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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- all are, not just the farmers, but we all are having uh heartburn about our health insurance uh premiums
- health are having uh heartburn about our health insurance<00:20:54.720>
uh <00:20:54.960>premiums - <00:20:56.159>
So, insurance uh premiums as well. So, insurance uh premiums as well. - We may have a couple of job classifications, like we have one that's a regulatory specialist one, two
- classifications like we have one that's um<01:19:20.320>
a <01:19:20.560>regulatory <01
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Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:01:00
Approval of Minutes 00:02:31
Kentucky Farm Bureau 00:02:42
Kentucky Department of Agriculture 00:28:18
Kentucky Cattlemen's Association 01:48:13, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products.
Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December.
Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 18th, 2026
State Government
Keywords:
independent contractors, portable benefits, employee benefits, tax deductions, employment relationship, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, financial services, discrimination, social credit score, religious freedom, transparency, consumer rights, Alabama, wastewater management, public service commission
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and there are a couple questions that no one seemed to have an answer for, like for the premiums,
- how<00:32:06.080>
would <00:32:06.640>participants <00:32:07.679>pay the premiums - , how would participants pay the premiums, how would participants pay for<00:32:08.159>
that? - So those are really what I and, by the way, this is my classification, and I said that carefully when
- and I said that carefully classification and I said that carefully when<01:17:05.120>
I <01:17
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving.
The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis.
Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- County assessors determine the classification, the use, if you're familiar with that property tax classification
- We've got, I think, somewhere around 55 classification rates, a lot of different types of property, whether
- There's a lot of different classifications, so it's the county assessors and auditors that are trying
- the use uh if you're classification the use uh if you're familiar<00:07:18.199>
with <00:07:18.319 - You can use this example if you extrapolate it to other classifications, too.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh one of them you heard last session, which was to increase the jury premium, which I already mentioned
- Uh one of them you heard last session, which was to increase the jury premium, which I already mentioned
- Uh one of them you heard last session, which was to increase the jury premium, which I already mentioned
- <01:08:20.560>
Um, <01:08:20.960>it's <01:08:21.199>worth classifications work - Um, it's worth classifications work.
Keywords:
judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost.
The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response.
Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The taxable property classification in the bill is 4c(12) in 273.13.
- in the bill is in four is classification in the bill is in four is 4<00:15:55.120>
C <00:15:56.120 - Additionally, insurance providers have begun to raise premiums and deductibles and, in some cases, have
- Additionally, insurance providers have begun to raise premiums and deductibles and, in some cases, have
- providers have begun to raise premiums providers have begun to raise premiums and<01:42:42.639><
Keywords:
HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, the premium for our non-Medicare is $478 per month.
- 2017 the only retirees paying a premium 2017 the only retirees paying a premium contribution<00:
- I think so. premium on the uh on the Medicare um so premium on the uh on the Medicare um so I'm<00:19
- still have to pay their part Fe premium still have to pay their part Fe premium I'm<00:21:13.840
- Market I actually have to withhold the Market I actually have to withhold the premium premium premium
Summary:
The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures.
A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions.
Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service.
The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Jones said she had questions about the classification of workers and how she sees them
- Representative Jones said she had questions about the classification of workers and how she sees them
- She said OA has a mix of different classifications.
- at OA the um um classifications at OA the um legislative<01:10:30.400>
auditor <01:10:30.840>< - And brevity is at a premium so that we don’t have to be here this evening.
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/19/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- and others don't for the<00:15:37.519>
very <00:15:37.759>same <00:15:38.079>classification - <00:15:38.800>
of the very same classification of the very same classification of action<00 - These websites offer premium features for different sex poses of the victim.
- These websites offer premium features for different sex poses of the victim.
- These websites offer premium features for different sex poses of the victim.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- He added that New Hampshire follows the laws it is bound to follow and places a premium in its public
- for large use and energy classifications for large use electric<02:33:44.880>
facilities. - Um, HB 1722 is customer protections for, uh, and large use electric facility classification.
- I think I'm creating a new classification.
- I'm asking them to create a separate classification and just to be ready for the existence of that classification
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/14/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Loss<01:30:48.800>
premium <01:30:49.200>tax <01:30:49.520>credits <01:30:49.920> from <01:30:50.080>the Loss premium tax credits from the Loss premium tax credits from- ,<01:55:57.800>
and <01:55:57.960>reporting classification, and reporting classification - Here the language has been modified slightly to remove the provision related to the premium tax.
- Um, here the language has been modified slightly to remove the provision related to the premium tax.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- higher than premiums for widowed men.
- pay lower premiums.
- The premiums, so, but we, we as agents.
- SB 51 obligates employers to pay the health insurance premium premiums of their employees through the
- You rescind the policy, you send them all their premium back, um.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Since 2022, we have conducted 242 audits that have led to a worker classification determination.
- Since 2022, we have conducted 242 audits that have led to a worker classification determination.
- Since 2022, we have conducted 242 audits that have led to a worker classification determination.
- Since 2022, we have conducted 242 audits that have led to a worker classification determination.
- <00:32:45.240>
of <00:32:45.480>those classification of those classification of those workers
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/01/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- continue purchasing retiree insurance plan, as Senator Wickland said, is entirely funded by retiree premiums
- continue purchasing retiree insurance plan, as Senator Wickland said, is entirely funded by retiree premiums
- In 2024, only two employees were employed in the service worker classification, with the most recent
- hire occurring in 2011, and two employees were in the supported employment worker classification.
