Transcript Highlights:

• These are significant programs that include medical transportation that helps more than 200,000 people
• The financial commitments we also make as a state are significant across the 14 programs.
• If there are 14 programs in Minnesota, then it's our job to cut the number 14 to zero.
• Passing EVV into law will protect our programs, prioritize taxpayers, and make sure that recipients of
• The issues that are the issues for Minnesotans these programs serve are as complex as they are vital.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• amend the education law in relation to exempting school district providers of special services or programs
• for preschool school students with disabilities from having to obtain program approval from the Commissioner
• It's really a way to ensure that these programs exist without additional red tape in terms of the application
• These programs exist without additional red tape in terms of the application process. Move to do.
• the education law relating to certified school psychologists and special education services and programs

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Education met on April 21 and considered several education-related bills, mostly extensions or technical changes. S-57 (BOCES services to out-of-state school districts), S-150B (small-city school board nominating communication deadlines), S-8904A (BOCES lease terms for properties), S-9148 (exempting certain preschool special services providers from separate Commissioner approval), and S-9611 (extending provisions on certified school psychologists and preschool special education services) were all moved to the floor with little or no opposition. The committee also took up S-2498, which would reduce the required number of lockdown drills in schools from 12 to 10 and adjust the timing of drills. Senator Tedisco spoke strongly against the bill, arguing that repetition is necessary to prepare students and staff for emergencies and that reducing drills would move in the wrong direction on school safety. Chair Mayer responded that the bill still requires a significant number of drills and is intended to reduce trauma, especially for young children. The bill advanced, with Senators Stec and Tedisco opposed and Senator Weber recorded without recommendation. Most other bills were described as aligning existing rules, easing administrative burdens, or extending current law. The committee concluded by noting the meeting was productive and adjourned after moving all listed bills forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• These particular programs that we're looking at represent somewhere around $8 or $9 million of those
• dollars, so a very small piece of their overall programs.
• Importantly, this bill does not eliminate or reduce funding or programs.
• is a reasonable transparency measure that protects taxpayers, strengthens confidence in housing programs
• It's just looking at two programs, not the whole $8 billion.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• CMS has agreed and approved this exemption because we have four other layers of program integrity in
• So we look to other ways of doing the same function, program integrity function, to ensure that we're
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team.
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team that also looks
• Seeing no further business, we stand adjourned. regard to the agenda around ensuring program integrity

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• CMS has agreed and approved this exemption because we have four other layers of program integrity in
• So we look to other ways of doing the same function, program integrity function, to ensure that we're
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team.
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team that also looks
• Seeing no further business, we stand adjourned. regard to the agenda around ensuring program integrity

Summary: The committee opened with prayer, approved the January 7 meeting minutes, and then reviewed several Department of Human Services rules. One rule would allow rehabilitative hospitals to open psychiatric units, provide acute psychiatric services, and receive Medicaid reimbursement, addressing a service gap, especially in Jefferson County. Another rule would let DHS participate in a CMS cell and gene therapy model to support value-based payment agreements for treating sickle cell disorder with CGT therapy. A third DHS rule would exempt the state from the CMS recovery audit contractor requirement. DHS explained that recovery audit contractors typically work on contingency to identify fraud, waste, abuse, or overpayments, but Arkansas law prohibits contingency arrangements of that kind. DHS said the state already has multiple other program integrity layers, including internal reviews, an external payment integrity office, the Office of Medicaid Inspector General, and the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Members asked for clarification on the role of recovery audit contractors, and DHS responded that they perform post-payment audits and recoveries. All three DHS rules were reviewed without objection. Near the end of the meeting, Representative Pilkington asked about a reported increase in uninsured individuals in a DHS postpartum report, but DHS said it was not prepared to answer and would follow up offline. Representative Johnson also asked about a handout related to program integrity and Arkansas Medicaid. The committee then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• CMS has agreed and approved this exemption because we have four other layers of program integrity in
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team.
• We have a program integrity or payment integrity office that's external to the DMS team that also looks
• I'm trying to figure out what it applies to with regard to the agenda around ensuring program integrity
• Seeing no further business, we stand adjourned. regard to the agenda around ensuring program integrity

