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• Of the resources that we have and that we administer.
• And so they're a Very important resource for our state.
• It is going to take more resources.
• And so while we have flat federal resources and relatively flat state resources, costs go up.
• And all of that contributes flat state resources, costs go up.

Committee: Joint Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Keywords: 996, all

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• But once the resources they have.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night. A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities. The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.

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• and exposure, and in turn, the workers are protecting surrounding communities and environmental resources
• exposure, and in turn, the workers are protecting and surrounding communities and the environment resources
• For large-scale deployment, pipelines are widely recognized as the most efficient, lowest-emission, and
• For large-scale deployment pipelines are widely recognized as the most efficient, lowest emission, and
• Public confidence in this is essential to the successful deployment of this critical energy resource.

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It just feels like we're being kicked out into the street without the resources that we need to find
• basically, it feels like we're being told, figure it out without adequate funding and without adequate resources
• How do we make it so that you are able to do the job you're elected to do in an efficient and impactful
• I don't want to rush it; I really want to make sure that it's done right, efficiently, effectively, and
• We want to ensure that we are not wasting state resources or doubling up on a product that we don't necessarily

Committee: House Facilities Review Subcommittee

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• in a transition period so we're trying to ensure that all businesses moving, um, as quickly and efficiently
• So, and they've seen the most efficient way possible to address this, uh, increase in enrollment was
• SB 48 also requires DFA to consult with the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, MERD for
• There's A, the school district cannot afford its local match using all its resources.
• such as the implementation of the statewide education network, along with personnel and all its resources

Committee: House Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

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• The budget also invests in modernization and efficiency.
• recommends a $63 million base budget reduction based on historical reversions, ensuring the budgeted resources
• It provides $93.6 million in Medicaid provider rate increases, $13.3 million in additional resources
• home care and how their adoption in Florida could improve the quality of care and operational efficiencies
• Being designated missing brings a great many resources into play to help locate that child, including

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services first heard and adopted the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget for the committee, which was presented as a $1.8 billion increase over the current base budget. The budget emphasized Medicaid and KidCare funding, IT modernization, workforce reductions tied to unfilled or augmented positions, provider rate increases, mental health and substance use funding, opioid treatment, elder care, veterans’ services, cancer research, and school nurse staffing. The committee approved technical adjustments and then adopted the budget proposal for submission to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee then considered several bills, most of which were reported favorably. SB 152 on surgical smoke required hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt smoke evacuation policies; it drew strong support from nurses and other health care workers describing workplace and patient safety risks. CS/SB 958 on early detection of type 1 diabetes required the Department of Health to develop informational materials for schools and, by amendment, early learning coalitions. CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing homes required consumer satisfaction surveys, patient safety culture surveys, reporting to the health information exchange, financial reporting penalties, and Medicaid quality incentive reporting; an amendment exempted state-operated homes, including veterans’ facilities, and directed a study of quality incentive systems. CS/SB 738 updated and streamlined child care regulation, and CS/SB 1356 created the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at Florida State University and a related pediatric rare disease screening pilot. The committee also passed SB 1370, which reorganized ambulatory surgical centers into their own statutory framework, with testimony emphasizing their lower costs compared with hospitals. Finally, the committee considered CS/CS/SB 1626 on child welfare and related issues. After adopting multiple amendments that removed references to unaccompanied alien children and special immigrant visas, changed language on child abuse definitions, and required DCF to set room-and-board rates by methodology rather than fee schedule, the bill was explained as strengthening child welfare protections, codifying military-family coordination, improving domestic violence shelter certification, adjusting children’s services council appointments, clarifying missing-child procedures, and updating licensing and compliance provisions. The bill drew both support and opposition, particularly over missing-child jurisdiction and immigration-related concerns, and was ultimately reported favorably. A final motion to record a vote on SB 958 was also adopted.

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• The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will now come to order.
• And the reasoning for that is usually when you set a goal, that goal requires resources in order to meet
• And the reasoning for that is usually when you set a goal, that goal requires resources in order to meet
• And again, to meet these goals, you need the resources.
• And where local governments get their resources is through taxation.

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And I think that's an untapped resource.
• So it's the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.
• The Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA, also develops recommendations for well-child
• The Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA, also develops recommendations for well-child
• The financial resources to fully implement this policy should not only include staffing and scope to

Bills: SB5877 , SB5967

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: anesthesiology, medical personnel, surcharges, licensing, healthcare regulations, preventive services, state authority, healthcare access, insurance coverage, public health, 904, all

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• and community owned resources together.
• I hope that this small amount of time you can see the time, the energy, and resources it takes to scale
• efficiently in order to show student outcomes across layers.
• Give it extra resources to some of the schools that are.
• Additional resources created include um flyers and one pagers that have graduation requirements.

