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• It is the result of evaluation of hundreds of project options, and it's the most economical project that
• And it hasn't been evaluated. 13.1. I can read it by heart.
• MMR2 has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential or impairment of fertility, period
• Long-term studies in animals to evaluate carcinogenic potential or impairment of fertility has not been
• Long-term studies in animals to evaluate carcinogenic potential or impairment of fertility has not been

Bills: S0036, S0620, S0796, S0934, S1080, S1096, S1366, S1536, S1548, S1580, S1588, S1620, S1756, S7034, S7044

Keywords: nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy, veterinary medicine, telehealth, veterinary professional associate, animal health, public safety, access to veterinary services, payment bond exemption, Habitat for Humanity, Florida Forever Act, land acquisition

Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.

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• So again, they're evaluating all of these logistical components in a multi-state region to start the
• They are trying to put as much in that funnel to evaluate at the forefront and then they're trying to
• You know, the process of evaluation for a hyperscaler is usually a year or more.
• We want you to evaluate this place to do business.
• And that's certainly going to be something that we continue to evaluate as we go forward.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10 Approval of Minutes 00:01:19 Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39 Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.

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• 46, you can see that the bill would eliminate the allocation for CARS implementation support and evaluation
• ,<00:08:59.440> though<00:08:59.680> the<00:08:59.839> A3 support and evaluation
• , though the A3 support and evaluation, though the A3 does<00:09:00.959> make<00:09:01.760>
• <01:45:24.320> We<01:45:24.560> strongly still being evaluated.
• We strongly still being evaluated.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This statute falls under the sexual assault victim statute, and the program evaluation that is our topic
• Currently, the director only had to submit the evaluation to the commissioner of health.
• So I guess first of all I would just say that the process for sort of being evaluated for a fraudulent
• So I guess first of all I would just say that the process for sort of being evaluated for a fraudulent
• <02:09:23.360> to that might include program evaluation to that might include program evaluation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We do have evaluation methods in place because we use the Baldrige criteria as our framework for quality
• division thank you for having evaluation division thank you for having me<01:37:30.400> here<
• was for local governments to evaluate was for local governments to evaluate how<01:43:51.239>
• how<01:45:09.360> their<01:45:09.560> land<01:45:09.880> use should evaluate
• how their land use should evaluate how their land use designations<01:45:11.040> and<01:45:11.239

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We do an evaluation on a monthly basis, but typically the big month is June.
• And like other business credits, the R&D program should be evaluated as a spending program too, like
• And like other business credits, the R&D program should be evaluated as a spending program too, like
• The purpose of the legislation is to allow prospective franchisees the ability to better evaluate and
• So the more that we can evaluate our grantees based on this, that, we want to do that because it allows

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• our school required is before they could come back, if they’d made those threats, they had to be evaluated
• And my concern is... ...to evaluate lesser charges.
• So as the law is right now, prosecutors have discretion to evaluate a case, bring whatever charge they
• want, whatever level of charge they want, and juries can evaluate that later.
• There's two different definitions that go along with that, and that's how we evaluate: Is it assault

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the prior day by a 123-0 roll call vote. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize National Police Week and honor fallen law enforcement officers with a moment of silence, and several members gave farewell remarks for departing colleagues and interns. The chamber also introduced a number of special guests, including student groups, interns, a former representative, and the University of Missouri wheelchair basketball team. The House then took up Senate messages and committee reports before acting on House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1839, 2921, and 3015. The sponsor explained the Senate amendment was a technical correction to an online age-verification provision related to pornography; the House concurred 104-30 and then finally passed the package 112-25. The chamber also considered the conference committee report on House Bill 2596, which was described as a small-business health plan measure that modernizes pooled-plan language and adds a 12-month contraception coverage provision while removing a Senate-added blood pressure cuff requirement. After debate on the conference report and a severability clause, the House adopted the report 120-26 and then third-read and passed the bill 119-27. Finally, the House debated Senate Bill 905, which would create the Missouri Ranger training program allowing schools to optionally place specially trained personnel with narrow law-enforcement authority on campus. Debate focused heavily on school safety, local control, training standards, liability, funding, and whether the proposal would improve protection or instead increase the presence of guns in schools. Supporters argued it would give districts another optional safety tool, especially where school resource officers are unavailable, while opponents said schools need more mental health and educational resources rather than armed personnel and raised concerns about training, child development, and unintended harm. The House adopted an amendment clarifying the program after a 96-46 vote, but the transcript cuts off before final passage of the bill.

