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Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:24 Approval of September 18, 2025 Minutes: 00:02:03 Discussion on the Condemnation of Agricultural Land: 00:03:12 Discussion on the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative: 00:50:00 Adjournment: 01:19:10, 958, all

Summary: The Joint Agriculture Committee met in October with a quorum present and approved the September minutes. The main presentation focused on condemnation of agricultural land and eminent domain, featuring testimony from Stephanie Barnett of a family-run livestock and farming business in Todd County, with support from Kentucky Farm Bureau. Barnett described a state road project that would take about 29 feet of frontage and affect entrances, fencing, a sign, drainage, a water well, and parking, saying the process involved poor communication, correspondence sent to the wrong address, and limited opportunity to negotiate changes such as a turning lane or relocated entrances. She said the business was not opposed to progress, but wanted the property restored and fairly compensated for the full impact on the operation, not just the land value. Committee members broadly agreed that eminent domain is sometimes necessary but should be handled with more transparency, communication, and fairness. Several members said the issue affects both rural and urban property owners and raised concerns about fair market value, compensation for agricultural infrastructure improvements, long-term impacts on farm operations, and the cost and delay of litigation. One member asked about the firm involved and suggested hearing from the people responsible for the correspondence problems; Barnett said she would share names after negotiations conclude. Another member noted that the maps had already been drawn before the landowner was brought in and said local meetings and clearer public input could reduce conflict. Chairman Dossett said he was interested in pursuing legislation for the upcoming session focused on property owner protection, fair treatment, and fair compensation, not just for agricultural land but for all Kentucky property owners. Members discussed possible ideas such as requiring better notice, more public transparency, and accounting for related costs like wells, fencing, drainage, and access changes. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond the approval of minutes and the discussion of potential future legislation.

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• And so I think 20, and when it has a scheduling, devaluing schedule in here, so I think that kind of
• All the counties have to use the same depreciation schedule.
• So they put those on a schedule. I know they are replacing those.
• And that's a 50-year schedule, but it ends with the 5% residual.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• c> and payment schedule of that security. and payment schedule of that security.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• c><02:13:24.159><c> fromc> next meeting scheduled for but like from next meeting scheduled for but
• c> wec><02:18:54.880><c> schedulec><02:18:55.280><c> twoc><02:18:55.519><c> meetingsc> >>
• :18:56.800><c> schedulesc><02:18:57.280><c> andc> because I know that your schedules and because
• ourc><02:18:58.559><c> schedulesc><02:18:58.880><c> arec><02:18:59.040><c> gettingc> All some

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission to study the cost of special education met, confirmed a quorum, introduced members and guests, and approved the minutes from the October 29 meeting. Members noted the commission’s mandate under Senate Bill 57 and emphasized the need to focus on recommendations and findings by July 1, 2026. The chair also distributed additional handouts, including materials related to the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program and administrative rules tied to differentiated aid and disability determinations. The main discussion centered on how students qualify for differentiated aid under the EFA program. Matt Sutherton of the Children’s Scholarship Fund explained that the organization, which contracts with the state to administer EFAs, accepts either school-district/IEP documentation or a medical certification of disability (MCD) from a licensed medical professional. Members questioned how this process relates to the state’s special education rules and whether the school-district examiner standards in ED 107/1107.04 apply to EFAs. Sutherton said the MCD form, created with the department, requires the medical professional to sign that they are qualified to make the determination and to identify the disability. Several members expressed concern that the EFA process is less rigorous than the school-district IEP process and may be inflating disability counts. One member argued that the administrative rules cited are primarily for school districts, not EFAs, and said the Department of Education may not know how many of the roughly 890 EFA students receiving differentiated aid came through school-district documentation versus the MCD pathway. Another member said the EFA system appears more generous than the school system and raised concerns about oversight, auditing, and whether the program’s data are accurate. Sutherton said the organization reviews signed documentation, credentials, and diagnosis information, and may request additional records to help adjudicate expenses. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the prior minutes.

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• Having met those, they are again eligible for the C-TAC.
• Having met those, they are again eligible for the C-TAC.
• They are again eligible for the C-TAC.
• Districts are seeing the need to amend their salary schedules.
• this person didn't, and they're going to start on the same schedule."