Summary: The committee met with prayer and approved the January 7 meeting minutes. It then reviewed several Department of Human Services rules. One rule would allow rehabilitative hospitals to open psychiatric units and receive Medicaid reimbursement for psychiatric acute services, addressing a service gap in places such as Jefferson County. Another would let DHS participate in a CMS cell and gene therapy model to support value-based payment agreements for treating sickle cell disorder with CGT therapy. A third DHS rule would exempt the state from the CMS recovery audit contractor requirement. DHS explained that recovery audit contractors typically work on contingency to identify fraud, waste, abuse, or overpayments, but Arkansas law prevents contingency arrangements, so the state relies instead on internal retrospective reviews, a payment integrity office, the Office of Medicaid Inspector General, and the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Members asked for clarification on how those audits work, and DHS described the existing oversight layers. During new business, Representative Pilkington asked about a reported increase in uninsured individuals in a quarterly postpartum report, but DHS said it was not prepared to answer and would follow up offline. Representative Johnson also asked about a handout related to program integrity and Arkansas Medicaid. With no further business, the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• through 7 related to DOH emergency rulemaking, modified language on line 13 related to ACCA's DISH program
• House offers a modification of the Senate's original language by adjusting the quality incentive program
• 42F related to children's hospital supplemental payments, Florida Medicaid school-based services program
• Neurological Injury Compensation Association claims, ACCA's FX system, and APD's adult day training program
• Lines 33, 34, and 72 are related to the health insurance program, line 69 related to debt reduction,

Summary: The conference committee on appropriations met on June 12, 2025 and exchanged offers on several budget areas, including Pre-K-12 education, Health and Human Services/health care, criminal and civil justice, administered funds, and transportation/tourism/economic development/infrastructure. The House announced acceptance of the Senate’s revisions on Pre-K-12 education budgets and projects, and the Senate accepted the House’s offers on several education and health care items, with no public testimony offered on those presentations. The House then explained its remaining offers, including a Pre-K-12 back-of-the-bill change, a health care package that added $10 million in non-recurring general revenue for intestinal transplant support and revised Medicaid quality incentive and other implementing-bill language, a modified criminal and civil justice position, and administered-funds changes tied to state employee pay, health insurance, debt reduction, and the budget stabilization fund. The Senate also presented bump offers on Pre-K-12 education (SB 2510), criminal and civil justice items including judge-conforming language and additional judgeships, and transportation/tourism/economic development items with supplemental attachments. No public testimony was taken on the offers. The chair noted that another conference meeting was likely not expected that evening, but more meetings could occur the next day, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• into law to address the increasing need for staffing flexibility for licensed addiction treatment programs
• As someone in recovery for 23 years whose life was saved by enrolling in an alcohol treatment program
• for over a decade before getting to the Senate, and I recognize just how vitally important these programs
• These programs are highly dependent on the Medicaid dollars that H.R. 1 puts in peril.
• What we can do is make some changes to make it easier for these programs to provide services.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer by Senator Anthony H. Williams and the Pledge of Allegiance, then received gubernatorial communications and a long list of newly referred Senate and House bills and resolutions. The chamber approved the April 22, 2026 journal by a 49-0 vote. Senators also introduced guests, including a high school senior advisory council visiting with Senator Malone and a young guest welcomed by Senator Costa. On the floor, several bills were taken up and either set aside or advanced. Senate Bill 1377 and Senate Bill 482 were re-referred to Appropriations, Senate Bill 906 was re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations, and Senate Bills 1133, 1334, and 1368 were also sent to Appropriations. Senator Dush requested a conflict-of-interest ruling on an amendment to Senate Bill 469; the chair ruled no conflict existed and required him to vote, and the amendment was adopted. The Senate also took Senate Bill 127 from the table and placed it on the calendar. The Senate then considered Supplemental Calendar Number One. Senate Bill 362 received a technical amendment and was advanced; Senate Bill 1183 passed 50-0; Senate Bill 1352, which would allow qualifying substance use disorder treatment providers to receive two-year licenses, passed 45-5 after supportive remarks from Senators Brooks, Tartaglione, and Street; and House Bill 1877, codifying the Pennsylvania seal of biliteracy, passed 50-0 after Senator Lindsey Williams described its student-led origins. The session ended with committee announcements for the next day and Senator Tartaglione’s petition urging a floor vote on the House-passed minimum wage bill, House Bill 2189.

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• through the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, including through a reentry program...
• Completion of an approved training program through the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
• , including through a reentry program.
• through the Louisiana Community Technical College System, including through a reentry program.
• But to your point, Senator Cathey, I do read through reentry program.

