Transcript Highlights:

• And then we run it over some screens, and the finer coal falls through, and that gets transferred over
• And it goes into these transfer houses.
• This air heater takes fans that take outside air and blows through there and that rotates and it transfers
• Now you're transferring that mechanical energy... That gets everything spinning.
• Now you're transferring that thermal energy and the steam into mechanical energy in the turbine, starting

Committee: Joint Energy Development and Transmission Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• includes Additionally, the 2026-27 Governor's proposed budget includes $11.5 million in a one-time transfer
• using their money to enroll these foster youth, and I don't current—whoever isn't—can't you just transfer
• potential, like, over-enrollment in their bridge program and did work very closely with them to transfer
• We support the Senate's proposal, with the caveat that providers' existing right to temporary transfer
• funding reduction to the child care development funds, Proposition 64, and the need for mid-year transfers

Summary: The committee heard an extensive Department of Social Services presentation on child care budget issues, including the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 budget, federal CCDF changes, Prop. 64 revenue adjustments, and a one-time $11.5 million disaster-related infrastructure grant for licensed child care facilities affected by 2025 declared disasters. DSS said federal formula updates and lower Prop. 64 revenues would reduce funding and could result in about 4,176 CCTR slots being reduced, but the department said it was working to avoid impacts to currently enrolled children. The LAO supported aligning general child care funding with lower revenues and asked for more detail on the disaster grant. Members pressed DSS and Finance on why reductions were not being backfilled and why so many awarded slots remain uncontracted or unused; DSS said delays are largely due to providers building new infrastructure, licensing, staffing, and enrollment challenges, and that some unspent funds revert to the General Fund. The committee also discussed whether some contract dollars should be shifted to vouchers and whether more flexibility should be allowed for infrastructure and expansion costs. A second panel focused on the state’s commitment to expand child care and on rate reform. DSS reported that nearly 125,000 new slots have been awarded since 2021-22, but speakers from Stanislaus County Office of Education, Parent Voices California, and the California Budget and Policy Center argued that unmet need remains large and that the system still leaves many families without access. Stanislaus County described a large local shortage of infant and toddler care and said reimbursement disparities between child care programs and state preschool create disincentives for providers. Parent Voices gave testimony about the burdens and instability families face when trying to access care, especially for survivors and low-income parents, and called for a universal, publicly funded system. The Budget Center said only about 16% of eligible children were enrolled in 2024, urged expansion across the mixed delivery system rather than concentrating investment in TK, and called for faster rate reform and new revenue. LAO estimated that bringing certain CCTR adjustment factors up to CSPP levels would cost $88 million to $131 million ongoing. Members and witnesses discussed the single rate structure, automation needs, and the need for deadlines and a ramp-up plan; DSS said the goal is to eliminate disparities, but that policy decisions are still needed before automation can proceed. The committee then reviewed several trailer bill proposals. DSS outlined a 2026-27 COLA proposal that would apply a 2.41% increase through cost-of-care-plus payments, though the department said it had inadvertently excluded CalWORKs Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program and would revise the proposal; LAO recommended making the COLA methodology uniform across programs. DSS also proposed replacing the market rate survey with the federally approved alternative methodology on a triennial schedule, limiting temporary absences in family child care homes to 20% of monthly hours, defining excessive unexplained absences as more than 30 days in a year, and aligning family fee deductions with new federal requirements so providers receive the full voucher value. Members generally supported the temporary absence change and asked about implementation timing for the family fee deduction, with DSS saying it was in contact with Riverside County. The committee also heard a brief update on the Early Childhood Policy Council reappropriation, which would extend unused funds through June 30, 2028 because prior costs came in higher than expected.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're about that pathway to economic mobility and that income transfer that allows us to...
• from our own mostly fixed income to support her care, resulting in a devastating reversal of wealth transfer
• We must address these intergenerational transfers of wealth and implement guaranteed income for American
• Researchers are starting to share that unconditional cash transfers are increasingly seen as a powerful
• Unrestricted cash transfers can offer an affirming approach, expand bodily autonomy, and provide tangible

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We started the planning stages for a zero textbook cost transfer pathway to have systemwide impact, because
• We've already identified the planning stages for a business transfer pathway.
• courses, those free materials can be used across our colleges and across our universities for those transfer
• We started the planning stages for a zero textbook cost transfer pathway to have systemwide impact, because
• We've already identified the planning stages for a business transfer pathway.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so we want them to know both history but also to be able to make connections and apply and transfer
• And so we want them to know both history but also to be able to make connections and apply and transfer
• And so we want them to know both history but also to be able to make connections and apply and transfer
• </c><02:07:56.400><c> Is</c><02:07:56.560><c> that</c> certificate transferred over.
• Is that certificate transferred over.

