Transcript Highlights:

• <03:40:19.520> the exploit that complexity to cheat the exploit that complexity to cheat the
• Because when tax cheats get away with it, everyone else pays more or they get less.
• Because when tax cheats get away with it, everyone else pays more or they get less.
• tax cheats get away with it, everyone else<03:42:25.600> pays<03:42:26.080> more<03:42
• When people cheat the tax enforcement.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is kind of the cheat sheet on the budget.
• So this is kind of the cheat sheet on the budget.
• So this is kind of the cheat sheet on the budget.
• So this is kind of the cheat sheet on the budget.
• It's giving cheat sheet on the budget.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• mentioned, hey, we thought we met the threshold back in 1979 for a convention, and Congress has been cheating
• And for some reason in their mind, Congress is cheating us out of a constitutional convention.
• And for some reason in their mind, Congress is cheating us out of a constitutional convention.
• And for some reason in their mind, Congress is cheating us out of a constitutional convention.
• And for some reason in their mind, Congress is cheating us out of a constitutional convention.

Bills: HB0108, HB0039, HB0091, HB0070

Keywords: audit, transparency, government reporting, accountability, public access, firearm rights, restoration of rights, criminal justice, felony convictions, Wyoming law, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws

Transcript Highlights:

• A bully, and yes, our president acts as one, uses power to intimidate, to harm, and to cheat.
• President acts as one, uses power to intimidate, to harm, and to cheat.
• You cheat, you rig, you kill democracy in the process.
• They know people aren't buying their lies, so they're trying to rig the rules and cheat the game.
• California is not going to sit back and let them cheat their way into power.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried. The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission. No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.

Transcript Highlights:

• All of those things hurt workers, but it also robs and cheats the UI trust fund.
• It cheats our payroll taxes. It cheats the Workforce Development Fund.
• there was a 2004 OLA audit, they couldn't put a number on how much government resources is being cheated

Transcript Highlights:

• And she's like, oh, that's because he can just look and peck, and it's like, oh, so cheat, right?
• it's<00:21:14.600> like<00:21:15.000> oh<00:21:15.799> so<00:21:16.320> cheat
• look and Peck and it's like oh so cheat look and Peck and it's like oh so cheat right<00:21:17.720

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It cheats our payroll taxes. It cheats the workforce development fund.
• <01:56:04.080> It<01:56:04.239> cheats<01:56:04.639> our cheats the UI trust
• It cheats our cheats the UI trust fund. It cheats our payroll<01:56:05.360> taxes.
• It cheats the workforce payroll taxes. It cheats the workforce development<01:56:07.639> fund.
• , being siphoned off by bad actor cheated, being siphoned off by bad actor employers<01:57:33.520>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• But I will say this, he cheated because he got the pig that he knew. He knew this family.
• But I will say this, he cheated because he got the pig that he knew. He knew this family.
• But I will say this, he cheated because he got the pig that he knew. He knew this family.
• But I will say this, he cheated because he got the pig that he knew. He knew this family.
• But I will say this, he cheated because But I will say this, he cheated because he<01:47:33.920> got

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:01:00 Approval of Minutes 00:02:31 Kentucky Farm Bureau 00:02:42 Kentucky Department of Agriculture 00:28:18 Kentucky Cattlemen's Association 01:48:13, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products. Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December. Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.

Transcript Highlights:

• begging for specific guidance on what they can do with AI and what they cannot, what's considered cheating
• You know, that big concern about AI and cheating.
• problem here is, of course, you know, we can use it unethically to bully or to create videos or to cheat
• bully or to create videos or to cheat bully or to create videos or to cheat and<00:18:20.600>
• I think the next step is going to be how do we help parents understand that they're not cheating, that

