribution system, loop the distribution system, and<01:

Bills: HF4710, HF4055, HF3848, HF3989, HF4599, HF3767, HF3592, HF3575, HF3574, HF3543, HF4606, HF4489, HF3891, HF3438, HF3811, HF3400

Keywords: capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund

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• How is that amount determined, and what would be the perfect amount in your mind to have in that fund
• We based the price, the dollar amount of this capital...
• The amount we're short is about $4.85 million.
• So hence the full amount Any questions? Okay, I have one.
• The amount is $400,000.

Keywords: 928, house, all

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• On the ones that we had identified, we did not find close to the legal amounts.
• It's a very important issue, but we're spending a tremendous amount of money now on curing dementia.
• Because it is a natural extract of the plant, it contains smaller amounts of other cannabinoids.
• It would be criminalized to a felony to distribute it and a misdemeanor to possess it.
• Cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution are all my expertise.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB 5, SB 11, SB 12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• it to either end of the table distribute it to either end of the table here<00:12:59.920> or<
• A couple years ago it was increased to some other amount.
• Is this change to some other amount.
• then they distribute it for the<01:50:40.639> school.
• <06:30:56.400> to mean that the total required amount to mean that the total required amount

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's over that amount.
• We'll only spend that amount. We're not spending double that amount.
• And then we ask for the same amount in FY27. We'll only spend that amount.
• So we are asking for a significant amount of authority.
• Yeah, no, that's vacancy. ...all have within the amount of vacancies.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• <00:04:06.799> was<00:04:07.599> $212.9 amount was $212.9 amount was $212.9 million,<00
• And the average SNAP per household amount is $343.
• So um so you'll see the amount year 27.
• It's up to a certain percentage of the TANF amount. How much of that do we have?
• And what we came up with was $12 amount.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:01 Department for Public Health Budget Request 00:01:46 Department for Community Based Services Budget Request 00:31:58 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) 00:57:13, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes, then heard a lengthy presentation from the Department for Public Health on Kentucky’s rural health transformation plan and related budget questions. Commissioner John Langfeld said the state received a $212.9 million federal award, one of the larger awards nationally, and outlined five focus areas: maternal and infant health, integrated EMS/trauma response, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, and chronic disease prevention with an emphasis on obesity and diabetes. He stressed that the effort is intended to be integrated, data-driven, and sustainable, and that the federal funds cannot be used for new construction, clinician salaries, research and development, EHR replacement, or to pay for currently billable services. He also said the program carries accountability requirements and that funds can be clawed back if milestones are not met. Members pressed for clarification on duplication with other budget requests, sustainability after the five-year funding period, and how success would be measured. Langfeld said he was not aware of any duplicate funding with the department’s additional budget requests and said the rural health funds were separate from those requests. He also said the program will be tracked through specific metrics and timelines, using both execution measures and outcome measures such as readmissions, with more rapid-cycle feedback to allow course correction. Representative Fleming raised concerns about possible overlap with navigator funding and asked for more detail on the budget breakdown; Langfeld said a detailed line-item budget had been prepared but was still awaiting final CMS approval before release, and that he would explore sharing more information once restrictions were lifted. The committee then heard from the Kentucky State Public Health Laboratory about a request for a new central lab expansion. The presenter described the current 35-year-old facility as outdated and constrained by aging infrastructure, obsolete equipment, deferred maintenance, and inadequate space, and said the lab performs critical work with no in-state alternative for many services, including newborn screening, select-agent and biosafety level 3 testing, animal necropsy for rabies, genetic sequencing, environmental and food safety testing, and response to emerging infectious diseases. The project is already in design phase C, expected to finish in mid-April, with construction funding sought at roughly $276 million on top of about $35 million already approved for design. Members asked about long-term operating costs, backup arrangements, and whether the current facility would remain in use; the presenter said the current lab would continue to be used by the department while other divisions move into vacated space, and that the lab has mutual-aid agreements with the Southeast Consortium and universities for contingency support. Finally, the Department for Community Based Services began its budget presentation on SNAP and relative caregiver issues. Commissioner Lisa Dennis and budget director Misty Sammons identified the governor’s recommended budget items tied to new federal requirements under HR1, including changes affecting payment error rates. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended.

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• start of the distributions. Thanks. start of the distributions. Thanks.
• There's the amounts that go to the hospital, but then there's also the amounts that historically have
• within that but in terms of the amounts within that but in terms of the amounts that<00:50:28.319
• <00:58:23.680> of that for this somewhat less amount of that for this somewhat less amount
• <02:11:53.280> of direction on amount of direction on amount of uh<02:11:54.480> kind

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• But as far as a dollar amount, as to where our state Tax dollars would go for that five-year period.
• piece of legislation is proactive so we don't find ourselves in a situation where we're having a huge amount
• The renewable folks are certainly not happy about it, and gauged on the engaging on the amount of information
• So it's just moving the revolving fund over there for distribution.

