Transcript Highlights:

• What this bill does is simply take the assessment that they were paying of 3% and drop it to 10%.
• I want you to call the people who pay the assessment.
• </c> I want you to call the people who pay I want you to call the people who pay the<02:37:42.279><c>
• </c><02:48:11.600><c> is</c> minimum you pay is minimum you pay is $1,000<02:48:13.800><c> and</c><02
• You write your monthly check like you pay any loan that can be fine.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is to pay them overtime.
• because the visitors pay.
• </c><01:29:16.239><c> the</c><01:29:16.400><c> ones</c> to pay because the visitors pay the ones to pay
• or not paying.
• We pay for medical benefits, we pay for prescription drugs, we pay for permanent disability, temporary

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We do not pay teachers as if they're law enforcement or medical personnel, and so if we're requiring
• I have personally been in the position... ...pay.
• It was easy to pay for their lunches because they had reduced lunches.
• to recoup all performance-based pay awarded.
• Right now, there's performance-based pay calculations outlined in statute.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a program and fund within ADE, in consultation with AZPOST, to reimburse eligible schools and employees for approved training, certification, and school safety equipment, and would allow schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they meet training, notification, and confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure focused on bleeding control and emergency preparedness, not a mandate to arm schools. Supporters said the bill adds guardrails, expands access to training, and could help staff respond in emergencies. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued it would normalize firearms in classrooms, create confidentiality and law-enforcement concerns, expose students and staff to new risks, and divert attention from prevention, mental health, and other school safety investments. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the content is not sex education. Supporters, including the sponsor, a school board president, and a biology teacher, said the bill is about age-appropriate, medically accurate science, parental rights, and clear statewide guidance. Opponents, including the AEA and Reproductive Freedom for All, said it fragments science instruction, politicizes the curriculum, and omits the broader reproductive and public health context students need. Members debated whether fetal development can be taught without discussing reproduction, and whether the bill is an education measure or an anti-abortion effort. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote. The transcript also included discussion of House Bill 2093, which would repeal required mental health instruction and social-emotional learning in schools; supporters argued it restores parental control and refocuses schools on academics, while opponents said school-based mental health education saves lives and helps students who may not have support at home.

Transcript Highlights:

• You do expect the attorney to pay you? You do.
• One month on what they wanted us to pay as medical expenses.
• When we see Pfizer paying for Super Bowl commercials and paying pro-vote players to act as a vaccine
• spokesperson and paying them millions of dollars.
• still paying for that, and they would be liable.

Bills: HB 1181, HB3704, HB1363, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB3223, HB1317, HB2884, HB2176, HB4027, HB1664, HB933, HB2613, HB3353, HB2086, HB4101, HB3441, HB4145, HB3455

Keywords: judiciary, judges, justices, retired, legal assignments, judicial conduct, notary public, criminal offense, education requirements, official documents, record retention, implicit bias, bias training, judicial training, judge education, court personnel, continuing legal education, CLE, state bar, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Transcript Highlights:

• And if we're not alarmed by that, then we're just not paying attention at all.
• Because people don't pay premiums for Medicaid.
• Because people don't pay premiums for Medicaid.
• You know, you all understand that for Medicaid, they don't pay the full cost of care, so where's that
• It's a pass-through to commercial pay insurance that drives up health care costs, and I'm amazed that

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum, first taking up referred administrative regulations. One regulation was deferred, and two others were noted as deficient; with no one wishing to speak, the committee treated the regulations as reviewed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 13 from Chairman Meredith, which would reduce the number of Medicaid managed care organizations from five to three. Meredith argued the bill would reduce administrative burden, improve oversight, help rural providers, and potentially lower costs for families and the Medicaid program. Senators Berg, Herron, and Douglas asked about data, patient impact, network adequacy, and prior authorization burdens; Meredith said the effect on patients would be indirect through better access and less administrative delay. The committee approved a committee substitute and passed SB 13 favorably on a 10-0 vote. The committee next considered Senate Joint Resolution 26, presented by Senator Richardson and Kentucky Pharmacists Association Executive Director Ben Mudd. The resolution asks the Department of Medicaid Services to provide data and cost analysis on paying pharmacists fairly for clinical services already within their scope of practice under Medicaid and KCHIP. Supporters said pharmacists can improve access, especially in rural areas, by providing services such as medication therapy management, chronic disease management, and preventive care, and that the resolution is intended to gather information before any future bill. Senator Douglas questioned whether expanded pharmacy duties have actually improved access or outcomes and whether there is published data; Mudd said the Board of Pharmacy tracks use of protocols but that more data is needed. The committee approved the resolution by roll call, with all members voting aye. At the end of the meeting, Chairman Meredith announced that Senate Bill 27 would be heard for discussion only and not acted on that day so members could review it further. Senator Brandon Storm introduced SB 27, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry, and noted that a Michael J. Fox Foundation representative could not attend because of a winter storm; her letter was included in the packet. Storm said the registry is intended to support research and policy by tracking Parkinson’s disease in Kentucky, citing national prevalence and cost figures. No vote was taken on SB 27 during this meeting.

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• </c> dinged for that and they end up paying dinged for that and they end up paying back<00:30:56.799>
• But there's families that don't, and they pay tax dollars.
• </c> when they also pay taxes. when they also pay taxes.
• to pay millionaires and billionaires to pay their<01:04:35.119><c> fair</c><01:04:35.359><c> share</
• Enough pay their fair share.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

Transcript Highlights:

• And so when that people are paying.
• We pay $992 a Here are a few examples.
• </c> &gt;&gt; I was just seeing if you were paying &gt;&gt; I was just seeing if you were paying attention
• All of which we were paying for in her care plan.
• </c> cap on private pay. cap on private pay.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> becomes something that all customers pay becomes something that all customers pay for<00:14:30.320
• </c><00:14:36.399><c> for</c> themselves, they will have to pay for themselves, they will have to pay
• Uh but what I as long as you pay for it.
• </c> residential customers to pay for that. residential customers to pay for that.
• </c> members, you need to be the one who pays members, you need to be the one who pays that<01:01:55.920

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10 Approval of Minutes 00:01:19 Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39 Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.

Transcript Highlights:

• That state's paying for that. We paid for them to come here.
• Um I pay for house insurance, like this.
• </c><01:13:32.560><c> a</c> go fishing to pier in Florida, I pay a go fishing to pier in Florida, I pay
• So I think without having to pay a fee.
• </c> the car over and then they have to pay the car over and then they have to pay the<01:41:09.679><

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

Transcript Highlights:

• In general, the resident school district is responsible for paying the bulk of the cost.
• the full cost, the district has to pay the remaining cost from some other source.
• the full cost, the district has to pay the remaining cost from some other source.
• the full cost, the district has to pay the remaining cost from some other source.
• the full cost, the district has to pay the remaining cost from some other source.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I rise to students in high paying.
• And if you pay it off work it out.
• Pay attention, Social Security. Pay attention, Americans. You earn these benefits.
• Pay attention, confusion in their wake. Pay attention, Social<04:46:39.600><c> Security.
• Pay attention, Social Security.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But if you are paying $59 for a can of formula, it means you're going to have to cut somewhere.
• What California pays us does not reflect the true cost of care.
• What California pays us does not reflect the true cost of care.
• We can barely pay ourselves a salary, and those of us who do are taking home $7 to $10 an hour.
• But adding slots alone is not enough without increased provider pay.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Alligator Scholarship did more than help pay for my school.
• Scott Simon: Right now, many Louisiana families are paying into a system they cannot use, and then paying
• Right now, many Louisiana families are paying into a system they cannot use, and then paying again just
• How do you pay salaries when you got so many people hurting?
• How do you pay salaries when you got so many people hurting?