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• That would ensure equitable access to climate resilience resources.
• into which we should invest resources.
• And some of those resources will inevitably be financial.
• As the chair mentioned earlier, resources are limited.
• Most of us don’t have the resources to adapt our homes or repair damage.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing focused on a broad set of climate, energy, and environmental justice proposals. Early testimony strongly supported the Climate Change Superfund or “Polluter Pays” bill (H.1014/S.58), which would assess the largest fossil fuel emitters for a one-time fee based on historic emissions to fund climate adaptation. Sponsors argued the bill is modeled on Superfund cleanup principles, would target only the largest multinational polluters, would not be passed on to consumers, and would direct a significant share of funds to environmental justice communities. Committee members asked about the number of companies covered, consumer impacts, and whether the bill would address other forms of environmental destruction; sponsors said it was limited to major fossil fuel companies with a Massachusetts footprint and did not cover other pollution sources. The committee also heard testimony on a fusion energy compact proposal (S.673) that would direct the administration to develop a framework for a New England regional compact to accelerate fusion research, workforce development, and supply-chain growth. Supporters from MIT and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities said fusion could become a major clean-energy and economic opportunity, but acknowledged the technology is not yet commercially viable and still has unresolved technical, cost, and waste-management questions. Members pressed on environmental impacts, siting, waste, costs, and whether the bill would create a compact or only a framework; sponsors said it would only create the framework and that the administration would need to negotiate with other states. Another major topic was a pilot program for nature-based climate solutions (H.971/S.??), backed by legislators, Boston Harbor Now, and UMass Boston’s Stone Living Lab. Witnesses said the bill would help speed permits for research and demonstration projects such as living shorelines, marsh restoration, and hybrid “green-to-gray” flood protections, while maintaining safeguards and protecting Indigenous and historic resources. Committee members asked how the proposal would interact with other permitting reforms and whether it could conflict with housing or wetland-related streamlining; supporters said it was complementary and aimed at making projects faster, more affordable, and more data-driven. The hearing also covered climate-safe buildings and climate adaptation funding bills. Supporters of H.1004/S.583 said current building codes do not adequately account for future flooding, heat, and wind, and the bill would add climate expertise to the building board, allow stretch resilience codes, expand floodplain standards, and create a retrofit program. Related testimony backed H.938/S.572, which would create a dedicated climate and community resilience fund financed by a small fee on property insurance premiums; advocates said it would provide stable long-term revenue for adaptation, especially in environmental justice communities, and help replace unreliable federal funding. One witness from CLF supported the climate-safe buildings and funding bills but opposed S.560/H.939 as too broad. The committee also heard testimony on airport air-quality legislation (H.997) calling for more monitoring and mitigation of ultra-fine particulate pollution around Logan Airport and Massport communities. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• sure everyone understands our committee procedures to ensure we maintain order and run a fair and efficient
• These are clearly major barriers, especially for providers in settings that lack resources.
• Allowing farmers to be more efficient in creating more food at a lower cost is not partisan.
• Markis King Mason, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in support.
• There is amazing research going on about wildfires and how do we ...more efficiently, effectively, and

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This reduces the time and resources spent on procurement activity.
• This reduces the time and resources spent on procurement activities, offers flexibility in project scope
• Bottom line, this is about giving the port the ability to respond quickly, responsibly, and efficiently
• Different counties also have different resources and much more. To your point...
• Different counties also have different resources and much more.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard a full agenda of bills covering port procurement, housing litigation, special district audits, cemetery district governance, county discretionary funding transparency, labor standards in density bonus projects, transit planning, and homeowner code enforcement. SB 983 would let the Port of San Diego use job order contracting for smaller repair and maintenance work; supporters said it would speed repairs and reduce costs, while opponents raised concerns about construction definitions and project labor agreement language. SB 1256 sought to limit repeated litigation against the Harmony Grove Village South housing project; supporters framed it as a response to duplicative lawsuits delaying housing, while opponents argued it could weaken wildfire and subdivision-map review. SB 992 would make permanent and expand a small special district audit flexibility, and SB 1115 would give Tulare County a narrower way to remove dysfunctional cemetery district trustees rather than taking over the district entirely. Both drew support from county and district representatives, with CSDA opposing SB 1115 but continuing talks on amendments. The committee also considered SB 1193, which would impose transparency and conflict-of-interest guardrails on Alameda County discretionary funding. The author and supporters said the bill responds to grand jury findings and would require clearer public reporting and board approval, while Alameda County argued it already has strong public processes and that the bill is overly restrictive. SB 1383 would clarify that density bonus projects cannot use incentives and concessions to waive locally adopted labor standards; labor groups supported it as protecting worker safety and wages, while housing interests were not present in opposition during the hearing. SB 1361 would prevent local governments from undermining planned transit projects to avoid SB 79 density requirements; LA Metro and labor supported it as protecting transit investment, and the Bay Area Council withdrew opposition. SB 1272, the CASH Act, would give homeowners more time to cure certain non-safety code violations tied to prior owners’ work, with counties and code enforcement groups opposing the introduced version but saying they were working on amendments. Several bills were voted out of committee, many on amended or consent motions, with some remaining on call before later final votes were recorded. SB 983, SB 992, SB 1115, SB 1193, SB 1256, SB 1383, SB 1361, and SB 1272 all ultimately received committee approval, while the consent calendar bills SB 1187 and SB 1388 were also adopted. The chair repeatedly noted ongoing negotiations on several measures, especially SB 983, SB 1193, and SB 1272, and members emphasized wildfire safety, transparency, and labor protections as key issues during debate.

