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• appearance of impropriety arising from my receipt of a lawful campaign contribution from the citizen who filed
• campaign contribution from the citizen campaign contribution from the citizen who<00:01:21.280><c> filed
• <c> the</c><00:01:21.680><c> petition</c><00:01:21.920><c> to</c><00:01:22.080><c> impeach</c> who filed
• the petition to impeach who filed the petition to impeach Justice<00:01:22.799><c> Goodwine.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met to begin work on three impeachment petitions: one against Ballard County Jailer Eric Copus, one against family court judge Stephanie Pllo, and one against Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Pamela Goodwin. Before moving into executive session, the chair announced that John Blandon would chair any discussion of the Goodwin petition and that the chair would recuse himself from that matter. The chair then read a formal recusal letter into the record, explaining that he was stepping aside from the Goodwin petition because he had received a lawful campaign contribution from the citizen who filed it. He said the recusal was intended to avoid any appearance of impropriety and to preserve public confidence in the impeachment process, while making clear he would continue to preside over the other impeachment matters. The committee then voted to go into executive session to discuss and adopt rules of procedure. The motion was made by Mr. Blandon, seconded by Mrs. Deckard, and approved after roll call. The committee announced it would retire to executive session in room 125.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're moving to Senate Bill 24, and this is filed by Senator Gruders, but Senator Rodriguez will be..
• . 24 and this is filed by Senator Gruders, but Senator Rodriguez will present on his behalf.
• Senator McLean, happy New Year, and I do see we have a late-filed strike-all amendment to the bill.
• Is there any objection to taking up the late-filed amendment?

Summary: The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and took up several bills, beginning with SB 762 on offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment that removed a one-year sunset and a reporting requirement to the legislature. Senator Martin and regional counsel Itan Emotin explained that the bill would allow regional counsel offices to handle certain capital conflict cases, with the goal of reducing very high defense costs while maintaining adequate representation. After questions about whether referrals would be optional, compensation, and possible impacts on quality of defense, the committee reported CS for SB 762 favorably by a 9-1 vote. The committee then considered two uncontested local claims bills. SB 16, relating to relief of Heroberto A. Sanchez Mayan by the City of St. Petersburg, described serious injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport by police; counsel for the claimant appeared in support. President Gates spoke against the claims-bill process but said he would support the victim if the bill’s passage were in doubt. The bill was reported favorably 9-1. SB 14, relating to relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County, involved a pedestrian struck by a county bus; the county had admitted fault and settled the case. The bill was reported favorably 9-1, and SB 24, a $500,000 settlement for Lourdes and Edward Latour against Miami-Dade County, was also reported favorably 9-1. Finally, the committee took up SB 208 on land use and development regulations. Senator McLean presented a negotiated strike-all amendment that would make development application fees more transparent and cost-based, tie them to direct and reasonable indirect review costs, and set subjective compatibility standards for residential projects, with carve-outs for PUDs, master plan communities, and historic districts. Multiple stakeholders appeared or waived in support, including 1,000 Friends of Florida, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, AARP, counties, cities, and planning and conservation groups. The amendment was adopted, and CS for SB 208 was reported favorably 10-0. The committee then adjourned after recording Senator DeSigley’s vote on SB 762.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're moving to Senate Bill 24, and this is filed by Senator Gruders, but Senator Rodriguez will be..
• Senate Bill 24, filed by Senator Gruters, but Senator Rodriguez will present on his behalf.
• Senator McLean, happy New Year, and I do see we have a late-filed strike-all amendment to the bill.
• Is there any objection to taking up the late-filed amendment?

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, if you go to page 21, Senate File Number 473 will be referred to the Committee on Judiciary
• /c><00:04:38.759><c> page</c><00:04:39.280><c> 21</c><00:04:40.280><c> Senate</c><00:04:40.680><c> file
• </c> members if you go to page 21 Senate file members if you go to page 21 Senate file number<00:04:42.080

