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• But I will note that the second clause under duties does have a statutory reference, 168.013 subdivisions
• have a statutory<00:16:10.240> reference<00:16:11.440> 168.013<00:16:12.880> subdivisions
• statutory reference 168.013 subdivisions statutory reference 168.013 subdivisions 1<00:16:13.680
• <00:30:11.520> creating<00:30:11.840> our except for the subdivisions creating our
• except for the subdivisions creating our program<00:30:12.480> account,<00:30:12.960> establishing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• A big part of the cost of building subdivisions, as has been talked about before, is the infrastructure
• > as<00:57:15.359> has<00:57:15.520> been of building subdivisions as has been of
• building subdivisions as has been talked<00:57:15.839> about<00:57:15.920> before<00:57
• Are we seeing any appetite for going back in and rezoning and redoing some of these larger subdivisions
• larger subdivisions? larger subdivisions?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:14 Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01 Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13 Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out. The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units. Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• the third instruction directs that OHE may not use any other method than those provided in this subdivision
• provided use any other method than those provided in<01:25:38.000> this<01:25:38.239> subdivision
• <01:25:39.760> So in this subdivision to reduce awards.
• So in this subdivision to reduce awards.
• ,<01:38:22.159> the adjustment under the subdivision, the adjustment under the subdivision

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Conference Committee reviewed differences among the Governor’s, House, and Senate proposals for state grant parameter changes and their effects on state grant spending, North Star Promise spending, and average student awards. Nonpartisan staff explained that the proposals use different combinations of parameter changes, with the Governor’s and Senate plans modeled to avoid or minimize rationing, while the House plan would require rationing to balance the program. Staff reported projected biennium balances of a positive $29.836 million for the Governor’s proposal, a negative $60.758 million for the House proposal without rationing, a positive $994,000 for the House proposal with rationing, and a positive $3.623 million for the Senate proposal; North Star Promise balances also varied, with the Senate showing a positive balance and the Governor and House with rationing showing negative balances. Staff also said the Senate proposal would extend availability of the state grant appropriation and suspend surplus procedures through fiscal year 2029, allowing the balance to carry forward. The committee then focused on the House-only tuition and fee cap provision, which would limit the tuition recognized for state grant purposes for four-year programs to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities level, with 1% annual increases in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. House members said the cap was intended to address rising tuition, especially at the University of Minnesota, and to produce savings in the state grant program. The governor’s office confirmed the provision was not included in the Governor’s bill. Representatives from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Private College Council opposed the cap, arguing it would reduce awards for low-income students and shift costs to students rather than address underlying tuition pressures; they also said it could discourage enrollment at higher-cost institutions. Supporters from Minnesota State argued the cap would improve fairness because students at lower-tuition institutions are effectively capped lower, while students at more expensive institutions receive larger awards, and they said the legislature should intervene in a variable that has grown substantially over time. Committee members questioned how the cap would work and whether it was tied to the Twin Cities campus rate. Testifiers clarified that the state grant formula is tied to the University of Minnesota level, but because Minnesota State institutions are below that level, the cap effectively limits their students to their own lower tuition while allowing higher awards at the University of Minnesota and private colleges. No formal vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated the committee would continue with item-by-item review of the remaining parameter changes and hear additional testimony from agencies and institutions.

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• inappropriately used or infrequently used, it came from the existing Redevelopment TIF statute, 469.174, subdivision
• statute uh existing Redevelopment Tiff statute uh 46974<01:18:42.560> uh<01:18:42.719> subdivision
• <01:18:43.480> 10 46974 uh subdivision 10 46974 uh subdivision 10 subsection<01:18:46.480>
• uh<01:18:46.719> let's<01:18:47.159> see<01:18:48.159> subdivision<01:18
• :49.040> 10 subsection uh let's see subdivision 10 subsection uh let's see subdivision 10 A2<01

Bills: HF1746, HF2585, HF1159, HF2574, HF2839, HF157, HF158, HF160, HF338, HF512

Keywords: Oakdale, tax increment financing, local government, funding, urban development, tax increment, St. Paul, redevelopment, housing authority, housing trust fund, low-income housing, property taxation, Minnesota statutes, vacant property, housing, commercial to residential conversion, Minneapolis, urban redevelopment, public parks, tax capacity