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• So, there's a certain evaluation of what the scope of that is.
• So, there's a certain evaluation of what the scope of that is.
• So, there's a certain evaluation of what the scope of that is.
• So, there's a certain evaluation of what the scope of that is.
• > what an evaluation of what an evaluation of what the<01:03:35.760> scope<01:03:36.160

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We're pleased to present AB 368, which would direct the CEC to evaluate the use of passive house energy
• We must be proactive and evaluate the areas in our local communities that may pose a danger to our members
• The best metric we have to evaluating this very large agency's performance over the years is through
• as a constitutional agency, more accountability is needed for the public and the legislature to evaluate
• AB 1319 creates a clear and orderly process by which the state would evaluate the changes in federal

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• >> How do you guys evaluate the different >> How do you guys evaluate the different branches
• I'm not sure how you guys evaluate.
• evaluate. evaluate.
• Well, you I know you asked evaluations.
• But we need evaluations of staff.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• All faculty are evaluated the same as ...on-campus faculty.
• , and they do those annual evaluations. ...same as we do with our adjuncts and tenure, pre-tenure faculty
• And after seeing those impacts, Barr began a 10-plus-year evaluation journey.
• Our evaluator was AIR, the American Institutes for Research.
• Along this 10-year journey of evaluation, Barr was accredited by all kinds of organizations.

Summary: The committee met to hear presentations on dual credit programs from North Dakota higher education leaders, a school superintendent, and teachers. Valley City State University described its dual credit model, emphasizing quality control through annual teacher training, syllabus and outcomes alignment, faculty qualification review, school visits, and pathways aimed at the College Studies Certificate. Members asked about teacher employment, course scheduling, revenue, scholarships, and whether a centralized model might improve efficiency; VCSU said most instructors are K-12 employees, online offerings are still small, and centralization could weaken local relationships and choice. Lake Region State College similarly stressed access and partnerships, noting about half of its headcount is still in high school, with both online and face-to-face dual credit options, district reimbursement arrangements, and support for rural schools. Lake Region also said dual credit helps students who might not otherwise see themselves as college-bound, but reduced tuition can still be a barrier for some families. Fargo Public Schools reported continued growth in dual credit, with 50 courses offered in partnership with several NDUS institutions and a 12.61% increase in participation. The superintendent highlighted a growing education pathway, including students completing Introduction to Education and field experience, and said the district is exploring a grow-your-own teacher pipeline. He also raised concerns about inconsistent institutional processes, teacher credentialing requirements, and transfer clarity, arguing for more aligned statewide systems. In response to questions, he said AP and dual credit can coexist, with AP often better for highly selective out-of-state colleges and dual credit better for students targeting North Dakota institutions, and he described some use of Arizona State online courses in earlier rural partnerships but said Fargo is focused on local institutions. Two teachers then testified on the classroom perspective. A West Fargo anatomy and physiology teacher said dual credit has expanded access, lowered costs, and prepared students well, but agreed that foundational science courses may be more effective when taken later in high school to reduce knowledge loss before college. A Drake-Anamoose English teacher, who has taught dual credit for more than 20 years, said the program has supported many students who went on to a wide range of careers and emphasized that small rural schools rely on dual credit to provide opportunities they otherwise could not offer. No formal votes or actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• graphs is by design because in the report we utilize a range of possible outcomes or scenarios to evaluate
• He said farmers need to be considered as part of the stakeholder group when re-evaluating this.
• <01:35:27.240> So, evaluating those future decisions.
• So, evaluating those future decisions.
• you take a look at this and re-evaluate you take a look at this and re-evaluate it.<01:37:15.160

Bills: HF4470, HF2418, HF3417, HF3365, HF3463

Keywords: HF4470, Melissa Hortman, memorial, statue, memorial garden, State Office Building, Capitol Mall Design Framework, capital investment, appropriation, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Department of Administration, public art, commemorative monument, landscaping, artist selection, family consultation, Minnesota legislature, state building site, capital appropriation, political subdivisions

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• By evaluating Minnesota's current capabilities and identifying gaps.
• where Minnesota stands today evaluate where Minnesota stands today and<01:07:01.119> where<01
• By evaluating<01:07:17.520> Minnesota's<01:07:18.079> current evaluating Minnesota's current
• evaluating Minnesota's current capabilities<01:07:19.039> and<01:07:19.359> identifying
• By evaluating Minnesota's current capabilities and identifying gaps.