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the 2025 legacy omnibus bill, Senate File 2865.
• </c><00:13:44.880><c> uh</c> forwards that were in Senate file uh forwards that were in Senate file uh
• File Kunish's Senate File 2448.<00:26:19.279><c> On</c><00:26:19.600><c> page</c> 2448.
• This is the language embodied in Senate File 2663.
• </p> <p>This amendment is embodied in Senate File 1269.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That report will be filed in the office of the Secretary.
• That correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• That correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• They have read through the file. The commission asked some pretty hard questions.
• They have read through the files. They know about what he has done.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard prayer and the pledge, approved the journal, and received committee reports and messages from the Governor and House. Several bills and resolutions were moved through the calendar, including committee referrals, enrollments, and transmittals of already-passed measures. The chamber also received new first-reading bills, including appropriations measures and policy bills on elections, education, and endowment land leases. On the floor, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 117 recognizing Idaho’s ties with Italy and the opening of an Idaho office in Italy. The resolution was supported with remarks about historical Italian immigration to Idaho and wartime cooperation involving Italian POW labor in Idaho agriculture. The Senate also adopted House Concurrent Resolution 30, which directs the Medicaid Legislative Review Panel to study and provide guidance on implementing comprehensive Medicaid-managed care; that measure passed by roll call, 20-10 with one absent. The Senate then adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 114, adding a new joint rule to limit the number of bill drafts and RSs a legislator may bring in a year, with exceptions for budget bills, amendments, trailer bills, interim committee legislation, and leadership-approved exceptions; it passed 35-0. The chamber also adopted Senate Joint Memorial 115 urging federal action on pelican impacts to Idaho fisheries, and Senate Resolution 120 honoring State Police K-9 Kimber for her service. Later, House Bill 723 on child care licensing and protections for children in residential care facilities passed 32-3 after debate focused on abuse prevention, unannounced inspections, and a bill of rights notice for children. In the afternoon session, the Senate passed several appropriation bills, including Senate Bills 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, and 1386, covering the Endowment Fund Investment Board, Idaho State Lottery, Fish and Game, Veterans Services, Public Utilities Commission, Industrial Commission, and Pardons and Parole. Most were described as enhancement or maintenance budgets funded largely through dedicated or federal funds, with debate emphasizing small hardware purchases, program restorations, and agency operating needs. Senate Bill 1382 for Fish and Game passed 23-12, and House Bill 848, the legislative branch appropriation bill, was brought up for consideration as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• That report will be filed in the office of the Secretary.
• That correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• That correspondence will be filed in the Office of the Secretary.
• They’ve read through the file. The Commission asked some pretty hard questions.
• They’ve read through the files.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They file 990s. You can look up their 990s; they're available publicly.
• It was after Stewart Health filed for bankruptcy.
• And, you know, we do have more medical malpractice claims filed here than in other states.
• can file it, but there's no duplication.
• So some of you may have seen that when you did your campaign finance filings.

Bills: HB99 , HB49 , HB164 , SB30 , SB43 , SB50 , SB136

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• And then in November 2021 was called the trigger of the first public filing.
• That first public filing is the one that actually mentioned blast mining.
• Yeah, that's the public filing that goes through TCEQ; it's publicly available on their website.
• That first public filing is the one that 309 actually mentioned blast mining.
• OK, so we put the first TCEQ public filing in November of 2021.

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2203, relating to certification of discovery issues in TCEQ contested cases referred to SOAH. The chair noted the House had already passed the companion HB 3249, then moved SB 2203 without amendments. The motion prevailed on a 5-0 vote, and the bill was reported favorably to the full House. The committee then heard SB 1898, which would prohibit the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam for testing and training, while still allowing it in emergency firefighting. The sponsor described PFAS as “forever chemicals” and said the bill would protect firefighters, water supplies, and public health. Testimony in support came from Environment Texas, which cited contamination concerns and noted other states and federal actions restricting PFAS foams. No one testified against the bill, and after closing testimony the committee left SB 1898 pending. The remainder of the hearing focused on SB 1758, a Grayson County pilot program aimed at addressing potential conflicts between Global Wafers’ semiconductor wafer facility and a proposed Black Mountain Cement/aggregate operation. Supporters, including Global Wafers, Grayson County officials, and manufacturing groups, argued that vibration from mining or blasting could threaten a major national-security semiconductor investment and that an independent BEG study was needed to set safe parameters. Opponents from Black Mountain Cement and related industry groups argued the bill would improperly interfere with a lawful permitting process, pick winners and losers, and harm Texas’ pro-business climate; they also said they had already revised operations and removed blast mining. The discussion included extensive questioning about geology, vibration, the permitting timeline, and whether the issue was really about mining rather than the air permit. No vote was taken on SB 1758 in the portion provided.

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• or whatnot, but it doesn't say if you erase files or if you misplace files.
• We understand getting rid of files, erasing files, spoliation. This doesn't say spoliation.
• So, where does it say if a worker erases their files, they may be immediately terminated?
• Or where they're licensed based on where they file their federal income tax. Yeah, Mr.
• To the place where the income tax return was filed.

