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• of feed and hay that came in donations of feed and hay that came in from<01:04:14.079> across
• distribution centers and also donation distribution centers and also to<01:04:47.119> house<01
• They collected and distributed donations of cleaning supplies.
• <01:05:43.680> They donations of cleaning supplies. They donations of cleaning supplies.
• They came in and led some workshops for us on damage assessment, donations management, animal care and

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met to adopt the minutes of the second meeting by voice vote, then heard an update focused on disaster preparedness, resiliency, response, and coordination among state agencies and partners. The chair emphasized avoiding duplication of resources and highlighted the importance of agriculture-related response issues, including animal evacuation, feed distribution, and the role of extension services during disasters. The Department for Public Health was invited to explain its role in emergency planning and response. Public Health described its Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch as the lead coordinating agency for Emergency Support Function 8, covering health and medical services under Kentucky’s emergency operations framework. Testimony outlined its broad responsibilities, including support for hospitals, morgues, local health departments, behavioral health, crisis counseling, suspicious package testing, disease outbreaks, and coordination with emergency management, EMS, transportation, and nonprofit and private partners. Officials also described the agency’s risk-assessment process, training and exercise programs, and deployed assets such as PPE caches, deployable communications, a federal medical station, a mobile treatment center, and alternate care support used in events like the eastern Kentucky floods and COVID-19. The agency also discussed funding through federal cooperative agreements for public health emergency preparedness and hospital preparedness, noting that these programs have evolved since 9/11 and have been shaped by major disasters and emerging threats. Officials said Kentucky’s funding has declined over time and that current awards are partially funded for the first time in the program’s history. They expressed support for efficiency if federal programs are consolidated, but cautioned that combining programs could risk further funding losses.

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• But so it looks like it's donations and interest and parking meters proceeds on page 79.
• And if people want to donate to something like that, let's be specific that this is a fund specifically
• I myself may want to donate to it, but I wouldn't know what it's actually going for.
• And so if we can be more clearly defined in it, maybe people will continue to donate to it because that's
• label it so that the state knows and that people know, hey, this is available and you can make a donation

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Message 275, Senate File 66, Donated Hunting Licenses Amendments. I-60, excused two.
• Message 275, Senate File 66, Donated Hunting Licenses Amendments. I-60, excused two.
• Message 275, Senate File 66, Donated Hunting Licenses Amendments. I-60, excused two.
• Message number 275, Senate File 66, donated hunting licenses amendments. concurrent before we go eat.
• >> Um, I would move concurrence on Message 275, the donated hunting license amendments, and urge

Keywords: 916, all

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• The DAV Minnesota Foundation donated $50,000 to the VA to help stand up a food pantry.
• The DAV Minnesota Foundation donated The DAV Minnesota Foundation donated $50,000<00:08:34.440><
• We have our own direct path to finding additional donations and money to sustain this program for the
• Nothing in this bill would preclude DAV from accepting donations. >> Okay.
• Nothing in this bill would preclude DAV from accepting donations. >> Okay.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans met on March 4, 2026, and began with a moment of silence honoring Sergeant First Class Nicole Amore of White Bear Lake, who was killed while serving in Kuwait. The committee then took up Senate File 3956, an MDVA policy bill giving the commissioner clearer authority to direct staff time and other non-monetary resources toward partnerships with organizations serving veterans, especially on food insecurity, homelessness, suicide prevention, and related efforts. MDVA and Disabled American Veterans testified that the bill would help them work more quickly and clearly with outside partners, including food pantry and outreach efforts, while remaining focused on non-monetary support. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment narrowing the bill to the three named priorities and removing the broader “other critical issues” language; the amendment was adopted after discussion about whether the reporting language also needed adjustment. SF 3956, as amended, was laid over for further consideration. The committee then heard Senate File 3955, which would create a new procedure for temporary closure of a Minnesota veterans home if an involuntary termination notice requires it, bringing state law into closer alignment with federal expectations. MDVA emphasized that it had no intention of permanently closing any veterans homes and that the bill was intended only to establish a temporary closure plan to satisfy survey requirements. Senator Howe offered an A1 amendment clarifying that any closure would be temporary unless the legislature approved a permanent closure; MDVA and the Department of Health indicated the change was acceptable. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted to recommend SF 3955, as amended, to pass and refer it to the full committee. Finally, the committee began Senate File 4072, an MDVA cleanup and conformity bill. After adopting a technical A3 amendment, MDVA explained that the bill would reclassify the Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Staff role as Deputy Commissioner for Administration to better reflect the scope of the position, and would also repeal outdated statutes related to environmental hazards assistance and a data-collection requirement that the department said it could not implement. The bill was still being presented when the transcript ended, and no final committee action on SF 4072 was shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is not a state program that is a social service, but rather dependent upon donations, and the state
• This is not a state program that is a social service, but rather dependent upon donations, and the state
• uh that is a social service, but rather uh dependent<00:24:03.679> upon<00:24:04.000> donations
• and the state dependent upon donations and the state shouldn't<00:24:06.080> fund<00:24:06.400
• ,<00:41:51.839> farm allowed to have farm donations, farm allowed to have farm donations,

