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• Um the spent fuel.
• Um the<01:02:12.640><c> spent</c><01:02:13.000><c> fuel.
• Does this look at what the spent fuel.
• </c><01:02:17.560><c> fuel</c> we can do with our existing spent fuel we can do with our existing spent

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Transcript Highlights:

• Fund monies were spent for statutorily authorized purposes.
• Okay, the first question we address in Chapter 1 of the audit report is whether fund monies were spent
• money—the state spent money—to implement this through the sheriff’s office.
• It's not spent yet. I guess I would like to, as the chairman said, let's revisit this in March.
• We've already spent $700,000 on this.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• Spent a brief time at the Kentucky Department of Education.
• Spent a brief time at the Kentucky Department of Education.
• Spent a brief time at the Kentucky Department of Education.
• Spent a brief time at the Kentucky Department of Education.
• Spent a brief time at the Independent.

Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met with a quorum, approved the August 20, 2025 minutes, and then heard a discussion tied to Constitution Day and Kentucky’s constitutional duty to provide an efficient system of common schools. Chairman James Tipton reviewed the history of Kentucky’s model laboratory schools, postsecondary academy programs such as Gatton and Craft, magnet schools, virtual learning, and computer science opportunities, arguing that Kentucky has long expanded educational opportunity through different school models. He described model schools and academy programs as hybrid or innovative approaches that serve specialized student needs and noted that some of these programs receive state appropriations and, in some cases, tuition. Senator Steve West then gave a retrospective on school choice in Kentucky, beginning with the 2017 charter school law and explaining that Kentucky’s charter framework was designed as public-only to comply with the state constitution. He said charter schools have remained largely dormant in Kentucky and used that as context for Senate Bill 207, the School Innovation Act, which he said was modeled on a South Carolina approach. Under SB 207, a local school board can contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, receive SEEK funding, and seek waivers from certain state regulations in order to innovate, while retaining limits on items such as school safety and attendance rules. Members asked about how the new model differs from charter schools, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the bill is intended to keep the school within the public system, with the local district initiating the process and maintaining accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school fails to perform. They emphasized that the school would serve the existing student population rather than select students, and that teachers would remain district employees with their pensions and related contributions unchanged. Representative Brown raised concerns that exceptions and charters could leave lower-income children behind, while West responded that the bill is meant to expand choice for families who otherwise lack access and cited examples from other states where outside management and parental involvement helped turn around low-performing schools. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Sometimes those consequences could have been avoided had we spent a little more time on the front end
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• </c> uh could have been avoided had we spent uh could have been avoided had we spent a<00:00:56.000><
• How much is spent cleaning up the lakes?
• You know, members, um, I spent a lot of time with my wife, um, I spent a lot of time with my wife, the

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• We hadn't spent as much as we did before that.
• And when we asked what the money was spent on, we did not get an answer.
• </c><00:50:26.640><c> I</c> total amount that's spent on staff.
• I total amount that's spent on staff.
• </c> spent on. spent on.

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:

• Spectrum alone spent $275 million on capital expenditures in 2025.
• As a citizen, I how the money is spent.
• :32:40.799><c> capital</c> spent $275 million on capital spent $275 million on capital expenditures<00
• , Spectrum spent hundred Additionally, Spectrum spent hundred million<00:32:54.880><c> on</c><00:32:55.120
• In 2025 alone, Spectrum spent Alabama.