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Artificial Intelligence Task Force met and adopted the prior minutes before turning to AI in education. Jeff Gagne of the Southern Regional Education Board described SREB’s Commission on AI in Education, which has organized its work into committees on policy, K-12 instruction, postsecondary instruction, and skills development. He highlighted eight commission recommendations covering statewide AI networks, targeted guidance for different user groups, professional development, standards and curricula, local capacity assessments, risk management, procurement, and AI-ready workforce skills. He also emphasized that states need more specific guidance for students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and parents, and that training is essential because many educators have not been prepared to use AI in instruction. Gagne also summarized two recent SREB reports: one on AI-ready workforce skills and one on AI use in K-12 classrooms. The workforce report recommends embedding AI across standards, strengthening computer science and digital learning standards, collaborating with industry and workforce agencies, building AI competencies into training and upskilling, providing educator professional development, and monitoring readiness. He said the report identifies three skill areas: success skills, industry baseline skills, and technical skills. The classroom guidance report promotes responsible AI adoption, with four pillars focused on increasing cognitive demand, streamlining teaching and administrative work, supporting personalized learning, and developing ethical AI users. He also noted that the report includes an AI procurement tool for school districts. Members thanked Gagne for providing outside examples and resources. One member noted JCPS has an introductory AI professional development offering for educators. Gagne said Kentucky’s David Couch serves on the SREB commission and that the commission’s member list and reports are available on SREB’s website. The committee then heard from Travis Powell of the Council on Postsecondary Education, who said CPE had surveyed campuses and found that Kentucky institutions have broadly embraced AI in teaching, research, student services, and administrative operations. He said all institutions have AI-focused degrees, minors, or courses, and many are integrating AI into general education and across disciplines. Powell also said CPE is considering an AI consortium and that campuses are using AI in research partnerships and applied work, while continuing to focus on ethical and effective use.

Transcript Highlights:

• strengthens the department's ability to require a re-examination of insurance agents suspected of cheating
• strengthens the department's ability to require a re-examination of insurance agents suspected of cheating
• strengthens the department's ability to require a re-examination of insurance agents suspected of cheating

Summary: The Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and heard a full agenda of bills, most of which were reported favorably. Early in the meeting, SB 1000 on trust fund interest for attorney trust accounts was explained as setting a floor and ceiling tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate and passed without objection after supportive testimony from banking and credit union groups. The committee then took up CS/SB 1082 on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program; the sponsor described it as a way to move emergency out-of-network payment disputes away from costly litigation and into an independent dispute resolution process modeled on the federal No Surprises Act. A proposed amendment drew significant questions from senators and concerns from the Florida Insurance Council about confusion over state versus federal eligibility and possible effects on contracted rates, and the sponsor ultimately withdrew the amendment. The underlying bill was then supported by health care and insurance stakeholders and reported favorably. SB 684 on electronic signatures for total loss vehicles and vessels also passed, with Progressive Insurance waiving in support. The committee next approved CS/SB 158 on pet insurance, which requires continuing education for agents, clearer consumer disclosures, and annual reporting to OIR; the amendment was technical and adopted. SB 1494 on breast cancer screening coverage was presented as expanding required coverage for mammograms and supplemental screenings for certain insurance products, and it passed with support from cancer and radiology groups. CS/SB 314 on digital asset issuers was amended to create a Florida framework for payment stablecoin issuers consistent with the federal GENIUS Act, allowing state-level regulation as an alternative to federal supervision, and was reported favorably. SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, including higher small-estate thresholds and clearer authority for personal representatives, also passed after a banking-related amendment requiring letters of administration for safe deposit box access was adopted. Later, the committee approved CS/SB 618 on workers’ compensation insurance, which raises the consent-to-rate cap for workers’ comp policies from 10% to 20% and adjusts the Florida Workers’ Compensation Guarantee Association board membership; a carrier representative testified that the change would help keep more high-risk accounts in the voluntary market. CS/SB 1568 on a Florida Stable Coin Pilot Program was amended to remove authority for DFS to create a Florida coin, limit the pilot to existing stablecoins with at least $1 billion market capitalization, and require qualified public deposit handling; it then passed. CS/SB 838 on electronic payments for retail installment contracts clarified that convenience fees for electronic payments are permissible while preserving a fee-free option, and it was reported favorably after questions about consumer access to free payment methods. SB 1452, the Department of Financial Services agency bill, made a wide range of administrative changes affecting My Safe Florida Home, unclaimed property, licensing, bail bonds, and other DFS functions; a late-filed amendment on title insurer appointments was adopted, and the bill passed. The committee also approved SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, targeting condo hardening assistance to owner-occupied units meeting income and occupancy criteria, and SB 990 on protected cell captive insurance companies, which the sponsor and industry witnesses said would modernize Florida law and promote insurance competition and economic activity. The meeting ended with all bills on the agenda reported favorably and the committee adjourning without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• Misclassification fraud is fraud, and it cheats workers, and it also, and I think importantly to this
• workers, and it also, and I think cheats workers, and it also, and I think importantly<01:09:38.000>
• that um from being abused, and to ensure that fraudsters<01:10:00.480> who<01:10:00.760> cheat
• /c><01:10:01.720> um<01:10:01.920> our<01:10:02.040> taxpayers fraudsters who cheat
• um our taxpayers fraudsters who cheat um our taxpayers are<01:10:02.840> cut<01:10:03.160>

