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• Other federal programs, such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, program, have a
• Other federal programs, such as the temporary assistance to needy families or TANF program, have a maintenance
• , including the DCYF program, the Department of Children, Youth, and Family programs, health care, and
• , including the DCIF program, the Department of Children, Youth, and Family programs, health care, and
• Elimination of existing programs would be a new thing; a change would be to eliminate a program or to

Summary: The committee held its first meeting, with co-chairs and members introducing themselves and staff outlining the committee’s statutory mandate under the 2025-27 supplemental operating budget. Staff explained that the Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability will receive technical assistance from a nonpartisan organization, with work split into two phases: first on revenue growth, spending assumptions, and cost drivers in the four-year outlook, and later on staffing, overhead, performance management, and public reporting. Members broadly said they hoped the committee would build a shared factual understanding of the state’s fiscal situation, structural deficits, and budget processes, and identify a sustainable path forward for the operating budget. Staff then gave a detailed presentation on operating budget basics. They reviewed the size and composition of the operating budget, noting that most spending is concentrated in grants/client services and salaries/benefits, with K-12, DSHS, HCA, DCYF, DOC, and higher education making up most NGFO spending. They explained the distinction between constitutional, federal, statutory, and discretionary spending, using examples such as K-12, Medicaid, collective bargaining agreements, court-driven obligations like McCleary and Trueblood, and one-time appropriations. They also walked through how the state uses incremental budgeting, carry-forward and maintenance-level calculations, caseload and per-capita forecasting, and the four-year balanced budget outlook, including reserve calculations and the budget stabilization account. Members asked extensive questions about what is and is not included in the outlook, especially future collective bargaining agreements, health care and compensation growth, tort and other liabilities, and whether the state could better distinguish mandatory from discretionary spending. Staff explained that current CBAs and other already-enacted obligations are included, but future CBAs are not; some liabilities are reflected as expenditures when appropriated, while broader long-term liabilities are not fully captured in the outlook because they depend on future policy choices. Staff also noted that the legislature and ERFC can adopt assumptions such as reversions and growth factors, and that an outlook accuracy report is produced every five years to compare projected and actual maintenance-level spending. The committee agreed to follow up on some of the more complex liability and assumption questions. After a short break, Josh Goodman of the Pew Charitable Trusts began a presentation on Pew’s role and approach to state fiscal sustainability. He described Pew as a nonpartisan organization with long-standing state fiscal research, emphasizing its 50-state comparative data, interviews with state officials and experts, and focus on long-term sustainability, reserve policies, and recession preparedness. The presentation was ongoing when the transcript ended.

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• under the new ESA, uh, account program.
• or, or no framework for this type of program.
• Uh, none, none of our programs are done within a home.
• Uh, release time programs have a long history in our nation.
• These programs serve a vital role for families seeking religious education.

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• what laws, what ordinances, what regulations am I subject to, you have to effectively have a legal degree
• And I don't discount that HB 2127 is complicated to some degree.
• Now, albeit, hopefully they’re doing so in a more robust manner, but the menu of programs and services
• that they’re funding is tighter. ...of programs and services that they’re funding is tighter.
• I frequently—I was, my undergraduate degree is in aerospace engineering—and so there is this concept

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• principal, a district director of student services, and now in my current role as director of special programs
• I attended and graduated from the Milford School District, earned all three of my degrees from Wilmington
• My experience as an adjunct professor at Wilmington University's Master of Special Education Program
• So right now we are one of the few states in the region without a meaningful production incentive program
• provision in 2031 so that, as a General Assembly, we can evaluate its effectiveness before extending the program

Bills: HB364, HB364

Keywords: film production, tax credit, Delaware, esports, video games, media projects

