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• </c><00:23:44.840><c> agency</c> the Minnesota Pollution Control agency the Minnesota Pollution Control
• I'm the Government Relations Director for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
• The agency had begun internal audits and continuous improvement projects.
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Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• </c><00:03:14.959><c> center,</c> oversee our network control center, oversee our network control center
• </c><00:08:33.680><c> air</c> by air and did not have an internal air by air and did not have an internal
• This time we'll invite our next presenters, the air traffic control study.
• </c><00:42:49.520><c> Excited</c> the air traffic control study.
• Excited the air traffic control study.

Summary: The task force met on November 4, 2025, approved the prior minutes without objection, and then heard a presentation from Amazon on its Kentucky aviation and logistics operations. Amazon described its statewide footprint, including its Boone County air hub at KCVG, its investment of more than $60 billion in Kentucky since 2010, about 20,000 jobs in the state, and its use of Amazon Air as a middle-mile network supported by third-party carriers. The company also highlighted small-business support, community relief efforts, and workforce development through Career Choice, including partnerships with Kentucky schools and aviation maintenance training. Members asked about Amazon’s most in-demand workforce needs, future operational challenges, and whether autonomous vehicles are used on the KCVG ramp. Amazon said it would follow up on workforce-demand details, identified customer-driven innovation and culture as ongoing challenges, and said autonomous vehicles are in testing but are not part of regular KCVG operations. Amazon also emphasized sustainability efforts, including alternative aviation fuel, and said it wants to work with the legislature to expand AAF production and supply in Kentucky. The task force then heard from Secretary Jeff Noel of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Matt Wingate on the state’s aviation economic development strategy. They said aviation and aerospace are central to Kentucky’s logistics and economic-development goals, with aerospace identified as the state’s top export and air cargo as a major strength. They discussed outreach to general aviation airports, support for local grant matching, airport funding projects, workforce and education partnerships, and efforts to market Kentucky at aviation trade shows such as Paris Air Show and MRO America. No formal votes or other actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• So it's using the power of our partners, but the standards and control that the state has mandated are
• Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service announced that they are not planning to provide IRS Direct
• Next, we'll move to item 17, which is Control Section 7.20, the Governor's legacies proposal.
• The May revision proposes the addition of Control Section 7.20.
• It's not an appropriate Control Section item.

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• First, the petitioner claims that the Charter School Commission is using an internal policy, the continuity
• First, the petitioner claims that the charter school commission is using an internal policy, the continuity
• of operations, claims that the Charter School Commission is using an internal policy, the continuity
• For example, statements concerning only the internal management of an agency and not affecting private
• We actually had two pathways if the Commission voted yes, because I'm not in control of those votes.

Summary: The Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee (JARC) met on July 31, 2026 to consider a citizen petition challenging the Washington State Charter School Commission’s April 2026 continuity of operations policy. Staff explained JARC’s authority under the Administrative Procedures Act and framed the issue as whether the Commission was using a policy in place of a rule, and whether that policy was within legislative intent. Staff also reviewed the Charter School Commission’s statutory framework, including limits on charter terms, transfer provisions involving the State Board of Education, and the Commission’s new process for identifying nonprofit operators to assume existing charter contracts when schools close or contracts are surrendered, revoked, or not renewed. The petitioner, Cesar Harrison, argued the Commission had created a new transfer mechanism through policy rather than rulemaking, potentially bypassing statutory procedures and extending charter authority beyond the five-year framework. Commission Executive Director Marcus Hardin responded that the policy was only a procedural framework for evaluating proposals, not a transfer of contracts or creation of new authority, and said the Commission had used similar discretionary processes before. Public testimony from the Washington Education Association supported the petition, emphasizing that the policy should have gone through formal rulemaking for transparency and public input. After discussion, committee members asked staff about the statute’s silence on contract continuation and the relationship between the Commission’s practice and legislative authorization. The committee then voted 7-0, with two members excused, to find that the Charter School Commission is using a policy or interpretive statement in place of a rule and that it is not within the intent of the Legislature as expressed by the statute. Staff explained that the finding will be sent to the agency, which must hold a hearing and then notify JARC of its intended action; JARC may later object to that action or take further steps. The committee then adjourned.

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• Improves compliance, strengthens the workforce pipeline, and preserves local control.
• Regional service centers are designed to preserve local control while improving access to scarce, high-cost
• And right now, about half of those interns are paid interns, so it's a great benefit for our students
• portfolio and website about myself and for myself, so that different companies that do work and gain interns
• So if they're in the software development pathway, they can't go intern at Albertsons unless they're

Committee: Senate Education

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• It's home to the only international rail line that we have from Mexico into Arizona.
• It's home to the only international rail line that we have from Mexico into Arizona.
• So it also sits, we have CBP's communication equipment that sits on the international boundary line,
• Sewer water, stormwater, and I mean, that's a sewer line of the International Outflow Interceptor right
• So we all agreed local control and more housing is what we need most.

