Transcript Highlights:

• The next one, Highway Patrol motor carrier electronic permit.
• They are putting in a newer version of the current e-permit system that they have right now.
• I'd just remind you that that good idea started in House Appropriations. Corey, did you have...?
• So as I've got on the slide here, House Bill 1314 passed during the 67th Assembly in 2021, established
• These newer systems, they have the ability to do a lot more of that type of work in-house without the

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Summary: The committee received a series of informational reports from NDIT and DPI on major IT projects, cybersecurity, and the K-12 student information system transition. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major project portfolio, noting 111 projects totaling about $542.8 million, generally under budget and slightly behind schedule overall. He highlighted three schedule-red projects: Bed Management System and Vital Records, both now complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project, which is delayed due to vendor bug fixes after user testing. He also summarized new project startups, including the Attorney General’s Victim Notification System, HHS Medicaid correctional facilities data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier e-permit system, and additional RIMS work, and answered questions about project timing, funding, and whether work had begun on legislatively funded IT projects. Chris Gurgan, NDIT’s chief information security officer, reported on mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting under HB 1314. He said 77 incidents have been reported since August 2021, with 47 meeting the statutory definition of a cybersecurity incident; phishing remains the most common type, followed by email quarantine alerts, XDR detections, and malware. He emphasized that most incidents are resolved, but that timely reporting is critical for any chance of recovering funds in business email compromise or ransomware cases. He also described several notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool breach, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise at a K-12 district, and a recent ransomware report involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about smishing, MFA, conditional access, security awareness training, and recovery of lost funds; Gurgan said state systems use phishing-resistant MFA and conditional access, training is provided to state employees and offered to political subdivisions on an opt-in basis, and broader cybersecurity maturity assessments are underway. Craig Falkley gave brief reports on coordination with political subdivisions and higher education, including shared networking, cybersecurity, radio/911, PeopleSoft, and co-location services. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for decentralized, secure data sharing, but said the state has limited use for it and would likely frame future reporting more broadly around emerging technologies. The committee then heard from Tony Ambrose of DPI on the statewide Infinite Campus implementation. He said district implementations are underway, but the project had to terminate its original data migration vendor for poor performance and replace it with Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with a similar North Carolina migration. He also said DPI is moving special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, is still working through how to preserve e-transcripts and Choice Ready-type functionality after the PowerSchool transition, and is developing identity, authentication, and data-sharing arrangements for the summer cutover. Members raised concerns about procurement timing, summer school disruption, and whether some functions would be ready by July 1.

Transcript Highlights:

• He was a member of the majority party in the House, and the House majority is entitled to And the House
• We, Leader LaFour and myself and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation.
• Leader LaFour, myself, and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation that Representative
• The measure would permit laws to be enacted to facilitate, safeguard, expand, or implement the section
• As you all are aware, this started in 2021 when the Legislative Assembly passed House Bill 1504.

Summary: The Legislative Management Committee met to address the fiscal impact of Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 3, which would require public schools, public school districts, and public charter schools to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to students and allow reimbursement from the state, with implementation beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The committee first filled a vacancy created by Representative Jared Hagert’s resignation by appointing Representative Berg to the committee. Legislative Council and DPI staff explained the measure’s requirements, including federal reimbursement participation, possible use of the legacy earnings fund if other funding is unavailable, and the authority of the Legislature and superintendent of public instruction to clarify implementation details. Linnell Johnson of DPI testified that the estimated fiscal impact for the 2027-2029 biennium is between $124 million and $134 million, based on participation assumptions, federal reimbursement rates, and the extent to which schools continue to collect applications or use community eligibility/provision 2 options. She also noted a likely additional administrative cost of about $300,000 for DPI to operate the program. Members asked about school participation, Title I implications, special diets, staffing, and whether the measure could reduce federal reimbursements if families stop applying. Johnson said the estimate is uncertain and could be higher if applications decline, but that schools would still have incentives to participate in federal programs because of reimbursement and other funding ties. After discussion, the committee adopted a motion to report a fiscal impact range of $124,300,000 to $134,300,000 per biennium to the Secretary of State. The committee then received an informational update from Legislative Council attorney Dustin Richard on the ongoing redistricting litigation. He explained that the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Eighth Circuit’s ruling and sent the case back for reconsideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais, while the district court-imposed map remains in effect for now. No action was taken on that update, and the meeting adjourned after members noted minutes from the prior meeting were not yet available for approval.

