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• their wastewater treatment facility. their wastewater treatment facility.
• . facility. facility.
• a facility plan to MPCA. a facility plan to MPCA.
• their wastewater treatment facility. their wastewater treatment facility.
• The city has completed the facility The city has completed the facility planning<00:57:59.400>

Bills: HF4710, HF4055, HF3848, HF3989, HF4599, HF3767, HF3592, HF3575, HF3574, HF3543, HF4606, HF4489, HF3891, HF3438, HF3811, HF3400

Keywords: capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund

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• Item 10, 300,000 in general revenue for additional testing facilities is adopted.
• Item E, facility cost increases.
• I was adopted as amended to fully fund the bed day rate and adopt state-owned facilities at 50%.
• Item 9, at a new rider, Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment facility.
• Item one, add a new rider to require HHSC to establish a residential treatment facility.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

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• . facility. facility.
• <00:58:52.799> has animal friendly, but the facility has animal friendly, but the facility
• coordination distribution, um facility coordination distribution, um facility access<01:14:04.960
• <01:19:59.520> And because they had to get relocated.
• And because they had to get relocated.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night. A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities. The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.

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• Along with Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated
• Along with Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated
• Along with Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated
• Along with Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated
• Along with Senator Kanuha, I know the girls soccer championship started yesterday, and they have relocated

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Are we talking about the work that they do in inspecting these facilities?
• would not include the school facility would not include the school facility being inspected inspected
• facility facility inspections<00:52:52.040> or inspections or inspections or actually<00:52:54.319
• Yeah, any facility that needs to be inspected for initial licensure would be included in that. Yep.
• Yeah, any facility that needs to be inspected for initial licensure would be included in that. Yep.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed selected House Bill 2 provisions, focusing first on the group two pension reform language and whether it matched prior legislation and the fiscal note. Members discussed two main issues: the treatment of extra and special duty pay in the pension calculation for employees hired before 2011, and the annuity multiplier after 15 years of creditable service. Several members said the HB 2 language was intended to restore prior law and protect against pension “spiking,” while others worried the draft and fiscal note may not have fully reflected current law, potentially affecting the cost estimate. The discussion repeatedly emphasized the need to avoid underfunding or double counting and to make sure Finance had the correct actuarial assumptions. No vote was taken; the committee agreed to flag the issues for Finance and to clarify the fiscal note. Members also discussed the vested-rights language, which was described as an explicit definition of vesting and a restriction on future legislative changes to compensation calculations after three years of service. Some viewed it as a policy protection with no immediate fiscal impact, while others noted it had been included in prior legislation and should be clearly understood before the bill moved forward. The committee also briefly referenced prior pension legislation, including House Bill 436 and House Bill 727, and noted that HB 2 was being used to carry forward related pension repair provisions. The committee then turned to an OPLC-related section transferring building, plumbing, electrical, and fuel gas inspector positions from OPLC to the Department of Safety’s Fire Marshal’s office. Testimony explained that the nine inspector positions are funded from the licensing fund, and that the move was justified as a public-safety function better aligned with the Fire Marshal’s mission because the inspections are statewide code-enforcement work rather than facility-specific licensing work. The discussion ended with a note that the remaining HB 2 changes run through 2034 and a brief announcement about memorial arrangements for C.J. Gerard.

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• For example, power plants, oil wells, and wind and solar facilities.
• place for certain kinds of facilities on the day they begin operating.
• Again, you know, hazardous waste facility closure plans kick in the day a facility begins operating.
• And so we have been planning for those facilities already to be closed.
• So we don't have any recommendations to extend those facilities. That's great news.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• For the unlocatable facilities, what falls in that category?
• The next panel will be on Class A Facilities, Cherrick Halls.
• As a underground facility.
• We have to, we get a call back to come back and relocate.
• We rely on accurate maps of underground facilities.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Item two discusses DPS facilities.
• Funding for the Williamson County Training Academy facility represents the largest decrease at 381.5
• DPS is exceptional item requests for the construction of these facilities, 158 million and 231 million
• across the board, but we don't have the, we don't, we have the capacity, but we don't have the facilities
• Uh, the two big facility issues, uh, I think are very well with the El Paso, but, um, I'm more familiar

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• Registrar-Recorder County Clerk, we request your support for this bill, which ensures that public facilities
• The use of public facilities benefits our voters, not only with familiarity, but with bringing critical
• the space available and we're willing and ready to do that, but sometimes that means we need to relocate
• The wrinkle is that SOS has neither the appropriate systems nor secure facilities to count and tabulate