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:00 Workforce Pell Grant Update – 0:03:30 Extension Office Update – 0:33:25 Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies – 1:07:08 Early Literacy Outcomes – 1:32:20 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 1:58:30 Adjournment 2:13:13, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:34:13.919><c> of</c> fiscal year to support the transfer of fiscal year to support the transfer
• So rather than do that, we transfer those restricted funds, which accumulate over time, treat them as
• If somebody transfers from question, will you yield to another question, please? Last one.
• >> Transferring between sections like that is beyond my ability to answer.
• </c> counting $250 million in a fund transfer counting $250 million in a fund transfer to<01:19:28.719

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration. Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs. Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects. The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• And so, I don't think it'll even be transferred into the account unless those specifications are met,
• President, members, this is a transfer of $228,600,000 from the SIPA account to the general fund.
• in place, should be transferring the school foundation program.
• transferring the in place, should be transferring the school<02:11:47.440><c> foundation</c><02:11:48.000
• We're transferring money expenditure.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We ask for your hand upon our national leaders, on President Trump and his team, for the peaceful transfer

Bills: SJR36 , SB1 , SJR36 , SB1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We ask your hand upon our national leaders, upon President Trump and his team, for the peaceful transfer

Bills: SJR36 , SB1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer by Senator Birdwell, who asked for protection and wisdom for Texans affected by severe weather, as well as guidance for state and national leaders. The chair then noted hazardous travel conditions from the winter storm and advised that attendance was not essential for affected members and staff; the journal was directed to reflect the weather event. The chair announced the signing of Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 and then laid out first-reading items, including SJR 36 by Hall, a proposed constitutional amendment related to appropriations for preserving historical items, and Senate Bill 1 by Huffman, the General Appropriations Act. No debate or votes on those measures occurred in this transcript. Finally, Senator Zaffirini moved that the Senate stand in recess until 10 a.m. Friday, January 24. With no objection, the motion carried and the Senate recessed accordingly.

Transcript Highlights:

• TRIO participants are 48 percent more likely to earn a credential or transfer than their peers.
• and ANAPEC fund the institutional infrastructure that benefits every student: learning centers, transfer
• It could also include transfer students as well, and also current homeless students, but it is at an
• It could also include transfer students as well, and also current homeless students, but it is at an

Summary: The committee heard AB 1159, which would expand and modernize student data privacy protections, extend similar protections to higher education students, and create limited enforcement mechanisms. The author and supporters argued that ed tech now collects far more sensitive information than students and families realize, including health, location, and identity-related data, and said the bill is needed to address AI, subpoenas, data theft, and misuse. Some higher education and bookstore interests raised concerns about definitions and preserving ordinary student communications, but committee members generally supported the bill and emphasized protecting sensitive information; the bill was moved on a due pass motion to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection Committee and placed on call. The committee also heard AB 1171, which would protect and stabilize the Part-Time Community College Faculty Health Insurance Program by keeping funds dedicated to that purpose and requiring districts to begin negotiations by 2030. The author and supporters said part-time faculty often lack employer-sponsored coverage despite teaching most community college courses, while opponents from the Community College League and administrators argued the measure was premature because participation is growing and the Legislature should retain budget flexibility. Several senators discussed the tension between budget discretion and honoring the state’s commitment to faculty health care; the bill was moved on a due pass motion to Senate Appropriations and placed on call. AB 1581 followed, proposing changes to improve identification and reporting of Native American students in CalPADS through tribal affiliation data. Supporters said current systems severely undercount Native students and that better data would improve resources and accountability, while members raised implementation questions about multi-tribal identities and consultation with tribes. The bill was moved to Appropriations and placed on call. The committee then heard AB 1665, requiring mental health training for school sports coaches. The author and a psychiatrist witness said coaches are trusted adults who already receive training on physical safety and should also be trained to recognize mental health warning signs and connect students to help. Support came from school, health, and sports organizations, with no opposition, and the bill was moved to Appropriations and placed on call. Finally, AB 1766 was heard, expanding human trafficking prevention education from grades 7-12 to K-12 and adding content on online exploitation, grooming, and digital abuse. The author, a survivor witness, and a foundation representative described the need for earlier, age-appropriate prevention education and stronger staff awareness; supporters included educators, school districts, and industry groups, with no opposition. Senators praised the testimony and the bill’s focus on prevention, and a motion was made to move it forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• proposal is long-term allowance budgets beyond 2030, removing allowances once offsets are used, transferring
• Second, we're expediting the transfer of 70% of the gas utility allowances over to electric utilities
• We support efforts to make electricity more affordable and accelerate the transfer of fossil fuel auction
• Thank you. ...electricity more affordable, and accelerate the transfer of fossil fuel auction revenues

