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• And Commissioner Jasper last week said that he would not mind having that done, because at one point
• Um, so I was pretty convinced by the passion with which the commissioner disagreed with this bill.
• . the commissioner had educate people. the commissioner had mentioned<00:10:08.080> that<00:10
• <00:10:56.800> had that he had the commissioner had that he had the commissioner had mentioned
• spoke<00:12:25.839> about what Commissioner Jasper spoke about what Commissioner Jasper spoke

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a work session and then executive session on HB 396, which would allow processing of beef cows, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by USDA. Representative Comtois presented a revised amendment after prior drafting issues were corrected. The changes narrowed the bill to cuts of meat rather than meat food products, clarified labeling for amenable and non-amenable species, removed an exemption from federal law, struck a seasonal date range at Representative Bixby’s request, and reinstated a previously removed section. Supporters said the amendment now had clearer language and better safeguards, while some members still expressed reservations about the underlying policy. Testimony from DHHS food safety officials emphasized that the department does not inspect custom-exempt facilities and would have little oversight unless there were a complaint or foodborne outbreak. They noted concerns about removing the September 1 to April 30 date range, explaining it had been included in the original bill because of temperature and storage concerns for large animals, and they also said the amendment appeared to focus documentation requirements on bison, elk, and red deer. Committee members and witnesses debated whether the proposal would create food safety risks, whether farmers should instead be educated and helped to aggregate processing capacity, and whether the bill would expose farmers, retailers, and restaurants to federal enforcement risk. Rob Johnson of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau said the organization had recently voted down a policy opposing state regulations that would allow uninspected meat sales at retail, and he said he needed to consult further with Farm Bureau leadership before taking a position on HB 396. He suggested the bill should use the broader term “dairy and beef cattle” rather than “beef cows” for consistency. Supporters argued the bill would help small farmers, expand local food access, and reflect an intrastate policy choice despite conflict with federal law. The committee then moved into executive session and voted to approve amendment 2025-3090H, with members stating they would likely have different views on the bill itself.

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• health care costs across the state of Minnesota, which are, of course, going to be passed on to insurance
• <02:47:58.680> of<02:47:58.760> Public and requires the Commissioner of Public and
• requires the Commissioner of Public Safety<02:47:59.400> to<02:47:59.520> summarize<02:
• ,<03:17:34.480> and<03:17:34.920> any<03:17:35.120> person owner, tenant insurer
• , and any person owner, tenant insurer, and any person retained<03:17:35.920> to<03:17:36.080>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:46:47.680> and Kentucky to provide health insurance and Kentucky to provide health insurance
• Chair. >> All right, Representative Blandon. >> Thank you, Commissioner.
• Uh<01:04:48.480> uh<01:04:48.880> the<01:04:49.200> commissioners<01:04:49.839><
• c> have<01:04:50.079> met<01:04:50.319> several Uh uh the commissioners have met several
• Uh uh the commissioners have met several times<01:04:50.960> with<01:04:51.359> Senator

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01 Approve Minutes from June 11, 2026- 00:00:40 Staff Report on 2026 Child Fatality Panel Update- 00:01:17 Panel Staff Response to Report-00:21:12 University of Kentucky Name, Image, and Likeness-00:44:34 Kentucky State Police Update on SERVS-01:17:55 Adjornment-01:33:05, 958, all

