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• The state agency directors must have a documented plan of accountability on how they plan to implement
• have a documented plan of accountability on<00:03:48.959> how<00:03:49.120> they<00:03
• document and plan of accountability. document and plan of accountability.
• Allow ample time to review documents and respond to requests for consultation.
• Maybe we don't need a big document.

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• If cameras had been installed, the first attempted murder would have been documented.
• The truth would have been documented.
• We had no evidence or documentation because nearly a month passed before I was notified by the daycare
• . documentation. documentation.
• and documented pictures of the bruise. and documented pictures of the bruise.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I have that document.
• I have that document.
• I have that document.
• I have that document.
• He said the document is well written and meant for multiple uses.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The council did not adequately document its decisions or track costs related to non-conformance reports
• his decisions or adequately document his decisions or track<00:07:43.919> costs<00:07:44.199>
• <00:08:02.120> to<00:08:02.319> do documentation to do documentation to do so<00:08:04.599
• Additional agency effort to prepare documents, cost to the industry to prepare documents.
• uh cost to the industry to documents uh cost to the industry to prepare<00:48:18.720> documents

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And when field documented learning loss.
• Imagine being them, feeling the need to carry documentation just to go to school.
• Imagine being them, feeling the need to carry documentation just to go to school.
• Will you have our back as we deal with all of the impacts documented here today?
• <01:41:19.760> here all of the impacts documented here all of the impacts documented here

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, and I'll send the whole document to you, but it's in 2010 they studied the whole matter and they
• Um, and I'll send the whole document to you, but it's in 2010 they studied the whole matter and they
• This wasn't done supplemental documents.
• So that was my concern: the amount of work that's necessary from the developer, a document for the documentation
• "The amount of work that's necessary from the developer, a document for the documentation, and that if

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• to advance the grant documentation to advance the grant agreement<00:56:21.960> um<00:56:22.200
• There's all kinds of documentation that would be required to actually get into a contract with any of
• <01:05:18.279> that<01:05:18.400> would kinds of um uh documentation that would kinds
• They generally know exactly what we're talking about when we expect documents.
• when we expect uh documents they know when we expect uh documents they know how<01:15:09.880> to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I can meet the eligibility criteria by providing certain types of documentation and records.
• <00:17:23.199> and certain types of documentation and certain types of documentation and Records
• it's it's um do you have documentation it's it's um do you have documentation of<00:22:50.559>
• And when you make a claim, is there documentation of various kinds? Oh yes, sure.
• <00:30:50.640> of make a claim is there documentation of make a claim is there documentation

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard from the Department of Labor on several House Bill 2 sections. Members discussed raising the annual elevator certificate fee, which had been $50 since at least fiscal year 2014; the commissioner said the Inspection Division generates more revenue than its costs, and members agreed to amend the fee to $75 and later voted unanimously to accept Section 137. The department also explained a proposed change to civil penalty/warning language in Section 139 to align enforcement across labor laws; that section was accepted unanimously. The commissioner then gave a detailed overview of the second injury fund, describing how it is financed by assessments on insurance carriers, how claims are reviewed for reimbursement, and how the fund is intended to reimburse certain workers’ compensation costs. Members questioned whether the program still serves its original purpose, whether it is revenue-neutral, and whether it should be sunset; the department said the fund is a mixed bag for the state and industry, but no sunset language was adopted. Sections 140 and 141 were then accepted unanimously. The committee next heard from the Judicial Council on Sections 125 through 127. The witness said the changes would streamline payment for indigent defense services other than counsel, reduce the number of bills requiring judge review, and expand the council’s ability to contract with providers for services such as translation and evaluations. He also explained a proposed fail-safe allowing the executive director to decline to process questionable invoices and send them to a judge instead. Members generally supported the streamlining, and Sections 125 through 127 were accepted unanimously. Toward the end of the discussion, members asked about the cost impact of changing the misdemeanor/felony threshold from $1,000 to a higher amount. The Judicial Council said felony cases are significantly more expensive than misdemeanors because they involve more hearings, more discovery, and more attorney time, with assigned felony cases costing several times more on average. No action was taken on that question in the excerpt.