Bills: SB147 , SB414 , HB220 , HB750 , HB799 , HB827 , HB952 , HB953

Committee: Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: roof standards, construction code, residential property, fortified roofs, insurance, medical debt, interest rate, healthcare services, consumer protection, debt collection, Louisiana Medical Debt Protection Act, child exploitation, online reporting, platforms, cyber crime, PROTECT Act, automatic renewal, cancellation policy, subscription service, transparency

Transcript Highlights:

• housing insecurity can help see decreases in our budgets for social safety nets, our health care programs
• , ...in our budgets for social safety nets, our health care programs, and the cost of our law enforcement
• The Legislature may want to ensure that the lending programs already authorized by this Legislature here
• The Legislature may want to ensure that the lending programs already authorized by this Legislature are
• I've tried to put a number of programs under the I-Bank, and, you know, I think important programs both

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill renames the Hunger Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program, the Hungry Free Campus Grant Program
• The bill also requires grant awards pursuant to the program to be used to support on-campus efforts and
• and operation of both its food pantry, pursuant to current law, and its student meal credit sharing program
• What this does is provide additional support programs and assess the impact of those additional support
• programs.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: House Committee Room A, General Assembly Building, 976, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our general fund is mostly funding our EPMO program.
• For the computer software programs that are needed for all of the public programs that we have.
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, I also have my student with me today from the Belen Staters program
• It does not mandate new programs.
• And what this memorial is asking is the Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs to study the current state

Bills: SB132 , SM16 , SM17

Committee: Senate Senate Rules

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

Transcript Highlights:

• brief reminder: this is the bill that adds new categories of paint products to the paint stewardship program
• The main difference in this version is the convenience standards that the program is required to achieve
• cap-and-invest program budget of allowances.
• I do a lot of Habitat programs, projects, and I think it helps out with affordability.
• I do a lot of Habitat programs, projects, and I think it helps out with affordability.

Bills: HB2296 , HB2301 , HB2212 , HB2515 , HB2436 , HB2496 , HB2605

Committee: House Environment & Energy

Keywords: distributed energy, renewable energy, energy resources, sustainability, energy policy, extended producer responsibility, paint waste management, environmental regulations, recycling, microplastics, pollution, environmental protection, washing machines, water quality, energy facilities, large energy use, regulation, state oversight, infrastructure, oil tanker

Transcript Highlights:

• If there's a grant program, schools have an opportunity to choose or not choose to apply for grants.
• There are a lot of differences in programming options in different, you know, implementation curriculum
• If there's a grant program, schools have an opportunity to choose or not choose to apply for grants.
• </c><00:05:18.919><c> schools</c><00:05:19.319><c> have</c> if there's a grant program schools have if
• there's a grant program schools have an<00:05:19.680><c> opportunity</c><00:05:20.440><c> to</c><00:

