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• rent, mortgage, or other housing costs, with the bridge subsidy making up the difference.
• rent, mortgage, or other housing costs with the bridge subsidy making up the difference.
• This bill will help to expand the pilot older adult bridge subsidy program statewide.
• This bill will help to expand the pilot older adult bridge subsidy program statewide.
• Schachter, said that the wait for getting in once you apply for subsidy or an apartment...

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several aging-related bills, with most speakers focusing on housing stability, home-based services, and care transitions. Representative Badger and a commissioner testified in support of H4039, which would create a universal breakfast and lunch program at senior centers funded through a new Senior Breakfast and Lunch Fund, arguing it would reduce food insecurity and social isolation among older adults. Representative Lipper-Garabedian and multiple providers then supported H780/S495, the hospital-to-home partnership program, describing how embedded aging-services liaisons help older patients transition safely from hospitals to home, reduce readmissions, and avoid nursing facility placement; witnesses from Mystic Valley Elder Services and Mass Aging Access cited pilot results, including hundreds of patients served and examples of substantial cost savings and successful discharge planning. The committee also took testimony on S478, which would require continuing care retirement communities to disclose entrance-fee refund policies more clearly at enrollment. Senator Lovely and LeadingAge Massachusetts said the bill would improve transparency for residents and families, while a consumer witness said her family experienced delays and confusion in getting a refund after her mother left a CCRC. Members noted the issue is also being examined by a special commission on CCRCs. A large portion of the hearing focused on S475, a statewide bridge subsidy program for older adults facing housing instability. Advocates from the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, Western Massachusetts, Somerville, Northampton, East Hampton, Old Colony Elder Services, and Somerville’s Office of Housing Stability described rising senior homelessness, long waitlists for subsidized housing, and cases where short-term rental assistance kept older adults housed while they waited for permanent housing. Somerville witnesses said the pilot program helped nine households remain housed and that some participants have since moved into permanent housing. Members asked about wait times, program design, and how to prioritize applicants; witnesses emphasized flexibility, emergency risk, and the need for a statewide expansion. The hearing also included testimony on S465, an ALS bill that would expand home care access regardless of age and bar the use of quality-adjusted life-year metrics in coverage decisions, with the sponsor and ALS Association arguing the measure would reduce discriminatory treatment and better center patient care. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• That cross-subsidy aid before 2019 used to only be 7%.
• That cross-subsidy aid before 2019 used to only be 7%.
• That cross-subsidy aid before 2019 used to only be 7%.
• </c><00:07:04.800><c> aid</c> public schools have cross subsidy aid public schools have cross subsidy
• That cross subsidy that they dip into.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we've developed a master site plan featuring Taos Pueblo heritage buildings, a hotel, event center
• Um, we had a big wind event back in December of 21 that created a lot of uh windfall and damage to our
• You can see remnants of that event which happened a lot on tribal land that's within the wilderness.
• as we need to be able to create microgrids around the area so we can Address, uh, extreme weather events
• Anyone here who's been through an extreme event, a wildfire, when it's a wildfire and you're trying to

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• they're working, a lot of reasons for having virtual education, but also because it's providing a subsidy
• Santa Fe, you have very small schools, even in a city sometimes, that were receiving a small school subsidy
• small school size... ...but you had an urban school sometimes generating those small school size subsidies
• think it's possible to look through that if you all decide that you want to continue to provide subsidies
• information that has been given to PED about the training hours, but there is no current or set sequence of events

Bills: SB23 , SB73 , SB210 , SB234 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

Transcript Highlights:

• Subsidies for individuals on the private health care exchanges were designed to lower the out-of-pocket
• During the pandemic, those subsidies were greatly enhanced, and they were enhanced for individuals at
• What the federal government did was they expanded those subsidies for people over that amount, and that
• an appropriation to cover individuals above 400% of the federal poverty level to get health care subsidies
• Events coming up in the next several months. Thank you.

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• We also previously included the enhanced federal subsidies in our estimates, which increased the amount
• in our estimates which in subsidies in our estimates which in increased<00:09:23.760><c> the</c><00:
• </c> those enhanced subsidies those enhanced subsidies so<00:35:28.800><c> Deputy</c><00:35:29.160><c
• </c> same time as the federal arpa subsidies same time as the federal arpa subsidies if<00:48:10.880>
• fund, in addition to the budgetary impact of this direct subsidy to insurance companies.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In this slide, just showing how many projects have subsidies.
• And in this slide, just showing how many projects have subsidies.
• And then, not depicted on here, there are some that do get a combination of subsidies in 2026.
• So FEMA declared it inadequate in an ice jam event. So that's how the process started there.
• It does get complicated because there are ice jams and high-water events.