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• This preservation of history also stands in stark contrast to the foreign policy of the Trump administration
• Under this bill, a VA scheduler could book an appointment and send the referral documents electronically
• 17.680> referral appointment and send the the referral appointment and send the the referral documents
• <04:12:18.720> electronically<04:12:19.760> without<04:12:20.319> ending documents
• electronically without ending documents electronically without ending endless<04:12:21.359> phone

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• One of the things is those are documented rescues that we were able to get from the local rescue teams
• <00:27:18.680> rescues things is those are documented rescues things is those are documented
• And we are working with the other 11 applicants who received funding to get their documentation in place
• I would like to share just a couple of success stories with you. their documentation in place to be able
• their documentation in place to be able to<00:45:47.400> proceed.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth. Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene. Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian. The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.

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• The original document that they signed when they in.
• The original document that they signed when they in. Name of the minor child on there incorrectly.
• The original document that they signed when they in. Senator Clark?
• All they did was—now suddenly they're on some, you know, document, and it's hurting them.
• All they did was—now suddenly they're on some, you know, document, and it's hurting them.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• However, the recommendations we will be making have the opportunity to be a guiding document for the
• /c><00:03:58.239> be<00:03:58.400> a<00:03:58.560> guiding<00:03:58.959> document
• the opportunity to be a guiding document the opportunity to be a guiding document for<00:03:59.760
• So, I think a huge number of documents.
• already well covered by the documents already well covered by the documents that<00:17:42.559>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and understanding the documenting process with your landlords.
• And most important is documenting.
• and understanding the documenting process with your landlords.
• And so they don't know about documenting damage in an apartment.
• And as I mentioned, as I provided in the document, And as I mentioned, as I provided in the document,

Summary: The Tribal and State Relations Committee met at Standing Rock with tribal council members, state legislators, and agency representatives to discuss state-tribal coordination and local priorities. Early discussion focused on process concerns, including the short agenda time and the need for better communication, more advance notice, and more relevant state department staff at future meetings. Tribal leaders asked for lists of state tribal liaisons and bills affecting tribes, and state members said they would follow up, share grant and deadline information, and plan another meeting in Bismarck with program experts and agency staff. A major portion of the meeting centered on health, child welfare, law enforcement, housing, infrastructure, and sovereignty issues. Tribal speakers said rural health transformation funding and other state programs often do not fit direct-service tribes or IHS-funded systems, and they raised concerns about Medicaid, ICWA, foster care delays, human service zones, housing shortages, and the placement of Native children off-reservation. They also discussed missing and murdered Indigenous people, search-and-rescue cooperation, cross-deputization, extradition and banishment ordinances, and the need for stronger law enforcement partnerships that respect tribal sovereignty. Other concerns included poor roads, water and sewer needs in Sioux County communities, census accuracy, and the impact of data centers and other development on water and health. Economic development and regulatory issues were also discussed. Standing Rock representatives raised concerns about charitable gaming and e-pull tabs, saying the machines function like Class III gaming and have harmed tribal revenue while spreading into local businesses. They also described problems with county-issued fireworks permits and state/county liquor licensing rules that they said undermine tribal authority within reservation boundaries. In response, legislators said the committee would continue to look at these issues, and one member suggested possible legislation such as limiting e-tabs near tribal lands. The committee also heard from Joseph McNeil of Sage Development Authority about a 235-megawatt wind project on tribal, allotted, and fee land; he said federal permitting delays have stalled the project and asked for state support to help move it forward. The meeting concluded with a presentation from Dave Archambo of Wojou, a nonprofit focused on land regeneration, buffalo, food sovereignty, cultural programming, and youth wellness. He described the organization’s work on buffalo processing, gardening, fishing, hunting, language, and arts programs, and framed it as a response to historical trauma and community healing. The committee then broke for lunch and planned to resume with the Wojou presentation after the recess.

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• And the purpose is that when someone has accepted a full-time job, we don't really have documentation
• <00:10:42.640> of um we don't really have documentation of um we don't really have documentation
• , appreciate wanting some documentation, appreciate wanting some documentation, but<00:13:02.240>
• <00:14:03.120> Thank documentation is what I'm seeking.
• Thank documentation is what I'm seeking. Thank you. you. you.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are now on item 9 with the document titled Public School Support.
• With the document titled Public School Support.
• So to start off in that document, you have the high-level public school support, and this document is
• That's the structure of the document, just so you all have that context.
• PED now wants to start training people on how to engage with that document.

