Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:03:49.200><c> to</c> childhood system from prenatal care to childhood system from prenatal care
• 55.839><c> office</c><01:03:56.160><c> of</c> board directs the executive office of board directs the
• </c> that taking care of every other thing. that taking care of every other thing.
• </c> strengthening the state's health care strengthening the state's health care workforce<01:52:43.199
• </c> that especially to get a primary care that especially to get a primary care physician, physician

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What it says is that the New Mexicans don't care about rain.
• And into the future, I will take direction.
• Unlike a lot of other venues, a lot of venues say, 'Here's your venue, you take care of it.'
• It's important for us to be in fields of law and everything else, but very much in health care.
• When on page 27, where it says direct Jobs in 2024: 313 direct jobs with total jobs of 790.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• procurements</c> direct that direct specific procurements direct that direct specific procurements of
• HP 504 would unravel this balance, take us in the wrong direction.
• </c> us in the wrong direction. us in the wrong direction.
• and I urge you to ITL wrong direction and I urge you to ITL the<01:08:07.280><c> bill.
• HB 627 care, and educational resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We thought it was heavy-handed in too many different directions.
• We thought it was heavy-handed in too many different directions.
• I think it's important in terms of directing the rules on that.
• </c><01:01:17.920><c> Um</c> directions so to speak. Um directions so to speak.
• </c><01:38:38.159><c> payment</c> statute and allow the direct payment statute and allow the direct payment

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so it's very simple, it's very direct, and it makes sure that the people representing those sub-districts
• It's very direct and it makes sure that the people representing those sub-districts, and in your handout
• then and not lose that tax revenue because of an 8% cap on annexation..." "...take care of those cities
• And I want to direct you to page four, lines 15 through 31, as Representative Sauter mentioned.
• So glad I put a smile on some people's faces, but no doubt I care deeply about this.

Committee: House Local Government

Summary: The committee heard four bills, all related to fire district governance and funding. House Bill 797, brought by Rep. Dygert, would require fire district and sub-district commissioners to be electors residing in the sub-district for at least 90 days before appointment or election. Members raised concerns about possible difficulty finding qualified candidates and about overlap with other residency rules, but the bill was moved to the floor with a do pass recommendation. Rep. Sauter presented House Bill 765, which would allow fire districts, and in some cases library districts, to adjust boundaries through a public process without being constrained by the effects of prior law limiting annexation value. Testimony from an Eagle Fire District representative and others described the bill as a way to better match service areas with district boundaries and avoid tax and service mismatches. The committee sent the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 766 would let fire and ambulance districts administer their own development impact fee schedules across multiple jurisdictions, rather than relying on separate approvals from each city or county they cover. Fire chiefs and the Association of Idaho Cities supported the bill as an efficiency measure, while some members questioned whether it would increase fees or reduce local oversight. The committee advanced it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 767 would allow fire district impact fee revenue to be used for up to 50% of the replacement cost of fire apparatus. Fire chiefs argued that growth has increased wear on equipment and that the bill would help districts keep up without raising fees, while the Idaho Home Builders Association opposed it, warning of a slippery slope and potential housing cost impacts. After debate, the committee approved the bill on an 8-6 roll call vote and sent it to the floor with a due pass recommendation.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so it's very simple, it's very direct, and it makes sure that the people representing those sub-districts
• It's very direct and it makes sure that the people representing those sub-districts, and in your packet
• our fire districts work really closely with those jurisdictions that they are covering and taking care
• And I want to direct you to page four, lines 15 through 31, as Representative Sauter mentioned.
• So glad I put a smile on some people's faces, but no doubt I care deeply about this.

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• does not apply to visits by... ...where one receives medical treatment, including emergency medical care
• That don't involve the direct attempt to take a person's life.
• It encompasses both direct and cross-examination.
• I am a sexual assault nurse examiner, so I give medical care and forensic care to survivors of sexual
• They do that by getting rid of the grand jury and going to a direct file system.

