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• And second, a newly developing problem, which is student athlete transfers.
• So, you know, I I believe that it would, yes, an could could also create more competition, could better
• comedic man with the students because they know they have the potential to be extremely good and be competitive

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• THAT DATE BUT THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A TIME PERIOD FOR THE OFFICE TO DIGEST THAT INFORMATION AND DEVELOP
• AND THE OTHER FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE BILL WOULD REDUCE COMPETITION FOR FINANCIALLY SOUND CCRC'S
• 1612 ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. >> SB 1612 WILL HELP FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BE MORE EFFICIENT AND COMPETITIVE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for the development. for the development.
• It can't be the developer.
• probably roughly 8% if if a developer probably roughly 8% if if a developer was<00:12:50.959>
• applications to competitive grant applications to nonprofit<00:37:56.960> developers<00:37:57.599
• So the funding competitions are run by Kentucky Housing Corporation, and eligible developers then respond

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:03 Roll Call 00:00:08 Discussion of Indiana Residential Infrastructure Fund 00:01:27 Discussion of Affordable Housing Trust Fund 00:33:30 Discussion of Urban Infill 01:12:37 Approval of Minutes from July Meeting 01:39:00 Adjournment 01:39:42, 958, all

Summary: The Housing Task Force heard a presentation from Anita Sanford of the Homebuilders Association of Kentucky and Sheri Cybert of Indiana’s Residential Infrastructure Fund about Indiana’s low-interest loan program for local housing infrastructure. They described the program as a voluntary, locally driven model that helps communities finance roads, sewers, sidewalks, traffic lights, turning lanes, and other infrastructure needed for new housing development. Sanford emphasized that infrastructure and regulation are major drivers of housing costs, citing estimates that infrastructure can account for up to 30% of a home’s cost and regulations another 25%, and said the association is studying Kentucky-specific regulatory costs. She also noted that every $1,000 added to new home construction can price out about 2,000 Kentucky households. Cybert explained that Indiana’s program, administered through the Indiana Finance Authority, began in 2023 with $75 million appropriated over two years and has since closed 17 loans totaling $60.7 million, with more than 2,700 projected housing units. The program reserves 70% of funds for rural communities and 30% for urban communities, requires applications from local governments rather than developers, and asks communities to show need through a market study, describe the infrastructure and housing to be built, and provide preliminary engineering plans and a repayment source. She said the loans currently carry an interest rate around 3.5%, reset quarterly, and that the program has generated about $25 million in savings to communities compared with private borrowing. She also described recent Indiana legislative changes that encourage higher density and other zoning reforms, and said a majority of those local ordinance changes must be adopted for an application to be fundable. Members asked about the ordinance requirements, the funding split between rural and urban areas, repayment mechanisms, and whether there were caps on project size. Cybert said repayment is worked out case by case, often through existing or project-specific TIFs, temporary tax agreements, or letters of credit, and that the program has no cap on request size or income/affordability restrictions. She said the largest request funded was $19 million for a 700-unit project. Co-chair Mills and others discussed whether Kentucky could adopt a similar model and what it would cost, while Sanford and Cybert said they were still refining budget estimates. Later, Scott Welch, president of the Homebuilders Association of Kentucky, testified that upfront infrastructure costs are a major barrier in his projects, citing a $1 million pump station and road-widening and utility relocation costs as examples, and said an infrastructure fund would help get projects off the ground.