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• So the subdivision no longer applies to cleaning products as defined in chapter 18B and would instead
• Section 51 adds a new subdivision to the dairy law definitions to define the term milk marketer. and
• So the subdivision no prohibition.
• <01:10:54.320> law<01:10:54.560> definitions subdivision to the dairy law definitions
• subdivision to the dairy law definitions to<01:10:55.360> define<01:10:55.679> the<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• guess, which is—and this is what before my sister was texting me—what I wanted to get at was this subdivision
• 7, or the section 4 subdivision 7, about outsourcing government and outsourcing the provision of determining
• guess, which is—and this is what before my sister was texting me—what I wanted to get at was this subdivision
• This is what before my sister was texting me: what I wanted to get at was this subdivision 7, or the
• section 4 subdivision 7, about outsourcing government and outsourcing the provision of determining benefits

Bills: HF1976

Keywords: paid leave, family leave, employment law, Minnesota statute, benefit eligibility, seasonal employment, workforce, labor rights, 1183, house

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• It also defines grain bins for purposes of subdivision 4, and it includes an effective date for both
• ><01:18:30.440> of defines grain bins for purposes of defines grain bins for purposes of subdivision
• 4 and last it includes an subdivision 4 and last it includes an effective<01:18:32.800> date<
• The operative language of the bill is in section one, subdivision 4, line 6, which reads, quote, 'fencing
• 4 line six which section one subdivision 4 line six which reads<01:32:41.320> quote<01:32:41.920

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• All of the grantees were political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns.
• All of the grantees were political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns.
• All of the grantees were political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns.
• All of the grantees were political subdivisions such as counties, cities, or towns.
• statutes 2017 2011.1 121 subdivision statutes 2017 2011.1 121 subdivision 3A<00:54:11.040> um

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <03:03:56.720> 12<03:03:56.880> of Clean Water Program subdivision 12 of Clean Water
• Program subdivision 12 of the<03:03:57.120> water<03:03:57.359> quality<03:03:57.680><
• <04:24:16.080> of<04:24:16.159> the the education subdivision of the the education
• subdivision of the transfers<04:24:16.640> to<04:24:16.720> other<04:24:16.880> state
• > to<04:41:28.878> other Subdivision of the transfers to other Subdivision of the transfers

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The committee and floor took up House Bill 1411, which concerned the Cover All Colorado program. Debate centered on whether removing the program’s cap would create an open-ended entitlement and add pressure to the state budget. Supporters and opponents argued over fiscal impacts, with several members saying the program had grown far beyond its original cost estimate and that the state needed to protect the budget and maintain a balanced plan. The bill was ultimately passed as amended. House Bill 1412 was then considered, authorizing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover Medicaid overpayments in certain provider audits, including ABA therapy and non-emergency medical transportation. Sponsors said the measure would help recapture millions in overpayments tied to fraud, waste, and abuse, and noted safeguards such as strict benchmarks, internal audit review, and a third-party audit firm. An amendment striking the word “alleged” from the bill was adopted, and the bill passed as amended. House Bill 1413, which changes leave provisions for certain public servants, was also approved. The bill removes a statutory cap on how much sick leave state employees may earn, while leaving actual leave policies to departments and bargaining agreements, and increases annual military leave to align with federal law. Members described it as a modest employee-benefit measure in a year without across-the-board pay raises. The House also laid over House Bill 1410 until later in the day and received the committee of the whole report on a large slate of other bills. Later, Representative Richardson sought to reverse the committee’s action on an amendment to House Bill 1389, which involved the comprehensive human sexuality education grant fund, arguing the grant program should be repealed if it is no longer funded.

