Transcript Highlights:

• to meet the requirements of the Medicaid program for medically necessary services for children up to age
• </c><00:10:46.120><c> 20</c> children up to age 20 children up to age 20 with<00:10:47.560><c> autism
• </c> inside of every facility? inside of every facility? Commissioner<00:39:56.280><c> Gandhi.
• To be a level three autism provider, I think you need to be over the age of 18, maybe have fluency in
• To be a level three autism provider, I think you need to be over the age of 18, maybe have fluency in

Bills: HF3542

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: data privacy, investigative data, welfare system, public funds, transparency, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Uh, we've got a facility at Etown to train those workers.
• We're really here for our citizens, all ages.
• We're really here for our citizens, all ages.
• We're really here for our citizens, all ages. We're not exclusive by any means.
• We're really here for our citizens, all ages.

Keywords: The livestream event for this meeting failed before the meeting was finished. This copy was pulled from backups and is reposted in it's entirety., 958, all

Summary: The committee met to review KHEAA’s student aid programs ahead of the upcoming biennial budget. KHEAA officials outlined the agency’s role administering state grants and scholarships, emphasizing that net lottery proceeds are statutorily dedicated to student financial aid after a literacy appropriation. They focused on the College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES, and explained that the FAFSA simplification changes significantly expanded eligibility for Pell and CAP recipients. KHEAA said the General Assembly’s additional funding this biennium allowed CAP to be fully funded, and that FY25 spending for CAP reached about $232 million for roughly 72,000 students, up from about 55,000 recipients the prior year. Officials said they are watching current-year application trends closely and expect a clearer funding picture by late fall as awards are actually disbursed and enrollment data comes in. Members asked about how CAP eligibility works, the difference between applicants and recipients, and whether KTG is tied to Pell eligibility. KHEAA explained that CAP is essentially aligned with Pell eligibility, while KTG uses a different need formula and is limited to private colleges in Kentucky. They also noted that schools verify final eligibility after KHEAA’s initial review of application data. Questions about the FAFSA simplification act and federal changes led KHEAA to say they do not expect major effects on state grant and scholarship programs, though federal student loan changes may affect students, especially at the graduate level. The committee also discussed KEES, which KHEAA said has been fully funded since its creation, and dual credit/work-ready scholarships. KHEAA reported that dual credit participation continues to grow and that FY25 spending for dual credit and Work Ready Kentucky totaled about $26.4 million, compared with a $13.1 million appropriation, with transfers from Work Ready used to keep dual credit fully funded. Officials said they will seek growth funding for dual credit in the next budget because the program has expanded and now includes the work-ready component under one statute. Members asked about transferability of dual credit courses and whether students actually use the credits toward degrees; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit’s transfer, but it is seeing positive trends in bachelor’s completion and more high school graduates earning associate degrees. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the July 15, 2025 meeting minutes.

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• </c><00:36:20.000><c> with</c> Minnesotans of every age with Minnesotans of every age with high-growth
• kids, lowering the cost of school-age kids, lowering the cost of child<00:38:06.280><c> care</c><00:
• We've<00:54:39.240><c> raised</c><00:54:39.560><c> the</c><00:54:39.760><c> age</c><00:54:40.000><c>
• We've raised the age to purchase tobacco to<00:54:41.000><c> 21,</c><00:54:41.920><c> and</c><00:54:
• And last week, ICE released one such person from a facility in South Texas. That's good news.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Aging and long-term services has a larger percentage increase, but the rest of the workforce solutions
• I'm not the expert on the Aging and Long-Term Services Department: You're going to have that secretary
• The next slide on page 12 Interestingly enough, this program provides voucher care for kids up to age
• So historically, about a third of the kids receiving vouchers Have been school-aged.
• The liability for school-aged alone, there are like 190,000 kids that are school-aged in the K-12 system

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• inefficient, unsuitable facilities.
• </c><00:06:08.319><c> within</c> uh of structures and facilities within uh of structures and facilities
• </c> age K through three students. age K through three students.
• </c> proper facilities available within it?" proper facilities available within it?"
• </c> for students the facilities. for students the facilities.

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• How about the issue of age verification? How about ID verification?
• Suicide rate for people age 14, excuse me, age 10 to 14 declined.
• Suicide rate for people age 14, excuse me, age 10 to 14 declined.
• And two, we are in an age of market shifts. I think there's a...
• And two, we are in an age of market shifts.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 2, which would create enhanced civil penalties for large social media companies when negligence proven in court causes harm to children and teens. The author and supporters argued the bill is needed to address addictive algorithms and harmful content, while opponents warned it was vague, could chill speech, and might be preempted by federal law. Members largely focused on whether the bill changed the standard of care or burden of proof; the bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with some members noting concerns but supporting it to continue the discussion. AB 282, dealing with housing vouchers and source-of-income discrimination, would clarify that housing providers may prioritize applicants who qualify for rental assistance without violating fair housing law. Supporters from housing authorities, local governments, and advocacy groups said it would help voucher holders find units and improve use of housing funds. There was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote, with two no votes. The committee also considered AB 882 on court reporter availability and electronic recording in certain cases when a court reporter is unavailable. Supporters said the bill is a temporary, narrowly tailored response to a shortage of reporters and would preserve access to accurate records, while opponents argued it was too narrow, raised access-to-justice concerns, and should be broadened. Members from both sides emphasized the importance of court reporters and electronic recording as a backup; the bill passed with an urgency clause and was sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 325 on algorithmic price fixing, AB 935 on civil rights data clarity, AB 1414 on tenant choice of internet service provider, and AB 67 on Attorney General enforcement of the Reproductive Privacy Act; each drew support from sponsors and advocacy groups, opposition centered on overbreadth or policy concerns, and each advanced on committee votes, with several members requesting further amendments or clarification.