Transcript Highlights:

• He was a member of the majority party in the House, and the House majority is entitled to And the House
• We, Leader Lefor and myself and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation.
• Leader Lefor, myself, and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation that Representative
• The measure would permit laws to be enacted to facilitate, safeguard, expand, or implement the section
• Johnson, I know you've appeared before the both House and Senate education committees.

Committee: Joint Legislative Management

Summary: The Legislative Management Committee met to fill a vacancy created by Representative Jared Hagert’s resignation, and the House majority recommended Representative Berg to replace him on the committee. The motion to appoint Berg was approved unanimously. The committee then took up its assigned task of estimating the fiscal impact of Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 3, the school meals measure, which would require public schools, and optionally nonpublic and tribal schools, to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to students and reimburse schools through state funds after federal reimbursements are maximized. Legislative Council’s Liz Fordall summarized the measure’s requirements and answered questions about implementation, including the 2027-28 start date, the measure’s interaction with the Legacy Earnings Fund, and the fact that the Legislature would still control the funding source. DPI’s Linnell Johnson then testified at length on current school meal programs, direct certification, CEP and Provision 2 participation, and likely behavioral changes if the measure passed. She estimated the biennial fiscal impact at $124 million to $134 million, with an additional roughly $300,000 in administrative costs, and explained that the estimate assumed higher participation and some schools shifting to CEP/Provision 2 to preserve federal reimbursements. She also noted that if no new applications were filed in non-CEP schools, the cost could be substantially higher. After discussion, Senator Sorvaag moved to report a fiscal impact range of $124,300,000 to $134,300,000 per biennium to the Secretary of State, and the motion carried. The committee also received an informational update from Legislative Council attorney Dustin Richard on the ongoing redistricting litigation, explaining that the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Eighth Circuit’s prior ruling and remanded the case for further consideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais, leaving the court-imposed map in effect for now. No action was required on that item, and the meeting adjourned after a brief note that the prior minutes would be brought back at a later meeting.

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• House Bill 4043 is the sunset of the Citrus County Hospital Board, a local bill that was approved at
• Both live in South Florida; families live in cars, they have temporary housing.
• So when it came to how much you pay for your housing, all we would require is something other than a
• Unstable housing. More paperwork does not strengthen families; it increases hunger.
• For these reasons, we cannot support House Bill 693. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Hart.

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• Motto for appointment to the California Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors.
• get much-needed housing built for California families.
• for people's housing.
• From being unhoused to being housed at the highest level.
• But we were moving in the house. The garage was full of stuff.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through confirmations and floor legislation. Three California Housing Finance Agency and State Mining and Geology Board appointments were confirmed unanimously. The chamber then took up several policy bills, with debate often focusing on housing, public safety, energy, and local government impacts. Among the major measures, SB 1173 on lesser related offense jury instructions passed after supporters argued it would give judges limited discretion and improve fairness, while opponents warned it could create inconsistency. SB 1354, barring out-of-state military or law enforcement activity in California without the Governor’s permission, passed despite objections that it conflicted with federal commander-in-chief authority. SB 1090, the Altadena disaster-speculation bill, passed to restrict unsolicited purchase offers in fire-affected areas, and SB 966 passed to preserve refinery worker safety participation rights. SB 1256, a local housing/land-use bill, passed unanimously after discussion of fire-safety concerns and ongoing amendments. The Senate also approved SB 865 on music festivals, SB 866 on homelessness planning and regional coordination for jurisdictions not receiving HAP funds, SB 938 on peace officer training requirements for certain immigration-enforcement-related applicants after the author committed to major amendments, SB 1359 on natural gas planning to reduce ratepayer costs, SB 923 on privacy rights under the CCPA, SB 1098 on utility memorandum and balancing accounts, SB 1010 on refrigerant recovery for cooling appliances, SB 937 on restricting flashbang use in crowd control and immigration enforcement, SB 1082 on inter-district pupil transfers, and SB 1087 on modernizing regional transportation planning. Several bills drew split votes and pointed debate over mandates, taxes, local control, and regulatory certainty, but most ultimately passed.