Summary: The Senate Executive Committee first considered several gubernatorial appointments. Heidi Gilmore was nominated to the Marijuana Appeals Commission and said her real estate and administrative-law background would help her support implementation of Delaware’s new marijuana framework. Lee Wynne Lynn and Ruth Tucker were both nominated to the Delaware River and Bay Authority Board; both emphasized long Delaware ties, public service, and experience in technology, transportation, and executive leadership, with committee members asking about modernization, cashless tolling, and potential conflicts of interest. Lindsay Alexic and Dr. Jennifer Hallman were nominated to the Professional Standards Board and described their classroom and administrative experience in Delaware public education, with discussion focused on supporting teachers, improving educator effectiveness, and helping schools address post-COVID classroom and student-support challenges. Jason Munion and F. Todd Collada were nominated to the Environmental Appeals Board; Munion cited his engineering and environmental background, while Collada noted his work as Milford’s mayor and a contractor. No votes on the nominations are reflected in the transcript excerpt. The committee then moved to legislation. House Bill 364 would create a Delaware Entertainment Production Tax Credit for film, television, e-sports, and video game production, with a $10 million annual cap, audit and reporting requirements, a 2031 sunset, and a focus on verified in-state spending and Delaware hiring; the bill was circulated after no public comment. House Bill 437 was described as a technical corrections bill affecting certain municipal charters and requiring a three-quarters vote; it also drew no public comment. The committee approved the previously circulated minutes by motion and second. House Bill 446 would reorganize the Delaware Forest Service chapter, consolidate authority in one section, and add definitions related to forests and urban forestry without creating new authority; House Amendment 1 was noted as clarifying existing authority for the Department of Agriculture. House Bill 180, the first leg of a constitutional amendment on voting, would limit felony-related voting loss to actual imprisonment or pardon, remove outdated residency and literacy provisions, update the voting age to 18, and eliminate a post-sentence voting ban; members raised a question about whether the change would apply retroactively, which was left for later clarification. No public comments were offered on the bills, and the committee adjourned after announcing written comments would be accepted for 24 hours.

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• State University's College of Health Solutions, and will be completing her Master of Public Health degree
• from 1977 to 1980, and along with two other Mexican wolves were used to start a captive breeding program
• And whereas, due to the success of the captive breeding program and the Endangered Species Act, Mexican
• And whereas, due to the success of the captive breeding program and the Endangered Species Act, Mexican
• for maximum genetic integrity by experts with the Mexican Wolf Saving Animals From Extinction SAFE program

Keywords: 1182, all

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• HOUSE BILL 191 SEEKS TO DETER FRAUD IN THE REEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PROGRAM YOU COULD ADD THREE DISQUALIFICATIONS
• BUT YOU BROUGHT UP ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
• MANY OF THE PROGRAMS ARE UTILIZING TO SOME OF THE THINGS BUT SAY PROGRAM IN APRIL OF THE YEAR, THE US
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MADE SAVE PROGRAM FREE FOR THE STATE TO USE HER REEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.
• AND I WOULD DISAGREE ON ONE PIECE OF IT BECAUSE A PHARMACIST I WOULD BE CONSIDERED A PROFESSIONAL DEGREE

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• Department of Education supporting higher education programs, as well as with the U.S.
• There is no funding anticipated for programs.
• : it goes almost without saying that a good AI program, a good privacy program, a good cybersecurity
• program, relies on a good data program for the state, and they're all connected ultimately and rely on
• it goes almost without saying that a good AI program a good privacy program a good cybersecurity program

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• Federal funding of the SNAP program, for example, and of school lunch programs could be a start.
• The SNAP program—everything you've said about the SNAP program, I agree with.
• Look at the school health program.
• Yes or no, do you believe that Medicaid is a critical program?
• Which program you're using when.

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• setting three or setting four program? setting three or setting four program?
• from the setting three or four program from the setting three or four program cooperative<00:28:
• <00:53:52.400> to last year in a handful of programs to last year in a handful of programs
• What was the name of the<01:03:33.520> program? the program? the program?
• run-of-the-mill setting four programs. run-of-the-mill setting four programs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the 340B program, including services that support community access care that... ...program, including
• what degree.
• revenue generated from their participation in the 340B program.
• I mean, they do benefit from the 340B program, so yeah, that's a good point. Okay.
• Do benefit from the 340B program, so yeah, that's a good point. Okay. So further questions?

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee first addressed Senate Bill 2387, which had previously included language expanding the definition of a sexual assault victim advocate to include advocates from organizations serving victims of sexual trafficking or other sexual violence. After concerns were raised that the language could broaden participation in forensic interviews beyond appropriately credentialed organizations, the parties agreed to remove that added language. The committee then reconsidered its prior action, adopted the amendment striking the new language, and passed SB 2387 as amended on a 12-0-1 roll call vote. The bulk of the meeting focused on Representative Nelson’s proposed changes to a 340B-related bill, centered on expanding reporting and transparency requirements. His draft would require hospitals to report how 340B savings are used, and would also add reporting by drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, and health insurers on rebates, pricing, ownership interests, 340B savings, premiums, claims, and related data. Nelson argued the reporting was needed to give lawmakers better information about how the 340B program affects hospitals, insurers, pharmacies, and public costs, and noted the Department of Corrections also benefits from the program. Testimony was mixed but generally supportive of more transparency. Sanford Health Plan said it needed more time to review carrier impacts and had concerns about employer-related language and rebate reporting. The North Dakota Hospital Association supported hospital transparency and said the broader approach was appropriate because hospitals are only one part of the 340B system. Several members raised procedural concerns about the scope of the proposal and the lack of a drafted LC amendment. The committee decided not to take final action on the 340B proposal that day, instead forming a subcommittee led by Representative Hendricks, with Representatives Dobervich and Bolinske, to work with LC and return with drafted language for further review on Monday.

