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• I'm the executive director of Milliken.
• We’re in executive session.
• Senator Lang executive session, second.
• We're in executive session.
• come out of executive session. come out of executive session.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Um, in the what you'll hear from uh Agent Whitehead shortly, we went and got an executive order from
• Our executive leadership met yesterday, and we're ready to roll this out.
• > yesterday Our executive leadership met yesterday Our executive leadership met yesterday and<
• The executive order was drafted to be permissive. This is not trying to create a new program.
• 07.199> to<00:17:07.439> be executive order was drafted to be executive order was drafted

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3467, a policy bill by Representative Ray Brower that would give the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs clearer statutory authority to collaborate with veterans organizations using staff time, expertise, and other nonmonetary resources. Brower and MDVA testified that the bill is permissive, does not move money, and is intended to help the agency support initiatives related to food insecurity, homelessness, suicide prevention, and similar needs. They cited a DAV-led effort to expand veterans food pantry services statewide as the main example, including possible use of MDVA space and staff support, and noted a reporting requirement to legislative veterans committee leaders. John Kelly of MDVA said the bill arose from discussions with agency counsel and is meant to avoid uncertainty about whether the department can partner quickly on emerging initiatives. Stefan Whitehead of the Disabled American Veterans described the food pantry work already underway in Minneapolis, where DAV says it serves about 300 boxes of food a month, and said the organization wants to expand statewide with MDVA’s help in identifying need, coordinating partners, and connecting veterans to benefits and other resources. He emphasized that DAV is not seeking state funding, but rather MDVA expertise and coordination. Members generally supported the concept but raised concerns about the bill’s wording and whether it could be read to allow use of agency resources beyond nonmonetary support or lead to added costs or staff positions. Chair Bliss and Representative Wilson asked for clarifying language to ensure the bill does not authorize spending or full-time employees, and Kelly said MDVA was willing to work on amendments to make that clear. The committee did not take final action and instead laid the bill over for possible amendment and further work.

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• I'm sorry, Caroline Kadra, Executive Office on Aging director.
• I'm sorry, Caroline Kadra, Executive Office on Aging director.
• I'm sorry, Caroline Kadra, Executive Office on Aging director.
• Um, I was the founding executive level.
• fact that you are also an executive fact that you are also an executive director<00:29:29.279>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on a series of gubernatorial nominations to health, disability, aging, and advisory boards. Early nominees included Pria Tay for the Kauaʻi Service Area Board on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, who emphasized her 25 years in the mental health field and commitment to community access to training and resources, and Ashley Mishihara for the Fuel Tank Advisory Committee, who described her involvement in the Red Hill response and ongoing concern about protecting the sole-source aquifer and ensuring remediation. Christopher Luthie, nominated to the State LGBTQ+ Commission, said he wanted to advocate for LGBTQ+ residents statewide and help improve programs so people are not overlooked, and he received support from commission member Michael Galuyo Jr., who said the commission had lacked a Hawaii County representative since December. The committee also heard from nominees to the Radiologic Technology Board, including David Wodsworth and Reena Shimata. Wodsworth said the board should modernize rules and regulations, while the Department of Health supported him and clarified that the board focuses on policy and procedures rather than direct licensing decisions. Shimata said she wanted to help protect patients, technologists, and the public from radiation exposure, and the Department of Health and several medical professionals supported her, with one witness noting that modern technology reduces dose but competent technologists remain essential to avoid unnecessary exposure. The committee deferred GM712, a nomination not present at the hearing, until Monday, March 9. Additional nominations included Judy Pike for the disability communications/access board, who cited her prior DECAP staff experience and long involvement in disability access work, with strong support from a current board member; Rick Taber for the Policy Advisory Board for Elderly Affairs, who sought a second term and highlighted his committee leadership and long mental health career; Amy Healey Austin for the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, who said she wanted to represent rural health needs and described her leadership roles in West Hawaiʻi health care; and Ed Chevy for DECAB, who stressed the importance of interpreter access and communication access, with support from Christine Pagano. The committee took no final votes in the portion of the hearing provided, and several nominees were told their decisions would be taken up later in the meeting or at the end of the calendar.

