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• and that cognitive development.
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• ><c> cognitive</c><00:22:40.320><c> development.
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• ,</c> how that affects economic development, how that affects economic development, particularly<00:47

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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• will go straight into it, so Vice Chair, for the testimony first up, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
• will go straight into it, so Vice Chair, for the testimony first up, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development
• </c><00:29:10.240><c> Corporation</c><00:29:10.919><c> in</c> Finance and Development Corporation in
• Finance and Development Corporation in support<00:29:14.519><c> here</c><00:29:15.519><c> uh</c> support
• Census American Community Survey, housing data from the Department of Business, Economic Development

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The meeting included a joint public hearing of the House Housing and Transportation committees, followed by a Transportation Committee hearing. In the joint hearing, members considered SB 662 SD1, which concerned transportation and included two parts: transferring certain streets to the city and clarifying police authority on state streets. The chair recommended moving the bill out as an HD1 with Part One removed, explaining that the street-transfer issue should be worked out by the county and state and that removing it would improve the bill’s chances. The committees voted to pass the measure with amendments, and the recommendation was adopted. The Transportation Committee then heard several bills. SB 1095, relating to license plates, would increase decal size restrictions for special number plates; the Department of Transportation offered written comments, with testimony split between two individuals in opposition and one in support, and no questions were raised. SB 344 would require skateboard users under 16 to wear helmets; DOT supported the bill, as did TRIAA Hawaii, the Injury Prevention Coalition, and other individuals, while two individuals opposed it. SB 30 would require all moped riders to wear helmets regardless of age; DOT supported it, but Moped Doctors and Hawaiian Style Rentals and Sales opposed it, arguing the bill was overreaching, could be hard to enforce, and should be more narrowly targeted or replaced with education efforts. The committee also heard SB 1216, which would tighten noisy muffler and exhaust enforcement by conditioning inspection certificates, adding inspection-station penalties, increasing fines, and prohibiting repair or installation of noisy systems. DOT supported the measure, and Waiʻanae Neighborhood Board testified in support, while Moped Doctors and the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed it, saying the bill would burden inspection stations, create liability concerns, and raise questions about insurance-related language as applied to mopeds. The hearing included discussion of enforcement, inspection burdens, and whether the bill’s insurance references applied to mopeds. No final vote was taken on the Transportation Committee bills in the portion provided, and the hearing adjourned after testimony and discussion.

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• The disclosure panel is responsible for developing informed consent notices that physicians are required
• For the purpose of letting two laypeople walk into a courtroom, the judge develops the facts, applies
• Market-rate housing developments that don't utilize federal or state dollars aren't required to build
• As a multifamily developer, an owner, and landlord, I strongly oppose House Bill 32, a bill that will
• This bill creates even more of a divide between tenants and... landowners and probably developers.

Bills: HB32 , HB15 , HB171 , HB421 , HB581 , HB644 , HB745 , HB349 , HB917 , HB204 , HB923 , HB15 , HB171 , HB204

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: eviction, landlord rights, tenant rights, justice court, property law, court procedures, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, deep fake, digital impersonation, age verification, private cause of action, explicit content, consumer protection, HB 581

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• We suggest that the legislature direct the agency alongside stakeholders to develop a 10-year plan to
• We suggest that the legislature direct the agency alongside stakeholders to develop a 10-year plan to
• This treatment is developed by the Chemotherapy Association.
• He developed skills beyond what I could have ever imagined.
• We're very dismissive, saying to give it time, that every child develops differently.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• agricultural land, recognizing the benefits that agriculture brings to our local food system, economic development
• The Constitution also recognizes that once farmland is lost to development, it doesn't return to farmland
• The development of land has gone unevenly, and that has resulted in farmland becoming fragmented across
• organizations, and other stakeholders vocalized the need for this constitutional change during the development

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Revenue

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held its first hearing of the session, led by House Chair Adrian Madaro and Senate Chair James Eldridge. The committee explained the constitutional amendment process and the hearing procedures, then took testimony on four bills concerning proposed amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, with the main focus on S. 11 and H. 71, which would amend Article 99 relating to agricultural and horticultural land taxation. Senator Jo Comerford, Rebecca Miller of the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, and Representative Natalie Blay all testified in support of the bills. They argued that the current five-acre minimum for farmland tax treatment is outdated and harms farmers, especially new, urban, and smaller-scale farmers, by forcing some land to be taxed at higher commercial rates. Supporters said the change would help preserve farmland, strengthen the local food system, and address economic pressures on farms, including high land values, climate impacts, and an aging farm workforce. In response to a question about abuse or false claims, Comerford and Miller said existing certification processes under Chapter 61A and municipal review help verify active farming, and Miller noted the bill requires land to be in production for two years before receiving the rate. Committee members asked about the status of the 21st Century Farm Commission, and Comerford said a report was expected in the spring. After testimony concluded, the chairs asked whether anyone else wished to testify and then entertained a motion to adjourn, which was made and accepted.