Bills: HB1952, HB1951, HB1929, HB2497, HB2208, HB2572, HB1737, HB1953, HB2551, HB2549

Keywords: HB1952, Hawaii agriculture, University of Hawaii, CTAHR, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, Kauai, agricultural research station, extension station, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, appropriation, ADA compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, certified kitchen, greenhouse, laboratory, field research, cesspool decommissioning, invasive species

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• It's used for the collection and expenditure of donations to the RIM program through the sale of the
• critical habitat license plates and other donations.
• <00:34:27.960> of for the collection expenditure of for the collection expenditure of donations
• to the rim program through the donations to the rim program through the sale<00:34:29.879> of
• in FY 24 the plates and other donations in FY 24 the expenditures<00:34:34.639> are<00:34:34.760

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met for an organizational hearing of the Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee. Members and staff introduced themselves, with several legislators noting their backgrounds in farming, mining, water management, and outdoor recreation, and the chair reviewed draft committee rules emphasizing decorum, quorum, timely starts, and submitting bill hearing requests to the committee administrator. The committee also heard from nonpartisan staff and caucus staff who will support the committee this session. House Research and House Fiscal staff then provided an overview of the committee’s jurisdiction and the major agencies and programs it oversees. The presentation covered the Department of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, Environmental Quality Board, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Metropolitan Council regional parks and water resources, Conservation Corps of Minnesota, Minnesota Zoological Board, Science Museum of Minnesota, and the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Staff summarized the main statutory chapters and subject areas under each, including wildlife, state lands, mining, water use, air and water permitting, environmental review, wetlands, drainage, and natural resources funding. The finance portion explained the committee’s appropriation types and major funding sources, including direct, statutory, and open appropriations. Staff highlighted the general fund, bonding, the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, the Game and Fish Fund, and the Heritage Enhancement Account, along with how those dollars are typically used for parks and trails, habitat, land acquisition, flood and drainage projects, and agency operations. Members also discussed whether DNR and BWSR responsibilities in overlapping water statutes can conflict; staff said responsibilities are generally clear in statute, though conflicts can occur and are usually resolved.

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• would be those properties already held through the Secretary of State because actually we had one donated
• actually we secretary of state because actually we had<00:08:02.879> one<00:08:03.120> donated
• 03.599> back<00:08:03.759> for<00:08:04.000> a<00:08:04.160> fire had one donated
• back for a fire had one donated back for a fire department.<00:08:05.039> That's<00:08:05.280