Bills: SB222 , HB560 , HB475 , HB484 , HB583 , HB542 , HB566 , SB222 , HB560 , HB475 , HB484 , HB583 , HB542 , HB566

Committee: House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

Transcript Highlights:

• had the privilege of being the chair of that committee for one term, and the staff that I had, we spent
• other responsibilities that are required of us each and every day, they realize that they haven't spent
• They've spent their entire day thinking about how to care for somebody else, how to put themselves into
• other responsibilities that are required of us each and every day, they realize that they haven't spent
• I know I spent seven days in the hospital with my mother while she sat in the hallway of an ER in Lemonster

Summary: The House opened with routine ceremonial business, including the Pledge of Allegiance and adoption of several resolutions, such as congratulations to the Williamsburg Grange on its 125th anniversary and to Fire Captain Melissa Blodgett on her retirement. The chamber also concurred in a Senate petition to establish a sick leave bank for a Bristol County Sheriff’s Department employee and suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance local petitions, including one involving the Dalton Fire District and another renaming a Chelmsford bridge. The main floor action centered on several Ways and Means bills. The House advanced a bill amending laws relative to individuals with disabilities, replacing outdated and offensive terminology in the General Laws with person-first language; members spoke at length in support, emphasizing dignity, inclusion, and the bill’s non-substantive nature. The bill was engrossed by a roll call vote, 152-0. The House also took up and engrossed a bill to improve Massachusetts home care, which would create a licensing and oversight framework for private-pay home care agencies, establish standards for contracts, background checks, training, insurance, and consumer protections, and create advisory committees to guide implementation. An amendment establishing a Family Caregiver Commission was adopted 154-0, and the bill itself was then engrossed 153-1. In addition, the House passed or engrossed several other measures, including a bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to land in Sharon, a sick leave bank bill for a Trial Court employee, a Marblehead parking fines bill, a Hingham municipal property bill for a center for active living, and a Taunton bill allowing continued employment of Police Chief Edward J. Walsh. The chamber also handled numerous calendar items, holding or passing over many while advancing a few. The session ended with a special adjournment in memory of former Representative George L. Sacco Jr., and the House adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Nearly $5 billion in dark money has been spent in the American election cycle since Citizens United was
• Close to a billion dollars will be spent just this year alone in the 2024 election cycle, $1.9 billion
• I just saw an article this morning that one of the governor candidates spent $200 million of reportable
• Born and raised in San Francisco, Larry spent nearly 50 years playing a major role in the labor movement
• He spent nearly 50 years playing a major role in the labor movement in San Francisco and in California

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and handled several procedural matters, including referral of AB 686 to Rules, approval of motions to advance Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures and adopt authors’ amendments, and requests to move AB 28 and AB 2539 to the inactive file. The chamber also confirmed two gubernatorial appointments: Maggie Hallahan to the Bodina Waterways Commission and Kansasaki to the Building Standards Commission. On the floor, members took up two resolutions focused on public awareness and policy messaging. SCR 181 designated June 10 as Family Justice Center Day and highlighted the work of Family Justice Centers serving survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking; it passed 36-0. SR 112 declared June 14-20 as Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week to encourage awareness, family health-history sharing, and early screening; it also passed unanimously. SJR 18, a resolution opposing the Citizens United decision and calling for limits on corporate influence and dark money in elections, generated extended debate over campaign finance, transparency, unions, nonprofits, and corporate political spending before passing 28-8. The consent calendar was then adopted on a 35-0 vote. The session concluded with multiple adjournment-in-memory tributes, including Larry Mazzola, Sr., Steve Zaley, and James J. McClain, Sr., followed by announcements that the Senate would recess and reconvene on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 2 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Nearly $5 billion in dark money has been spent in the American election cycle since Citizens United was
• Close to a billion dollars will be spent just this year alone in the 2024 election cycle. $1.9 billion
• In 2024 alone, dark money groups, nonprofits, and shell companies spent more than $1.9 billion in federal
• I just saw an article this morning that one of the governor candidates spent $200 million of reportable
• Born and raised in San Francisco, Larry spent nearly 50 years playing a major role in the labor movement

Transcript Highlights:

• Big Pharma spent a million dollars a day in media leading up to this vote trying to distract and confuse
• Big Pharma spent a million dollars a day in media leading up to this vote trying to distract and confuse
• Big Pharma spent a million dollars a day in media leading up to this vote trying to distract and confuse
• I mean, how do these usually get spent?
• I mean, how do these usually get spent?

Summary: The meeting focused on a Minnesota Senate floor debate over a bipartisan 340B enforcement bill, with supporters arguing that the measure would require pharmaceutical companies to comply with federal and state law and continue providing discounted drugs to safety-net and rural hospitals. Senators and other speakers said the program is essential to hospital finances, especially for facilities facing operating losses and federal Medicaid cuts, and warned that without enforcement language hospitals such as Hennepin County Medical Center and rural hospitals could face severe financial harm or closure. Supporters also said pharmaceutical companies had spent heavily on media and lobbying to oppose the bill and that the Senate’s bipartisan vote showed the issue had broad support. Several speakers described how 340B revenue is used to sustain hospital services, including addiction treatment, trauma care, and other essential care in vulnerable communities. They said the program was designed to let hospitals buy drugs at low cost and bill insurers at standard rates, using the difference as a funding stream. When asked about claims that hospitals made large sums from the program, supporters said that was consistent with the program’s purpose. They also said some drug companies were not complying with 340B obligations, particularly around contract pharmacies, and that enforcement language was needed to ensure compliance. The discussion also addressed HCMC’s financial situation, with speakers saying 340B funding is not a full solution but is an important support and should not be reduced further. They rejected a proposed transparency/reporting amendment as too burdensome, while noting that federal authorities already have audit power over 340B dollars. The speakers urged the House to pass the same language, said eight Republicans joined the Senate vote, and expressed hope that the bill would advance despite concerns about House support and ongoing pharmaceutical industry opposition.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is, as a person who spent 10 years on a county hospital authority, if that's where this line of
• The rate preservation fund is being, half of that is being spent this year for the new request for the
• In my opinion, every dollar we're spending on tax incentives and tax credits are justifiably spent.
• I spent 10 years on my county's hospital authority helping manage a rural hospital.
• I spent 10 years on my county's hospital authority helping manage a rural hospital.

Summary: The committee primarily considered House Bill 440, which would move Medicaid expansion language from the Oklahoma Constitution into state statute and send the change to voters in a special election. Supporters argued this would give the Legislature flexibility to manage the program, especially if federal Medicaid matching rates were reduced, and said it would help protect the state budget and allow future adjustments such as eligibility or work requirements. Opponents said the measure would weaken voter-approved constitutional protections, create uncertainty for more than 300,000 enrollees, rural hospitals, and providers, and could allow future cuts without another vote of the people. Members also discussed the possible fiscal impact of a federal match change from 90-10 to 60-40, with supporters saying the state could face roughly a billion-dollar annual cost and would need flexibility to avoid cuts to other services. Questions also focused on the choice of an August special election rather than the November general election, and on whether tribal governments and other stakeholders had been consulted. After debate, the committee tabled an amendment and passed House Bill 440 on a 14-2 vote. The committee then took up House Joint Resolution 1087, which would change the Avalon reimbursement program so the Legislature could manage funding levels and methodologies rather than being bound to the current structure. It passed 14-2. The committee also considered House Joint Resolution 1067, a trigger measure that would only appear on the November ballot if House Bill 440 failed in August; it would relieve the state of any obligation to fund Medicaid expansion for working adults if the federal match dropped below 90%. After adopting a committee substitute and tabling an amendment, the resolution also passed 14-2. The committee then laid over H.J.R. 1089 and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• The way I read that is the money is there and it's available to be spent by the department.
• Agriculture, and then they just have to come back to us with the receipts and say, this is what we spent
• If this bill passes, we will have no idea how this money is spent until it's gone.
• That money cannot be spent, and that's what this bill is trying to do.
• It doesn't limit the appropriation from being spent in a fiscal year.

