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• <00:24:02.800> of<00:24:02.880> the effect of the notice of the effect of the notice
• draft<01:16:17.080> one So that's the conference draft one So that's the conference draft
• c> room<01:21:41.920> 329 9:30 a.m. here in conference room 329 9:30 a.m. here in conference
• <01:23:55.320> We in conference room 329. Thank you. We in conference room 329.
• 30 a.m. here in conference April 29th, 9:30 a.m. here in conference room<01:24:35.880> 329?

Bills: HB1752, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB2140, SB2544, SB2069, SB2697, SB874, SB2043, SB888, SB2721, HB2152, HB1334, HB2385, HB1643, HB2314, HB1688, HB1692, SB2568, SB2983, SB2108, SB3136, HB1959, SB3156, HB1511, HB1753, HB1824, HB2137, HB1810, HB2279, HB2309, HB1548, HB2078, HB2293, SB3262, SB2169, SB2607, SB2964, SB3255, HB2576, HB1481, HB1864, HB1550, SB2818, SB3067, SB2061, HB1728, HB1881, HB2361, HB2395, HB1823, SB2050, SB2397, SB2876, SB2175, SB2852, SB847, SB3001

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, state budget, performance metrics, salvage vehicles, vehicle title transfer, electronic signatures, insurance, administrative efficiency, bribery, corruption, statute of limitations, public servant, criminal justice, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication

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• If we have any kind of technical difficulties, we will post a public notice as to our next reconvene
• If we have any kind of technical difficulties, we will post a public notice as to our next reconvene
• Uh, the chairs have conferred.
• <00:12:14.720> We'd<00:12:14.959> like uh, the chairs have conferred.
• We'd like uh, the chairs have conferred.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Health and Human Services heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 58 and Senate Resolution 42, which urge counties to install special-needs recreational playground equipment in parks and playgrounds. Testimony came from the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Disability Rights Center, Autism Moms of Kona, and a Pacific Disability Center representative, all supporting the resolutions. Several testifiers asked that the term “special needs” be replaced with “access and functional needs,” and one requested language broadening the measure to explicitly include developmentally and intellectually disabled youth. A committee member also discussed the need for inclusion and the benefits of accessible play for all children. After questions, the chairs said they would adopt amendments from the Disability and Communication Access Board, Autism Moms of Kona, and Tina Marie Kira, along with technical, non-substantive changes. Both committees then voted to recommend passage of SCR 58 and SR 42 with amendments, with members voting aye and some excused. The committees then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 163 and Senate Resolution 132, which request counties to adopt flexible setback requirements for state buildings and facilities to improve land use efficiency and public service delivery. Testimony in support came from the Grassroots Institute and the Department of Accounting and General Services. The chairs moved the resolutions forward with technical, non-substantive amendments, and both committees adopted recommendations to pass SCR 163 and SR 132 with amendments before adjourning.

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• Members, we have a bill on the notice Members, we have a bill on the notice calendar<00:05:58.800
• The bill is referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pending its entry on the notice calendar.
• Are you ready conference on its part.
• <00:16:05.920> Members,<00:16:06.560> that of conference is adopted.
• Members, that of conference is adopted.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with a devotional performance by the State House Singers in honor of John Gilmour, followed by the introduction and first reading of House Bill 917 on military affairs and House Bill 918 on school district board membership. HB 917 was referred to Ways and Means because it affected municipal revenue, HB 918 was referred to Education, and HB 549, already on the notice calendar, was also referred to Ways and Means because it affected state revenue. The chamber also received HB 841 from the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs and referred it to Ways and Means pending notice-calendar entry. The House took up Joint Senate Resolution 42 condemning the Russian Federation’s actions in Ukraine and their impact on Ukrainian children; it was read by title only and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. During announcements, members welcomed AFT Vermont guests advocating for stronger workers’ rights, including lifting the ban on striking for higher education workers, and noted an upcoming caucus on Vermont’s economy with speakers from the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the State Sustainable Jobs Fund. On the action calendar, the House postponed action for two legislative days on HB 205, relating to agreements not to compete, and HB 635, relating to eliminating Department of Correction supervisory fees. It passed HB 566, which seals post-charge court diversion records upon successful completion. The House then adopted the conference committee report on HB 790, the fiscal year 2026 budget adjustments bill. The report’s changes included increasing funding for the Vermont Center for Independent Living, revising Section 8 housing-related language to address possible federal funding changes, updating developmental disabilities services payment reform language and deadlines, and expanding allowable uses of the $50 million set aside for federal funds changes to include municipal support. The House adjourned until Friday, February 27, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