Bills: HB75 , HB108

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• sure that before we make any kind of recommendation, those numbers are secure and that they're taken care
• sure that before we make any kind of recommendation, those numbers are secure and that they're taken care
• I don't know if that's legally under our auspices to direct how investments should be going on at our
• Vice Chair, if that's a question directed to the staff.
• And it sounds like it could potentially include recommendations if that's the direction you go.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy

Summary: The committee approved the May minutes by roll call vote and then received brief updates from the Attorney General’s office and the Office of the State Actuary. The AG’s office said it would handle legal analysis related to the committee’s work, while the actuary reported that staff were at capacity this summer due to annual valuation work, experience studies, and other retirement system projects, but would have more capacity in the fall. Members also requested access to fiscal note and actuarial materials related to the LEOFF 1 study and related legislation. The main discussion focused on the LEOFF 1 study, including actuarial funding, a proposed merger/termination/restatement approach, and the possibility of a permanent COLA for Plan 1 members. Several members supported keeping COLA recommendations in the committee’s work, while others raised concerns about whether merging or restating plans could affect benefits, legal status, or IRS tax treatment. The actuary explained that the temporary pause in certain funding rates reflected prior overfunding buffers and assumptions about future investment returns, and said future base-rate funding could still be needed depending on experience. Members also discussed constituent correspondence, which staff said largely fell into four categories: the LEOFF 1 study, Plan 1 benefits and COLAs, fossil fuel divestment, and ESSB 5357. The committee agreed that divestment concerns are more appropriately directed to the State Investment Board, not this committee. In reviewing the draft interim work plan, members added or adjusted several topics for future meetings, including a July educational briefing on LEOFF 1 history and tax/IRS issues, a September discussion of COLAs, and a December placeholder for excess compensation/pension spiking, pending coordination with the LEOFF 2 Board. The committee then approved the July agenda and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• custody evaluations to complete within the prior 2 years at least 3 hours of training related to caring
• would establish that legal actions involving children are initiated by those with a legitimate and direct
• Parents are taking care of the children. They often are at a financial disadvantage.
• , uh, we elected to start at the official level because we think the market and attorneys can take care
• But then, uh, the attorneys taking care of themselves in the market, is that more about depositions?

Committee: Senate Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, and Jim took care of it all. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate your presentation. Yes. Yes.
• The Kentucky Exposition Center hosts major trade shows, but its lack of direct transit from downtown
• <00:45:17.200><c> transit</c><00:45:17.760><c> from</c><00:45:18.079><c> downtown</c> direct transit
• from downtown direct transit from downtown restaurants,<00:45:19.359><c> hotels,</c><00:45:20.240><c>
• And we've been careful in job better.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:09 Approval of Minutes 00:01:10 Welcome New Members 00:01:26 Information Items 00:01:49 COT Special Report 00:02:38 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:07:41 A. Department of Military Affairs 00:08:07 B. Department of Veterans’ Affairs 00:20:34 C. Kentucky Infrastructure Authority 00:25:54 D. Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet 00:35:05 E. Transportation Cabinet 00:55:53, 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board met with a quorum, approved the May 21 minutes, and welcomed a new executive branch member, Secretary Keith Jackson of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. The board also received two informational items: agency responses to prior questions and amendments made to capital plans after the last meeting. It then heard the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s report on executive branch IT capital project scoring, which reviewed 16 IT requests totaling about $330.5 million. COOT said projects were ranked through an independent panel using standardized criteria focused on feasibility, statewide alignment, readiness, impact, and risk; the CIO recommended moving an enterprise application and artificial intelligence inventory system from rank 11 to rank 4 because of its enterprise-wide impact and connection to Senate Bill 4. The Department of Military Affairs presented its capital plan, describing 43 million in projects for the current period and 13 projects totaling $65 million for 2026–2028, with most funding coming from federal sources and restricted agency funds and no general fund request in the latter period. Its projects included maintenance pool adjustments, a statewide Army master plan, the Somerset readiness center, Shelbyville and Ashland armories, a future home for the Kentucky Army National Guard band, and other facility upgrades. Members asked about the Somerset project’s cost growth and federal delay; the department said the project remains in conceptual design, is awaiting federal MILCON action, and would require a state match of about $9.8 million against $29.6 million federal funding if it is approved. Members also asked about staffing levels, and the department said state employee and Title 32 numbers have been relatively steady, while technician positions have declined. The Department of Veterans Affairs outlined seven projects for 2026–2028, led by a Radcliff Veterans Center HVAC replacement that needs an estimated additional $16 million to finish phase two after phase one was already funded. Other requests included a maintenance pool increase, renovations and exterior upgrades at Eastern and Western Kentucky veterans facilities, a cooling tower replacement at Thompson Hood, and parking lot and lighting improvements. The department said some projects were already in the six-year plan and that the Radcliff phase two could be bid in June 2026 if funded. Members confirmed that a columbarium wall project at Grayson is federally funded. The Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented its six-year capital plan, citing more than $3 billion in loan commitments since 1988 and over $5 billion in supported infrastructure projects. KIA requested $298.439 million in the first biennium, including $27.742 million in state match for federal clean water and drinking water revolving funds, $25 million for its state Infrastructure Revolving Fund, $185.697 million in federal capitalization grants, and $30 million in leverage bond authorization for each year of the two federally assisted loan programs. Members asked about drinking-water quality, and KIA said that function is handled by the Energy and Environment Cabinet’s Division of Water, not KIA. KIA also said its loan rates currently range from 0.5% to 2.25%, averaging just under 1%, and that its revolving loan programs have had no defaults. The Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet began its presentation at the end of the transcript, with staff identifying themselves, but no project details or board action from that presentation were included in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> reporting necessary for every direct reporting necessary for every direct appropriation<00:01:41.600
• </c><00:16:15.199><c> appropriation</c> reduction of the direct appropriation reduction of the direct
• </c> appropriations should be made as direct appropriations should be made as direct appropriations.<
• A direct made in session law.
• There is no direct program.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And the two cents is a direct reflection of the increased sales tax because of higher prices.
• Let me be direct.
• Managing the transition away from fossil fuels necessitates clear direction, goals, and structure.
• And so, you know, we should be careful about how far we go and where we travel. All right.
• Which, if any of these, require additional legislative direction?

