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• A brackish water whose historically has been considered not really worth anything now might be worth
• And it'd have to bear. the historical track that it is truly access.
• Senator, I'm assuming you're aware that historical... to utilize businesses or hub statutes.
• It's current form does not make any reference to hubs one way or the other. It does not.
• I didn't do anything I didn't reference them.

Bills: SJR 12, SCR 39, SB 7, SB 8, SB 27, SB 29, SB 125, SB 241, SB 371, SB 396, SB 406, SB 464, SB 568, SB 578, SB 608, SB 617, SB 660, SB 689, SB 693, SB 707, SB 731, SB 732, SB 763, SB 779, SB 836, SB 854, SB 857, SB 875, SB 878, SB 879, SB 906, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 942, SB 965, SB 985, SB 996, SB 1029, SB 1035, SB 1036, SB 1059, SB 1084, SB 1098, SB 1101, SB 1185, SB 1188, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1366, SB 1388, SB 1396, SB 1453, SB 1484, SB 1494, SB 1536, SB 1563, SB 1596, SB 1610, SB 1619, SB 1737, SB 1738, SB 1741, SB 1816, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1939, SB 2155, SB 2188, SB 2230

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.

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• I me just reference that for a minute.
• into the black middle class historically into the black middle class historically through<00:40:
• <00:41:36.480> black Often people look at historically black Often people look at historically
• <01:13:16.159> black help people see that historically black help people see that historically
• same outcomes from our historically same outcomes from our historically black<01:16:52.000> colleges

Keywords: This meeting is taking place on location at the Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Building Room 238 using on site equipment., 958, all

Summary: The interim Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met at Kentucky State University and heard a presentation from President Kofi Aapo and Vice President Michael Dorsy on the university’s role as an HBCU and its current priorities. They emphasized Kentucky State’s impact on Black student outcomes nationally, its focus on workforce development, civic leadership, innovation, and economic mobility, and its efforts to grow enrollment, expand dual-credit partnerships, and launch a prison education program. They also described House Bill 250’s role in prompting program review and the creation or expansion of market-aligned offerings, including manufacturing engineering, agricultural engineering, biological and agricultural engineering, social work, criminal justice, and expanded online programs through “Thoroughbred Global.” A major topic was Kentucky State’s move toward STEM and applied programs. President Aapo said the university is diversifying beyond liberal arts to meet workforce demand and cited plans for a PhD in agroecology, which he said would help farmers adapt to climate conditions and would be federally funded. He also discussed the nursing program as the fastest-growing on campus, partnerships with health systems that pay tuition and guarantee jobs, and the need for a new nursing facility. He said the current nursing space is inadequate and that a new building could double or triple enrollment in the program. He also described a mobile health initiative intended to bring preventive care and health education to underserved areas of the state. Members asked questions about the nursing building, STEM strategy, teacher preparation, dual credit, prison education, and student readiness. Senator Bledsoe asked about the shift toward STEM, and Aapo said the strategy is based on student demand and data from House Bill 250. Senator Berg requested a list of dual-credit partners and encouraged long-term tracking of prison education participants to study outcomes such as recidivism; Aapo said the university has not yet begun that research but intends to. Senator Tidner asked about remedial needs, and Aapo said KSU found more than 100 students with zero GPAs when he arrived and is using co-requisite support and tutoring to address English and math deficiencies. Representative Brown and others highlighted the historical and ongoing value of HBCUs, and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• Are there motions relating to committee reference? None on the desk, Mr. President.
• Senator Smith: Preeminence funding is something that we have historically prioritized as a legislature
• Second is that we've made historic funding in our state parks, and so we have funded three additional
• Second is that we've made recreation, recreation, we've made historic funding in our state parks.
• And so we have funded, uh, We've made historic funding in our state parks.