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, we'll be moving on to business on the daily file.
• File item one, House Resolution 8 by Assemblymember Fong. The clerk will read.
• Moving to business on the file, item one, Senate Bill 1 by Assemblymember Gabriel.
• No laws will be filed, no lawsuits will be filed by the Attorney General of this great state unless the
• The motion carries without reference to file ACR 1 by Aguiar-Curry. Clerk will read.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We will include customer service filings, two courtrooms that we hope to run every day, as opposed to
• We will include customer service filings, two courtrooms that we hope to run every day, as opposed to
• For that one, a key measure of success there is the number of petitions that are filed.
• in our courts so that's a petition filed in our courts so that's a big<00:30:00.039><c> deal</c><00:
• thank you so what about um your filed thank you so what about um your stats<00:30:19.760><c> for</c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Judiciary heard the Judiciary’s budget presentation from Brandon Kimura and other court administrators. The Judiciary outlined its mission and access-to-justice programs, including specialty courts, self-help centers, online small claims dispute resolution, and e-reminders. It requested an operating budget of $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027, along with 17 permanent and one temporary position, and described a series of staffing and program requests tied to specialty courts, district court operations, technology, and public guardianship. Major program requests included making women’s court permanent by converting seven temporary positions to permanent and adding a substance use counselor; expanding truancy court and the Early Education Intervention Program on Oahu; and making the driving while impaired court permanent. The Judiciary also sought staffing and funding for the new Wahiawa District Court, including security, janitorial, IT, clerical, bailiff, and social worker support, plus an additional district court judge and staff in Kona. Technology requests included cybersecurity tools and a cybersecurity unit, enhanced email protection, and replacement of aging network switches. Other operating requests included continued funding for the Criminal Justice Research Institute, restoration of 12 positions cut during the pandemic, and added support for the Office of the Public Guardian. For capital improvement projects, the Judiciary’s top priorities were $4 million to design a new South Kohala District Court, $900,000 to replace an aging AC chiller on Kauai, and $5 million for lump-sum facility preservation work. Members asked questions about purchase-of-service contract rates, implementation of court-appointed fee increases, federal grant dependence, specialty court effectiveness, truancy court outcomes, and the condition of the Ewa District Court site. Judiciary witnesses said they were working to raise provider rates through contracts and a separate bill, cited low recidivism and reduced petitions as evidence that specialty courts and truancy efforts are working, and said the Ewa site has significant foundation issues that may require further assessment or a different location.

Transcript Highlights:

• The secretary will read the number of the Senate file numbers.
• The Senate files have been given their second reading.
• </c> file number 3949. file number 3949.
• Thank you, Senators, for hearing Senate File 3769.
• Senate file bill its third reading.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> accessible candidate filings accessible candidate filings website<00:20:36.640><c> on</c><00:20:
• petitions with the courts action to file petitions with the courts our<00:24:15.840><c> office</c><00
• Incorrect or incomplete files have been uploaded to the election reporting system when a results file
• within a time contests must be filed within a time frame<00:49:57.640><c> following</c><00:49:58.000
• </c><00:50:03.880><c> The</c> two election contests filed The two election contests filed The Residency

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh not when the petition is filed. filed. filed. Am<00:45:39.119><c> I</c><00:45:39.280><c> right?
• </c><01:10:12.800><c> So</c> waiting to be filed. So waiting to be filed.
• ,</c> &gt;&gt; and on average when a petition is filed, &gt;&gt; and on average when a petition is filed
• </c><01:14:00.800><c> with</c> have valid cases but fail to file with have valid cases but fail to file
• </c> filing a case in state or federal court. filing a case in state or federal court.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1552, which would make the attorney general the interim chief election officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying it could create a conflict of interest if the attorney general were both the state’s lawyer and the chief elections officer in any related litigation. The League of Women Voters supported having some interim backup for the office, but said it was not necessarily advocating that the attorney general fill the role. Several other testifiers, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, opposed the bill, arguing the current law already provides for a prompt commission appointment and warning about partisan bias and concentration of power. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said an interim mechanism is needed to ensure election certification in a crisis. The chair also asked whether any statutory acting capacity already exists, and the attorney general said none was known. The committee then took up House Bill 2125, which would bar corporations operating under state law from engaging in election activity. The attorney general opposed the bill, citing Citizens United and arguing that corporations have First Amendment-protected political speech rights and that the bill would likely be unconstitutional. Indivisible Hawaii supported the measure, saying it would keep elections focused on the will of the people rather than corporate influence. Libertarian Party testimony was mixed: one witness supported the goal of reducing corruption but warned the bill could suppress organized dissent and sweep too broadly by treating many associations as corporations. The bill’s introducer asked whether the legislature could still enact it as a policy matter, but the attorney general maintained federal constitutional law would control. No vote was taken on either bill during the portion of the hearing provided. The committee also heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment, which would set procedures and compensation for people whose convictions are reversed or vacated on grounds consistent with innocence and whose charges are dismissed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the bill’s intent but objected to language assigning it responsibility for helping released individuals secure housing, identification, health coverage, and other reentry needs, saying it no longer has jurisdiction after release and suggesting the courts or a community-based contractor handle that role. The Office of the Public Defender strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the harm of wrongful conviction and the need for compensation, case management, and medical coverage after release. No action or vote was reported on this measure in the excerpt.