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These projects are essential to preparing students for transfer, career pathways, and participation in
• It's really enabling expanded counseling services, academic support, transfer pathways, dual enrollment
• a result of these investments through HSI, we have seen measurable gains, including increases in transfers
• of educating some of the most marginalized populations, including first-generation, low-income, transfer

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that folks are going to be transferred, and CDCR has a choice on how to handle those transfers
• They tend to transfer to other prisons.
• They tend to transfer to other prisons.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held a hearing on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) budget, with a focus on prison population trends, spending, facility closures, and efforts to find savings. The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) presented data showing the prison and parole populations have fallen sharply over the past 20 years while CDCR spending has remained high, driven largely by security, health care, litigation-related requirements, and aging infrastructure. The LAO also said the state is likely to have several thousand empty beds by 2030 and recommended closing another prison, identifying the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad as the strongest candidate, while also urging more transparency around facility deactivations and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) efficiency contract. CDCR Secretary Jeff McCumber said the department faces structural budget pressures from retirement payouts, workers’ compensation, overtime, medical transport, aging facilities, and violence in prisons, but emphasized declining recidivism, expanding reentry beds, and the need for more single-celling and rehabilitation. Department of Finance representative Anthony Franzoa said the administration is not proposing another prison closure at this time, opposed new reporting requirements on deactivations, and said the BCG contract is intended to produce long-term savings even if near-term estimates are being revised downward. Amber Rose Howard of California United for Responsible Budget argued the state should close more prisons, redirect funds to community services, and stop spending on excess prison capacity. Members questioned why CDCR still relies on vacancy savings, why rehabilitation is only a small share of the budget, and whether the department should be more transparent about capacity reductions and legal liabilities. Several members criticized the $20 million BCG contract and the lack of competitive bidding, while others pressed CDCR on staffing levels, single-celling, suicide prevention, and health care costs for older incarcerated people. The hearing did not take a formal vote, but it ended with clear committee concern about CDCR’s budget transparency, the pace of prison closures, and the need to align spending more closely with the declining prison population and the department’s stated rehabilitation mission.

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that folks are going to be transferred, and CDCR has a choice on how to handle those transfers
• They tend to transfer to other prisons.
• They tend to transfer to other prisons.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No, no, no, no, that was the ERB transfer. Allie, General, hurry up. Change the subject, let's go.
• That was the ERB transfer. Allie, General, hurry up. Change the subject. Let's go.
• The two lines here, other transfers and federal... ...of our requests.
• The two lines here, other transfers and federal revenues, those are for the Pipeline Safety Bureau.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• sudden they said, "Oh no, we've just got this notice here from XYZ County or whatever," and you get transferred
• whatever<00:45:55.200><c> and</c><00:45:55.440><c> you</c><00:45:55.680><c> get</c><00:45:55.839><c> transferred
• </c><00:45:56.319><c> over</c> whatever and you get transferred over whatever and you get transferred

Bills: SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167 , SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice, reciprocal licensing, background check, continuing education, workforce shortage, military spouse, active duty military, compact commission

Transcript Highlights:

• So we've transferred all of our easements, which we have through conservation districts around all 2,107
• So we've transferred all of our easements, which we have through conservation districts around all 2,107
• They can reduce the amount of fertilizer if they can get those microorganisms transferring phosphorus
• actually given to the Department of Commerce, and it took us until just July of this year to get that transferred

Committee: House A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee

Summary: The meeting began with a budget presentation from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Secretary Blaine Arthur and Deputy Commissioner Jan Lee described the agency’s divisions and recent efforts to improve efficiency, including expanded online licensing, electronic veterinary inspection certificates, and a new laboratory information system. They highlighted youth and workforce programs, local food initiatives for schools, market development efforts, and ongoing animal health concerns such as avian influenza, equine herpesvirus, and the threat of New World screwworm. They also discussed staffing, turnover, and uncertainty around federal cooperative agreement funding, while noting they were not requesting new or additional appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year. Members asked about meat inspection staffing, the use of one-time forestry firefighting funds, biosecurity and national security coordination, and agency staffing levels. The department said meat inspection was currently in good shape but dependent on federal funding stability, and explained that prior firefighting dollars had been used for equipment purchases. They also said they work with state and federal partners, including DHS and FBI, on threat preparedness and have reduced turnover by adjusting salaries and maintaining staffing at or below prior levels. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission then presented its budget and program overview. Staff described the agency’s long history and current work in water quality, flood control, soil health, unpaved roads, wetlands, and woody species control, especially eastern red cedar removal. They emphasized data-driven, voluntary conservation practices, citing stream cleanups, flood-control dam benefits, pond cleanouts during drought, and the Cherry-Peach watershed project as examples of programs that improve water resources and reduce wildfire risk. The agency said its workload has grown significantly and requested funding for critical dam repairs, local conservation district staffing, continued unpaved roads work, and expansion of woody species control statewide. Members asked about county matching for road and dam projects, who to contact about flooding roads, sediment removal from pond cleanouts, and the effectiveness of county training programs. Commission staff explained that county in-kind work can count as match, local conservation districts are the first point of contact, and the road training has produced measurable savings and better maintenance practices. They also clarified that “high hazard” dams are those where failure could threaten people or infrastructure downstream, not necessarily dams that are structurally failing.

Transcript Highlights:

• The ERP system is basically the transfer from the HRIS and the FMIS within the controller's unit.
• Yes, they are, because negotiations—we have to sign the transfer of property, the official transfer of
• required to maintain and repair, but it's not really our building per se yet until we officially transfer

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• certain that we have it with the growth hormones we inject into our beef and our poultry, and that transfers
• 41.360><c> that</c> into our beef and our poultry and that into our beef and our poultry and that transfers
• </c><00:30:44.960><c> Um,</c> transfers into us as we consume it.
• Um, transfers into us as we consume it.

Keywords: Meeting start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 Approval of Minutes 02:26 Discussion of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and Related Legislative 02:43 Presentation of Geoengineering and Related Legislation 07:42, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the prior meeting’s minutes. Senator Williams then presented a discussion draft involving KCNA and COOT/Kentucky Wired governance changes. He said the proposal would make the COOT executive director the KCNA director, place the education CIO as chair of a new board of constitutional officers, terminate existing KCNA employees at inception, and return KCNA funds to the general fund. He described the measure as a temporary holding pattern focused on customer connectivity until an audit is completed next summer. Senator West asked whether the bill would change existing Kentucky Wired contracts, and Williams said the contracts would remain in place and COOT would simply handle the work without an extra layer of bureaucracy. No vote was taken; the item was for discussion only. The committee then heard a presentation on geoengineering and related legislation from Rep. John Hodgson, Sen. Rollins, and retired meteorologist Randy Baker. They described geoengineering as attempts to alter climate or weather, including solar radiation modification, stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and cloud seeding. The presenters distinguished these activities from ordinary jet contrails, crop dusting, ground-level emissions, and airport fog control, and said the proposed Kentucky bill would exclude those ordinary activities. They argued Kentucky lacks a current prohibition on weather modification, said the bill would protect farmland, crops, animal agriculture, aquaculture, and human health, and cited public concern, federal uncertainty, and similar legislation in other states. They also said cloud seeding is used in some western states but remains scientifically unproven and potentially harmful. Members asked about enforcement, federal preemption, and whether other states’ actions could affect Kentucky. The presenters said high-altitude spraying would be difficult to hide, that satellite imagery could detect large releases, and that the bill was intended as an assertion of state sovereignty even if federal law later changed. They also said there were no known active geoengineering projects in Kentucky. The discussion remained informational, with no committee vote or final action taken on either topic.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, for example, when I have a run that I have to transfer to ALS or a health cop helicopter comes in
• that</c><00:32:01.120><c> I</c><00:32:01.279><c> have</c><00:32:01.440><c> to</c><00:32:01.600><c> transfer
• </c><00:32:02.880><c> um</c><00:32:03.120><c> ALS</c><00:32:03.919><c> or</c> run that I have to transfer
• to um ALS or run that I have to transfer to um ALS or a<00:32:04.320><c> health</c><00:32:04.559><c>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The meeting focused on the financial and workforce crisis facing Minnesota emergency medical services, especially ground ambulance providers in rural areas. Michael Johnson of the Minnesota Ambulance Association said EMS serves more than 600,000 Minnesotans a year and argued that reimbursement rates do not cover the cost of readiness, staffing, and 24/7 response. He and others called for ongoing EMS sustainability funding of about $50 million, higher Medicaid reimbursement, and continued support for EMT/paramedic scholarships, first responder training, and high school EMS programs. Senator Grant Hoschild and Representative Jeff Backer echoed the urgency, describing EMS as a moral imperative and emphasizing that rural communities cannot wait for ambulances when lives are at risk. Backer, who also volunteers as an EMT, described staffing shortages, reliance on volunteers, and a recent cardiac arrest response to illustrate the importance of local EMS coverage. Becca Hitch of PUM Area EMS said rural services are paid only when patients are transported, not for responding or treating on scene, and that one-time aid helped but did not solve underlying deficits. Bradley Peterson of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said local governments that hold ambulance licenses are being forced to absorb unrecovered costs through property taxes, and that state support is needed to prevent service failures and rising local burdens. In response to questions, speakers said a 2023 statewide study found about $120 million in need, with roughly half tied to operational deficits and half to volunteer support; last year’s aid included about $24 million for rural services and some improvements in volunteer call pay and equipment needs. They also discussed a proposed 10% Medicaid increase, possible special tax district ideas, and the need to target any new funding toward rural services most at risk.