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• been used for includes constructing or extending utilities to industrial parks and expanding or relocating
• been used for includes constructing or extending utilities to industrial parks and expanding or relocating
• been used for includes constructing or extending utilities to industrial parks and expanding or relocating
• we've been having ongoing discussions with companies from local businesses that want to expand or relocate
• to a more want to um expand or relocate to a more visible<00:04:49.720> and<00:04:51.160>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• issue and going back just a little bit about equipment to remove our officers are authorized to relocate
• house where their house where the the who pays for the the maintenance and keeping that in a storage facility
• got a new power lines sometimes and there's limited places on the water to store or waterfront facilities

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• smaller businesses, but do we have anything this session that aims at enticing bigger businesses to relocate
• smaller businesses, but do we have anything this session that aims at enticing bigger businesses to relocate
• smaller businesses, but do we have anything this session that aims at enticing bigger businesses to relocate
• smaller businesses, but do we have anything this session that aims at enticing bigger businesses to relocate
• smaller businesses, but do we have anything this session that aims at enticing bigger businesses to relocate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The continued funding for that facility.
• Some of our agencies include facilities.
• Facilities Commission, Texas Southern University, Health and Human Services.
• We don't have facilities, we don't need a lot of computer systems and things like that.
• Well, we have 30 other non- non-profits in our facility, which includes Central Health, which includes

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• centers that own their building are exempt from property taxes, but those who rent space for their facility
• The child care center had to relocate.
• The bill would provide a property tax refund for nonprofit daycares who rent their facilities and mirror
• Uh, child care facilities are facing major challenges.
• <00:04:11.200> allowing highquality child care facility allowing highquality child care facility

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And her husband, my son-in-law Brent, he's a PhD counselor; they relocated.
• So, when they had a chance, they relocated to Mississippi. And we lost her.
• It will help keep these dedicated, highly trained professionals from relocating to other states.
• She relocated to Mississippi, and we lost her; Texas patients lost her.
• It will help keep these dedicated, highly trained professionals from relocating to other states.

Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2

Keywords: Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all

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• They were able to work with a family in the metro, relocate to St.
• They were able to work with a family in the metro, relocate to St.
• Um and we also correctional facility.
• Um a to relocate to um St. Louis County.
• That's a big change in your facilities.

Bills: HF3898, HF3957, HF4372, HF4350, HF3692, HF4085

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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• Fall of '27, we're opening up the women's facility.
• You have good facilities, and you have adequate staff.
• When state facilities do not participate in the local building process, permitting, When state facilities
• For the other facilities, the schools, the facilities that are 50-plus people, bars, restaurants, daycares
• They inspect state facilities as hundreds of thousands of square feet of state facilities around the

Summary: The committee first received a general fund and revenue update from the Office of Management and Budget. Staff reported that the state started the biennium about $176 million above prior estimates, but year-to-date revenues were now running below legislative forecast, mainly due to lower individual income tax and sales tax collections. The budget stabilization fund was above its cap, the legacy fund continued to grow, and oil revenues were slightly above forecast overall. Members also asked about federal funding uncertainty and mineral leasing variability, and OMB said agencies would be asked to address potential federal reductions case by case during budget preparation. The committee then reviewed compliance reports and trust fund analysis materials, followed by a bill draft for a fixed-route city transportation grant program. Testimony from transit officials in Fargo and Minot supported the proposal, saying state aid would help match federal transit funds and support operations, but members raised questions about the funding source, fare structures, and whether the program should be limited to the current four fixed-route cities or allow future eligible cities. Several members asked for more time to study the formula and possible funding options before moving the bill forward. Next, the committee approved a bill draft repealing obsolete language related to a proposed North Dakota-South Dakota bi-state authority. Staff explained the provision had been unused for about 30 years and that existing law likely already allowed joint powers agreements without the specific language. The committee voted to adopt the repeal bill draft. The Department of Commerce and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site then provided an update on uncrewed aircraft system initiatives, including the Vantis radar data enclave, the drone replacement program, and future revenue models. Officials said North Dakota had received FAA approval to operate the radar data pathfinder, had begun replacing non-compliant drones from restricted foreign sources, and was working on phased procurement and cost-recovery plans. Members asked about deadlines, funding, supply-chain issues, and how the system would be used; staff said the federal restrictions were already in effect and that Vantis was being positioned as infrastructure for future beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations. Finally, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation presented on the design of a new minimum-security prison and on a reentry housing task force. The new facility is planned for the penitentiary grounds, with a reduced estimated cost of about $263 million, 600 beds initially, possible expansion to 732 beds, and completion projected around 2031 if funded in 2027. The reentry housing task force described a data-driven effort to identify housing needs for people leaving incarceration, with the goal of reducing homelessness and recidivism through targeted housing support and possible subsidies. Members asked about staffing, site selection, housing duration, and whether employment and transportation needs would be included in the assessment.