- with the most recent hire classification with the most recent hire occurring<01:23:05.120>
in
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration May 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So each individual department would have answers to how many employees and which classifications and
- Does this order apply to all employees at every classification?
- The only classification. based exception that I would mention, I mentioned previously.
- Under my classifications, I represent health education consultants, public health nutrition consultants
- the May revision maintains funding for all negotiated 2026 calendar year increases in healthcare premiums
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 27th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So beginning July 1st, the state will impose a $30,000 a $30 a month premium on undocumented Medi-Cal
- boards and reporting requirements under CDCR and the Office of Inspector General and updating new classifications
- full-time incarcerated college students to pursue other rehabilitative programming and provides classification
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't deal with classification rates or anything else.
- It doesn't deal with classification rates or anything else.
- It doesn't deal with classification rates or anything else.
- Classification rates or anything else.
- potentially talking about COLAs or anything else that we're needing to do regarding health insurance premiums
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (1-15-26) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- 57.599>
recruitment <00:37:58.160>and These include special entry rates and locality premiums - As far as the classification of where somebody's at on that waiting list, if you will, uh, we are already
- As far as the classification of where somebody's at on that waiting list, if you will, uh, we are already
- As the classification of where somebody's at on that waiting list, if you will, uh, we are already there
- The same thing for the premiums that we get, and so remember there's a mix of revenue that we get.
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Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:00
Approve Minutes from November 13, 2025- 00:00:55
RiverLink Tolling Operations for Louisville Bridges-Quarterhill Testimony- 00:01:48
Staff Report on Veterans’ Centers- 00:26:45
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Response to Staff Report- 0:58:53
Adjournment- 1:18:00, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the November 13, 2025 meeting and then heard testimony from Quarter Hill, the tolling subcontractor for RiverLink on the Indiana-Kentucky bridge system. Quarter Hill described its role in back-office support and call center operations for the Lincoln, Kennedy, and Lewis and Clark bridges, and said the contract began in 2021 with go-live in September 2023. The company reported that revenue has increased since it took over, customer service response times have improved, and it has been operating at a loss because the contract was based on outdated transaction estimates and did not account for higher-than-expected volume and added support costs.
Members questioned Quarter Hill about the role of consultants, the low reported collection rate, and why the company was leaving the contract. Quarter Hill said a single large consulting engineering firm had been hired to help shape the RFP and contract, but argued that consultants and overly detailed requirements can create disputes and hinder efficient service. On collection rates, the company said the reported 85% rate reflects the absence of registration holds and other enforcement tools, and that the remaining unpaid tolls are the hardest to collect. The company also said it had lost significant money on the contract and had reached a change order and termination agreement, while emphasizing that the system itself was functioning well.
The committee then received a staff report on Kentucky veterans centers. Staff said quality of care is generally high and staffing has improved, but reported occupancy figures are misleading because they are based on certified beds rather than functional capacity after conversions to single-occupancy rooms and capital projects. The report said actual occupancy is closer to 85% than the commonly reported 56%, and that increasing occupancy would not necessarily increase revenue because the state’s cost of care exceeds reimbursement and private-pay revenue. Recommendations included adopting functional occupancy reporting, continuing the move to single-occupancy rooms, reviewing modernization needs at Thompson Hood, including Eastern Kentucky in planning, and referring the Radcliffe HVAC procurement and installation to the Auditor of Public Accounts and Attorney General for review.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- for more than 300 new pay slots, and $27.8 million for Florida Healthy Kids, combined risk model premium
- because they have told their contracted processor not to pay premiums for the month of March.
- And failure to pay your health care premium will result in a notice of termination of your insurance
- for non-payment of premium.
- And so, you know, if the health department has told the vendor in February not to pay March's premiums
Bills:
S2500, S2502, S2504, S7028, S2506, S2508, S2510, S2512, S2514, S2516, S2518, S0482, S0678, S0984, S1016, S1074, S1706, S7030
Keywords:
budget, appropriation, education funding, healthcare, environmental protection, infrastructure, local government, Appropriations Act, funding, education, rural development, economic assistance, collective bargaining, state employees, labor relations, impasse resolution, negotiations, retirement, elected officials, Deferred Retirement Option Program
Summary:
The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote.
The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan.
The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Their analysis showed that it reduced or mitigated Premium increases.
- PBMs claimed that they saved consumers' money, yet drug costs and premiums keep rising.
- Premium increases and lowered patient cost sharing.
- Their analysis showed that it reduced or mitigated premium increases.
- Consumers' money, yet drug costs and premiums keep rising.
Bills:
SB65, SB248, SB330, SB378, SB844, SB1330, SB1410, SB1475, SB1476, SB1565, SB1618, SB1623, SJR39, SJR47, SB2084, SB1655, SB1679, SB2174, SB1775, SB1873, SB1204, SB1884, SB1916, SB1937, SB1447, SB1500, SB2007, SB2074, SB1944, SB2018, SB1984, SB2026, SB2045, SB2049, SB2062, SB2112, SB2118, SB2127, SB2134, SB2135, SB2139, SB2154, SB1195
Keywords:
SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid