Transcript Highlights:

• Last year, they got the opportunity to go visit Governor Little, where he signed the proclamation.
• And they also got to visit Congressman Simpson when he came to have lunch with them at the school.

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the minutes from January 22, 2026, after a motion and second, with no opposition. The committee then heard a presentation on military-connected students from Dominic Hagan of Mountain Home Air Force Base and Dr. Spencer Barzzi of the Idaho State Department of Education. The presenters described Idaho’s Purple Star School designation, which recognizes schools that support military families, noting Stevenson Elementary in Mountain Home as the state’s first Purple Star school. They also discussed the Military Interstate Children’s Compact (MC3), which helps military students transfer credits, maintain graduation progress, and navigate enrollment and placement issues when families move. Dr. Barzzi also reviewed Idaho’s military student identifier and the State Department of Education’s website resources, explaining that these tools were developed in response to a 2023 study that found military-family resources were not always easy to access. Committee members asked how many military-connected students are in Idaho and whether the program is limited to base schools. The presenters said there are about 3,500 military-connected students in the state, concentrated near Mountain Home but also present in Kuna and Boise, and that Purple Star support can be offered in any school, not just those on base. No further action was taken, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Last year, they got the opportunity to go visit Governor Little, where he signed the proclamation.
• And they also got to visit Congressman Simpson when he came to have lunch with them at the school.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We provide comprehensive pediatric services such as well-child visits and immunizations.
• To make matters worse, my insurance only allowed a limited number of visits.
• I didn't want to waste those visits on someone who wasn't in tune with what I was experiencing, so I
• At the time, he had employer-sponsored insurance, which covered a portion of his emergency room visit
• Shortly after his ER visit, his work hours were reduced, and with his lower income, he couldn't afford

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• While visiting Hill Country, they were caught in the floods on that tragic evening.
• While visiting Hill Country, they were caught in the floods on that tragic evening.
• While visiting Hill Country, they were caught in the floods on that tragic evening.
• While visiting Hill Country, they were caught in the floods on that tragic evening.
• WHILE VISITING HILL COUNTRY, THEY WERE CAUGHT IN THE FLOODS ON THAT TRAGIC EVENING.

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

Transcript Highlights:

• When you go to visit Kopeg, you don't go in with your own clothes.
• But visiting with Parks and Wildlife and other agencies, we deploy state Paul. visiting with Parks and
• If you look at the data, visits are actually done... ...from the veterinarians.
• If you look at the data, visits are actually down.
• The FDA did briefly allow virtual telemedicine visits for general health care.

Committee: House Agriculture & Livestock

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Her work included grant monitoring, field visits, and science-based evaluations to support forest health
• </c><01:29:54.480><c> planned</c> members, we uh do have a visit planned members, we uh do have a visit
• , progress reports, and closeout evaluations for monitoring visits of the 13 grantees.
• ,</c><01:41:30.080><c> progress</c> issues with monitoring visits, progress issues with monitoring visits
• </c><01:41:41.600><c> for</c> required annual monitoring visits for required annual monitoring visits