Bills: HB2113 , HB2237 , HB2824 , HB2926 , HB2939 , HB2950

Committees: House Rural Economic Development , House House Rural Economic Development Committee of Reference

Keywords: utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, appropriation, Apache Junction, tourism, recreation, Superstition trails, funding, infrastructure, C-PACE, capital expenditure, special assessment, property improvement, local government financing, energy efficiency, water conservation

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• Last fall, I cared for a mother who needed three different medications to control her bleeding after
• called for her transport to the hospital despite the fact she was stable, with her bleeding well controlled
• Requiring transport when a mother is well and stable, with her bleeding well controlled, harms families
• We reviewed practices from 2019 to 2024 and found no clear internal policies guiding the work of monitors
• Although caseworkers were notified of these reports, no priority level was assigned internally.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

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• THE BILL PROVIDES DISTRICTS WITH GREATER CONTROL OVER FACILITIES WHICH REMOVES PRESCRIBED FIVE, 10 AND
• THE BILL ENHANCES FINANCIAL CONTROLS FOR DISTRICTS THAT AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE MAKEUP
• ALTHOUGH THERE IS AN INCREASE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE PROVIDING CONTROL AND FLEXIBILITY ON HOW THIS COMPONENT
• ONE AREA THAT WE SEE THAT DOES NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT IN OUR OPINION IS THE INTERNAL AUDITOR FUNCTION.
• WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THE INTERNAL AUDITOR FUNCTION AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL HOWEVER

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• </c> were lifting up concerns internally. were lifting up concerns internally.
• </c> comfort reporting internally. comfort reporting internally.
• of their care flexibility and control of their care by<01:04:08.800><c> clearly</c><01:04:09.320><c>

Committee: Senate Human Services

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• So those things would include air traffic control guidance.
• We are working with international markets to buy as one of them.
• My name is Nathan Trail, 90 senior director of international state, local policy.
• You can imagine Tampa in international to wooded rate, right?
• Traffic control regulations DOT is responsible for site approval and comment approvals.

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• </c><00:12:34.240><c> guidance</c> procedures, and any internal guidance procedures, and any internal
• But that savings account is under the control, I guess, of the ESF.
• ,</c> savings account is is under the control, savings account is is under the control, I<00:18:32.960
• </c> know, very fiscally controlled program. know, very fiscally controlled program.
• </c> We will certainly discuss that internally.

Summary: The committee received an update from the LBA on three audits related to education programs. Christine Young reported that the special education audit is in report-writing, with 44 of 81 observations completed, and that a draft is expected early in the third quarter with a final report later in the summer. She also said the doorway program audit has a draft report with 12 observations, auditee responses were received May 14, an exit conference was held May 18, and the report is now expected to be presented at the June fiscal committee meeting. The bulk of the discussion focused on the education freedom accounts audit and a proposed expansion of scope. Beulah Skids explained that the original audit, required by the 2022 law creating the EFA program, would be expanded to examine whether students were New Hampshire residents at enrollment and throughout participation, and whether records of educational attainment satisfied program requirements. She described the current work, the draft cooperation agreement being developed with the Department of Education and the Children’s Scholarship Fund, and the department’s concerns about the audit period and the term "educational progress," which the LBA said it would revise. The committee discussed that the expanded work would depend on a written agreement giving the LBA access to needed records, policies, and staff, with the Department of Education potentially serving as an intermediary for data access. Members raised concerns about the scope period and data access. Senator Lang asked that the residency review be limited to the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, rather than the broader 2022-25 period, because those years captured the major program expansions; the committee appeared to agree, with clarification that the reference was to school years, not fiscal years. Members also discussed reconciliation of EFA funds, noting that the department has agreed to reopen rulemaking to make reconciliation more frequent so unused funds can be returned to the state sooner. Several members expressed frustration that access to data had been delayed, while LBA staff said the cooperation agreement is intended to prevent further roadblocks and that the AG’s office could review it if needed.

