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• HB 3654 by relating to the automatic orders of nondisclosure criminal history record information on certain

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• Under the current statute, questions or a need for clarification can go unanswered before an automatic

Bills: SB32, SB464, SB996, SB1163, SB1173, SB1277, SB1452, SB1453, SB1548, SB1882, SB1883, SB2016, SB 32

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, tax exemption, franchise tax credit, income production, personal property, SB 464, school buffer zone, tobacco retailer, vape shop, e-cigarette, vaping, nicotine, tobacco products, retail permit, comptroller, Class A misdemeanor, school proximity, youth access, public school, private school

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• Under the current statute, questions or a need for clarification can go unanswered before an automatic

Bills: SB 32, SB 464, SB 996, SB 1163, SB 1173, SB 1277, SB 1452, SB 1453, SB 1548, SB 1882, SB 1883, SB 2016

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, tax exemption, franchise tax credit, income production, personal property, SB 464, school buffer zone, tobacco retailer, vape shop, e-cigarette, vaping, nicotine, tobacco products, retail permit, comptroller, Class A misdemeanor, school proximity, youth access, public school, private school

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• THAT IS HOW LONG IT WOULD FOLLOW YOU FOR PURPOSES OF AUTOMATICALLY FALLING UNDER THE LIMITATIONS OF THE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This exemption will automatically repeal on October 2nd of this year unless this bill becomes law.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and heard several insurance- and financial-services-related bills. HB 315 was temporarily postponed. The chair also noted that, following the speaker’s remarks, members should expect additional special meetings as the committee investigates insurance-related issues and seeks transparency and the truth. HB 497, relating to nonprofit agricultural organization health coverage, was presented as a way to give Florida Farm Bureau members—especially farmers, ranchers, and small business owners—more affordable health coverage options. An amendment added statutory placement changes, disclosures that the product is not commercially sold, and annual financial audits. Members discussed ACA-related protections, fraud, and insolvency concerns, and the bill received support from Florida Farm Bureau and was reported favorably 16-0. HB 379, the annual securities package, updated exemptions, foreign jurisdiction rules, the Florida Invest Local Exemption, merger-and-acquisition broker rules, fingerprinting requirements, and technical issues in the Securities Guarantee Fund. Three amendments clarified entity definitions and fingerprint/live-scan requirements; the bill drew support from industry and OFR and passed favorably 17-0. The PCS for HB 147 on consumer debt collection clarified prohibited communications during nighttime hours, with the sponsor and supporters explaining the intent was to allow email while restricting other forms of contact and reduce litigation over passive communications. Members and public witnesses discussed ambiguity in the wording, and the sponsor said further cleanup language may still be needed; the PCS was reported favorably 17-0. HB 655 on pet insurance and wellness programs created a regulatory framework for pet insurance, drew support from industry and humane society representatives, and passed favorably 17-0. HB 367 on home and service warranty association financial requirements allowed financial compliance through multiple contractual liability insurance policies and alternative parent-company documentation; an amendment corrected cross-references and duplicative language, and after questions about consumer protections and insolvency, the bill was reported favorably 17-0. Finally, HB 7003 preserved a public-records exemption for sensitive financial technology sandbox application materials; members discussed the sandbox concept and possible future issues, but no amendments were taken and the bill passed favorably 17-0. The meeting adjourned without objection.

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• Representative Roads, we do need a pink card from you too, but after your testimony is fine.
• No, that's fine. I understand the need.
• that change and say, isn’t it appropriate for us to go back to what the legislature did perfectly fine
• ...us to go back to what the legislature did perfectly fine when they put into law the seven vaccine
• If you don't have an immunization record on file or a religious exemption, you're automatically excluded

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Last comment: the presumption from Michael Sununu that any carbon fee automatically is robbing customers
• is robbing ing customers automatically is robbing ing customers is<01:04:27.240> bizarre<01:04
• House Bill 95 would make such a revote automatic every three years.
• kind enough to credit me with the idea for this bill, I think that's true, is making that revote automatic
• <03:06:10.279> I true is making that revote automatic I true is making that revote automatic

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Fines and fees tended, uh, and the payments tended to be relatively compliant and relatively high rate
• Or if it hits 0.08, does that automatically go to alcohol and not drugs if there's both included?
• I know we eliminated some of the things that would be effective for like paying off previous fines.
• <01:36:58.239> I'm<01:36:58.480> very previous fines. So, I get that.
• I'm very previous fines. So, I get that.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . >> I think it's fine. >> Got it. >> Good afternoon.
• >> I<00:44:31.599> think<00:44:31.760> it's<00:44:31.920> fine.
• >> I think it's fine. >> I think it's fine. >> Got<00:44:32.720> it.
• >> Okay,<01:04:28.960> that's<01:04:29.039> fine. >> Okay, that's fine.
• >> Okay, that's fine.

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:02:10 3. Discussion of State-Based Marketplaces and the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace – 00:02:31 4. Discussion of the Role of Kynectors and Navigators – 00:27:29 5. Discussion of Presumptive Eligibility – 01:11:57 6. Discussion of Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Redeterminations – 01:20:09 7. Update on Rural Health Transformation Program Application Process – 01:47:35 8. Public Comment – 01:59:57 9. Adjournment – 02:06:10, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.