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• </c> me but there are um certainly um filing me but there are um certainly um filing papers<00:04:27.919
• and everybody agrees the shape files and everybody agrees the shape files<00:13:54.160><c> are</c><00
• Um and present those shape files to us.
• We anticipate that we will go live on File and Serve, which is the electronic filing component, later
• ><c> electronic</c><01:24:45.760><c> filing</c> which is the electronic filing which is the electronic

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• because the Senate would be after the House filing date for all House members.
• </c> chase down the rules to get a late filed chase down the rules to get a late filed bill. bill. bill
• </c> file bills because your bill filing file bills because your bill filing period<00:28:13.919><c>
• </c><00:28:15.440><c> period</c> period is open your bill filing period period is open your bill filing
• Yeah, makes bill filing period. Why not?

Committee: Senate Ways and Means

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We’re going to begin in a moment in file order.
• The only exception to file order is the Chair of Judiciary, Umberg.
• Yeah, you can go ahead and line up at the microphone, single file.
• It was approved by the Legislature on its consent file.
• We have file item 11, SB 947, Senator McNerney. We have file item 11, SB 947, Senator McNerney.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with SB 16, which would require county behavioral health directors to create clear pathways for clinicians to be authorized to initiate 5150 involuntary holds. The author and supporters argued the bill would reduce reliance on law enforcement and create more consistent crisis response standards statewide, while county behavioral health directors opposed it as an unfunded mandate that could increase law enforcement involvement and create implementation burdens. Members raised questions about county costs and funding, but the author emphasized the bill’s role in building a more clinical response system. SB 561 would require public guardians to acknowledge conservatorship referrals, make determinations within a reasonable time, and provide status updates on request. Supporters said the bill would reduce delays that leave vulnerable adults in limbo, while the opposition from public guardian representatives was removed after amendments. SB 381 drew extensive public testimony in support; it would allow California-born adoptees, and descendants of deceased adoptees, access to original birth certificates, with a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents. Supporters framed the bill as a matter of dignity, identity, and health, and there was no formal opposition on the record. The committee also discussed SB 880, which would give tenants and prospective owner-occupants notice and a first opportunity to make an offer when institutional investors sell certain homes. Supporters said it would expand homeownership opportunities and preserve neighborhood stability, while opponents warned about conflicts with federal law, bundled-sale restrictions, and impacts on build-to-rent and affordable housing projects. Members and the author discussed possible amendments to address those concerns. SB 1238 would impose a duty of care and additional transparency requirements on HOA managers and boards; supporters said it would protect homeowners from mismanagement, while the main opposition argued the duty should remain contractual and could increase litigation. Finally, SB 423 would require disclosure of emergency-service records related to private detention facilities, and SB 28 would make changes to the CARE Court process, including a statewide ombudsperson and expanded oversight; both drew support and opposition, with concerns focused on transparency, privacy, implementation, and the balance between treatment and coercion. SB 574, discussed at the end, would require disclosure and human oversight for AI use in courts and legal practice and create a complaint process for ADR providers, with the State Bar noting requested amendments related to complaint handling and confidentiality.

Transcript Highlights:

• We’re going to begin in a moment in file order.
• The only exception to file order is the Chair of Judiciary, Umberg.
• Yeah, you can go ahead and line up at the microphone, single file.
• It's easy for consumers to file claims or reports.
• We have file item 11, SB 947, Senator McNerney. We have file item 11, SB 947, Senator McNerney.

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yep, we have House File 212 and House File 214. Big day for Representative Hill.
• we have house file 212 and house<01:20:16.600><c> file</c><01:20:17.199><c> 214</c><01:20:18.199><c>
• big</c><01:20:18.400><c> day</c><01:20:18.679><c> for</c> house file 214 big day for house file 214
• </c><01:21:50.400><c> uh</c> for house file uh for house file uh 212<01:21:52.159><c> um</c><01:21:52.320
• And then you've got one more House File 214.

Bills: HF919 , HF1192 , HF212 , HF214

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: wastewater, infrastructure, funding, Litchfield, economic development, environmental compliance, Hastings, water treatment, PFAS, nitrates, bonds, capital investment, public health, HF212, Round Lake-Brewster, Independent School District No. 2907, school construction, school building, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption