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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • missing or stolen inmate property, personal hygiene items, marriage of inmates, Legal Services Board
  • , and intersex inmates.
  • missing or stolen inmate property, personal hygiene items, marriage of inmates, Legal Services Board
  • , and intersex inmates.
  • Inmate property, personal hygiene items, marriage of inmates, Legal Services Board claims, inmate grievance
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 973, Wildfire County Coordinator Program. SB 973, Wildfire County Coordinator Program.
  • SB 1265, Go Green Program.
  • SB 1012, Employment of Inmates.
  • fire crew members in the conservation camp program.
  • SB 1423 active transportation program. S.B. 1423, active transportation program report.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met for a suspense-file hearing, which the chair noted was vote-only with no public testimony. The committee moved quickly through a large number of bills, mostly Senate bills with a few Assembly measures at the end, and repeatedly announced amendments that narrowed scope, made bills contingent on appropriation, removed certain provisions, or otherwise reduced fiscal impact. Topics covered included wildfire resilience and recovery, housing and homelessness, energy and utilities, health care and Medi-Cal, education, criminal justice, elections, labor and workforce issues, transportation, environmental regulation, insurance, privacy and technology, and several public safety measures. Most bills were approved, many on unanimous 7-0 votes or 5-0/6-0 votes, while a substantial number passed on 5-2 or 5-1 votes with Republicans generally voting no. A few measures drew more specific discussion: Senator Richardson said he would vote for SB 1203 on security services but expressed concern that it would impose different and doubled training requirements compared with last year’s law; SB 904 on wildfire recovery passed 6-1; SB 1135 on the California Wildfire Coexistence Act passed 6-1; and SB 1241 on skilled and trained workforce requirements passed 6-1 after amendments. The committee also took a reconsideration vote on one previously favorable action, which passed 5-0. No testimony was taken and no bills were held for further discussion during the hearing; the chair repeatedly noted that items not called were held under submission. At the end of the meeting, the committee announced that results would be posted online and that addendum analyses would follow for amended bills, then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 10, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have 815 educators and we have 90,000 inmates.
  • You know, the inmates have this relationship with a average.
  • You brought up the student loan forgiveness and I did not go through that program.
  • But I do know one prosecutor and little Saint Johns County that did go through that program.
  • Does the committee have any questions for a guardian ad litem program? I don't see.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/28/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:27:58.880> be<01:27:59.080> going Program grant program that will be going Program
  • However, county participation and crew size in the program have steadily decreased over the years, notably
  • /c><01:43:26.760> have<01:43:27.000> steadily crew size in the program have steadily crew
  • or education programs higher ed programs or education programs generally<02:00:08.760> uh<02:
  • Chair, no, the crews do not get a double credit. That is just a work crew assignment.
Bills: HF2432
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (04/21/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The same number of kitchen staff is needed to supervise the inmate work crews in the kitchen and provide
  • In addition, they supervise and teach inmate work crews and coordinate the services of contracted employees
  • In addition, they supervise and teach inmate work crews and coordinate the services of contracted employees
  • In addition, they supervise and teach inmate work crews and coordinate the services of contracted employees
  • In addition, they supervise and teach inmate work crews and coordinate the services of contracted employees
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • And as the program requirements and the people on the program keep getting less and less, we chose to
  • If we see that there's available monies in the program, we can look to see how it might fund other programs
  • This isn't a supplantation program of existing programs, but it could fund new things that are within
  • I should say for both staff and inmates.
