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• So we're working with TSA about do we stay open, not stay open? What happens the next day?
• So so we're working<00:08:30.319> with<00:08:30.479> TSA<00:08:30.960> about<00:
• do<00:08:31.520> we<00:08:31.599> stay<00:08:31.759> open working with TSA
• about do we stay open working with TSA about do we stay open not<00:08:32.320> stay<00:08:32.560

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force met, called the roll, and approved the November 4, 2025 meeting minutes. The main presentation came from Dan Mann, executive director of the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, who gave a recovery update on the November 4 aircraft incident at UPS Worldport/Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. He described the airport layout, FAA safety requirements, staffing, and the extensive emergency training and mutual-aid coordination that had taken place before the incident, including a full exercise two weeks earlier. Mann then walked through the response timeline, saying the tower reported the incident at 5:13 p.m. Airport firefighters responded within a minute, with Air National Guard support and mutual aid arriving quickly; by about 6:15 p.m. the airport emergency operations center was activated and agencies including Metro, Red Cross, FBI, UPS, and airline partners were coordinating. He said more than 50 companies and over 200 firefighters were on scene within two hours, and credited the prior training and close working relationships among responders for the effectiveness of the response. He also explained the operational impact on the airport: all runways were closed, five departures were canceled, 16 arrivals were unable to land, and officials were working with TSA, UPS, and the NTSB on messaging and next steps. Mann said debris and fire damage on multiple runways meant the airfield had to remain closed while investigators determined what was evidence and what was debris from the fire. No votes or other formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• The federal TSA agency increased the rates related to the security threat assessment that needs to be
• KSP yep<00:41:50.599> begin<00:41:51.599> so<00:41:52.160> um<00:41:53.160> TSA
• <00:41:54.160> um<00:41:55.000> the<00:41:55.200> federal<00:41:55.520> TSA
• yep begin so um TSA um the federal TSA yep begin so um TSA um the federal TSA agency<00:41:56.359

Keywords: Roll Call 00:39 Approval of Minutes 01:45 SB 136 Discussion 02:51 SB 136 Vote 07:14 SB 43 Discussion 08:49 SB 43 Vote 20:02 SB 38 Discussion 20:45 SB 38 Vote 35:50 SJR 66 Discussion only 37:08 Admin. Reg. Review 41:10, 958, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met with a quorum, approved the March 4 minutes, and then took up several Senate measures. Senate Bill 36, dealing with cleanup language for CAVIS and electronic submission of liens and satisfactions, was amended by committee substitute to require lien holders to begin using electronic title and registration systems starting July 1, 2026. After questions from members and testimony from county clerk Jason Denny and title-industry representative Tom Underwood, the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill favorably with the substitute attached. The committee then considered Senate Bill 43, which updates the medical review board process under KRS 186.444. Senator Donald Douglas and Senator Jimmy Higdon described the bill as a response to complaints about fairness and transparency in medical review cases, including a constituent example involving a disabled veteran whose VA medical clearance was rejected. The bill changes who may serve on the board, adds flexibility and transparency, shifts reimbursement language to allow the Transportation Cabinet to set costs by regulation, and includes provisions aimed at broadening participation by qualified health care providers. Members discussed the role of school resource officers, the use of family affidavits in reporting, and the need to keep costs down; the committee adopted the substitute, approved a title amendment, and reported the bill favorably. Senate Bill 38, concerning stop-arm violations on school buses and the use of cameras and enforcement procedures, also received a committee substitute and was reported favorably. Senator Greg Elkins and supporters said the bill is intended to address widespread illegal passing of stopped school buses and to help fund stop-arm cameras, while critics raised concerns about automated enforcement and the role of a live officer. Members cited survey data and personal stories about school-bus safety, and the sponsor explained that school resource officers would work with local law enforcement on citations, which are contemplated as civil penalties. The committee also heard discussion-only testimony on Senate Joint Resolution 66, which would create a task force on aviation, aerospace, and logistics economic development; no vote was taken on the resolution because it had just passed the Senate and had not yet been formally received by the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• down, or about TSA employees working without pay, they should not be doing that.
• We ought to open up TSA. We ought to open up the Coast Guard.
• down, or about TSA employees working without pay, they should not be doing that.
• We ought to open up TSA. We ought to open up the Coast Guard.
• > employees of TSA working without pay, employees of TSA working without pay, they<00:47:34.079> should

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• /c><00:30:49.600> we've<00:30:49.880> seen,<00:30:50.480> the<00:30:50.640> TSA
• <00:30:51.160> will<00:30:51.480> probably Um, as we've seen, the TSA will probably
• um federal employees' salaries kind of to play politics cuz wasn't he able to reinstate the pay for TSA
• agents via executive the pay for TSA agents via executive order?
• agents will stop getting paid the TSA agents will stop getting paid and<00:35:22.280> when<00

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Yet, our dedicated TSA officers moved us through security with speed, efficiency, and professionalism
• Hold ICE accountable and fund TSA now. Thank you. I yield back. Mr. Speaker, listen to Americans.
• Hold ICE accountable and fund TSA now. Thank you. I yield back. >> Gentle lady yields back.
• And when are they going to start paying the Coast Guard, the TSA, FEMA, and SISA?
• Coast Guard, the TSA, FEMA, and SISA? Coast Guard, the TSA, FEMA, and SISA?