Summary: The committee first heard a detailed staff presentation on the LESC FY27 public school support recommendation. Staff reviewed the budget structure and explained that, despite a downward revision in state revenue estimates, the recommendation still relied on recurring and non-recurring revenue to support educator compensation, insurance, transportation, literacy, math, special education, and other school programs. Major recurring items included a 3% compensation increase, funding for an 80-20 health insurance cost share, insurance premium growth, and transportation adequacy funding. Staff also flagged a possible supplemental need of up to $35 million for virtual education tied to rapid enrollment growth in Chama and Santa Rosa, and members raised concerns about the quality, accountability, and funding model for virtual programs. Members asked questions about transportation for rural districts, the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit fees, the treatment of enrollment declines in the school funding formula, and whether the word “average” in salary language should remain in the budget. Staff explained that the SEG should remain whole, that the insurance and transportation recommendations applied to all public school employees but not contractors, and that the budget included multiple math-related investments spread across several lines rather than one single appropriation. There was also discussion of out-of-school learning grants, school meals, literacy center operations, special education training, and the Public Education Reform Fund, including the use of multi-year, evaluation-based appropriations for high-impact tutoring and community schools. After discussion, the committee adopted the LESC budget recommendation. The committee then moved to endorsed legislation proposals. It endorsed a bill allowing the secretary to suspend an individual school board member, with notice and appeal procedures clarified, and a bill creating an 80-20 health insurance cost-share requirement for public school employees, along with a study of the sustainability of public school insurance programs. It also endorsed a bill on attendance provisions for students with severe medical conditions, which would keep those students from being classified as excessively absent. Finally, the committee discussed a teacher residency bill that would raise stipend levels, allow residents to complete service anywhere in New Mexico, and remove the requirement that sponsoring schools must hire them, though the bill did not include an appropriation. Members also raised questions about bilingual, Hispanic, and Black education funding, cultural and linguistic supports in teacher preparation, and where various programs should be placed in the budget or PERF framework.

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• Just give a moment for everyone to find that document and open it up. >> Opposed.
• <00:02:58.160> that moment for everyone to find that moment for everyone to find that document
• LBO staff are authorized to make technical corrections to the standards and procedures document prior
• Essentially, a shortened three- to six-page document that would be similar in format to the executive
• that would be similar in page document that would be similar in format<00:36:35.599> to<00:36

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Budget Caucus Public Commission met with a quorum present, approved the September 3, 2025 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Legislative Budget Office Director Christian Larson on proposed updates to the fiscal note uniform standards and procedures. The main changes clarified that agencies must still complete a fiscal note when a bill or section cannot be implemented because of federal law, with the note explaining the implementation issue and costing only the portions that can be implemented. A second change said technical comments about possible future litigation may be included in the narrative but not in the cost tables. Members discussed how these rules would apply when only part of a bill is unimplementable versus when an entire bill is, and whether requiring a note in those cases is the best use of agency time. The commission also approved a new procedure on funding-source assumptions for expanded programs, including assuming the current funding source unless the bill says otherwise and defaulting to the general fund if no source is identified. The updated standards and procedures were adopted by a 7-0 roll call vote, with Senator Wickland excused. The commission then received a second presentation from Director Larson on a possible analysis of the accuracy of fiscal estimates and budget items after enactment. He described this as a variance analysis comparing fiscal note estimates to actual fiscal impacts, intended to improve future estimates, inform the legislature, and increase accountability. He summarized practices in other states, noting that most variance reviews are ad hoc, while Utah and Tennessee have more formalized legislative reports; he also referenced an LBO pilot review done in 2022 based largely on Tennessee’s model. The presentation outlined possible report formats, including a single annual report, standalone briefs, or topic-specific reviews, and raised implementation questions such as who would select items for review, whether the analysis should be limited to fiscal notes, what statutory authority or data access would be needed, and what resources would be required from both agencies and the LBO. Members did not take action on the second presentation. Representative Anderson and Vice Chair Pratt commented that the proposal is complicated but potentially useful for improving future fiscal notes and transparency, and the chair indicated the discussion was for future consideration rather than an immediate decision.

Bills: HB1800, HB1860, HB2250, HB472, HB649, HB1391, HB1481, HB1509, HB1511, HB1515, HB1518, HB1541, HB1548, HB1576, HB1618, HB1642, HB1643, HB1661, HB1667, HB1678, HB1682, HB1688, HB1692, HB1707, HB1710, HB1711, HB1713, HB1718, HB1721, HB1728, HB1737, HB1740, HB1741, HB1785, HB1801, HB1802, HB1804, HB1810, HB1815, HB1824, HB1838, HB1839, HB1853, HB1854, HB1864, HB1870, HB1881, HB1888, HB1890, HB1891, HB1894, HB1920, HB1959, HB1960, HB1969, HB1973, HB1974, HB2023, HB2050, HB2078, HB2094, HB2095, HB2104, HB2137, HB2152, HB2158, HB2171, HB2207, HB2218, HB2246, HB2270, HB2271, HB2272, HB2279, HB2282, HB2289, HB2293, HB2297, HB2300, HB2309, HB2310, HB2314, HB2319, HB2329, HB2338, HB2339, HB2344, HB2361, HB2385, HB2395, HB2417, HB2429, HB2443, HB2452, HB2474, HB2475, HB2498, HB2505, HB2547, HB2576