Summary: The committee first established a quorum and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members then received a staff report on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, including an annual LOIC evaluation of the panel’s operations, statutory compliance, case management system development, member experience, and written procedures. The report noted recent House Bill 778 expanded the panel’s access to records and to TWIST/I-TWIST, and recommended that staff request access and training promptly to avoid implementation problems. Analysts reported the panel has met statutory membership and meeting requirements, and that agency responses to the panel’s 2025 recommendations improved, with all responses meeting statutory content requirements though some were late. They also said the panel still lacks formal written procedures, so a prior recommendation was reissued. The report discussed the panel’s new case management system, now in testing with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a survey of panel members showing generally positive views of meetings and case discussions but recurring concerns about SharePoint access, time demands, virtual meetings, and the panel’s lack of enforcement authority. The report included a matter for legislative consideration suggesting the General Assembly may wish to seek additional testimony from agencies when responses are unclear or more information is needed. Panel staff responded that the work is difficult but important, said they are optimistic about gaining TWIST access, and acknowledged that written procedures have not yet been completed because they wanted to align them with the new system. They said both the system and procedures are hoped to be finished by the end of the year, with the new case management system expected to be implemented by September 1 after further testing and migration. Members also discussed trends in child fatality and near-fatality cases, including increases in reported cases since 2013, substance abuse, safe storage of firearms, and concerns about THC/CBD gummies reaching children. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• and rental arrears, significant challenges with public safety, and dramatic increases to property insurance
• c> safety, and dramatic increases to safety, and dramatic increases to property<00:09:13.520> insurance
• c> costs<00:09:14.640> and<00:09:14.840> its<00:09:15.080> the property insurance
• costs and its the property insurance costs and its the coverage.<00:09:16.320> So,<00:09:16.640
• <01:31:56.600> of administered by the Commissioner of administered by the Commissioner of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm state budget director and the assistant commissioner at Minnesota Management and Budget.
• predict what might happen if we pull one lever versus the other lever, but if people don't have insurance
• predict what might happen if we pull one lever versus the other lever, but if people don't have insurance
• Chair and thank you for that assistant<01:05:23.760> commissioner.
• One of the other assistant commissioner.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• example to high deductible insurance example to high deductible insurance plans?
• For someone who meets the parent hours, regardless of what the cost is and what insurance program it
• For someone who meets the parent hours, regardless of what the cost is and what insurance program it
• It becomes problematic for our commissioner if she doesn't have that guidance.
• It becomes problematic for our commissioner if she doesn't have that guidance.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Looking at lines 1.22 and 1.223, indicating that if there were insufficient funds appropriated, the commissioner
• And is there an insurance product that actually covers this? Does it go to the homeowners?
• Do we have to take out now insurance on our e-bikes, just like we do our motorized bikes or, well, I
• because it's a its own insurance because it's a >> Yeah.
• are a mandatory automobile insurance are a mandatory automobile insurance state<00:47:34.880>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's not another commissioner task force. It's about saying yes.
• It's not another commissioner task force. It's about saying yes.
• But we have had them, and two commissioners ago wouldn’t even talk...
• And then we just met with Commissioner Martinez. Like, we now have this...
• We just met with Commissioner Martinez.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees. Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists. Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.

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• But as my time as a cannabis control commissioner, I will give you this brief visual: in November of
• I will give you control commissioner I will give you this<00:35:05.839> brief this brief this
• One thing that is a concern is insurance, as well as funding.
• um as well as uh funding um so Insurance um as well as uh funding um so there<01:26:43.480> is
• I hear there's insurance costs that are tough.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• through all of the different insurance through all of the different insurance companies<01:41:59.600
• So now we have state money going<01:42:16.000> to<01:42:16.239> insurance<01:42:16.639>
• companies<01:42:17.040> who<01:42:17.280> hire going to insurance companies who
• And I know that sometimes we insurer.
• <02:44:01.520> but well for all of our insureds but well for all of our insureds but primarily

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I mean, insurance-based services, fast forward through DHS, which is purely Medicaid money.
• insurance-based services, fast forward insurance-based services, fast forward through<02:14:27.119
• of education be uh that the commissioner of education be uh<02:53:31.359> asked<02:53:31.760>
• .<03:53:25.680> So, insurance.
• So, insurance.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission meeting focused on reviewing and correcting draft minutes and then working through a draft report on the cost of special education. Members made mostly clerical corrections, including clarifying references to Spalding, fixing acronyms such as LETRS, and cleaning up membership titles and appointee roles to match SB 57. The minutes were approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair also noted the commission’s deadline to complete findings and recommendations by July 1 and said the final report must be delivered to legislative leaders, the governor, the state librarian, and others. The main substantive discussion centered on the report’s findings about special education funding. Members agreed the report should emphasize that the commission was created to study the cost of special education and reduce reliance on local property taxes. One draft section described FY24 special education funding as coming from three primary state and federal sources totaling about $152 million, or roughly 15% of annual costs, with the remaining 85% paid by local school districts through property tax revenue, estimated at about $825 million. Members discussed adding historical or longitudinal data to show trends over time, and some suggested attaching charts or tables showing funding over the last 20 to 30 years. A second major topic was demographic data. The draft noted that statewide K-12 enrollment has declined since 2003 while the number and share of students with IEPs has increased. Members questioned whether the data compared like with like, especially given the growth of Education Freedom Accounts and charter school enrollment, and whether the figures included or excluded those students. Several members asked for clearer sourcing from the Department of Education and suggested keeping a list of unresolved questions, including the impact of the shift from ADMA to ADMR and the effect of the EFA program. The discussion ended with agreement to continue refining the report and to gather additional attachments and clarifications before finalizing recommendations.