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• A. 4050 by Assemblyman Spearman concerns facilities used by applicants for a new vehicle dealer license
• Facilities used by applicants for a new vehicle dealer license. Senator Lagana moves the bill.
• Bill 5223, sponsored by Assemblywoman Carter, creates a voluntary pilot program to allow certain facility
• Bill 5223, sponsored by Assemblywoman Carter, creates a voluntary pilot program to allow certain facility
• Bill 5223, sponsored by Assemblywoman Carter, creates a voluntary pilot program to allow certain facility

Keywords: 1146, all

Transcript Highlights:

• should not be considered at fault where damages result from inaccurate, incomplete, or untimely facility
• Inaccurate, incomplete, or untimely facility location work provided by the operator.
• affecting the design of their platform, which Senator McMath also was, that you would have to have an age
• , to provide for the placement of wireless communication facilities with respect to their proximity to
• define economically unreasonable as cost, material, and excess of the cost of constructing a new facility

Bills: HB220 , HB259 , HB463 , HB536 , HB750 , HB830 , HB950

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: child exploitation, online reporting, platforms, cyber crime, PROTECT Act, excavation, demolition, infrastructure repair, BEAD Program, utility damage, construction coordination, contact point, emergency services, telephone charge, wireless service, reporting requirements, communications district, wireless communication, school safety, community permits

Transcript Highlights:

• Engrossed Senate Bill 819, Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities.
• general revenue to a new current expenses surplus appropriation within the Department of Health Facilities
• statewide prevention plan by January 1, 2027, to provide prevention services to children under the age
• Additionally, it ensures these penalties apply to federal correctional facilities, which are currently
• Strengthening these penalties promotes safer facilities and supports our correctional officers and law

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required. The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments. The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are not that far apart in age. Now you're just making the gray hairs come out more. You got me?
• There are some papers in Colorado that have closed their printing facilities and are coming to us, and
• Yeah, there's two facilities remaining, but we actually service every newspaper in New Mexico.
• There's an equally big facility announced in Lee County.
• This bill also outlines the importance of regulating water within the facilities, which is essential

Bills: SB251 , SB150 , SB154 , SB73 , SB111 , SB172 , SB76 , SB181 , SB235

Committee: Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

Transcript Highlights:

• We are not that far apart in age. Now you're just making the gray hairs come out more. You got me?
• Yeah, there's two facilities remaining. But we actually service every newspaper in New Mexico.
• Yeah, there's two facilities remaining, but we actually service every newspaper in New Mexico.
• There's an equally big facility announced in Lee County.
• This bill also outlines the importance of regulating water within the facilities, which is essential

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 251, which would amend the Horse Racing Act to address “program owners” and “program trainers” used as fronts by suspended or unlicensed people in the racing industry. The sponsor and Racing Commission director said the bill is meant to protect the betting public, deter fraud, and give the commission stronger enforcement tools, including suspension, revocation, and fines. After brief questions about how penalties are applied and whether the standards are already reflected in statute and racing rules, the committee voted 9-0 to give the bill a due pass. Senate Bill 73 followed, requiring driver education schools to teach at least three hours on vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and bicyclists, beginning in 2027. Supporters, including local officials and advocacy groups, said the bill would improve public safety and help new drivers understand the rights and responsibilities of people outside vehicles. Committee members discussed existing driver-ed content, the definition of vulnerable road users, and whether the bill would replace any current instruction; sponsors said it would set a statewide minimum without crowding out existing curriculum. The committee approved the bill on a 9-1 due pass vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 111, an agency bill to expand confidential personal information under the Motor Vehicle Code to include sex, gender, national origin, and immigration status. The sponsor and Tax and Revenue officials said the change would protect sensitive records in MVD files from disclosure except in limited circumstances. With no public opposition, the committee passed the bill 6-4. Senate Bill 150, creating refundable tax credits to support local newspaper printing operations, drew broad support from newspaper and business representatives who said the credits would help preserve local news and printing capacity amid plant closures and rising costs. Some members raised technical and oversight questions, but the committee voted 9-1 to advance it. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 172, a committee substitute extending a gross receipts tax credit tied to national lab technology transfer and commercialization. Supporters from the labs, economic development groups, and chambers of commerce said it helps move research into New Mexico businesses and supports job creation; the committee adopted the committee substitute and advanced it. Senate Bill 76, which would raise the gasoline and special fuel taxes to fund road maintenance, generated extensive debate over infrastructure needs, affordability, and whether a broader transportation funding plan should be developed first. Supporters argued the state’s road backlog and maintenance needs justify the increase, while opponents cited consumer costs and the need for more study; the bill passed 6-4. The final bill, Senate Bill 235, would regulate large microgrids and data centers by requiring renewable energy use, PRC oversight, annual reporting, and limits on rate shifting. Supporters said it would protect air quality, water, and utility customers, while opponents warned it would add burdens and discourage investment; the committee heard extensive testimony but the transcript ends before a final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're in different facilities. Mr. Tonelli, I see that you are there.
• I see that Duran Potts, who is at the Airway Heights facility, is up on the screen.
• . placement or EMP and transfer an incarcerated individual from a correctional facility if the following
• And the people aging in them are not being provided, and DOC is not equipped to provide adequate care
• It requires agencies, including law enforcement, corrections, and detention facilities, to notify us

