Transcript Highlights:

• It is hard and fast that it has to be within the borders of New Mexico.
• Follow up with who the owner was and try to ensure that the guns are secure.
• Thank you to the 2024 legislative champions who secured the one-time and first-time $3 million allocation
• It is because ensuring their sustainability translates into strengthening public health infrastructure
• This funding for the next fiscal year will secure over 100 health council coordinators who, as you can

Transcript Highlights:

• -Mexico border, and three tribal communities. I think that's it. Great.
• only saying that, you know, as somebody with a geology background, I take your point about national security
• for the implementation of 2027 and each year thereafter to the Arizona Department of Economic Security
• Diaz's hometown of Benson, as well as our border towns of Douglas and in McNeal, we've launched what
• Diaz's hometown of Benson as well as our border towns of Douglas and in McNeil we've launched what are

Bills: HB2056, HB2202, HB2207, HB2224, HB2303, HB2344, HB2532, HB2759, HB2798

Keywords: brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding

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• There are 29 ports of entry along the border that we have staff at that collect excise taxes for folks
• coming across the border with alcoholic beverages, and we limit how much by state law that they can
• I think that obviously to support something that threatens the integrity and security of the lottery,
• That that poses a risk to the honesty, integrity, security, and fairness of the lottery under the general
• this, I think demonstrated a substantial number of additional concerns that would implicate the security

Transcript Highlights:

• How about the Canadian border counties economic relief program?
• <03:53:08.320> counties How about the Canadian border counties How about the Canadian border
• having an open border policy sanctuary cities<04:25:12.280> in<04:25:12.400> Minneapolis
• <04:25:21.680> and and as we try to enforce our borders and and as we try to enforce our borders
• They pay into Social Security and they don't get it back. And this is what we do.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate was called to order, a quorum was established, and remote voting was authorized for several members. The body adopted committee reports except those related to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, gave Senate File 4067 a second reading, and referred newly introduced bills as listed on the agenda. It also adopted a motion to strike and re-refer House File 3379 to the Committee on Finance, and then moved into special orders and floor debate. The main floor action was on House File 2358, a public safety bill providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain coercion offenses. Senator Lang described it as creating a Minnesota crime targeting sexual extortion of children, including online extortion. Senator Maye Quade supported the bill and spoke about the tragic constituent story behind it. The Senate took a roll call and passed the bill 67-0, with its title agreed to. The Senate then began debate on Senate File 4511, which would clarify Minnesota gambling law to prohibit prediction-market style betting disguised as futures contracts. Senator Marty argued the bill was needed to stop companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket from using futures-contract language to evade state gambling restrictions and to protect existing regulated gambling businesses. Senator Johnson initially offered the A10 amendment to delay action until federal jurisdiction issues are resolved, but withdrew it after debate. He then offered the A8 amendment to preserve longer-term weather-related hedging contracts, which Senator Marty supported as a distinction from short-term, manipulable bets; the A8 amendment was adopted. Debate continued with questions about the bill’s scope, including whether it would reach election-related or financial contracts.

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• He continued that even if infrastructure changes, these are big companies and slow-moving things, so
• He added that even if infrastructure changes, these are big, slow-moving companies, so he did not think
• I just see the infrastructure of this traditional landline tax declining fairly sharply, I believe so
• Where I live, in New Hampshire, you go across the border into Massachusetts and there's the weed shops
• relates to um arpa the infrastructure relates to um arpa the infrastructure act<03:18:09.439>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met in a work session on revenue estimates and reviewed updated spreadsheet pages for several tax categories, using prior agreements and new testimony to refine FY 2025-2027 estimates. Early discussion covered insurance tax estimates, where members reviewed a letter from the insurance commissioner saying he was comfortable with the numbers provided; the committee accepted those estimates without opposition. Members also discussed utility property tax, with testimony about recent infrastructure buildout, tariffs, depreciation, and the difficulty of forecasting future growth. After debate over whether to use the average of high and low estimates or lean lower, the committee unanimously adopted the utility property tax numbers. The committee then turned to real estate transfer tax and communications tax. For real estate transfer tax, members cited county input, housing market conditions, interest rates, lumber costs, and uncertainty about future policy; they agreed to use the averages and adopted those estimates unanimously. For communications tax, members noted the decline in landline-based revenue and the shift to data services. After discussion of whether to use the low estimate or the average, the committee settled on the average with a small rounding-down adjustment when the figure ended in .5, and adopted the numbers unanimously. The chair also clarified that these estimates remain subject to change until the final resolution is adopted. The committee next accepted interest and dividends estimates as presented, with members noting the decline in that revenue source and the lack of additional information beyond the department’s analysis. Finally, the committee began discussing tobacco tax revenue, with members noting long-term declines in smoking, offsetting effects from out-of-state sales, and a suggestion to take a slightly conservative approach by reducing the average by 0.5. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, so no final vote on tobacco is shown in the excerpt.