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• The legislature recognizes certain past inequities in access to athletic programs and in various degrees
• athletic programs and in various degrees athletic programs and in various degrees of<00:03:44.159
• Athletic program Athletic program throughout<00:04:01.799> this<00:04:01.959> statute<
• athletic opportunities and programs athletic opportunities and programs where<00:04:17.680> girl
• The male body is programmed to respond to the effects of testosterone in all organ systems.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You know, it's 56 degrees below zero up there.
• uh against the use of it to some degree. uh against the use of it to some degree.
• You know, it's<00:25:31.760> 56<00:25:32.159> degrees<00:25:32.480> below<00:25:
• <00:25:33.360> So, it's 56 degrees below zero up there.
• So, it's 56 degrees below zero up there.

Keywords: Meeting start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 Approval of Minutes 02:26 Discussion of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and Related Legislative 02:43 Presentation of Geoengineering and Related Legislation 07:42, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the prior meeting’s minutes. Senator Williams then presented a discussion draft involving KCNA and COOT/Kentucky Wired governance changes. He said the proposal would make the COOT executive director the KCNA director, place the education CIO as chair of a new board of constitutional officers, terminate existing KCNA employees at inception, and return KCNA funds to the general fund. He described the measure as a temporary holding pattern focused on customer connectivity until an audit is completed next summer. Senator West asked whether the bill would change existing Kentucky Wired contracts, and Williams said the contracts would remain in place and COOT would simply handle the work without an extra layer of bureaucracy. No vote was taken; the item was for discussion only. The committee then heard a presentation on geoengineering and related legislation from Rep. John Hodgson, Sen. Rollins, and retired meteorologist Randy Baker. They described geoengineering as attempts to alter climate or weather, including solar radiation modification, stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and cloud seeding. The presenters distinguished these activities from ordinary jet contrails, crop dusting, ground-level emissions, and airport fog control, and said the proposed Kentucky bill would exclude those ordinary activities. They argued Kentucky lacks a current prohibition on weather modification, said the bill would protect farmland, crops, animal agriculture, aquaculture, and human health, and cited public concern, federal uncertainty, and similar legislation in other states. They also said cloud seeding is used in some western states but remains scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Members asked about enforcement, federal preemption, and whether other states’ actions could affect Kentucky. The presenters said high-altitude spraying would be difficult to hide, that satellite imagery could detect large releases, and that the bill was intended as an assertion of state sovereignty even if federal law later changed. They also said there were no known active geoengineering projects in Kentucky. The discussion remained informational, with no committee vote or final action taken on either topic.

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• Enrolled in the Medicaid program and an ability to attest to a degree of working, it could be schooling
• That's also for the first time in the Medicaid program.
• They offer the summer food program.
• That's a zero-interest loan disaster loan program.
• So it's a really neat program.

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• Um, what this bill does, it actually adds sec uh medical security officers to the fourth degree assault
• I'm looking at the rest of the fourth-degree assaults, and I don't believe there's a separate one that
• exactly where we want to draw the line because it's, I just find with these assault-in-the-fourth-degree
• 15.120> fourth find with these assault in the fourth find with these assault in the fourth degree
• penalties, you degree increasing penalties, you suddenly<00:12:17.360> start<00:12:17.519>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So CARB runs a program called H-RIP, HVIP.
• So it's basically the Hydrogen or Heavy Vehicle Incentive Program.
• I came out of a 342 apprenticeship program.
• I came out of a 342 apprenticeship program.
• It's used in fertilizer in different degrees.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• also known as New England Law, where he was later also a recipient of the honorary Doctor of Laws degree
• He personally helped many hundreds gain access to treatment programs, often driving them and counseling