Bills: HF3643, HF4470, HF4462, HF4366, HF4172, HF3629, HF4356, HF3093

Keywords: Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman, memorial park, state park, working group, Minnesota Historical Society, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Saint Paul, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Administration, Legislative Coordinating Commission, general fund appropriation, park planning, interpretive services, public engagement, state memorial, land use, natural resources, commemorative legislation, HF4470

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:36:28.560> And<00:36:28.720> instead vote and hard to cheat.
• And instead vote and hard to cheat.
• that we've come a long way in terms of putting in place laws that make it easy to vote and hard to cheat
• <00:57:10.640> And<00:57:10.799> I it easy to vote and hard to cheat.
• And I it easy to vote and hard to cheat.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum of 35 members, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The chamber also received messages from the House that it had passed House Bills 43, 139, 297, 414, and 485 and requested concurrence. Second reading reports placed several bills in the Rules Committee, including measures on property disposition, children, school district sick leave, unemployment insurance, and status offenses, and a new resolution was introduced honoring the 10th anniversary of the 2016 session and its bullying-prevention legislation. The main floor action was on Senate Bill 39, relating to fishing in privately owned lakes and ponds. Senators debated multiple floor amendments, with several withdrawn and floor amendment 6 adopted. Supporters said the bill clarified private property rights and allowed stocking of F1 Florida bass without changing existing license requirements, while opponents and some supporters emphasized protecting the public trust, conservation funding, and the North American wildlife management model. After extended debate, the Senate passed SB 39 as amended by a vote of 29-8. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 154, relating to elections. The sponsor said it would strengthen election integrity by removing non-photo identification options, specifically Social Security cards and EBT SNAP cards, from the list of acceptable voter verification methods. Opponents argued the bill would make voting harder without evidence of fraud, citing that many Kentuckians used those IDs in the last election and that transportation and access barriers already exist. The transcript cuts off during debate on SB 154 before a final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• Police because they do exams and they're subjective, and we don't want people coming back saying I was cheated
• > I<00:02:42.879> was<00:02:43.040> I<00:02:43.280> was<00:02:43.440> cheated
• coming back saying I was I was cheated coming back saying I was I was cheated on<00:02:44.000>

Keywords: Meeting start: 00:00 Roll call: 00:24 SB 52 discussion: 01:28 SB 52 voting: 25:08, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor met with a quorum and adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 52. The sponsors, Senators Rawlings and Elkins, explained that the substitute narrowed the bill to state public agencies, exempted cities and counties, extended the basic decision deadline from 30 to 60 days, added an additional extension for safety, health, and public welfare concerns, removed an earlier jury-trial provision, and exempted Kentucky State Police exams. They said the bill is intended to require clear permit criteria, timely agency decisions, and meaningful appeal rights for permits tied to constitutionally protected activity, without eliminating existing licensing or permitting requirements. Senators supporting the bill described long agency delays and uncertainty in permitting as costly for contractors, schools, landfill projects, and energy development. Senator Elkins gave a detailed example of a landfill permit process that took years, and other members said agencies should be held to timelines or at least provide reasons for delay. Senator Boswell and Senator Clemens raised concerns that the safety/health/welfare extension could remain subjective and that hard deadlines might pressure agencies and risk public safety. Senator Thomas also said he supported the goal but was voting no because he wanted a safer middle ground. Audrey Ernsburger of the Kentucky Resources Council testified in a neutral-to-cautious position, saying the group agreed that complete applications should be reviewed in a timely and predictable way, but objected to the default-approval mechanism and some burden-shifting provisions in the original language. She warned that deadlines could begin before an application is complete, that deficiencies might not toll the clock, that automatic approval could create public-health risks in some licensing contexts, and that KRS Chapter 13B already governs administrative hearings and judicial review. She said KRC would prefer a statutory process without a hard deadline. After discussion, the committee voted 9-2 to report Senate Bill 52 favorably, as amended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, we talked a bit about cheated property on page 140.
• It is, but the cheated U portion, what we return, the property we return gets recorded there.
• U portion what we return the the cheated U portion what we return the property<03:20:27.960> we
• If we don't return after three years, we cheat, however, the owners of the property can come back at
• <03:24:46.760> however<03:24:47.680> um three years we has cheated however um three

