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• you also have things like electric vehicles, data centers. generation locating on the distribution system
• you move on to slide 6, a lot of this discussion about how these large loads will connect to the system
• So this gives you four different scenarios. on how large loads could connect to the system and there's
• And a battery can be put on the system in less than two years. Okay.
• So we have four nuclear reactors on the system. There are 1,250 megawatt units.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your interest and support for our educational system in New
• WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN NEW YORK
• We have differences of opinion, but clearly what illustrates the importance of our education system?
• We have differences of opinion, but clearly what illustrates the importance of our education system?
• We have to protect the integrity of our school system and the safety and setting of it.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Education Budget Conference Joint Committee met on March 18 to begin negotiations on the state education budget. Co-chairs Senator Shelley Mayer and Assembly Member Benedetto outlined their chambers’ priorities, with the Senate emphasizing Foundation Aid changes to better support students experiencing homelessness or foster care, English language learners, a minimum 2% increase for all districts, expanded universal pre-K, and continued support for special education programs and nonpublic schools. The Assembly highlighted its one-house proposal, including a $1.4 billion increase in Foundation Aid, a higher ELL and pupil needs weighting, a new weight for students in foster care or housing instability, removal of the pupil needs cap, $600 million for New York City class size reduction, additional community schools funding, and restorations or increases for libraries, teacher resource centers, 4201 schools, My Brother’s Keeper, and educational television and radio. Members from both chambers offered opening remarks stressing education as a top budget priority and expressing confidence that a compromise could be reached. Senator Tedisco focused on school safety and bullying, arguing that parents should be notified when their children are bullied and citing the need to protect students’ ability to learn. Assembly Member Vanel emphasized education as a tool for economic mobility and called for stronger financial literacy instruction. Assembly Member Carroll supported funding for libraries and evidence-based reading programs, while Assembly Member Smith said the Foundation Aid formula remains outdated and urged more support for English language learners, special education, and community schools. Assembly Member Chludzinski stressed local control, criticized the electric school bus mandate, and called for greater support for libraries and fiscal restraint. No votes were taken. The meeting was an opening conference session, with both sides stating their intent to continue negotiations and work toward an on-time budget that reflects shared priorities for students, schools, and libraries across New York State.

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• AB 1827 addresses this issue by modernizing the small claims system.
• Importantly, this proposal maintains all existing safeguards within the small claims system.
• Tapelichari, and I'm an Italian and Spanish court-certified interpreter in the Los Angeles court system
• So thank you. hearing Californians out there that are served basically in the course system by 33 people
• that we've discovered, based on anecdotal information from other states that have implemented this system

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, House Bill 2210 modernizes Oklahoma youth apprenticeship systems by allowing students to start
• implementation, ensures paid work protections, and requires statewide oversight and an ROI reporting system
• Because my understanding is finances are going through OSU's finance system, since extension is part
• of the OSU system.
• So as a follow-up then, would that be a—if the system is set up the way it is, changing that system,

Summary: The Postsecondary Education Committee met and adopted PCS working drafts for several bills before hearing them. House Bill 2210, by Representative Lay, would modernize Oklahoma’s youth apprenticeship system by allowing earlier entry, expanding eligibility to ages 16-25, assigning implementation to CareerTech, and adding paid-work protections and statewide ROI reporting; it passed 9-0. House Bill 4363, by Pro Tem Moore, would update outdated statutory references to reflect current operations and governance; it also passed 9-0. House Bill 2398, by Representative Hill, would create a “credential of value” framework to align higher education, CareerTech, and workforce systems, with safeguards for high-need fields and regional wage considerations. Supporters said it would help students understand the earning value of programs before enrolling, while concerns were raised about possible effects on humanities and other lower-paying fields; the bill passed 8-1. House Bill 3557, by Representative Danny Williams, would clarify that 4-H and county extension fundraising money remains locally controlled and protected rather than being swept into a state-level account. Members discussed how the funds are currently handled and who would control them under the proposal; the bill passed 6-2. House Bill 3701, by Representative Caldwell, would codify the State Regents’ existing process for reviewing and potentially consolidating low-producing higher education programs, including mandatory action after repeated low-producing status while preserving exemption authority. Questions focused on whether the bill merely formalized current practice and whether reporting back to the legislature should be added; the chair offered to include a reporting requirement if desired. The bill passed 6-2, and the chair announced this was the committee’s last House bill meeting for the session.