Summary: The Senate took up the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27, with Chair Hooper and the appropriations chairs walking through the $114.5 billion budget. Major highlights included pay increases for state law enforcement, firefighters, park rangers, and correctional officers; funding for teacher salary increases and K-12 enrollment stabilization; workforce and university funding in higher education; major Medicaid, nursing home, waiver, and opioid-related investments in health and human services; corrections and prison-capacity funding; transportation, housing, and emergency management spending; and large environmental appropriations for Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, and water quality projects. Members then asked detailed questions about specific items. Senators pressed on the Hamilton Center at UF, the difference between assistant state attorney and public defender pay, declining student enrollment funding, private school scholarship vouchers, mental health funding in schools, the lack of preeminence funding, APD’s iBudget waiver wait list and provider rates, ADAP premium assistance and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, prison staffing and air conditioning, Florida Forever land-buying versus easements, SNAP and Sun Bucks funding, Hope Florida, election audit funding, and the IDD managed care program. Chairs generally explained the negotiated compromises, noted where funding was flat or omitted, and in several cases said items would be revisited next year or depended on agency implementation. Several senators used debate to praise the budget while also criticizing major policy choices. Leader Berman argued the state should have expanded Medicaid, invested more in public schools instead of vouchers, and accepted federal summer EBT funds. Other senators highlighted local wins such as Biscayne Bay restoration, Tri-Rail, housing assistance, ADAP funding, and declining enrollment support. The transcript ends with debate remarks thanking Chair Hooper for his work on the budget; no final vote is shown in the excerpt.

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• So overall, there are different ways that state funding flows to public schools, and we refer to them
• And so we referred to drafters a little bit.
• So it's implied that the public school we're referring to is in New Mexico.
• I wanted to point out some historical context for this.
• Three queuing is a very specific strategy that folks have referred to.

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• the that election references the municipality<00:16:11.000> yes<00:16:12.000> okay<00:
• in this article and thank you references in this article and thank you for<00:39:52.040> that
• that the Shoreland property historically that the Shoreland property historically was<00:46:22.200
• line known as the from the reference line known as the buffer<00:47:09.520> zone buffer zone

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• This bill addresses a practical and long-standing challenge for historic African-American cemeteries
• These cemeteries are places of deep cultural, historical, and community significance.
• I have a historical cemetery in my district in Brownsville, also known as Brownsville, and what people
• It is a very good bill, and when we think about these historic Black cemeteries, we want to make sure
• They can preserve what they want to do historically without coming up here saying can I get a check,

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• For brevity, I'm going to refer to it as HR1 throughout, just for ease of reference.
• > for<00:04:40.000> ease<00:04:40.240> of<00:04:40.479> reference.
• throughout just for ease of reference. throughout just for ease of reference. um<00:04:41.919>
• 30.880> have historically, some states um have historically, some states um have conducted<00:
• > been Um, historically states have been Um, historically states have been permitted<00:32:05.760

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• Historically, these filings had significant engagement from intervening parties while risk assessment
• refers to the gas utility infrastructure<00:02:54.480> cost<00:02:54.960> rider<00:02:
• to as capacity which we typically refer to as capacity or<00:03:13.400> new<00:03:13.560>
• Historically,<00:04:42.360> these<00:04:42.600> filings<00:04:43.080> had Historically
• First, historically the GUIC has not been controversial.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred. Reports of committees will be deemed read.
• Introduction and reference of bills will be deferred.
• We must reflect on these historical injustices to inform a better path forward.
• injustices. ...to address these historic injustices.
• Ramos, we are nowhere and have no identity without... ...to address these historic injustices.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, adopted the previous day’s journal, and handled several procedural motions, including suspending rules to allow committee notices and moving some bills and items on and off the file. Members also introduced a number of guests and fellows on the floor, including Equality California Comcast Fellows, tribal youth visitors, interns, local officials, and community representatives. On the floor file, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 1216 (TK-12 omnibus education technical changes), AB 377 (high-speed rail), and AB 951 (health care coverage), and adopted ACR 103 declaring July 14-18, 2025 as California Western Monarch Protection Week. The body also adopted AJR 18, a resolution calling for an official legislative apology to California Native Americans for historic injustices and affirming support for healing and reconciliation, and ACR 71 designating a portion of State Route 101 as the Little Saigon Freeway. Each of these measures drew supportive remarks from multiple members, and co-author rolls were opened before final adoption. The Assembly also adopted SCR 66 proclaiming Law Day, after a lengthy partisan debate over the rule of law, executive power, and recent federal and state actions; the resolution was ultimately adopted by voice vote after 51 co-authors were added. Members then adopted SJR 3 urging Congress to reverse SNAP cuts and protect CalFresh benefits, with debate focused on food insecurity, fraud, work requirements, and the impact on low-income Californians; the resolution passed with 69 ayes and no noes after 70 co-authors were added. SB 757, authorizing local governments to use nuisance abatement liens or special assessments to collect abatement costs, also passed 68-0, and ACR 94 on anti-microbial resistance was adopted on the consent calendar. The session concluded with adjournments in memory honoring Jane Day, agricultural leader John C. Harris, and Willie Earl Arno, followed by announcements of committee meetings and the schedule for the next floor session. The Assembly adjourned until Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 9 a.m.