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're not able to help TSA agents who have been working without pay for 47% of this fiscal year.
• agents who have not able to help TSA agents who have been<07:14:54.638> working<07:14:54.958>
• Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to vote to fully fund TSA.
• staffed because TSA workers are not<07:29:35.840> being<07:29:36.080> paid.
• Right now, what we need fully fund TSA.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The TSA has been a cornerstone of fair trade and economic stability between the US and Mexico.
• urge this committee to support House Committee Resolution 108 and advocate for the preservation of the TSA

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• includes new or increased fees is usually questioned, and asked approximately how much the new CDL TSA
• for<00:13:23.839> the<00:13:23.959> CDL<00:13:24.959> uh<00:13:25.079> TSA
• it's<00:13:26.320> about<00:13:26.480> $23<00:13:27.279> in be for the CDL uh TSA
• it's about $23 in be for the CDL uh TSA it's about $23 in change<00:13:27.920> and<00:13:28.040

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met on February 10 with a quorum present, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a long agenda of agency regulations, most of which were accompanied by staff-suggested amendments for drafting conformity under KRS Chapter 13A. The Department of Financial Institutions’ 808 KAR 9:10, the Secretary of State’s 030 KAR 2:11, the Office of the Attorney General’s 04 KAR 5:10, the Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’s emergency 201 KAR 17:120, the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ 301 KAR 2:41, the Department for Environmental Protection’s 401 KAR 47:110 and 48:320, the State Police regulations 502 KAR 1:012 and 1:121, the Department for Public Health’s 902 KAR 4:15, the Department for Medicaid Services’ 907 KAR 1:15, and the Department for Community Based Services’ 921 KAR 1:400 were all discussed and, where applicable, staff amendments were approved without objection. The Workplace Standards emergency regulation 803 KAR 2:320E was also presented without amendment, and the Department of Insurance’s 806 KAR 9:360 was taken up but ultimately deferred at the agency’s request. Several regulations drew brief substantive discussion. The Fish and Wildlife rule on foxhound training enclosures was explained as expanding both commercial and non-commercial provisions for training with dogs involving red fox and coyotes, with enclosure standards intended to protect wildlife inside and outside the facilities. The environmental protection rules were tied to House Bill 478 and addressed permit-by-rule timelines, reporting, and operating standards for certain construction and demolition debris landfills, including sites up to two acres; members asked whether these facilities were private or municipal, and staff said they were a mix, often tied to private demolition contractors or single projects. The State Police fee increase for hazardous materials endorsements was described as reflecting a federal TSA fee change, and the witness estimated the new fee at about $23. The most extended debate concerned the Board of Education’s 704 KAR 3:535 on full-time virtual and remote learning programs. The agency amendment would cap enrollment in such programs at 10% above a district’s prior-year in-person enrollment, while also clarifying accountability, staffing, and monitoring requirements. Education officials said the cap was intended to address concerns about district capacity and student performance, and they cited Cloverport as an example of a district with high virtual participation and participation-rate issues. Members expressed concern that the amendment was too open-ended for regulation and suggested the issue might be better addressed in statute; no motion was made to adopt the agency amendment, so the regulation was left to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The Department of Insurance also discussed implementation of Senate Bill 188, saying it had received more than 3,000 complaints since the law took effect and was still working through enforcement and complaint processing before asking to defer its PBM licensing regulation.

Transcript Highlights:

• the unfunded Mandate of 2.3 million TSA the unfunded Mandate of 2.3 million as<02:20:06.240> well
• Everything that goes onto passenger planes is screened 100% screened, either by TSA equipment or TSA-like
• and USPS to kind air carriers with TSA and USPS to kind of<02:32:43.920> find<02:32:44.120>
• <02:33:02.000> equipment<02:33:02.920> or 100% screened either by TSA equipment or
• 100% screened either by TSA equipment or TSA<02:33:03.560> like<02:33:03.840> equipment

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I would say there is a now recently disbanded TSA Aviation Security Advisory Committee that kind of thought
• I represent our company on that committee, and we're working very closely with the TSA, and hopefully
• But I think we've had great partners with various government agencies, whether that's the FAA, TSA, and