Bills: SB44, SB237, SB248, SB985, SB1204, SB1239, SB1307, SB1360, SB1390, SB1400, SB1405, SB1427, SB1428, SB1732, SB1832, SB1859, SB1989, SB2018, SB2143

Keywords: sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, ad valorem tax, manufacturing facilities, exemption, battery energy storage, employment, payroll, state tax regulation, tourism, revolving fund, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, real property, fund management, Oklahoma Local Food for Schools, school meals, local food procurement

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• credits<00:12:25.519> depends<00:12:26.160> on<00:12:26.880> the<00:12:27.440> amount
• <00:12:27.760> of credits depends on the amount of credits depends on the amount of turnpike
• Representative Newman asked whether the material had been printed out for everybody, if she'd like to distribute

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Members, since 1999, the total amounts deposited into the judicial fund by statutory probate courts and
• If deposits exceed total amounts, the state must proportionately remit these excess contribution fund
• As the entity responsible for distributing excess contribution fund payments, ensuring that statutory
• of the other that, um, Member Gates is going to present and I think that'll address a substantial amount

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• YOU WILL NOTICE OF THE FORMAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO WHAT I DISTRIBUTED FOR THE HOUSE PROPOSAL.
• IS THE SAME NUMBER FOR BOTH CHAMBERS DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE NUMBER LOOKS LIKE WILL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT

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• to retain a percentage of grants and changes the fire marshal school inspection fee from the flat amount
• It just makes some technical updates to the community supervision distribution statutory formula.

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• original packaging, must be candled and graded, must be continuously refrigerated, and must be distributed
• original packaging, must be candled and graded, must be continuously refrigerated, and must be distributed
• original packaging, must be candled and graded, must be continuously refrigerated, and must be distributed
• original packaging, must be candled and graded, must be continuously refrigerated, and must be distributed
• Representative Hansen: If I could just offer a word here, we tried to come up with some funding, equal amounts

Bills: HF3548

Keywords: farm assistance, down payment, agriculture, state funding, loan modification, 1183, house

Summary: The Agricultural Finance and Policy Committee met on April 15, 2026, approved the April 13 minutes with a correction to Assistant Commissioner Peter Kesset’s name, and then took up House File 3548. The bill, moved by Chair Anderson for re-referral to Ways and Means, centered on the farmer down payment assistance program and the Department of Agriculture’s budget and policy provisions. Anderson described the DE4 amendment as compromise language that reserved up to 25% of funds for applicants with purchase contracts, removed a proposed marijuana exclusion, and allowed appropriated funds to remain available through June 30, 2030 rather than reverting to the general fund at the end of the biennium. Laura Schreiber of the Land Stewardship Project testified in support, emphasizing the importance of keeping funds available and urging that grants remain capped at $20,000 so more farmers could participate. The committee then adopted several amendments. A23, described as the governor’s budget request and department policy bill, was adopted and included moving the Emerging Farmers Office into the Agricultural Marketing and Development subdivision, combining some reports into the Agri report, and addressing delegated authority with MDA. A17, allowing certain eggs past their quality assurance date to be donated to food shelves under specific handling requirements, was adopted. A18, adjusting per diem rates for certain non-representative committee members, was adopted. A19, shifting about $20,000 to support farm land transition services such as mediation, contracts, financial planning, tax preparation, estate planning, and housing assistance, was also adopted. A22, which combined funding for wolf depredation claims and the local food purchasing program, drew the most debate. Representative Smith questioned why the two items were combined and sought to divide the amendment, but staff said that would be problematic because the funding changes were interdependent. Supporters said the amendment would pay about 80% of wolf-loss claims and add money for local food purchasing, while opponents argued the local food need was greater and the wolf depredation approach was not the best use of funds. The roll call on A22 was confusing in the transcript, but the amendment ultimately prevailed. A21, which would have removed a physical-contact requirement for farm cervidae containment, failed on a 7-7 tie after opponents argued it would weaken disease protections and supporters said the fencing costs were driving deer farmers out of business. Hansen then declined to move A24, which would have advanced a paraquat ban, saying there was no agreement and he did not want a negative vote at that time. After the DE4 as amended was adopted, the committee took a final roll call on House File 3548 as amended. The bill failed on a 6-8 vote and was laid over. In closing, members on both sides said the bill contained useful provisions for farmers, but disagreement over the unresolved paraquat issue prevented the committee from advancing it.

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• the Department of Safety and Homeland Security to develop a firearm responsibilities notice for distribution
• The study will include an evaluation of the impact of portable solar generation... ...amount of energy
• being exported into the distribution system, identifying any safety concerns that may arise as a result

Summary: The Senate received a large number of House communications and committee reports, including several nominations and many bills and resolutions returned from House committees or passed by the House. Committee reports covered a wide range of topics, including education, health, judiciary, finance, housing, transportation, emergency management, and business/technology. The Senate also assigned several measures to committees for further consideration and noted upcoming committee meetings. The chamber confirmed three nominations by roll call: Michael T. Scuse to the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, J. Eric Firewold to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees, and Joan F. Coker to the University of Delaware Board of Trustees. The Senate also passed Consent Calendar 66, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 223 on DIA broadcast access for playoff and championship games and House Concurrent Resolution 149 designating June 12, 2026, as Loving Day in Delaware. Members discussed Loving Day and the importance of recognizing interracial marriage rights, with Senator Huxstable, Senator Buckson, and Senator Townsend offering remarks. On the floor, the Senate passed House Bill 141, requiring a firearm responsibilities notice for gun purchasers, after debate over gun safety and industry burden; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 200, as amended, expanding insurance coverage for HIV prevention medications PrEP and PEP; House Bill 426, modernizing municipal street-aid reporting; and Senate Resolution 21, directing a study of portable solar generation devices and related safety and utility issues. The Senate also passed Consent Agenda O, a large package of bills covering topics such as money transmission and stablecoins, nursing advancement, pilot licenses, commerce and trade, subaqueous lands, driver’s license loss due to medical issues, residential speed limits, electronic bidding, family court jurisdiction, agency regulations, technical corrections to multiple local charters, and other measures. The Senate then recessed until June 25, 2026.

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• Copies were distributed to executive committee members and emailed to the executive committee members
• Copies were distributed to executive committee members and emailed to the executive committee members
• But when we hear the firefighters and police officers, they have expressed concern that their amount

Keywords: 904, all