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• HB 4187 by Metcalf relating to the authority and responsibilities of the Texas Historical Commission
• Refer to the Committee on Public Education.
• Refer to the Committee on Transportation.
• underserved students refer to the Committee on.
• Following resolutions are being referred to committee and local and consent calendars.

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• From a historical perspective, The main purpose of the Dahls Act of 1887 was to for identity was recognized
• From a historical perspective, Indian tribe has been recognized by the state of Delaware.
• This moment marks a historic step forward for Indigenous communities in Delaware.
• The existing portion of code only references New Castle County, which we’re working on now.
• new cat only references newcastle county that we're working on now however we will have a working group

Bills: HB89, HB328, HB344, HB365, HB283, HB89, HB328, HB344, HB365, HB283

Keywords: home improvement, consumer protection, consumer fraud, dispute resolution, mediation, contractor registration, home repair, renovation, homeowner, building contractor, construction fraud, treble damages, attorney fees, Department of Justice, Division of Consumer Protection, Department of Labor, good faith, unfair trade practices, Delaware, regulations

Summary: The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee met in hybrid format, approved the June 10 draft minutes, and then heard a long agenda of bills. HB 89 (home improvement fraud dispute resolution) was presented as a consumer protection measure developed with DOJ to address contractor fraud, especially against vulnerable homeowners; members voiced support and asked to be added as sponsors. HB 283 updated realty transfer tax exemptions to use gender-neutral “spouses” language and add a direct grandparent-to-grandchild transfer exemption; it drew supportive public comment. HS1 for HB 390 would let DelDOT choose electronic-only bidding for projects, remove newspaper bid-opening notices, and clarify bidding records, with no opposition raised. HB 328/H.A. 2 modernizes the Register of Regulations statute, keeps newspaper distribution requirements, and delays some effective dates to 2027; it was described as a technical update. HB 365 would create the Delaware Indigenous Affairs Commission, prompting supportive testimony from Indigenous community members and some discussion about representation and internal tribal اختلافs, but no formal opposition. HB 423 would automatically enroll new state employees in the 457B deferred compensation plan unless they opt out, with exclusions for collective bargaining units and implementation tied to payroll readiness; it was presented as a retirement-savings measure. SS1 for SB 342 would modernize the Delaware Motion Picture and Television Development Commission to support a broader film/media incentive package, with support from the Delaware Arts Alliance and a request to help attract productions to Delaware. The committee also heard SB 331, a cleanup bill on garagekeeper liens for manufactured housing and related assets. The sponsor and an attorney explained it as clarifying who can recover funds and attorney’s fees in lien sales, but the Chief Magistrate and the manufactured housing association said the issue should be addressed more carefully and possibly in another section of code; they were open to further work. HB 436 would update the Smyrna charter, including school impact fees, election challenge procedures, vacancy rules, domicile standards, Board of Elections terms, and meeting schedules. HS1 for HB 376 made technical and organizational changes to the Millville charter, including a tiebreaker for municipal elections and a property tax cap, with the town solicitor saying there was little substantive change. HB 460 would require New Castle County municipalities to submit permit data monthly rather than on a much slower schedule, limited to closed permits with certificates of occupancy, to improve property assessment data; it was presented as part of broader reassessment/data-quality efforts. Public comment was heard on several items, especially HB 365 and SS1 for SB 342. Indigenous speakers supported the commission as a way to preserve heritage, improve representation, and create a formal seat at the table. The Delaware Arts Alliance supported the film commission modernization bill as part of a broader creative-economy plan. No recorded votes were taken on the individual bills in the transcript, and the meeting ended with a unanimous motion to adjourn.

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• Madam Chair and Representative, specific laws broken I can't speak to, but historically this is an— I
• this is an But historically, this is an industry that exploits the people who are most vulnerable—people
• The people we like to refer to as pre-members, non-members, are essentially unprotected from people who
• But historically, this can be a very exploitative sphere to work in.
• That's why we often refer to ourselves as the people's lobby or the government watchdog, because for

