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• programs to begin with. programs to begin with.
• refugee program works. refugee program works.
• medicinal marijuana program. medicinal marijuana program.
• the SNAP program. the SNAP program.
• um a nutrition program. um a nutrition program.

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• program and get a new job. So, Mr. program and get a new job. So, Mr.
• are workforce components to the program. are workforce components to the program.
• our unified work program. Sounds good. our unified work program. Sounds good.
• Youth Program.
• With this program, I most like me.

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• global programs.
• program and in that internship program program and in that internship program more<00:17:18.079>
• and a um immersive internship program and a um immersive internship program with<00:17:28.439>
• If you also have a job training program, a job placement program... Great question.
• If you also have a job training program, a job placement program... Great question.

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• to better understand across programs to better understand program<00:14:08.800> outcomes<00:14
• <01:23:50.639> I particular with government programs I particular with government programs
• <01:24:48.360> fraud investigations of State program fraud investigations of State program
• <01:27:18.159> that advantage of government programs that advantage of government programs
• across the executive branch programs across the executive branch programs with<01:36:06.400>

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• These who participate in these programs. These are<02:54:30.720> programs.
• <02:54:32.560> Uh are programs. They're not schools. Uh are programs.
• that virtual education uh program. that virtual education uh program.
• This program, or the grant program itself, is not contained in Wyoming statute.
• education programs and and districts. education programs and and districts.

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• Lionfish outreach is another program, and that program was started in 2014 to raise awareness about the
• Another important program is our pet amnesty program, and the Exotic Pet Amnesty Program is one of the
• One more recent project is a pilot program with QM and Versa to manage the python removal contract program
• Could you explain to us: is that program still in effect?
• Is that program still in effect?

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government convened with a quorum present and excused Senators Arrington and Pizzo. The committee first took up confirmation hearings for appointments on tabs 1 through 4, and Senator DiCeglie moved to recommend confirmation of all appointees together. The motion passed unanimously, and the appointees were favorably recommended. The main presentation was from FWC Chief Conservation Officer George Wharton on invasive species management in Florida. He described the scale of the problem, including more than 500 non-native species reported in the state, and outlined FWC’s prevention, containment, removal, outreach, and research efforts. He highlighted risk screenings, the conditional/prohibited species framework, enforcement actions against illegal wildlife trafficking, and public programs such as the Florida Python Challenge, lionfish outreach, the Exotic Pet Amnesty Program, and the “I’ve Got One” reporting app. He also noted ongoing removal efforts for pythons, tegus, lionfish, and iguanas, and discussed new technologies and partnerships aimed at improving control efforts. Members asked follow-up questions about FWC issues beyond invasive species, including the status of special activity licenses for threatened species and giant manta rays, the upcoming bear hunt, and whether the committee could help reduce barriers to invasive species removal on federal lands. Wharton said all SAL permits for threatened species are currently suspended pending Commission review, that Florida is on track for a bear hunt this December with 172 permits issued across four subpopulations, and that bear management is based on scientific data while urban bear conflicts still require separate management. He also said federal partners are increasingly cooperative on python control, including commercialization of hides, and that drones, sentinel snakes, robotic lures, and AI-based traps may improve future invasive species removal. Senator Sharief and Senator Burton later requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on tabs 1 through 4, and the committee then adjourned.

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• That's a different program. This is not a CDFI.
• The first program was our COVID-19 lending program, which was for businesses impacted by the pandemic
• What is the NCRN, the NORES program?
• One of the best social programs is the job.
• We rebranded the program with a heart symbol.

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• Food Assistance Program, TFAP, uh, throughout Minnesota.
• <00:19:50.480> the efficiency of the program the efficiency of the program the percentages
• see that it's a uh 100% Federal program see that it's a uh 100% Federal program and<00:20:27.640
• Breakfast and lunch programming that they're receiving in the schools.
• Um, again, this is about a regional food bank grant program. Regional Food Bank grant program.

