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• With our wellness class, a lot of our youth—we have a high poverty rate.
• It's probably about a 60% unemployment rate and a 40% poverty rate. 40% poverty rate, 60% unemployment
• . 40% poverty rate, 60% unemployment.
• If you had those rates in this country, we'd be in a depression. We're in a recession.
• So with those high poverty rates, we have to address all the symptoms that come with poverty.

Summary: The Tribal and State Relations Committee met at Standing Rock with tribal council members, state legislators, and agency representatives to discuss state-tribal coordination and local priorities. Early discussion focused on process concerns, including the short agenda time and the need for better communication, more advance notice, and more relevant state department staff at future meetings. Tribal leaders asked for lists of state tribal liaisons and bills affecting tribes, and state members said they would follow up, share grant and deadline information, and plan another meeting in Bismarck with program experts and agency staff. A major portion of the meeting centered on health, child welfare, law enforcement, housing, infrastructure, and sovereignty issues. Tribal speakers said rural health transformation funding and other state programs often do not fit direct-service tribes or IHS-funded systems, and they raised concerns about Medicaid, ICWA, foster care delays, human service zones, housing shortages, and the placement of Native children off-reservation. They also discussed missing and murdered Indigenous people, search-and-rescue cooperation, cross-deputization, extradition and banishment ordinances, and the need for stronger law enforcement partnerships that respect tribal sovereignty. Other concerns included poor roads, water and sewer needs in Sioux County communities, census accuracy, and the impact of data centers and other development on water and health. Economic development and regulatory issues were also discussed. Standing Rock representatives raised concerns about charitable gaming and e-pull tabs, saying the machines function like Class III gaming and have harmed tribal revenue while spreading into local businesses. They also described problems with county-issued fireworks permits and state/county liquor licensing rules that they said undermine tribal authority within reservation boundaries. In response, legislators said the committee would continue to look at these issues, and one member suggested possible legislation such as limiting e-tabs near tribal lands. The committee also heard from Joseph McNeil of Sage Development Authority about a 235-megawatt wind project on tribal, allotted, and fee land; he said federal permitting delays have stalled the project and asked for state support to help move it forward. The meeting concluded with a presentation from Dave Archambo of Wojou, a nonprofit focused on land regeneration, buffalo, food sovereignty, cultural programming, and youth wellness. He described the organization’s work on buffalo processing, gardening, fishing, hunting, language, and arts programs, and framed it as a response to historical trauma and community healing. The committee then broke for lunch and planned to resume with the Wojou presentation after the recess.

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• President, the Committee on Public Service and Corporation Rates and Voter...
• The Committee on Public Service and Corporation Rates reports that the bill do pass, signed by Chairman
• the following categories for each obligation: A, the amounts ordered and collected; B, collection rate
• We do keep losing $2 billion each year with the Ducey single-rate income tax because the billionaires
• So when the Republicans cut the top income tax rate, it left the wealthiest few paying a lower rate overall

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• Current law reduces the OSR fee proportionally based on the reduced severance tax rate compared with
• the full severance tax rate.
• will cause misalignment in the OSR rates for oil wells.
• The gas rates in the bill align with the OSR fee rates that applied from July 1, 2022, through June 30
• The gas rates established in this bill align with the OSR fee rates that apply to these wells from July

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

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• Because my understanding is the inflation rate in Florida is 2.7 percent.
• The individuals to provide them, or are we increasing the reimbursement rate with that $50 million to
• The bill establishes contribution rates paid by employees for each class participating in the Florida
• With these contribution rate changes, the FRS continues to be funded on a sound actuarial basis.
• The 3% employee contribution rate is unchanged by this bill.