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• Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to provide zero-interest loans to political subdivisions
• reimbursement contracts, making an appropriation, and for that I stand for questions. ...to political subdivisions

Keywords: 996, all

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• The bill prohibits a political subdivision of Arizona, including any public university or...
• The bill prohibits a political subdivision of Arizona, including any public university or any private

Bills: SB1005, SB1202, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1287

Keywords: cosmetics, animal testing, prohibition, manufacturers, sales regulation, state preemption, groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, solar radiation management, environment, regulation, Arizona Revised Statutes, weather modification, licensing, environmental impact, public safety, cloud seeding

Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the minutes from January 20 and January 27, 2026, then heard several bills related to weather modification, water policy, wildlife, cosmetics, and groundwater management. SB 1278 would ban intentional solar radiation management in Arizona and bar public entities or recipients of public funds from supporting related technology development. Supporters argued it was needed to stop harmful geoengineering, while opponents said it would block research and distract from real pollution problems. The committee voted 5-2 with one not voting to give SB 1278 a do pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1279, which would regulate weather modification licenses, require ADWR and ADEQ review of chemicals, public notice, and public meetings, and—under a proposed strike-everything amendment—shift complaint enforcement to ADWR and require rulemaking. Testimony was largely in support from stakeholders and SRP, while ADEQ was neutral but warned it lacked standards, resources, and expertise to develop the required chemical limits on the bill’s timeline. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended 5-2 with one not voting. Members next passed SB 1005, which would prohibit the sale of cosmetics developed with animal testing, with supporters citing cruelty concerns and industry alternatives; the bill received a do pass recommendation 4-2 with two not voting. SB 1202, requiring ADWR to include more detailed data in five-year groundwater supply-and-demand assessments, drew opposition from ADWR over feasibility, cost, and the risk of misleading conclusions, but still received a do pass recommendation 4-2 with two not voting. The committee also passed SB 1280, which would bar Game and Fish from using public funds to transport Mexican gray wolf pups into Arizona; wildlife advocates opposed it as harmful to recovery, while Game and Fish said it would not affect core responsibilities and was neutral. Finally, SB 1287, with a conforming amendment, was approved 5-1 with two not voting to extend certain irrigation grandfathered-right groundwater uses to subsequent active management areas. The committee then adjourned.

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• Senate Bill 12, relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds.
• prohibit associations that contract with registered lobbyists and primarily represent political subdivisions

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• 7, adding reuse to infrastructure eligible for the water fund and adding authorized political subdivisions
• August 31, 2025, in accordance with Section 659.012, continues to apply to the annuity described by subdivision

Bills: SJR27, SB7, SB27, SB57, SB66, SB140, SB293, SB413, SB437, SB467, SB506, SB510, SB512, SB571, SB710, SB785, SB800, SB850, SB863, SB865, SB904, SB905, SB973, SB974, SB1191, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1494, SB1504, SB1522, SB1567, SB1579, SB1580, SB1723, SB1760, SB1838, SB1923, SB1946, SB1957, SB1964, SB2121, SB2167, SB2221, SB2321, SB2368, SB2373, SB2407, SB2431, SB2477, SB2587, SB2615, SB2807, SB2965, SB2986, SB3039, SB3047, SB3070, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB21, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB509, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1198, SB1405, SB1506, SB1540, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB1833, SB2018, SB2024, SB2155, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2778, SB2878, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB2011, HB2067, HB2516, HB2525, HB2885, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB5138, HB5246, HB40, HB46, HB119, HB705, HB1545, HB2017, HB2963, HB3642, HB3909, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB123, HB5606, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SR695, SCR54, HCR153, HCR166, HCR168, SJR27, SB7, SB57, SB66, SB140, SB293, SB413, SB437, SB467, SB506, SB510, SB512, SB571, SB710, SB785, SB800, SB850, SB863, SB865, SB904, SB905, SB973, SB974, SB1191, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1504, SB1522, SB1567, SB1579, SB1580, SB1723, SB1760, SB1838, SB1923, SB1946, SB1957, SB1964, SB2167, SB2221, SB2321, SB2368, SB2407, SB2477, SB2587, SB2615, SB2807, SB2965, SB2986, SB3039, SB3047, SB3070, HB40, HB119, HB705, HB1545, HB2017, HB2963, HB3642, HB3909, SB17, SB21, SB509, SB1198, SB1506, SB1833, SB2155, SB2601, SB2778, HB300, HB2011

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, water infrastructure, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, water supply, environmental sustainability, school safety, emergency operations plan, multihazard plan, mandatory drill, disaster preparedness, emergency response, students with disabilities, impairments, special education, Section 504