Keywords: supplemental appropriations, state budget, Hawaii budget, biennial budget, capital improvement projects, CIP, general fund, special fund, green fee, special land and development fund, clean energy revolving loan fund, agricultural development revolving fund, community grants, nonprofit grants, Office of Community Services, housing, affordable housing, homelessness, health care, mental health

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• This notification would be a searchable document for fire agencies to see.
• I'm asking the committee's indulgence to move the... ...document for fire agencies to see.
• As SERPs and EL SERPs are broad, evolving policy documents, there's no clear standard for what level
• I've looked at a gazillion CEQA documents. CEQA already covers air quality.
• I've looked at a gazillion CEQA documents and CEQA studies on a lot of different types of projects.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And it's not a, it's like a three-page document. It's a right-of-way thing. You sign it.
• , how they're developed, how they're documented, where they come from.
• And we didn't really see that sort of documentation as to where those numbers are coming from.
• Documents. So it may be more of a question of coordinating efforts as part of this working group.
• Because someone's gone and nobody can remember, and it wasn't documented.

Summary: The meeting began with introductions from members of the Joint Transportation Committee and a presentation from the Association of Washington Cities and the public works directors of Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, and West Richland. The cities described the Quad Cities region as one of the fastest-growing in the state and outlined shared transportation priorities that align with the committee’s focus on safety, multimodal access, climate resilience, and economic development. They emphasized Vision Zero efforts, complete streets, ADA accessibility, regional trail and bike/pedestrian planning, and coordinated long-range transportation and land-use planning to manage growth. The city officials also discussed major funding and delivery challenges, including rising construction costs, project phasing, pavement preservation, right-of-way acquisition, and delays caused by state and federal permitting and review processes. They highlighted regional cooperation through the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments, Good Roads, and local funding tools such as impact fees, transportation benefit districts, REET, tax increment financing, and state and federal grants. Specific projects discussed included Richland’s SR 240/Aaron Drive complete streets project and downtown connectivity work, Kennewick’s Columbia Center Boulevard improvements and rail study, Pasco’s Court/Road 68, Sylvester Street corridor, I-182 bridge/interchange work, and a new north-south bridge study, and West Richland’s SR 224 Red Mountain corridor project, which officials said was awarded under budget and is scheduled to begin construction. Committee members asked questions about sidewalk connections to schools, state-agency right-of-way timelines, apprenticeship utilization, contractor selection, and whether complete streets requirements add burdens to pavement preservation projects. The city officials said new development is generally meeting sidewalk standards, but older infill areas remain a gap; that state right-of-way transactions can take much longer than expected; that apprenticeship requirements are common but harder for smaller contractors and local labor markets; and that low-bid contracting leaves little room to screen for performance history. They also said complete streets requirements are usually manageable on major projects but can be difficult to absorb in smaller preservation work. The committee then shifted to a JTC-funded study on transit-oriented development, presented by Urban Institute researcher Yona Freemark. The study examined TOD conditions in 33 cities in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Clark, and Spokane counties near rail and bus rapid transit stations. Freemark said Washington’s housing affordability crisis is severe, especially near transit, and found that high-cost cities have seen more development near stations but also signs of gentrification and loss of affordable housing, while lower-cost cities have had less development and worsening affordability relative to income. He identified barriers including high debt costs, land costs, infrastructure costs, zoning and parking rules, and limited subsidies for affordable housing. He recommended more neighborhood infrastructure funding near stations, stronger affordable housing investment, and better use of public land, noting that HB 1491 and related legislation are already changing some local requirements.

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• For the council itself, it says on page 30 of this document, and for the public, this This document was
• That's exactly what this 30-year-old document said; it's about these relationships.
• And so our committee went through all those line by line, and I can't remember if we've got a document
• So yeah, we have that available as one of our documents as well as your bill draft, which I believe Mr
• So, again, I'm going back to the 150-page document, very thorough.

Keywords: 916, all