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• Chief from our Workforce Development Chief from our Workforce Development Division<01:18:59.360>
• chair uh from our Workforce Development chair uh from our Workforce Development Council<01:20:17.679
• 2024 hosted by the Workforce Development 2024 hosted by the Workforce Development Division<01:23
• development development divisions<01:26:26.719> and<01:26:26.920> our<01:26:27.280>
• contract out um for someone to develop contract out um for someone to develop that<04:00:04.120>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• We have two ag bills that had to do with the Agricultural Diversification and Development Fund.
• Then we have, as you heard yesterday, two of those rural development fund type bills, very similar.
• We don't really have to be that competitive. They say, well, they already got half the state.
• And when these rules were developed, it used to be a way different scenario.
• But that's, you know, and we could, I don't, I think developing a cap is not rocket science.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee began with roll call and a brief update on remaining work, then took up Senate Bill 2213, the “science of math” bill. Members clarified that the appropriation for the program was not included in the DPI budget and would remain attached to the policy bill for now. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave the bill a do pass recommendation, 21-2. The committee next considered Senate Bills 2036 and 2037, both juvenile justice/Human Services bills involving mental health and criminal responsibility evaluations for minors. Testimony explained that the bills create new processes and require DHS to contract with specialized providers, with appropriations of $500,000 in 2036 and $300,000 in 2037. Members debated whether the funding should come from existing DHS resources or remain as separate appropriations, and whether the programs were one-time or ongoing. The committee adopted amendments on both bills and then recommended both do pass, with 2036 passing 14-6 and 2037 passing 17-4. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2021, the Information Technology Department budget. Representative Bosch outlined major themes in the budget, including migration from PeopleSoft and the mainframe, onboarding/off-boarding automation, double-counting of IT spending, and the transition of education technology from PowerSchool to Infinite Campus. Members also discussed a study amendment related to a statewide enterprise resource planning system, and added language on grant management and compliance management. The committee adopted the amendments and gave the budget a do pass recommendation, 20-0-3. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol budget. Representative Pyle explained the House changes, including shifting some one-time costs to the motor carrier electronic permit fund, funding for body armor, breath tests, road course resurfacing, fleet costs, handgun replacement, and carryover authority for federal technology funds. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the budget 21-0-2. The committee then began Senate Bill 2399, a Human Services bill on Medicaid reimbursement for psychiatric residential treatment facilities, but deferred action after testimony from a facility representative and committee discussion about therapeutic leave days, reimbursement rates, and whether a cap on reimbursable days should be set in statute or rule. The chair said the committee would seek more information from DHS and take the bill up the next day.

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• Counties can draw on local tax revenues to fund competitive cost-of-living adjustments, while trial courts
• Senator Durazo, for the opportunity to speak with you today, and maybe to offer some friendly competition
• Right now, court-appointed attorney compensation is simply not competitive with similar positions in
• other government agencies, and as a result, competitive with similar positions in other government agencies
• and rebuild the attorney pipeline, retain experienced counsel, and ensure that newer attorneys can develop

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee heard presentations on the Office of the State Public Defender, statewide public defense workloads, legal aid funding, and Judicial Branch operations. OSPD requested permanent funding for positions that had been temporarily funded to implement the Racial Justice Act, explaining that the workload has become ongoing and now includes additional Supreme Court briefing, habeas proceedings, investigations, expert analysis, and data work. The State Public Defender also presented findings from the California Public Defense Workload and Staffing Report, which concluded that county public defense systems are structurally understaffed, lack sufficient investigators and support staff, and operate without statewide standards; members discussed the need for phased state funding, rural recruitment, and the impact of recent policy changes such as Prop. 36. In the legal aid panel, advocates and a Los Angeles Superior Court judge described severe unmet civil legal needs, especially in eviction defense, homelessness prevention, domestic violence, and immigration detention cases, and requested a $50 million increase to the Equal Access Fund, $20 million to restart homelessness prevention services, and $10 million for health care access services, along with additional targeted investments from the California Access to Justice Commission. The committee also asked for follow-up information on services, outreach, and funding losses, including reduced federal support and the scale of the justice gap. For the Judicial Branch, the Judicial Council and trial court representatives supported the Governor’s proposed budget, including a $70 million increase for trial court operations, $21.7 million for employee health and retirement costs, additional funding for appellate counsel and case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities funding. They said the money is needed to offset inflation, supply costs, and staffing retention problems, and to preserve access to justice through timely case processing and remote proceedings. Senators raised concerns about interpreter shortages, the difficulty of hiring staff interpreters for less common languages, and the lack of a midyear process for courts to request more language-access funding; Judicial Council staff said they reallocate interpreter funds among courts and continue to work on recruitment. The committee also pressed the branch and the Department of Finance on courthouse facilities needs, noting that the long-term backlog is far larger than the current budget can address; Finance said the estimated need discussed previously was about $22.5 billion to start 68 projects and $29.4 billion to complete the remaining projects. No votes were taken during the hearing, but members requested follow-up materials and additional budget information.