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• as recycling facilities.
• …running those facilities today. Mr. Brill, if you can, last line. Okay.
• You know, the bill says it's necessary… …come in and inspect their facility.
• Under current law, sales and service facilities must be attached to each other.
• You're going to promote medical facilities, so-called medical facilities.

Keywords: 1146, all

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• We currently have our inpatient care facility located in their downtown Norton Hospital facility.
• So, we will be relocating to a brand new facility, and they've been long-term partners with us, and we've
• :17:56.400> facility.
• :17:59.199> new<01:17:59.440> facility<01:18:00.080> and relocating to a brand new
• facility and relocating to a brand new facility and they've<01:18:00.560> been<01:18:00.719><

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services met in person, approved the October 15 minutes, and began with a moment of silence following a Louisville UPS plane explosion that was described as a local tragedy affecting many families and first responders. The main presentation was an overview of Kentucky’s Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NMT) program from the Department for Medicaid Services and the Transportation Cabinet. Witnesses explained that NMT is a federally required Medicaid benefit, administered by the Transportation Cabinet under a risk-based capitated model, with eligibility limited to Medicaid members traveling to medically necessary, Medicaid-covered services and who lack access to other transportation. They also described exclusions, including certain KCHIP, QMB, and PACE members, and outlined the brokered regional structure, call center operations, scheduling rules, vehicle and driver oversight, complaint handling, and rider surveys. The presenters reported that NMT handled more than 3.1 million trips in state fiscal year 2024, with over 1.38 million trips already recorded in October, and said customer satisfaction surveys were high. They said the FY 2025-26 contract total is about $360.6 million, with monthly per-member capitation rates set by region through an actuarial process and approved by CMS. They emphasized that payments are tied to monthly Medicaid enrollment and that the state draws down federal funds for the exact amount paid, with no leftover balance. They also said most NMT use comes from adult day centers and rehabilitative care such as dialysis. Members questioned the witnesses about how quality metrics and contract standards are set, whether the state had explored alternatives such as Uber Health or other integrated models, and how utilization was calculated. The witnesses said contract requirements are developed collaboratively by Medicaid Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and other agencies, and that studies of other models generally found higher costs and lower approval ratings, with additional research on a hybrid model expected by the end of the year. They clarified that one figure reflected the share of Medicaid members with registered vehicles, while another reflected actual NMT users, and they defended the capitated structure as shifting financial risk to brokers rather than the state. Representative Fleming also raised concerns about oversight, reporting, and the apparent gap between budgeted and contracted amounts, asking whether any unused funds would return to general funds; the discussion ended before a final answer was given.

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• When Pozo Creek overflows, floodwaters pass through a large animal confinement facility, a dairy feedlot
• He told me, 'Hey, why do I have to relocate? The police officers are making me evacuate.'
• He tells me, hey, why do I have to relocate? The police officers are making me evacuate.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several natural resources and water-related bills. SB 224 by Senator Hurtado would require the Department of Water Resources to implement audit recommendations, improve climate-informed water supply forecasting, and provide annual updates to the Legislature; supporters emphasized the need for better transparency and more accurate water planning, and the bill passed as amended to Appropriations. SB 556, also by Senator Hurtado, would fund floodplain restoration in the Tulare Basin to reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, and provide habitat and other community benefits; local officials and conservation groups supported it, some initial concerns about Proposition 4 were resolved, and the bill passed as amended. SB 630 by Senator Allen would streamline State Parks and other state real property acquisitions by raising review thresholds and reducing duplicative approvals; conservation groups and park advocates supported the measure, while some members raised oversight and fiscal concerns, and it passed as amended. SB 718 by Senator Allen would reduce hunting and fishing license costs for low-income Californians, framed as helping subsistence users and disabled veterans and seniors, and it passed as amended. The committee also approved SB 427 by Senator Blakespear, which extends the sunset of the Habitat Conservation Fund from 2030 to 2035. Supporters said the fund has protected more than 1.2 million acres, leverages other funding, and supports habitat, recreation, and climate resilience; members highlighted its importance for areas like the Salton Sea and the need to protect the funding stream from future sweeps. SB 586 by Senator Jones, an e-moto off-highway vehicle bill, was taken up with little discussion and passed as amended. SB 639 by Senator Ashby would extend the deadline for Sacramento-area flood protection projects in the Natomas Basin and Beach Lake subareas from 2025 to 2030 to allow completion of remaining work and avoid delays to infill housing; city, county, and flood agency representatives supported it, and it passed as amended. Throughout the hearing, witnesses and members repeatedly emphasized water reliability, flood protection, conservation funding, and reducing bureaucratic delays. Several bills drew broad support from local governments, water agencies, tribes, and conservation organizations, and multiple members requested to be added as coauthors. All of the measures discussed were reported out of committee, generally with amendments and with some items left open for add-on votes.