Committee: House Utilities and Energy

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's probably directed more to you, Cole.
• So that's probably directed more to you, Cove.
• If we're not careful.
• So you're not even going to take care of the south side.
• To say that I love and care about the outdoors is an understatement.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm direct and I'm straightforward.
• We took ours in a different direction.
• And that's what it takes in here is leadership to step forward and take care of our kids.
• They have to take care of their own business. But like my cousin said, we have no voice.
• Because when we were taking care of and stewarding this land and taking care of our people, we didn't

Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs held a historic hearing at Table Mountain Rancheria focused on tribal education, culture, resilience, leadership, and trust. The opening prayer and remarks emphasized the significance of holding the first committee hearing on tribal land. Members said the hearing was intended both to hear testimony about ongoing problems in schools and to identify next steps for legislation and policy, especially as the session neared its end. The committee also referenced recent efforts supporting Native students’ right to wear regalia at graduation and broader concerns about representation in education and state institutions. The first panel centered on Native students’ experiences in public schools. Bella Garcia described a two-year fight with Clovis Unified over wearing tribal regalia at graduation, including a restrictive approval form and administrators who she said denied Native identity and made her feel invisible. Morningstar Ghali connected those experiences to the legacy of boarding schools, racial profiling, suspensions, and the “boarding school to prison pipeline,” and called for culturally responsive education, Native educators, counselors, Native studies, and restorative justice. Janet K. Bill, from the Attorney General’s Office of Native American Affairs, described her own path from tribal Head Start to Stanford, law school, tribal council, and state service, and said education, justice, and sovereignty are linked. Members asked about restorative justice, representation, and how to build pipelines into leadership and education roles. The second panel focused on solutions. Chairwoman Michelle Heredia Cordova urged a reimagined education system that is more personalized, experiential, culturally grounded, and balanced with land-based learning, while also recruiting Native teachers and creating stronger tribal partnerships. Chairman Leo Sisku said schools should educate educators, stop tokenizing Native students, and create accountability and consequences for discriminatory behavior; he also supported stronger tribal-school partnerships and more positive outreach. Chairman Fred Bean emphasized consistent engagement from tribal leaders at every level of schooling, stronger transitions from elementary to college, and programs that prepare Native youth for leadership, trades, and higher education. Chairman Shaineto of Tule River argued that schools and administrators should face consequences for violating Native students’ rights, and that Native people should not have to keep educating institutions about basic cultural respect. Committee members responded by discussing possible statewide solutions, including regional tribal boards, better enforcement of existing laws, stronger pipelines into teaching and leadership, and improved representation on boards and in state agencies. Several members raised the need to implement existing laws, fill vacant Native appointments, and consider broader protections for Native regalia and cultural expression. No formal vote was taken in the transcript, but the hearing concluded with a clear call for continued collaboration, accountability, and legislation driven by Native voices.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> provide appropriate care. provide appropriate care.
• afford care.
• afford care.
• afford care.
• </c> and the child care slot. and the child care slot.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, they would be, but the benefit is to the veteran, whether that be either direction.
• So with a 62-cent difference, I'm not sure a lot of people would care too much about the 62 cents, but
• Let's see what direction I want to go. You know, I've got a bill filed.
• So eventually those costs fall upon us anyway with health care costs.
• So eventually those costs fall upon us anyway with health care costs.

