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• I'm here on behalf of MREA and MASBO, Minnesota Rural Education Association and Minnesota Association
• have to weigh those competing needs and determine where limited resources will have the greatest impact
• So, I can't determine the total impact within those states, but the result is that Minnesota schools
• within those states, but the impact within those states, but the result<00:23:45.520><c> is</c><00:23
• . impact. impact.

Committee: Senate Labor

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• to Kentucky agriculture because of the support that many of you in these programs will have for our rural
• Department of Agriculture as co-chair of the disaster resilience task force and, uh, having seen impacts
• on livestock and uh having seen impacts on livestock and working<00:05:16.080><c> through</c><00:05:
• flocks of production animals, the more we can limit that, the more we limit the downside economic impact
• flocks of production animals, the more we can limit that, the more we limit the downside economic impact

Committee: Senate Agriculture

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• So my my question is, they're stating that this bill will have a detrimental impact on our industry,
• How do you anticipate that this bill will impact consumers and independent repair businsses in Florida
• And how does this impact branded acres?
• Words can make a huge difference here and will not impact the intent of this Bill. >> Thank you.
• Here's Schuessler, Florida, Rural Economic Development Association waives in support.

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• 54.000><c> agency</c> Operational impacts may include agency Operational impacts may include agency downtime
• Theirs is impacted.
• Theirs is impacted. So plan as well. Theirs is impacted.
• </c><02:46:53.760><c> It</c> will have zero impact on on the plan.
• It will have zero impact on on the plan.

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• Right now, we that impacts us as adults.
• This is going to have a drastic impact on the state of Minnesota.
• If that was the standard, impact for us.
• </c> consequences and understand the impact consequences and understand the impact on<03:08:00.560><c
• </c><03:37:50.160><c> areas</c> cluster developments in rural areas cluster developments in rural areas

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• </c><00:04:19.040><c> and</c> evaluate environmental impacts and evaluate environmental impacts and benefits
• I'll just say that uh the landscape of federal impacts That uh the landscape of federal impacts on housing
• ><c> negatively</c><00:39:19.280><c> the</c> bill does not impact negatively the bill does not impact
• It seems like that potentially could have an impact on housing.
• </c> impact on housing. impact on housing. &gt;&gt; Mr.<00:40:41.920><c> Donna,</c> &gt;&gt; Mr.

Bills: HF3217 , HF2252

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

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• I'm now living a rural lifestyle.
• </c><00:24:12.559><c> on</c> committee that has a real impact on committee that has a real impact on
• </c> so I'm now living a rural so I'm now living a rural lifestyle<00:25:14.919><c> um</c><00:25:15.279
• </c><02:00:54.920><c> other</c> 100% um tax credit could impact other 100% um tax credit could impact
• </c><03:12:14.680><c> I</c> which might have a detrimental impact I which might have a detrimental impact

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

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• Del Risha White, former foster youth impacted by adoption, and I support this bill.
• You made a big impact. I want to thank the chair because he was really gracious with all of you.
• Disproportionately impact women.
• Bottomo, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, in strong support. All righty.
• So the impact of that... ...of first responders.

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several bills. SB 479 by Senator Arreguín would allow Berkeley, Long Beach, and Pasadena, as local health jurisdictions, to use multidisciplinary homeless response teams and share specified information across departments; supporters said it would improve coordination and services for unsheltered residents, and the bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 46 by Senator Umberg would direct the Secretary of State to keep constitutionally ineligible presidential candidates off the California ballot, including anyone who has already served two terms; supporters argued it was a constitutional enforcement measure, while Senator Niello questioned whether it was needed, and it passed 6-1 to Appropriations. SB 99 by Senator Blakespear would improve coordination between military and civilian systems by requiring courts and law enforcement to account for military protective orders and notify military authorities of possible violations; the Department of Defense supported it, while the ACLU raised due process concerns, and it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 719 by Senator Cabaldon would extend the sunset on state reporting about high-risk automated decision systems from 2029 to 2032, and it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. SB 300 by Senator Padilla would strengthen California’s new AI chatbot law by requiring operators to prevent minors from being exposed to sexually explicit material; supporters said the existing law was insufficient, while industry groups warned against expanding a brand-new regime before it had been tested, and it passed 9-0 to Appropriations. SB 381 by Senator Wahab would allow adult adoptees, and descendants of adoptees, to obtain original birth certificates and create a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents; supporters described health, identity, and dignity concerns, while some members raised privacy concerns, and it passed 13-0 to the Senate Health Committee. SB 33 by Senator Cortese would eliminate the sunset on the public works contractor claim-resolution process, with supporters saying it reduces litigation and speeds payment, and it passed 10-0 to Appropriations.

