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• In order to make those things active, we have to make systematic changes.
• We so that's a system change activities.
• We also community engagement activities.
• The community activities or community engagement activities outlined in House Resolution 1, for which
• <00:59:47.119> So, activities that they need to do. So, activities that they need to do.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:36 Department for Medicaid Services 00:01:44, 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met for an overview of the Department for Medicaid Services budget. Commissioner Lisa Lee and CFO Steve Beal described Kentucky Medicaid enrollment at about 1.4 million members, including more than 600,000 children, and said the agency’s 2025 total budget was $20.6 billion. They reviewed enrollment trends before, during, and after the COVID-19 public health emergency, noting that redeterminations begun in 2023 reduced enrollment from its peak but that total membership remains above pre-COVID levels. They also explained the difference between the fee-for-service population, which includes long-term care and waiver members, and managed care members, and gave examples of the kinds of services and diagnoses seen in each group. A major focus was the governor’s recommended Medicaid budget and the department’s forecast process. Lee said the budget is split into benefits and administration, with benefits covering fee-for-service services, managed care capitation, transportation, and Medicare premiums, while administration covers contracts, personnel, operating costs, and IT-related advanced planning documents. She said the department uses a consensus forecasting group and actuary input, and that its forecasts have been within 1% of actual spending in recent years. The department also said the governor’s budget includes new waiver slots to address waiting lists, a 2% staff COLA, and a 10% phase-down on state-directed payments beginning in January 2028. Much of the discussion centered on House Resolution 1 and the funding needed to implement its Medicaid-related provisions, including community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, and future cost sharing. Lee said the department requested about $35 million in total funds for fiscal 2027, including about $8.2 million in general funds for system changes to the integrated eligibility system, claims processing, notices, and monitoring; and about $11 million in fiscal 2028 for ongoing maintenance, with about $1.6 million in general funds. She said the department expects to seek federal APD matching funds for the IT work. In response to questions, she explained that community engagement would apply to Medicaid expansion members, with qualifying activities including work, school, volunteering, or equivalent income, and that certain groups such as pregnant women, children, caretaker relatives, and some people with chronic disease or substance use disorder would be excluded. She said the department identified roughly 70,000 expansion members who could be subject to the requirement. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Clark, activate the machine. Sergeants announced roll call. Roll call is now in progress.
• Clerk will activate the machine. Sergeant, roll call is now in progress.
• Clerk, activate the machine, Sergeant, roll call. Roll call is now in progress.
• Clerk will Activate the machine, Sergeant. Now, roll call. Roll call is now in progress.
• Clerk will activate the machine. Just now, it's roll call. Roll call is now in progress.

Bills: HB3419, HB4153, HB3430, HB3791, HB3277, HB4119, HB4408, HB3905, HB3968, HB3835, HB3386, HB2650, HB3742, HB3588, HB3748, HB4303, HB4311, HB3028, HB4428, HB4429, HB4132, HB1889, HB3265, HB1739, HB4434, HB3313, HB3852, HB4263, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3420, HB2116, HB2206, HB3625, HB2939, HB3721, HB1823, HB2425, HB4440, HJR1087, HB4003, HJR1077, HB1770, HB1675, HB3627, HB3891, HJR1067, HB3462, HJR1053, HJR1054, HJR1044, HB3472, HB1225, HJR1019, HB4145, HJR1081, HB1746, HJR1069, HJR1050, HB1638, HB3327, HJR1055, HB3127, HB4488, HB2955, HB3781, HB3783, HB3802, HB2471, HB2937, SCR16, HB2960, HB3466, HB3262, HB3269, HB3152, HB4140, HB4142, HB3148, HB3378

Keywords: corruption, nonpublic information, government accountability, criminal law, public office, driver license, reading proficiency, minors, education requirements, alternative testing, attendance, remedial reading, public school, oath of enrollment, court financial obligations, cost hearing, payment plan, community service, court compliance program, debt relief

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• Uh so I have never been on active duty.
• um when a member signs up for active um when a member signs up for active duty<00:16:26.800>
• <00:20:11.280> How<00:20:11.520> many<00:20:11.760> active active duty members
• How many active active duty members.
• activities and as part of that activity activities and as part of that activity there<01:02:57.960

