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• </c> further straining municipal services. further straining municipal services.
• I'm happy to answer questions. valuable community services. It's about valuable community services.
• </c> at welfare and and human uh services. at welfare and and human uh services.
• So, however you do it and services.
• </c> provide the services within your town? provide the services within your town?

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I didn't make up this law, but I am forced to live within it.
• </c> but I am forced to live within it. but I am forced to live within it.
• So, like food service, auto mechanics, nursing, education.
• <c> auto</c><03:34:22.479><c> mechanics,</c> like food service, um auto mechanics, like food service,
• was that an increase in services is always a good thing.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Tribal Relations

Keywords: 916, all

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• </c> and that's something that we can live and that's something that we can live with.<00:46:06.720><
• </c> would otherwise take default service would otherwise take default service supply.<01:06:54.720><
• How much do you have service price.
• </c> different in every utility service different in every utility service territory,<05:41:34.958><c
• Large customer generators receive just the default service rate and the default service rate without

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Representaton moves we service member.
• Those living in domestic disputes.
• They should in their children's lives?
• This is helping them get their lives back that were taken in service of this country.
• </c> candidate, fund raise and transition candidate, fund raise and transition their<07:23:58.080><c>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• </c><00:11:57.040><c> and</c> division of Public Health Services and division of Public Health Services
• Providing a service, and you're doing it with a what feels to me, for the number of people serviced,
• </c> ...use disorder services.
• and they needed Medicaid to cover live and they needed Medicaid to cover their<03:52:35.279><c> services
• , cafeteria, or food services.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.

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• How many lives are worth an exemption? Thank you. Thank you for your testimony.
• How many lives are worth an exemption? Thank you. Thank you for your testimony.
• This is suffering beyond anything most of us here know, except for those who've lived it.
• This is suffering beyond anything most of us here know, except for those who've lived it.
• This is suffering beyond anything most of us here know, except for those who've lived it.

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• services for testing drinking water.
• </c> Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services U<00:04:21.040><
• </c><00:04:35.919><c> to</c><00:04:36.320><c> adopt</c> and Human Services to adopt and Human Services
• We live in Coos County.
• We live in Coos County.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Our meeting is being recorded live on TVW.
• We will also name folks to be what we call on deck, meaning it just helps with the transition of getting
• about us without us, we ask that the advisory committee include at least one community member with lived
• People with lived experience are experts in what is broken and what needs to change.
• We can't know exactly what the experience of living like an octopus is.

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee opened its first formal public hearing agenda of the session with House Bill 2238, which would direct the Department of Agriculture to coordinate statewide food security efforts and develop a food security strategy due to the Legislature by December 1, 2027. Staff explained the bill would add food security coordination and food system monitoring to the department’s duties and require collaboration with state agencies, nonprofits, experts, and tribes. Prime sponsor Rep. Christine Reeves described the bill as a way to codify and continue work the department had done under COVID emergency authority, while also addressing food insecurity, farm viability, food access, and supply chain resilience. She and several testifiers emphasized rising food costs, food deserts, and the need for a coordinated statewide approach. Testimony in support came from Second Harvest of Spokane, Northwest Harvest, Washington wheat, potato, onion, and cattle groups, the Washington State Farmers Market Association, Harvest Against Hunger, Pierce County Councilmember Brian Yambay, the Washington Food Industry Association, Food Lifeline, the Coalition of Accountable Communities of Health, and small producers, many of whom stressed the importance of coordination, affordability, data, and including people with lived experience and small farmers in the process. No one testified in opposition during the hearing, though the sign-in record showed 137 pro and 166 con positions overall. The committee then moved into executive session on several 2025 bills, including measures on gray wolf management (HB 1311), farmed octopus (HB 1608), force-feeding birds and foie gras (HB 1735), grizzly bear management (HB 1825), invasive species education for pet sales (HB 1976), and maple syrup processing operations (HB 262). Staff briefed each bill, and members discussed proposed amendments on HB 1735 and HB 1976, but the committee deferred action on all bills except HB 1608. During caucus, members indicated HB 1608 was the only bill to be voted on that day. On HB 1608, which would ban knowingly possessing, transporting, or distributing farmed octopus and authorize a civil penalty, members debated animal welfare and the bill’s policy merits. Rep. Birnbaum supported the measure as a humane step, while Rep. Dent said he had concerns and was not ready to support it. The committee then voted 6-5 to report HB 1608 out of committee with a do pass recommendation. The meeting adjourned after that vote.

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• So we wanted to be sensitive to the fact that we wanted to transition from plastic to more sustainable
• N-Con budget hearing since 2019, actually since before then, and I and others have asked the Public Service
• establishing a Climate Action Cost Council, and to amend the Environmental Conservation Law, the Public Service

Committee: Senate Environmental Conservation

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Environmental Conservation Committee met with a quorum and a very full agenda, moving quickly through a series of environmental and natural resources bills. Early action included approving S.1343B, the clean fuel standard bill, which was referred to Finance with one nay. The committee then took up S.1464A, the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, where supporters said it had been heavily amended to address industry concerns and protect public health by reducing packaging waste and toxic chemicals. Opponents, including Senators Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Stec, raised concerns about costs, unintended consequences for business, agriculture, dairy, food safety, and consumer prices. Supporters argued the bill would reduce waste, protect people from toxins, and that many farms and dairy operations were exempted. The bill was advanced to Finance with two nays and one without recommendation. The committee also considered several bills tied to climate and energy policy. S.2712, sponsored by Senator Stec, would delay CLCPA implementation for 10 years and require a cost-benefit analysis; Stec argued New York has not adequately studied the law’s costs and cited rising utility bills, while Chair Harckham and others defended the state’s clean energy direction and said the bill would not move forward. S.3652, which would prohibit certain restrictions on motor vehicle sales, and S.5611, which would create a Climate Action Cost Council and limit annual climate-related rulemaking, were both voted down and not referred onward. By contrast, S.797A, the Mohawk River Basin Management Act, advanced to Finance with support from its sponsor, Senator Fahy. The committee then took up S.8933, Senator Helming’s bill to prohibit PFAS in photovoltaic modules. Helming said the bill was a common-sense measure to keep forever chemicals out of solar panels and protect water and soil; Harckham responded that the bill’s timeline would effectively halt the solar industry and said there was no evidence of PFAS leaching from solar panels. The bill was not advanced. The committee also advanced S.9206 on brush-fire area reed removal for Staten Island, S.9280 on open water data, S.9462 on deer management permits, S.963 on Atlantic bonito and false albacore management, and S.9479A on tidal wetlands definitions. In the final portion of the meeting, the committee rapidly approved a long slate of routine end-of-session fisheries and marine resource extender bills, including measures on sharks, lingcod, black sea bass, blueback herring, fluke, scup, commercial food fish licenses, special management areas, American eel, Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, squid, and winter flounder.

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• So that probably would be very expensive to work on that and might disrupt service of the Rail Runners
• Good morning, Mallory Monsonadez, Administrative Services Director.
• I have been working on the Energy Transition Act for five years for my district, and I'm really happy

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• the neighborhood, in the internet at large, so it can monitor those endpoints no matter where they live
• the neighborhood, in the internet at large, so it can monitor those endpoints no matter where they live
• the neighborhood, in the internet at large, so it can monitor those endpoints no matter where they live
• the neighborhood, in the internet at large, so it can monitor those endpoints no matter where they live
• , whether they're sitting on they live, whether they're sitting on the<00:42:16.240><c> network</c><00

Keywords: Meeting Start - 00:00 Roll Call – 00:34 KY Chamber of Commerce KY Business Perspectives – 01:50 COT Update on SB4 – 27:16 Adjournment – 48:18, 958, all

Summary: The 2025 Artificial Intelligence Task Force met for its first meeting of the year and heard updates on federal AI policy, state implementation of Senate Bill 4, and the business community’s perspective on AI regulation. Co-chairs noted that federal legislation could affect the task force’s work later in the year, but said Kentucky still has significant issues to study, including energy, land use, education, social media, and children’s engagement with AI. The task force had quorum and no votes were taken. Kate Shanks of the Kentucky Chamber said the business community supports continued discussion but favors a federal approach over a patchwork of state laws. She described the Trump administration’s new AI executive order as emphasizing innovation over regulation, noted the pending federal AI action plan, and discussed congressional action including the Take It Down Act and industry-specific changes to existing laws. She warned that state-by-state AI rules could increase costs and burden businesses, and said the Chamber would prefer incremental, flexible policy that avoids conflict with existing law and limits private rights of action. Members asked about uniform model legislation, education uses of AI, and civil liability; Shanks said a model approach could help avoid fragmentation and that liability should generally be handled through consumer-protection-style enforcement rather than broad litigation. The Commonwealth Office of Technology then reported on implementation of SB 4, saying it has worked with industry, agencies, other states, and vendors to build an AI policy framework now in final review. Officials said an AI Governance Committee has been established and will meet in July, and a draft RFP is being prepared to meet the bill’s tracking and documentation requirements. They said no major implementation challenges have been identified so far, but the impact of pending federal rules remains uncertain. Members also discussed the need to educate students and teachers about AI, with one member emphasizing that schools should teach both how to use AI and how to think critically about information online.

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• He and his family still live live in that area today. He assessed the low water crossings.
• Thank you, panel, for their service.
• We have no cell service there.
• I also want to take a moment to recognize the 10 lives lost Emergency Services District 1, as well as
• So the combination of services provide the manpower here to service the Hill Country?

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Because stormwater recharge opportunities are weather-dependent and short-lived, these timelines would
• Transitioning from a public objection model to a public comment model would still allow members of the
• Fish and Wildlife Service did, I mean, came from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• The California Department of Fish and Wildlife Service—I still use fishing; it shows my age—I looked
• Forest Service water rights, and we managed, after eight years of a lot of engagement, to get CDFW to

Summary: The hearing focused on oversight of AB 658 and the State Water Resources Control Board’s five-year temporary permits for groundwater recharge. Assembly Member Arambula and committee members discussed how the permits are intended to help capture high flows during wet periods, support SGMA implementation, and store water underground for later use. The State Water Board chair said the five-year permits have become an important tool, with seven five-year permits issued this season and over 43,000 acre-feet authorized, but noted that actual recharge depends on hydrology and that the board is open to improvements. Members and witnesses discussed several possible changes to make the program more effective: allowing a two-year delay before the five-year permit clock starts, codifying CEQA exemptions that have been used through executive order, and shifting from a public objection model to a public comment model to reduce delays. There was also discussion of water availability analyses, with some members asking whether the state could develop a broader statewide assessment to reduce consultant costs and make permitting more predictable. The board said such an effort would be large and costly, but could potentially save applicants money and improve consistency. District representatives described their experiences. Stockton East said the five-year permit was more cost-effective than repeated 180-day permits, but that the 90-20 methodology, consultant costs, and a burrowing owl survey condition made use difficult. Omaha-Hartnell Water District said its recharge work depends on simple, low-cost infrastructure and that five-year permits, CEQA reform, and lower upfront fees would help small districts. A consultant working with Scott Valley and Sierra Valley said five-year permits can work well in different basins, but local infrastructure, stakeholder coordination, streambed alteration agreements, and upstream flow constraints can limit recharge. Members also raised concerns about basin connectivity, downstream water rights, and the need to pair recharge with sustainable groundwater pumping and broader water storage planning.

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• Because stormwater recharge opportunities are weather-dependent and short-lived, these timelines would
• Transitioning from a public objection model to a public comment model would still allow members of the
• Fish and Wildlife Service did came from U.S.
• Fish and Wildlife Service, so people were saying, hey, that's good. They did their job.
• Forest Service water rights, and we managed, after eight years of a lot of engagement, to get CDFW to

Committees: House Water, Parks and Wildlife , House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They might even be constituents and live and prosper in Collin County.
• I live here in Williamson County. I'm a fifth-generation Texan.
• At the time I spoke to them, they were in a transition period.
• To protect things of value in our lives.
• I don't even know if they're just like you do on jury service.

