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• Okay, so we will have joint budget today at 2:30, or after we adjourn, whichever is later.
• Chairman of the budget, do you realize that CASA struggles for funds and everything to operate?
• Our understanding is, of course, the body will do what they want to do, that budget should be expected
• We'll come in at 10, but the normal process will be 9 a.m. budget, 1 p.m. on the floor, but tomorrow

Keywords: 1204, all

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• But their budget and the nine collections on some of the IPT, the insurance premium tax funds, have not
• kept up with what their budget needs.
• Their budget hasn't. So this makes an adjustment in the IPT. ...raised since 1999.
• Their budget hasn't.

Bills: HB27, HB290, HB308, HB311, HB382, HB417, HB575, HB755, HB980

Keywords: HB 290, Act 426, sunset law, Department of the Treasury, Louisiana Treasury, re-creation, reauthorization, statutory entities, termination date, sunset review, Title 49, fiscal administration, state finance, agency continuation, legislative authority, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation

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• >> The Justice Budget subcommittees. Now in order is Rosa.
• forward to working on these issues again and further as we go forward as we start to prepare our budget
• deeply appreciative of the funding authorization for those in the governor's support for them in the budget
• So we have submitted as of last Friday, a supplemental legislative budget request to effectuate the certification

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• We have needs that are bigger than just a two-year budget cycle. >> And while you might be thinking the
• ><00:01:24.080><c> just</c><00:01:24.240><c> a</c><00:01:24.479><c> two-year</c><00:01:24.880><c> budget
• </c> are bigger than just a two-year budget are bigger than just a two-year budget cycle. cycle. cycle

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• told you I would be here earlier, but I didn't think it would take over an hour to present a water budget
• told you I would be here earlier, but I didn't think it would take over an hour to present a water budget
• I know there's been issues saying that this should be moved out to a different budget.
• I'm with the Office of Management and Budget Shared Services Division.

Bills: HB1540

Keywords: education savings account, ESA, school choice, private school vouchers, nonpublic school, tuition assistance, education tax credit, homeschool exclusion, Bank of North Dakota, Department of Public Instruction, public funding for private education, voucher program, student scholarships, special education, parental choice, curriculum funding, tutoring, online learning, state per-pupil payment, income-based eligibility

Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.

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• What do you anticipate for the education budget? I think as we see what that...
• Budget, I think as we see what that... what it actually ends up being, then we could decide how much
• say that if we were to grant a COLA, it would have to be identified in the subsequent years in the budget
• In the subsequent years in the budget, the line that's being paid for so it's not a hit to the retirement

Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED

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• administrative, our programmatic budget has been increasing—and our administrative budget is about 2
• </c> administrative, our programmatic budget administrative, our programmatic budget has<00:41:44.720
• </c> administrative budget is about 2 to 3%. administrative budget is about 2 to 3%.
• And our grant operating budget there.
• </c> um, related to governor's budget um, related to governor's budget recommendations.<01:22:32.639>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our total budget in 2025 was 20.6 billion.
• Our total budget in 2025 was providers. Our total budget in 2025 was 20.6<01:21:39.760><c> billion.
• , but it's hard to propose a budget when we don't have a dollar amount to budget against.
• ><c> have</c><01:58:14.960><c> a</c> propose a budget when we don't have a propose a budget when we don't
• So, I dollar amount to budget against.

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:02:10 3. Discussion of State-Based Marketplaces and the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace – 00:02:31 4. Discussion of the Role of Kynectors and Navigators – 00:27:29 5. Discussion of Presumptive Eligibility – 01:11:57 6. Discussion of Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Redeterminations – 01:20:09 7. Update on Rural Health Transformation Program Application Process – 01:47:35 8. Public Comment – 01:59:57 9. Adjournment – 02:06:10, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.

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• By Budget Committee Ways and Means Committee and Representative Duggan, CS for House Bill 7033, a bill
• At least that's what it appears, you know, with our budget...
• Our budget cuts need to be responsible.
• For families with tight budgets, these savings are barely noticeable.
• This is a wash to the county budget. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• Now going to turn to Senator budget.
• </c><03:35:54.239><c> for</c> u and that's regarding the budget for u and that's regarding the budget
• </c> of our budget bills are here this year. of our budget bills are here this year.
• </c> So, they're building upon uh the budgets So, they're building upon uh the budgets that<03:44:11.680
• Uh so with that this budget bianium.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Neither of those two figures are in the proposed budget.
• So I'm wondering if its proposed budget.
• </c> are in the proposed budget. are in the proposed budget.
• </c> and it is not part of the FY27 budget and it is not part of the FY27 budget passed<02:24:04.880>
• ANR's budget each year.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• budget.
• So we have a state budget, and this would come out of our state budget.
• budget.
• state budget.
• and this would come out of our budget and this would come out of our state<00:25:47.960><c> budget</

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Maybe somebody on the budget committee?
• So what I understand then, you know, by doing this, this would not allow the budget committee... ...then
• , you know, by doing this, this would not allow the budget committee then to sweep this fund, and it

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Maybe somebody on the budget committee?
• So what I understand then, you know, by doing this, this would not allow the budget committee... ...then
• , you know, by doing this, this would not allow the budget committee then to sweep this fund, and it

Summary: The Agriculture Committee met in executive session and considered Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1033. The discussion focused on a provision affecting the natural resource protection fund: Representative Whaley questioned whether excess funds should revert to general revenue, especially in light of efforts toward a zero-income-tax structure, while others explained that the bill would keep those funds in the program rather than allow them to be swept into general revenue. The stated purpose was to preserve resources for the fund and prevent depletion. After discussion, the committee called the roll and approved the bill. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1033 was reported do pass by a vote of 19 ayes and 1 no. The committee then adjourned with no further business.