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• , and certain Powers of free conference for House Bill 381 as requested, and certainly the conference
• A report dated July 16 states the conference committee, with limited powers of free conference, considering
• A report dated July 16, stating the conference committee with limited powers of free conference, considering
• Speaker, I move that the House adopt the conference committee with limited powers of free conference
• The question being, shall the House adopt the conference committee with limited powers of free conference

Keywords: 905, all

Summary: The House met with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice that the governor vetoed CSHB 16 and allowed HB 14 to become law without signature. The chamber then took up the conference committee report on HB 381, a major Alaska LNG-related bill that revises the project’s tax and regulatory structure. The conference report was explained as a compromise package that, among other things, changes required local contribution language, expands disclosure and notice requirements, adjusts foreign ownership reporting, extends the Phase 1 construction deadline, adds a $10 million workforce development/community impact fund, modifies project labor agreement provisions, and exempts the Alaska LNG project from the new pass-through entity tax while still requiring an informational tax return in 2027. The Speaker also announced the governor had issued a proclamation calling the legislature back into session on July 27, 2026, and said sine die would be moved after debate. Debate on HB 381 was sharply divided. Supporters argued the bill is necessary enabling legislation to improve the project’s financial viability, protect Alaska’s interests, and move the North Slope gas line toward final investment decision, while also adding transparency, foreign ownership safeguards, and labor and workforce provisions. Several members said the conference committee process was collaborative and that the bill reflects hard-fought compromise with the developer, AGDC, labor, and the administration. Opponents focused on the addition of the pass-through entity/S-corp income tax and related reporting requirements, arguing it is a separate tax policy issue that should have been considered in its own bill, creates uncertainty and litigation risk, could harm existing oil and gas and Cook Inlet production, and may discourage investment. Multiple members also criticized the process as rushed and insufficiently transparent, especially the limited opportunity for the minority and the absence of Department of Revenue testimony during conference. No final vote on the conference committee report is shown in the transcript excerpt. The debate continued with members alternating between support for the gas line project itself and opposition to the tax provisions and process used to advance HB 381.

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• So the requirement is that notice must be made at least one time and that notice must be made at least
• <00:03:50.080> must at least one time and that notice must at least one time and that notice
• um and certainly in the conference um and certainly in the conference committee.<00:19:43.039>
• And while I don't expect to be on the conference committee, those members that are on the conference
• conversations going into conference. conversations going into conference.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• While current law requires agencies to meet and confer over these decisions, the lack of adequate notice
• The 120-day notice requirement doesn't create new bargaining rights.
• under the MMBA, which requires notice and meet and confer in good faith with any affected bargaining
• There are several common-sense exceptions to the notice and meet-and-confer requirement, including where
• There are several common-sense exceptions to the notice and meet-and-confer requirement, including where