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met and first received an update from FDOT on the Sun Trail shared-use nonmotorized trail program. FDOT said the program, created in 2015 and expanded by 2023 legislation, now includes connections to the Florida Wildlife Corridor and received a one-time $200 million appropriation plus increased annual funding. The department reported programming about $180 million of that funding, completing 42 construction projects totaling nearly 95 miles in 21 counties, and installing trail counters and QR-code surveys to measure usage and economic impact. Members expressed support for the program and asked no substantive questions. The committee then heard a presentation on FDOT’s locally administered state transportation funding programs, including SCOP, SCOPM, SCRAP, SIGP, and TRIP. FDOT explained these programs support local roadway resurfacing, bridge repair, drainage, paving unpaved roads, and safety or capacity improvements, with varying state match levels depending on the program and eligibility. FDOT said its adopted five-year work program includes more than $1.4 billion for local transportation improvement projects. A member asked whether toll revenues from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties fund these programs; FDOT said it would research the funding source and follow up. The committee’s main discussion was a panel on advanced air mobility (AAM), including FDOT and industry representatives from Supernal, Joby, Atlantic Aviation, Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, and Eve Air Mobility. FDOT described its AAM planning work, advisory committee, local government guidebook, and upcoming training, while panelists emphasized Florida’s leadership, the likely use of existing airport and heliport infrastructure first, and the expectation that private investment will fund much of the early vertiport buildout. Members raised concerns about community acceptance, privacy, zoning, airspace congestion, security, and lessons from scooters and drones. Panelists repeatedly stressed a “crawl, walk, run” rollout, local government coordination, multimodal connectivity, and public outreach. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the panel.

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• students achieved notable success, including a second-place finish in drones at the Oklahoma State TSA
• students achieved notable success, including a second-place finish in drones at the Oklahoma State TSA

Bills: HB1411, HB3143, HB3144, HB3901, HCR1019, HB3981, HB4248, HB3194, HB3849, HB4095, HB4302, HB3342, HB3344, HB3287, HB3645, HB3647, HB3930, HB3931, HB1818, HB4454, HB4336

Keywords: True Grit Trail, Oklahoma, tourism, signage, Department of Transportation, state parks, historical sites, economic development, medical marijuana, license transfer, Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, moratorium, business regulation, commercial grower licenses, licensing restrictions, agriculture, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, and in fact, the slungshot would not be confiscated by TSA.
• I've actually had one on a keychain, walked through TSA, and they did not consider it even deadly enough
• <00:14:42.480> I've would not be confiscated by TSA.
• I've would not be confiscated by TSA.
• , and they did not consider through TSA, and they did not consider it<00:14:46.160> even<00:14

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Like if the TSA line is too long, the state can't just put up a new TSA screening because that's federal
• Authority from the ledge like if<02:07:43.960> um<02:07:44.679> the<02:07:44.840> TSA
• line is too long the state if um the TSA line is too long the state can't<02:07:46.840> just<
• <02:07:48.360> a<02:07:48.480> new can't just put up a new TSA a new can't just put
• up a new TSA a new screening<02:07:49.440> because<02:07:49.639> that's<02:07:49.840><

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And TSA, they go to work cuz it's the law. They're like essential employees, I think.
• And TSA, they go to work cuz it's the law. They're like essential employees, I think.
• Is DHS working with the federal government through TSA to figure out how to put an end to millions of
• <00:58:17.520> agents<00:58:17.880> that it's federal agents, TSA agents that it's
• federal agents, TSA agents that check<00:58:19.080> us<00:58:19.240> in<00:58:19.400>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Chairman, I want to ask about TSA.
• The Carlsbad city government is asking for TSA at the Carlsbad Cavern Air Center.
• TSA requirements at this time require anything for... 30 passengers and above; aircraft for 30 passengers