  • Has the UND psychiatric residency program helped at all, having a local residency program to try to recruit
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then received a DEQ base budget summary and agency overview. DEQ staff explained that the agency is largely federally and special funded, with major ongoing costs in salaries, operating expenses, grants, and continuing appropriations. Director Dave Glatt and accounting director Beth Jacobson highlighted core programs, the move to a new chemistry laboratory, the new state fuel inspection program, wastewater-related funding from HB 1577, and implementation of SB 2267 for on-site wastewater rules. They also noted the agency’s spending patterns, possible federal EPA cuts, and the likelihood of some fee adjustments or program changes if federal support declines. Members asked about DEQ’s travel, field offices, future staffing, and how the agency would respond to reduced federal regulation. DEQ said most staff are based in Bismarck, with field offices in Fargo, Sawyer, and Gwinner, and that travel is driven by inspections and spill response. Glatt said the agency would continue to rely on science and law, and that any future federal retrenchment could mean more state responsibility but likely not a wholesale increase in FTEs. The committee also discussed a feedlot enforcement case in the Minot area, with DEQ explaining its role in ensuring compliance, permitting, and animal-waste management standards. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented on FTE block grant reporting, TANF balances, child care transfers, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. Donna Ockland explained that no line-item transfers had occurred yet for the new rural health work, but about 33 positions were planned and some current staff time could be reimbursed through approved cost allocation. HHS also reviewed TANF’s frozen eligibility and block grant structure, the transfer of up to 30% of TANF funds to child care, and recent program changes that increased benefits and raised the income limit. Staff said the department is using TANF more strategically to support child care and other allowable uses, while still carrying over unused funds as many states do. Finally, Pat and HHS staff gave an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying the first funding opportunity was being posted and that the state is on track to obligate the federal funds within the required timeline. They described priorities such as workforce retention, preceptor development, technical assistance for critical access hospitals, community wellness projects, and ambulance upgrades. Members asked about rural versus urban eligibility, immigrant recruitment, evaluation of year-two funding, and how the program would address varied local workforce needs. The meeting then shifted to an Office of Management and Budget update on the new State Hospital project, where Lindsay Ashley reported continued construction progress, updated cost information, and selected alternates, with photos and details showing work underway in multiple building sections.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • alternative certification program.
  • Sunset language for a now successful alternative certification program offered to qualified providers
  • who meet the program requirements for a two-year path to teacher certification.
  • The idea of this program was that we are using these folks who are not traditionally trained, and how
  • I think it's a clear... ...to select those programs and those specific vendors.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/17/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the case of one of them, programs.
  • We also have a residential program.
  • Some of our residential program.
  • They usual our residential program.
  • . programming. programming.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and a couple things is that when you get into the details, uh I don't believe the program actually
  • <00:10:55.440> the the details, uh I don't believe the the details, uh I don't believe the program
  • > actually<00:10:57.040> is<00:10:57.360> about<00:10:57.680> conserving program
  • actually is about conserving program actually is about conserving water<00:10:58.800> at<00:10
  • Uh, but I'm willing to take any questions you might have. ...potential exchanges that use the program
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we've got eight of those and we also have the water research program, which is a heavily vetted program
  • So we've got eight of those and we also have the water research program, which is a heavily vetted program
  • So we've got eight of those and we also have the water research program, which is a heavily vetted program
  • So we've got eight of those and we also have the water research program, which is a heavily vetted program
  • So we've got eight of those and we also have the water research program, which is a heavily vetted program
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:02:38.720> does modern agriculture and this program does modern agriculture and this program
  • We agree with what the previous testifiers said, and we want this program to be revitalized.
  • So, my question is, you know, we have the plant pest control program.
  • the plant pon ponal program. Could that the plant pon ponal program.
  • <01:47:13.119> Um the pilot program. Um the pilot program.
Summary: The committee heard opening remarks and then took testimony on several agriculture-related bills. HB 2425 would exempt agricultural enterprises on former commercial sugarcane lands in conservation use districts from certain permitting and site plan requirements. The Department of Agriculture supported the measure and stood on written comments. The Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the intent but said the bill appeared to cite the wrong statute and suggested amending the conservation district law instead. Other testimony was generally supportive, while some witnesses raised concerns about using the right statutory vehicle. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be redirected through a different chapter. The committee then heard HB 596, which would require retail sellers of plants to disclose invasiveness risk, direct the Invasive Species Council to create a labeling system and weed risk assessments, and establish fines. The Department of Land and Natural Resources strongly supported the bill, saying point-of-sale labels would help consumers make informed choices. Supporters from the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species said the state’s noxious weed and restricted plant lists are outdated or incomplete and that the bill would help prevent harmful species from being purchased and planted. Opponents, including the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, argued the measure was too broad, could stigmatize plants and producers, and might be better implemented through voluntary education or narrower definitions. Committee discussion focused on possible amendments, including using printable labels from a website and limiting the bill to larger commercial retailers. HB 2573 would create a five-year agriculture and biosecurity workforce development pilot program involving the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Leeward Community College, and the Department of Human Resources Development. DHRD said it supported the intent but wanted clearer responsibilities; the University of Hawaiʻi, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, the Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, and others supported the proposal. DAB said the program would help build needed biosecurity staffing and training, and that law-enforcement-related curriculum could be incorporated. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 207, which would expand the important agricultural land qualified agricultural tax credit to include certain Hawaiian homelands and additional agricultural costs such as orchards, fruit crops, and clearing former sugar and pineapple lands. The Department of Taxation and DAB stood on written comments, while the Department of Hawaiian Homelands strongly supported the bill, calling it a potential game-changer for developing agricultural lands and offsetting infrastructure costs; the department also asked that the credit be broadened beyond agriculture alone.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It would affect the same program, so it would be through a contingency revenue rider process.