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement met for its first hearing of the session, adopted committee rules, and heard several labor-related bills. The chair reviewed hearing procedures, including limits on testimony and expectations for orderly conduct. Members then took up measures affecting public employee bargaining, contracting, confidentiality, school employee benefits, pay stub information, and state correctional health staffing. AB 672 would require public employers to notify PERB when filing court actions involving statutes PERB administers and allow PERB to intervene; it drew support from SEIU, AFSCME, school employees, labor groups, and no opposition, and was passed out of committee. AB 283 would move IHSS bargaining from the county to the state level; providers and recipients testified about low wages, long delays in bargaining, and care access concerns, while counties and public authorities raised cost, scope, and implementation issues. The bill passed 7-0 after members discussed family care worker concerns and the author said he would continue working on the issue. AB 339 would require local governments to give unions 120 days’ notice before contracting out bargaining-unit work. Labor supporters said the bill would make existing meet-and-confer rights meaningful and protect jobs, while counties, cities, special districts, chambers of commerce, and staffing groups argued it would burden local agencies and interfere with existing MMBA procedures. The committee also heard AB 340, which would make communications between employees and union representatives confidential for PERB purposes; supporters said it codified existing case law, while school administrators, special districts, counties, and business groups warned it could hinder investigations. AB 378 would extend the classified school employees summer assistance program to JPA employees, and AB 374 would require more detailed pay stubs for classified school employees; both had labor support and some education-sector opposition over implementation and cost concerns, and both advanced. AB 393 would require cost analyses before contracting out physician work at CDCR and the Department of State Hospitals; supporters argued the state was overpaying contractors amid high vacancy rates, and the bill also advanced. At the end of the hearing, the committee recorded final votes showing AB 283, AB 340, AB 374, AB 378, AB 393, and AB 672 all passing out of committee, while AB 339 remained on hold with a 4-0 vote and some members not voting.

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• <00:08:52.640> committee appointment of a conference committee appointment of a conference
• respectfully requests that a conference respectfully requests that a conference committee<00:11:
• 2446 and that a conference number 2446 and that a conference committee<00:11:56.959> of<00:11:
• by the subcommittee on conference by the subcommittee on conference committees<00:11:59.680>
• removes certain notice requirements. removes certain notice requirements.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• notice. So ordered. notice. So ordered.
• One day notice is motion is carried.
• One day notice is motion is carried.
• One day notice is motion is carried.
• So, down across the conference table.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• H 211 be moved to Finance per Rule 31, pending entry to the notice calendar.
• We have a committee of conference report... We have a committee of conference report on 710.
• Uh, and we are assigning a committee of conference.
• And I'm grateful for the work of the committee on conference... the work of the committee on conference
• The conference committee for S208 will The conference committee for S208 will meet at 1 p.m. in House

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• this in the rotunda at 3:45 conference this in the rotunda at 3:45 this<00:17:45.920> afternoon.
• Members, please note the 48-hour notice for HSCR number 1814-26.
• Members, please note the 48-hour notice Members, please note the 48-hour notice for<00:36:02.440
• The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in conference room 411.
• conference room 308. conference room 308. Representative<00:38:10.160> Matayoshi.

Bills: HR39, HCR43, HR178, HCR188, SB3144, SB3102, SB2053, SB3248, SB2256, SB3118, SB2245, SB2519, SB3055, SB2090, SB2765, SB2169, SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, HR63, HCR69

Keywords: pedestrian safety, crosswalks, traffic calming, school zone, Honolulu, community safety, raised crosswalks, traffic infrastructure, agritourism, agricultural tourism, Hawaii Tourism Authority, HTA, working group, farm tourism, regenerative tourism, working lands, agricultural land use, county ordinances, permitting, farm bureau

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• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?
• Seeing none, members please watch for the notice of our next meeting.
• As a reminder, we are a one-hour notice.
• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?
• As a reminder, we are a one-hour notice.

Summary: The Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, Agriculture, Environmental, and General Government Appropriations met briefly to receive the Senate’s first offer on the budget spreadsheet, proviso items, projects, the back of the bill, and the implementing bill. Senator Brodeur said the offer included many areas already agreed to, with numerous items grayed out or highlighted to show movement toward compromise, and he described it as a strong first offer that would narrow differences on several issues. House members responded positively, saying the proposal looked good and thanking the Senate for its work. No additional substantive comments were offered by Senator Brodeur or other members. There was no public comment. The committee reminded members to watch for notice of the next meeting, noting that only one-hour notice is required. The meeting then adjourned without any votes or formal actions beyond receiving the Senate offer.

