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• The department's FY27 budget submission.
• So was there a request for more funding that the legislature didn't pass, or was there no request?
• **Madam Chair**: There was no request.
• Madam Secretary, what is your budget for outreach for this program?
• So I would really request that IEPs be part of the data that we get.

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• </c> different and especially in the budget different and especially in the budget size<00:37:31.200>
• the vast majority of dollar budgets the vast majority of their<00:37:38.839><c> budget</c><00:37:39.160
• </c> that uh you were mentioning budget that uh you were mentioning budget decisions<00:41:24.680><c>
• </c><00:58:21.799><c> documents</c> to putting together budget documents to putting together budget documents
• </c> so they would have to make a request so they would have to make a request make<00:59:10.799><c>

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• of the audit commission um at request of the audit commission um at the<00:01:39.439><c> beest</c><00
• So we’ll tell them we have a budget, and they just tell us how much they can build.
• It does have budget and cost implications that can help us control costs a lot better.
• </c><00:45:04.359><c> certainty</c> I I talked already our budget certainty I I talked already our budget
• They're MnDOT employees, but they're being paid for out of the project budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and the transportation fund budget and the transportation department's trunk highway fund budget.
• And the crux of the changes budget.
• So perhaps the budget could standards.
• of the request.
• </c> and others when they've denied a request and others when they've denied a request for<01:32:06.639

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• </c> national delegation requesting national delegation requesting a<00:21:35.360><c> royalty</c><00:
• </c> Sometimes it comes through the budget. Sometimes it comes through the budget.
• the budget went.
• </c> that we talked about during our budget that we talked about during our budget discussions,<01:59
• So it we in it in the final budget.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Vice Chair, first up to testify, we have the Department of Budget and Finance.
• Vice Chair, Budget Finance and support.
• Vice Chair, noting Budget and HDA in support, one individual in opposition.
• Vice Chair, noting Budget and Finance support.
• </c> um I guess either either one Budget um I guess either either one Budget Finance<00:41:55.599><c>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Today, we're going to hear about TRS and PIP, and you'll see in the budget.
• You'll see in the budget some large increases for each.
• I've been collecting since the fall of people requesting this, that, and the other, various wants and
• As Senator Figur just asked, she had a particular request.
• And that's, you'll see that certainly in the budget.

Keywords: 923, senate, all

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• </c><00:40:09.400><c> within</c> handle these sorts of requests within handle these sorts of requests
• budget budget director<01:16:12.480><c> um</c><01:16:13.000><c> is</c><01:16:13.800><c> necessary</c
• Yes, this is an operating request. Yes, this is an operating request. Okay, all right.
• It would supplement future base budget requests as we try to keep up with costs.
• So right now, our request is for $935,000 to start setting it up, and that's our request.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I didn't have a specific talk with his staff about this part of it, but looking at his budget requests
• I didn't have a specific talk with his staff about this part of it, but looking at his budget requests
• But at this point, I do not recall a specific line item in budget request for this year. Follow up?
• Do you have any... ...budget request for this year. Follow up. Thank you.
• Senator Hamilton requests unanimous consent to strike the title.

Bills: SB1670, SB1716, SB1521

Keywords: higher education, state regents, university research, technology transfer, intellectual property, patent ownership, royalty income, commercialization, startup companies, research partnerships, public universities, faculty inventions, student inventions, innovation policy, economic development, medical technology, biotechnology, energy technology, telecommunications, aerospace and defense

Summary: The Senate Technology and Telecommunications Committee considered three Senate bills. SB 1670, by Senator Reinhart, would require the State Regents to update Oklahoma university technology transfer guidance, create a tiered ownership framework, and revisit the guidance every seven years. Members questioned the seven-year review period, the scope of terms like aerospace and autonomous technologies, and how broadly the new tiered system would apply. The bill was presented as a way to modernize an outdated 1989 framework and help turn university research into companies, jobs, and economic impact. It passed 8-0. SB 1716, by Senator Howard, amended the Security Breach Notification Act to replace references to a “cybersecurity event” with “breach of the security of a system” and to clarify that there is no private right of action for ordinary negligence when a business reports breaches to the Attorney General. Howard explained that the Attorney General would retain exclusive enforcement authority for reasonable-standards violations, while private lawsuits would remain available only for more egregious conduct such as willful, wanton conduct or gross negligence. Members asked about the negligence standard, HIPAA-related breaches, and staffing needs for the Attorney General’s office. The amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 8-0. SB 1521, by Senator Hamilton, would prohibit minors from accessing artificial intelligence companions and set age-verification and re-verification requirements, including use of government-issued identification and periodic re-verification. Hamilton said the bill was aimed at protecting children from harmful interactions with AI companions and was narrowly drafted to avoid sweeping in other AI tools like customer-service bots. Members raised concerns about the reasonableness and consistency of age verification, account creation requirements, and how the bill would interact with existing statutes on sexually explicit conduct. The chair spoke in support of the measure, and the bill passed 8-0. The committee then adjourned.