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• House Bill by Representative Mack, Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, House Bill 152.
• House Bill by Representative Mack, Uniform Control, Dangerous Substances Law, 152.
• The current statute allows us to provide opportunity while controlling the cost.
• House Bill by Representative Butler: enforcement procedures of the Structural Pest Control Commission
• House Bill by Representative Baham: traffic control signals; provide relative to penalties, 487.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then received and processed multiple resignation notices and special-election proclamations for vacant seats. The chamber later recognized and swore in newly elected members Doyle Boudreaux, Reese Broussard, Chassity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray after no objections were raised to their qualifications. The House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session, and it adopted the proposed standing committee meeting schedule and referred prefiled bills to committee without objection. The bulk of the meeting was devoted to the introduction and reading of a very large number of House bills and resolutions across many subject areas. Measures included the annual appropriations bill, a proposed constitutional convention, carbon dioxide sequestration and pipeline permitting, retirement-system changes, criminal justice and public safety proposals, education and workforce measures, local government and district creation bills, insurance and liability reforms, and numerous commemorative resolutions. Several prefiled bills were withdrawn, and many introduced measures were assigned to committees or allowed to lie over under the rules. The House then entered a joint session with the Senate for the governor’s address. Governor Jeff Landry outlined his administration’s priorities and praised recent legislative actions on taxes, insurance reform, transportation, education, and fiscal discipline. He urged support for Amendment 3 on teacher pay and retirement, called for further workforce and health initiatives, defended insurance and transportation reforms, and pressed for judicial reform, especially in Orleans Parish, citing the death of Jacob Carter and failures in electronic monitoring as examples. He also promoted replacing the vehicle inspection sticker with a QR code system and highlighted economic growth, lower taxes, and infrastructure investments. The joint session also included a presentation of the colors by the Louisiana National Guard and a Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony for Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister, recognizing his 2018 rescue mission in Alaska. After the governor’s remarks and the military honor presentation, the joint session concluded and the House resumed introducing additional bills, continuing to file measures on topics such as health care, education, ethics, elections, local districts, and constitutional amendments.

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• I bring with me today my wonderful intern and constituent, Peyton Ridge, who you will hear from next.
• I'm grateful to my constituent and summer intern Peyton Ridge for testifying with us.
• So when I'm not interning at the State House, I work on a lobster boat with my grandfather, and we go
• It also directs the Cannabis Control Commission to set strict standards for hemp products.
• I also own a second-generation pest control company, certified in Massachusetts, and I’m an associate

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

Summary: The Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries held its second hearing and heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including food security, cottage food entrepreneurship, hemp regulation, lobster industry support, pesticide restrictions, pollinator protections, pet cemeteries, and municipal land rights. Committee chairs outlined hearing procedures, noted that 19 bills were on the docket, and took testimony both in person and remotely, with several legislators testifying out of turn because of scheduling conflicts. Several speakers supported food access and local economic opportunity bills. Representative Howard and Senator Oliveira backed the Food Justice Frontline Program and a cottage food/food entrepreneur bill, arguing they would fund nonprofit food security organizations, create jobs, improve SNAP/HIP outreach, and reduce barriers for home-based food businesses. Eastie Farm representatives and a student testified in favor of the food justice bill, describing food insecurity in East Boston and the need for grants, youth involvement, and multilingual outreach. Sidney Travis of the Institute for Justice also supported cottage food reforms, saying current municipal permitting rules create unequal access and that cottage foods are generally safe. The committee also heard sharply divided testimony on hemp legislation. Senator Comerford supported S. 54 as a public health measure to ban synthetic THC products, restrict intoxicating hemp sales to licensed dispensaries, and fund local enforcement, while Laura Beiner, John Nathan, and Elizabeth Wendorf opposed the bill or parts of it, warning it would harm compliant hemp businesses and small farmers. Representative Arena-DeRosa testified in support of a related pollinator bill, and Adam Karachi opposed pesticide restrictions for schools while Deborah Smith supported them, arguing existing protections should be expanded to other child-centered locations. The committee also heard support for a bill to aid lobstermen affected by right whale protections, a bill to preserve private pet cemeteries, and a municipal right-of-first-refusal bill for agricultural and recreational land. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• non-operational control.
• Thank you to everyone who's worked on my campaigns or interned in my office.
• And finally, intern Aaron, A.A. Ron, as they knew him on the 14th floor from USF.
• And we had great FSU interns. We had Gary Ruderman Jr., G2, a few years ago.
• Seth, our intern, thank y'all for what you two do.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests including law enforcement officers and several student visitors. The chamber then adopted the special order report and moved to the special order calendar, with members also approving the journal and establishing a quorum. Later in the day, the House paused for several introductions and farewell remarks, including extended closing speeches from Representatives Eskamani and Overdorf reflecting on their service, staff, constituents, and policy priorities. The House passed several bills, often after brief explanations and amendments. CS/SB 590 on the statute of limitations for failures to report child abuse was clarified to apply prospectively and passed 111-0. SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder was amended to include House language and passed 111-0. CS/CS/SB 1668 on the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) passed 112-0 after an amendment merging House and Senate provisions, and CS/SB 1246 on the linking industry to nursing education fund passed 112-0 after amendments expanding eligible contributions and program support. Additional bills approved included CS/CS/SB 1404 on memory care standards, CS/CS/SB 1030 on recovery residences, CS/CS/SB 422 on automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts for aviation safety, CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services, and CS/CS/SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools, which would allow school coaches to use limited personal funds to support student-athletes with items such as food, transportation, and rehabilitation services, with parental consent added by amendment. Most of these measures passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with SB 422 passing 108-2. The House also heard debate on CS/CS/SB 1134, a bill restricting counties and municipalities from taking official actions related to DEI and limiting the use of public funds for DEI-related activities and contracts. Members questioned how the bill would affect local government practices, observances, and staff functions, and the sponsor explained several exceptions and enforcement provisions.