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up several final-passage matters, including adopting an emergency preamble for a sick leave bank for Maria Latendra of the Department of Transitional Assistance, passing a bill authorizing the Dartmouth Fire Department District No. 1 Prudential Committee to appoint a treasurer, and enacting a bill validating proceedings at the Town of Millbury annual town meeting by the required two-thirds vote. The Senate also passed to be engrossed local bills reorganizing the Town of Rochester’s government into a select board and town administrator form, and further regulating the term of the town moderator in Norwood. The chamber then considered and adopted a concurrent order from the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight extending the committee’s deadline to act on 58 bills until January 31. Senators discussed the extension’s size and the need to comply with Joint Rule 10, with assurances from the committee chair that the bills would be handled well before the new deadline. The Senate also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer a House petition establishing a sick leave bank for Manny Jean Goldstein of the Department of Children and Families to the Committee on Public Service. Later, the Senate adopted an order to adjourn until Monday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned in memory of the Honorable Michael F. Flaherty, Sr., with remarks honoring his service as a former state representative, judge, Navy veteran, and advocate on public safety and substance use disorder issues.

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• and services for motans as programs and services for motans as effectively<00:04:53.680> and<
• So we already have a robust training program for state employees, but we are focused now on trying to
• So we already have a robust training program for state employees, but we are focused now on trying to
• So we already have a robust training program for state employees, but we are focused now on trying to
• So we already have a robust training program for state employees, but we are focused now on trying to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It appropriates funds and establishes positions for the purpose of the plant care component program.
• program within the Department<00:11:19.480> of<00:11:19.720> Agriculture<00:11:20.360>
• Yeah, so my question is: Richard Cohen, by the way, program manager of Measurement Standards.
• Yeah, so my question is: Richard Cohen, by the way, program manager of Measurement Standards.
• I'm I'm Richard Cohen by the way program I'm I'm Richard Cohen by the way program manager<01:16:

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• degrees and credentials. degrees and credentials.
• each of the three programs. each of the three programs. those<00:51:05.359> programs<00:51
• we don't have cash programs available. we don't have cash programs available.
• grant loan programs. grant loan programs.
• And then grant and loan programs.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:11 Approval of Minutes 00:02:00 Information Items 00:02:25 CPE Special Report 00:03:26 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:31:48 A. Attorney General 00:32:10 B. Court of Justice 00:36:41 C. Cabinet for Economic Development 00:50:44 D. Kentucky Public Pensions Authority 00:56:06 E. Board Discussion of Planning Issues 01:05:12, 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board opened its fourth meeting, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior meeting’s minutes by unanimous voice vote, and then heard information items and agency presentations. The main substantive presentation came from the Council on Postsecondary Education, which outlined its capital planning recommendations for the 2026–28 biennium. CPE staff described the role of Kentucky’s research and education network (Kron), including connectivity to cloud services, Internet2, identity services, and new local AI/inferencing capacity, and argued that the network is now essential to higher education, health care, and extension services. They said the network’s recent upgrades were driven by privacy, security, redundancy, and the need to support modern research and AI workloads at lower cost than commercial providers. CPE also presented its broader higher-education capital request: $700 million for asset preservation and $1.73 billion for new construction, for a total recommendation of about $2.4 billion. Staff said they do not plan to recommend IT projects or equipment in this cycle, despite reviewing 48 IT submissions totaling nearly $1.4 billion and equipment requests totaling $322.6 million. For asset preservation, they said the recommended allocation method would remain based on each institution’s share of Category 1 and 2 square footage, and they noted that the state’s prior facility assessment is now 12 years old, with deferred maintenance still estimated in the $7–9 billion range. For new construction, they said the requests are heavily focused on STEM and health-related facilities that are difficult to retrofit into older buildings. Board members asked about how asset-preservation amounts were determined, including why Northern Kentucky University’s request was much larger than its prior allocation. CPE staff responded that campus size, building age, and institutional prioritization affect the requests, and that schools are asked to submit more projects than are likely to be funded. The board then moved on to an Attorney General capital plan overview, where senior counsel Will Schroeder began describing the office’s technology needs and the office’s prior reliance on a 2020 appropriation to replace legacy systems and improve security.

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• a safe transitions program. a safe transitions program.
• The number varies from day to day. safe transition program? How many safe transition program?
• Department of Human Services programs. Department of Human Services programs.
• under the programs you supervise? under the programs you supervise?
• who rely upon these programs. who rely upon these programs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all