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• That might be manageable in a subdivision, but for farmers and ranchers, it is a substantial burden.
• Unlike homeowners in a subdivision, we can't actually use the land in the right-of-way, but we're still

Bills: HB43, HB519, HB1275, HB1592, HB2842, HB3088, HB3479, HB4163, SB823, HB609

Keywords: agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, bovine producers, dairy farms, permits, bovine tuberculosis, public health, wildlife management, disease prevention, alert system, Texas A&M, white-tailed deer, public safety

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• relating to the vote required to approve the issuance of a general obligation bonds by political subdivision
• SB 40 by Huffman relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds, to

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• Bill requires TxDOT to award the grants to political subdivisions.
• Catherine Park, Executive of the Gulf Coast Rail District, a political subdivision of Texas.

Bills: SB35, SB284, SB296, SB305, SB857, SB995, SB1121, SB1555, SB1902, SCR25, SB 35

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• Maybe the closest aligned would be corporations with political subdivisions, but even at that, that’s
• Members of the public, members of state, federal, local governments, addresses, subdivisions, roads,
• ,<01:22:59.440> roads,<01:23:00.440> uh subdivisions, roads, uh subdivisions, roads, uh
• We map parcels both for tax assessment purposes and subdivision of land for conveyance.
• <01:55:06.240> that have our political subdivisions that have our political subdivisions that

Keywords: 916, all

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• It would strike out subdivision 1A in its entirety and insert a new subdivision 1A: Protections for neurological
• Means because some provisions of the bill affected the revenues of the state or its political subdivisions
• :17:53.280> or<02:17:53.440> its<02:17:53.559> political<02:17:54.000> subdivisions
• state or its political subdivisions. state or its political subdivisions.
• Our first instance of amendment strikes subdivision A3 of the bill that would have allowed the financial

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House resumed consideration of H.606 on firearm procedures and first took up Section 3 and its effective dates. A member from Northfield spoke at length in support, arguing the provision is narrowly tailored, based on actual dangerousness rather than mental illness alone, and is more limited than federal law because it applies only to specific court findings and is temporary, with rights restorable upon recovery. The House then approved Section 3 and its effective dates, approved the remainder of the Judiciary Committee report, and ordered third reading. The chamber then moved through third readings and passed H.385 on remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt, H.556 on exceptions to the state minimum wage, H.559 on the parole board, H.723 on posting of land, and H.757 on manufactured homes and limited equity cooperatives. On H.814, relating to neurological rights and AI in health and human services, the House adopted an amendment offered by the member from Burlington that required the advisory council to include proposed definitions for neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, and related terms in its report; the House Health Care Committee reported the amendment favorable 11-0-0, and the bill then passed. H.816, regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services, also passed, as did H.927, technical corrections for the 2026 session. The House then took up H.930 on chronic absenteeism. The committee member from Manchester described the bill as an AOE proposal responding to high post-pandemic absenteeism rates and their impact on learning, and outlined provisions adding definitions, updating compulsory attendance language, requiring a state model policy, strengthening notification and truancy procedures, and preserving existing penalties. The member said the Education Committee heard from a wide range of education and child welfare witnesses and passed the bill 11-0. After a brief clarification on the absences section, the House proceeded toward third reading of H.930.

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• Um, the other thing I was going to ask you about is the statute 126C.05, subdivision 11.
• Notwithstanding subdivision 8, cases when school is in session, but pupils are prevented from attending
• Notwithstanding subdivision<00:45:33.280> 8<00:45:33.599> cases<00:45:33.920> when
• school is in subdivision 8 cases when school is in session,<00:45:35.280> but<00:45:35.599>
• Minnesota State Statute 128.22, subdivision 13. >> Thank you. >> Um, there's three of them. >> Great.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And the dark blue line on the bottom is for the employees of political subdivisions.
• it last week, but we got our actuary report last night, and that impact would be for political subdivisions
• <01:46:48.639> of subdivisions of subdivisions of 1.34%<01:46:51.520> increase<01:46:51.760
• Um, that's political subdivisions. It's the same for the state in this case.
• Um that's that's political subdivisions. Um that's that's political subdivisions.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all