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• ,<01:51:53.520> they suspect of too much security, they suspect of too much security, they
• political science and homeland security political science and homeland security double<02:34:52.000
• I also am aware of security for people.
• What about the increase of security measures?
• Are the increase of security measures?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They updated border or social viewpoint.
• They updated border border<00:06:48.400> regent<00:06:48.800> policy<00:06:49.280> 4.12
• <00:06:50.479> to<00:06:50.720> remove<00:06:50.960> the border regent policy
• 4.12 to remove the border regent policy 4.12 to remove the cultural<00:06:51.600> competency<
• We understand that securing and maintaining public trust and confidence in our institution is essential

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met to hear updates from Kentucky public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System on compliance with House Bill 4, which restricts DEI-related activities and requires institutional and viewpoint neutrality. The chair emphasized that the hearing should focus on both compliance and the financial effects of the law. Eastern Kentucky University said its board adopted a House Bill 4 compliance resolution and an institutional neutrality policy. KCTCS reported systemwide reviews of programs, websites, scholarships, personnel, and admissions language, along with board actions removing a cultural competency course requirement, adopting institutional neutrality, and certifying compliance. KCTCS said about $2.5 million annually had been reallocated to other needs, and that no personnel were eliminated, though some roles were reassigned and DEI-related offices closed. Kentucky State University said it had already dissolved DEI offices before the bill passed, ended DEI-specific training, revised policies and gift acceptance rules, adopted a viewpoint neutrality policy, and was conducting ongoing reviews of programs, job descriptions, and web content. KSU said it had achieved substantial compliance, expected full operational integration by August 1, and had not terminated staff or closed academic programs because of the law. In response to questions, KSU said it was broadening outreach to all students rather than targeting specific populations and that its prior diversity finding was tied to not meeting a diversity quota. Morehead State University said it had no DEI office before House Bill 4, amended its non-discrimination statement to include political and social viewpoint neutrality and condemnation of religious and ethnic discrimination, and remained focused on serving its largely low-income student body. Murray State University reported reviewing scholarships, expenditures, training, and academic programs to ensure no differential treatment or indoctrination, revising its neutrality policy, and updating non-discrimination posters and training. When asked about a statement that DEI would “look different,” the university said it meant student support services would continue in a different form. Northern Kentucky University said it dissolved its diversity office and chief diversity officer position in 2024, reviewed programs, events, scholarships, and employee affinity groups, adopted a statement on intellectual diversity and viewpoint neutrality, and reviewed about 2,000 courses for compliance. NKU also said its new Center for Belonging would focus on first-generation and commuter students rather than rebrand prior DEI efforts. The University of Kentucky began its presentation by describing earlier changes made in August 2024, including disbanding its office of institutional diversity, removing diversity statements and mandatory training, adopting institutional neutrality, and ending race-based consideration in admissions and scholarships; the transcript cuts off before the rest of UK’s testimony and any committee votes or formal actions beyond receiving the presentations.

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• Is it driving generation outside of our borders?
• lot Of small contributions by a large group of people can make a huge difference to our energy infrastructure

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• What we have done first in the nation is establish sandboxes on state technology infrastructure developed
• We serve over 136 unions and over 200,000 working families across the southern border region.
• we know bringing workers back into the office more than two days per week will require major infrastructure
• Thankfully, my union fought tirelessly for four years before I arrived to secure a fair contract, including
• Balancing the budget by cutting salaries, reducing benefits, or threatening job security for these workers

