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KY
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  • Up next is our Soil and Water Conservation, Energy, and Environment Cabinet.
  • >> Up next is our soil and water >> Up next is our soil and water conservation,<00:14
  • And then at the beginning of the next year, 2024, our Soil and Water Conservation Commission approves
  • <00:18:36.400> conservation um our soil and water conservation um our soil and water conservation
  • We want the data, not testing your memory on this.
Summary: The Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee met to review how tobacco settlement dollars are being used and to press recipients for detailed information on total funding, administrative versus program spending, and measurable outcomes. The chair emphasized that the committee was not there for general program overviews, but to assess return on investment and whether each program should continue to receive tobacco settlement support. The committee approved the minutes from its December 22, 2025 meeting and then heard presentations from several agencies and organizations. Volunteers of America Mid-States described its southeastern Kentucky restorative justice program, which uses an evidence-based New Zealand model for juvenile cases in nine counties. The group reported tobacco settlement funding of $516,000 in FY24 and $233,500 in FY25, representing about 17% and then about 5% of the program budget, respectively. It said the funding helped expand the program from 13 cases in 2021 to 180 youth served, and cited an independent evaluation showing recidivism of 24.5% compared with 40.4% in AOC data, along with a cost of a little under $20 per day versus detention and other placements. Some members questioned whether the program fit the tobacco settlement funding categories and suggested it might be better supported through other justice-related funding sources. The Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Conservation explained that tobacco funds support $1 million in direct aid to conservation districts and $2 million in cost-share projects for farmers, with 5% of the cost-share appropriation allowed for administration, or about $100,000 in FY26. Officials said the direct-aid line was moved into tobacco funding in 2019, reducing money available for farmer cost-share, and described a multi-year project approval and reallocation process. Senator Webb asked for a more specific breakdown of the $850,000 direct-aid amount, and the cabinet said it would provide that information. The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy reported that in FY24 it expended just under $30 million across tobacco funds, general funds, restricted funds, and a one-time federal grant, with less than 2% used for administration. Officials said most tobacco settlement money goes to Kentucky ASAP local boards in all 120 counties, supporting prevention, treatment, and some law enforcement work. The Department of Agriculture then began its presentation, describing strategic investments, loan programs, county funding, administrative costs, and a reported return of about $2.30 for every dollar spent, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation was completed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

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  • has to offer so I that's my opening test has to offer so I that's my opening test represent<00:26
  • service, and these water services include changing filters, testing chemicals, and draining and refilling
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 3rd Revised Apr 13th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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  • SB1176 directs the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to create and Administer a water and waste water infrastructure
  • This would have been part of the GA bill where we passed $35 million out for a water to the water resources
  • Senate Bill 1175 is the water sources board limits bill related to the Legislation we passed second.
  • permitting or water metering provision.
  • That is the water monitoring bill that we have.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 13th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

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  • Members, this is just some legislation for limits on the Water Resources Board, some of the findings
  • Representative Dutton, would you talk about the rural economic water plan projects?
  • These are some of the projects in rural Oklahoma that are needed for wastewater infrastructure and water
  • These are some of the projects in rural Oklahoma that are needed for wastewater infrastructure and water
  • This is the loan program that's going to be developed for water infrastructure across Oklahoma.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 17th, 2026

Rules

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  • consumption from the water management district.
  • body within 150 feet to be equipped with at least one water or pool safety feature.
  • Beyond that is the beach and the water.
  • Water quality is central to our state's environment, economy, and quality of life.
  • This bill delivers meaningful solutions to improve water quality statewide.
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
  • allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
  • That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
  • That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
  • <00:21:23.840> of That's for technology and the testing of That's for technology and the testing
TX
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  • Executive Director of the Texas Rural Water Association here to testify for the committee substitute
  • TRWA represents over 900 water and wastewater utilities that serve rural communities across Texas.
  • That would create a new district within the Wood County Hospital District—no money and no water.
  • Above water. Literally. That's right. All right. Thank you so much.
  • Was designed, as all of them were, to keep water in, not let water out at high capacity.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 17th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

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  • These services, this particular service, MST, has been around, it's been tested, it's been around for
  • Yes, and you said it may require additional testing, so would that be a diagnostic mammogram?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 24th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • that supports affordability and smart water use.
  • In my district, it has the powers of bond, it has the powers of road and water infrastructure.
  • Development, where the city of Fort Worth has spent over a hundred million dollars putting in the water
  • These agreements... ...prompted the city water utility to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in water
  • It's also creating areas where the water utility would need to stop over-sizing because of that Swiss
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 24th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • Protect our aquifers and get more water into our lakes.
  • After all, such vegetation greatly reduces water flow.
  • So is water more important than drainage? Which one?
  • correct some misconceptions about astronomer water use.
  • But she is the expert on water use instead of me.