Committee: Joint Water Topics Overview Committee

Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met to review several interim studies and receive updates from the Department of Water Resources. The committee approved the March 26, 2026 minutes, observed a moment of silence for the late Representative Conmy, and welcomed Representative Hansen to the committee. Staff then reported that the watershed management study and the stormwater/wastewater study had both satisfied the presentation requirements in their study directives, with no further required testimony unless members wanted additional information. The department’s main presentation focused on major water projects and agency operations. Reese Haas and staff updated members on the NAWS project, the Southwest Pipeline Project, Devils Lake outlet operations, low-head dam safety work, floodplain management repository implementation, data center water use, and the 2027 Water Development Plan. Members asked detailed questions about NAWS funding sources, remaining project costs, capacity concerns for All Seasons and other users, and whether current construction is being designed for future demand. The department said NAWS remains on track for substantial completion by October, that remaining NAWS funding will come from a mix of federal, state, and local sources, and that current construction is designed for ultimate capacity while some future components will be adjusted for increased demand. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to the department’s cash management, Resources Trust Fund revenues, carryover balances, and the State Water Commission’s cost-share program. The department reported $340.6 million in carryover remaining, explained that much of it is already obligated to long-term projects, and noted that oil price forecasts and stripper-well exemptions will affect future revenues. Members raised concerns about large carryovers, affordability for local sponsors, and whether the state should continue obligating money multiple bienniums ahead. The department said it is working with the commission on a revised prioritization framework, including high/moderate/low project categories and a two-tier pre-construction/construction approach, to better manage obligations and affordability. The committee also reviewed Deloitte’s finalized studies on regional governance/finance and cost-share policy. Deloitte presented options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River governance, with stakeholders generally favoring keeping NAWS largely as is, using the current Southwest model with improvements, and pursuing a more structured governance option for Red River. On cost share, the department said Deloitte’s recommended package would cover projected needs through the 2030s, but would require policy changes such as lower percentages for some project types, a 25% replacement-project rate with a cap, and possible bonding or delayed reimbursement strategies. No votes were taken on these policy questions, and the chair indicated the committee would continue the discussion at future basin meetings and the September Water Topics meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, in this body, a number of you have gone on record saying it's horrible that those subsidies are
• being eliminated. ...record saying it's horrible that those subsidies are being eliminated.
• We can take $2.5 billion in our budget and create a state premium subsidy.
• Less than 20% of the subsidy—provide that to citizens, working families who are struggling.
• , eliminating those subsidies at a cost of billions of dollars to California taxpayers.

Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, and then completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge. Members observed a moment of silence for the fatal B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base in Assemblymember Lackey’s district. The body then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of numerous Senate bills to different committees, suspending rules for committee notices, and taking up the budget bill, AB 109, without reference to file for concurrence in Senate amendments. Debate on AB 109, the 2026 budget act, centered on competing views of the state’s fiscal condition and policy priorities. Supporters said the budget balances the current and next year’s budget, reduces the structural deficit, builds reserves, protects health care, schools, housing, food assistance, and other safety-net programs, and responds to federal cuts under H.R. 1. Opponents argued the budget increases taxes and costs, shortchanges schools, underfunds Proposition 36, relies on gimmicks, and does not adequately address public safety, cost of living, or long-term sustainability. Several members also highlighted specific provisions such as hospital support, Medi-Cal and IHSS protections, child care, immigrant legal services, prison closure, and funding for courts and victim services. A motion by Assemblymember DeMaio to return AB 109 to the Senate failed on a roll call vote, 13 ayes to 45 noes. The Assembly then voted on concurrence in the Senate amendments to AB 109; the measure passed, and the Senate amendments were concurred in without objection, with immediate transmittal to the Governor. Afterward, the Assembly moved to the daily file and took up SCR 89, a resolution affirming diversity, equity, and inclusion. Supporters from several caucuses framed DEI as a core California value and a response to federal attacks, while opponents criticized DEI as divisive. The transcript ends during debate on SCR 89, before any final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• You've gone on record saying it's horrible that those subsidies are being eliminated.
• We can take $2.5 billion in our budget and create a state premium subsidy.
• Less than 20% of the subsidy—provide that to citizens, working families who are struggling.
• , eliminated those subsidies at a cost of billions of dollars to California taxpayers.
• And what our colleagues suggested that we should do is create our own state subsidy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• If you you have a catastrophic event and you have not taken care of my mother, I'm probably going to
• It does not matter in those catastrophic events.
• Senate Bill 1368 is attempting to regulate heating and cooling requirements in the event of a loss of
• get a subsidy from the state, and you could tier that.
• It wasn't supposed to be, you know, a major event.