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• it to tie it to a service and then tie it to tie it to a vesting<01:12:14.920><c> schedule,c><01:12
• :12:16.480><c> 5,c> vesting schedule, whether it's 5, 10, 5, vesting schedule, whether it's 5, 10,
• ><c> schedulec><01:12:49.600><c> andc><01:12:49.680><c> thec><01:12:49.800><c> numbersc><01:12
• :50.200><c> alwaysc> vesting schedule and the numbers always vesting schedule and the numbers always

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• c><00:21:45.760><c> forc> procedures and fee schedules for procedures and fee schedules for associations
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• ><00:53:21.799><c> uhc><00:53:21.880><c> finec><00:53:22.119><c> andc> uh scheduled fees and fine
• c> uhc><00:53:23.920><c> publishingc><00:53:24.359><c> ofc><00:53:24.960><c> finesc> fee schedules

Keywords: 1183, house

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• ><c> we'llc> we've got others on the schedule we'll we've got others on the schedule we'll come<01:
• > schedulec><01:31:16.480><c> forc><01:31:16.679><c> nextc><01:31:16.920><c> timec> got you uh
• on the schedule for next time got you uh on the schedule for next time uh<01:31:17.719><c> members

Keywords: 1183, house

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• c><00:42:40.920><c> toc><00:42:41.079><c> bec><00:42:41.200><c> scheduledc> allowing our teachers
• to be scheduled allowing our teachers to be scheduled during<00:42:41.880><c> criticalc><00:42:42.240
• toc><00:42:45.839><c> schedulec> flexibility I have been able to schedule flexibility I have been
• able to schedule teachers<00:42:46.599><c> morec><00:42:46.880><c> strategicallyc><00:42:47.720>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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Bills: HF4693

Keywords: transportation, license plates, validation stickers, replacement fees, government fees, 1183, house

Summary: The Transportation Finance and Policy Committee approved the April 13, 2026 minutes and then heard a presentation from Charles Carlson of Metropolitan Transportation Services on regional transit governance and finance in the Twin Cities area. Carlson reviewed the history of transit governance from private streetcars and buses to public control, including the creation of the Met Council and Metropolitan Transit Commission in 1967, later fragmentation through suburban opt-outs and the Regional Transit Board, and the 1994 consolidation that made Metro Transit part of the Met Council. He also explained the role of the Transportation Advisory Board as a state-created advisory body to the council’s federally designated MPO function, and noted that any major structural change to the Met Council could trigger federal redesignation requirements. The presentation then focused on funding changes over time. Carlson said transit was long supported by fares, property taxes, and federal aid, but that property taxes for operations were prohibited in 2001, federal operating assistance ended, and the state shifted to general fund support and then motor vehicle sales tax revenue. He described the 2006 constitutional dedication of motor vehicle sales tax, the volatility of that revenue during the Great Recession, and the use of one-time state appropriations and later federal COVID relief to cover operating gaps. He said the 2023 legislature created the regional 3/4-cent transportation sales tax to stabilize transit operations, reduced the state’s rail operating obligation, and moved Metro Mobility/Metro Move into a state forecast-based program effective in 2025. Members asked several questions about the structure of suburban “opt-out” providers, including Maple Grove and Plymouth, and how they can contract with Metro Transit or private providers while still retaining control of their allocated funds. Carlson explained that replacement service municipalities receive statutory and formula allocations and choose how to use them. He also described Metro Move as a waiver-based service begun in 2024 that uses human services and Medicaid funds to reduce pressure on the state general fund. Later discussion covered ridership and service shares, with Metro Council providing the vast majority of regional transit service and suburban providers accounting for a small share. No votes or bill actions were taken beyond adoption of the minutes; the chair indicated a bill would be taken up later in the meeting.

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• ofc><01:27:14.600><c> thosec><01:27:14.880><c> appointmentsc> scheduling of those appointments
• scheduling of those appointments everyone<01:27:16.560><c> isc><01:27:16.800><c> vsoc><01:27:17.440

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• c><00:50:27.760><c> thatc><00:50:28.000><c> thisc> be scheduled for over a year. that this be scheduled
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• <c> twoc><02:25:53.680><c> billsc> scheduled to introduce two bills scheduled to introduce two bills

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• ><c> talkc><01:17:51.520><c> aboutc><01:17:51.679><c> itc> behind schedule um we can talk about
• ><c> schedulec> that yeah I didn't want to schedule that yeah I didn't want to schedule today<06:12
• ><c> toc><06:13:05.680><c> schedulec> speaker asked us not to schedule speaker asked us not to schedule
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Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries. Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor. Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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Keywords: 916, all

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• 52.560><c> andc><01:44:53.840><c> uhc><01:44:54.239><c> thec><01:44:54.560><c> schedulec><01:
• c> schedule things.
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• c><05:50:58.958><c> forc><05:51:00.000><c> thec> scheduled the executive session for the scheduled

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• c><00:02:02.240><c> aheadc><00:02:02.399><c> andc><00:02:02.560><c> adjournc> any objection we'll
• c><00:02:03.680><c> Thankc><00:02:03.920><c> you.c>

Keywords: 916, all

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• c> This<00:15:47.040><c> housec><00:15:47.360><c> isc><00:15:47.600><c> scheduledc><00:15:48.000
• scheduled to vote on HP1 This house is scheduled to vote on HP1 1194<00:15:50.399><c> umc><00:15:50.560
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• c> umc> our schedule have made that work um our schedule have made that work um insufficient insufficient

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• c> Um it'll depend on the floor schedule. Um it'll depend on the floor schedule.
• c> toc> if I'm still chair, I'll be glad to if I'm still chair, I'll be glad to schedule<00:26:35.040
• c> havec><00:26:35.760><c> timec><00:26:35.960><c> toc><00:26:36.080><c> getc> schedule it early
• so we have time to get schedule it early so we have time to get it<00:26:36.280><c> done.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• reschedule the hearing or schedule<00:16:02.759><c> ac><00:16:02.880><c> meetingc><00:16:03.160>
• <c> forc><00:16:03.480><c> decision-makingc> schedule a meeting for decision-making schedule a meeting
• were provide better consumer protections were not<00:22:09.679><c> scheduledc><00:22:10.159><c> by
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• by committee chairs from not scheduled by committee chairs from CPC<00:22:12.159><c> CPNc><00:22:13.159

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 117 on condominiums. Testifiers were split: reserve-study professionals and the Community Associations Institute opposed tying reserve requirements to assessed value, arguing reserve studies should be based on actual components and costs and that the bill could lead to over- or under-collection. Condominium owners and advocates supported the bill, saying some associations are not completing reserve studies or are failing to provide audits and adequate funding, and urging stronger fiduciary accountability. A member later asked about compliance rates, and a witness said he was not aware of any association that had failed to do a reserve study, estimating compliance at well over 95 percent, likely close to 100 percent. The committee then took testimony on HB 544 on pet insurance, which drew support from the Attorney General’s office and the Insurance Division with comments about contract-impairment issues, as well as support from the North American Pet Health Insurance Association and the Hawaiian Humane Society. Testifiers said the bill would help consumers understand and use pet insurance as veterinary costs rise. HB 983 on certified public accountants also drew mostly support, with the Hawaii Society of CPAs and the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants offering conditional support and proposed amendments. Public accountants said the bill could help address a shortage of CPAs and expand pathways into the profession, while some speakers cautioned that the language needed clarification and that public accounting experience should be tied to CPA-firm work. An instructor from UH West Oahu said students cannot afford the extra credits currently required and would benefit from a more accessible pathway. The committee also heard HB 1050 on Title 24, with DCCA supporting the measure and no opposition or questions. The discussion then moved to HB 256 HD1 on environmental protection and incinerator emissions. The Department of Health offered comments, while Energy Justice Network and Climate Protectors Hawaii supported strengthening the bill, warning that it could weaken existing standards at H-Power unless amended to preserve stricter state rules and require modern pollution controls. A member questioned the Department of Health about H-Power’s permits and whether additional controls would be required if federal rules change; the department said permits are reviewed every five years and that the facility currently meets state and federal requirements, while EPA rules remain in a public comment process. Finally, the committee heard HB 1051 HD1 on energy efficiency portfolio standards, with support from the Consumer Advocate, State Energy Office, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Hawaii Energy. The committee then heard HB 350 HD1 on energy, where the State Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray Corporation offered conditional comments urging any new mandated water-heating technology to meet the same efficiency level as existing solar thermal systems, and the Kauai Climate Action Coalition testified in support. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• on the schedule uh we have a testifier on the schedule Rob<00:44:52.480><c> doorc><00:44:53.240><c
• of Revenue um because<00:48:53.680><c> ofc><00:48:53.920><c> hisc><00:48:54.160><c> schedulec>
• <00:48:54.799><c> thatc><00:48:55.720><c> thatc><00:48:56.359><c> thatc> because of his schedule
• that that that because of his schedule that that that he<00:48:56.920><c> couldc><00:48:57.240><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all