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• And I think that we have asked DHS to come back with us with some idea about some cost analysis of do
• some uh um idea about some cost analysis some uh um idea about some cost analysis of of of do<01
• No cumulative impact analysis has been conducted.
• No cumulative impact analysis has been conducted.
• analysis has been conducted. analysis has been conducted.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, I haven't looked far enough down here to see if there's any cost analysis for the lifetime.
• I think there was a lot of analysis and study of solar and wind, and we've heard from Mr.
• <01:34:31.480> We cost cost analysis for the lifetime.
• We cost cost analysis for the lifetime.
• <01:34:57.360> and think there was a lot of analysis and think there was a lot of analysis

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, it would be of great interest to have some analysis done, economic analysis done.
• You don't have any analysis. Is that correct?
• Other economic analysis of it.
• They just have the facts of the matter that, through your analysis, the analysis that produces the numbers
• "They just have the facts of the matter that, through your analysis, the analysis that produces the numbers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I appreciate your critical analysis of this bill.
• 33.326> [sighs] appreciate your [sighs] appreciate your [sighs] critical<01:00:34.640> analysis
• <01:00:36.160> For<01:00:36.400> your critical analysis of this bill.
• For your critical analysis of this bill.
• interested to see the cost analysis interested to see the cost analysis comparing<01:11:59.199><

Bills: SF0035, SF0090, SF0072

Keywords: education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse

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• you're aware, you've seen this slide here before, and it's talking about Kentucky's housing gap analysis
• ,<00:20:45.360> and<00:20:45.600> it Kucky's housing gap in analysis, and it Kucky's
• housing gap in analysis, and it talks<00:20:46.000> about<00:20:46.159> it<00:20:46.400
• <00:50:32.160> generally<00:50:32.480> have them, the fiscal analysis generally have
• them, the fiscal analysis generally have shown<00:50:32.960> that<00:50:33.520> uh<00:

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:14 Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01 Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13 Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out. The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units. Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• Maybe you should do some analysis. It was no, we're going to... You're done.
• You do a risk analysis before you take them.
• You do a risk analysis before you take them.
• You do a risk analysis before you take them.
• And so we hire Milliman, the actuaries, to do a capital adequacy reserve analysis.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• According to data analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal, the reasons reflect why the drug payment
• According to data analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal, the reasons reflect why the drug payment
• According to data analysis conducted for The Wall Street Journal, the reasons reflect why the drug payment
• An independent analysis estimated that Round Table RX has redistributed $1.8 million of medications to
• <01:20:56.560> RX analysis estimated that roundtable RX analysis estimated that roundtable

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So I have you done an analysis of the governor’s proposal in general here?
• So I have you done an analysis of the governor’s proposal in general here?
• So I have you done an analysis of the governor’s proposal in general here?
• of the this is the governor's analysis of the this is the governor's proposal<00:36:14.680> in
• And Senator Weber, I hope especially to rely on your analysis of the governor's Shortline credit, because

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee met to hear a presentation from the Commissioner of Revenue on Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s tax proposal, with members told no public testimony would be taken because bill language was not yet available. The commissioner said the proposal would lower the statewide sales tax rate by 0.75 percentage points while expanding sales tax to selected professional services such as legal, brokerage, banking, and accounting, with several carve-outs. He emphasized that the plan would not add business-to-business sales taxes, arguing that taxing business inputs leads to tax pyramiding and higher hidden consumer costs. The commissioner said the rate cut would be the first sales tax rate cut in state history and estimated it at about $95 million annually, while the service expansions would raise about $203 million to $205 million annually, for a net increase of roughly $110 million per year. He said the proposal is part of the governor’s broader budget, which he described as addressing long-term structural deficits and funding other priorities such as an R&D credit, an expanded sustainable aviation fuel credit, fraud prevention, and service-member retention bonuses. He also said the carve-outs and exemptions would be reflected in the revenue estimate. Members questioned whether the proposal was truly a tax cut or instead a tax increase, and several asked for a revenue-neutral rate if all or more services were taxed. One member raised concerns about how pro bono legal work with a fee would be treated, and another asked about possible streamlining issues and whether fees are treated as taxes in statute. The commissioner said a fee would be taxable depending on the arrangement and that the department would review the language carefully once drafted. He also said the department would provide more detailed estimates later, including what the rate would be if the tax were made revenue neutral. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• “The claims department manages claim intake, coverage analysis, investigation, liability determination
• To date, no systematic independent analysis of these... ...to students choosing a field.
• To date, no systematic independent analysis of these questions has been conducted for North Dakota.
• No legislation is required to assemble the data necessary for this analysis. Second, independence.
• Their role is to provide the legislature and the public with objective, credible analysis.