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• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?
• Seeing none, members please watch for the notice of our next meeting.
• As a reminder, we are a one-hour notice.
• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?
• As a reminder, we are a one-hour notice.

Summary: The Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, Agriculture, Environmental, and General Government Appropriations met briefly to receive the Senate’s first offer on the budget spreadsheet, proviso language, projects, the back of the bill, and the implementing bill. Senator Brodeur said the offer included substantial movement and agreement, with many items grayed out or highlighted to show progress toward compromise, and he expressed hope it would bring the chambers closer on several issues. House members responded positively, saying the offer looked good and thanking the Senate for its work, while noting they would review it and follow up soon. No additional substantive comments were made, and there was no public testimony. With no further business, the committee reminded members that the next meeting would be noticed on a one-hour basis and then adjourned without any votes or formal actions taken.

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• I'd like to welcome everyone to the Conference Committee on State Administration, Budget, Agriculture
• Anyone wish to address the conference committee?
• Seeing none, members, please watch for the notice of our next meeting.
• As a reminder, we are on a one-hour notice.
• one hour notice if there's any further any other no other further business in conference committee today

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Senator Abeler explains what helped the human services policy conference committee balance its largest
• Senator Abeler explains what helped the human services policy conference committee balance its largest
• <00:01:36.240> Layoff<00:01:36.720> notices<00:01:37.280> have<00:01:37.520>
• Layoff notices have already shut down.
• side with the House's bill, I noticed side with the House's bill, I noticed that<00:09:01.120>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, yes, we did get the notice to apply for this grant back in mid-November, and the deadline to submit
• The December 2025 conference had much more recent data to base those projections on.
• That conference adopted a new forecast for the current fiscal year and subsequent...
• That conference adopted a new forecast for the current fiscal year and subsequent. 22nd 2025.
• Expenditures of $37.5 billion, as consented to during the conference.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That's the third conference committee.
• existing supply of written notices existing supply of written notices before<00:45:16.319> using
• references are added for notice references are added for notice requirements<00:57:49.359> in
• member discussion on the conference member discussion on the conference committee<01:08:51.199><
• they'd like to share with the conference they'd like to share with the conference committee.<01:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Do you want to give notice Monday? Just return it to the calendar.
• It's on today's notice-given list. Without objection. House Bill 633 by Rep.
• Members, the conference committee report does a handful of things.
• Freeman clarified that she was on the conference committee report.
• Without objection, notice given. Thank you.

Bills: HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR281, HR282, HR283, HR284, HCR112, HCR113, HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, SCR63, SCR66, SCR67, SB414, SB484, SB513, HR168, HR174, HR194, HR216, HR264, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR85, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR104, SCR23, SCR29, SCR33, SCR38, HB75, HB705, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, HR188, HR205, HR3, HR197, HR243, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, SCR35, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB39, HB58, HB112, HB134, HB155, HB187, HB287, HB462, HB782, HB825, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB1200, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, HB842, HB633, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB251, HB582, HB646, HB819, HB998, HB1257, SB197, SB436, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, SB149, SB382, SB441

Keywords: highway maintenance, signage, transportation safety, DOTD, infrastructure, public safety, federal grants, job creation, carbon storage, carbon dioxide storage, carbon capture and storage, CCS, mineral rights, mineral owners, oil and gas, disposal wells, injection wells, advanced drilling, carbon sequestration, Louisiana energy policy