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• use of your time with 54 days to go in the session, even fewer session days, and a couple of hours spent
• on</c><00:02:06.719><c> this</c><00:02:06.960><c> with</c><00:02:07.159><c> no</c> couple of hours spent
• on this with no couple of hours spent on this with no outcome<00:02:09.399><c> so</c><00:02:10.080><
• <c> seberger</c> Latz the author of this Senator seberger Latz the author of this Senator seberger spent
• a total of 10 minutes talking spent a total of 10 minutes talking today<00:02:17.120><c> on</c><00:02

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• No spent fuel is stored on site either.
• What do you do with the spent fuel?
• So I'm going to address the spent fuel question. Yes. And I'm going to extrapolate on that.
• One, no spent fuel. If this passes, no spent fuel will be stored in California.
• Why is it important for you to make the note that no spent fuel will be stored here in California?

Committee: House Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on the clinical trials.
• Does it have any of this that gives us feedback on exactly how it is spent?
• It gives us feedback on exactly how it is spent. Mr.
• Chair, please, can you describe to us the monies that have been spent in the past?
• That's the condition, but it can be spent on anything that matches that.

Committee: House House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several public safety and corrections measures. SB 1161 would prevent $750,000 appropriated to DPS for Yuma County’s Amberly’s Place Family Advocacy Center from lapsing; testimony emphasized that the bill preserves existing funding for crisis response and victim services. The committee also advanced SB 1215, which clarifies the cancer list tied to the occupational disease presumption for firefighters and peace officers and adds retroactivity to June 30, 2021. SB 1270, aimed at retention for Tier 3 corrections employees, would allow optional employer supplemental contributions to defined contribution accounts at specified service intervals, with an amendment capping annual contributions at $5,000 and requiring employer policies; members discussed retention, vesting, and whether the incentive could simply be taken and left after the waiting period. Both SB 1161 and SB 1215 received due pass recommendations, as did SB 1270 after one no vote and several members noting the need for better retention tools. The committee then considered SB 1400, which authorizes law enforcement wellness and crisis response programs and sets confidentiality rules for information shared in those programs. Supporters said the bill would expand access to peer and professional support while preserving public records and misconduct investigation access, but members raised concerns that the privilege language could be too broad for licensed therapists; the sponsor indicated openness to an amendment, and the bill was advanced with members reserving the right to change their votes if the language is not tightened. SB 1538, as a strike-everything amendment, would require workers’ compensation coverage for PTSD treatment for firefighters and peace officers and could include one course of MDMA treatment if federal approval and DEA rescheduling occur by the stated deadline. Supporters described promising clinical trial results and argued the bill is a conditional authorization, while counties opposed the mandate and raised cost concerns; after debate over whether the bill is permissive or mandatory, the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. The committee also passed SB 1537, which renames the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund as the Public Safety De-escalation and Life Safety Fund and repeals the advisory commission. Supporters said the new name better reflects the fund’s use for de-escalation and less-lethal equipment, while some members opposed the change and preferred the money be used for raises. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1580, which would appropriate funds for fire incident management support hardware and software and, under a chairman’s amendment, redirect money from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund to additional public safety technology and retention/recruitment purposes; testimony focused on regional data-sharing systems and the need for accountability and clarity on how the funds would be spent.

Transcript Highlights:

• So for every $1 spent, we're seeing $126 in return.
• Our total spent was a little over $37.2 million, with a total variance of $181,023.
• Across the top there shows the balance year over year from what has been spent the previous year.
• And then the actual is what has actually been spent to date. Been spent to date.
• And that has to be spent by December 31st, 2026? That's correct. So... 31st, 2026. That's correct.