Keywords: Municipalities - Room 216, 30 January, 2026; 9:30 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2578, which would create a federal match land bank fund administered by the Mississippi Development Authority, with a 1.25% administrative allowance and an effective date of July 1, 2026. The chair explained it as a municipal tool to help purchase dilapidated property using available federal and state funds. The committee asked no questions and passed the bill by voice vote, title sufficient, do pass. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2679, the Mississippi Land Bank Act. Sheri Visay of the Mississippi Municipal League testified in support, describing land banks as locally created entities to acquire, manage, and return vacant, abandoned, and tax-forfeited properties to productive use. She emphasized that the bill would not authorize eminent domain, would be locally controlled, and would be subject to public accountability requirements. Senators asked about title, acquisition, funding, and whether the bill should also allow acquisition of privately owned non-tax-forfeited parcels; the sponsor said the bill was intentionally limited at first to tax-forfeited properties, though future expansion could be considered. The committee then passed the bill by voice vote. Next, Senate Bill 2729, with a committee substitute, was explained as a narrow change to allow Capitol Police in Jackson to enforce local noise ordinances for alcohol-permitted businesses, without removing authority from local police or sheriffs. The sponsor said he had spoken with Commissioner Tindle, who did not object, though the chief of Capitol Police was still consulting internally. The committee nonetheless adopted the motion to pass the committee substitute, title sufficient, by voice vote. The committee also took up Senate Bill 2862, a code-forwarding bill related to annexation. The chair noted it made no substantive changes and only brought forward existing code sections, and a reverse repealer was added by amendment. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill, title sufficient, do pass committee substitute. Finally, Senate Bill 2893 proposed expanded notice requirements for zoning changes, including newspaper notice, posting on social media platforms, online posting, public access to the proposed changes, and extending the appeal period from 10 to 20 days. After discussion, an amendment was added to require signage for 30 days instead of 7, and the committee then passed the committee substitute by voice vote. The meeting ended with the bills reported and the committee in recess.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 281, Representative Duval, an act relating to the donation of food.
• <00:07:36.000> relating<00:07:36.400> to<00:07:36.479> the<00:07:36.639> donation
• act relating to the donation of food. act relating to the donation of food.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 06:30 Calendar/2nd Readings 07:18 Report of Committees 08:19 Orders of the Day 09:04 HB 96 09:16 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 15:21 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 21:24 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 23:35 ConC and Rules Report 31:06 Floor Amendments 32:42 Return to Rules Report 33:28 Adjournment 34:27, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum of 98 members, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber approved the journal from January 21, 2026, and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 29, 38, and 49, along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, requesting concurrence. The House also took second reading on several bills, including measures on agriculture programs, milk transportation, food donation, criminal trespass, concealed firearms and deadly weapons, human trafficking, sexual material involving minors, reading and writing in schools, and educators. Committee reports advanced House Resolution 7 on Kentucky election principles, House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, and House Bill 168 on boating under the influence. The House then considered House Bill 96, which would revise the membership of the postsecondary education performance-based funding work group, adding more legislators and changing the work group timeline to calendar years; the sponsor said the bill had support from university presidents and the Council on Postsecondary Education. After a question about geographic representation, the House passed HB 96 by a vote of 79-16 and applied the clincher. During motions and announcements, the House brought House Resolution 34 to the floor and heard it reported as recognizing January 22, 2026 as Kentucky Arts Day. Rep. Burke spoke in support, citing the economic impact of Kentucky’s arts and culture sector, and the resolution was adopted without objection. Members also announced upcoming events, including a Holocaust survivor program, a breakfast, and a conservation district reception, and one member withdrew House Bill 284. The House introduced a large slate of new bills and resolutions, including measures on real property, civil rights, local boards of education, peer support specialists, Medicaid coverage for doula services, public contracts, foster care, residential safety, gender, reproductive rights, hate crimes, a child welfare and family court reform task force, memorial highway designations, and constitutional recognition days. The Committee on Committees and Rules later referred and reassigned several bills to standing committees, posted selected bills and amendments for Friday’s calendar, and the House adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• These are donated funds by employees. They are personal funds at that point.
• the good work that the SEC has done, the millions of dollars that state employees have generously donated
• And, and, uh, you know, over the years since it was created in 1993, employees have generously donated
• One of the reports was late because I had to report an in-kind donation that I was not made aware of,

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• SB 125 by Hall relates to blood donation for the Committee on Public Health.
• SB 384 by Flores relates to making a donation to Operation Game Thief when applying for a hunting or
• SB 125 by Hall relates to blood donation for the Committee on Public Health.
• SB 384 by Flores relates to making a donation to Operation Game Thief when applying for a hunting or

Bills: HJR99, HB1399, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HCR35, SB14, HB 12, HB1522, HB422, HB675, HB204, HB748, HB912, HJR99, HB1399, HB1400, HB 1094, HB365, HB 1109, HB647, HCR35, HCR123, HCR124, HR57, HR87, HR111, HR228, HR230, HR322, HR624, HR625, HR626, HR627, HR628, HR630, HR631, HR634, HR635, HR636, HR637, HR638, HR639, HR640, HR645, HR646, HR648, HR649, HR651, HR652, HR653, HR654, HR664, HR665, HR668, HR675, HR676, HR678, HR679, HR680, HR683, HR686, HR688, HR689, HR694, HR695, HR697, HR698, HR699, HR472, HR622, HR632, HR633, HR643, HR655, HR657, HR660, HR661, HR662, HR663, HR667, HR670, HR674, HR681, HR682, HR696