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Committee: Senate Human Services

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• I will mention the out-of-sight, out-of-mind ones, the researchers and research interns.
• the then Senate majority interns.
• Josh was my intern. One of the selections was Josh Credit. Josh was my intern.
• I don't know if you knew that, but many years ago, Josh was my intern. He was so-so.
• But, you know, it’s really something when the kids who were interns are now retired.

Summary: The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions. On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House. The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.

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• These are independent business relationships that today under the regulatory scheme- We have no control
• Regulatory control is a serious issue, and that's why we developed the proposal to regulate our ban and
• You'll have to ask Ryan his, where, you know, his internal compass. to how he answers those questions
• It doesn't have direct control or authority over any of the employees, so it's a collective.
• One of the areas that was very delinquent in RTS was a complete lack of fraud control.

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• That's internal borrowing.
• That's internal borrowing.
• That's internal borrowing.
• That's internal borrowing.

Bills: HR190 , HR189 , SJR11

Keywords: censure, Congress, interruption, decorum, Representative Al Green, constitutional amendment, state laws, education, voting rights, election integrity

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• </c><00:21:40.559><c> and</c> including policies, internal and including policies, internal and external
• Post-click runtime security controls.
• So I would call them like post-click security controls.
• </c> like postclick security controls. like postclick security controls.
• And those if runtime security controls.

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• And then in the next section, it says for the handful of rates that we cap because of an internal policy
• And then in the next section, it says for the handful of rates that we cap because of an internal policy
• And then in the next section, it says for the handful of rates that we cap because of an internal policy
• My problem is, are we keeping the information internal to L&I without distributing that information to
• It is not internal.

Summary: The committee first held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6136, which would require Labor and Industries to publish actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates for each risk class and disclose when rate increases are capped below those indicated levels. The sponsor and supporters from the hospitality, retail, business, and construction sectors said the bill would improve transparency about how rates are set and how reserve funds and investment earnings are used to hold down premiums. L&I testified that the bill would require publication of a large amount of rate-setting information, but said it was already developed in the normal process and that the bill had no fiscal impact. Questions focused on reserve use, advisory committee involvement, and how the actuarial calculations interact with investment returns. The committee then moved to executive session and took action on several bills, adopting substitutes or amendments and advancing bills including SB 5292, 6014, 5972, 5869, 5874, 6058, 6039, 5944, and 6180, with most sent to Rules and SB 5292 sent to Ways and Means. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5847, which would expand injured workers’ access to medical care by allowing treatment outside the L&I provider network when no provider is available nearby, limiting employer steering to specific providers, shortening utilization review timelines, allowing provider deviation from L&I guidelines when medically appropriate, and expanding continued treatment and cancer monitoring. Labor and worker advocates argued the bill would better reflect the Murray decision and reduce delays in care, while L&I and employer groups said the current evidence-based guideline system works for most claims and warned the bill could weaken quality controls, create vague standards, and increase costs. Testimony also raised concerns about the 15-mile access rule, the employer communication restrictions, and the appeal process for provider removal. The sponsor said the goal was to improve individualized care and continue working with stakeholders. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 6067, which would change workers’ compensation time-loss calculations so that 100% of the employer-paid health insurance contribution is included in the benefit calculation instead of the current partial inclusion. Supporters said the bill would help injured workers keep health coverage during recovery and reduce pressure to choose between medical care and income, while opponents argued it would not guarantee the money is actually used for health insurance, could be diverted to other uses or attorney fees, and would significantly increase costs for employers and the accident fund. L&I said the bill would require IT and administrative changes and estimated substantial ongoing benefit costs. The hearing ended without further action on SB 6067, and the chair closed the session after public testimony concluded.