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• We are currently in TSA at airports.
• ICE and to fund TSA and to fund<02:30:56.399> Coast<02:30:56.640> Guard<02:30:57.120><
• If he wanted to, he could put a bill on the floor today to pay TSA agents.
• <02:49:43.520> agents passed a bill that funded TSA agents passed a bill that funded TSA agents
• Whether it's FEMA, TSA, and every other function like Coast Guard.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• He told probation a TSA agent cut it off. Probation accepted this bogus story.
• In fact, the chief PO told me she knew it was TSA because it was, and I quote, a clean cut and done with
• The director of security at TSA told probation.
• The director of security at TSA told probation the story was ridiculous.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a wide range of criminal justice, victim services, and records-sealing bills. Early testimony focused on H.1811, the Clean Slate automated record-sealing bill, with supporters arguing that automatic sealing after existing waiting periods would remove barriers to jobs, housing, and education without changing eligibility rules. Advocates from legal aid, business, and housing organizations said the current petition-based system is underused, burdensome, and costly, while opponents of expanding surveillance-related laws urged the committee to preserve privacy protections. The committee also heard testimony on H.1693, which would immediately seal records in cases ending without conviction and clarify the presumption of innocence, with speakers describing how dismissed cases still create lasting collateral consequences and prevent people from moving forward. No votes were taken during the hearing. Several bills centered on victim safety and domestic violence. Senator Michael Moore testified for S.1201, which would keep child-protective orders in effect even if the parent or guardian who filed them dies, and for S.1204, which would update the wiretap statute. Multiple survivors and advocates supported S.1215 and S.1222, arguing for a narrow wiretap defense for recordings made to document threats or abuse and for making GPS tampering a separate felony offense. Testifiers described situations in which GPS devices were cut off or disabled and said current law leaves victims at risk and gives abusers too much leeway. The committee also heard emotional testimony on H.1685/S.1238, a bill prompted by the suicide of Stavri Yanka in custody, with the sponsor, his mother, and the sheriff describing the need for better information-sharing so suicide-risk information follows a person into custody. Law enforcement and prosecutors supported several due-process and dangerousness-related bills. MassCOP, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, and the State Police Association backed H.1828/S.1039/S.1235, which would require de novo Superior Court review for POST Commission suspensions over two weeks or decertifications, arguing officers need a meaningful appeal beyond administrative review. The committee also heard support for H.1691, expanding the dangerousness statute to additional offenses; Bristol County District Attorney Quinn said the changes would let prosecutors seek detention in serious cases such as child rape and manslaughter when facts warrant it. In contrast, the Committee for Public Counsel Services opposed expanding dangerousness detention, warning that pretrial detention causes serious harms and disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic defendants. The hearing also included testimony on H.1654/S.1063 to enhance victims’ rights and H.1525, which would rename and expand community corrections into community justice programs, with supporters emphasizing reentry, reduced stigma, and broader service access.

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• happening in this country, from the complete dissolution of the collective bargaining agreement of the TSA
• happening in this country, from the complete dissolution of the collective bargaining agreement of the TSA
• happening in this country, from the complete dissolution of the collective bargaining agreement of the TSA

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But the TSA and and hopefully we can continue that good work because these are considerations, their
• But I think we've had great partners with with various government agencies, whether that's the FAA, TSA

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• whenever there is good cause, regardless of federally regulated operational control, safety timing, TSA
• regulated operational control,<00:03:42.080> safety<00:03:42.480> timing,<00:03:42.879> TSA
• control, safety timing, TSA protocols. control, safety timing, TSA protocols.
• You know, do you know how many of those dogs are, um, connected with the military, TSA?
• You know, um I for example, I TSA?

Bills: SB2709, SB3154

Keywords: biosecurity, Department of Agriculture, quarantine, Akamai Arrival Program, importation regulations, pests control, plant health, animal health, compliance mechanisms, environmental review, transportation projects, NEPA, state sovereignty, federal compliance, streamlining, Hawaii Department of Transportation, 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing began with SB 2709, which would require the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Okami arrival program and strengthen quarantine enforcement for plants, non-domestic animals, and microorganisms. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the bill, as did DAB, saying it would improve biosecurity and make some provisions mandatory rather than optional. Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines supported the goal but raised concerns about language changing inspections from “may” to “shall” for aircraft, warning of possible federal preemption and operational conflicts unless the bill is clarified to align with federal aviation safety, security, and operational requirements. Committee members questioned DAB about inspection timing, scope, and compliance; DAB said the measure is intended to increase enforcement, improve form completion rates toward a 90% goal, and expand beyond airlines to other entry modes, while also noting plans to restore detector dog use and improve software/AI tools for processing forms. Decision-making on SB 2709 was deferred to February 17 at 3:02 p.m. in Room CR229. The committees then took up SB 3154, an administration measure authorizing the Department of Transportation to assume certain National Environmental Policy Act responsibilities for highway, rail, public transportation, and multimodal projects, with the aim of streamlining environmental review. DOT supported the bill and explained that it would allow the department to work directly with federal resource agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife and SHPO rather than routing everything through federal highways. After brief discussion, the Committee on Transportation voted to pass SB 3154 with technical amendments, and the AEN committee followed with the same recommendation; the measure was adopted with five votes in favor. A later portion of the transcript shifted to SB 2374 on the blue economy. DBED said it supported the concept but noted that it already sits on many working groups and would need resources if a new working group is created. DBED suggested the committee could instead request research through a letter or memo, and said agencies including ADC, HTDC, and Agriculture had already begun internal discussions. Testimony in support came from IMUA Alliance, Hawaii Food Policy, and others, emphasizing the potential for blue economy ventures to support survivors, align with climate and cultural goals, and create economic opportunity. No final vote on SB 2374 appears in the excerpt.