Keywords: 996, all

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• FOUNDED IN 1908 ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA WAS THE FIRST HISTORICALLY BLACK
• Albritton: READ THE REPORT. >> DEAR PRESIDENT ALBRITTON THE FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS WERE REFERRED
• MOTIONS RELATED TO COMMITTEE REFERENCE. >> NONE ON THE DESK MR. PRESIDENT. >>Pres.
• ARE COMMERCE ROADS MOVING GOODS TO PORTS AND GIVING VISITORS ACCESS TO FLORIDA'S TRAIL TOWNS AND HISTORIC
• WE HAVE A HISTORIC LANDMARK IDEA AND WE WANT TO JUST KEEP MAKING BETTER SCHOOLS. THANK YOU MR.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• old and we have this historic old and we have this historic opportunity<00:29:52.800> to<
• <01:02:10.840> Register, National Historic Register, National Historic Register, the<01:02
• > that<01:03:02.960> was Thus, the historic bridge that was Thus, the historic bridge that
• I'll just quick reference the one pager.
• It's often referred to as a crossing.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So this is the historical hydrograph for the Yakima Basin.
• And are you referring to federal... I was trying to listen, and I just missed it. Sure.
• And are you referring to federal funding or to state funding? Both, if you referenced both.
• I mean, historically, our drought insurance has been our reservoirs, but they're no longer capable of
• I mean, historically, our drought insurance has been our reservoirs, but they're no longer capable of

Summary: The committee heard first from Deputy State Climatologist Karen Bumbacco, who reviewed the weather and snowpack conditions that contributed to Washington’s 2025 drought. She said the state had a very warm and dry water year, with April through September ranking among the warmest and driest periods on record, and that three straight years of below-normal snowpack and precipitation had compounded drought impacts, especially in the Yakima Basin. She also explained that a weak La Niña could bring a wetter-than-normal winter, though temperature forecasts were less certain, and noted that long-term climate projections point to continued snowpack decline and earlier runoff timing. Department of Ecology staff Rea Burns and Caroline Melor then described the state’s drought declaration process and response. They said Washington’s statutory drought threshold is less than 75% of normal water supply plus a hardship finding, and that Ecology extended the Yakima drought declaration in April and expanded it statewide in June. They discussed reliance on federal monitoring data and staffing at NRCS, USGS, Reclamation, and NOAA, and said federal staffing and funding instability has created concerns for snowpack and water data. They also reviewed drought response funding, noting that grants have supported projects in the Yakima and Dungeness basins and that the drought emergency account still has a balance available for current needs. Burns gave a detailed update on the Yakima Basin, saying it experienced unprecedented conditions this year, including nearly empty reservoirs, curtailment orders sent to about 1,500 water users, and the first time even the most senior 1855 surface water rights were turned off. She said widespread compliance occurred, though the process exposed areas for improvement, especially coordination with federal partners. Committee members asked about the long-term basis for climate projections, the 75% drought threshold, federal impacts, drought insurance, reservoir storage, and whether the state should consider more drought funding or new storage projects. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• It's Senate Bill 497, and it is entitled: removing a reference to procurement through the Department
• <00:57:33.280> If<00:57:33.520> the have to refer to it as SPFs.
• If the have to refer to it as SPFs.
• process for that since it's a historical process for that since it's a historical location<02:09
• The whole peritting sheet might be interesting<02:21:01.280> historical interesting historical

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration. Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.

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• We answered about 6,000 reference questions last year.
• We compile and publish historical legislative statistics, including things like the data on the length
• We compile and publish historical legislative statistics, including things like the data on the length
• We learned that 81% of schools in Minnesota report having a library media center, or what I'll refer
• They also manage the AskMN statewide virtual reference service.

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• Historically, we have been one of the top few states in the Country for revenue instability.
• They've been paying more than they often have historically, but it's still a little over 4%.
• The issue is that historically, we have just severely underpaid these people.
• Because by being willing to accept less, that is exactly what we got historically.
• Given the historic... ...historical perspective, what would LFC say about why we would or wouldn't go

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• Are there motions relating to committee reference? None on the desk, Mr. President.
• Preeminence funding is something that we have historically prioritized as legislature.
• Second is that we've made historic funding in our state parks, and so we have funded three additional
• Second is that we've made recreation, recreation, we've made historic funding in our state parks.
• And so we have funded, uh, We've made historic funding in our state parks.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• to the human services and re-referred to the human services and finance<00:02:02.360> policy<
• House File 1662 is re-referred to the Human Services Committee.
• <00:25:54.559> to recommendation that it be re-referred to recommendation that it be re-referred
• <00:27:28.840> by provides a clear legal reference by provides a clear legal reference by
• Motion carries, and House File 1445 is re-referred to the General Register.

Keywords: 1183, house