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• President, I'm directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has taken the following action
• The House has passed the following measures.
• Schwertner here with us, our colleague in the house, Dr.
• President, there's a message from the House. Mr.
• President, I am directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House is taking taken the following

Keywords: HCR65, HCR19, Senate resolutions, memorial, community impact, legislative proceedings

Summary: The recent Senate meeting primarily covered two resolutions, HCR65 and HCR19, both of which were passed unanimously with little to no opposition. HCR65 was introduced in memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview, while HCR19 was presented to honor the late Terrell Lynn Roberts of Angleton. The meeting included brief addresses from several senators, who shared personal reflections on the impacts of the individuals being honored and expressed gratitude for their contributions to the community. This collaborative atmosphere showcased the members' capacity for camaraderie and respect, emphasizing the importance of human connection in legislative proceedings.

Transcript Highlights:

• He was a member of the majority party in the House, and the House majority is entitled to And the House
• We, Leader Lefor and myself and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation.
• Leader Lefor, myself, and members of the House spoke, and it was our recommendation that Representative
• The measure would permit laws to be enacted to facilitate, safeguard, expand, or implement the section
• Johnson, I know you've appeared before both the House and Senate education committees.

Committee: Joint Legislative Management

Keywords: 908, all

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• The closest optometrists to my house are within 20 minutes.
• small town the closest optometrists to small town the closest optometrists to my<01:27:05.600><c> house
• are within 20 minutes um that's my house are within 20 minutes um that's already<01:27:09.280><c> 20
• some</c><01:32:32.040><c> of</c><01:32:32.280><c> these</c><01:32:33.080><c> um</c> states that do permit
• some of these um states that do permit some of these um these<01:32:34.800><c> cases</c><01:32:35.760

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> of verifying accessible parking permits of verifying accessible parking permits and<00:29:32.919
• My first term in the House started in 2010, and I was representing the town of Bedford at the time the
• This was a constituent who had worked his entire life, paid off his house, and his house represented
• I have 22 years' experience, mainly with the division, focusing on the vehicle side of the house.
• this bill uh vehicle side of the house this bill uh was<01:49:24.520><c> requested</c><01:49:25.360>

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:24:42.240><c> that</c> will, where everyone's permitting that will, where everyone's permitting
• Last session, I filed House Bill 3 to address this gap.
• Last session, I filed<00:58:00.720><c> House</c><00:58:01.040><c> Bill</c><00:58:01.440><c> 3</c><00:
• </c> filed House Bill 3 to address this gap. filed House Bill 3 to address this gap.
• to the LRC on House Bill three, including<00:58:34.480><c> potential</c><00:58:34.960><c> costs,</c>

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:01:32 3. Getting to Know the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky – 00:02:26 4. Healthy Kids Clinic – 00:26:58 5. Pharmacy Payment Parity – 00:56:36 6. Ibogaine – 01:17:37 7. Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 01:53:05 8. Adjournment – 01:53:19, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes and recognized Eric Clark for his service, noting this may be his last meeting before he leaves state government. The main presentation was from Allison Adams, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who described the organization’s history, nonpartisan mission, and focus on health equity, prevention, and upstream policy solutions. She said Kentucky’s poor rankings in chronic disease, preventable hospitalizations, and life expectancy show the need to shift resources toward prevention and community-driven strategies rather than relying mainly on treatment after people become sick. Adams emphasized leading health indicators, arguing that lawmakers should track actionable measures such as quit attempts and smoke-free policies instead of only lagging indicators like disease rates and mortality. In response to questions, she said accountability should be shared across communities and systems, with possible incentives and disincentives tied to outcomes, and she supported creating a public data utility or dashboard, ideally with university partners, to help legislators and communities monitor progress. She also cited examples of accountable health community models and said Kentucky could adapt similar approaches. The committee then heard from Meade County Schools Superintendent Mark Martin and district health coordinator Karen Kotche about the Healthy Kids Clinic partnership with Cumberland Health. They described a seven-year effort that led to full implementation in the district, which now has a nurse in every school and a nurse practitioner, allowing services such as sports physicals and other clinic functions to be provided on campus. They said the program has been a strong investment for students and the community and began explaining how the district built the partnership after earlier efforts and delays, including the pandemic.