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• And when we need unbiased, thoughtful, and in-depth policy development, drafting, and fiscal analysis
• unbiased, thoughtful, and in-depth need unbiased, thoughtful, and in-depth policy<00:08:29.640><c> development
• </c><00:08:30.040><c> drafting,</c><00:08:30.480><c> and</c><00:08:30.600><c> fiscal</c> policy development
• , drafting, and fiscal policy development, drafting, and fiscal analysis,<00:08:31.720><c> we</c><00:

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And then um the workforce committee bill also spends $41,000 out of the workforce development fund, which
• 00:02:28.480><c> of</c><00:02:28.640><c> the</c><00:02:28.800><c> workforce</c><00:02:29.440><c> development
• </c><00:02:29.920><c> fund,</c> out of the workforce development fund, out of the workforce development

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Nonpartisan staff presented House budget resolution BUDRES06, explaining that it is an updated budgetary solution reflecting bills previously heard or passed out of Ways and Means, as well as bills being heard that day. The resolution showed a total additional change of $41.1 million for the 2026–27 biennium, with existing budget reserve and cash flow account amounts unchanged. Staff highlighted several committee bills included in the resolution, including elections, higher education, housing, public safety, and the workforce committee bill, which was listed at $358,000 on line 1.14. The workforce bill also included $41,000 from the workforce development fund outside the general fund, and the healthcare access fund was set at a zero-change limit. A member asked whether additional budget resolutions were expected later in session, and staff responded that more resolutions would be set as other packages moved out of committee. After the explanation and brief questions, a motion was made to adopt the budget resolution as described. Members voiced support, there were no recorded oppositions, and the resolution was adopted.

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• Welcome to this morning's Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact hearing
• comes to these three goals, probably the most strategic sector for building high-road economic development
• comes to these three goals, probably the most strategic sector for building high-road economic development
• So we're talking about a level of economic development impact that's really not comparable to what we

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact heard AB 2516 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, which would create the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative within GO-Biz. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to address supply chain delays and rising costs for critical grid equipment, speed clean energy deployment, improve reliability, and encourage in-state manufacturing and high-road jobs. Support came from labor and industry representatives including UAW, IBEW, the California Labor Federation, CWA District 9, BlueGreen Alliance, California Labor for Climate Jobs, TURN, and Ingersoll Rand; no opposition was registered. Committee members raised affordability concerns, and the bill was moved to Appropriations and passed 7-1. The committee also heard ACR 173 by Assemblymember Carrillo, which would formalize a sister-state relationship between California and Jalisco, Mexico. Carrillo emphasized cultural, economic, and demographic ties, cooperation on issues such as agriculture, labor, technology, and education, and immigrant protections. There were no witnesses in opposition, and the resolution was adopted. The consent calendar included AB 2163 by Gonzalez and ACR 164 by Bains and ACR 166 by Avila Farías, all of which were approved. After quorum was established, the committee took roll, recorded multiple aye votes from absent members, and then adjourned after reporting all items out.

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• request unanimous consent to suspend the rules to withdraw S.J.R. 7, Cervantes, from the Economic Development
• backgrounds and academic accomplishments, these students were selected to participate in leadership development
• them is their professor, Anastasia Talasetsky, who should be congratulated for her dedication to developing
• them is their professor, Anastasia Talasetsky, who should be congratulated for her dedication to developing

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• He said he could look to see whether any rules or other guidance have been developed, but the plain language
• What our center does is we develop novel methods to really promote wildlife forensic science.
• Samuel Wasser continued: “We’re most well known for addressing the illegal ivory trade in Africa by developing
• So we’ve developed a lot of different novel techniques, and this bill is to help support our efforts.