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• verification into the DMV, it then registers back to the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
• insurance within that first 24 hours or 12 hours and that insurance has not been uploaded to that system
• So if your insurance is older than that, it's going to be in the system that the representative just
• So it'll drop in that system. When you go to tag a vehicle, they run it through the database.
• our sirens that are older are not encrypted, and some nefarious people are able to hack into those systems

Summary: The Public Safety Committee met and heard several House bills, most of them receiving due pass recommendations. Representative Banning presented HB 2979, which would allow the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to reduce speed limits on four-lane highways near school zones when the center line is within 150 yards of a school zone; it passed unanimously. He also presented HB 2980, which lets DMV staff accept a physical insurance card during a short window after coverage is purchased instead of waiting for emailed/faxed verification, while still checking the insurance database; it passed 7-0 after questions about fraud prevention and the role of DMV discretion. Representative Dempsey presented HB 3662, reducing the enforcement radius around fixed weigh stations from seven highway miles to five, arguing it would keep enforcement focused on the scales and not rural roads; it passed 5-2. Representative Ford’s HB 4105 was laid over, while HB 4107 passed unanimously and would make it a crime to hack outdoor warning sirens or their PA systems. Representative Kelly’s HB 382 passed unanimously to bar firefighters on the sex offender registry from employment, and HB 383 passed unanimously to make county burn bans easier to declare using National Weather Service red flag warnings. Representative Kerr’s HB 2997 passed to adjust fines for used motor vehicle dealers and increase FTEs in self-regulated divisions. Representative Kelly also presented HB 355, requiring CLEET directors to be CLEET-certified officers; it passed unanimously after discussion about director pay. Finally, HB 2159, a DOC request bill to add omitted prisons back into a prior transportation-related statute, also passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned after completing its business.

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• Narrowing this so that we could maybe possibly afford it within our system.
• I think the retirement system is like 68% funded now.
• Has there been any study to see if that will increase or decrease the amount of funding in the system
• Well, the member contribution is part of how the system is set up.
• Retired employees and educators help us with those retirement systems. I know...

Bills: SB45 , SB73 , SB169 , HB243 , SB177

Committee: House Fiscal Responsibility

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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• And in 2024, they were charged $219,000 for their portion of the development of a new licensing system
• , which brought all 48 boards into one licensing system.
• With the new mobile systems that you're proposing, is that going to increase inspection costs and cost
• So in that fiscal year, that was when they absorbed the cost for the Oasis licensing system.
• So in that fiscal year, that was when they absorbed the cost for the Oasis licensing system.

Committee: House Business

Keywords: 989, all

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• establish a priority of how the payments that are received are distributed so that we can configure our system
• will require ignition interlock companies to provide proof of installation of ignition interlock systems
• prosecuting authorities whenever a person is prevented from starting a vehicle by an ignition interlock system
• ignition interlock devices or notifications to prosecuting authorities when an ignition interlock system
• When an ignition interlock system prevents the starting of a vehicle.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Rules Committee approved the minutes from its January 26, 2026, and February 4, 2026, meetings without objection. The committee then heard four RS requests from members of the Administrative Office of the Courts and senators, with no public testimony taken. Jason Spillman presented RS 33146, a court-initiated cleanup bill to remove an outdated reference to a no-longer-existing court rule in the mediation statute, and RS 33147, which would establish a statutory priority order for distributing partial payments in Juvenile Corrections Act cases. Both measures were described as ways to clarify court procedures and align payment handling with legislative direction. The committee moved both RSs to print. Senator Ben Taves presented RS 33394, a transparency proposal requiring labeling for products sold in Idaho that used fetal tissue in research or production. Senator Ricks said he would support printing it, and Senator Wintrow noted she expected debate on the benefits of biomedical research if the bill advanced. The committee voted to print the RS, with Senator Wintrow recorded as voting nay. Senator Dan Foreman presented RS 33405, which would require ignition interlock companies to notify the Idaho Transportation Department when a device is installed and prosecutors when a vehicle is prevented from starting, in order to improve accountability and track DUI-related court requirements. The committee moved the RS to print, and then adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• It's a double and abuse the system.
• </c><01:21:58.000><c> Encouraging</c><01:21:58.560><c> this</c> national forest system.
• Encouraging this national forest system.
• Now the gentle healthy banking system.
• Now, this is risk management systems.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c><02:28:06.560><c> Taken</c> trying to exploit the system. Taken trying to exploit the system.
• </c> prison camp system across our nation. prison camp system across our nation.
• And so the system was overwhelmed.
• And so the system was overwhelmed.
• And so the system was overwhelmed.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Um, retirement system—we had questions, I said, about the retirement system.
• we had questions I said about the system we had questions I said about the retirement system<00:45:45.960
• </c> hours to be in the retirement system hours to be in the retirement system she's<01:05:13.359><c>
• Please introduce yourself.” the university Sy system and uh the the university Sy system and uh the virtual
• Lauren Banker with the University System of New Hampshire.”