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• Senator Murdock, the chair would request unanimous consent to strike the title without objection.
• Senator, I think that's a very reasonable request.
• I respectfully request to do pass. Will there be questions? We have a due pass from Senator Kirt.
• And I know that this is one of those years where we're looking at a tight budget.
• We'll see how this goes as we go through the budget process.

Bills: SB134, SB1356, SB1407, SB1611, SB1639, SB169, SB1722, SB182, SB1870, SB2039, SB432, SB609, SB715, SB716

Keywords: retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles

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• So we're taking basically about 30-some percent of their budget.
• in their current budget to do that.
• And those budgets are hard to do.
• If you come onto a school board and you have a $30 million budget and you've never managed a budget like
• It's going to take you a long time to learn that budget.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• Family income and the 2025-27 biennial budget.
• We can appropriate that money in the budget.
• I mean, we can appropriate that money in the budget. have budget conference left.
• I mean, we can appropriate that money in the budget.
• There were requests to add other things.

Bills: HB2689, SB5420, SB5868, SB5877

Keywords: Working Connections Child Care, child care subsidy, subsidized child care, Washington DCYF, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, low-income families, child care providers, licensed child care centers, family child care, market rate survey, subsidy rates, income eligibility, state median income, SNAP, Basic Food, collective bargaining, provider reimbursement, daily payment, half-day care, partial-day care

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• For the legislative and judicial branch budgets, I'm going to speak relative to the House budget.
• to the House budget.
• </c> which is the judicial branch budget. which is the judicial branch budget.
• Um we the House budget for a moment.
• </c> entirety of the Commonwealth budget entirety of the Commonwealth budget there,<00:29:06.880><c>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:23 HB 503 Discussion 00:01:00 HB 503 Vote 00:02:17 HB 504 Discussion 00:02:53 HB 504 Vote 00:04:48 HB 500 Discussion 00:05:19 HB 500 Vote 00:29:18 HB 900 Discussion 00:32:02 HB 900 Vote 00:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor. The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review. Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• enacted budget.
• >> A debate only the budget. >> Through you, Mr.
• OUT, THE BUDGET IS OVER A MONTH LATE.
• start moving that money or soliciting requests?
• This budget extender does not speak to that.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on May 6, 2026, approved the prior journal, and accepted a Rules Committee report advancing the government appropriations bill to third reading. The chamber then took up the tenth budget extender, which sponsor Senator Serrano said would keep state government operating through Monday, May 11 and contained $482 million in new spending, bringing the total across extenders to $20.3 billion. In questioning, Senator O’Mara and Senator Helming pressed Serrano for details on the reported $268 billion budget deal, policy outcomes, revenue raisers, and whether local governments, schools, and rural health programs would receive certainty; Serrano said final budget bills were not yet in print and declined to speculate on unresolved issues. The extender passed 60-1, with Senator Weik voting no. The Senate also adopted several previously adopted resolutions honoring the North Tonawanda High School girls varsity basketball team, the Tappan Zee High School girls basketball team, and SUNY student Chriss-Ann Pryce. Members praised the teams’ state championships and Pryce’s academic and leadership achievements through the Educational Opportunity Program. The chamber then returned to legislation and passed a bill designating May 9 as Overdose Awareness Day in New York; Senator Fernandez said it recognized the harm of overdose and the need to continue funding harm reduction and recovery services. Additional bills passed included a statewide domestic violence lethality assessment measure, with Senators Murray, Rolison, Webb, and Ramos describing it as a tool to identify dangerous situations and prevent fatalities; a mental health insurance bill limiting step therapy/prior authorization for serious mental health medications, supported by Senator Fahy; and measures on education, real property tax, election law, general business law, kitchen incubator economic impacts, public buildings, state finance, and mental hygiene. Several bills drew recorded opposition, including the real property tax bill and the election law and general business law measures. The Senate concluded by adjourning until Monday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days designated legislative.

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• In the governor's budget request, the department sought to codify a long-standing practice of paying
• </c><04:04:33.760><c> In</c><04:04:33.920><c> the</c> safety's budget requests.
• In the safety's budget requests.
• In the governor's<04:04:34.479><c> budget</c><04:04:34.800><c> request,</c><04:04:35.199><c> the</c>
• governor's budget request, the governor's budget request, the department<04:04:35.760><c> sought</c><

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• And one of the reasons that I find this bill problematic is in the budgeting process.
• </c> problematic is in the budgeting process. problematic is in the budgeting process.
• ,</c><00:04:14.080><c> but</c> affect your your relative budgets, but affect your your relative budgets
• Spent on the operating budget.
• There's no question about that. an explosion of requests and demands an explosion of requests and demands

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• I request a roll call vote. Yes, ma'am. I also request a roll call vote. Okay.
• It is not twice as large a budget.
• request for the next budget.
• request for the next budget.
• And hopefully the governor, whoever the governor is next year, would put in their budget request whatever