Bills: SB5930 , SB6075 , SB6216 , SB6233

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: irrigation districts, director contracts, beneficial interests, transparency, governance, mitigation, habitat conservation, property rights, landowner compensation, fairness in mitigation, critical habitat, species preservation, riparian protection, salmon recovery, watershed planning, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Ecology, habitat conservation account, conservation easement, noxious weed control

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• I can look to see if there are any rules that have been developed or if there’s any other guidance in
• What our center does is we develop novel methods to really promote wildlife forensic science.
• Samuel Wasser continued: “We’re most well known for addressing the illegal ivory trade in Africa by developing
• So we’ve developed a lot of different novel techniques, and this bill is to help support our efforts.

Summary: The Washington State Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard public testimony on several bills. Senate Bill 5930 would create a new conflict-of-interest exception allowing spouses of irrigation district directors to be employed by the district if they were already employed before the director’s election, with disclosure and recusal requirements. The sponsor and a representative of the Washington State Water Resources Association said the bill would help rural irrigation districts recruit and retain workers while keeping safeguards in place. Written testimony was reported as 58 pro and 1 con, and the public hearing was closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6075, which would expand use of the Habitat Conservation Account to help landowners when mitigation requirements from Ecology or Fish and Wildlife are unusually costly or reduce the financial benefit of property by more than half. The sponsor said the bill is intended to provide relief to landowners facing expensive mitigation obligations. No one testified in person, though 296 people signed in pro and 2 con, and the hearing was closed. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 6216, a DNR efficiency bill that would modernize timber and land sale notice requirements by moving publication to the agency website, eliminating pamphlet and certain physical posting requirements, and allowing more flexible methods for smaller sales. DNR and forest industry representatives supported the bill as a cost-saving and efficiency measure, and testimony noted that state trust land sales generate significant revenue for public services. Written testimony was reported as 60 pro and 1 con, and the hearing was closed. Finally, after waiving the five-day notice rule, the committee heard Senate Bill 6233, which would increase criminal wildlife penalty assessments for trafficking in covered animal species and direct half of the penalty revenue to the University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science. Committee members asked about the scope of “trade,” the treatment of legally harvested animals, and the center’s role. The center’s director testified that the funding would support wildlife forensic research used to combat illegal wildlife trafficking. Written testimony was reported as 6 pro and 62 con, and the committee concluded its business for the day.

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• Just also to follow from our superintendent here to advocate for a coordinated statewide EAT plan developed
• This robust plan builds in professional learning, resource development, workforce supports, including
• Lisa Wilkin, Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles.
• plan, which was supposed to be a temporary solution while the alternative methodology was being developed

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Teaching students interact with elected officials, participate in mock legislative sessions, and develop
• Today we honor Team PAC for their outstanding contributions to civic education and leadership development
• industry, commerce. government, education, and non-profits, looking for the next level of leadership development
• business group. that is bringing many businesses to our county that continues to create economic development

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• printed, and referred to the House Education Committee, then to the House Commerce and Economic Development
• in licensed hospitals, creating a staffing advisory committee, and requiring licensed hospitals to develop
• ID: member_12088], an act committing to public assistance, requiring the health care authority to develop
• referred to the House Health and Human Services Committee, thence to the House Commerce and Economic Development

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• Gynecomastia was brought up; that is when boys' breasts have developed too large.
• Child development is something that is very important.
• ><c> something</c><02:57:13.040><c> that</c> Um child development is something that Um child development
• The development of a consideration.
• These drugs stop puberty, stalling natural development of bones, the brain, and fertility.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We develop leadership within the developmental disabilities community for advocacy.
• </c><00:42:45.760><c> leadership</c> essentially um to develop leadership essentially um to develop leadership
• I'm Katie Easterly Marte, the executive director of the Community Development Finance Authority.
• I'd be happy to development project.
• Travel the state county to have a conversation on what we're going to develop. evening.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Mandates for counties were developed by the state, each one with their own unique requirements and cost
• We urge the legislators as you're developing your budget in the governor's proposal.
• We urge the legislators as you're developing your budget in the governor's proposal.
• and introduced last that were developed and introduced last January<01:24:38.080><c> at</c><01:24:38.159
• </c><01:26:26.760><c> your</c> legislators as you're developing your legislators as you're developing

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Implement agile software development. I'm not a software person.
• We're the most developed country in the world.
• We're the most developed country in the world.
• Are you seeing the development of the new housing development... ...the rapid spread?
• Are you seeing the development of the new housing developments you're talking about, where they're putting