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So what activities does a gas resource development permit cover?
• syruping is another forging activity syruping is another forging activity that<01:53:41.599>
• as foraging is an immersive activity as foraging is an immersive activity that<01:54:59.560>
• Kids love this activity; families do.
• great time kids love this activity great time kids love this activity families<01:59:08.199>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you have that type of... activity going on in the campus anywhere.
• Activities Director, explicit control of how the RSO process works.
• Sometimes, alternatively, they'll decide, I'm a little shy, I'd rather They're doing activism hub in
• In a classroom environment. activities are protected.
• You can have your expressive activity, your event, your protest, your speaker event, whatever it is.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• service the area and the site, and address storm water issues and grading work related to those activities
• <00:04:30.120> Uh<00:04:30.240> to work related to those activities.
• Uh to work related to those activities.
• <00:04:36.280> in<00:04:36.360> this economic development activities in this economic
• development activities in this particular<00:04:37.000> area.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Clardy introduced House File 4238, seeking a $5 million state general obligation investment for roads and infrastructure in Inver Grove Heights tied to the planned Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame project, along with a separate requested $20 million cash appropriation for the facility itself. He described the bill as having statewide value and asked to focus first on the $5 million GO request. Mayor Brenda Dietrich and Community Development Director Jason Ziemer testified in support, calling the Hall of Fame a once-in-a-lifetime, transformative project for the city, the Twin Cities region, and the state. They said Inver Grove Heights expects to invest $14 million to $17 million locally for land acquisition and site improvements, and that the state funds would help pay for roads, utilities, stormwater work, grading, and right-of-way needs. They also emphasized that the public investment would support broader economic development in the area and accommodate a future I-494 interchange. Members asked about long-term ownership and maintenance, and were told the facility would be privately owned, with a developer owning about half and the Minnesota Hockey Hall of Fame nonprofit owning the ice arena portion. Another question raised whether the project would compete with the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame; testifiers said it would instead work in tandem, with collaboration on exhibits and a potential benefit to the Eveleth institution. No vote or formal action was taken in the portion of the meeting shown.

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• THE DISPENSATION ACTIVITY IN THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE REGISTRY ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORTS ONGOING
• WE’LL TALK ABOUT ACTIVE QUALIFICATIONS TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD A CURRENT VALID
• YEAR TO DATE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COUPLE MONTHS LEFT IN 2025 BUT AGAIN WE SEE A 3 PERCENT INCREASE IN ACTIVE
• QUALITY ASSURANCE POSITION BY HOLDING AN ACTIVE UNRESTRICTED MEDICAL LICENSE AND HAVE IT COMPLETED ALL
• SO, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER NINE ACTIVE QUALIFIED PATIENTS I WONDER IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A BREAKDOWN

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• WE TAX DIFFERENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ECONOMIC CYCLE.
• WE GOT THE SPIKE OF COLLECTIONS AND THAT IS THE REFINANCING ACTIVITY THAT WE SAW.
• THE WAY I THINK ABOUT TAX REVENUE IS IT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE ENGAGING IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WHICH IS WHAT
• THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF ANY BASELINE ACTIVITY. TAX PACKAGE, THIS IS TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
• THIS IS NOT A RESULT OF ANY BASELINE ACTIVITY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:13:34.079> our management team to activate our management team to activate our emergency
• Fortunately, our security tools gave us an early window into their activity.
• Fortunately, our security tools gave us an early window into their activity.
• Fortunately, our security tools gave us an early window into their activity.
• in activity. in activity.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's active duty and National Guard.
• It's active duty and National base.
• You're talking about the active Guard.
• But because they're active duty units.
• <02:56:53.880> duty um livable apartments for active duty um livable apartments for active

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:21:41.440> And doing this activity every summer.
• And doing this activity every summer.
• for the summer seeing all the activities for the summer seeing all the activities that's<00:47:44.960
• <01:18:44.880> to supplemented any of the activities to supplemented any of the activities
• We would like to see more boots on the ground. activities protect, enhance, restore activities protect

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We want that if you, if you use this new superhighway to do your drug dealing, to do your cartel activity
• Regularly, we see these as magnets for other illegal activities including drug proliferation, theft,
• Have you seen any cartel activity?
• Just 16 days ago in Hunt County, we seized 65 live and 10 dead roosters from an active cockfight.
• He reminds us, a license is no guarantee that the holder will not engage in a criminal activity.

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• They are investigating constantly all these activities and associating them with the business transactions
• They are investigating constantly all these activities and associating them with the business transactions
• because we have certainly seen, and we are seeing, that that phrase is being applied broadly to activity
• that is not, in fact, terrorist activity, but is being broadly used to the exercise of our First Amendment
• because we have certainly seen, and we are seeing, that that phrase is being applied broadly to activity

Keywords: 1182, all

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• PROVIDED THE PROPERTY DOESN'T CHANGE OFF AND HAVE OTHER ACTIVITY NOT CONSIDERED AGRICULTURE.
• IT'S A VERY ACTIVE PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER A STORM TO MAKE SURE AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE
• IT'S A VERY ACTIVE PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER A STORM TO MAKE SURE AS MANY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE
• THERE'S A PRETTY ACTIVE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAMS.
• HE WAS TRYING TO GET PEOPLE HE KNEW HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TO COME IN AND ACTIVELY APPLY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• HB 1879 HD1 provides that equitable access to transportation and to active transportation, meaning that
• um 18% of our youth, um, only 18% need physical activity needs, and those who take active transportation
• transportation and to act active transportation and to act active transportation<00:13:16.000>
• activity needs and those who take active activity needs and those who take active transportation
• ,<00:46:52.960> and school, participate in activities, and school, participate in activities

Bills: HB2116, HB1879, HB2214, HB2310, HB2168, HB2427, HB2560, HB1596, HB2197, HB2498, HB2167

Keywords: grants, community engagement, nonprofit organizations, federal assistance, volunteering, youth transit, public transportation, subsidized transit, environment, energy independence, affordable transportation, Hawaii, diaper tax credit, families, low-income, childcare, health, Hawaii Department of Human Services, DHS, emergency appropriation

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to human services, homelessness, transit, and family supports. HB 2116 HD1, concerning grants from the Office of Community Services to nonprofits providing training and volunteerism opportunities, drew strong support from Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and multiple organizations in written testimony. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable people affected by federal program changes and cuts by connecting them to reintegration and support services. HB 1879 HD1, establishing a subsidized youth transit program coordinated with counties, received extensive testimony in support from the Department of Health, Department of Taxation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Aloha United Way, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii State Youth Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Greenpeace Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, and others. Testifiers emphasized equity, school attendance, reduced transportation costs, climate benefits, and broader access for youth. Several witnesses urged amendments to make the program universal rather than means-tested, and committee discussion noted implementation questions for neighbor islands and rural areas. HB 2214, creating a refundable diaper tax credit for low-income families with children age four and under, was supported by the Hawaii Diaper Bank, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and several other organizations. The Department of Taxation recommended making the credit non-refundable and clarifying definitions to aid administration, while supporters argued refundability was important for low-income families who may owe little or no income tax. HB 2310, an emergency appropriation to replenish DHS funds used to provide SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown, also drew broad support from DHS, Catholic Charities, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Aloha United Way, and others; witnesses praised the state’s rapid response and said the appropriation would prepare DHS for future emergencies. The committee also heard HB 2168 HD1 and HB 2427 HD1 on education for students experiencing homelessness and unaccompanied homeless youth; the Attorney General recommended technical amendments to avoid conflicts with existing law and to clarify McKinney-Vento-related definitions, while advocates stressed the need for school access, transportation, meals, and other supports for homeless and runaway youth.

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• Such activities can significantly damage national security and the economy.
• Establishing a reporting system for students, faculty, and staff to report suspicious activity related
• Well, Well, in terms of the weekly activity, the one disadvantage SpaceX has that others like NASA do
• Senate Bill 2188 relating to spaceflight activities. There is an amendment, members.
• Secretary, read the caption: Senate Bill 2188, relating to spaceflight activities.

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB27, SB29, SB241, SB406, SB414, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB609, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB785, SB857, SB879, SB921, SB922, SB955, SB985, SB993, SB996, SB1008, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1098, SB1120, SB1122, SB1147, SB1188, SB1197, SB1209, SB1227, SB1245, SB1267, SB1307, SB1321, SB1332, SB1386, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1537, SB1596, SB1610, SB1664, SB1741, SB1814, SB1822, SB1841, SB1948, SB2065, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SB2406, SB2407

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with senators highlighting the university’s growth, medical school, research expansion, and role in serving South Texas. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 368 honoring outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, with numerous senators praising his long public career, leadership in higher education, and statewide impact. Senate Resolution 361 recognizing Texas HBCU Day and Senate Resolution 362 recognizing Denton County Days at the Capitol were also adopted, along with other routine recognitions and gubernatorial appointments being read into the record. The Senate then took up several bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to shorten vacancy posting requirements, allow bilingual certification candidates to retake only failed test sections, give teachers more flexibility with paid leave, clarify classroom removal procedures, and ensure parents are informed of appeal rights. The bill passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a parent’s right to direct a child’s education, was also brought up and passed to engrossment after a contested suspension vote. The Senate next passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, which would require reporting of foreign funding at public universities, bar gifts from adversarial governments, and require training and reporting systems to prevent foreign influence and intellectual property theft in higher education. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the so-called “Dexit” bill, was debated at length for its corporate governance changes, including codifying the business judgment rule and altering internal corporate litigation and records rules; it passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed by a 30-1 vote. Senate Bill 857, allowing law enforcement discretion to tow vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed after discussion of towing abuses during flooding and disaster conditions. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536, requiring dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, passed with broad support, and Senate Bill 922, addressing delayed electronic disclosure of sensitive medical test results so physicians can discuss them first, was taken up and passed to engrossment as the chamber continued through its calendar.