Summary: The committee met for public testimony on the Finance budget, with the main discussion focused first on funding for disability services and then on the LA GATOR scholarship program. Several individuals testified in support of fully funding Families Helping Families and Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS), describing how advocacy, transition services, and direct support workers help people with disabilities access education, employment, and independent living. Witnesses urged the committee to preserve or increase state general funds to draw down federal matching dollars, and provider groups said current reimbursement rates and staffing shortages are leaving agencies in deficit, creating waitlists, overtime costs, and difficulty retaining workers. Committee members thanked the speakers and noted that the testimony would be used to compare the governor’s, House, and remaining budget requests. The committee then heard extensive testimony in support of increasing funding for the LA GATOR scholarship program. Supporters included policy groups, school leaders, parents, and students who argued that the program expands educational choice, helps low-income and special-needs students find schools that fit their needs, and should be fully funded at the level of demonstrated demand. Speakers from Catholic and Christian schools said GATOR funding had helped students thrive academically and spiritually, but that shortfalls left many eligible students without awards, hurt kindergarten enrollment, and forced schools to raise private donations to cover gaps. Several witnesses emphasized that the program is not a zero-sum attack on public schools, but a way to let education dollars follow students. A few committee questions focused on the fiscal impact and on whether choice programs improve outcomes without harming public schools. Testimony cited enrollment growth, parent demand, and data from other states to argue that school choice can improve student and parent outcomes and may also strengthen traditional public schools through competition. No votes or formal actions were taken during the public testimony portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, if it's my experience private pay.
• </c> as a state pay for that? as a state pay for that?
• </c><00:43:26.560><c> attorneys</c> that we can um assist paying attorneys that we can um assist paying
• Right we're paying guardian at items.
• </c> we want to get to is solving this pay we want to get to is solving this pay issue.<00:48:55.599>

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:05 - Discussion of 26RS HB 418 21:23 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 418 22:40 - Discussion of 26RS HB 611 26:00 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 611 26:52 - Discussion of 26RS HB 598 51:25 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 598, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:37:34.480><c> districts</c> distance to higher paying districts distance to higher paying districts
• Let's pay this money down.
• next year." is for years you all have been paying is for years you all have been paying this<00:50:36.640
• Let's pay to save some interest here.
• , average superintendent pay, average principal pay.

Keywords: Meeting start 00:00:09 Roll call 00:00:24 Election of Co-Chairs 00:01:11 Office of Education Accountability Annual Report 00:04:41 Office of Education Accountability District Data Profiles, School Year 2024 00:23:50 Update from the Education Professional Standards Board 00:58:19 Adjournment 01:08:00, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee opened its first meeting with roll call and procedural business, including elections of co-chairs. The House elected Representative Truett as House co-chair, and the Senate elected Senator Denine as Senate co-chair. After the organizational votes, the committee heard the Office of Educational Accountability’s annual report, beginning with Brian Jones and Deborah Nelson describing OEA’s investigations and research divisions and recent staffing turnover. On the investigations side, OEA said it handled complaints only when submitted in writing and generally opened cases only when it had enough facts to evaluate. Jones reported complaint volume declined from 805 in 2023 to 738 in 2024, with 325 in the first half of the current year. He outlined the kinds of matters OEA investigates, including school-based council issues, open meetings, board eligibility, nepotism, conflicts of interest, certification, activity funds, and surplus property, while noting that routine personnel matters, bullying, child interviews, and cases tied to litigation are generally handled locally or referred elsewhere. He also said OEA refers special education, assessment/testing, discrimination, and serious misconduct matters to the appropriate agencies, and that he did not see a need for statutory changes to improve OEA’s work, though he said cases should move more quickly. The research division presentation focused on OEA’s district data profiles and annual research agenda. Nelson explained that OEA reviews KDE-reported data and underlying datasets to verify accuracy, analyze trends, and produce reports for the General Assembly. She highlighted 2024 publications on district governance models and student achievement, and said this year’s agenda includes district data profiles, student discipline analysis, and a review of early childhood regional training centers. She also noted OEA received an NCSL notable document award for its 2023 staffing shortages report, its 10th such award. Sabrina Smith then walked through the district data profiles, which compile demographic, staffing, finance, and performance data for all 171 districts, plus statewide and comparative data. She noted changes in the report format, the continued availability of an online interactive version, and several trends: adjusted average daily attendance declined statewide from 2015 to 2024; the counselor-to-student ratio has improved but has not yet reached the statutory goal of one counselor per 250 students; the share of teachers moving from rank three to rank two has declined; special education identification has risen from 13% to 16%; and starting teacher salaries vary widely by district, with Kentucky’s average starting salary around $40,000 ranking near the bottom compared with surrounding states and the nation. Members asked about the history of the research division and whether the paper copies of the district profiles would continue, and staff said the printed versions would continue unless legislators asked otherwise.