Summary: The subcommittee heard an informational update on the state’s generative AI implementation and related oversight. Administration officials said several proof-of-concept projects have moved into minimum viable product phases, including work at CDTFA and Caltrans, and that CDPH has a May Revision request for up to $8 million to scale up its healthcare facilities inspections project. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the administration to publish a report on lessons learned from each POC and recommended limiting the new generative AI approval process to a pilot through the first two rounds of projects, with continued monthly meetings and stronger legislative oversight. Members pressed for more transparency and questioned why the CDPH request was not included in January; the administration said the cost estimate was not available then and that only one project is seeking additional resources beyond existing departmental budgets. The committee then reviewed a proposed $400 million loan from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund to the General Fund. Finance and the Labor Agency said the fund has grown because civil penalty revenues have risen sharply, and the loan would be repaid in 2029-30 with provisional language allowing earlier repayment if needed. The LAO agreed the fund could support the loan but warned that recent PAGA reforms may reduce future revenues. Public commenters, including labor and community groups, argued the money should instead support labor-law enforcement and outreach programs such as CWOP, and urged rejection of the loan. Members also heard a Department of Industrial Relations request for $19.1 million for phase two of Public Works Information Technology System Enhancements, which officials said will support labor-law enforcement and apprenticeship registration. The department said the project was delayed because a prior procurement did not result in a contract award and that completion is now expected in October 2026. The committee then took up an EDD Next reappropriation technical adjustment to extend UI fund spending authority through June 30, 2026; the LAO said the request was fine but again raised concerns about oversight of the larger modernization effort, which EDD said now totals more than $660 million and is expected to continue through 2029. Finally, the committee discussed DGS’s request for new parking facilities near the May Lee Building and a trailer bill shifting statewide telework policy language from DGS to CalHR while also expanding NDI eligibility for certain CEA employees. The LAO said the telework trailer bill should likely go through the policy committee process instead of budget, and union and employee witnesses strongly opposed it, arguing it would undermine bargaining rights and could be used to narrow telework. In a separate item on the governor’s return-to-office order, administration officials said departments are being directed to move to a four-day in-office expectation starting July 1, 2025, but they had no statewide cost estimate yet because departments are still assessing vacancies, exemptions, and space needs. Members criticized the lack of analysis and said the state should have clearer numbers before moving forward.

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• It requires planning and additional infrastructure in order to add to the class size.
• It requires planning and additional infrastructure in order to add to the class size.
• Okay, finally, we got 1252 relating to dementia, requiring University of Hawaiʻi border regions to establish
• University of Hawaiʻi border regions to establish a specialized training program to educate health care
• And for Senate Bill 1250, this is relating to the border regions and prohibiting active employees of

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Higher Education met on February 6 and began with decision-making items. SB 663, concerning additional positions for the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, was deferred again after the chair said the university’s response did not include the requested details on vacant positions, recruitment status, and fill dates. The chair said the committee needed the full information before considering new positions, and the university apologized for treating the request as informal rather than a formal committee inquiry. The committee then discussed SB 672, relating to capital improvement projects for the Y. Manalo Research Station. University representatives said the project had been identified late because of timing and that they were still developing a broader plan for SEAR research facilities. The chair questioned how the project fit within the university’s existing Board of Regents-approved CIP priorities and whether any current priorities should be displaced. The university said it could not unilaterally reprioritize the budget, and the measure was deferred pending better direction on how it fits into the overall plan. For SB 557, which would require the John A. Burns School of Medicine to direct a study on physician and dentist recruitment and retention for Maui, the committee heard strong testimony in support from Maui health care providers and community representatives. Supporters described severe shortages of physicians and dentists, long waits for care, and the need for housing, loan repayment, scholarships, transportation, and telehealth support to retain providers. The university said it was willing to help and suggested the work could be done through existing rural health and AHEC efforts. The bill was kept alive for further work, with the chair encouraging the parties to develop a plan. The committee also heard SB 1107, establishing a medical education position at JABSOM to support ECHO-style mentorship and guidance programs. The university opposed the bill, saying it did not believe the measure addressed a problem that needed fixing and that Hawaiʻi already has five ECHO clinics administered through the Hawaiʻi State Rural Health Association, not JABSOM. The committee then took up SB 1204, concerning integration of the Kakaʻako medical school and cancer center. University leadership asked for time to develop a plan and timeline, possibly with an external consultant, and requested the bill be withdrawn. The chair expressed skepticism, citing long-standing concerns about the cancer center’s finances and planning. Testimony included support from the American Cancer Society and a patient who warned that integration could jeopardize the cancer center’s NCI designation and clinical trials, while a university vice president said the NIH P30 grant does not require the cancer center and medical school to remain separate and that many NCI centers are integrated. No final votes were taken on the measures discussed in the excerpt.