Bills: SB397 , SB481 , SB596 , SB760 , SB855 , SB1195 , SB1196 , SB1233 , SB1257 , SB1318 , SB1368 , SB1388 , SB1398 , SB1524 , SB1558 , SB1589 , SB1677 , SB1792 , SB2034

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: SB 397, telemedicine, telehealth, teledentistry, remote care, virtual care, consent documentation, patient consent, data collection, data sharing, audio-only telehealth, in-person examination, irreversible medical procedure, health professional regulation, Occupations Code, Texas Health and Human Services, medical records, provider compliance, data privacy, consumer rights

Transcript Highlights:

• Apparently, Elon Musk, a newly minted oligarch with $20 billion in government contracts and subsidies
• I'll yield back. government contracts and government contracts and subsidies<00:08:58.519><c> never</
• never heard this warning war subsidies never heard this warning war must<00:09:00.360><c> decision</
• But any event they want us to pass again something that's already against the law.
• they want us to pass again event they want us to pass again something<00:32:26.559><c> that's</c><00

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• going to do today is I'm going to give you, and some of you that have been around in some of the events
• budget: Each fiscal year, the Regional Housing Authorities are required to provide Section 8 voucher subsidy
• not be able to be completed, and then we also make sure it's not oversubsidized and has too much subsidy

Committee: House Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

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• because the GLO is here because of your funding and your help we were able to respond and contain these events
• We receive federal subsidies for anyone, including students who are. paying the full rate price.
• What I would say to answer your question is, there are federal subsidies to meet most of the needs other

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> mentioned uh you know uh subsidies mentioned uh you know uh subsidies rebates<00:43:28.240><c> and
• It cannot provide for that subsidy.
• Uh I I I don't provide that subsidy.
• It got well, that dependent subsidy.
• It cannot provide for that subsidy.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:35 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:55 Approval of Minutes: 00:02:56 Deferred Compensation Authority Update: 00:03:12 Retiree Health Update - TRS: 00:15:58 Retiree Health Update - KPPA: 00:56:13 Adjournment: 01:08:10, 958, all

Summary: The Public Pension Oversight Board met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and heard updates from the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority and the Teachers Retirement System. The deferred compensation update highlighted continued growth in assets to about $4.787 billion and roughly 88,000 participants, strong retention from auto-enrollment, a marketing campaign tied to pay raises that generated additional participation, and a new self-directed brokerage account expected to launch July 1 of the coming year for participants with at least a $40,000 balance, allowing up to 25% of their account to be moved into the brokerage window. The director also described the free financial planning service, which has been used by about 3,500 participants with a high return rate, and said the plan is currently in a fee holiday; if fees are charged, they are capped at $237 per year for most participants. Members asked questions about who provides the CFP service, the fee structure, and the brokerage eligibility threshold. The director said the CFP service is provided through the authority’s service bundle with Nationwide, not as a separate paid service, and explained that the fee cap and current fee holiday are intended to keep the program low-cost. Board members praised the deferred compensation program’s performance and asked for a copy of the legislation referenced in the presentation. TRS then presented on retired teachers’ health insurance. Barnes first clarified how declining federal contributions for federally funded school positions affect the retirement annuity trust, explaining that if those federal dollars fall, the amounts would need to be covered through the SEEK formula and that the projection for those contributions is about $80 million over the next three years. He then reviewed TRS retiree health coverage, distinguishing between KEHP for retirees under 65 or not Medicare-eligible and MEHP for Medicare-eligible retirees, and explained that TRS recently completed RFPs for both prescription drug and medical coverage. TRS will keep Express Scripts for prescription drugs, but will move the Medicare Advantage medical plan from UnitedHealthcare to Humana on January 1, 2026, while keeping the plan design, provider access, and out-of-pocket structure largely unchanged, with a new hearing-aid benefit of $500 per ear. Barnes also reported the 2026 premium and contribution changes: the maximum TRS contribution toward KEHP will rise to $1,144.96 from $930.76, an 18% increase that he said will require roughly $15 million to $16 million more in the state budget, while the MEHP premium will drop to $200 per month from $210. He said the TRS board has statutory authority to set these amounts and that the changes will have mixed actuarial effects, with the KEHP increase being negative overall and the MEHP decrease positive.

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• It also allows issuing event permits in a content-neutral manner and providing public safety services
• So am I understanding correctly that services or events that are open to everyone are not within the
• Advisory committees advise; they wouldn't do events and parades. Representative Robinson.
• dollars, for these events.
• pride events or civil rights parades during Black History Month.

