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• <02:08:16.480> That commission, another commission. That commission, another commission.
• So, the commission is a byproduct of the Upper Colorado River Compact.
• That's the commission that oversees the compact, which every state has to designate.
• ><02:12:14.639> compact, commission that oversees the compact, commission that oversees the compact
• and fish commission. and fish commission.

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• It also requires that if the<00:11:44.880> Ethics<00:11:45.200> Commission<00:11:45.600
• the Ethics Commission chooses to hire legal<00:11:46.720> counsel,<00:11:47.480> they<
• The neighbors were then, were before, and are now in compact and they're together.
• Louisville districts much more compact Louisville districts much more compact and<00:20:31.480><
• now in compact and they're together. now in compact and they're together.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:04 Roll Call 00:00:14 HB 682 Discussion 00:01:41 HB 682 Vote 00:03:10 HB 731 Discussion 00:04:33 HB 731 Vote 00:06:26 HB 607 Discussion 00:09:24 HB 607 Vote 00:32:15 Adjournment 00:34:12, 958, all

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• Governor's Commission on Disability.
• :33:45.760> appointed<00:33:46.559> um commission members directly appointed um commission
• There's a River Valley Comp compact.
• for the Marramck River Valley Compact. for the Marramck River Valley Compact.
• travel the state commission, right?

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• UPON FINDING PROBABLE CAUSE BY THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS THE PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS PROVISION IS SUBJECT
• CHAIRMAN DEALS WITH FINES IMPOSED BY THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA CODE OF
• WE HAVE KERRY STILLMAN REPRESENTATIVE FOR FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
• CHAIR TO OUR GOOD FRIEND SENATOR COLLINS. >> Senator Collins: LET'S TAKE A TAB 2 SB 400 INTERSTATE COMPACT
• SINCE 2008 SENATE BILL 400 BASICALLY REMOVES THE REPEAL DATE OF THE INTERSTATE COMPACT AND EDUCATIONAL

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• We are a member of the Compact Commission, and there are 222 physical therapists through the Compact.
• There are 222 physical therapists through the Compact and 82 physical therapist assistants who currently
• hold compact privileges in Arkansas.
• As stated previously, we’ve been a member of the Compact for nearly five years now.
• And within that compact, we all have to meet the same requirements as well, and we all have comparable

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• We are a member of the Compact Commission, and there are 222 physical therapists through the Compact.
• There are 222 physical therapists through the compact and 82 physical therapist assistants who currently
• hold compact privileges in Arkansas.
• As stated previously, we’ve been a member of the Compact for nearly five years now.
• And within that compact, we all have to meet the same requirements as well, and we all have comparable

Summary: The committee met and first recognized a visiting student cohort from Arkansas State University’s Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences program. It then suspended the rules and approved a supplemental report, which was reviewed without objection. Members reviewed the Arkansas Fire Protection and Licensing Board’s occupational report. Department of Labor and Licensing counsel Lacey Kirchner answered questions and confirmed there were no fee increases. The report was then accepted as reviewed. The committee next heard from the Arkansas Department of Health’s Radiation Control Section. Officials Craig Smith, Charles Thompson, and Shane David explained the radiologic technologist licensing program, including full and limited-scope licensure, unchanged fees since 1999, and a current deficit covered through cost allocation from other programs. They also noted compliance with automatic licensure provisions for service members and said apprenticeship provisions already exist in the rules if such programs become available. The report was accepted as reviewed. Finally, the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy presented its report. Staff described the board’s structure, licensing and complaint functions, compact participation, and growth in licensees. Members asked about the board’s $200,000 scholarship program, which provides awards to 10 recipients per year, and about low fees and a $1.1 million balance. Officials said recent fee reductions and the scholarship program are intended to return funds to licensees. The report was also accepted as reviewed, and the committee moved to other business.