Bills: SJR4 , SJR40 , SJR81 , SCR37 , SCR39 , SB22 , SB32 , SB33 , SB36 , SB38 , SB95 , SB209 , SB249 , SB311 , SB326 , SB365 , SB458 , SB609 , SB660 , SB664 , SB693 , SB732 , SB745 , SB760 , SB762 , SB779 , SB783 , SB785 , SB868 , SB871 , SB883 , SB921 , SB955 , SB993 , SB996 , SB1008 , SB1057 , SB1067 , SB1151 , SB1171 , SB1210 , SB1255 , SB1265 , SB1267 , SB1271 , SB1307 , SB1313 , SB1316 , SB1318 , SB1321 , SB1332 , SB1365 , SB1426 , SB1470 , SB1484 , SB1494 , SB1559 , SB1592 , SB1596 , SB1598 , SB1637 , SB1677 , SB1706 , SB1758 , SB1762 , SB1786 , SB1809 , SB1818 , SB1822 , SB1841 , SB1871 , SB1967 , SB2064 , SB2077 , SB2112 , SB2148 , SB2320 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SJR36 , SJR81 , SJR50 , SJR4 , SJR40 , SJR27 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SCR38 , SCR37 , SB921 , SB609 , SB660 , SB765 , SB62 , SB666 , SB888 , SB687 , SB847 , SB1248 , SB504 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB304 , SB1023 , SB204 , SB670 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1539 , SB447 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB1215 , SB1302 , SB583 , SB673 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB955 , SB957 , SB541 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB53 , SB1352 , SB785 , SB1450 , SB1502 , SB1566 , SB1062 , SB711 , SB746 , SB1404 , SB1448 , SB507 , SB1026 , SB1349 , SB1355 , SB1433 , SB1434 , SB1596 , SB1403 , SB667 , SB1059 , SB1567 , SB310 , SB311 , SB505 , SB1210 , SB1470 , SB264 , SB1358 , SB1364 , SB1569 , SB1376 , SB1228 , SB519 , SB1350 , SB462 , SB827 , SB1585 , SB1484 , SB1273 , SB927 , SB1227 , SB1229 , SB1353 , SB1464 , SB1709 , SB1729 , SB1733 , SB1744 , SB1772 , SB1841 , SB1008 , SB2016 , SB1173 , SB1163 , SB996 , SB1370 , SB1321 , SB1101 , SB860 , SB993 , SB693 , SB1537 , SB1332 , SB1307 , SB963 , SB493 , SB984 , SB619 , SB1122 , SB455 , SB522 , SB1057 , SB1239 , SB1254 , SB1255 , SB1259 , SB1341 , SB1877 , SB1277 , SB32 , SB732 , SB731 , SB268 , SB1822 , SB1589 , SB397 , SB1058 , SB1267 , SB2112 , SB1930 , SB532 , SB508 , SB292 , SB291 , SB901 , SB1333 , SB1436 , SB1494 , SB964 , SB779 , SB1378 , SB2312 , SB1719 , SB287 , SB2143 , SB1245 , SB261 , SB1247 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB1882 , SB618 , SB38 , SB393 , SB1371 , SB1365 , SB2243 , SB2226 , SB2039 , SB1919 , SB1895 , SB1598 , SB1493 , SB1810 , SB1791 , SB1706 , SB1644 , SB1238 , SB783 , SB458 , SB22 , SB651 , SB897 , SB1809 , SB1080 , SB745 , SB826 , SB989 , SB1320 , SB1437 , SB2320 , SB2289 , SB1171 , SB664 , SB1637 , SB2064 , SB868 , SB1079 , SB1243 , SB1504 , SB1851 , SB1879 , SB2237 , SB1257 , SB2034 , SB1522 , SB883 , SB249 , SB1318 , SB1151 , SB596 , SB1191 , SB226 , SB570 , SB870 , SB991 , SB60 , SB365 , SB1067 , SB1786 , SB326 , SB1401 , SB1592 , SB1728 , SB1265 , SB586 , SB529 , SB217 , SB209 , SB1923 , SB1559 , SB1839 , SB387 , SB1874 , SB1872 , SB1873 , SB1921 , SB1883 , SB1677 , SB95 , SB1620 , SB1838 , SB2024 , SB2429 , SB1999 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB2166 , SB871 , SB510 , SB33 , SB2420 , SB1860 , SB1541 , SB1316 , SB1314 , SB1313 , SB1426 , SB1398 , SB1869 , SB1750 , SB1871 , SB36 , SB855 , SB1233 , SB760 , SB2425 , SB2037 , SB1758 , SB1759 , SB2365 , SB1924 , SB762 , SB1271 , SB1818 , SB605 , SB1405 , SB1762 , SB1968 , SB1977 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB1967 , SB1662 , SB1663 , SB2124 , SB2204 , SB1855 , SB863 , SB37 , SJR39 , SCR1 , SCR27 , SCR32 , SCR42 , SCR6 , SB2232 , SB819 , SB2078 , SB2252 , SB1962 , SB2253 , SB825 , SB1577 , SB1184 , SB2018 , SB2206 , SB1901 , SB1030 , SB2368 , SB1963 , SB1960 , SB1643 , SB1625 , SB1299 , SB841 , SB668 , SB584 , SB231 , SB2411 , SB1085 , SB2431 , SB2231 , SB1490 , SB530 , SB34 , SB1261 , SJR81 , SB32 , SB458 , SB664 , SB693 , SB868 , SB1008 , SB1267 , SB1307 , SB1321 , SB1484 , SB1637 , SB1809 , SB1822 , SB2064 , SB2112 , SB2320 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB609 , SB660 , SB921 , SB779 , SB1470 , SR388 , SB3042 , SB440 , SB2876 , SB3042 , SB440 , SB2876