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The supplies and services line dropped.
• That includes services for students, support services for students with disabilities, student support
• </c><03:55:09.520><c> which</c> agencies we then have Debt Service which agencies we then have Debt Service
• </c> control over what goes into Deb service control over what goes into Deb service because<03:57:09.640
• </c> that's for a service that's for a service right<04:33:39.920><c> I</c><04:33:40.000><c> was</c><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from the University System of New Hampshire chancellor on the system’s budget, enrollment, finances, workforce role, and response to federal policy changes. The chancellor said the governor’s recommended budget would reduce university system funding by about $16.5 million over the biennium, or roughly 8.3%, and asked that state funding be held at the governor’s level. She described planned cost reductions already underway, including lower headcount, reduced benefits and retirement contributions, property sales, and lease reductions, and said the system expects to remove about $20 million from its cost structure in fiscal year 2026. A large portion of the discussion focused on enrollment and finances. The chancellor said fall 2024 enrollment was about 23,000, with New Hampshire enrollment increasing for the first time since 2013, and noted that the system remains a major workforce pipeline, with about 3,000 graduates entering the state workforce each year. She explained that net tuition has fallen over time because of declining enrollment and increased financial aid, while research grants and contracts have grown significantly. She also walked through endowment funding, explaining that payouts are based on a 12-quarter rolling average and are intentionally smoothed to reduce volatility; members asked for follow-up information on payout comparisons, administrative salaries, headcounts, and compensation per student. Members questioned the university about the relationship between state support, tuition, endowments, and research spending. The chancellor said the system has used state capital support to leverage major investments, including the UNH Life Sciences building, Plymouth’s Hyde Hall, and the Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center, and described partnerships with businesses such as Lonza and regional manufacturers. She also explained a long-running New Hampshire 529-related revenue stream that has built endowment support for scholarships, and said the system’s endowment now totals about $988 million. In response to questions about possible cuts, she said the system is considering academic program sharing, consolidation of specialties, online delivery, AI-assisted administrative efficiencies, and footprint reductions, but declined to name specific programs. The committee also discussed DEI-related issues and federal grants. The chancellor said the system is reviewing executive orders and a U.S. Department of Education Dear Colleague letter, and that general counsel is working through websites, programs, and more than 1,200 federal grants to ensure compliance. She said the system spends about $3 million on what it calls DEI-related offices and services, but emphasized that these services include disability support, veteran support, Title IX, ADA, and employment-law compliance, and that the system does not have race-based programs, separate housing, or separate graduation ceremonies. She reported that the system had received stop-work orders on four federal grants totaling about $700,000 and warned that reductions in federal direct or indirect costs could affect research, jobs, and innovation.

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• And we are very proud of what is happening Out there in the transition.
• moving away from the governmental space sector to more of a private industry and more of a space-as-a-service
• We have a financial services manager and a financial services coordinator that are all based out at the

Keywords: 914, all

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• Not to mention the assistance and services that we provide members physically in our office on a regular
• And we've got our admin, you know, accounting team from the Council Service operating out of what should
• Transitioned into a single-use restroom, there would be a need to place a lactation room in a different
• Other members of the Legislative Building Services staff have really scoured the building for potential

Committee: House Facilities Review Subcommittee

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• really what I believe is actually happening is, yes, a lot of things do flow through Florida Digital Service
• I was on the STO transition team for Jeb Bush.
• But to have this umbrella go across to ensure, because there's a lot of people at Florida Digital Service
• You got points on your procurement if you did community service.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1183, by Rep. G. Lombardo, as amended by a strike-all. The bill would provide liability protection for local governments and private-sector entities that substantially comply with certain cybersecurity practices, including multi-factor authentication, disaster recovery plans, and related policies and procedures. Rep. Lombardo said the measure is intended to create incentives for better cybersecurity and to limit class-action exposure after incidents, while still allowing suits where negligence can be shown. Supporters included TechNet, the Florida Justice Reform Institute, the Florida League of Cities, Associated Industries of Florida, the Florida Association of Counties, and Dr. Edward Long of the James Madison Institute; Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Blanco, and Rep. McFarland also spoke in favor. Ranking Member Bracy Davis opposed the bill, saying she was not comfortable granting liability protections to entities that may have contributed to breaches and questioning whether substantial compliance would be self-attested. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably by a 14-2 vote. After the vote, the committee shifted into an extended discussion about Florida’s state IT governance structure, procurement, and project management. Members criticized the current federated model as fragmented and lacking clear accountability, with repeated references to long-running problems such as cost overruns, weak vendor oversight, workforce shortages, and the troubled I-Connect system. Several members argued that the state needs a single accountable leader or stronger enterprise authority over agency technology decisions. Ranking Member Bracy Davis raised concerns about the impact of broken systems on vulnerable populations and asked about the role of advisory councils. Rep. G. Lombardo, Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Miller, and Rep. Groh all emphasized the need for centralized leadership, better alignment of authority and budget, and more disciplined procurement and integration practices. A public witness, Victoria Zep of Team 180, testified in support of a more enterprise-wide approach and said the private sector also wants more organization and transparency. She criticized short procurement timelines, limited competition, and poorly written scopes, and urged the state to post procurements more openly and seek broader vendor input. She also discussed the need to respect agency-specific federal requirements while still improving statewide coordination. The chair closed by asking members to bring forward ideas for immediate and long-term reforms, including review of Senate Bill 7026, and the meeting adjourned without further business.

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• Does this at this service, who is responsible for those students?
• So thank you for your service.
• I live in your district.
• With this, every year we have back-to-school in-service with teachers.
• I've lived it. So we do need to move it up.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 1182, all