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• Eighteen months is just, in existing state code, the timeline for getting a proceeding done.
• They are also responsible for developing the triennial transportation fuels assessment and the transportation
• They are also responsible for developing the triennial transportation fuels assessment and the transportation
• Under Penal Code Section 396, there are implications for increases in prices above 10% above cost during
• Code that's over 100 years old. With that, those are my introductory remarks.

Summary: The committee first heard Issue 1 on trailer bill language to redirect funding for emergency demand-response programs. The Department of Finance proposed using about $26.9 million in General Fund originally set aside for the Distributed Energy Backup Assets program to bolster the Demand-Side Grid Support Program for summer 2026, and using about $70 million in CalCHAP interest to support ratepayer-funded demand response in summers 2027 and 2028. The CEC and CPUC said they are working on a transition from DSGS to ELRP or a successor program, while the LAO noted the General Fund money would otherwise revert to savings. Members pressed the administration on whether demand response remains important, whether DSGS has been successful, and whether the state should keep funding it through the CEC rather than shifting to a ratepayer-funded CPUC program. The CEC and CPUC said the programs are not directly comparable, emphasized different cost structures and enrollment metrics, and said a CPUC rulemaking is underway with a proposed decision expected in Q3 2026. No vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then took up Issue 2, a budget proposal tied to SB 254 and the new transmission accelerator. GoBiz and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank described a five-year, roughly $26 million request to staff and administer the accelerator and manage Proposition 4 and AB 1207 funds for transmission financing. Members asked about state liability, ownership of financed lines, FERC revenue requirements, and whether the program would help underserved regions and offshore wind development. Staff explained that the accelerator would only consider projects already identified through CAISO’s competitive transmission planning process, and that state financing would be a small portion of large projects intended to lower overall costs to ratepayers. The LAO said it had no specific concerns but urged the Legislature to ensure the final language matches its intent. The committee also heard Issue 3 on petroleum market oversight. The CEC and its Division of Petroleum Market Oversight requested additional positions and funding to implement ABX2-1 and continue work on supply stabilization, refinery monitoring, and transportation fuels analysis. Members questioned why the work was funded through the Energy Resources Programs Account, whether existing staff from the paused price-gouging work could be reassigned, and whether the program had produced evidence of price gouging or improved supply conditions. CEC and Finance said the new positions are needed because the workload has expanded, while some existing staff remain on related analysis and reporting duties. The discussion ended without a vote in the transcript.

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• To bridge this gap in healthcare access, AB 677 amends the Education Code to allow homeless students
• There is precedent through education code to treat small LEAs differently.
• Okay and and yes you know it's my understanding that existing code would allow for as we discussed Dr
• This change is will ensure that all Classified School Employees who provide transportation, nutrition
• The bill requires districts or recites the 44225.7 in the Ed Code. There's a hiring hierarchy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• While we've made progress on renewable energy and transportation, we cannot meet our 2030 emissions reduction
• In Section 5 of the Committee Substitute, there are... I mean, it does sort of delineate...
• To the project, that emissions of transportation would be cut.
• 45X of the Internal Revenue Code.
• The interim it became clear that decoupling from IRS Section 45X would position the state to be a leader

Keywords: 996, all

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• This is not to purchase them; it is simply to pack and transport them.
• So, yeah, it will require folks coming out, properly preparing those for transportation, and then transporting
• This is going to be Agency Code 350. We had been a little bit ahead of time.
• The next slide is Transportation Services.
• Building passed all codes, Mr. Chairman. Um, Mr.

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• language<00:48:24.960> regarding In the 2025 section, language regarding In the 2025 section
• As a physician section that he wrote.
• You have someone who Transportation.
• It does not weaken our building codes.
• I’ll answer any questions if you you you. comply with this section. for any comply with this section.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They are code of professional ethics.
• <01:07:28.960> to would allow the subcommittee section to would allow the subcommittee section
• So,<03:23:32.960> in<03:23:33.200> section<03:23:33.920> 5D3 So, in section 5D3
• protection, transportation environmental protection, transportation and<03:37:11.600> safety<
• <04:21:36.319> of in the C in in a different section of in the C in in a different section

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• You know, there may be some things that we've been talking about, maybe updating the inheritance tax code
• 00:08:20.720> the<00:08:20.960> inheritance<00:08:21.599> tax<00:08:21.919> code
• <00:08:22.560> of updating the inheritance tax code of updating the inheritance tax code of
• And we now have the first provision in the federal tax code and the Internal Revenue Code that would
• <01:01:49.920> and and security pieces, transportation and and security pieces, transportation

Keywords: 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.

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• Section 1 proposes an amendment to Section 84.0272, subdivision 1, to provide that appraisals are not
• Sections 2 and 3 propose amendments to Section 84.0272, subdivision 2, and Section 84.96.
• to Section<00:03:14.960> 84.0272, Section 84.0272, Section 84.0272, subdivision<00:03:17.440>
• excuse<00:04:18.239> me,<00:04:18.359> Section Section 6 through uh excuse me, Section
• come up with this section. come up with this section.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I do plan on offering a committee substitute for this bill that adds a geographical boundary and code
• and point to you all, you should have it there in your Dropbox, but this is the legislative, um, section
• One additional change I intend to introduce in a committee substitute is a repeal of Section 480-0152
• government code.
• This section requires local governments to remit their local match of tax revenue to the comptroller's

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• I've spent much of my time working with LNG and LNG codes and standards.
• This is a problem, and section one of SF 1393 would only make it worse.
• This is a problem, and section one of SF 1393 would only make it worse.
• This is a problem, and section one of SF 1393 would only make it worse.
• non-disclosure agreements secret code non-disclosure agreements secret code names<00:42:46.280><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Sections 1 through 4 establish the budget for the Department of Transportation as well as funding for
• part of the 2024 transportation part of the 2024 transportation bill.<00:38:09.520> Section
• Section 58 establishes a consolidated local transportation financials report.
• Section 108 directs the transportation.
• Section 116 directs the Department of Section 116 directs the Department of Transportation<00:59:37.599

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• An act to amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to the Delaware sent in ...and representatives
• Mandated in their codes. So it doesn't change that? Correct.
• infringe upon the right to freedom of religion under Section 1 of this article.
• An act to amend Title 16 and 29 of the Delaware Code relating to behavioral health.
• An act to amend Titles 18 and 29 of the Delaware Code relating to health care.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, accepted the prior day’s minutes, and read several committee reports and communications into the record. Members also observed moments of silence for two young people who had recently died, and the prayer and pledge were offered before the chamber moved into business. Consent calendar number 28, consisting of several resolutions, passed by voice vote. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to tributes and retirement remarks for Representative Jeff Holowski, who was praised by colleagues for his work on financial literacy, veterans’ issues, health care, diabetes policy, and constituent service, as well as for his military service and community involvement. Holowski thanked staff, colleagues, and his family, and said he was retiring to spend more time with his wife, children, and grandchildren. The chamber also recognized former Representative Harvey Kenton as a guest. The House then acted on several measures. Senate Bill 286, as amended by House Amendment 1, passed 40-0 and extends consumer protections and dealer equity standards to ATVs, side-by-sides, and vessels. Senate Bill 179, which updates the Delaware Sentencing Accountability Commission and its bench book/data analysis process, passed 27-14. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 23, the housing supply and affordability bill, was presented with extensive explanation and questions about local control, zoning, and implementation, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that measure. Senate Joint Resolution 18, designating August 31, 2026 as International Overdose Awareness Day and directing flags at half-staff, was also discussed in emotional remarks about overdose losses and the state’s ongoing response. The House later recessed for party caucuses.

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• Relating to prescription drugs, enacting a new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code to prohibit discrimination
• An act relating to firearms, providing for the permitless carry of firearms by adults, repealing sections
• 30-7-2.2 through 30-7.3 in MSA 1978, being laws of 1994, Chapter 22, sections 2 and 3, laws of 2003.
• House Bill 88, having been read twice by title, is ordered printed and referred to the House Transportation

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• special cases through a supplemental school aid fund, which may include, but is not limited to, transportation
• Basically, you want to expire those two subsections in that section of code, effective July 1, 2027.
• choose to: public charter school teachers shall participate in the requirements set forth in this section
• This bill amends provisions of the West Virginia Code by adding three new articles to foster economic

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• The language was currently in the permissive section, so we're just moving it into the mandatory section
• The language was currently in the permissive section, so we're just moving it into the mandatory section
• Currently, the Children's Code requires that all children 12 or older have a right to be in court.
• And apparently I wasn't the only one who did not know that that's how they were being transported.
• That's how they were being transported.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 6, 2026, with five members present and adopted the April 28 minutes. The committee first heard a presentation on the new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, a leadership and networking initiative focused on Louisiana health care challenges such as workforce shortages, rural access, chronic disease, and the economic impact of health care. Speakers described it as a cross-sector program intended to build informed leaders and support collaboration with health systems, insurers, providers, LDH, and the Louisiana Hospital Association. The committee then moved through a series of bills, generally adopting amendments and reporting measures favorably. SB 57, a nutrition/labeling bill, was amended to delay the effective date for the labeling provision until December 31, 2028, and was reported as amended. HB 62 increased membership of the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission and was reported as amended, and HB 193 adjusted membership rules for the Sickle Cell Commission foundations and was also reported as amended. HB 815 would allow financial institutions to receive death certificates to help close accounts and avoid problems with automatic payments and federal benefit clawbacks; it was reported favorably. SB 405, which had been heard earlier, was reworked to codify LDH’s new Ascend nursing home quality initiative, including short- and long-term quality oversight goals, stakeholder involvement, internal expertise, and reporting requirements; after reconsidering prior amendments, the committee adopted the new amendment and reported the bill as amended. The committee also advanced several health and human services bills. HB 222 would allow Medicaid dental coverage when needed to clear a patient for another covered medical procedure, and it was reported as amended after LDH said the cost could be absorbed. HB 420 expanded DCFS background-check requirements to cover staff with access to sensitive records, and HB 475 required verbal consent before AI is used to record or transcribe a medical visit; both were reported favorably. HB 246 updated membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and the council for grandparents raising grandchildren, including replacing an inactive coalition seat with the state police, and was reported as amended. HB 486 joined Louisiana to the psychology interjurisdictional compact to expand access to psychologists through telepsychology and temporary practice across state lines, and HB 574 updated outdated board names in the Mental Health Advisory Services Board statute; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee heard HB 949, which would create a licensure framework for radiologist assistants to help address radiologist shortages and improve imaging access, especially in rural areas. Testimony emphasized that RAs work under radiologist supervision and would extend capacity without replacing physicians; the bill was reported favorably. HB 584 required foster children to be provided luggage or similar items instead of trash bags when moving placements, and also corrected language in the Foster Youth Bill of Rights from “privileges” back to “rights” while extending the bill’s applicability to children from birth to age 18; it was reported as amended. The committee also reported HB 1214, which restructures certain LDH state facilities into a more unified system, and HB 1092, a technical renaming/terminology cleanup bill, both favorably. Finally, HB 203 added members from Christus Health System and Xavier University’s College of Medicine to the uterine fibroids commission and was reported favorably before the committee adjourned.

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• There's a map in your sheet showing ZIP codes without a single pharmacy.
• assessment section assessment section two<01:16:06.840> section two section two section two
• <01:17:44.080> four committee um and section four committee um and section four establishes
• We have nine helicopters and provide over 3,500 air transports in the state.
• We have nine helicopters and provide over 3,500 air transports in the state.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This bill does... ...subject to emissions inspection under this section.
• Changes affect Sections 478.38.38.5, 478.550, 478.600, 478.630, and 7075.
• And then Section 476, 483, 4.4...
• This also affects Section 488 by authorizing... Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• It also affects Section 610, which is the Missouri expungement fund.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the 64th day by a 125-0 roll call vote, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges and introductions of guests, interns, students, and special recognitions. Members welcomed school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas guest, and several family members, and also noted birthdays and Mother’s Day greetings. On legislation, the chamber first agreed to go to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421, appointing a House conference committee. The House then took up Senate Bill 1000, which reauthorizes the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and updates outdated tourism funding language; members from both parties spoke in support of tourism as an economic driver, and the bill passed 136-6. The House also considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill addressing fee office contracting, vehicle registration and related penalties, Real ID document retention, five-year license plates, and emissions-related provisions. Members adopted amendments reducing late-registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, restoring a five-year plate option, and removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt vehicles; despite debate over emissions testing and air quality, the bill passed 130-10. The chamber then moved to House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a combined judiciary/civil legislation package. Members described it as a vehicle for several vetted measures, including anti-assignment-of-benefits language for insurance claims, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, and court administration changes such as workers’ compensation procedures, judgeships, automation fees, law library surcharges, and expungement fund provisions. Amendments were offered and adopted to adjust attorney-fee language in the anti-SLAPP provisions and to add a St. Louis police legal-expense-fund provision, though the latter drew objections over procedure and whether it had received a hearing. The transcript cuts off while debate on that amendment is still underway, and no final vote on the bill is shown.