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• All I know is that it's the mileage rates from the federal, and it would be the State that would be paying
• :14:03.440><c> mileage</c> all I know is that it's the mileage all I know is that it's the mileage rates
• from the federal and it would be rates from the federal and it would be the<00:14:05.920><c> state</
• The federal fee is $40 a day, as referenced in the statute, and I believe that the mileage rate under
• </c><00:20:30.400><c> under</c> I believe that the mileage rate under I believe that the mileage rate

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• ><00:20:22.159><c> formula</c><00:20:22.720><c> for</c><00:20:22.880><c> pro</c><00:20:23.200><c> rating
• </c><00:20:23.480><c> or</c> sort of formula for pro rating or sort of formula for pro rating or capping
• </c><00:23:39.480><c> basis</c><00:23:40.000><c> would</c><00:23:40.200><c> look</c> what that pro-rated
• basis would look what that pro-rated basis would look like<00:23:40.559><c> or</c><00:23:40.760><c>
• </c><00:27:00.240><c> or</c> authority to set what the pro rating or authority to set what the pro rating

Committee: Senate Finance

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• And then you lastly have the drinking water revolving fund, which provides below-market-rate loans for
• </c><00:04:11.720><c> loans</c> which provides below market rate loans which provides below market rate
• The tax rate for calendar year 2024 is 1.8%.
• The rate may be reduced from year to year by the commissioner of management and budget in consultation
• That happened once in recent memory, in 2023, when the rate was reduced to 1.6.

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• And some of this pre-authorization rates, where you know it's a given, only adds to the cost and why
• And some of this pre-authorization rates, where you know it's a given, only adds to the cost and why
• The rates in that program have not been updated since 1989, and so certainly costs have increased since
• And some of this pre-authorization rates, where you know it's a given, only adds to the cost and why
• </c><00:50:59.400><c> you</c> this pre-authorization rates where you this pre-authorization rates where

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• California has the highest<00:23:02.480><c> real</c><00:23:02.799><c> poverty</c><00:23:03.280><c> rate
• ><00:23:03.760><c> of</c><00:23:04.000><c> any</c><00:23:04.240><c> state</c> highest real poverty rate
• </c> reducing the rate of infant mortality. reducing the rate of infant mortality.
• And we'll say no to piling on more debt that will raise interest rates, hurting our economic growth,
• , hurting our economic growth, rates, hurting our economic growth, exploding<01:19:35.360><c> our</c>

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• You make one set of payments at a particular rate for three years, and then it bumps up just a little
• </c> one set of payments at a particular rate one set of payments at a particular rate for<00:12:43.200
• </c> position pay that slightly higher rate. position pay that slightly higher rate.
• </c> small business electric rates? small business electric rates?
• </c> by uh having our rates by uh having our rates increased?