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• Does that zone have to have a light flashing in order for those cameras and radars to be activated?
• Or does it say that only if there is already a flashing light that that has to be activated?
• All-day activity on campuses means all-day risk.
• All day activity on campuses means all day risk.
• are active from the moment students arrive until the last after school program ends.

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills. Senate Bill 628, naming a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor three Navy sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack, drew supportive remarks from senators and was reported favorably. Senate Bill 382 addressed electric bicycles and scooters by requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, limit speed near pedestrians, and use audible signals, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements; witnesses from law enforcement, local government, and school boards supported the bill but urged clearer inclusion of e-scooters and better data collection, and the bill was reported favorably. Senate Bill 880 created a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and Senate Bill 696 authorized online trademark registration applications and updated trademark classification and verification procedures; both were reported favorably with little opposition. The committee also took up Chair DeSigley’s CS for SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red-light running, school-zone speeding, and school-bus violations. The bill aimed to increase consistency, transparency, and fairness by limiting data use, requiring records retention, authorizing virtual hearings, restricting commissions, and adding school board approval and reporting requirements for school-bus camera programs. An amendment was adopted to clarify several provisions, including the definition of careful and prudent driving, limits on camera data use, contract timing for commission prohibitions, and reporting on violations outside authorized enforcement periods. Members raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, school-zone notice, and whether all-day school-zone enforcement should continue; Hillsborough County law enforcement testified in support of all-day enforcement based on crash data, while the sponsor said he would continue working on clarifications. After debate, the amended bill was reported favorably.

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• Currently, under the law, if a business has a customer or employee injured during a criminal activity
• We have a lot of that criminal activity coming across our border.
• It came after countless media reports of the corrupt activities of the lottery courier services and the
• The bottom-line results of these activities result in the theft of millions of dollars from legitimate
• I'm just trying to figure out what is the culture there that this kind of activity could be going on?

Bills: SB82, SB1807, SB2254, HB119, HB130, HB581, HJR98, SB1988, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: business liability, concealed carry, handgun policy, premises liability, criminal acts, civil liability, business premises, concealed handgun, property liability, property rights, gun regulations, criminal liability, protective order, confidentiality, personal information, court records, victim protection, charitable raffle, nonprofit, wildlife conservation

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• Transportation Improvement Program, and this type of infrastructure has been included in Caltrans' Active
• While statewide efforts, like the presence of California Highway Patrol in active construction zones,
• AB 289 implements a proven method: automated speed enforcement in active construction zones, a solution
• , ...very minor construction activities but are built with durable, low-to-moderate-cost materials and
• We have a very active biking community, and I very much appreciate the goals of this bill.

Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard several transportation and climate-related bills. AB 954 would create a Caltrans pilot program for bike highways in two metropolitan areas and require a report to the Legislature; supporters said it would expand protected regional bike networks and help climate and equity goals, while some members objected that it would divert gas-tax-funded transportation dollars away from road repairs and rural needs. The bill passed on a 7-3 vote, with the roll held open for later additions. AB 289 would authorize automated speed enforcement in active highway construction zones to protect workers. The author and labor and contractor witnesses described repeated work-zone crashes and fatalities and argued the cameras would supplement, not replace, CHP enforcement. Some members raised concerns about civil penalties and enforcement policy, but the bill advanced on a 9-? initial vote and later was approved 15-1 after the roll was completed. AB 674 would update the Clean Cars for All program to prioritize pre-2004 high-polluting vehicles in disadvantaged and low-income communities and improve reporting and incentive rules. Supporters said older vehicles produce a disproportionate share of emissions and that the program has already retired thousands of cars; the committee approved the bill unanimously on the floor vote and sent it to the Committee on Natural Resources. AB 1237 would let LA Metro and VTA add a $5 fee to primary ticket sales for 2026 FIFA World Cup and NCAA championship events to fund transit service, with ticket holders able to use transit on event day. Supporters said the fee would help manage congestion and security needs, while the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association argued it was an unconstitutional tax requiring voter approval. The bill passed and was re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism. AB 891 would create a Caltrans quick-build pilot for temporary safety improvements on state highways for pedestrians and bicyclists; supporters emphasized rapid, low-cost safety fixes, while opponents said the program could divert gas-tax funds and was not appropriate for rural areas. It passed 11-4 and was sent to Appropriations. The committee also approved a six-bill consent calendar.

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• We're there to audit their activity and say you're either comply or don't comply.
• We are sending an email to them with the activation instructions and the instructions for the renewal
• Community activities are unfortunately limited, and we are actively involved in community school youth
• sporting activities for our students and we maintain a partnership and we ...sporting activities for
• We are actively seeking funding for our student programs and scholarships throughout the year.

Keywords: 1182, all