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• There is a brisket luncheon that's on the south side of the House Lounge.
• She officiated her first season as an NMAA wrestling referee and is currently working on her tiny house
• They would come over to his house at night. He would help them learn the creed.
• learned the creed when she was three years old, whenever the students would come over to her dad's house
• Her mother filmed her as a three-year-old walking through the house reciting the creed.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'd like to move House File 3603.
• </c><00:02:12.600><c> of</c> and the South Dakota House of and the South Dakota House of Representatives
• I will renew my motion that House File 3603 be re-referred. Mr.
• </c><00:43:40.240><c> File</c> renew my motion to re-refer House File renew my motion to re-refer House
• File 3603 as I will lay over House File 3603 as amended.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• If time permits, if time does not permit, then I would encourage 9-1-1 calls.
• There was a bill added to the omnibus bill over in the House in the room.
• I'm sorry, House Bill 29.
• We began to engage with the House and started working with Senator [name].
• The same was true for the House equivalent of the bill.

Bills: SB10 , SB16 , SB6 , SB 6 , SB 10 , SB 16

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: trafficking, prostitution, affirmative defense, victims, criminal justice reform, victim rights, criminal justice, judicial reform, court procedures, mental health services, criminal penalties, court security, SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life

Transcript Highlights:

• The next one, Highway Patrol motor carrier electronic permit, is putting in a newer version of the current
• e-permit system that they have right now.
• I'd just remind you that that good idea started in House Appropriations. Corey, did you have...?
• So as I've got on the slide here, House Bill 1314 passed during the 67th Assembly in 2021, established
• These newer systems, they have the ability to do a lot more of that type of work in-house without the

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The next one is Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Electronic Permit.
• They are putting in a newer version of the current e-permit system that they have right now.
• I'd just remind you that that good idea started in House Appropriations. Corey, did you have?
• As I've got on the slide here, House Bill 1314 passed during the 67th Assembly in 2021, establishing
• These newer systems, they have the ability to do a lot more of that type of work in-house without the

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

Transcript Highlights:

• We will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative
• Hawaii has passed it through its Senate on a unanimous bipartisan vote and has just one House committee

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We house our senior leadership team assembling integration facilities, laser lab and electronic lab.
• We are accelerate, permitted to route 2 in the last year that take on in the Panhandle area and then

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We do appreciate the legislature's overwhelming support this past both in the Senate and the House for
• Chairman, I'm just going to direct you to House Bill 63 from 2022, ...House Bill 63 from 2022, which
• We also had on the House Draw fires... But we had the perfect example.
• And the legislature, you all started drafting House Bill 120, what became House Bill 122, that memorialized
• Instead of going directly into those houses, see... going directly into those houses, see some look-alikes

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator House, Senator Hoffman, thank you, Chair.
• </c> and House File 4723. and House File 4723.
• ,</c><01:05:08.960><c> the</c> members in the Minnesota House, the members in the Minnesota House, the
• </c> and House File 4724 before us. and House File 4724 before us.
• </c> House File 4724 is laid over. House File 4724 is laid over.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair Sorvog, Representative Swan Tech, yes, the university system and the board permits that flexibility
• And whereas I think if they permitted the campuses some flexibility, that smaller campuses might have
• if they, if they, entire system, it might be kind of middle of the road, whereas I think if they permitted
• But I would hope, and I think the House, we could pretty concur, that we would hold harmless, but not
• what we had talked about before was just removing the—it specifically says academic buildings and housing

Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.