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• DNR uh this new community grant program DNR uh this new community grant program was<00:03:34.000
• <00:06:40.360> by County AIS aid program by County AIS aid program by 50%<00:06:42.800>
• , an extremely popular program, and 5% for the original community grant program.
• program being established.
• So I think that's really concerning. program and this program is meant to go program and this program

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• > one establishment date of the program by one establishment date of the program by one year<00
• <00:09:36.240> in these ideas for collection programs in these ideas for collection programs
• the challenges to the existing program the challenges to the existing program thank<00:31:25.559
• in Minnesota to fund the program.
• contract uh with the stewardship program contract uh with the stewardship program or<01:03:05.520

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• Examples include DNR's derelict vessel removal program and DFW's Aquatic Invasive Species Program.
• program.
• intent of the program.
• intent of the program.
• compare to similar programs?

Summary: The meeting began with JLARC’s biennial executive committee elections. After confirming a quorum, members unanimously elected Representative Pollet as chair, Senator Wagoner as vice chair, Representative Orcutt as secretary, and Senator Solomon as assistant secretary for the 2025-27 biennium. The committee also approved the May 14 meeting minutes unanimously. Chair Pollet then outlined a commitment to more member input on audit scope and coordination with the State Auditor’s Office. Staff presented a preliminary report on Washington State recreation boating programs. They reported that six agencies administer boating-related activities, that the state collected about $108 million in boating-related revenue in 2021-23, and that $86 million was spent, mostly on infrastructure and water access, environmental protection, boater safety, and marine law enforcement. Staff said Washington’s boating laws and programs are broadly similar to other states and noted that the final report is expected in September. JLARC then reviewed several tax preferences. For natural gas used as a transportation fuel, staff said the preferences reduce fuel costs but did not meet emissions-reduction targets because fewer vessels and vehicles converted to natural gas than expected; staff recommended continuing some exemptions and modifying reporting requirements. For travel agents and tour operators, staff said the preference continues to provide tax relief, but large beneficiaries’ savings are rising while small beneficiaries’ use is declining, leading to recommendations to continue the small-business rate and add or revise performance metrics. Staff also reviewed a nonprofit low-income housing property tax exemption, concluding it helps developers build homes as intended but that the performance metric should better reflect housing outcomes; they recommended the legislature decide whether to continue or modify it. Other reviews covered multipurpose senior citizen centers, disabled veteran adapted housing, trade convention attendance, agricultural fertilizer and seed wholesaling, hazardous substance tax treatment for pesticides, and silicon smelter energy preferences, with recommendations ranging from continuation to expiration depending on whether the stated objectives were met. The committee then adopted the final cannabis market study for distribution. Staff reported that Washington businesses produced two to three times more cannabis than retailers sold in 2023, and that inaccurate and incomplete reporting limits the Liquor and Cannabis Board’s ability to regulate the market. The board said it concurs with the recommendations, including developing a plan for a new data system and considering broader social equity options. Finally, staff presented the proposed final report on Department of Health oversight of hospital data reporting, inspections, and complaints. Staff said DOH was late on most acute-care hospital inspections, had not fully verified third-party inspection standards, and did not adequately review adverse event correction plans or assess language access barriers in its complaint system. DOH said it concurs with all six recommendations and has already made some transparency improvements, including a public dashboard for adverse event reporting.

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• advantage uh program. advantage uh program.
• program.
• program.
• program.
• caregiver grant program. caregiver grant program.