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met on May 27, 2026, approved the January 7 minutes and the day’s agenda, and reported no conflicts of interest. The executive director gave staff updates, including introductions of new staff member Cara Castanza and DNR liaison Jason Co., both of whom were welcomed by the council. Members were also informed about three minor easement/conveyance matters in the packet, including a small Bowser easement impact with about $1,600 returned to the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a Minnesota Land Trust easement request involving a DNR trout stream easement, and an access easement revision in Itasca County. The council also noted several upcoming dedication events and a June field tour in southeast Minnesota beginning in Winona on June 16, with visits to Whitewater WMA, bluff prairie and stream sites, and a river segment if a boat is secured. A major agenda item was a legislative session recap on the Outdoor Heritage Fund portion of Senate File 2077, the omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy, and Lands bill. Staff reported that all council recommendations were incorporated into the bill, which passed both chambers on May 17 and was expected to be signed by the governor. The fiscal year 2027 Outdoor Heritage Fund recommendations covered 53 programs totaling about $188.9 million, with the February forecast increasing the appropriation slightly so the final total was about $191.16 million; eligible programs were proportionately increased. Staff also highlighted a few changes made during the legislative process, including adjustments to the Roso Lake rehabilitation phase three project, the conservation partners legacy grant language, and statutory provisions affecting the council. The recap also covered policy changes in the bill: a public member term limit of eight years, with a short vacancy exception and transition rules for current members; a revised executive director hiring process allowing the Legislative Coordinating Commission to provide support while preserving the council’s final hiring authority and permitting closed meetings for candidate discussions; and an extension of the Upper Mississippi River invasive carp deterrent design deadline to June 30, 2027. Members discussed the Roso Lake amendment at length, with Senator Lang and Representative Burkel explaining that the added delay and injunction-related language were intended to address local concerns and preserve the council’s process while litigation proceeds. The meeting ended without any additional formal action beyond receiving the updates and discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Go and visit the home just like they'd go visit, um, a senior who might not be well?
• So, I would just ask that a location and visitation be able to happen.
• </c><01:55:57.679><c> And</c> visits, nothing had been changed.
• And visits, nothing had been changed.
• A lady from DOA came to visit, and I was not there.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'll just point out a few that are pretty significant. visits by about six over 67% so it's it visits
• What about the... those... remember you gave us site visit over here? Yes, yes.
• of</c><02:32:43.760><c> that</c><02:32:44.000><c> data</c> visits emergency visits all of that data
• visits emergency visits all of that data from<02:32:44.800><c> all</c><02:32:45.000><c> the</c><02:32
• Yeah, and we can do another website visit after he's the mayor for Kalaupapa.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Health and Human Services committees heard Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s biennium budget request, with testimony from HHSC leadership on the Hilo/Big Island region (HTH 212) and the Oahu region (HTH 215), plus discussion of capital improvement projects and systemwide partnerships. HHSC described its role as the rural healthcare safety net, serving a high share of Medicare, Medicaid/Quest, and uninsured patients, and said its costs are elevated by state employee fringe benefits, which it said are about 64% compared with roughly 30% in the private sector. HHSC also said pandemic-era federal aid, including relief funds and PPP loans totaling about $100 million, reduced the need for general fund support in prior years. For HTH 212, HHSC said its general fund request for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 was higher than the governor’s recommendation because of rising insurance, pharmaceutical, and contractor labor costs, and because it includes $13.2 million in FY 2026 and $2.3 million in FY 2027 for Epic electronic medical record implementation in East Hawaii. For HTH 215, HHSC said the requested general funds were aligned with the governor’s recommendation, in part because of increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities under prior legislation. HHSC also said it was restoring a special fund ceiling so the region could spend its cash collections on operations. Members asked about the 64% fringe rate, and HHSC explained the difference was mainly due to defined-benefit pension and retiree health insurance costs, which private hospitals generally do not bear at the same level. Members also asked about the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home, and HHSC said operations would be funded through the general fund corporation for the home when it opens, with management by Ohana Pacific, but no additional legislative operating funds were being requested at that time. Other questions focused on staffing and vacancies, including an abolished procurement position and an ongoing IT help desk recruitment need. HHSC highlighted several capital and partnership projects, including a $25 million state CIP request matched by $25 million from the Benioff family for the Benioff Health Center, an ER expansion and reconfiguration at Corner Community Hospital, and $7.5 million in each fiscal year for Kauai EMR capital funds to join the Epic platform. Testimony also described collaborations with Queen’s, the University of California San Francisco, Hawaii Pacific Health, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, the Department of Health, and the state hospital to improve specialty access, clinical trials, behavioral health, and patient placement across the system.

Transcript Highlights:

• Good to see you guys come down here to visit with us.
• And we have South Dakota reps here too that, you know, we need to go down and visit with them.
• We visited our congressional delegation three times. They're aware of these issues.
• We wanted to visit on some sales and use, internet sales.
• But once again, we very much appreciate it and welcome anybody to come visit as well.