Summary: The subcommittee heard updates on several state technology modernization efforts, beginning with the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s Enterprise Business Solution (DEMS). FDEM said DEMS is about 50% complete, with some grants and finance functions already live, and is intended to replace manual disaster and grants processing with a cloud-based system. Officials described faster reimbursement timelines after recent storms, major return-on-investment claims, and a planned final phase focused on design, testing, communications, data governance, and additional functionality. Members asked about the total cost, the role of Florida Digital Service, deliverables-based contracting, and how much of the system is live; FDEM said the project is expected to cost about $16 million to $16.8 million and finish by June 2027, with some follow-up information to be provided. The Department of Legal Affairs presented its Office of Attorney General Modernization Program, a follow-up to an earlier effort that failed after spending about $26 million. Acting Attorney General John Gard said the department has now moved to an off-the-shelf case management product, LawBase, and is in development and testing, with the Office of Statewide Prosecution already live and full implementation expected by the end of the fiscal year. The request includes funding for staff augmentation, cloud storage, the LawBase license, redundancy through a backup site in Orlando, and OnBase support. Members questioned the prior failure, the use of Florida Digital Service standards, data location and cloud migration, and the redundancy plan; Gard said lessons learned included better scoping and that the current effort is on track. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles then updated the committee on Motorist Modernization, including the Orion system and the MyDMV portal. Officials said Phase 1 and Phase 2 have modernized driver license and motor vehicle services, with Phase 2 statewide rollout scheduled to begin in April 2025 and Phase 3 proposed at $16.5 million for dealer services, data warehouse improvements, and call center modernization. Members asked about payment options, organ donor questions, staffing, cybersecurity, cloud strategy, and the digital driver license program. The agency said the portal already allows some sanctions to be cleared online, an ACH option is being developed, the digital driver license vendor has changed with a fall go-live anticipated, and the department is using security testing and a managed security service provider. Officials also said the system is currently on an on-prem private cloud, with future workloads expected to move to public cloud where appropriate. Finally, Florida Commerce presented on the Reemployment Assistance modernization system, Reconnect, and the FLWINS workforce system. Commerce said Reconnect is hosted in the Azure Government Cloud, has reduced claim filing time, improved fraud detection, and increased appeals capacity, and now needs $4.9 million in recurring funding to cover ongoing operations, cloud hosting, licenses, and staff augmentation. Members asked about adjudication issues, wait times, fraud prevention, and whether the system stores caller identifiers; Commerce said the average wait to speak to a representative is about 18 minutes and claims are generally processed in four to six weeks. The committee then began hearing about FLWINS, which is intended to create a “no wrong door” workforce portal under the REACH Act, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, I spent a lot of years as a manager, and I've seen a lot of changes over those years.
• You know, I spent a lot of years as a manager, and I've seen a lot of changes over those years.
• You know, I spent a lot of years as a manager, and I've seen a lot of changes over those years.
• You know, I spent a lot of years as a manager, and I've seen a lot of changes over those years.
• </c> and it's hard because you know I spent and it's hard because you know I spent to<01:32:54.119><c

Committee: Senate Labor

Transcript Highlights:

• My campaigns are one of the smallest amounts of money raised and spent on campaigning. Okay.
• </c><00:51:52.319><c> on</c> uh amount of money raised and spent on uh amount of money raised and spent
• I probably spent around $30,000 last time, took in $50,000, donated the rest to either local Republican
• Um, you can think about what you raised and spent on your campaigns, but how much of the money that you
• Um, you can think about what you raised and spent on your campaigns, but how much of the money that you

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• It doesn't ask for new additional dollars, but it asks that some of those dollars that are being spent
• in other river basins be spent in the Ohio River.
• this vote today, we're making a statement to Congress that we want our federal dollars that are being spent
• We want those dollars to be spent on the Ohio River Basin, supporting the Monongahela, the Youghiogheny
• , ...dollars to be spent on the Ohio River Basin, supporting the Monongahela, the Youghiogheny, and all

Transcript Highlights:

• regards to that shouldn't be a statewide priority, that's more of a localized priority that should be spent
• any capacity left to help fund any of our localized projects and so typically, that being said, it's spent
• Um, domestic violence center in Gallopol, they spent the money the wrong way and nobody's even doing
• And never getting it done, and the money it's unspent or gets spent in another direction and we never
• What I wonder is if we're spending it at a slower rate historically than we have ever spent it, or if

Committee: Senate Senate Finance