Committee: House Veterans and Armed Forces

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to bind up the nation's wound to care to bind up the nation's wound to care for<00:03:51.000><c>
• My budget will support the continued efforts to strengthen our mental health care system.
• </c><03:12:21.920><c> for</c> of Environmental resources to care for of Environmental resources to care
• These are all good things, but it incorporates multiple ESG standards in this directive.
• directive directive e<03:46:24.199><c> compliance</c><03:46:24.760><c> with</c><03:46:24.920><c> the

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And they're going to talk to us a little bit about child care, childhood — not child care, childhood.
• and child care providers.
• Now, we know we have waiting lists everywhere for child care.
• So some are partially, you know, they're splitting the cost of the care.
• So, you all as the committee, you decide the direction of the adequacy study.

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and then shifted to an update from Department of Education Secretary Jacob Oliva and Deputy Commissioner Stacey Smith on early childhood education, especially the state-funded Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program. They said Arkansas had received a federal Preschool Development Grant and described ABC as a large state program with about 23,800 funded slots and roughly $114 million in annual appropriations. Department officials said they are reviewing slot allocations because about 1,000 seats are funded but unfilled, while more than 2,000 families are on waiting lists, and they plan to reduce or reallocate slots from providers that have not filled them over several years. They also said they are examining whether income thresholds, curriculum expectations, daily rates, and summer programming should be updated, and members raised concerns about access, local control, transportation, and whether the program should better align with K-12 choice and school readiness goals. The committee agreed to form an early childhood subcommittee and asked the Bureau of Legislative Research to help gather historical data and other information for future discussion. The committee then received a legal presentation from BLR attorney Taylor Lloyd on the constitutional and statutory framework for education adequacy in Arkansas. She reviewed the Dupree and Lake View cases, explaining that the state must maintain a general, suitable, and efficient system of free public schools, and that adequacy and equity are distinct but related concepts. She emphasized that the General Assembly is responsible for defining adequacy, studying whether the system meets that standard, and reacting to the evidence, while the courts ultimately decide constitutional compliance. Lloyd also explained the current adequacy definition, the role of the matrix as a funding tool rather than a spending mandate, and the distinction between unrestricted foundation funding and restricted categorical funding. BLR’s Elizabeth Bynum followed with a historical overview of how Arkansas responded to the court cases and developed the current adequacy process. She traced major legislative actions from the 1980s through the Lake View litigation, including the creation of funding formulas, categorical aid, isolated funding, declining enrollment funding, and the 2003-2004 adequacy study that led to the Continuing Adequacy Evaluation Act and the matrix used to set foundation funding. She also described later changes to the adequacy statute, the financial reporting requirements for districts, and the ongoing use of surveys, stakeholder testimony, and consultant studies in the biennial adequacy process. Members asked questions about whether private or homeschool programs could use public funds for expenses like utilities, whether stakeholders should include those groups, the difference between average daily membership and attendance, and whether school board members are surveyed; staff said those issues would need further research or were outside the scope of the presenters’ role.

Transcript Highlights:

• And if the legislature does want to move in that direction, this kind of bill would create a uniform
• And if the legislature does want to move in that direction, this kind of bill would create a uniform
• </c><01:00:38.920><c> youth</c> services such as child care youth services such as child care youth programs
• </c><01:26:18.600><c> that</c> uh get in can get the extra care that uh get in can get the extra care
• </c> um put forth that you could have direct um put forth that you could have direct to<01:35:08.920>

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I have no way of shopping online or I don't care to shop online.
• So currently health care facility.
• But I think, you know, it sounds like you're working going in the right direction.
• Instead, the bill speaks to all licensed health care practitioners, not up. Thomas.
• The patient in their vulnerable time deserves to know who the clinician caring for them is.

Keywords: 999, senate, all