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would allow municipalities and counties to satisfy certain public-notice requirements by posting advertisements, publications, and printings on their official websites. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, intended to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet statutory deadlines, while a Blackmun amendment required a six-month transition period in which notices would still be published in newspapers and the public would be alerted to the change. Newspaper and media representatives, along with tribal and rural community advocates, opposed the bill, arguing that print notices remain important for transparency, historical recordkeeping, and access in areas with limited internet service. Supporters from county and local government said newspaper publication schedules have become unreliable and that websites are a more effective way to reach the public. The committee adopted the Blackmun amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1021, as amended by a strike-everything that would require the Auditor General to refer evidence of possible criminal activity involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General, with procedures for investigation and conflict-of-interest handling. The sponsor and amendment sponsor said the measure would create a mechanism for criminal findings in audit work to be acted on. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, which would require county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history, along with any countermeasures administered in the prior 90 days, in sudden unexplained infant death cases. The sponsor said the bill was a data-collection measure meant to improve accuracy, transparency, and prevention efforts. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy and disability representatives, said Arizona already collects this information, that unsafe sleep is the primary issue in most SIDS cases, and that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 1013, a merit-based public employment bill that would prohibit hiring based on conditions other than merit. Supporters said it would ensure public employees are selected by qualifications and objective criteria; opponents argued existing law already bars discrimination and that the bill could create litigation risks and hinder outreach to underrepresented communities. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 1015 and a strike-everything amendment that would replace the bill’s original detransition-liability language with the Arizona Thriving Families Act, creating a family and medical leave insurance program within Medicaid beginning in 2029. The original bill sponsor defended the underlying detransition-related liability concept as accountability and support for detransitioners, while opponents said it would function as a discriminatory backdoor ban on transition care for minors. The transcript ends during debate and explanation of the strike-everything amendment, before a final vote on SB 1015 is shown.

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• A reminder to members: all bill drafting requests and capital outlay reauthorization requests must be
• A reminder to members: all bill drafting requests and capital outlay reauthorization requests must be
• There's been a request for a moment of silence. Thank you.
• We're starting to hear budgets.
• So just remember, the budget is starting to cross.

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• Notably, Kaiser's, uh, 2025 Medicaid budget survey found 16 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for
• Notably, Kaiser's, uh, 2025 Medicaid budget survey found 16 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for
• Notably, Kaiser's, uh, 2025 Medicaid budget survey found 16 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for
• Notably, Kaiser's, uh, 2025 Medicaid budget survey found 16 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for
• Notably, Kaiser's, uh, 2025 Medicaid budget survey found 16 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1s for

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• The governor's proposed budget also supported a JR staffing model.
• Because it doesn't happen in one biennium, one budget cycle.
• Because it doesn't happen in one biennium, one budget cycle.
• Certainly, you can look forward to a state capital budget request to partner with us with a modern facility
• Unfortunately, with the budget, that hasn't been able to happen.

Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a work session on juvenile rehabilitation trends and then a hearing on Senate Bill 6062. The work session featured a national overview from NCSL, DCYF updates on Green Hill, Harbor Heights, and community transition services, and local/community perspectives from Pierce County, Team Child, and Northwest Credible Messengers. The national presentation described broad juvenile justice trends, including limits on extreme sentencing, expanded diversion and due process protections, reduced fines and fees, record clearing, and changes in juvenile court jurisdiction. Committee members asked about juvenile crime trends and overcrowding, and the presenter noted that crime has generally decreased overall since 2020, though some offenses have risen in some places and overcrowding remains an issue in certain states. DCYF reported on its behavior management system, Harbor Heights opening as relief for overcrowding, Green Hill population pressures, and expansion of community transition services. Officials said the behavior management system is intended to improve safety, consistency, and restorative accountability, while Harbor Heights has added programming and family engagement but still faces space, IT, and medical-infrastructure challenges. Green Hill leaders said reduced population has improved stability, programming, and use-of-force outcomes, but overcrowding remains a concern. DCYF also highlighted an ombuds process, family listserv updates, staffing changes, and a proposed budget request for additional JR capacity and staffing. Pierce County described its long-running detention reform work, reduced average daily detention population, and plans for a new juvenile justice center, while Team Child and Northwest Credible Messengers emphasized community-based supports, culturally responsive services, healing-centered engagement, and reentry planning. Senate Bill 6062 was then briefed as a measure revising juvenile sentencing and JR placement rules. The bill would require courts to grant suspended disposition alternatives in eligible cases unless the court finds community supervision would not adequately protect the community, expand eligibility for certain sentencing alternatives, require midpoint review hearings, and set rules for transfers from JR to DOC when facilities exceed 105% of rated bed capacity. The committee also voted to waive the five-day notice rule for hearings on Senate Bills 6319 and 5979, and that motion passed. During public testimony on SB 6062, youth from Green Hill supported the bill and asked for clearer standards around DOC transfers, while DCYF supported efforts to reduce JR population but said the bill needs stronger emergency transfer language to address overcrowding at Green Hill. Committee members and the bill sponsor emphasized rehabilitation, individualized sentencing, and the need to balance community safety with better placement and services for youth.