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• We directed large amounts of new money to competitive grant programs rather than direct appropriations
• , and we also prioritize many of our member projects in these competitive grant pools from both sides
• I am hopeful that competitive grants that may come forward will give them something, but there are other
• Both sides agreed that a competitive grant process can be better than directly naming some communities
• We put 71 million dollars there for competitive grants and we said to folks that have been doing this

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• Unfortunately, over the last four years, energy policy has stalled the necessary development of pipelines
• UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS ENERGY POLICY HAS STALLED THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT OF PIPELINES
• H.R. 2212 NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE D.H.S.
• He won a competitive primary.
• HE WON A COMPETITIVE PRIMARY.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, November 17, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And then line 36 is staffing to develop and support the registry.
• Uh line 34 is the registry development.
• That development of the um CIC registry.
• <00:02:58.160> and would be 500,000 for development and would be 500,000 for development and
• <00:03:09.200> and line 36 is staffing to um develop and line 36 is staffing to um develop

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This market has grown and developed in Texas to be quite substantial, but we have had our headaches.
• And we would like to see Texas participate in the development of that.
• They don't want competition. Well, I don't want to speak for them.
• They wouldn't be impacted by this, other than they might have competition that doesn't exist today.
• One, a few of my clients have developed health problems.

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• traffic congestion at the railroad crossings outlined in this bill, and there are several new developments
• We respectfully ask you to maintain flexibility and competition for Chambers County Maritime Operations
• You know, I mean, how about if this area over here gets developed?
• So, we're still developing this 22-mile area, right? No, sir. No, this area is developed.
• My name is Mo Burr, Director of Project Development.

Bills: HB2007, HB2863, HB2921, HB3331, HB3332, HJR144, HB3514, HB3528, HB3720, HB3751, HB3859, HB3947, HB4148, HB4346, HB4880, HB5603, HB4337

Keywords: commercial signs, county approval, transportation code, regulations, road signage, vehicle title, revocation, hearing process, Transportation Code, county assessor-collector, confidentiality, personal information, local government, airport data, public records, vehicle regulation, transportation, steel industry, state fees, safety standards

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• A few program examples include home visiting services that promote healthy child development and free
• The Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition is currently developing its Title V state action plan to guide
• Starting in FY23, DDS convened an older caregiver advisory group to develop a work plan to address the
• So we're currently developing the course.
• It's almost complete, and the videos are currently also in development, and we expect to have most of

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• than one financial institution if the commission finds that the financial institutions are not in competition
• , which makes various changes related to the content and process for an integrated resource plan developed
• to enable stakeholders to create modeling scenarios for the utility's consideration during the development
• The bill requires the SCC to establish guidelines that ensure that utilities develop comprehensive IRPs
• The bill also requires the CEUR to convene a work group to develop recommendations regarding planning

Keywords: House Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

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• For the agency, we're also requesting additional earmarks to P505, which is the Policy Development and
• As a state, we have to make a decision: do we want to stand up and be competitive?
• Now, the flexibility of the fund at the Economic Development Department is the fact that they don't have
• These efforts position NMMI as a competitive choice among military and preparatory institutions nationwide
• Faculty innovation in STEM and leadership curricula ensures that NMMI graduates are competitive in both

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• The Senate Economic Development Committee will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• It relates to the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program in the Texas Economic Development
• the growing economic development needs of rural areas in Texas.
• Rural economic development is vital for the prosperity of agriculture and our state.
• For rural counties, supporting infrastructure needs for rural economic development.

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• We want to continue the development of it.
• We are continue the development of it.
• That takes a little bit of time and some development.
• It's really for continued development.
• It is continued to do development.