Committee: Senate Commerce

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• /c> the agencies to calculate the the agencies to calculate the misclassification<00:06:48.720><c> rate
• on an ongoing misclassification rate on an ongoing basis<00:06:50.440><c> that's</c><00:06:51.000><c
• placement rate of other vocational programs, which is around 25%.
• </c><01:04:17.640><c> of</c> IPS IPS has a placement rate of IPS IPS has a placement rate of 63%<01:04
• </c> 45% and higher than the placement rate 45% and higher than the placement rate of<01:04:25.520><c

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• </c><00:48:19.359><c> and</c><00:48:20.640><c> it's</c> multiply them by the rate and it's multiply them
• </c> Newcastle has a local education tax rate Newcastle has a local education tax rate of<02:28:00.960
• Most of them were designed at that time to address the high dropout rate.
• </c><04:39:30.080><c> So,</c> to address the high dropout rate.
• So, to address the high dropout rate.

Committee: House Education Funding

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• Our focus is on water safety education for our Native Hawaiian community, who drown at a higher rate
• Our focus is on water safety education for our Native Hawaiian community, who drown at a higher rate
• This is a large disparity compared to the rest of the state at an 86% graduation rate.
• </c><01:13:51.320><c> providing</c> reducing crime rates providing reducing crime rates providing opportunities
• Hawaii County faces the highest rate of food insecurity in the state.

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• It deals strictly with the tax rate for the boats, for the licensees, and the admission fee being raised
• It deals strictly with the tax rate for the boats, for the licensees, and the admission fee being raised
• The current rate of $2 was set back in 1993 when we adopted riverboat gambling.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

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• on page 1, line 24, by inserting after the word customer and before the word protection, the word rate
• It will prevent the cost from being passed on to residential, industrial, agriculture, commercial rate
• payers through higher utility rates.

Bills: HB2992 , HB3183 , HB3464 , HB4170 , HB4338

Committee: Senate Energy

Summary: The committee first handled several executive nominations. It unanimously advanced Richard Allier to the Environmental Quality Board, Kevin Foreman to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, Gary Keel to the Air Quality Advisory Board, Megan Langley to the Oklahoma-Arkansas River Compact Commission, Jacob Bull to the Air Quality Advisory Council, and Tommy Colwell to the Oklahoma Mining Commission. In each case, the nominating senator described the appointee’s background and qualifications, and the committee voted to send the nomination to the full Senate without opposition. The committee then considered House Bill 2992, with Senator Green offering a technical amendment to correct drafting errors. The amendment passed 8-0, and the bill itself passed 9-0. Green said the measure would require large-load data centers and crypto mining facilities to pay their share of electric infrastructure costs so those costs would not be shifted to other ratepayers. Senator Boren asked whether municipal utilities and co-ops would be affected, and Green responded that the bill was aimed at the corporate shareholder utility model. House Bill 4338 was also heard and passed, though the roll call showed one no vote. Green explained that the bill concerns produced water and would create a framework for extracting elements from it, with House changes clarifying that it is not retroactive, adjusting flexibility for the produced water unit size, and allowing processing of brine before corporation approval. The committee also advanced House Bill 417, which addresses theft of copper fittings on oil rigs and related cleanup damage by making certain conduct a misdemeanor; it passed 10-0. The meeting ended after the committee approved the remaining nominations and adjourned.