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• We are a member of the Compact Commission, and there are 222 physical therapists through the Compact.
• There are 222 physical therapists through the compact and 82 physical therapist assistants who currently
• hold compact privileges in Arkansas.
• As stated previously, we have been a member of the Compact for nearly five years now.
• And within that compact, we all have to meet the same requirements as well, and we all have comparable

Summary: The committee met and first welcomed a visiting group from Arkansas State University’s Medical Laboratory and Radiation Sciences program. It then suspended the rules to take up a supplemental report, which was approved and noted as reviewed without objection. Members reviewed the Arkansas Fire Protection and Licensing Board’s occupational report. Counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing said there had been no fee increases, and the report was accepted without objection. The committee then heard from the Arkansas Department of Health’s Radiation Control Section, which described its radiologic technologist licensing program, including full and limited-scope licensure, unchanged fees since 1999, and a recent operating deficit covered through cost allocation. Members asked about the deficit, possible future fee changes, and whether apprenticeship pathways might be added; the agency said it was not currently planning fee increases and would accommodate apprenticeship if such programs are created. That report also stood as reviewed. Finally, the Arkansas State Board of Physical Therapy presented its report, outlining its licensing and disciplinary role, current licensee counts, compact participation, and recent growth in licensees. The board highlighted lower fees, a $200,000 scholarship program for 10 recipients per year, and a large fund balance that is being reduced through fee cuts and scholarships. Members asked about the scholarship details and the effect on reserves. The report was accepted without objection, and the meeting concluded with no further business.

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• In fact, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission owns and operates the reservoir.
• It's a storage compact, so the state of New Mexico can store up to 200,000 acre feet.
• and interacting with the Canadian River Compact Commission, I attended their annual meeting the last
• Dallas Dowd is a member of the Quay County Commission. Ms.
• Moss: the Higher Learning Commission.

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• And you can hear from the state engineer about water compacts and updates on the Colorado River and the
• engineer And you can hear from the state engineer about<00:27:10.000> water<00:27:10.400> compacts
• and<00:27:11.440> updates<00:27:11.840> on<00:27:12.000> the about water compacts
• and updates on the about water compacts and updates on the Colorado<00:27:12.640> River<00:27
• utilities commission. utilities commission.

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Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal from February 12 as corrected, and heard several announcements and recognitions. Representative Joseph introduced the day’s “hidden figure,” Glenda Strong Robinson, a Boulder civil rights and faith leader, who was recognized by the chamber. Members also received announcements about an upcoming water education event, the Senate memorial for Senator Winter, scheduled duress alarm installations in member offices, and the House closure on Monday, February 16, for Presidents Day. Committee reports were received from Education and Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources. The Education Committee reported House Bill 1029 favorably to Appropriations and House Bill 1090 with amendments and a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole. The Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee reported House Bill 1034 with amendments and a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole. The chief clerk also noted a printing report. The House then introduced three bills: House Bill 1210, concerning limiting the use of intimate personal data to make inferences affecting a person’s financial position; House Bill 1211, concerning regulation of broadband services by the Public Utilities Commission; and House Bill 1212, concerning the authority to carry a handgun. Each was assigned to the appropriate committee. The chamber then adjourned until Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.

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• But this decision should lie with the commission.
• Okay, good morning, Chair and members of the Commission.
• the commission on the specifics.
• In our analysis, we suggested maybe the commission mandating that the commission set a hearing by the
• The commission hasn't ordered it withdrawn.

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• So I don't know if having the commission in there throws a kink in things or not.
• The reason it says commission is because the commission is what runs that agency.
• The commission is what runs that agency.
• <00:25:49.760> the<00:25:50.000> authority commission the authority commission the authority
• <00:44:33.920> the extent do we give the commission the extent do we give the commission the

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• E3 is a letter from Commerce Economic Development Commission.
• E3 is a letter from Commerce Economic Development Commission.
• Clint O'Neill, Executive Director, Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Good morning.
• all cite the salary adjustments that came from implementation of the pay plan within the class and compact
• all cite the salary adjustments that came from implementation of the pay plan within the class and compact