Committee: House Commerce Committee

Summary: The committee first heard CS/HB 1263 on insurance regulation. The sponsor said the bill would strengthen the Office of Insurance Regulation’s tools to oversee property and auto insurance markets, including market conduct and solvency exams, mitigation discounts, storage of mitigation inspection forms, and clearer oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. An amendment narrowing fingerprinting requirements was adopted, and the bill passed favorably after supportive testimony from OIR and others. Members then considered CS/HB 527, which would require a qualified human review before an insurance claim can be denied or reduced when artificial intelligence is used in the process. After an amendment removing the word “algorithm” was adopted, insurers and trade groups testified in opposition, arguing current law already covers claims handling and that the bill could create duplicative work and slow innovation. Supporters, including a consumer and labor representative, said human judgment is needed to protect claimants. The bill passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/HB 637 on farm equipment “lemon law” rights, with an amendment clarifying consumer definitions, refund rights, repair-period extensions, and a July 1, 2026 effective date. CS/HB 107 on data centers also passed after an amendment narrowing the five-mile siting restriction to data centers over 50 megawatts and adding noise-study requirements; business groups supported a framework but opposed the NDA ban and siting limits, while several members raised competitiveness and local-impact concerns. Later, the committee passed CS/HB 1291 on NICA funding and solvency, CS/HB 185 on a sales tax exemption for home-hardening products, CS/HB 425 on historic African-American cemetery preservation, CS/CS/CS/HB 1177 on Space Florida and spaceport operations, CS/CS/CS/HB 657 on community associations and HOA/condo reforms, and CS/CS/HB 1221, the DFS package. The final major item discussed was CS/HB 1001 on local government DEI restrictions, which drew extensive questioning about definitions, exceptions, cultural and religious observances, advisory councils, and contracting rules; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s final disposition.

Transcript Highlights:

• One would be to increase an existing subsidy for diaper affordability in the CalWORKs program.
• in effect, and the anticipated subsidy levels going forward.
• Enhanced federal Affordable Care Act market subsidies have made Covered California affordable.
• These enhanced federal subsidies have made Covered California affordable.
• Prior to these federal subsidies, California ran its own premium subsidy program.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's a subsidy, it says, and for students it's reimbursement.
• So how's the subsidy amount determined?
• I know you're not changing that, but I don't know what, how much is the subsidy or whatever.
• It's a subsidy, it says, and for students it's reimbursement.
• So how's the subsidy amount determined?

Committee: House S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Summary: The Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education met briefly and considered only House Bill 1061, laid out by Representative Bojani. The bill would expand reimbursement for career and technology education (CTE) certification exam costs for students, teachers, and school districts. For students, it removes the current limit of one reimbursement so they can be reimbursed for multiple certification exams if they pass. For teachers, it broadens reimbursement beyond cybersecurity certifications to all CTE-related certifications. It also allows school districts that pay exam-related costs, including application or processing fees, to seek reimbursement from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) through an application process. During questions, members clarified that reimbursement would not be available if an individual failed the certification exam. Representative Schoolcraft asked about how the subsidy amount is determined and how the program is funded; the bill author said the amount is unchanged from current law and said he would follow up on funding details. No one testified for or against the bill. Representative Bojani closed on the bill, and the subcommittee left HB 1061 pending without objection. With no further business, the meeting adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The public subsidy program, um, we administered the public subsidy program in 2024.
• The public subsidy program, um, we administered the public subsidy program in 2024.
• Ninety-three percent of candidates signed the public subsidy agreement.
• Also part of the public subsidy program is the political contribution refund program.
• Ninety-three percent of candidates signed the public subsidy agreement.

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is basically Obamacare subsidies, health care spending for those who are here undocumented—illegal
• Most of this turns out, we believe, to be Obamacare subsidies.
• you will hear member after subsidies you will hear member after member<04:44:56.560><c> after</c><04
• </c> microphones stopping healthare subsidies microphones stopping healthare subsidies for<04:45:28.360
• These have, in many cases, become truly catastrophic, community-destroying events, and we've seen it

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Some world events in the past few years have accelerated the desire for more compute capacity in data
• My predecessor in this role, Tom Erickson, along with our Energized North Dakota events and our board
• If you're doing the tour tomorrow related to the Energized North Dakota event, we'll visit the Madex
• Related to the Energized North Dakota event, we'll visit the Madex building on that tour, as well as
• So I encourage you to stick around after the Energized event if you can for that tour.

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Summary: The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support. The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ. The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.