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• ,<00:04:31.199> 15 there are 13 golf courses, 34 pools, 15 there are 13 golf courses, 34 pools
• A consultant assessed all state park pools and presented us with a prioritized list of pools for review
• ><00:19:31.919> were lodges and community pools were lodges and community pools were constructed
• Currently, Lake pools for review.
• the pool. the pool.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Energy and Environmental Protection met at 9:00 a.m., approved the June 3 minutes, and heard a presentation from the Department of Parks and the Finance Cabinet on Kentucky State Parks capital projects. Commissioner Mark Keelin and Scott Baker described the scope of the state parks system, the ongoing coordination with DECA/Finance Cabinet, and the status of projects funded through House Joint Resolution 76, House Bill 553, House Joint Resolution 56, and House Bill 6. They said 36 of 44 state parks have received renovations or upgrades, with 66 projects completed and 17 under construction, and outlined work on campgrounds, utilities, wastewater systems, broadband, building systems, safety upgrades, ADA improvements, pools, golf courses, marinas, and lodge accommodations. The presenters highlighted several completed or active projects, including campground upgrades at Carter Caves, Ken Lake, and My Old Kentucky Home; utility and grid-resilience work at parks such as Kentucky Dam Village and Kincaid Lake; wastewater projects at parks including E.P. Tom Sawyer, Carter Caves, Dale Hollow, and Blue Licks Battlefield; and building and hospitality renovations at parks such as Lake Barkley, Baron River, and Cumberland Falls. They also noted completed playground upgrades, lock system replacements, beach refurbishment, and golf course improvements, and said the parks system is managing additional internal projects beyond those discussed. The department emphasized that parks often serve as sheltering locations during disasters and that infrastructure replacement is a high priority. Scott Baker then explained DECA’s role in managing the Commonwealth’s capital construction program, saying it oversees about 1,300 active projects across 28 cabinets and agencies, including 149 parks projects. He described DECA’s team-based approach, with dedicated project managers and field staff assigned to parks, and said monthly status meetings and more frequent check-ins are used to keep projects moving. In response to committee questions, Keelin and Baker said projects are assigned to DECA based mainly on the need for architectural or engineering services, while smaller or less complex work can be handled in-house by parks staff or the P11 construction crew. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• When you're leaving, go through the visitor center, which is where you enter.
• As a note, there's a special type of bond financing called pool financing.
• We are a pooled financing program, which means we issue the bonds. proceeds of those bonds to either
• pooled loan programs is that from the investor's perspective, they're a black box.
• We just went through the process of hiring our underwriter pool for the fiscal year 2026-2027 period.

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• or leave their school based on the school principal.
• And so I'll just leave it new avenues.
• And so I'll just leave it there,<00:36:48.880> Madam<00:36:49.200> Chair.
• :15.200> superintendents, your pool of future superintendents, your pool of future superintendents
• And so that pool of future right?

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2, sponsored by Senator Julie Rocky Adams, which would prohibit school administrators from receiving a percentage pay increase greater than the average percentage increase given to classroom teachers in the same district. Supporters said the bill is intended to keep teacher pay from falling behind, promote fairness and transparency, and preserve local control through existing waiver options. Senators Thomas, Higdon, Givens, Neal, Williams, and others generally supported the bill, while Senator Meredith raised concerns about unintended consequences for rural districts and the ability to retain principals and other talent quickly enough through the waiver process. The sponsor and others responded that the waiver process is standardized and expedited, and that normal raises would not be affected. SB 2 was adopted unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up Senate Bill 4 on school leadership, with a committee substitute changing a reference from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to the Kentucky Chamber Foundation. Senator West explained that the bill is designed to create a coordinated five-year principal leadership pipeline, based on research suggesting that school leadership is a major factor in teacher retention and school success. The first two years would be KDE-run foundational training and mentorship, followed by a gap year, then a public-private partnership year with the Chamber/Truist program, and finally a fifth year of advanced training through approved providers such as Western Kentucky University or KASA. West said the goal is to extend principals’ tenure and improve leadership quality statewide. Ashley Watts of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce testified that the Chamber Foundation has run the Leadership Institute for School Principals since 2011, sending 641 principals from 112 counties through the program at a business-funded cost of more than $4.4 million. She said the program has reached about 3 million students and produces measurable school improvement. Henderson County Superintendent Bob Lawson said the program has been valuable in his district and emphasized the heavy workload and leadership demands placed on principals. The discussion continued with testimony about the importance of principal leadership and the need to invest in it, but no final vote on SB 4 was reached in the portion provided.