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• to the other co-chair of the General Conference Committee.
• THE OTHER CO-CHAIR OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
• CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE EXECUTIONED VACANCY EXISTS.
• you for allowing me to speak on behalf of the conference.
• ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONFERENCE.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Budget Subcommittee on Health convened as part of the 2026 Annual Budget Committee, with Senate and Assembly co-chairs introducing members, alternates, and the meeting rules. The chairs reviewed subcommittee procedures, including limits on alternates’ voting rights, no proxy participation, germane-topic restrictions, and the requirement that any report receive an affirmative majority vote from each house’s delegation. The co-chairs outlined the main health budget issues under discussion: the global cap, capital funding, hospital and safety-net hospital funding, early intervention, reproductive health, the Medical Indemnity Fund, aging issues, insurance prior authorization, EMS biomarkers, and nursing home funding. The chair emphasized the state’s responsibility to families affected by the Medical Indemnity Fund. Minority members raised support for restoring the full 15 percent capital Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes, increasing aid for financially distressed hospitals, and addressing home care funding shortfalls. They also urged stronger measures against Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse, warning against budget gimmicks and emphasizing long-term fiscal sustainability, including careful use of any Medicaid savings tied to the federal 1331 health program. The meeting ended with members saying they would continue consultations with each other and staff to work toward a final, on-time budget.

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• It has this conference, it's essentially the conference report minus the DUI.
• You have the actual conference report from today? I have the conference report right now.
• This is conference report on House Bill 3387. This is conference report on House Bill 3387. Mr.
• So we're in the free conference.
• Conference report, and he's going to ask the body for free conference. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Keywords: 977, all

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• $168,000 conference, $165,000 conference.
• attend a conference in San Francisco. attend a conference in San Francisco.
• conference for 75 people to attend. conference for 75 people to attend.
• conference in Lexington, $168,000 conference in Lexington, $168,000 conference,<00:48:52.400> $165,000
• Um, and conference, $165,000 conference.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:00:30 Kentucky Department of Education 00:27:10 Education and Labor Cabinet 00:31:35 Auditor of Public Accounts 00:36:55, 958, all

Summary: The committee met for a budget-only discussion with no bills scheduled for a vote. Members first welcomed a group of high school guests, then heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on funding issues for child advocacy centers, domestic violence centers, rape crisis centers, and SNAP. DCBS Commissioner Lisa Dennis and budget director Misty Sammons said the victim-services programs were included in the current baseline budget, but it was too early in the budget process to know final funding levels. They said earlier reports of major cuts were based on a misunderstanding, that conversations with the agencies were ongoing, and that they would provide the committee with the agency’s base-budget information. A member also asked about domestic violence shelter funding, and the cabinet explained that prior one-time money had been used to replace lost federal Victims of Crime Act funds. On SNAP, the cabinet said Kentucky does not expect to need additional money for benefit costs because the payment error rate is about 4%, below the threshold that would trigger added state costs. However, they said the federal HR1 change shifting SNAP administrative costs from a 50/50 state-federal split to 75% state and 25% federal will require additional funding to operate the program. Members praised the eligibility and family support staff for keeping error rates low and asked to be notified quickly if more implementation support is needed. Representative Bojanowski asked whether a specific SNAP administrative cost figure was already in House Bill 500; the cabinet said it was not, and that such an item would be an additional budget request not included in the bill. The committee then heard from the Department for Medicaid Services. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Senior Deputy Commissioner Veronica Judy Cecil described Medicaid fraud-and-abuse monitoring, including a new CMS file and guidance on concurrent enrollment across states. They said DMS refers suspected fraud or abuse to the Attorney General’s office and that the relationship is working well. When asked about using AI, they said the department is not yet using AI but does use internal algorithms to flag potential fraud, waste, and abuse. Finally, Eric Lowry of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services discussed fiscal note processing, saying House Bill 2 is a complex Medicaid bill and that the cabinet is working to set up a meeting with the sponsor; he said the cabinet is responding and hopes to meet on Monday. The committee also briefly heard from the Kentucky Department of Education, where Matt Ross said the existing $7.4 million for school-based mental health services is already in the base budget and that no additional language is needed in House Bill 500 to distribute it, though KDE has requested additional funding to raise the overall appropriation to $18 million.