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• So some of the decisions we're having here, it's influenced by factors outside of North Dakota's borders
• for housing and academic buildings, talking about removing that language so we could use it in infrastructure
• We have everything from our housing to safety and security.
• but I just want to declare, if we remove the tier one spending first, as with the request, all infrastructure
• Especially in infrastructure, you can pretty much spend anything you're given.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Higher Education Funding Committee met to discuss possible changes to North Dakota’s higher education funding formula, with a particular focus on separating the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences MD program from the general formula. Dr. Jenkins outlined several options for the MD program, including a fixed-funding model, a hybrid model, or keeping it in the formula, and emphasized the need to preserve strong support for medical education while making future funding clearer. He also discussed efforts to increase the share of North Dakota students in the MD program through ND85, expanded recruiting, early acceptance pathways, MCAT prep, a four-plus-one program, and the Primary Care Accelerated Track, along with future cost pressures such as AI licensing and residency growth. The committee then reviewed a simplified funding model from the University System Office that would base funding more heavily on student FTE, credentials awarded, and a few incentive factors such as small institution and research adjustments. Members questioned the use of placeholder numbers, the lack of a clear methodology for the small institution and research factors, and whether the model would adequately account for differences among institutions, high-cost programs, and graduate education. Several members raised concerns that arbitrary factors would be hard to defend politically and could distort funding or create competition between schools, while others said the exercise was useful as a starting point for discussion. Alex presented a second alternative that kept the current SIP-code structure but increased CTE weighting, added a progressive economic size factor, and separated out the MD program. His model also added an on-campus face-to-face headcount component and a credentials component, with the intent of rewarding in-person enrollment and completions. Members questioned the use of headcount instead of FTE, how hybrid, online, dual-credit, and off-campus students would be treated, and why face-to-face enrollment was weighted more heavily than completion. No formal votes or final actions were taken; the committee instead continued discussion and asked members to provide direction on which elements, if any, should be developed further.

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• When applied together, especially in connection to a border county, otherwise exempt activities can be
• note, Cameron County is happy to see this solution being presented because even though they feel secure
• counties in the state are classified as sub-chapter A counties and sub-chapter B counties, which are border

Bills: SB1708, SB2523, SB1450

Keywords: county platting, subdivision platting, Local Government Code Chapter 232, Section 232.022, Section 232.0014, model subdivision rules, Water Code Section 16.343, Texas county subdivision law, residential subdivision, land conveyance, gift deed, family transfer, consanguinity, affinity, third degree relative, five acres or less, county land use, platting exemption, rural land division, property subdivision

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• <01:00:42.640> utilities<01:00:43.079> for because infrastructure utilities for because
• infrastructure utilities for water<01:00:43.480> and<01:00:43.599> sewer<01:00:43.960>
• that we put in an audit committee<01:06:32.559> for<01:06:32.960> the<01:06:33.079> border
• ><01:06:33.319> of<01:06:33.559> regions<01:06:34.559> and committee for the border
• of regions and committee for the border of regions and it's<01:06:34.920> the<01:06:35.039>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• I mean all of these infrastructure I mean all of these things<00:40:05.440> uh<00:40:05.680><
• So, they're taking that money for DOT, any type of infrastructure and supports they're charging us all
• We actually have an infrastructure support for each other. SUR, not Saresk, the association.
• <01:11:58.640> I Many of the districts, and I've worked in a couple near the border, send
• We actually have an infrastructure do.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission met to approve the November 21, 2025 minutes, making several clerical corrections before adopting them as amended. The edits included adding the date, correcting a misspelled name, clarifying references to a scholarship fund representative’s title, removing an incorrect “DOE” reference, and fixing a few wording errors. The minutes were approved with one abstention from members who were absent. The bulk of the meeting focused on organizing the commission’s work under SB 57 and identifying which special education cost issues should be prioritized for research and reporting. Members discussed a long list of topics, including student referral rates, why students are classified as other health impaired, increases in referrals since school closures, interventions before referral, costs of non-medically necessary services in IEPs and 504 plans, differences between federal and state requirements, reporting of special education costs, out-of-district and residential placements, dispute resolution, Medicaid and insurance use, graduation rates, and adult learning participation. Several members emphasized the need to combine or narrow topics and to gather better data before the report due July 1, 2026. Representative Ames highlighted HB 742, which would eliminate prorated special education aid payments when state appropriations fall short, and explained that the Education Funding Committee recommended interim study. He argued that local districts are bearing too much of the cost and that the state and federal governments should provide more support. Other members raised concerns about rising special education identification rates, possible overidentification, school climate and mental health factors, bullying, staffing, speech therapy access, and residential placements. One member cautioned that DOE website numbers may be inflated or at least difficult to interpret because of how students are counted. Department of Education staff then explained how special education data and costs are monitored. They said student counts are tied to IEPs and SASIDs in the state system, districts are checked through both desk audits and on-site monitoring, and billed services are compared against IEP requirements. They also described IDEA funding, noting that most DOE special education staffing is federally funded, with a large share of federal money flowing through to local education agencies and the remainder supporting administration, monitoring, and training initiatives. Members discussed whether more staff and more robust oversight would improve accuracy and accountability.