Bills: HB2387 , HB2490 , HB2508 , HB2539

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: elected sheriff, sheriff accountability, recall election, peace officer certification, certified peace officer, law enforcement authority, Washington RCW, criminal justice training commission, special election, public official recall, decertification, sheriff removal, voter accountability, county sheriff, police powers, extraordinary medical placement, compassionate release, medical parole, terminal illness, serious medical condition

Transcript Highlights:

• Fox broke taboos around race, sex, poverty, and aging, using laughter to expose hypocrisy and injustice
• What I've put in, the bill limits them so that they cannot use these to, like, purchase facilities, but
• What I've put in the bill limits them so that they cannot use these to, like, purchase facilities, but
• It used to be in District 109, an impact group, has a great facility in Washington and Sullivan, and
• I do believe that this does amend previously amended material because of the age and the opt-out.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• victim's case, and I did as long as my victim was a child, but as soon as that victim turned 17 years of age
• Opened the first private facility in the state in 1996 because I knew there was a need for a private
• and confidential, uh, facility to take care of these victims.
• I think, thank you for, for testifying and thank you for being the first uh private facility in the state
• my mom and she had not knowing at that time she had also been a victim of a violent rape at a young age

Bills: HB47

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: HB 47, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem taxes, property tax, voter-approval tax rate, tax rate election, taxing unit, injunction, taxpayer rights, property owner, local government finance, tax refund, attorney's fees, court costs, voter-approved tax increase, tax reform, municipal taxes, county taxes, school district taxes, bond election

Transcript Highlights:

• , for caregivers in homes and healthcare facilities, and for all positions at CYFD and for, uh, those
• For a registration of employment at a childcare facility, an agency for consideration of an applicant
• I understand with respect to the second degree felony as a juvenile, you're released at the age of 21
• Um, murder And at the age of 21, because it's a 2nd degree or lesser penalty.
• When they're released at the age of 21, their record is sealed or expunged. Mr.

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• </c> that is used in some facilities that is used in some facilities especially<01:07:20.640><c> um</
• The great majority are between ages 50 and 60.
• The great majority are between ages 50 and 60.
• The great majority are between ages 50 and 60.
• The great majority are between ages 50 and 60.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:19:25.760><c> and</c> about the people in those facilities and about the people in those facilities
• And then when the claims come to DHS, the program teams in the different policy administration, so aging
• And then when the claims come to DHS, the program teams in the different policy administration, so aging
• And then when the claims come to DHS, the program teams in the different policy administration, so aging
• Come to DHS, the program teams in the different policy administration, so aging and disability services

Bills: HF3378

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Kentucky's existing housing stock is rapidly aging.
• that are happening because fewer projects pencil, and fewer homeowners can afford to upgrade their aging
• ><c> Nearly</c><01:15:10.719><c> half</c><01:15:11.280><c> of</c><01:15:11.520><c> our</c> rapidly aging
• Nearly half of our rapidly aging.
• homes and the housing tax credit aging homes and the housing tax credit comes<01:15:40.000><c> in</c

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:14 Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01 Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13 Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out. The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units. Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're going to put a renewable geothermal energy system in one of their facilities.
• They're going to put a renewable geothermal energy system in one of their facilities.
• </c> Energy System in one of their facilities Energy System in one of their facilities and<00:32:29.760
• infrastructure that we've talked Aging infrastructure that we've talked about<01:13:21.040><c> and</
• First, capital investment is a necessary source of remedying the aging built environment.

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Some the facility that is hiring them.
• 02.320><c> a</c><01:31:02.560><c> Catholic</c> facilities um for example, a Catholic facilities um for
• </c> them are actually middle-aged them are actually middle-aged women<01:31:51.360><c> that</c><01:31
• </c><01:55:00.159><c> and</c> residences and nursing facilities and residences and nursing facilities
• ,</c> traditional media in this day and age, traditional media in this day and age, radio,<03:47:29.439

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all