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard from the Personnel Appeals Board, which explained that it became an independent state agency after Senate Bill 487 and was presenting its first standalone operating budget. The board described its quasi-judicial role in hearing appeals from classified state employees over disciplinary actions such as warnings, suspensions, and terminations, and said it handles about 25 to 35 cases a year, with some cases lasting longer because of their complexity. Members also outlined the need for a chair and vice chair who are attorneys, the board’s current staffing and space needs, and its plan to move away from reliance on Administrative Services for office support and website functions. The board requested about $353,500 for fiscal year 2026, including startup costs, routine operating expenses, and two new part-time positions: a program director and a paralegal. Members said the budget reflects the new independent status, includes funding for only four board members rather than the authorized five, and is designed to avoid full-time staffing costs and benefits. Legislators asked about the cost per case, the board’s relationship to DAS, whether appeals must go through the board before court, and how often cases are appealed further. The board said appeals must first go through it, that court appeals are infrequent but have increased recently, and that the board’s process is intended to resolve disputes more quickly and less expensively than court litigation. Committee members also asked about the board’s caseload, outcomes, and staffing. The board said that in the prior year there were 22 cases, with four decisions overturned in favor of employees, nine dismissals, and nine settlements, and that many disputes are resolved before reaching the board through a multi-step internal process. A member noted the governor and council had recently approved a new board member and were expected to approve a fifth soon. The discussion ended with questions about the board’s website and records access, which members said would need to be moved from Administrative Services as part of the agency’s transition. The committee then moved to the New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities. The executive director explained that the council is 100 percent federally funded under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and develops a five-year plan to address the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She said the council works with state agencies and advocacy organizations on quality-of-life issues, accessibility, voter rights training, and plain-language or easy-to-read materials, and that 60 percent of its membership must be individuals with disabilities or family members/guardians. She also described the council’s funding structure, including reimbursement to the state for operating costs, and noted that it currently has three full-time and three part-time positions, with no new positions requested but one full-time position being eliminated and replaced after a pandemic-era staffing change did not work out as planned.

Transcript Highlights:

• If somebody's going to cheat, person. If somebody's going to cheat, person.
• If somebody's going to cheat, they'll cheat. If you're going to steal, they'll cheat.
• narrative that there's so much cheating narrative that there's so much cheating in Alabama, and it really
• And I ain't never thought about somebody cheated. That ain't never about somebody cheated.
• That ain't never about somebody cheated. That ain't never come across my mind.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The last thing that I want is cheating on this. We should have some teeth in here that if...
• Somebody is cheating, that we punish them. So, with that, I ask for a yes vote. Thank you.

Bills: HB1590, HB3075, HB3548, HB3661, HB3986, HB4273, HB4346

Keywords: education funding, linked deposits, education infrastructure, charter schools, nonprofit organizations, Oklahoma Education Infrastructure Program, rounding, cash payments, public finance, Oklahoma Common Cents Act, political subdivision, youth entrepreneurship, tax exemption, small business, income tax, Oklahoma Youth Entrepreneurs Promotion and Development Act, HB3661, Oklahoma sales tax, sales tax exemption, revenue and taxation

Transcript Highlights:

• And when you have illicit operators that don't have licenses, cheat on workers' comp, cheat on wages,
• Bad actors who are willing to cheat the system today will continue to find ways to cheat the system as

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• registered but not driven on the roads, we have in our committee had a lot of conversations about cheating
• Okay, so this opens up the door for a new way of cheating. Is that what I'm saying?
• But it's the same problem we ran into yesterday: we opened the door for cheating because now people who
• know, I think that, to the senator's concern point as well, there's other ways that you can kind of cheat

Keywords: 985, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, if you're going to go after trade cheats, that makes sense to me.
• But the fact of the matter is, China cheats.
• I think that we could work together, for example, on taking on China's cheating when it comes to trade
• Countries like China—I'm not sure the politically correct way to say this—but they lie, they cheat, they

Transcript Highlights:

• in the classroom, what AI meant was how do I, as a faculty member, make sure that my student didn't cheat
• is a national phenomenon where higher ed has had to quickly adapt and turn away from a notion of cheating
• in the classroom, what AI meant was how do I, as a faculty member, make sure that my student didn't cheat
• is a national phenomenon where higher ed has had to quickly adapt and turn away from a notion of cheating
• in the classroom, what AI meant was how do I, as a faculty member, make sure that my student didn't cheat

Keywords: 910, house, all