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• One of my reasons for asking that question is for folks, particularly in rural Arkansas: we have a program
• I just want to make sure Arkansas small businesses, particularly in rural areas of the state, aren't
• So just talk to me about that process and that we can make sure that rural small businesses in the state
• students, but with junior high and high school students, you can rarely find any community league in rural
• That can be a problem in rural Arkansas, as I know you're aware, because there may not, let's say that

Committee: All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

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• filed a complaint right, um, and you know many of the schools in my Senate district are very small rural
• There are more rural schools than not, um, and if this parent does not want that information shared because
• The concern is that in small rural districts, even public complaint information can become identifying
• The speaker noted that many schools in their Senate district are very small rural schools, and that New
• Hampshire has many rural schools.

Committee: Senate Education

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• Um, irrigation projects where public benefit allows, windmills, which we don't see too many of, uh, rural
• too</c><00:18:26.320><c> many</c><00:18:26.480><c> of,</c><00:18:26.960><c> uh</c><00:18:27.120><c> rural
• </c> don't see too many of, uh rural don't see too many of, uh rural community<00:18:27.679><c> fire<

Committee: Joint Select Water Committee

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• It's a high priority by many that are, at least by me, that live in these rural areas.
• The estimates include actual data as well as the estimated impact of legislation, policy, and process
• I mean, that's a pretty big impact on the budget situation. I just wondered if it's safety related.
• I mean, that's a pretty big, pretty big impact on the budget situation.
• CalAWES stated the primary issues were operational impacts at the PSEPS.

Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for the judicial branch, the Board of State and Community Corrections, the Department of Justice, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Legislative Analyst’s Office opened with a warning that the state budget remains structurally imbalanced and urged the Legislature to avoid new ongoing spending unless offset by reductions elsewhere. In the judicial branch discussion, the Judicial Council highlighted language access funding, appellate court security, a backfill for the state court facilities construction fund, and an extension of the lactation room mandate; Finance supported most items but suggested reporting language on interpreter costs and reducing the General Fund backfill. Members raised concerns about judicial vacancies, long-term salary freezes, remote hearings, and the lack of progress on court staffing in some counties. For the Board of State and Community Corrections, the administration proposed $10 million one-time each for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People grant program and a human trafficking vertical prosecution grant program. The LAO said both should be weighed against other priorities and suggested the Legislature consider whether the Tribal Nations Grant Fund could support MMIP work, while Finance said it preferred General Fund support and wanted more review before any fund swap. Members strongly supported MMIP funding and asked whether ongoing support would be considered. On the human trafficking grant, Finance said BSC was a good fit because of its grant administration experience and prior vertical prosecution work, while legislators asked why the program was not placed with the Office of Emergency Services as originally contemplated in prior legislation. The Department of Justice presented antitrust litigation funding, Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse staffing, completion of organized retail criminal enterprise cases, and trailer bill language for a continuous appropriation from the Victims of Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. The LAO supported the antitrust account use but questioned the Unfair Competition Law Fund’s ability to cover the full request without General Fund repayment, and recommended against a continuous appropriation for the restitution fund in favor of a more limited mechanism with legislative oversight. Finance said the fund would remain solvent and defended the continuous appropriation as necessary to pay victims promptly. In the CDCR portion, the largest discussion centered on the Boston Consulting Group efficiency review and sharply reduced savings estimates; LAO said the department had not fully explained the proposed position eliminations or future $100 million savings target, while Finance said the work reflected deeper analysis and ongoing efforts to find savings. Members repeatedly pressed CDCR and Finance on the gap between earlier promised savings and the revised figures. CDCR also outlined population projections showing continued declines in prison and parole populations, while LAO again urged the state to close an additional prison to save ongoing costs. The department then walked through several May Revision items, including workers’ compensation funding, a Corcoran honor housing dorm, incarcerated firefighter pay implementation, an incarcerated menopause program, mental health receiver staffing, mental health resource teams and crisis intervention teams, medical classification staffing changes, and AI note-taking for the electronic health record. LAO generally recommended limiting-term funding and more reporting for many of these proposals, while Finance defended them as necessary ongoing investments or court-ordered obligations. Members questioned the cost of workers’ compensation, the need for more prison closures, the lack of funding for women’s facility violence prevention, and the timing and transparency of the BCG savings process. No votes were taken.