Bills: HF4438, HF4467, HF4379, SF3402, HF4349, HF4064, HF84, HF85, HF3804

Keywords: healthcare, WIC, community health, licensing, speech-language pathology, audiology, contract term limits, healthcare services, provider enrollment, disenrollment, premium payments, medical assistance, substance use disorders, mental health, children's mental health, early childhood, early intervention, consultation grants, Head Start, child care

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• bill continues the salary and benefits survey conducted by the Office of the Legislative Auditor to evaluate
• process, it's important to give us lawmakers a clear, consistent, and data-driven foundation for evaluating
• data-driven foundation for evaluating data-driven foundation for evaluating compensation<01:33:42.560
• 51.560> legislative<01:39:52.160> auditor<01:39:52.840> to<01:39:53.000> evaluate
• of the legislative auditor to evaluate of the legislative auditor to evaluate State<01:39:53.760

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• reported significant gaps in students' information literacy and research skills, particularly in evaluating
• sources<00:09:29.760> for<00:09:30.080> credibility<00:09:30.880> and evaluating
• sources for credibility and evaluating sources for credibility and accuracy<00:09:32.399> and
• As misinformation spreads rapidly, the ability to evaluate sources, synthesize evidence, and use technology
• information landscape, from learning how to ask meaningful questions to guide their inquiry to evaluating

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• :08:14.400> federally sector committees, then federally sector committees, then federally evaluated
• , approved, and evaluated, reviewed, approved, and contracted<00:08:17.520> by<00:08:17.680>
• The courts are currently considering which version of a funding application HUD can use to evaluate the
• c><00:14:45.199> the<00:14:45.360> fiscal<00:14:45.680> year HUD can use to evaluate
• But I urge you to look at all available state resources and evaluate where Minnesota can help fill this

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• So after evaluating the four quarters of data, the regulators and the Navy will determine where
• So we wanted to basically test and evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment system before we proceed
• > by<00:54:10.000> DOH<00:54:10.400> and and investigation evaluations by DOH and
• and investigation evaluations by DOH and EPA<00:54:11.040> have<00:54:11.200> determined
• the feasibility of a technology evaluate the feasibility of a technology known<00:55:44.079> as

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings. For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations. NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27. The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.

Transcript Highlights:

• And just as kind of a rhetorical question then, how is somebody going to evaluate the authenticity and
• How is somebody going to evaluate the authenticity and the accuracy of those verbal or of those statements
• No other members. evaluate it and and and review it the evaluate it and and and review it the same<01
• And so, for the evaluation of being able to take exams in your own county, we found that over 77% of
• of of of um and so uh for the evaluation of of of being<01:34:32.320> able<01:34:32.520> to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance. The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting. Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• And then lastly, our team is monitoring and evaluating the investments that are coming in so we have
• the Investments that are evaluating the Investments that are coming<00:15:41.079> in<00:15:41.360
• And finally, guideline number three evaluates how quickly the state is scheduled to repay our existing
• how quickly the state three um evaluates how quickly the state is<00:46:21.640> scheduled<00:
• It is definitely part of their methodology when they rate the state every year, when they re-evaluate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Capital Investment held its first meeting of the 2025 session with members and staff introducing themselves and describing their priorities. Senators from both parties repeatedly emphasized the goal of passing a strong bipartisan bonding bill this year, with several members noting that local projects were delayed after no bonding bill passed the previous year. Chair Housley also said the committee would not meet later that week and previewed an upcoming presentation from MMB on federal funds. The committee then heard a presentation from MMB’s Leah Corey and Anna Ming on Minnesota’s federal funding efforts. Corey explained that MMB’s federal funds team coordinates state efforts to maximize funding from IIJA, IRA, CHIPS, and related federal programs. She said Minnesota has secured about $12.3 billion in federal funding so far, including roughly $3 billion more since the last presentation, supporting about 1,800 projects statewide. Most of the funding is going to transportation, roads, and bridges, with other major areas including clean energy and weatherization. She also highlighted an interactive public dashboard showing projects by region and noted that much of the data reflects funds flowing through the state enterprise. Corey also discussed state match programs that helped unlock federal dollars, including the IIJA discretionary match fund, the State Competitiveness Fund, and the Forward Fund. She said $180 million in state match has unlocked about $1 billion in federal investment through the IIJA discretionary match fund, nearly $17 million in state investment has unlocked nearly $90 million in federal funding through the State Competitiveness Fund, and $124 million for the Forward Fund has unlocked nearly $1 billion in federal and private investment. Members asked whether more state dollars could have brought in more federal funds; Corey said she was not sure, but noted the IIJA match fund is expected to run out in the coming months. The presentation also focused on direct pay tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which allow tax-exempt entities such as governments, nonprofits, school districts, and tribal nations to receive payments for eligible clean energy projects after they are completed. Corey said the state is building awareness and technical assistance around direct pay, including educational sessions and a tax expert resource. She also described Minnesota’s Green Bank, the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority, which is beginning to issue loans for projects such as community energy, nonprofit geothermal systems, and solar-plus-battery installations.

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• So as part of the awards, there could be a decision in New Hampshire to say, this is how we evaluate
• <00:39:22.800> the say this is how we evaluate the say this is how we evaluate the benefits
• And we are always evaluating, as a company.
• as a company well continue to evaluate as a company well we<00:41:24.520> would<00:41:24.720>
• the commission would use to evaluate the commission would use to evaluate that<02:18:02.439>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all