Keywords: The livestream event for this meeting failed before the meeting was finished. This copy was pulled from backups and is reposted in it's entirety., 958, all

Summary: The committee met to review KHEAA’s student aid programs ahead of the upcoming biennial budget. KHEAA officials outlined the agency’s role administering state grants and scholarships, emphasizing that net lottery proceeds are statutorily dedicated to student financial aid after a literacy appropriation. They focused on the College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES, and explained that the FAFSA simplification changes significantly expanded eligibility for Pell and CAP recipients. KHEAA said the General Assembly’s additional funding this biennium allowed CAP to be fully funded, and that FY25 spending for CAP reached about $232 million for roughly 72,000 students, up from about 55,000 recipients the prior year. Officials said they are watching current-year application trends closely and expect a clearer funding picture by late fall as awards are actually disbursed and enrollment data comes in. Members asked about how CAP eligibility works, the difference between applicants and recipients, and whether KTG is tied to Pell eligibility. KHEAA explained that CAP is essentially aligned with Pell eligibility, while KTG uses a different need formula and is limited to private colleges in Kentucky. They also noted that schools verify final eligibility after KHEAA’s initial review of application data. Questions about the FAFSA simplification act and federal changes led KHEAA to say they do not expect major effects on state grant and scholarship programs, though federal student loan changes may affect students, especially at the graduate level. The committee also discussed KEES, which KHEAA said has been fully funded since its creation, and dual credit/work-ready scholarships. KHEAA reported that dual credit participation continues to grow and that FY25 spending for dual credit and Work Ready Kentucky totaled about $26.4 million, compared with a $13.1 million appropriation, with transfers from Work Ready used to keep dual credit fully funded. Officials said they will seek growth funding for dual credit in the next budget because the program has expanded and now includes the work-ready component under one statute. Members asked about transferability of dual credit courses and whether students actually use the credits toward degrees; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit’s transfer, but it is seeing positive trends in bachelor’s completion and more high school graduates earning associate degrees. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the July 15, 2025 meeting minutes.

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• Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, this substitute just allows our industrial development board to expand
• board to expand into housing development board to expand into housing projects<00:29:04.559> and<
• <00:48:20.800> advantages addition to the competitive advantages addition to the competitive
• <00:53:20.160> practices liable for anti-competitive practices liable for anti-competitive
• >> and Aaliyah will continue to develop >> and Aaliyah will continue to develop rules

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Anticipates seeing a leveling off of project development at very healthy levels levels.
• The chair calls L'Oreal. and Brian McMath with the Water Development Board. Thank you. Thank you.
• Administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
• Just real briefly about the Texas Water Development Board.
• I'm the Executive Administrator at the Texas Water Development Board.

Keywords: infrastructure, water supply, flood mitigation, Texas Water Fund, community projects, funding allocations

Summary: During this committee meeting, the focus was on discussing critical infrastructure funding, especially related to water supply and flood mitigation projects. Chairwoman Stepney and the Water Development Board presented extensive details regarding the Texas Water Fund, which included $1 billion appropriated to assist various financial programs and tackle pressing water and wastewater issues. Additionally, funding allocations aimed at compromising the state's flood risk and improving water conservation were hotly debated, emphasizing collaboration among committee members and the necessity of addressing community needs in such projects.

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• <00:04:05.680> operate administrative tools to develop operate administrative tools to develop
• <00:08:50.040> and improve speed of development and improve speed of development and reducing
• detrimental to the development detrimental to the development sustainability<00:08:55.920> and
• <00:19:38.840> and is committed to developing and is committed to developing and preserving
• <00:20:00.640> and feasibility of Housing Development and feasibility of Housing Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:28:31.000> or<01:28:31.199> a<01:28:31.360> non-competitive be a competitive
• or a non-competitive be a competitive or a non-competitive grant<01:28:32.800> do<01:28:32.920
• <01:28:50.600> or<01:28:50.880> non-competitive that be a competitive or non-competitive
• that be a competitive or non-competitive Grant<01:28:53.719> uh<01:28:53.880> Mr<01:28
• The reason I asked is for competitive grants, we typically have been using language up to 10% for non-competitiveness

Keywords: 1187, senate, all