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• Del Risha White, former foster youth impacted by adoption, and I support this bill.
• So the impact that an individual or two people or whoever were trying to potentially prevent by doing
• You made a big impact. I want to thank the chair because he was really gracious with all of you.
• Bottomo, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, in strong support. All righty.
• So the impact of that...

Committee: Senate Judiciary

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• Forest Health Grant Program; House Bill 87, Omnibus Water Bill Planning; and House Bill 122, Wyoming Rural
• President, I'd like to remove House Bill 122, the Rural Health Transformation Program, from the consent
• House Bill 122, Wyoming Rural Health Transformation Program, an act relating to the federal Rural Health
• I think this is a really good idea, but did we look at what the impact of this could potentially be to

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• </c><00:24:41.600><c> the</c><00:24:41.840><c> task</c> school and that's the impact the task school
• and that's the impact the task forces<00:24:42.720><c> do</c><00:24:43.039><c> and</c><00:24:43.279><
• Like, that's a measurable impact that changes lives and families and communities.
• So, the border being secured now has had an impact.
• I think it is going to have a really long-term positive impact from our perspective too.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the September 24 minutes, and heard a briefing from representatives of three Kentucky drug task forces: Greater Hardin County, Bowling Green-Warren County, and Bluegrass Narcotics. The presenters described how multi-jurisdictional task forces operate, their partner agencies, and the kinds of drugs and trafficking patterns they are seeing, with fentanyl identified as the most dangerous and fastest-growing threat. They also described large seizures and investigations involving fentanyl pills, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, tractor-trailer shipments, postal shipments, and a case tied to a pill press and undercover work with the DEA. Bluegrass Narcotics said it was formed in response to overdose deaths and has since seen major reductions in complaints and overdose deaths in Harrison and Bourbon counties. A major theme of the presentation was funding. The task forces said Byrne JAG funding has declined from about $2.1 million statewide in 2023-2024 to $1.4 million this year, while their costs for vehicles, fuel, technology, overtime, office space, and training have risen sharply. They said local support and asset forfeiture help, but the revenue is uneven and unpredictable, and they asked the legislature to consider adding about $1 million per year in state support, with oversight from the Justice Cabinet or Office of Drug Control Policy. They also emphasized that if meth labs return, many agencies would need new training and equipment because those capabilities have largely expired or been scaled back. Members asked about possible statutory barriers, coordination across counties and states, the source of drugs, and how seized cash is handled. The task forces said coordination with federal, state, and other local agencies is generally strong, but money remains the main obstacle to broader operations. They explained that seized cash is held as evidence and, after court proceedings, may be awarded back to task forces or split under statute, with 15% going to the Commonwealth’s attorney and 85% to law enforcement. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the briefing.