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• The bill is re-referred to the Committee on Transportation and Finance and Policy.
• <00:33:18.640> and to the committee on transportation and to the committee on transportation
• Motion carries, and House File 3541, as amended, is re-referred to Transportation.
• . transportation. transportation.
• <00:51:38.160> Section concept already in statute. Section concept already in statute.

Bills: HF962, HF3541, HF2936, HF3762, HF2879

Keywords: Capitol security, public safety, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, corrections, legislative approval, rule-making, financial impact, jail regulations, expungement, firearm eligibility, criminal records, organized retail crime, retail theft, supply chain theft, theft enterprise, organized theft, cargo theft, shoplifting

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• Section 4.1.107.3 would automatically admit the ODG into evidence.
• I have served in the transportation industry for 24 years, with the last 14 years being in safety.
• I'm a certified director of safety through the North American Transportation Management Institute and
• Chalk Mountain has over 700 employees and is a bulk transporter for the oil and gas operations.
• My name's Barry. on behalf of my employer, Coastal Transport Company of San Antonio.

Bills: HB4806

Keywords: civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all

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• It has to be coded manually.
• Mexico is our largest trading partner, and we talk about transportation.
• Item 1 highlights funding increases mentioned in section 2.
• We've accumulated $2.8 million of transport costs. Is that one year?
• First of all, when you have air transport, you're truly in a critical situation.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The committee first heard the Legislative Budget Board and Secretary of State Jane Nelson on the Secretary of State budget. LBB said the recommendation would reduce the agency’s appropriation by about $40.3 million overall, with major changes including removing federal HAVA funding and one-time business system replacement money, adjusting the agency’s base request, deleting an outdated Interstate Crosscheck rider, and directing HAVA funds to be drawn down first. Secretary Nelson and staff defended the agency’s needs, emphasizing election security, business filings, international protocol, and the Texas Register, and requested additional staff, a new website, digitization of records, IT and cybersecurity upgrades, and renovation of the Rudder Building. Senators discussed voter-roll maintenance, cross-checking data, call-center response times, and the need for online voter registration and more efficient election administration. No votes were taken. The committee then took up the Office of the Governor and trustee programs. LBB outlined a $2.4 million decrease for the office proper and a much larger decrease in trustee programs, driven by unexpended balances and the removal of one-time federal and border-security items, while noting continued funding for disaster response, victim assistance, and $2.9 billion for border security at roughly the prior level. Governor’s staff said Texas remains focused on border security, economic development, and public safety, and discussed efforts to seek federal reimbursement for prior border spending. Members asked about the National Guard’s status, possible federal assumption of border costs, the music incubator program, the Semiconductor Innovation Consortium, the Governor’s University Research Initiative, defense economic adjustment grants, and a new $5 million nonprofit security grant proposal. Staff said the semiconductor program has 12 approved projects totaling about 948 jobs and $17 billion in capital investment, and that the nonprofit security request was added late to address threats to houses of worship and other nonprofits. No formal action was taken. Finally, the committee heard the Texas Facilities Commission and lease-payment recommendations. LBB said the Facilities Commission recommendation would reduce appropriations by about $2.0 billion, mainly by removing border wall construction funding and capital complex bond funding, while adding money for higher utility costs, Rudder Building refurbishment, and additional staff. The lease-payment recommendation would decrease general revenue by $9.3 million. LBB also noted new riders related to completing the State Library and Archives building, tenant communication during disruptions, and a space-utilization report. In agency testimony, members asked about border wall maintenance responsibility, total facilities-related debt, and the status of capital complex construction. The Rudder Building renovation and related security needs were repeatedly discussed as important one-time infrastructure investments.