Summary: The PEER Review Subcommittee met to consider a large agenda of budget, appropriation, transfer, and contract items. Members approved temporary appropriation requests for several agencies, including the Auditor of State, Department of Education, and Labor and Licensing; ARPA return requests from Workforce Services; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests for State Police and Agriculture; restricted reserve transfers for teacher scholarships, school facilities, and economic stimulus; a Commerce reallocation of positions and spending authority; cash fund, budget classification, overtime, and pay plan requests; and 17 methods of finance items for universities and other agencies. Most items were approved without objection after brief explanations from staff and agencies. Several items drew questions and were held or discussed further. A Department of Human Services discretionary grant package for the RSVP program was held over after Senator Irvin raised concerns about whether the grants were an effective use of state general revenue and asked for more information on administration costs and program operations. In the contracts section, Representative Richardson questioned a DHS sole-source contract with EMS Link for document management software and a DHS contract with Presidio; the EMS Link item was held for additional answers, while the Presidio item was clarified as not sole-source and was allowed to proceed. Members also asked for more information on a Department of Education mental health referral contract with Care Solace, which officials said is a statewide concierge/referral service connecting students to Arkansas providers and telehealth options. The committee also reviewed monthly reports, including the Medicaid Trust Fund. DHS and DFA officials said the fund was currently sufficient to finish the fiscal year, though it was being drawn down and would likely require a $100 million transfer from restricted reserves in FY27, with another $100 million set aside in the governor’s budget as a backstop. Members discussed the need to define a minimum reserve level and to better account for ongoing Medicaid costs in the budget. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• There's three big pieces that are moving right now: rulemaking, licensing, and compacting.
• The last question I have, it relates to the compact, or the potential work regarding a compact, as a
• The last question I have, it relates to the compact, or the potential work regarding a compact, as a
• The last question I have, it relates to the compact, or the potential work regarding a compact, as a
• about how this impacts them the compacts about how this impacts them the compacts themselves<01:

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• I'm the General Counsel for the Interstate Stream Commission.
• And how is that commission developed? Thank you, Mr.
• How is that board formed, the Interstate Commission? Who appoints...
• But it is a very important tool for the commission. start buying up water.
• For compact compliance purposes, it's possible that we would end up having...

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• Oklahoma Real Estate Commission. For a follow-up? Good. For a follow-up? Good.
• Members, this would move Oklahoma into a compact for dentists and dental hygienists.
• It requires the Transportation Commission to review before ODOT files a claim against a contractor's
• So, SB 1653 would enact the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact and would authorize Oklahoma to enter
• Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact and would authorize Oklahoma to enter into the compact with participating

Bills: SB378, SB540, SB1061, SB1475, SB1531, SB1534, SB1684, SB1824, SB1826, SB2049

Keywords: bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act

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• and tried to make it better, compact, and contained.
• Compact is used. ...is different.
• You brought up compactness earlier, and compactness is one of those things that you consider. as well
• I'm just talking about compactness along the county lines.
• They are less than 50% compact, all of them, because compactness means when you put a district in a circle

Bills: HB4

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• There's a list in your packets making appointments to the Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy, the
• Legislative Commission on Minnesota's Resources, the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip

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• >> Public service commission 807 K5015. >> Public service commission 807 K5015.
• It also directed the commission to open up a docket, which luckily the commission already had open to
• It also directed the commission to open up a docket, which luckily the commission already had open to
• convince the public service commission convince the public service commission that<00:31:02.960>
• But also Kentucky Resources Commission.