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• TIGHT LABOR MARKET ENVIRONMENT LIKE WE HAVE NOW THAT IS WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO ACTIVELY EXPAND THE LABOR POOL
• HELP THE VETERAN NAVIGATE THAT BUT WE HAVE PROFESSIONALS THAT HELP BUSINESSES TAP INTO THAT TALENT POOL
• ACCESS TO LABOR POOLS AND TRAINING TO PREVENT FUTURE LAYOFFS SO WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF PROBLEMS AND
• MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THOSE INDUSTRIES AND THE SENSE THE GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE AVAILABLE WAIVER POOL
• AND TALENT POOL IN THE STATE AROUND THESE INDUSTRIES WE ARE FOCUSED ON EXPANDING THE TYPE A MARKET BY

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• But I understand it's existing law, and I'll just leave it alone. Okay. Anyone else?
• It's their pool. And I just realized, and then we broke it. So that was cool.
• It was always over... ...my pool. It was always over my whatever, right?
• And then that scope does not go with them once they leave that hospital.
• And the question is, do we just leave it a deal?

Bills: SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164

Keywords: SB40, Driver Privacy and Safety Act, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate reader, vehicle surveillance, privacy, data sharing, law enforcement data, immigration enforcement, reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, civil liberties, surveillance, public records, Inspection of Public Records Act, New Mexico State Police, Department of Public Safety, data sovereignty, vehicle tracking

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• Okay, 14-0, that bill is out, and we'll leave the roll open for absent members to add on.
• It would still leave the utilities with about $75 billion in new capital expenditures they can add to
• This is a way to ensure that new publicly owned projects would be part of that shared risk pool.
• Well, I think the idea is that we're trying to share the risk to create a risk pool that is diverse and
• , Wildfire liability risks are statewide, and the more entities that you have participating in the pool

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard two bills focused on electricity affordability and utility costs. AB 745, by Assembly Member Irwin, would restructure the California Climate Credit by shifting it from lump-sum payments to direct reductions in volumetric electricity rates and moving the credit to the summer months when bills are highest. The author and UC Santa Barbara economist Dr. Kyle Meng argued this could significantly lower summer rates and better help households during extreme heat. Supporters, including UCS, NRDC, and some labor representatives, favored the concept, with some urging that the gas climate credit also be redirected. No opposition testimony was presented, and the bill passed 18-0 to the floor. The committee then considered AB 825, also presented as an affordability package aimed at reducing electric bills by addressing wildfire mitigation costs, transmission financing, permitting delays, and a review of ratepayer-funded programs. The bill would authorize securitization for undergrounding expenses, remove the first $15 billion in undergrounding capital investments from the rate base for return purposes, create a public transmission financing program using Proposition 4 funds and IBank support, revive the California Power Authority as a public sponsor, and establish a task force to review energy efficiency and demand response programs. The author and witness Matt Friedman of The Utility Reform Network said the bill could save ratepayers billions over time through lower-cost public financing and securitization. Testimony on AB 825 was mixed. Support came from several consumer and clean-energy groups, while utilities and labor raised concerns about the bill’s impact on utility financial stability, wildfire fund participation, liability, and whether the $15 billion securitization cap could discourage undergrounding. Some witnesses also objected to the task force’s potential effect on energy efficiency and demand response programs. Committee members discussed the need to balance affordability with utility creditworthiness and wildfire safety, and several asked for more analysis of market impacts and liability issues. Despite those concerns, AB 825 passed the committee 13-0 and was sent to the floor.

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• You can't be a part of the risk pool. You can't be a part of the risk pool.
• You can't be a part of the risk pool. You can't be a part of the risk pool.
• You know, the pool isn't insured while it's still probably safe.
• Thank you. pool you know um isn't insured while pool you know um isn't insured while it's<00:13:57.480
• two starting on page 29 but leaving two starting on page 29 but leaving section<01:13:04.280>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• That's the grant pool county road aid.
• excited about the grant pool program.
• [laughter] That's pretty good. pool and everybody's really excited pool and everybody's really excited
• So, we're about the grant pool program.
• So she has to leave work and Right?

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met with a quorum, approved the June 3, 2026 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Mike Proctor of Evolve Kentucky on electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Proctor described Evolve Kentucky as a nonprofit formed in 2016 to promote EV adoption and charger deployment, said the group has helped place more than 135 chargers at 65 locations, and reported that Kentucky EV registrations have grown rapidly but still represent about 1% of the state’s roughly 3 million vehicles. He also outlined the group’s view that EV drivers and charger operators already contribute to state revenue through annual vehicle fees, charger taxes, utility taxes, and related business taxes, and cited figures showing rising revenue collections as EV adoption increases. A major theme of the presentation was that EV owners are paying their “fair share” rather than being overcharged. Proctor said the current $126 annual EV fee is roughly comparable to the fuel tax a typical gasoline vehicle would pay, and noted that public charging can add additional tax burdens for drivers who cannot charge at home, such as those living in apartments or condos. He also argued that EVs provide broader benefits, including lower noise and air pollution, grid-stabilizing nighttime charging, tourism spending at destination chargers, and reduced road wear for passenger EVs compared with much heavier vehicles. Members questioned Proctor about whether EV owners are paying more than their fair share, how the fee compares with gasoline taxes, and whether apartment and condo residents are disproportionately affected because they rely on public chargers. Proctor responded that the fee was intended to bring EV owners into parity with gas vehicles, not to overcharge them, and said some public chargers are free while others are used by drivers who cannot charge at home. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the minutes approval.