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• The advantage is that it allows the university to retain the current negotiated hourly rates based in
• Advantage is that it allows the university to retain the current negotiated hourly rates based in 2023
• . negotiated hourly rates based in 2023.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget met on March 19, 2006, and first approved a fiscal status statement and five-year baseline budget with no changes. The committee then approved several B.A. 7 budget adjustments, including additional authority for the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for cultural development activities, a federal Rural Health Transformation Program grant for the Department of Health with 15 added positions, and a $1 million increase from the major events incentive fund to reimburse costs tied to the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The committee also reviewed a Louisiana Military Department project to convert Building 2013 at Jackson Barracks into a cyber warfare operations facility, increasing total funding authority to $29.7 million to add a SCIF component. Members approved clarifications of legislative intent for several prior appropriations, including parish drainage and local government items, and approved extensions or amendments to contracts for tourism advertising, the Office of Risk Management’s third-party claims administrator, and a DEQ contract with RTI International. The committee heard presentations on two university-related items: Louisiana Tech’s plan to shift campus buildings from its aging in-house cogeneration system to utility service from the City of Ruston and a local gas provider, which is expected to save money even after debt service, and UL Lafayette’s request to extend a consulting contract for continued support of its Banner ERP system. Members asked questions about the Louisiana Tech project’s scope and savings, but no objections were raised on the items before the committee. The meeting concluded with adjournment after a motion by Senator Fesi.

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• problems in urban communities, where we suffer from urban heat and other problems at a disproportionate rate
• problems in urban communities, where we suffer from urban heat in other problems at a disproportionate rate
• We suffer from urban heat and other problems at a disproportionate rate because we don't have the greenery

Committees: House Water, Parks and Wildlife , House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

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• And in Kentucky, our per capita incarceration rate for Black 64%<00:20:55.360><c> of</c><00:20:55.480
• </c> incarceration rate incarceration rate for<00:21:23.520><c> black</c> For Black folk, 1,479 per 100,000
• In Kentucky at a tremendous rate.
• In Kentucky at a tremendous rate.
• rates rates um<00:22:59.320><c> compared</c><00:22:59.680><c> to</c><00:22:59.720><c> other</c><00:22

Summary: The meeting was a discussion of fatherhood and a possible response to Senator Robby Mills’ Resolution 112, which had proposed a task force on fatherhood initiatives. After approving the June meeting minutes and confirming a quorum, the committee heard a presentation from Mark Ludwig, executive director of the National Council for Equal Shared Parenting, who argued that fatherhood is often left out of public policy and that stronger father involvement is linked to better outcomes in crime, education, substance abuse, and family stability. He cited Kentucky’s 50/50 shared parenting law as a model and urged fatherhood classes, employment support, mentoring, co-parenting education, and partnerships with community organizations, schools, and social workers rather than relying solely on state spending. He also said fatherhood engagement could save the state money by reducing incarceration and related costs. Members then raised concerns that the presentation did not sufficiently address structural causes of fatherlessness, especially incarceration, racial disparities, gun violence, poverty, housing, transportation, and sentencing policy. Senator Berg and Representative Kulkarni emphasized that Black and brown families are disproportionately affected by incarceration and violence, and questioned whether fatherhood programs alone can solve the problem without broader reforms. Ludwig responded that some fathers are pushed out by the court system or lack legal resources, and said reintegration programs and legal, financial, and community supports are part of the solution, though he had focused mainly on the need for fatherhood programming in this presentation. No bill was voted on and no formal action was taken beyond approving the minutes. The discussion appeared to be an initial policy conversation to gather ideas and perspectives for possible future work on fatherhood-related initiatives.

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• , and part of it was completely mapping all of the ADTs into our programs and matching the tuition rates
• of the community colleges for students who come into National University to increase the completion rates
• for folks who are coming... ...to increase the completion rates for folks who are coming in.
• To improve the literacy rates of African American students.
• Another concern raised is about the experience modification rate safety standard and the interaction

Committee: Senate Education

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• That is, but regardless, we are increasing the family residential services framework rates for service
• Moving next to line 223, this is an increase rate for family residential services with high needs, the
• </c><01:11:15.200><c> study</c><01:11:16.120><c> um,</c> workgroup and rate study um, workgroup and rate
• </c><01:11:31.760><c> has</c><01:11:31.920><c> an</c><01:11:32.080><c> incre-</c><01:11:32.640><c> rate
• </c> um, this is um, it has an incre- rate um, this is um, it has an incre- rate increase<01:11:33.240

Committee: Senate Finance