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• This reduces the time and resources spent on procurement activity.
• This reduces the time and resources spent on procurement activities, offers flexibility in project scope
• Bottom line, this is about giving the port the ability to respond quickly, responsibly, and efficiently
• Different counties also have different resources and much more. To your point...
• Different counties also have different resources and much more.

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And then all of the resources to go with that.
• So we'll definitely be looking for some efficiencies and cost savings once we re-procure, but I don't
• I may also offer that the Council for Developmental Disability Services, I think, can be a resource to
• We're going to have to reduce some staffing resources in this space, creating higher caseloads.
• So we need additional resources to manage that workload.

Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 5, 2026 minutes and then heard a lengthy budget presentation from Department of Health and Welfare Director Juliet Sharon and Medicaid Director Sasha O’Connell. The department outlined numerous supplemental and line-item requests across Medicaid, child and family services, welfare/self-reliance, and support functions, including funding for state hospital billing authority, Medicaid caseload and cost growth, rural health transformation staffing and program funds, child care capacity and program integrity work, kinship navigation, home visiting, and IT and procurement modernization. The committee also discussed the department’s reorganization and the need for additional procurement support for large Medicaid contracts. Much of the discussion focused on Medicaid spending growth, especially in disability services and behavioral health. Sharon said higher utilization and more intensive services, including residential habilitation, youth residential treatment, and substance use services, were driving costs. Members asked about safeguards against provider overuse or steerage; the director said the department uses annual assessments, internal reviews, data mining, and referrals to program integrity, and that some provider behavior had already prompted a proposed rate reduction for residential habilitation. She also explained that the department is seeking to maintain contractor support for disability assessments rather than absorb the work in-house. The committee also reviewed the department’s response to budget reductions and federal changes. Sharon explained the 4% provider rate reduction, the resulting savings, and the need for an additional $22 million in general funds to balance Medicaid, with options for further cuts still before the legislature. Other topics included the state’s Medicaid estate recovery and program integrity contractors, the impact of new SNAP administrative cost-sharing rules, Medicaid work requirements and more frequent eligibility reviews under state and federal law, and a request for three dedicated procurement staff in the Department of Administration to speed Medicaid contracting. No further votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the committee adjourned to attend the floor session.

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• I believe they've done ESCO contracts for efficiency on a lot of buildings.
• We've got great resources to go over.
• Extraordinary resources and extraordinary people here do that.
• So the last slide here, the ways that we can partner with folks generally You know, we are a resource
• We can definitely leverage that as a critical resource to make informed decisions and strategic Plans

Bills: HB1

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• It would create a further strain on limited resources at governing agencies, resulting in further delays
• Section 31.158 of the Natural Resources Code provides that the legislature may authorize the sale of
• I know there's some resource witness here, and I can reserve the right to close. Any questions?
• This is a very efficient and affordable way to build units.
• This is a very efficient and affordable way to build units.

Bills: HB447 , HB897 , HB993 , HB2673 , HB3671 , HB3680 , HB3897 , HB4506 , HB4753 , HB4812 , HB4894 , HB5148 , HB5437 , HB5650 , HB5652 , HB5654 , HB5656 , HB5661 , HB5665

Committee: House Land & Resource Management

Keywords: traffic impact studies, municipal utility district, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, HB 897, Texas land sale, state property, Austin real estate, Travis County, General Land Office, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state records facility, archives building, library funding, capital improvements, lease of state land, public land disposition

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• We move resources quickly, locally, and responsibly.
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• ASA Career Education and Resource Inc.
• Many rem resources to catch up on rent.

Bills: HF3403 , HF3410 , HF3424

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, eviction, rent, redemption

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• And what we're helping them with are being able to navigate all the resources.
• We really are California's resource for disaster response for small business.
• Yet my probably the biggest impactful connection and resource was SBDC.
• And just meeting those people that taught me the way and how to get those resources.
• Most startups fail at this stage, not because the idea is bad, but because resources run out.

Committee: House Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• valuable opportunity for us to think about how to reduce emissions and waste and improve energy efficiency
• The coordination is very critical to delivering safe, reliable, and efficient transportation.
• And then natural resource stewardship, which is about how we preserve key natural resources through responsible
• use of resources like water and biodiversity.
• Our last commitment area is focused around natural resource stewardship.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And that's way more efficient.
• This is to do pass to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.
• Committee this is file item number 7 AB 2224 Resources Committee.
• , and will save staff resources for water agencies and resource agencies as well.
• And also I did hear this bill as well on Natural Resources.

Committee: House Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

Keywords: 988, house, all