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• It is not twice as large a budget.
• I'm trying to remember the House budget.
• request for the next budget.
• request for the next budget.
• The budget is in really, really tough shape.

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would allow municipalities and counties to satisfy certain public-notice requirements by posting advertisements, publications, and printings on their official websites. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, intended to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet statutory deadlines, while a Blackmun amendment required a six-month transition period in which notices would still be published in newspapers and the public would be alerted to the change. Newspaper and media representatives, along with tribal and rural community advocates, opposed the bill, arguing that print notices remain important for transparency, historical recordkeeping, and access in areas with limited internet service. Supporters from county and local government said newspaper publication schedules have become unreliable and that websites are a more effective way to reach the public. The committee adopted the Blackmun amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1021, as amended by a strike-everything that would require the Auditor General to refer evidence of possible criminal activity involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General, with procedures for investigation and conflict-of-interest handling. The sponsor and amendment sponsor said the measure would create a mechanism for criminal findings in audit work to be acted on. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, which would require county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history, along with any countermeasures administered in the prior 90 days, in sudden unexplained infant death cases. The sponsor said the bill was a data-collection measure meant to improve accuracy, transparency, and prevention efforts. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy and disability representatives, said Arizona already collects this information, that unsafe sleep is the primary issue in most SIDS cases, and that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 1013, a merit-based public employment bill that would prohibit hiring based on conditions other than merit. Supporters said it would ensure public employees are selected by qualifications and objective criteria; opponents argued existing law already bars discrimination and that the bill could create litigation risks and hinder outreach to underrepresented communities. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 1015 and a strike-everything amendment that would replace the bill’s original detransition-liability language with the Arizona Thriving Families Act, creating a family and medical leave insurance program within Medicaid beginning in 2029. The original bill sponsor defended the underlying detransition-related liability concept as accountability and support for detransitioners, while opponents said it would function as a discriminatory backdoor ban on transition care for minors. The transcript ends during debate and explanation of the strike-everything amendment, before a final vote on SB 1015 is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• It is not twice as large a budget.
• I'm trying to remember the House budget.
• request for the next budget.
• request for the next budget.
• The budget is in really, really tough shape.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• They should guide our budget as well.
• This budget keeps that promise.
• At $46.9 billion, this budget is smaller than last year's $50 billion budget.
• For too long, this state has lived in a constant budget crisis.
• From cutting $3 billion in spending in our first budget to holding spending flat while delivering the

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session. The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files. The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.

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• So, I guess this amendment is just to use the intent, but just keep the resources under their budget
• So, I guess this amendment is just to use the intent, but just keep the resources under their budget
• Continuing to add to the base budgets is problematic, and thank you for pointing that out.
• It's something unfortunately that we should be talking about, but adding to the continued base budget
• still needs to be continued base budget still needs to be part<00:25:36.840><c> of</c><00:25:36.920>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• My favorite story is the one where one of the adults had given us a budget, and we had worked through
• kind of neat to see how well she did after that, and it ended up saving her money long term in the budget
• My favorite story is the one where one of the adults had given us a budget, and we had worked through
• My favorite story is the one where one of the adults had given us a budget, and we had worked through
• My favorite story is the one where one of the adults had given us a budget, and we had worked through

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:24 Discussion of The Center for Courageous Kids – 00:02:46 Discussion of Adult Protective Services and State Guardianship Programs – 00:25:22 Discussion of Annual Report of the External Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel – 01:00:34 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 01:33:41 Adjournment – 01:42:07, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children opened its first meeting with roll call and a reminder about the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements, which the chair said was 8,641 as of June 1, 2025. The committee then heard a presentation from the Center for Courageous Kids, a donor-funded camp in Scottville that serves children with lifelong illnesses and disabilities at no charge. Representatives described the camp’s year-round family retreats and summer sessions, its medically safe and inclusive model, and examples of campers gaining confidence and independence. They said the camp has served more than 43,000 campers from Kentucky, other states, and other countries, and that it is seeking legislative support for two capital projects: a new art barn and a medical lodge, with a combined request of $3.2 million. Members praised the program and asked about awareness, staffing, volunteer recruitment, accreditation, and how the projects would expand capacity; the camp said the medical lodge would help increase volunteer housing and allow future growth beyond its current summer cap of 128 campers per session. The committee then moved to adult protective services and state guardianship programs. Jessica Wayne, director of the Division of Guardianship, and Cliff Bryant of DCBS explained the legal framework for guardianship and conservatorship, including state guardianship as a last-resort option when no family member or private entity is available or appropriate. They outlined the court petition process, emergency appointments, and the distinction between full and limited guardianship or conservatorship. They emphasized that guardianship is based on legal incapacity to make decisions, not simply on a medical disability diagnosis, and noted that state guardianship can be arranged for some 17-year-olds aging out of youth services. The presenters said the state currently serves 4,645 individuals under guardianship, with most cases involving developmental intellectual disabilities, supported community living waiver participants, and people in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. They also described the division’s three branches: field services, which handles visits and day-to-day decisions in all 120 counties; a benefits branch that applies for public benefits; and a fiduciary branch that manages funds and pays bills. They reported 89 field workers statewide, an average caseload of 52, and said the agency is hiring to reduce that load. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.

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• The energy committee overall represents a small portion of our state budget, but it has a really big
• was to pass a budget that would prevent<00:09:39.760><c> a</c><00:09:40.080><c> government</c><00:09
• It's something that's smart for family budgets and for business bottom lines.
• Um, and it makes sure budget on energy.
• </c> budgets and for business bottom lines. budgets and for business bottom lines.

Keywords: 1183, house