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

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • where Representative Schultz is going is in 16B there's a whole set of requirements of pre-risk assessments
  • </c> requirements of pre-risk assessments. requirements of pre-risk assessments.
  • this is this wouldn't touch that, but I just wanted to clarify that while we're at the pre-risk assessment
  • ' compensation reinsurance associations process for excess surplus distributions and deficiency assessments
  • ' compensation reinsurance associations process for excess surplus distributions and deficiency assessments
Bills: HF4862 , HF4598
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oh yes, that's the child care allowance portion of the assessment.
  • Um so those are two of the assessment.
  • She asked whether the evidence-based requirements and assessments, including the statewide assessment
  • which I think is thing and assessments which I think is incredibly<00:51:56.480><c> important.
  • statewide assessment currently the MCAs?
Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We think they could really be something special athlete.
  • :34:58.960><c> really</c><00:34:59.119><c> be</c><00:34:59.280><c> something</c><00:34:59.520><c> special
  • </c> they could really be something special they could really be something special athlete.<00:35:00.240
Bills: HF3714 , HF4399 , HF4176 , HF2544 , HF60 , HF4231 , HF4232
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • most all of those years, I've worked for the Arizona Department of Education and school finance and special
  • So why are chambers so special that they get this special benefit?
Committee: Senate Finance
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • report information to transportation, Senate Bill 1599 by Hagenby. ruling the authority of certain special
  • Senate Bill. 1611 by Colcourts relating to fees assessed by the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District
  • valorem taxation by each political party. subdivision that taxes the property, the portion of the assessed
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think we have a special guest tomorrow, and then we'll gavvel back in at 2:00.
  • I think we have a special guest tomorrow, and then we'll gavvel back in at 2:00.
  • So why not swap the gavl over lower hospitals assessment and medic...
  • assessment sunset calls removed. removed. removed.
  • :20:35.440><c> that</c><00:20:35.679><c> removes</c> same assessment bill uh that removes same assessment
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is whether the Commonwealth should approve special legislation that diminishes voter representation
  • I believe that because this is a special legislative measure, it was able to avoid the AG's office and
Bills: H5426 , H5434 , S3084 , S3087 , S3088 , S3092
Summary: The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on several local bills and home rule petitions. The first major item was Senate Bill 3092, authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes. Senator Cindy Cream and Mayor Mark Laredo’s chief of staff, Dana Hansen, testified in support, saying the measure would help Newton manage its unfunded pension liability, preserve its AAA bond rating, and create about $10 million in budget flexibility over five years. Senator John Keenan supported the bill but cautioned that pension obligation bonds depend heavily on market timing and assumptions about future funding and hiring. The committee then heard testimony on a Boylston bill, Senate Bill 3088, allowing the town to contract for a newly created police lieutenant position. Boylston officials said the town’s growth and public safety needs justify a second-in-command role with supervisory, internal affairs, and emergency command duties, and that a contract is needed because of the position’s management-level responsibilities. Representative Wells asked why a lieutenant position required a home rule petition, and the chief explained that town counsel advised the arrangement functioned more like an employment contract than a standard personnel-plan position. Next, the committee took up House Bill 5426 for North Attleboro, a charter amendment package. Town Manager Mike Borg said the bill makes limited local changes: correcting charter language, expanding the Board of Health from three to five members, and requiring write-in candidates to meet a minimum vote threshold comparable to ballot candidates. The committee then heard Senate Bill 3087 for Walpole, which would create a water and sewer advisory board and change the governance structure for the town’s water and sewer system. Town officials supported the bill as a way to improve planning and accountability, but several elected water and sewer commissioners and a town meeting member opposed it, arguing it would abolish an elected board, reduce voter representation, and concentrate power in appointed officials. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking a vote in the hearing.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is whether the Commonwealth should approve special legislation that diminishes voter representation
  • I believe that because this is a special legislative measure, it was able to avoid the AG's office and
Bills: H5426 , H5434 , S3084 , S3087 , S3088 , S3092
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 6th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Edmonds also wanted to make sure that specialized accreditation was recognized.
  • And so it does not upset specialized institution accreditation or specialized program accreditation.
  • Chairman Edmonds thanked the Chair and explained that the bill would allow specialized vocational and
  • Taylor said she does not believe in a special law that does not include everybody.
  • a special law that doesn't include everybody.
Bills: HR175 , HCR81 , SB105 , SB290 , SB304 , SB374 , SB522
Committee: House Education
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will you now please recognize Senator Green for a very special introduction?
  • They are really resilience and strength deserve special recognition.
  • But my friends, you all, we have some special guests here from Fort Silk.
  • Will you now please recognize Senator Weaver for a special introduction?
  • And so this is just a really special moment.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will you now please recognize Senator Green for a very special introduction?
  • Their resilience and strength deserve special recognition.
  • Their resilience and strength deserve special recognition.
  • Their resilience and strength deserve special recognition.
  • Will you now please recognize Senator Weaver for a special introduction?
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and spent much of the day on recognitions and special presentations, including Capitol Cowboy Day honoring Oklahoma State University, the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, Miss Oklahoma Teen Taylor Meeks, military families for Purple Up for Military Kids Day, and several visiting groups in the galleries. During the OSU presentation, university leaders highlighted OSU’s agricultural research and asked for support for an upcoming agronomy research bill, and Coach Eric Morris was welcomed as the new head football coach. The chamber then took up Senate Resolution 31, designating April 15 as Purple Up for Military Kids Day in Oklahoma, which was presented with remarks about the sacrifices of military children and families and the significance of wearing purple. The Senate also advanced and passed several measures, including bills dealing with duplicate statutory sections and statutory interpretation, a negotiated oil and gas bill, the True Grit Trail, nitric oxide sales to minors, foster care and juvenile transition documents, a paraprofessional certification change, an Indian education council sunset extension, veterans’ tax refund donations, a Route 66 specialty license plate, cell phone restrictions in K-12 classrooms, tire pyrolysis funding, ABLE Commission reporting, scholarship-granting organization tax credits, municipal ordinance publication deadlines, and agency rule authority and review. Most bills were advanced without objection and passed by wide margins, with a few closer votes on House Bill 2398, House Bill 3127, House Bill 3704, and House Bill 1276. House Bill 1276, extending the classroom cell phone prohibition, drew the most debate, with supporters citing improved student focus and classroom interaction and one member raising local control concerns before voting yes. House Bill 3704, concerning participation in a federal tax credit for scholarship-granting organizations, prompted questions about double-dipping on tax benefits and state sovereignty, but it ultimately passed 38-8. The Senate then announced a Technology and Telecommunications meeting for the next morning and adjourned until 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 16.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • substitute clarifies that the recycling fund will not be requiring any fees, taxes, or penalties assessed
  • Our members cannot support a bill that would assess fees against our customers and instead would prefer
Bills: SB410 , SB795 , SB2510 , SB728 , SB2689 , HB143 , HB143
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health Committee Meeting - 2025-04-07

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, in this statute, special event food stands are also included in this.
  • So we would like to see the special event food stands exempt from the statute so they don't have to pay
  • For profit, they're going to pay that one time, but for special events, it's actually for each licensed
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, in this statute, 157, special event food stands are also included in this.
  • Now, in this statute, 157, special event food stands are also included in this.
  • But for special events, it's actually for each licensed event.
  • But for special events, it's actually for each licensed event.
  • But for special events, it's actually for each licensed event.