Transcript Highlights:

• Children are our most precious commodity and deserve quality people that receive commensurate pay.
• They have to do so many hours in the classroom, which in turn requires us to pay them more.
• They have to do so many hours in the classroom, which in turn requires us to pay them more.
• That's concerning to me because I believe that we need to be paying childcare workers more.
• </c><00:20:53.720><c> folks</c> affordable because we will pay folks affordable because we will pay folks

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• :34.559><c> the</c><01:02:34.720><c> state,</c> that he pays to the state, that he pays to the state,
• </c><01:18:38.159><c> Paul</c> now we're robbing Peter to pay Paul now we're robbing Peter to pay Paul
• </c> to pay to pay for<02:19:04.719><c> the</c><02:19:04.880><c> things</c><02:19:05.599><c> we</c><02
• How do you think we are going to pay this bill if we don't pay for it on a credit card?
• </c> paying for. paying for.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, they were not allowed to pay providers maybe even the going rate.
• And DHS told me that that was too much to expect an NEMT driver to have to pay.
• </c> pay you $25 a day." pay you $25 a day."
• for it and overseeing it we are paying for it and overseeing it and<01:05:12.760><c> doing</c><01:05
• </c> begging us to stop ignoring it and pay begging us to stop ignoring it and pay attention,<01:44:31.000

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The tribe pays supplemental Medicare payments.
• The tribe pays supplemental Medicare payments, ensuring elders have access to health care.
• The tribe pays supplemental Medicare payments, ensuring elders have access to health care.
• , it's paying for our members.
• It's about $2.3 million a year on average that we've got to pay.

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The tribe pays supplemental Medicare payments.
• The tribe pays supplemental Medicare payments, ensuring elders have access to health care.
• And that does not include all of the services that we pay and support in the community as well.
• , it's paying for our members.
• It's about $2.3 million a year on average that we've got to pay.

Summary: A joint hearing of the Senate Business, Trade and Economic Development Committee and the House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee reviewed tentative tribal-state compact amendments involving the Tulalip Tribes and the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Washington State Gambling Commission staff explained the compact approval process under IGRA and said the commission and ex officio legislators would take public comment and vote at an August 28 special meeting on whether to forward the agreements to the governor or send them back for further negotiation. The amendments would not take effect until published in the Federal Register. Tulalip Chairman Hazen Chappell testified in support of the Tulalip restated compact, describing tribal gaming as a governmental enterprise that funds health care, education, housing, elder services, public safety, natural resources, and other services. He said the tribe has employed more than 3,000 people, contributed over $113 million to charities and community programs since 1993, and continues to emphasize responsible gaming and regulatory cooperation. Commission staff said the Tulalip restatement consolidates 12 prior amendments, updates appendices and definitions, adds new appendices, removes some older provisions, and includes higher wager limits, jackpot sharing, and an option to increase player terminal allocations. Cowlitz Chairman William Ayala and Ilani Casino President Kara Fox LaRose presented the tribe’s sixth compact amendment. They highlighted the tribe’s history, community investments, education and elder programs, language revitalization, public safety support, and more than $35 million in foundation contributions since 2017. The proposed Cowlitz amendment would raise wager limits up to $1,000, create a special higher-limit player process with due diligence and responsible gaming safeguards, enhance signage and marketing requirements, allow temporary gaming areas, and adjust TLS ticket pricing when the state lottery raises ticket prices. Committee members asked about self-exclusion and credit practices; Cowlitz officials said hundreds of people have used the self-exclusion program and that higher-limit play is tied to front money or a $100,000 minimum credit line. No votes were taken at the hearing.