Keywords: 908, all

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• evaluation, development of a remediation specification or protocol and then collecting a sample for analysis
• evaluation, development of a remediation specification or protocol and then collecting a sample for analysis
• evaluation, development of a remediation specification or protocol and then collecting a sample for analysis
• evaluation, development of a remediation specification or protocol and then collecting a sample for analysis
• <01:01:19.599> but<01:01:19.920> not Collecting a sample for analysis, but not the

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <01:20:21.600> from derived frameworks for analysis from derived frameworks for analysis from
• and and where would a um piggyan piggyan piggyan dialectical<01:51:08.400> analysis<01:51:09.440
• analysis fit into an elementary<01:51:11.199> school<01:51:12.560> uh<01:51:12.800>
• Specifically, I mentioned my analysis of the SEAL curriculum through Choose Love, and I'd be happy to
• <01:56:25.920> of Specifically, I mentioned my analysis of Specifically, I mentioned my analysis

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• He does very thorough analysis.
• I can't see how we can ignore his analysis because we're under a court order to get our cost per pupil
• He does very thorough<00:34:26.879> analysis.
• Now this is what I'm thorough analysis.
• <00:34:51.119> because how we can ignore his analysis because how we can ignore his analysis

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• that we have here without the analysis that we have here without the without<00:15:57.519> the
• So your analysis, which is not is that all the tax credits go away "Not is that all the tax credits go
• So for our analysis today, we're using the number 60,000.
• So for our analysis can't afford it.
• So for our analysis today,<01:03:40.799> we're<01:03:41.119> using<01:03:41.359> the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• go to that much more detailed analysis go to that much more detailed analysis of<01:33:39.360>
• Wet indicated, you need a hydrogeologist to do the analysis.
• Our job here is to set the analysis.
• So I actually believe, based on my analysis here sitting here this morning and what I understand about
• here sitting here this morning analysis here sitting here this morning and<02:42:14.399> what

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I guess we all know why they don't want the nonpartisan expert analysis to be made available before a
• and would make it costbenefit analysis and would make it significantly<04:21:11.199> harder<04
• And so when you're doing an analysis of the propriety of a bank merger, you can't just look at whether
• And so when you're doing an<04:53:45.440> analysis<04:53:46.000> of<04:53:46.240> the
• of the propriety of a bank an analysis of the propriety of a bank merger,<04:53:48.798> you<04

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This project is 45% behind schedule, and that's driven primarily by vendor delays related to gap analysis
• service level agreements, our performance stats, and to also compile those as part of any regular analysis
• They're looking at a far more comprehensive business analysis so that they can actually eliminate multiple
• So we do that by doing current state assessments and doing what we call gap analysis.
• The university system was present at each of the meetings, and, by way of background, a market analysis

Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• They said, based upon the comparative workload analysis, those were the key findings of the study.
• I have the analysis...
• I have the analysis that was prepared, and it was an examination of six years of appellate court activity
• an estimated developmental effort of 2,500 hours provided by the lead developer, which includes analysis
• Appellate review requires careful analysis, thoughtful deliberation, and well-seasoned opinions.

Bills: SCR59, SCR70, HR275, HR279, HR282, HR289, HR307, HCR112, SCR61, SCR62, SCR64, SB121, HR310, HR314, HR316, HR317, HR321, HCR117, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR37, SCR63, SCR30, SCR40, SCR65, HCR3, HCR49, HCR66, HCR67, HB54, HB137, HB321, HB368, HB386, HB414, HB431, HB552, HB555, HB578, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB638, HB670, HB692, HB707, HB708, HB715, HB718, HB732, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB796, HB807, HB822, HB848, HB856, HB887, HB888, HB917, HB921, HB1082, HB1243, HB1246, HB1, HB2, HB42, HB45, HB71, HB79, HB126, HB133, HB159, HB213, HB218, HB222, HB289, HB291, HB312, HB313, HB324, HB352, HB383, HB398, HB403, HB429, HB457, HB459, HB549, HB571, HB579, HB591, HB608, HB616, HB624, HB766, HB769, HB783, HB804, HB864, HB874, HB909, HB951, HB971, HB983, HB1005, HB1017, HB1051, HB1056, HB1126, HB1186, HB1193, HB1223, HB1224, HB1235, HB1249, SB259, SB295, SB312, SB348, SB444, SB485, SB441, SB149, HB359, SB29, SB43, SB78, HB463, HB998, SB197, SB268, SB123, SB276, SB326, SB80, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HCR98, HB284, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB625, HB646, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1191, HB1240, HB1255, SB82, SB89, SB97, SB479, HB74, HB119, HB134, HB210, HB258, HB468, HB784, HB870, HB953, HB956, HB1117, HB1236, SB42, SB208, SB217, SB274, SB300, SB341, SB379, SB382, SB387, SB401, SB449, SB487

Keywords: Major Richard Star Act, veterans, military retirement, disability compensation, VA benefits, combat-wounded, medically retired, military retirees, service members, veterans benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, concurrent receipt, retirement offset, combat-related disability, bipartisan support, memorial resolution, Congressional memorial, Louisiana delegation, Richard Star

Transcript Highlights:

• Earthquake seismology requires highly advanced technical analysis that most geologists lack the training
• deciding what caused a particular earthquake requires both a lot of data and a significant amount of analysis
• to be able to answer these questions, but as Representative Cruz was alluding to, there's also an analysis
• Those are analysis questions.
• for both, you know, the Louisiana Cyber Assurance Program, which is funded to go out and do threat analysis