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Summary: The Legislative Budget Assistant staff presented an overview of the Senate changes to the House-passed budget, focusing on revenue estimates, appropriations, and ending balances across the general fund and education trust fund. The presentation emphasized that the Senate’s budget reflected higher revenue assumptions than the House, driven in part by updated April revenue figures, changes to business, tobacco, and real estate transfer tax splits, and different assumptions about video lottery terminal revenue. The Senate also adjusted lapse estimates upward, especially for HHS, after receiving updated information that lapses could be much larger than originally assumed. The presenter walked through the major differences in the surplus statements for fiscal years 2025 through 2027. Compared with the House, the Senate budget generally showed higher revenues, lower or different appropriations in some areas, and larger balances carried forward, including a larger education trust fund balance and a different rainy day fund transfer. The Senate’s approach also changed several policy assumptions, such as maintaining liquor revenue dedication, removing the House’s meals-and-rooms distribution cap, changing the treatment of unique revenue, and altering the process for meeting a targeted revenue amount by giving the governor more flexibility. On the appropriations side, the Senate removed or modified several House reductions and added funding or adjustments in areas including the judicial branch, corrections, HHS, the Human Rights Commission, and certain settlement costs. The presenter also highlighted Senate changes in House Bill 2 and related budget provisions, including a new arts tax credit, a nursing home bed fee, changes to Medicaid premium assumptions, and differences in how motor vehicle inspection repeal and BLT-related revenue are handled. No votes were taken in the portion shown; the discussion was informational and comparative, aimed at explaining the Senate budget changes before conference committee negotiations.

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• and the Medicaid program.
• Due to the cessation of the program, all employees materially involved in the program, including the
• This slide presents program expenditures by higher education institution for the life of the program,
• overseeing a program.
• The administration of the program was handled at UALR through the Donaldson Program Academy. Okay.

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• or the SNAP program.
• Now, these programs are grant-funded.
• the program so that it's not just...
• Vocational programs, treatment, and education programs have been shown to reduce risk. recidivism.
• Every day we're finding people who do not know of our program. program.

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• I will also say there is a patient savings program or co-pay assistance program, those kinds of things
• Program.
• So what do we do with the Bill Pell Pledge program?
• that program has gone in a second.
• It would have been through the Medicaid program.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then heard a detailed annual presentation from Dr. Thomas Arnold, chair of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, on maternal mortality trends and review findings. He explained the committee’s structure, the de-identified review process, and the distinction between pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related deaths. He said national maternal mortality has declined from its 2021 peak, but mental health conditions, substance use, overdose, suicide, cardiovascular disease, hemorrhage, infection, and embolism remain major causes. He emphasized that many deaths are preventable, with especially high rates among non-Hispanic Black women and in the American Indian/Alaska Native population, and noted that a large share of deaths occur after 42 days postpartum. Committee members asked about suicide, domestic abuse, pregnancy testing in unexplained deaths, and the role of home births and midwife training. Dr. Arnold said the committee is adding a caseworker, exploring post-mortem pregnancy testing in suspicious cases, and working with coroners and forensic officials; he also said home births and untrained midwifery pose safety concerns and that better public education and facility-based care are important. The committee then heard from State Fire Marshal Dr. Matt Clark on cigarette ignition propensity standards and fire prevention. He recommended updating North Dakota’s cigarette ignition legislation to the current national standard and also considering legislation requiring fast-breakaway oxygen tubing, citing fatal fires involving smoking around home oxygen. He explained that his office verifies manufacturer testing and maintains certification for cigarettes sold in the state, but does not itself conduct the testing. Members asked about implementation, cost, and whether the standards apply in tribal communities; Clark said he would follow up with cost information and additional details, and that he had not seen evidence of a major issue on tribal lands but would look further. Christine Greff of the Department of Health and Human Services presented the North Dakota Stroke System of Care report. She described the statewide network of two comprehensive stroke centers, four primary stroke centers, and 30 acute stroke-ready hospitals, along with the stroke registry and quality-improvement efforts. She reported that most strokes are ischemic, that the median stroke patient age is 71.5, and that common risk factors include hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetes. She highlighted improvements in door-to-CT, thrombolytic treatment times, dysphagia screening, EMS pre-notification, and interfacility transfer performance, and said new priorities include hemorrhagic stroke quality measures and standardized EMS stroke screening tools. Members asked about the VA hospital’s participation, and Greff said she would pursue outreach. After a break, the committee heard testimony from Taha Khan of Vertex Pharmaceuticals as part of the prior authorization study, focused on non-opioid pain treatment. He argued that prior authorization can delay access to acute pain treatment and may push patients toward opioids, especially in the critical 24- to 72-hour post-discharge window. He cited data showing that even short opioid exposure can increase the risk of long-term use and said prior authorization is often a barrier for physicians and patients. Khan recommended open access with a quantity limit rather than prior authorization, suggesting a 14-day limit supported by the product’s data and an episode-of-care approach. Members asked about dental use, payer discussions, and cost; he said the product’s wholesale acquisition cost is about $16.10 per tablet, with patient assistance available, and that he would follow up on payer and comparison-cost questions.