  • It might depend on whether or not the... ...functioning program and the permitting side.
  • It would affect the same program, so it would be through a contingency revenue rider process.
  • It's just that I don't know that those programs specifically have to generate that under statute.
  • In the event that a county or municipality implements a battery recycling program.
Bills: SB2122, SB2050, HB16
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • That means people are going to need these programs like the SNAP program and then you also have the farmers
  • As this committee looks at federal child nutrition programs, we should ensure changes to the programs
  • Expanding access to nutrition programs and improving those programs is critical not just for our kids
  • . programs.
  • program regulations.
Bills: SB222
Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The county feedlot program plays an important role in implementing the state's feedlot regulations by
  • I appreciate this handout, kind of just a one-on-one county feedlot program.
  • Otherwise, the MPCA administers the program in the other counties that are not delegated. funded?
  • Generally, the feedlot program and other regulatory programs are funded out of that program.
  • Generally the the feedlot program and other regulatory programs are funded out of that program a bit.
Bills: HF1355, HF78, HF1846, HF1225
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Applicable to broadcasting and live and pre-recorded television radio programs it helps ensure franchise
  • classroom instruction to cover these mandated safety costs. resources for career and technical education programs
  • . allow for expenditures on behavioral health services, mental health personnel and support. and programs
  • Texas schools must have staffing, resources, and programs necessary to effectively address the challenges
Bills: SB260, SB263, SB293, SJR18
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • subdivision that would work for all the stakeholders and apply to all the Texas Water Development Board programs
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met on Texas Water Day and limited public testimony to two minutes. The chair emphasized the need to move quickly because of scheduling conflicts with other committees and noted the importance of water policy and related stakeholders. The committee heard several bills focused on water administration, rural utilities, emergency response, and public works contracting. Senate Bill 790 by Senator Alvarado would let the Public Utility Commission create a simplified process for resolving tenant complaints over water or wastewater bill discrepancies; it was described as a way to avoid lengthy contested-case hearings for small disputes. Senate Bill 971 by Senator Sparks would clean up conflicting statutory definitions of “rural political subdivision” so Texas Water Development Board programs are applied consistently; Texas Rural Water Association testified in support. Senate Bill 767, also by Senator Sparks, would expand and improve a statewide database of fire-response equipment so departments, including volunteer and rural departments, can locate and share resources more effectively during emergencies; fire service witnesses supported the bill and suggested annual updates to keep the database current. Chair Perry laid out Senate Bill 480 to clarify that local governments and special districts may enter interlocal agreements for water-related planning and research, including aquifer management and flood/water planning. He also presented Senate Bill 1066, which raises payment and performance bond thresholds for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public works contracts to $150,000, arguing the change would reflect inflation and help smaller vendors on lower-risk projects. Witnesses were heard on the bills, with no opposition recorded in the transcript. The committee voted out all five bills favorably. SB 1066, SB 480, SB 767, SB 790, and SB 971 each received unanimous committee approval and were recommended to the local and contested calendar, with SB 767 noted as amended by a suggested annual-update requirement for the equipment database.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Committee - Room 1510 Jun 30th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The program consists of 40 hours of weekly programming, including supervised activities, off-campus visits
  • programs.
  • for the youth who sexually harm program and the substance use program.
  • for the youth who sexually harm program and the substance use program.
  • program in a new location.
Keywords: 956, all