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• This is for identity verification, as is asking for a Social Security number or an ITIN if an individual
• number or an ittin if if an security number or an ittin if if an individual<00:52:53.799> doesn't

• Next question for you: one of the challenges that we have is that we have plenty of bordering

• What are you doing to address, or how is the agency handling, cross-border employees and employers and
• to use this uh use their social security to use this uh use their social security number<01:18:33.960

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Moving on to Item 9, Border Security.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We know about a group of people who assisted America, arguably regarding its safety and security years
• years ago those its Safety and Security years ago those folks<00:47:47.480> now<00:47:47.680>
• <00:47:59.920> in<00:48:00.200> Wisconsin and just across the border in Wisconsin and
• just across the border in Wisconsin and<00:48:01.319> they<00:48:01.440> are<00:48:01.800
• the Minnesota as the host secured the Minnesota as the host location<00:59:26.480> for<00:59:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill does not decide borders; no, it does not deny anyone's humanity.
• confusing things where HCBS is required just because of HHS funding and anything with the Social Security
• I just wanted to ask, we've seen security come out in and out a few times and walk across the room, and
• so that's making me feel a little bit uneasy, and I'm wondering why security keeps coming in and out
• I want to give them some security so that way they can continue to grow the program.

Bills: HB2014, HB2156, HB2180, HB2554, HCR2047, HR2002

Keywords: air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, appropriation, University of Arizona, education, state budget, biennial budget, state funding, appropriations, budget procedures, fiscal years, Judea

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• We have our borders to protect, and the actions of ICE were there to enforce the law.
• We have our borders to protect, and the actions of ICE were there to enforce the law.
• So, someone who has served in the military, I support strong national sovereignty, border security, and
• strong national sovereignity, border strong national sovereignity, border security,<02:10:05.040
• It's an overreach that threatens our effectiveness on national security.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I said, “But just know that this building is safe and it’s secure.”
• I was on a border flight in Philadelphia, and I got a phone call from a no-caller-ID number, which is
• put in place by this legislative body in 1980 after the Republican Party of Orange County hired security
• The most strenuous voting system certification program in the country, ensuring the security, accessibility
• The reality is that our voting systems in California are true and secure and accurate.

Summary: The Assembly Elections Committee met on September 12, 2025, with a quorum present and heard two bills. AB 1392 by Assemblymember Sharp-Collins would make candidates’ residence addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses confidential in county election records for the duration of the election cycle or term, with access provisions for journalists and government offices after amendments removed prior opposition. The author and a representative from the Secretary of State argued the bill was needed in response to rising political threats and violence, and several members from both parties spoke in support, citing personal experiences with harassment and concern for family safety. No opposition was heard. The committee then heard SB 851 by Senator Cervantes, a measure described as responding to federal threats to California’s election administration. The bill would require notice to the Secretary of State and Attorney General for certain federal election-related court actions and settlements, extend the prohibition on unauthorized law enforcement presence at voting locations to federal agents, reaffirm California’s voting system standards, and make county registrar certification duties ministerial and non-discretionary. The author and Secretary of State’s representative said the bill was needed to defend election integrity and protect against federal interference, while some members criticized it as fearmongering and argued California should focus on cleaning voter rolls and preventing fraud. Other members defended the bill, saying isolated fraud cases do not undermine the overall security of California elections. AB 1392 was approved on a 6-0 vote with a recommendation that Senate amendments be concurred in, and SB 851 passed on a 5-2 vote. The hearing then adjourned.