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• programs at institutions. programs at institutions.
• > programs and we review programs and we review programs on<00:24:21.600> a<00:24:21.720
• <00:25:21.280> CP program that we're going into. CP program that we're going into.
• <00:25:50.240> Um, programs here. Um, programs here.
• And so, that's a finite program.

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Summary: The Artificial Intelligence Task Force met and adopted the prior minutes before turning to AI in education. Jeff Gagne of the Southern Regional Education Board described SREB’s Commission on AI in Education, which has organized its work into committees on policy, K-12 instruction, postsecondary instruction, and skills development. He highlighted eight commission recommendations covering statewide AI networks, targeted guidance for different user groups, professional development, standards and curricula, local capacity assessments, risk management, procurement, and AI-ready workforce skills. He also emphasized that states need more specific guidance for students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and parents, and that training is essential because many educators have not been prepared to use AI in instruction. Gagne also summarized two recent SREB reports: one on AI-ready workforce skills and one on AI use in K-12 classrooms. The workforce report recommends embedding AI across standards, strengthening computer science and digital learning standards, collaborating with industry and workforce agencies, building AI competencies into training and upskilling, providing educator professional development, and monitoring readiness. He said the report identifies three skill areas: success skills, industry baseline skills, and technical skills. The classroom guidance report promotes responsible AI adoption, with four pillars focused on increasing cognitive demand, streamlining teaching and administrative work, supporting personalized learning, and developing ethical AI users. He also noted that the report includes an AI procurement tool for school districts. Members thanked Gagne for providing outside examples and resources. One member noted JCPS has an introductory AI professional development offering for educators. Gagne said Kentucky’s David Couch serves on the SREB commission and that the commission’s member list and reports are available on SREB’s website. The committee then heard from Travis Powell of the Council on Postsecondary Education, who said CPE had surveyed campuses and found that Kentucky institutions have broadly embraced AI in teaching, research, student services, and administrative operations. He said all institutions have AI-focused degrees, minors, or courses, and many are integrating AI into general education and across disciplines. Powell also said CPE is considering an AI consortium and that campuses are using AI in research partnerships and applied work, while continuing to focus on ethical and effective use.

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• <00:08:01.360> really so an investment of this program really so an investment of this program
• the livestock investment grant program the livestock investment grant program soil<00:25:10.200>
• <01:35:43.360> this<01:35:43.560> program<01:35:43.880> promotes CARE program
• this program promotes CARE program this program promotes healthy<01:35:44.560> food<01:35:44.960
• speak to the advantages of the program speak to the advantages of the program thank<01:36:48.400

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• <00:16:00.600> for um we also have a grant program for um we also have a grant program for
• theft of government funds and programs theft of government funds and programs and<01:11:30.280><
• Intervention Program grant program that will be going underneath the Youth Justice Office.
• <01:27:58.880> be<01:27:59.080> going Program grant program that will be going Program
• or education programs higher ed programs or education programs generally<02:00:08.760> uh<02:

Bills: HF2432

Keywords: HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board

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• Thank you, Senator Salazar. in the classroom program. in the classroom program.
• This is a new program. requirements. This is a new program.
• program. Thank you. program. Thank you.
• what those programs cost?
• That paralysis program.

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• So starting on line 4, the state grant program, the Senate offer number two proposes an appropriation
• 10, the Senate accepts the House offer to maintain the United Family Medicine resident residency program
• So starting on line 4, the state grant program, the Senate offer number two proposes an appropriation
• On line 34, the Senate accepts program.
• what's the deal with this program? what's the deal with this program?

Keywords: 1183, house