Committee: Joint Tribal and State Relations Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But anybody knows you do not say no to you relative to coming to visit.
• And I keep a record of all the communities that we go visit, and it's not that I deserve a thanks for
• </c> no to you relative to coming to visit. no to you relative to coming to visit.
• 37.599><c> not</c><00:39:37.839><c> that</c><00:39:38.079><c> I</c><00:39:38.320><c> deserve</c> go visit
• and and it's not that I deserve go visit and and it's not that I deserve a<00:39:38.720><c> thanks</

Keywords: The first few minutes of this meeting was missed on the live stream. This upload restores those few minutes, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee met with Secretary Jeff Null and General Counsel Matt Wing of the Cabinet for Economic Development for an overview of the cabinet’s main economic development tools, strategy, and compliance practices. Null said the cabinet uses a data-driven approach focused on competitiveness, site readiness, wages, workforce training, and long-term assets such as roads, rail spurs, water, and sewer improvements. He emphasized that the cabinet tries to balance attracting new employers with supporting existing businesses, and said compliance is a core value of the agency. Null walked members through several programs, including the closing fund, Kentucky Business Incentive (KBI), Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training support, and the KIA sales-tax refund tool for construction materials and equipment. He said the closing fund has received $80 million over two years for projects generally involving at least $10 million in investment, though some flexibility exists. He also explained that Bluegrass State Skills funding is typically about $2,000 to $3,000 per job and can be used flexibly for training, including sending Kentucky workers to be trained elsewhere or paying trainers to come to Kentucky. He described KBI as a pay-as-you-go, incremental tax credit tied to actual jobs and investment, and said the legislature’s tiered refundable credit structure allows more targeted use of incentives in heritage and non-heritage counties. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on compliance and monitoring. Null said incentive agreements are written with commercial terms and spell out jobs, investment, wages, and training commitments. The cabinet requires regular reporting, invoices, and sampling, and can use clawbacks or suspend benefits if companies fail to meet obligations or lose required environmental permits. He said the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority reviews incentive applications in public meetings and often requires company representatives to answer questions before preliminary approval is granted. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• But anybody knows you do not say no to you relative to coming to visit.
• believe I've been there seven or eight times, and I keep a record of all the communities that we go visit
• </c> no to you relative to coming to visit. no to you relative to coming to visit.
• c> and</c><00:35:41.120><c> it's</c><00:35:41.320><c> not</c><00:35:41.800><c> that</c> that we go visit
• , and and it's not that that we go visit, and and it's not that I<00:35:42.040><c> deserve</c><00:35:

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The speaker outlined Kentucky’s economic development strategy and how the cabinet evaluates and awards incentives. He emphasized using national benchmarks such as Site Selection and Area Development magazines, focusing on real data, competitiveness, and performance-based incentives. He said the state is performing well nationally in investment rankings, and credited the legislature with providing tools that help attract and retain jobs, especially through speed to market, site readiness, transportation, and workforce coordination. A major portion of the remarks described the “anatomy” of an incentive package: first improving sites and infrastructure such as water, sewer, roads, and rail spurs; then using sales tax benefits for construction materials and equipment; then training support through the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation; and finally the Kentucky Business Incentive (KBI) program, which reimburses qualifying expenses from incremental tax revenue. He said incentives are negotiated, data-driven, and targeted toward companies with strong wage levels, training plans, growth potential, and, in some cases, agricultural benefits or industry leadership. He also noted special treatment for heritage communities and said the state has expanded KBI beyond heavy manufacturing to include R&D, headquarters, and service businesses. The speaker also described compliance and oversight. Incentive agreements are written with job, wage, investment, and community-benefit terms, and companies must file regular reports and invoices. Cash incentives can be clawed back if commitments are not met, while tax credits are tied to actual investment and job creation. He said the Revenue Cabinet and Environment and Energy Cabinet play important monitoring roles, and that projects go through application review and preliminary approval by the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority before final approval and payment. He closed by thanking legislators for their support and for allowing more flexible, capped, and data-driven incentive tools.

Transcript Highlights:

• known as the Transgender Respect and Dignity Act, as well as the Prison Rape Elimination Act and visiting
• I think one of the things I recently visited a women's prison, CIW, and the folks who work in the programs
• I, too, have visited CIW, and I think what you're describing I've seen in institutions in Oregon and
• For 30 years, we've been going to the women's prisons and conducting legal visits.
• For 30 years, we've been going to the women's prisons and conducting legal visits.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's a very highly visited spot in that area and it could help drive a lot of revenue in the tourism
• It's a very highly visited spot in that area and it could help drive a lot of revenue in the tourism
• It's a very highly visited spot in that area and it could help drive a lot of revenue in the tourism
• It's a very highly visited spot in that area and it could help drive a lot of revenue in the tourism
• It's a very highly visited spot in that area and it could help drive a lot of revenue in the tourism

Bills: SB2580 , SB2578 , SB2259 , SB3084 , SB2816 , SB2928 , SB2075 , SB3322 , SB2377 , SB2436 , SB2835 , SB3248

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: SB2580, Hawaii film tax credit, motion picture tax credit, digital media credit, film production incentive, income tax credit, general excise tax exemption, DBEDT, DOTAX, local hires, local workforce, film industry, movie production, television production, streaming platform, streaming series, loan-out companies, motion picture project employer, qualified production, qualified production costs

Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• Skipping medications, skipping primary care visits.
• There are free primary care visits within a year, even in the bronze plan.
• There are free primary care visits within a year, even in the bronze plan.
• They live sicker, they die younger, and they're often one hospital visit away from bankruptcy.
• You know, as primary care, we can do the work, but we don't do it well when it's based on a per-visit

Summary: The joint informational hearing focused on the cost of uncertainty in California health care, especially the effects of federal policy changes on coverage, access, and affordability. Opening remarks from committee leaders and members emphasized that California’s uninsured rate had fallen to historic lows under the Affordable Care Act and state policies, but that the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies, H.R. 1, and other federal regulatory changes could reverse those gains. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the strain on low-wage workers, families, clinics, hospitals, and public programs. The first panel reviewed the federal landscape and state response. A federal policy analyst described the ACA’s coverage gains and consumer protections, then outlined current threats: H.R. 1’s Medicaid and marketplace cuts, the end of enhanced premium tax credits, shorter open enrollment, more verification requirements, and changes affecting preventive services and vaccines. Covered California reported that the loss of subsidies is expected to nearly double average monthly premiums, reduce enrollment, and push more consumers into bronze plans with higher deductibles; it also noted that California’s $190 million affordability fund is helping the lowest-income enrollees. HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability explained its work on spending targets, market consolidation review, and primary care investment, saying the goal is to slow spending growth rather than impose price caps. Committee members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of bronze plans, administrative burdens, immigration-related disenrollment, provider taxes, uncompensated care, and whether California can sustain current coverage levels without new revenue. Witnesses said bronze plans preserve essential benefits but shift more costs to consumers, and that H.R. 1’s verification and auto-renewal changes will likely reduce enrollment. They also said provider tax reductions could significantly weaken state financing over time, and that higher uninsured rates may increase uncompensated care and pressure premiums elsewhere in the system. The second panel, featuring UC Berkeley Labor Center and California Health Care Foundation experts, highlighted broader affordability problems across job-based coverage and Medi-Cal, citing medical debt, skipped care, and the role of underlying system costs, administrative waste, and lack of competition. They pointed to medical debt relief efforts such as Los Angeles County’s program as a short-term mitigation strategy while the Legislature considers longer-term policy and budget responses.

Transcript Highlights:

• Skipping medications, skipping primary care visits.
• Skipping medications, skipping primary care visits.
• There are free primary care visits within a year, even in the bronze plan.
• They live sicker, they die younger, and they're often one hospital visit away from bankruptcy.
• I had to enroll my now seven-month-old in minimum coverage, which only covers the well-baby visits.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One thing that's really important to our board is we want to visit these communities and we want to talk
• And then, of course, the community visits are really important.
• these communities and we want to visit these communities and we want to talk<00:19:58.480><c> to</c>
• And then the of course the community<00:20:16.480><c> visits</c><00:20:16.799><c> are</c><00:20:17.039
• </c> community visits are really important. community visits are really important.

Bills: HB0023 , HB0024 , HB0025

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We visited there firsthand, saw their facilities, observed their operations, and met with leaders who
• model Our team has studied Michigan's model intensively.<00:04:10.879><c> We</c><00:04:11.200><c> visited
• We visited there intensively.
• As has been discussed, we had a chance to visit the vocational villages programs in Michigan, and they
• </c><00:14:14.560><c> the</c> discussed, we had a chance to visit the discussed, we had a chance to visit

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I'm like, this is going to be the home visiting guru here.
• And I'm not like, this is going to be like home visiting guru here.
• North and the rest of New Mexico in terms of support, scholarships, and early childhood and home visiting
• So I'm going to miss that, but hopefully we can get together in the North and still visit and still talk
• And that’s really my path into this body was early childhood and the lack of support for home visitation

Bills: HB111 , HB108 , HB145 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB63 , HB64 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HB4 , HB7 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB88 , HB96 , HB166 , HB285 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

Transcript Highlights:

• And so, to your point, we have a lot of people there competing, a lot of people visiting.
• That’s what I—the number of kids who visit our facility for parks and for walks and for runs.
• That’s what I—the number of kids who visit our facility for parks and for walks and for runs.
• That’s what I—the number of kids who visit our facility for parks and for walks and for runs.
• That’s what I—the number of kids who visit our facility for parks and for walks and for runs.

Keywords: Cabinet for Economic Development – Bluegrass State Skills Corporation Overview 02:35 ----Discussion of BR 868, 2026 Regular Session 24:08, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the August 21 minutes. The main presentation was from the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development on the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC), which was created in 1984 and is administratively tied to the cabinet. Staff explained that BSSC supports workforce training for companies in Kentucky through two main programs: the grant-in-aid reimbursement program and the skills training investment tax credit. They also described the board’s structure, quarterly meetings, annual audit, and the metropolitan tax credit tied to UPS in Louisville, along with public-private training consortia supported by the program. The cabinet outlined eligibility and funding rules: applicants must be qualified companies, trainees must be full-time Kentucky residents meeting wage requirements, and eligible training includes in-house company-specific training, train-the-trainer efforts, safety/OSHA training, and outside training through KCTCS or other providers. Grant-in-aid is a 50% reimbursement program capped at $75,000 per company per fiscal year and $2,000 per trainee, while the tax credit is capped annually and is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications are scored based on county tier, wages, workforce development activity, veteran hiring, participation in consortia, and job growth. Members asked for data on trainees and industries served, and staff said they could provide it. They also discussed coordination with other workforce programs, especially KCTCS and the state’s TRAIN program, to avoid overlap and double dipping. Several members asked about program usage and differences between fiscal years. Staff said the tax credit is less popular because it is not refundable and requires tax liability, while grant-in-aid is more attractive because it is cash reimbursement. They said lower or delayed spending in some years can reflect one-year training windows, reimbursement lag, new facilities ramping up, consortia activity, and special allocations such as those tied to Ford facilities. Questions also covered support for new businesses, which staff said can receive favorable scoring for new jobs and may have funds set aside for new location projects. On veterans, staff said they connect companies to Kentucky Valor and other resources, but the program does not track veteran retention outcomes. The final discussion was on a draft bill related to the Kentucky Horse Park and the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Representative Vanessa Gracel and Kentucky Horse Park President Lee Carter explained that the proposal is intended to help the park maintain integrity and protect athletes, volunteers, coaches, trainers, and guests from abuse and misconduct. They described SafeSport’s federal role in Olympic and Paralympic sports and said they hope to move the draft forward as legislation in 2026. No votes were taken on the BSSC presentation or the horse park discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• How do we make sure these youth are prioritized for home visiting programs like Nurse Family Partnership
• Specific to the joint home visits, CDSS and DHCS are engaging with stakeholders to inform the program
• terms of the methods to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of the activity stipends and joint visits
• note that the governor's budget seems to assume funding for. or activities, stipends, joint home visits
• If you have suggestions of places I should be looking at, sites that I should be visiting, I would love

Keywords: 988, house, all