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• But, uh, because we really already have statutes around what that should be, and to me, this leaves it
• Um our approach to this particular pool Um our approach to this particular pool was<00:26:45.360>
• of capital endures throughout this pool of capital endures throughout time. time. time.
• <01:09:45.000> of SBI manages all of our other pools of SBI manages all of our other pools
• <01:10:32.960> of are no illiquid assets in this pool of are no illiquid assets in this pool

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• SO IT'S NATURAL TO SEE THAT THEY LEAVE THE STATE IN THE NUMBER OF DERELICT VESSEL APPEARANCES.
• MEANS OF HOUSING ARE SOME FOLKS AS WELL AS LIKE I SAID BEFORE LIMITED END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS FOR VESSELS LEAVING
• THE WAY WE DID THIS, WE HAD A POOL OF APPLICANTS THAT HAD ALREADY COMPLETED THE INITIAL INSPECTION AND
• TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FLORIDA FACILITIES POOL. LET'S SEE IF I GO THE RIGHT DIRECTION ON THIS.
• THE FLORIDA FACILITIES POOL IS A GROUP OF BUILDINGS MANAGED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• of money or pools of funding.
• Is there any relation between the two pools?
• of money or pools of funding.
• Are they leaving money on the table?
• Are they leaving money on the table?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the hospital and in the just leaving the hospital and in the hospital<00:48:27.160> and<00:48
• , and it's private residential pools used for certified swimming lessons for infants.
• private residential pool is used by a paying guest of the homeowner or the guest is participating in
• pools and it's private residential pools pools and it's private residential pools used<01:00:13.720
• They don't leave them in their cars because that carries a greater liability.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• show you registered as Philip English on behalf of the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
• Phil English, and I work for the Texas Municipal League Risk Pool as a claims manager.
• I'm testifying on behalf of the Texas Municipal League Risk Pool in opposition to this bill.
• Risk pools already have to report to the Texas Department of Insurance. their performance graded by TDI
• Bringing all these together gives students opportunities to stay in their hometowns instead of leaving

Bills: HB875, HB1667, HB2369, HB3844, HB4415, HB4479, HB4483, HB4676, HB5118, HB5400, HB5545

Keywords: workers' compensation, municipal construction, bidding requirements, small municipalities, contracting policies, first responders, PTSD, mental health, emergency services, medical expenses, injury claims, insurance carriers, opportunity youth, workforce development, employment, education, federal funds, employment discrimination, immunity waiver, public employees

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• Is that betting pool the pool at the racetrack that's doing the simulcast, or is that betting pool a
• It is not a local pool. That's a national pool.
• the state of pool a local pool within the state of New<03:28:37.680> Hampshire?
• It is not a local pool. New Hampshire? It is not a local pool.
• You're participating with pool.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SB 60, which would expressly authorize advanced deposit wagering for horse racing in New Hampshire and set the online tax rate at 1.25%, matching the existing rate for in-person horse betting at Seabrook and Belmont. Senator Tim Lang said the bill is intended to clarify that online horse betting is permitted, regulate the activity, and create a revenue stream while keeping the tax rate consistent with brick-and-mortar wagering. Members asked about the rate compared with other states, whether the bill was really about casino front money, and whether geofencing would apply; Lang and later witnesses said the bill is narrowly limited to parimutuel horse racing and would use geofencing to keep wagering within New Hampshire. Peter Bragdon, speaking for Churchill Downs, supported the bill and described advanced deposit wagering as remote betting on horse races under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978. He said Churchill Downs and other operators have long been active in New Hampshire, but the state’s lack of a specific statute has created a gray area. Bragdon said Churchill Downs stopped its own New Hampshire online operations in 2022 after discussions with the Lottery Commission and attorney general, while competitors continued operating, and he framed the bill as a fairness and consumer-protection measure that would clarify the law going forward. He also said the bill would not affect historic horse racing machines and would not create cannibalization of charitable gaming. Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre said the Lottery Commission and attorney general had identified the issue as similar to the earlier fantasy sports situation, where legislation was used to regulate an activity rather than pursue enforcement. He said the commission requested the bill, would serve as the regulator, and would address violations through rulemaking and penalties. McIntyre said operators would maintain customer and transaction records, with the commission reviewing them as needed, and he noted that three operators are currently active in the state and not paying the proposed 1.25% rate. No vote was taken during the hearing.

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• If the want to leave that or in there.
• That is a big help, but please don't leave that.
• That is a big help, but please don't leave that.
• pool.
• And I'll leave it at Lamb and WCCA. And I'll leave it at that. that. that. >> Okay.

Bills: HB0068, HB0062, HB0127, HB0109

Keywords: veterans, property tax exemption, disabled, service-connected disability, Wyoming, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, property tax, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval

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• So they're creating pools of SBA loans, and then we are purchasing those pools of loans.
• People are leaving; out-migration outpaces in-migration.
• Those leaving tend to be younger, better educated, and have higher income.
• That's something I want to leave with you all.
• Because there's a lot of disruption, and so a lot of people are leaving D.C., leaving New York, and thinking

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• given notice, if they're loitering and asked to leave, they need to leave the premises.
• If they receive a hearing and are asked to leave, they need to leave the premises.
• Garcia: A pooled depository account is exactly what it says: a pooled depository account.
• HB 334 by Ordaz, relating to the establishment of a county employee family leave pool program.
• This would allow counties to voluntarily create a shared leave family leave pool so employees can be

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, heard the invocation and pledges, and then took up a series of memorial resolutions and recognitions. Members adopted memorial resolutions honoring former President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Alice Gail Hudgens, with remarks highlighting their public service and community impact, and adopted resolutions recognizing Victoria College’s 100th anniversary and May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month. The chamber also recognized Texas A&M system interns and later granted permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. The House then moved through a long third-reading calendar, passing a number of bills on wide margins. Measures approved included SB 304 on municipal court jurisdiction over nuisance abatement ordinances, SB 608 on reporting evidence collection kits, SB 2312 creating a Texas Advisory Committee on Geopolitical Conflict, SB 494 creating a petroleum theft task force, SB 530 on postsecondary accreditation, HB 45 giving the Attorney General a role in prosecuting human trafficking cases, HB 35 on peer support for first responders, HB 47 and HB 3073 on sexual assault policy and prosecution, HB 318 and HB 3000 creating rural sheriff and ambulance grant programs, HB 554 on Juneteenth fireworks sales with county opt-in authority restored, HB 705 and HB 932 joining licensure compacts for cosmetology and occupational therapy, HB 849 allowing county park boards to meet by video conference, HB 1119 on mental health bed reporting, HB 3041 on students with nontraditional secondary education, HB 713 on maternal mortality review reporting, HB 3104 on Webb County bailiff appointments, HB 3970 on electricity planning for large loads, HB 4042 on Railroad Commission safety provisions for gas distribution pipelines, HB 4490 protecting next-of-kin information, HB 1731 on the physician assistant compact, HB 2607 on Walker County Hospital District governance, HB 3689 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association funding, HB 1788 on continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists about abuse and trafficking, HB 1612 on hospital direct payments for uninsured patients, and HB 138 on health impact cost and coverage analysis. Several bills drew extended debate or amendments. HB 353, creating a trespass offense near schools and daycares, prompted questions about constitutional concerns and property rights before passing. HB 3211 on optometrists in managed care plans received a perfecting amendment and a Medicaid-related amendment setting a minimum payment level. HB 1056 on gold and silver specie and a state-based currency prompted detailed questioning about its mechanics and fees, followed by a point of order challenging the caption. The House also adopted or postponed a number of items, including postponing HB 2520 and HB 1359 until later in the calendar before later passing both, and laying several bills on the table subject to call. Many measures passed overwhelmingly, while a few, including HB 3326 on loan forgiveness for adjunct professors and HB 3237 on energy consumption goals, passed with narrower margins.

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• We already have paid family leave.
• We already have paid family leave.
• We already have paid family leave.
• We already have paid family leave.
• We already have paid family leave.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.

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• That leaves me with the impression that if you were a DFS indigent responsibility, that you would also
• So, do we want to leave this bill unamended right now and continue on? >> Okay.
• So the pool of people who can provide referrals extends from the Wyoming National Guard members only
• Would that also change the fiscal note or would you leave it alone? >> 250, not 50. >> 250. Yeah.
• leave it alone? leave it alone? >> 250<01:17:20.320> not<01:17:20.560> 50.

Bills: HB0032

Keywords: English proficiency, commercial drivers, vehicle operation, traffic safety, penalties, 916, all

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• We just leave out the U for underwater.
• <00:34:58.760> with<00:34:58.839> a<00:34:59.040> dive nice warm clear pool
• <00:49:22.880> then the pool uh once you go to the pool then the pool uh once you go to the
• So I could easily be agreeing that we can leave the commercial diving.
• reason why I want to do that we'll leave reason why I want to do that we'll leave the<01:11:03.560

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