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard an update on the Northwest Louisiana earthquake cluster. Laura Sori of the Department of Conservation and Energy said the agency has inspected Class II injection wells within 12 miles of the earthquakes, found no permit violations, and is requiring monthly reporting of daily injection data. LSU and Tulane researchers explained that the swarm includes about 50 earthquakes detected by USGS since December 2025, including a 4.9 magnitude event on March 5, and that better monitoring is needed because Louisiana has very limited seismic station coverage. Dr. Cynthia Ebinger said her temporary array has detected more small quakes than USGS, that the pattern looks more like a swarm than normal aftershocks, and that the data suggest pressure changes in the subsurface, though no definitive cause was identified. Keith Hall of LSU described how other states responded to suspected induced seismicity with more monitoring, more frequent reporting, injection limits or moratoria, and “traffic light” systems that escalate regulatory responses as seismicity increases. Members asked about depths, fault locations, possible links to injection or fracking, and whether more monitoring and data-sharing should be pursued; several speakers said Louisiana likely needs a denser monitoring network and more structured data collection. A Texas geoscientist, William Berger, also testified that Texas uses large-scale data analysis and AI to study injection-related seismicity and argued for secure sharing of operator data to improve forecasting and risk management. The committee then took testimony on UAV and drone incursions over Barksdale Air Force Base. GOSEP said the incident was logged in WebEOC and the common operating picture, but that Barksdale did not request direct GOSEP resources and that the matter was handled through law enforcement channels. Louisiana State Police and the FBI said they were limited in what they could disclose, but confirmed multiple drone sightings on the morning and evening of March 9 and continued monitoring for several days. State Police said they have created a task force with the Police Chiefs Association, Sheriffs Association, GOSEP, and LSP, and that officers are receiving FBI-related training to help detect and, where authorized, mitigate drones. Members discussed whether the activity was nefarious, what counts as an incursion, and the need for better public education about drone restrictions near military and critical infrastructure sites. No formal action was taken, but members said the issue will continue to be tracked alongside pending legislation. Finally, the committee received a one-year update on the merger of GOSEP with the Louisiana National Guard and Military Department. Major General Thomas Freelieu and Brigadier General Jason Maffus said the merger has reduced GOSEP from seven divisions to three, shifted administrative functions to the Military Department, and produced about $10.5 million in first-year cost avoidance. They said the agency has modernized its common operating picture, returned staff to in-person work, and continued statewide preparedness exercises. Freelieu highlighted Guard missions including cyber expansion, the new Air National Guard cyber squadron at Jackson Barracks, modernization of the 159th Fighter Wing, and ongoing support for homeland security missions in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Maffus said GOSEP’s core mission remains emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, and that the merger is intended to make state support to parishes faster and more efficient.

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• Second, it does not provide an adequate cost analysis.
• Second, it does not provide an adequate cost analysis.
• Second, it does not provide an adequate Second, it does not provide an adequate cost<00:19:29.760> analysis
• c> does<00:19:31.000> not<00:19:31.240> consider<00:19:31.680> the cost analysis
• It does not consider the cost analysis.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee considered an emergency regulation from the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners, 201 KAR 5021E, along with a staff amendment to conform the text to KRS Chapter 13A. The regulation was described as implementing an Attorney General opinion and a review of optometrists licensed during the 2020–2023 period when alternative testing and waivers were used during the COVID-19 era. The board explained that the rule requires affected licensees to complete specified examinations or an alternative certification before renewing in 2027, and that it now removes the OEBC Canadian exam as a future pathway while preserving recognition of OEBC results submitted during the period when that option was in effect. The staff amendment was approved without objection. Testimony was sharply divided. Board representatives and the Attorney General’s office said the regulation is needed to protect public health and to bring the licensure review into the formal administrative process. They said the NBEO Part 3 exam is the nationally recognized hands-on clinical licensure test, while the American Board of Optometry certification is a post-licensure credential for already licensed practitioners and is not a substitute for initial licensure testing. They also said no other state uses the ABOC certification for licensure, and that the board’s approach balances fairness, due process, and public protection. Opponents argued the regulation would allow individuals who were improperly licensed to continue practicing without meeting the same standards as other Kentucky optometrists. A representative from the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation described cases of alleged inadequate care and urged the committee to require full national board passage before independent practice. Representatives from ARBO and NBEO said the emergency regulation is not justified as an emergency, does not adequately address public safety or fiscal impacts, and exceeds the board’s authority by creating a renewal path for licensees whose initial licensure was challenged. They emphasized that NBEO Part 3 is a practical, hands-on exam and that the ABOC certification is not designed or validated for initial licensure. The committee asked several questions about the differences between the exams, and no final vote on the regulation itself was described in the transcript beyond approval of the staff amendment.

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• No project enters the CMP without, a technical analysis and basis.
• Our prioritization just to give you a few guidelines, our, a technical analysis and basis.
• team with expertise in educational facilities planning, design, stakeholder engagement and cost analysis
• current and emerging educational program needs and best practices, aligning the engagement and cost analysis
• My analysis has just been a review of the statute and whether it poses a hurdle to the amount of The