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools. Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure. Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• of tools and frameworks to increase access to civic engagement, including the development of tools and
• At that point, community colleges and workforce development actually were tied together, not in higher
• Community colleges and workforce development actually were tied together, not in higher ed.
• In testimony to the committee yesterday, the WRD staff said they're hoping to actually develop six sets
• The grant opportunity would provide funding for the development of a geodatabase to potentially provide

Summary: The Emergency Board approved a series of consent federal grant applications from the Natural Resources and Public Safety subcommittees, along with several budget and position requests. The board approved grant applications for parks, transportation, judicial, emergency management, higher education, school nutrition, and other programs, including retroactive approvals where deadlines had passed. One member objected to the Natural Resources consent grants over concerns about future funding needs, but the motion still passed. The board also approved a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, including digital privacy protections, circuit court security, and a statewide facilities assessment. A major discussion centered on Southern Oregon University’s financial stability. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission reported on SOU’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and projected cash shortfall. The subcommittee recommended, and the board approved, allocating $7.5 million from the special appropriation for short-term stability, with a required update at the September 2026 Emergency Board meeting and a future request for the remaining funds. Members debated the broader crisis in higher education, with several saying SOU’s situation reflects systemwide enrollment and funding pressures and that long-term restructuring will be needed. The board also approved an AmeriCorps volunteer generation grant, an apprenticeship expansion grant, and a Department of Education nutrition equipment grant. In public safety, it approved funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a statewide evacuation planning tool, and a juvenile justice information system modernization report, while requiring a follow-up viability report. The Department of Justice received approval for additional antitrust positions and expenditure limitation, though several members raised concerns about the funding structure and incentives tied to settlement revenues; the motion passed despite objections. In natural resources, the board approved funding for the Water Resources Department’s well abandonment, repair and replacement grants, an assistant water master position in Washington County, groundwater data collection in the Lower Umatilla Basin, a wetlands remote sensing pilot, and parks-related grant applications for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Members generally supported the requests but raised concerns about geographic equity, long-term sustainability, and whether some county responsibilities were being shifted to the state. The meeting also included discussion of a Department of Emergency Management evacuation tool as an urgent wildfire preparedness measure, with members emphasizing its potential to save lives.

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• And that has been one of the critical aspects of the community plans that everybody has developed in
• these communities, is that we were tough in making... ...everybody has developed in these communities
• And so I've been working with the Air District to try to develop some materials, but also talk to schools
• And you develop a love for the sport, for the people, for everything, every aspect of it. us and fully
• And you develop a love for the sport, for the people, for everything, every aspect of it.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules convened with a quorum and first took up several governor’s appointments not required to appear. It approved Paulette Brown Hines, PhD, to the California Transportation Committee, Christopher Clark and Maggie Hallahan to the Board of State and Community Corrections and Boating and Waterways Commission respectively, Kent Sasaki to the Building Standards Commission, and Danielle N. Munoz to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, with one appointment receiving a 3-1 vote and the others passing unanimously or 5-0. The committee also approved a reference of bills to committees by a 5-0 vote. The committee then heard Tanya Pacheco Warner, PhD, for reappointment to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Board. She described her public health background, her family’s experience with asthma, and her work on agricultural burning phase-outs and AB 617 community efforts. Members questioned her about the cumulative economic impact of air rules on Valley agriculture, mobile-source emission strategies, the FARMER tractor replacement program, collaboration with fellow board members, and how to communicate climate and air-quality risks to the public. After public comment, her appointment was approved 4-0 and sent to the full Senate. Next, the committee considered three reappointments to the California Horse Racing Board: Dennis Alfieri, Damascus Castellanos, and Thomas Hudnut, J.D. The nominees emphasized horse and rider safety reforms, reduced equine fatalities, the impact of Golden Gate Fields’ closure on Northern California racing, and the need for new revenue sources and possible legislative support to strengthen purses and keep the industry viable. Senators pressed them on safety, HISA relations, gambling-related revenue options, and the decline of racing in the North. Public witnesses from the racing industry supported the nominees, and all three appointments were approved 3-0. Finally, the committee heard Julie Lee and Ann Patterson, J.D., for the Delta Stewardship Council. Both stressed the Delta’s importance to statewide water reliability, ecosystem health, and climate adaptation, and highlighted the council’s science program, performance metrics, and community engagement efforts. Senators asked about the co-equal goals, the role of science and social science in building trust, the council’s future mission, and how to communicate climate impacts such as sea-level rise and salinity intrusion. The hearing continued into discussion of balancing water supply and ecosystem protection, with the members framing the Delta as a statewide system requiring coordinated management.