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• If I'm in a rural district and I cannot find a speech pathologist, and the only place I can find one
• that's a rural district and I cannot that's a rural district and I cannot find<00:53:45.040><c> a</c>
• to make decisions based on the student, without, to some extent, consideration for the financial impact
• why it was been in several years that's why it was such<01:12:46.679><c> an</c><01:12:46.840><c> impact
• okay so so the yeah so so such an impact okay so so the yeah so so it<01:12:49.400><c> goes</c><01:12

Summary: The work session focused on special education, especially the differentiated aid component and special education aid, which members noted is still often called “catastrophic aid.” The chair said the committee was trying to better understand how special education costs are growing, how districts are delivering services through SAUs or internally, and how reimbursement formulas affect local costs. Members also discussed the need for better data before making decisions on several education funding bills, and Representative Brown was tasked with capturing questions for follow-up information from the department or elsewhere. Testimony from the state special education director, Becky Fad, centered on why student counts in various disability categories have shifted over time. She said the categories themselves have not changed much, but autism has increased because of greater understanding and identification, developmental delay has grown because it applies to children under age 10 who may not yet have a clear diagnosis, and some students previously classified under speech/language or other health impairment are now identified in more specific categories such as autism. She emphasized that the IEP is based on a child’s individual needs, so a change in category would not necessarily change services, though it may help educators support the student differently. Members asked about whether the shifts reflect better diagnostic capability, whether the department should gather more data on the reasons for the changes, and whether autism-spectrum data could be broken down further. Fad said the department does not currently have data on the causes of the shifts or on where students fall within the autism spectrum, but that collecting and analyzing such data is on its list of priorities and a new data manager had recently been hired. She also explained that each child is counted only once on the chart by primary disability, that the IEP or eligibility team determines the primary category based on evaluations, and that any child can be referred for special education by a parent, teacher, or doctor, after which the district must meet within 15 days to decide whether to evaluate. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• in terms of inflation on impact in terms of inflation on construction<00:47:28.480><c> and</c><00:47
• </c> project um while maximizing the impact project um while maximizing the impact of<00:57:23.440><c
• And by doing so, it allows Rural Development to access more federal dollars than a lot of other states
• Even small amounts of lead can have serious health impacts on humans and pose especially strong risks
• health impacts on humans and<01:35:33.760><c> pose</c><01:35:34.000><c> especially</c><01:35:34.480>

Committee: House Capital Investment

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• Wells on behalf of the California State Association of Counties, League of California Cities, and Rural
• departments, and it's clear that the process has begun to survey how many officers different suburban and rural

Committee: Senate Emergency Management

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• Tish is a wonderful rural ranching mom and wife.
• Chairman, your Committee on Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs has under consideration Senate Bill

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several introductions of guests, including two young mayors visiting the chamber. Members then adopted House Resolution 2008 unanimously, honoring Daniel Cade Blackman, with extended remarks from his family and colleagues about his service, faith, and legacy. The House also took up a motion to reconsider SB 1456 from a prior date and proceeded into Committee of the Whole on multiple Senate bills. In Committee of the Whole, members considered and amended SB 1170, SB 1496, SB 1511, SB 1016, SB 1335, and SB 1683, with each ultimately receiving a do pass recommendation. The discussion included a correction to SB 1170 to remove an unintended section, a municipal improvement district process change in SB 1016, an ag-to-urban water permitting fix in SB 1335, and a land-sale restriction involving China in SB 1683. The committee reports were adopted, and the bills were ordered for third reading as appropriate. On third and final reading, the House passed SB 1188, SB 1560, and SB 1723, with recorded votes of 38-0-10, 48-2-10, and 51-0-9 respectively. The House also concurred in Senate amendments to HB 2265, HB 2404, HB 2950, and HB 2986, then passed those bills on final reading; members speaking in support highlighted court-fee policy, mental health crisis response, tourism improvement areas, and water infrastructure savings. The chamber then announced a Republican caucus meeting and adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

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• Tish is a wonderful rural ranching mom and wife.
• Chairman, your Committee on Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs has under consideration Senate Bill