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee work session focused primarily on House Bill 115 and a proposed amendment, 114H, which would carry over language from HB 2 into HB 115 and place limits on Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs). Representative Murray described the amendment as a way to keep the 350% federal poverty eligibility cap, require students to have attended a charter public school in grades K-12 for the preceding year before entering the voucher system, and add guardrails against universal eligibility. She argued the state was facing a severe budget crisis, that expanding EFAs would divert money from other programs, and that public testimony and local votes showed widespread opposition to expansion. She also cited a letter from former Finance chair Neil Kirk opposing expansion. Other members responded that the committee should not revisit policy already decided by the House, though some said the amendment was fair to discuss because of its fiscal implications and supported it on that basis. The discussion then broadened into a debate over the fiscal impact of universal vouchers and the reliability of enrollment and cost estimates. Representative Luno argued that prior EFA projections had relied on assumptions that could badly underestimate state exposure, pointing to Arizona as a cautionary example and saying New Hampshire should not expand the program without better analysis. Representative Papovich similarly warned that universal eligibility could create a large, unexpected cost, estimating a potential exposure of about $285 million based on school-age children not currently in public, charter, or EFA programs. In contrast, Representative Weyler said EFAs can save money because public school spending is already high and parents using EFAs still pay taxes and take on more responsibility for their children’s education. After discussion, Representative Murray moved to accept the amendment, and Representative Bean seconded it. There was some procedural clarification about voting on the original bill and the amendment. The transcript ends before a final recorded vote on the amendment or on HB 115 itself, though the committee had also been told it would likely reconsider several retained bills later in the week, including HB 129, HB 133, HB 671, and HB 781.

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• </c> and good court systems. and good court systems.
• </c> customer relationship management system customer relationship management system which<02:43:50.399
• The user-pay system could collapse.
• The user pay system could financial.
• ,</c><02:56:46.640><c> we</c> dollars, and if we lose this system, we dollars, and if we lose this system

Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Without that, we will need to system.
• </c><00:53:47.280><c> uh</c> geographic information systems uh geographic information systems uh agency
• Our Voyager Country ATV trail system.
• ><c> across</c><01:14:07.760><c> northern</c> our trail system spans across northern our trail system
• </c> expansive system of dams. expansive system of dams.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> within that one insurer system. within that one insurer system.
• </c> negotiations, but the current system negotiations, but the current system shows<02:20:22.399><c>
• I mean my understanding is if our system I mean my understanding is if our system is<02:34:00.880><c>
• </c> work through the system. work through the system.
• ><c> are</c> the camera and security systems that are the camera and security systems that are often<

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And if it's complicate the whole system.
• </c> secure modern recordkeeping systems. secure modern recordkeeping systems.
• It is a systemic clerical issue.
• They are central to justice system.
• 19.600><c> with</c><01:48:19.679><c> a</c> Hampshire runs their system with a Hampshire runs their system