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• Then we're going to go to the LFC, the legislative and the executive recommendations.
• The Executive is about $700 million. I think as Izzy mentioned. LFC is about $530 million.
• You'll see a higher recommendation in the executive using more of the trust fund.
• Executive budget recommendation summary.
• Chairman, the executive budget by statute isn't due until right before the session.

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• Senate Executive Message Number 38.
• Senate Executive Message Number 39.
• Senate Executive Message Number 39.
• Senate Executive Message Number 41. Senate Executive Message Number 41.
• Senate Executive Message No. 44.

Keywords: 996, all

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• branch issues executive orders on a lot of these topics.
• This is another agency that the president discussed in the executive order.
• This is another agency that the president discussed in the executive order.
• This is a recent executive order from June 26, so the end of June.
• The quick executive summary, you can create those things on the fly.

Keywords: 908, all

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• So again, our team met with the executive director.
• We also have the executive director and the chairman.
• So I’m familiar with going into a board’s executive session.
• So if we went into executive session, it would indicate in the minutes that we go to executive session
• session, that you are staying on the topic of the executive session, that that portion of the executive

Summary: The committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with the statewide Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and OMB reported a clean, unmodified opinion for the state, with strong financial results including a $40.6 billion net position, $30.99 billion in assets, $1.81 billion in liabilities, and continued Legacy Fund growth. OMB also explained the new GASB 101 compensated-absences reporting change and discussed pension-liability fluctuations tied to discount-rate assumptions and investment performance. Members asked about how the state compares to others and about the effect of short-term commodity price swings, and OMB said the report reflects actual fiscal-year results rather than forecasts. The committee then heard the University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund revenue, insufficient monitoring of service organizations at CTS, NDSU, and UND, improper bank reconciliations at Dakota College of Bottineau, Dickinson State, and Williston State, and investment/cash reconciliation problems at Bismarck State College related to bond proceeds. University officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations. Members raised questions about NDSU’s use of certificates of deposit, and university staff explained that CDs are used to earn interest on funds being accumulated for future projects. Several other audits were presented, most with clean opinions and no findings, including the State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Notable exceptions included a State Fair Association audit with an adverse opinion on the foundation component unit because its financial statements were not available for audit, and a Securities Department performance audit finding that performance-based pay increases and bonuses were issued without required evaluations. The committee also discussed the State Auditor’s future needs, including more staff capacity, data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, possible subpoena authority, independent legal counsel, and whether some audits—such as the Ethics Commission and State Fair—should be handled by independent third parties or under different statutory arrangements.

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• It sounds like right now that the executive board, um, they do have—or have they hired an executive director
• <00:07:26.639> board need um I think the executive board need um I think the executive board
• It sounds like right now that the executive board, um, they do have—or have they hired an executive director
• It sounds like right now that the executive board, um, they do have—or have they hired an executive director
• <00:18:22.679> Board comfortable with the Executive Board comfortable with the Executive Board

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . >> An emergency, but the ... is for purposes of this subsection executive branch agencies include all
• contract of the purchasing agency is in the executive branch.
• In addition to the the executive branch.
• <00:07:26.240> branch this subsection executive branch this subsection executive branch agencies
• It's the separation of powers issue that we can't—the governor has to tell the executive branch agencies

Bills: HB136, HB137, HB220, HB213, HB256, HB136, HB137, HB220, HB213, HB256

Keywords: Teacher's Retirement System, TRS, DROP, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, retirement benefits, teacher retirement, classroom teacher, Tier I, Tier II, public pension, pension reform, education employees, retirement system, sick leave, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, beneficiary, lump-sum payout, rollover, service retirement

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• <00:01:32.040> order this year that by executive order this year that by executive order Governor
• more about the um Governor's executive more about the um Governor's executive order<00:02:50.200
• insurance fraud under this executive insurance fraud under this executive order<00:04:42.840>
• large Sal search warrant execution large Sal search warrant execution across<00:19:06.120> the
• The good thing about this executive order is now you can say nothing about all executive orders going

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But we can go into executive session if you need to ask some legal questions.
• That was the full executive request for cybersecurity for non-recurring.
• Chairman, the executive recommendation on line 68...
• So I see the executive, but what... Was there money somewhere else?
• The amount on page three, on line 382, matches the executive request.

Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• Executive recommendation and then what H.A.F. said adopted. Go ahead. Wait.
• So this big one is basically the executive branch...
• The executive, after House Bill 2 passed the House, went through the bill and their executive rec, and
• Or additional language that wasn't considered within the executive rec.
• .. ...that they're not on the list, and we have a motion to all the executives.

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• The office would have an executive coordinator, executive director, per se, that would.
• Answer to an executive board, the executive board is made up of five members of the 911 Management Authority
• So you'd have 10 members at the top that the executive coordinator would report to.
• He's done it before, where he's done an executive order, executive order, right?
• He's done executive orders and moved people around within the state.

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• the state executive branch under deer's<00:10:34.200> jurisdiction.
• I'm the executive director of the Hawaii Worker Center.
• <00:32:38.559> for Thomas Williams, executive director for Thomas Williams, executive director
• this bill as a not as an executive this bill as a not as an executive director,<00:39:09.760>
• be moving on to Winston Welch, executive be moving on to Winston Welch, executive director<00:49

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We have Randy Pra, Executive Director for HGA, in support.
• <00:47:57.680> director have right Randy PR executive director have right Randy PR executive
• Next we have Randy Pera, Executive Director for HGA, in support.
• c> glr<00:51:35.599> H executive executive director for glr H executive executive director
• I’m Alani Kyoki, Executive Director of the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• executive session. You can ask that. executive session. You can ask that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
• The ayes have it, and it is so ordered. employees, they do executive branch employees, they do executive
• branch that helps facilitate executive branch that helps facilitate that. that. that.
• >> I'll motion we go into executive session. >> Motion made. Is there a second?
• >> I'll motion we go in executive session.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission met on June 9, 2026, with a quorum present and first elected David Nicholas as chair and Mike Soles as vice chair by acclamation. The commission then approved the prior meeting minutes and received staff reports, including March and April financial reports showing the office remained within budget. Staff also reported that the April filing cycle for employers and lobbyists had been completed and that the next reporting period would open September 1 and be due September 15. The commission approved a 2% cost-of-living adjustment for staff for fiscal years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, consistent with the state budget. Staff also updated members on office space: the current lease, in place since 1995, is being extended for six months at the current rate while the office evaluates whether to renew or move to a larger space. Members discussed the need for a better work environment and a small conference room, and staff said they would keep the commission updated as the process develops. The commission then considered its annual recommended legislative changes to the LRC. Staff explained that the first three items were the same as last year’s recommendations and the fourth corrected a drafting issue where a confirming amendment had been missed. Members discussed the timing and usefulness of the recommendations, including a brief joke about hiring lobbyists, and then approved all four items for recommendation. Finally, the commission voted to enter executive session to discuss confidential complaints and, if necessary, informal opinions.

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• We look at executive leadership.
• Again, our team met with the executive director.
• We also have the executive director and the chairman.
• So if we went into executive session, it would indicate in the minutes that we go to executive session
• session, to stay on the topic of the executive session.

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• So that's from the LFC up to the executive recommendation there.
• So that's from the LFC up to the executive recommendation there.
• So this gets that up to the executive recommendation.
• And you can see the executive had a request of $160 million.
• The executive had not recommended line 21.

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• Restitution is not required, or may be reduced, for the value of interest if the defendant executes a
• If the defendant executes a quitclaim deed to remove the cloud on title, it clarifies that a judge may
• officer authorized to make arrests in the county where the warrant will be executed.
• make an arrest in the county of execution.
• I am the executive director and CEO of the Lone Star Justice Alliance.