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• working now, we have access to a variety of data sources that will tell us their income so we can automatically
• will tell us their income so<00:31:33.120> we<00:31:33.360> can<00:31:33.520> automatically
• <00:31:34.159> tell<00:31:34.399> that<00:31:34.559> those So we can automatically

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

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

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• We are also opposed to this bill because of the sunset or automatic cuts that I would put on tax credits
• Larson with Catholic Charities Hawaii. sunset or automatic cuts that I would sunset or automatic cuts

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology met on February 7, 2025, to hear testimony on several bills and later take up amendments and votes. HB 1405, HB 1406, and HB 1407 drew broad support from business, housing, utility, and development groups, with no opposition noted on those measures. Testifiers generally said the bills would streamline permitting, improve coordination, and expand support for chambers of commerce and small businesses. After recess, the chair recommended amendments to each bill, including changes to broaden eligibility, add reporting requirements, and include funding and staffing notes. HB 1405 was amended to allow certain projects with one state and one county permit to qualify, require annual DBEDT reports to the Legislature, and note one full-time position and $125,000 in funding; the committee voted to pass it with amendments. HB 1406 was amended to move the intergovernmental task force from DBEDT to the House Legislature, add a Speaker-appointed chair, and include a $125,000 appropriation note; it also passed with amendments. HB 1407 was amended to convert the chamber support from a grant process to an RFP process and require a 1-to-5 match on a $100,000 award; it too passed with amendments. In each case, the chair’s recommendation was adopted, with Representative Tam excused. The committee also heard HB 796, a tax-credit review bill, which drew no support and 12 opposition testimonies with three comments. Opponents, including SAG-AFTRA Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, argued that automatic sunset provisions or broad tax-credit cuts would burden working families and that existing review mechanisms already exist under state law. The Department of Taxation and DBEDT offered technical comments, and the Tax Foundation suggested the bill’s goals might be better addressed by cleaning up the existing review process. Later, the committee heard HB 303, which had 17 supporters and no opposition. Testifiers from the Department of Health, University of Hawaii, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Queen’s Health System, and the Hawaii State Chiropractors Association supported the measure, with the chiropractors asking to be included in eligibility. The Hawaii State Center for Nursing said the program had been successful for five years and had room to expand. HB 577 also drew support, with the Department of Taxation offering comments and the Tax Foundation noting technical issues. HB 949 generated mixed testimony: Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce supported it, while Hawaii Children’s Action Network raised concerns about the bill’s effects and the lack of fiscal analysis; Sugar Creek Capital also supported the measure and clarified that the credit would not offset the GET. Finally, HB 933 and HB 959 were heard, with HB 933 receiving six support testimonies and comments focused on grocery tax relief and food insecurity, and HB 959 drawing strong support from labor and advocacy groups for its broad tax relief package, while the Tax Foundation and Hawaii Appleseed urged caution about the proposed 50% GET increase and asked for clearer fiscal analysis.

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• concrete for the pad I mean that's concrete for the pad I mean that's that's<01:55:01.360> fine
• but<01:55:01.800> we're<01:55:02.040> talking<01:55:02.400> about that's fine
• but we're talking about that's fine but we're talking about multi-million<01:55:04.199> dollar
• So whether you go to a bond—and to me, a bond automatically means a tax implication—or whether you go
• So whether you go to a bond—and to me, a bond automatically means a tax implication—or whether you go

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So, if you can have the accident only take a couple of seconds, then you're automatically safe, and that's
• take a couple seconds and<00:46:13.200> then<00:46:13.359> you're<00:46:13.520> automatically
• <00:46:14.079> safe<00:46:14.720> and and then you're automatically safe and and then
• you're automatically safe and then<00:46:15.359> that's<00:46:15.599> that's<00:46:15.920

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• In this environment, accelerating spending on gas infrastructure through automatic riders is increasingly
• spending on gas<00:17:48.960> infrastructure<00:17:49.840> through<00:17:50.160> automatic
• gas infrastructure through automatic gas infrastructure through automatic riders<00:17:51.120>

Bills: HF3830, HF3688

Keywords: utilities, rate cases, cost recovery, reporting requirements, gas infrastructure, 1183, house

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• one part of the rate is the alternative payment system, or APS, property rate that repealed the automatic
• repealed<00:43:01.760> the property rate that repealed the property rate that repealed the automatic
• <00:43:04.319> Um automatic inflationary adjustment.
• Um automatic inflationary adjustment.

Bills: HF3379

Keywords: housing stabilization, disability services, predatory funding, provider requirements, housing accessibility, 1183, house

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• So unlike a rolling conformity state, which automatically updates the most current version of the Internal
• unlike a rolling conformity<00:11:00.320> state<00:11:00.640> which<00:11:00.959> automatically
• conformity state which automatically conformity state which automatically updates<00:11:02.480><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• choose and so this would to me<00:48:19.280> be<00:48:19.440> an<00:48:19.720> automatic
• <00:48:20.720> choice<00:48:21.040> that<00:48:21.359> you me be an automatic
• choice that you me be an automatic choice that you wouldn't<00:48:21.680> be<00:48:21.920>
• But I think we all know in any enterprise that we work in, you don't automatically say, well, immediately

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Income withholding is automatically done by statute.
• Um income withholding is automatically<00:48:12.960> done<00:48:13.200> by<00:48:13.599
• <00:48:14.480> Um,<00:48:14.720> so automatically done by statute.
• Um, so automatically done by statute.

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• So tuition at the top of the list here automatically flows to the college and the campuses 100% based
• <00:48:05.960> the<00:48:06.079> list<00:48:06.400> here<00:48:07.079> automatically
• <00:48:07.800> flows<00:48:08.240> to the the list here automatically flows to the
• the list here automatically flows to the<00:48:08.640> college<00:48:09.079> and<00:48:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This rule automatically puts on the floor Republicans' top legislative priorities, not a single one of
• years Working Families from the last two years this<04:18:25.760> rule<04:18:26.640> automatically
• <04:18:27.640> puts<04:18:27.960> on<04:18:28.159> the this rule automatically
• puts on the this rule automatically puts on the floor<04:18:28.840> Republicans<04:18:29.640>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, January 3, 2025, 1012, house, all