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee approved the October 15, 2025 minutes and then held a broader discussion on current challenges with data retention and government transparency. Judy Randall of the Office of the Legislative Auditor said historical data is essential for post-audits, which often look back three to five years, and that retention decisions must balance audit needs with the burden of separating public and nonpublic data. She described the records-retention panel process as informal and largely based on individual judgment, noting she had objected to a proposed 60-day email retention period and generally uses a three-year guideline, though she said that standard is not grounded in a formal rule. Members discussed whether auditing standards should set retention periods, with Randall saying auditing is a good starting point but other offices, including the attorney general, also have needs, and that some agency discretion is unavoidable because of the gray area between official records and non-records. Representative Elkins raised the related principle of data minimization, arguing that government should not keep data longer than needed and citing a University of Minnesota legacy data warehouse breach as an example of the risks of retaining unnecessary sensitive information. Randall agreed that data no longer needed is a liability and said her office purges workpapers after five years. Representative Scott pressed whether three years is enough for fraud investigations and financial records; Randall responded that a reasonableness standard is needed and that longer retention can produce diminishing returns, though she said she would follow up on whether financial records should be treated differently. Tanya Tacker of the Rum River Special Education Cooperative testified in support of updating Minnesota’s data-retention laws for schools. She said districts want to protect student information and maintain transparency, but the current general retention schedule dates to 1985 and 2000 and does not reflect digital records, modern systems, or the volume of special education data. She urged modernizing the schedule, clarifying what must be kept in paper versus digitized form, aligning state rules with IDEA and other federal requirements, and providing practical guidance and tools. Members praised the specificity of her recommendations. Dr. BB Newman testified that retention failures in St. Anthony Village have made it difficult to obtain routine municipal and police data, with records delayed, missing, or inconsistently produced and no clear explanation of what systems were searched or whether records were destroyed. Newman argued these gaps undermine statutory access rights and force residents into costly litigation, and recommended stronger retention auditing, documentation of destruction, mandatory disclosure of systems searched, and consequences for noncompliance. In response to questions, Senate counsel said there is generally no direct penalty, but affected parties may seek mandamus, Data Practices Act claims, or informal mediation/opinions from the Data Practices Office. The discussion closed with calls for clearer standards and possible legislative updates to improve compliance and transparency.

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• We've talked about how all the systems are in general.
• We've talked about how all the systems are in general.
• </c><01:28:07.040><c> and</c> session for modernizing our systems and session for modernizing our systems
• c><01:46:05.239><c> we</c><01:46:05.360><c> should</c><01:46:05.520><c> be</c> system is the system that
• we should be system is the system that we should be using<01:46:06.080><c> to</c><01:46:06.679><c> fund

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> specifies that contracts for the system specifies that contracts for the system are<00:21:21.760
• </c> student athletes across our system student athletes across our system primarily<00:52:35.280><c>
• </c> have fraud within uh the minstate system have fraud within uh the minstate system and<00:59:26.160
• verification system to combat enrollment<01:42:49.840><c> fraud.
• </c><01:45:57.199><c> and</c> and configure a system such as this. and and configure a system such as

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.

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• </c> into the pension system. into the pension system.
• And I system is not built for this.
• </c> system live. system live.
• I would also like public safety system.
• We are simply asking for a system toll.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:15:23.120><c> technology</c><00:15:23.600><c> or</c> system technology or system technology or ISRS
• Line 209<00:20:02.960><c> is</c><00:20:03.120><c> a</c><00:20:03.280><c> system</c> 209 is a system 209
• I know system that they were placed in.
• </c><01:02:10.799><c> risks</c> And without this, our system risks And without this, our system risks
• I the very system I once struggled in.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration. Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program. The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.

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• This is for traditional healing through the Medicaid services system.
• As part of the ITU system, or the Indian health tribal and urban, or the ITU system of the Indian Health
• Uh we uh I as part of the ITU system or Uh we uh I as part of the ITU system or the<00:03:16.640><c>
• <01:04:44.160><c> is</c> perfect system, when there is perfect system, when there is competition<01:04
• ,</c> state departments, health systems, state departments, health systems, health<01:36:33.360><c> plans

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house