Summary: The committee heard and laid out a series of criminal justice bills, with public and invited testimony on restitution, juvenile justice, child abuse reporting, public-safety protections, organ trafficking, property fraud, disaster-response worker protections, fentanyl exposure, emergency data disclosure, insurance-fraud investigations, blood warrant execution, human smuggling, and TJJD advocacy access. Several measures drew support from prosecutors, clerks, law enforcement, utility companies, and victims who described real-world harms and delays in current law; opposition or caution came from civil-rights and advocacy groups on bills involving expanded criminal liability, data disclosure, and juvenile-facility access. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with the committee later voting out SB 127 favorably and placing it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1666 would streamline restitution payments for parole or mandatory supervision cases by requiring TDCJ to include victim information when forwarding payments, shortening the period before unclaimed funds go to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund, and clarifying confidentiality and contact procedures; county clerks supported it as an efficiency measure. SB 2776 would let TJJD disclose certain information, with written consent, to support the Credible Messengers Program, and SB 127 would extend limitations periods for failure-to-report child abuse and concealment offenses, with testimony emphasizing delayed discovery of abuse and the need for accountability. SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting or interfering with peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers, and SB 456 would raise penalties for organ purchasing/trafficking and create a more specific criminal framework for the offense; both drew strong support from law enforcement and victims. The committee also heard SB 2611 on real property theft and deed fraud, which would create separate offenses for real property theft and fraud, add a ten-year limitations period, require criminal judgments to be filed in county property records, and expand restitution and title-clearing remedies. Witnesses described forged deeds, stolen church and family properties, and long, costly efforts to restore title; county clerks and prosecutors said the bill would help victims and streamline civil remedies. SB 482 would increase penalties for offenses against utility workers during declared disasters or evacuation orders, prompted by reports of threats and assaults during Hurricane Beryl; utility representatives said the bill is needed to keep mutual-aid crews coming to Texas. SB 1234 would add fentanyl to the endangerment statute for vulnerable people, while SB 816 would allow providers to disclose electronic data in immediate life-threatening situations; both drew support from prosecutors and criticism from civil-rights advocates concerned about overbreadth and liability protections.

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• Lastly, and close, lastly, executive programs. What?
• You know, what are you doing on the executive side?
• You are recognized, acting executive director, for your presentation.
• Thank you so much, Executive Director, for that presentation.
• Executive Director, you are recognized to make your presentation.

Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the agencies under its jurisdiction and their current-year budgets. Chair Vicki Lopez welcomed members and staff, and each member briefly introduced themselves and identified areas of interest, with recurring themes including fiscal restraint, insurance regulation, revenue administration, condominium issues, and government efficiency. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s overall budget, about $3.1 billion, and noted major recent policy areas affecting the budget such as condominium legislation and emergency communications funding. Agency heads then presented high-level summaries of their missions and budgets. The Department of Revenue described property tax oversight, tax administration, and child support enforcement; the Department of Management Services reviewed state purchasing, telecommunications, fleet, state insurance, retirement, and digital services; DBPR highlighted licensing, enforcement, condominiums, and building code work; DFS covered insurance consumer services, risk management, unclaimed property, fire marshal functions, and criminal investigations; the Gaming Control Commission discussed pari-mutuel and tribal gaming oversight and enforcement; OIR explained insurer solvency and rate review; the Lottery emphasized education funding and record sales; OFR described regulation of banking, securities, lending, and money services; DOAH outlined administrative and workers’ compensation adjudication; PSC covered utility rate regulation and consumer complaints; PERC described labor relations and career service appeals; and FCHR summarized discrimination complaint investigations and outreach. Several members asked questions about utility returns, insurance regulation staffing, DMS’s state employee health plan deficit and prescription drug formulary management, agency recommendations for reducing regulatory burden, and state facilities usage. Responses generally emphasized that utility rates and insurer filings are determined through evidentiary and actuarial processes, that OIR has reduced vacancies but still seeks specialized staff and a Tampa office expansion, and that DMS acknowledged rising health plan costs and said the issue likely requires broader budget-level discussion. The chair also pressed multiple presenters to stay focused on agency operations and budgets rather than broader policy issues. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.