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Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met in August with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes without objection. The committee then reviewed several regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection, and heard brief explanations from agency representatives on each item. The Board of Pharmacy regulations would clarify what registered and certified pharmacy technicians may do under supervision and what certified technicians may not do, while updating registration applications. The Board of Cosmetology package included changes to executive director authority, licensure and reciprocity rules, school requirements, training hours, instructor ratios, sanitation and disease-related rules, complaint procedures, and permit terms; members asked about straight razor language and the increase in student-to-instructor ratios, and the board explained that cosmetologists are not permitted to use straight razors and that the higher ratio was intended to give schools flexibility, especially for part-time students and schools with wait lists. The Occupational Therapy emergency compact regulation added four compact rules adopted in April 2025, and Senator West raised a technical question about certification requirements under House Bill 6; the agency said it had been instructed to file the regulation as submitted. The Department for Fish and Wildlife Resources presented a package covering wildlife management area rules, a northern pintail bag limit increase, reportable disease reporting, and a repeal tied to boat registration fees. After a brief explanation of the new wildlife disease reporting rule, the agency requested and received a deferral of 301 KAR 2:031 to avoid a gap while replacement language is finalized. The Economic Development Finance Authority explained an emergency regulation for the Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program, saying it was needed because the program had become oversubscribed and because administration was shifting to a new film office and council; members also asked about certification issues under House Bill 6, and the agency said it had filed the regulation as directed. The Department of Workplace Standards emergency PPE regulation was also discussed, with members asking about HB 6 certification language, and the agency gave the same response. The Department of Insurance regulation would create a $10,000 registration fee and a $1,000 annual licensing fee for pharmacy benefit manager licenses, with an agency amendment exempting PBMs that solely serve workers’ compensation plans. Members asked how many PBMs would be affected and why workers’ compensation PBMs were carved out; the agency said there were 70 registered PBMs total, four solely workers’ comp, and that workers’ comp rates are set by statute and could not absorb the fee. Finally, the Public Service Commission’s pole attachment regulation was summarized as a broadband-expansion measure that speeds application review, increases the number of poles allowed in a single application, and shortens dispute timelines; the commission explained it grew out of earlier legislative direction and subsequent emergency amendments, and the committee adopted the staff amendment.

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• Assembly Bill 160, in its first reprint, establishes the Nevada-Ireland Trade Commission to enhance trade
• , investment, and cultural ties and creates a dedicated state fund to support the commission.
• This Assembly bill ratifies and enters into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
• and sets forth the powers and duties, which include making rules concerning administration of the compact
• and sets forth the powers and duties, which include making rules concerning administration of the compact

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• He is the chair of the city's Youth Commission. With these student interns, please stand.
• A resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania's early childhood
• This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
• This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
• commission of unelected bureaucrats accountable to no one.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed numerous guests and interns to the chamber, and established a quorum with 202 members voting on the master roll call. The House then received committee reports on several bills and a resolution, including measures from Consumer Protection, Finance, Communications and Technology, Rules, and Appropriations, and agreed to the reports. House Bill 1877 was reported as passed by the Senate without amendment and was signed by the Speaker for presentation to the Governor. The chamber adopted House Resolution 363, as amended, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s early childhood education system, including the role of public and private equity in child care and recommendations to improve access and affordability. The House also advanced several bills on final passage, including House Bills 2551, 75, 76, 426, 1127, 2234, and 1585. These measures addressed issues such as banning government text-message collection of fees and tolls, medical licensing for physician assistants and physicians, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, joining the dental and dental hygienist compact, a spent grain donation tax credit, and restrictions on mugshot removal fees. Most passed with broad support, though House Bill 1127 drew opposition over concerns about licensing standards and the compact structure. Members also considered House Bill 2650, creating the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Certification for data centers, and House Bill 2496, establishing a temporary pause on data center proposals while local ordinances are reviewed. Both bills were amended several times. Debate on HB 2650 focused on data center impacts on electricity costs, water use, noise, community benefit agreements, and farmland protection; one farmland-protection amendment was tabled, while other amendments on closed-loop cooling and enforceable local criteria were adopted. Debate on HB 2496 centered on preserving local control and home rule authority for municipalities, with amendments clarifying that local governments could continue curative amendment procedures and retain zoning powers. The House agreed to both bills as amended. The House also re-reported several bills from Appropriations and Rules, reconsidered and re-accepted a prior committee report on House Bill 2359, and announced caucus and committee meetings. At the end of the session, the House moved several bills to Appropriations, removed Senate Bill 1058 from the table calendar to the active calendar, and adjourned until Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11 a.m., unless recalled sooner.