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Not long after I created this program, I read about the creation of the Mass office...
• Not long after I created this program, I read about the creation of the mass office.
• These two new programs raised more questions, however, than they answered.
• We've added more testing sites, and we're initiating a new hotspot investigation program.
• Because there is currently no assistance program, homeowners are reluctant to test their homes.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered several bills related to environmental, natural resources, and maritime issues. Representative Markey testified in support of H. 1000, which would create a commission to study financing wastewater infrastructure, especially in southeastern Massachusetts and the South Shore, citing combined sewer overflows and impacts on aquaculture. Members agreed the core challenge is finding long-term financing for wastewater solutions. The committee also heard testimony on H. 902 to establish an Office of Outdoor Recreation, with supporters describing its role in expanding access, supporting underrepresented communities, and helping grow the outdoor economy. Related testimony also supported H. 986, which would codify the Division of Ecological Restoration and the Office of Fishing and Boating Access within the Department of Fish and Game, with witnesses emphasizing habitat restoration, flood reduction, public access, and boating/fishing opportunities. A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 901/S. 597, “An Act Providing Nature for All,” which would dedicate existing sporting goods sales tax revenue to a new conservation fund. Supporters from Mass Audubon, Environmental League of Massachusetts, Appalachian Mountain Club, Trust for Public Land, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance, and conservation groups argued the bill would provide a sustainable revenue stream for land conservation, parks, trails, wetlands, water protection, and climate resilience, while also advancing environmental justice and outdoor recreation. They said the state needs roughly $300 million more per year to meet land conservation goals and that the bill could generate about $100 million annually without raising taxes. Committee members asked about balancing conservation with housing and development, and witnesses said the goals are compatible and that the bill includes safeguards. Witnesses also noted similar funding models in other states. The hearing also included H. 1053, a bill to create a Merrimack River Collaborative. Regional planning and watershed advocates said the river faces bacterial contamination, heavy metals, combined sewer overflows, and other pollution, and that a formal collaborative would help coordinate municipalities, state agencies, and nonprofits across the watershed and possibly across state lines. Another bill, H. 4109, would relocate harbor lines in New Bedford Harbor to allow reconstruction of deteriorating bulkheads at a waterfront industrial site; the New Bedford Port Authority, engineers, and the property owner said the change is needed for permitting and would support port modernization and jobs. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on S. 641 regarding marine pilotage in New Bedford. Supporters argued the bill would remove a District 3 pilotage restriction and improve port flexibility and offshore wind operations, while opponents warned it would undermine the state’s compulsory pilotage system, weaken safety, and allow ship owners to shop for pilots. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• operated by the BOCES, tutorial programs, and adult education programs.
• operated by the BOCES, tutorial programs operated by the BOCES, tutorial programs,<00:30:35.000><c>
• </c> programs, and adult education programs. programs, and adult education programs.
• </c> transportation provided by and programs transportation provided by and programs related<00:30:45.320
• One of which has been program enables.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:26:42.400><c> grant</c> and the cleaner water program grant and the cleaner water program grant
• </c> round two of the cleaner water program round two of the cleaner water program grants.<00:30:08.799
• </c><00:30:44.480><c> Now</c> reallocation cleaner water program.
• Now reallocation cleaner water program.
• </c> initiative program of 2024. initiative program of 2024.

Keywords: 00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:49 Approval of Minutes 01:05 Information Items 02:39 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 23:40 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 26:30 OFM Rpt – KY Infrastructure Authority 36:07 OFM Rpt – Econ Dev Cabinet 43:40 Office of Financial Mgmt 50:18 Remaining 2025 Mtg Dates 50:50 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including approval of the June meeting minutes and receipt of several correspondence and information reports. Those reports covered quarterly capital project status updates from state agencies and postsecondary institutions, lease modifications, asset preservation projects, school district debt issuances, and Kentucky Communications Network Authority budget history materials. Members also raised questions about a long-open stream mitigation account and were told the funds are fee-in-lieu stream mitigation monies administered through Fish and Wildlife, with staff promising to follow up on the specific project. The committee then reviewed and approved several capital project actions. These included a new Camp Oralis dining hall project for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, explained as a reauthorization because the funding split changed to 64% federal and 36% agency funds; an appropriation increase for the Shelbyville armory addition due to higher construction costs and security requirements; and emergency repair projects for Fort Boonesboro flood remediation and the Kentucky State Police Supply Branch fire damage. Members also approved a tenant improvement fund request for parking garage safety improvements at the Mayo Underwood Building. The Office of Financial Management presented three Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items and one Cleaner Water Program reallocation. The loans included a Shepherdsville sewer/drainage project and two Auburn water and lead service line projects; the grant reallocation involved unused Cleaner Water Program funds, with staff emphasizing that all ARPA-funded cleaner water dollars must be spent by December 31, 2026 or returned. After discussion, the committee approved the package. The committee also approved six Economic Development Fund grants, and the Cabinet for Economic Development began presenting the first six KPDI projects, though the transcript cuts off before those project details were completed.

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• </c><00:41:03.119><c> But</c> the property tax relief program. But the property tax relief program.
• </c><00:43:30.800><c> on</c> minutes um just for the programming on minutes um just for the programming
• program for the tax refunds.
• </c> confusion to them as to which program confusion to them as to which program we're<02:02:39.280><
• I don't know how the refund program.

Committee: Joint Revenue

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> assistance program. assistance program. Okay. Okay. Okay.
• It's going to go from about 13 million in this program. Get rid of that program. Add a new program.
• </c><01:11:58.480><c> It's</c> that program. Add a new program. It's that program.
• Add a new program.
• . program. program.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:07:47.840><c> and</c> innovation research zones program and innovation research zones program
• </c><00:08:55.920><c> or</c> educator tuition assistance program or educator tuition assistance program
• That came at the cost of academic programming.
• In turn, this affects these programs.
• Thrown a pandemic, remote programs.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all