Keywords: animal feed, tax exemption, ad valorem taxation, retail, constitutional amendment, retail sale, tangible personal property, Texas tax code, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption, regulation, deceased transportation, HB 365

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• That allows for donations that are made towards affordable housing to get 50 cents back on the dollar
• It is a way for municipalities and school districts to donate towards affordable housing without violating
• the anti-donation clause.
• There are about a dozen of those that have donated about $93 million towards affordable housing since

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• The first one is our donation benefit account. It's RSA 111:98.
• that are made from those donations.
• So, if you're a veteran in the community and you're making a donation, you may make that specifically
• So I think that would significantly decrease our donations, the quality of life for our veterans, all
• We have never had a donation toward that, so it's always funded, usually in HB 2.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.

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• Your standard blood donation of one pint often can save more than one life.
• Right now, state of Minnesota employees are afforded 3 hours per year of blood donation where they don't
• So, what I think this bill would help with, not necessarily me because I'll figure out where to donate
• <00:04:07.960> blood<00:04:08.400> and to donating blood and to donating blood and
• know I'm eligible to donate again. know I'm eligible to donate again.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Pew Research found that 83% of Republicans and 80% of Democrats believe that people who donate a lot
• 80% of Democrats believe that<00:12:12.560> people<00:12:12.800> who<00:12:13.120> donate
• lot<00:12:13.839> of<00:12:14.000> money<00:12:14.240> to that people who donate
• a lot of money to that people who donate a lot of money to campaigns<00:12:15.920> and<00:12:
• <00:36:31.440> to interests that uh provide donations to interests that uh provide donations

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Members, today we have several volunteers from Donate Life, but I have one who came all the way up from
• Today we're excited to celebrate the gift of organ and tissue donation during Donate Life Day at the
• recipients, recipient family members, living donors, placenta donors, and supporters of organ and tissue donation
• that are with us today—all of those who have been touched by donation.
• Register on donate lifeaz.org. I know I have, and check that box at MVD.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Senate Bill S8296 by Senator Martinez: an act to amend the County Law in relation to eye and tissue donation
• County Law in relation to eye and tissue donation. Any questions or comments? Move the bill.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Local Government committee met on March 10 and considered 13 bills, mostly on municipal finance, property tax exemptions, local planning, and public safety. Measures included Next Generation 911 system updates, good-faith deposit procedures for bond sales, sheriff and undersheriff training requirements, comprehensive planning for housing needs, increased volunteer firefighter and ambulance worker benefits, industrial development agency incentives for pollution mitigation projects, and several local real property tax exemption or conveyance bills. The committee also took up bills on water quality improvement funding for the Town of Warwick, special equalization rates for certain school districts, and eye and tissue donation procedures. Testimony and discussion were limited on most bills, with members generally moving them without comment. There was some discussion on the Nassau County assessor exemption bill, where a member noted a separate bill addressing a recurring property-closing issue. The comprehensive planning bill drew the most recorded opposition, with one senator voting nay and another recorded as AWR. Several other bills also had AWRs or nays noted, but no extended debate was captured. All 13 bills were voted out of committee, with most reported to Finance or other committees as noted. The committee adjourned after the final bill, and the clerk was acknowledged for his first meeting.

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• June 23, we suggested that we lease three acres of land to the Navajo Nation to go around the anti-donation
• Chair and panel: have you guys thought about private donations to build this?
• That was the plan: to have a hospital put there, to have it developed in that whole acreage that was donated

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• paragraph A here, it says the The fund consists of distributions, appropriations, gifts, grants, and donations
• I get the grant part and the distribution, the appropriations, but... what type of gifts and donations
• They would be able to donate or provide.

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• But we created a parental leave pool where we allowed city employees to voluntarily donate those hours
• aging parents at home, employees can dip into this program where their colleagues were able to... ...donate
• It's a similar program where now state employees have the ability to donate their hours to this parental

Bills: HB334, HB583, HB605, HB1327, HB1646, HB2115, HB2379

Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, fencing, reservoirs, local government, regulation, land use, conservation capacity, property regulation, fence regulation, reservoir safety, county authority, fencing regulations, counties

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• And many of you all have donated to help, and I want to tell you how much our community truly, truly
• He has been providing donations and organization and everything he possibly could to be a support for

Keywords: 997, house, all