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• And like my own county, they always, the commissioners, and I love all my commissioners.
• And like my own county, they always, the commissioners, and I love all my commissioners.
• And like my own county, they always, the commissioners, and I love all my commissioners.
• And like my own county, they always, the commissioners, and I love all my commissioners.
• And like my own county, they always, the commissioners, and I love all my commissioners.

Bills: HF4119, HF3959, HF3792, HF3913, HF3752

Keywords: property tax, renter credits, co-pay, housing affordability, tax relief, homestead, tax refund, Minnesota, tax increase, financial relief, homeowners, AmeriCorps, taxation, individual income tax, living allowances, stipends, national service, tax compliance, revenue, analytics

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• he'll be closing and leaving the state due to the malpractice laws and caps, causing malpractice insurance
• Another question then: will their insurance be different because they telehealth as opposed to physically
• And I would have to have some conversations with an insurance company to be able to answer that question
• House Bill 204, introduced by Representative Gonzalez, an act relating to insurance, providing for wildfire
• Bill 209, introduced by Representatives Joshua Hernandez, Vincent, and Reeb, an act relating to insurance

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM18, HM21, HB10, HB11, HB12, HB13, HB14, HB31, HB50

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Um, and then they got hit by insurance.
• healthc care prices, health insurance healthc care prices, health insurance prices<00:45:42.240>
• choices, their options for insurance choices, their options for insurance went<00:45:51.680>
• Um, so what they got hit by insurance.
• , insurance, insurance, you<00:52:30.160> got<00:52:30.240> the<00:52:30.480> paid

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The state insurance covers for 20 hours or more.
• The state insurance covers for 20 hours or more.
• equivalent to the state insurance equivalent to the state insurance program.<01:48:51.360> So
• did not recommend changing how insurance did not recommend changing how insurance is<01:49:31.760
• liability, or cyber insurance liability, or cyber insurance that<01:56:06.639> my<01:56:06.960

Keywords: 916, all

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• Commissioners receive that as well. So, as you said, it's not a surprise decision.
• Um, they chose not to the prior time when the commissioners approved a non-renewal for Kamalani.
• >> When are you going to know about the insurance? >> The insurance. When are we going to know?
• insurance? insurance? >> The<02:47:26.160> insurance.
• When we when we going to >> The insurance.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• provisions regarding property insurance provisions regarding property insurance and<00:03:45.840
• I am also a planning and charter commissioner in my city, a corporate professional.
• My health insurance company, um, things like that.
• Um and it's why I just insurance claims.
• facing AI uh belongs in health insurance facing AI uh belongs in health insurance review.<02:37:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:28:31.840> Revenue and I invite Commissioner Revenue and I invite Commissioner Revenue
• And we, >> Um, thank you, um, Commissioner.
• I want to thank you for that and especially thank the Commissioner.
• <01:08:15.920> He especially thank the Commissioner.
• He especially thank the Commissioner.

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• We heard from the commissioner who asked us to dispose of the bill.
• We heard<00:39:21.680> from<00:39:22.000> the<00:39:22.240> commissioner<00:39:22.640
• > who<00:39:22.880> asked<00:39:23.119> us heard from the commissioner who asked
• us heard from the commissioner who asked us to<00:39:23.440> dispose<00:39:23.680> of<
• commissioner or the judge explains<01:55:23.280> to<01:55:23.440> them<01:55:23.679>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Eligible insurers with coverage losses and 23 hurricane seasons.
• This is the state codifying the administrative health insurance assessment.
• Am I supposed to get an additional life insurance policy?
• Largely, the malpractice insurance.
• The bill changes nothing about insurance claims.

Bills: HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, SB 14, HB 12, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912, HJR 99, HB 1399, HB 1400, HB 1094, HB 365, HB 1109, HB 647, HCR 35, HCR 123, HCR 124, HR 57, HR 87, HR 111, HR 228, HR 230, HR 322, HR 624, HR 625, HR 626, HR 627, HR 628, HR 630, HR 631, HR 634, HR 635, HR 636, HR 637, HR 638, HR 639, HR 640, HR 645, HR 646, HR 648, HR 649, HR 651, HR 652, HR 653, HR 654, HR 664, HR 665, HR 668, HR 675, HR 676, HR 678, HR 679, HR 680, HR 683, HR 686, HR 688, HR 689, HR 694, HR 695, HR 697, HR 698, HR 699, HR 472, HR 622, HR 632, HR 633, HR 643, HR 655, HR 657, HR 660, HR 661, HR 662, HR 663, HR 667, HR 670, HR 674, HR 681, HR 682, HR 696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365