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• Section 2 authorizes the department to transfer funds from the appropriation in Section 1 to its regular
• The department can use federal funds for FTE positions and can transfer funds to the salary and wages
• Transfer funds to the salary and wages block grant line item.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Health Care Task Force reconvened to hear reports from its divisions. The Appropriations Division reviewed a draft bill appropriating $198 million in federal grant funds for the current year and another $198 million for the next grant year, authorizing DHS to transfer funds within its budget, allowing OMB to adjust federal fund authority for related grants, speeding procurement and bulk purchasing, requiring grant recipients to acknowledge the temporary nature of the funding, and mandating periodic reporting. After questions were answered to the division’s satisfaction, the committee voted to forward the appropriations bill draft to Legislative Management. The Policy Division then reviewed four bills. One would require the presidential physical fitness test to be included in high school physical education; another would require physicians to complete one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle; a third would add physician assistants to the interstate licensure compact framework; and a fourth would authorize limited pharmacist prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution. Members generally supported the first three measures and noted that the pharmacist bill had been amended in discussion but was left in its current form so stakeholders could comment before the special session. The division also discussed that all four policy bills were tied to the federal grant funding and that failure to pass them, or changing them in a way that reduced CMS scoring, could reduce or eliminate funding. Department officials confirmed that if any of the bills failed or were altered in a way that lowered the score, the state could lose money and could not make up the points elsewhere. Members raised concerns about the physical fitness bill, including possible exemptions for students with severe illnesses or physical limitations, and noted the need for DPI input. Leadership indicated the special session hearings would likely begin Wednesday morning. The committee then approved a motion for Legislative Council to prepare a committee report for Legislative Management and adjourned, noting the task force may need to remain available during the special session.

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• One item was discovered as having been transferred to marketing redistribution; however, the item remained
• It had been transferred previously to M&R; it just had not been updated in our fixed asset listing.
• It was, it had been transferred previously to M&R.

Summary: The committee first approved prior meeting minutes by motion and voice vote. It then took up audit reports, with several reports without findings filed without objection. The main discussion centered on the FY24 Department of Human Services audit, which contained three findings: alleged fraud involving disaster SNAP and Medicaid benefits, a delayed notification of a nearly $610,000 altered state warrant, and asset-control issues including missing or misidentified equipment and improper sales tax paid on vehicle purchases. DHS representatives said some fraud cases had been resolved with restitution, others were pending or dismissed, and they described corrective steps such as updating internal notification procedures and asset controls. Committee members questioned the missing assets, the notification delay, and the sales tax issue, and the report was deferred to the next meeting so DHS could return with written policy changes. The committee also reviewed the FY24 Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism audit, which had two findings: loss of nearly $3,500 in museum receipts and cash-control exceptions involving $100 missing from a park camping drawer and an $80 overage at War Memorial Stadium. Agency officials said the museum loss was believed to be theft, that controls had since been strengthened with a point-of-sale and reservation system, and that the stadium issue reflected the unique mix of cash and bank balances used for events. Members asked about the investigation, reimbursement through the bond board, and whether the employee’s final paycheck could be withheld. The chair later relayed that the prosecutor’s office said the Parks and Tourism investigation remained open and that additional information had been requested from the agency, so the report was also deferred to the next meeting.

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• 5017 GRADES THE PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE STATE'S DEBT BY RETIRING BONDS PRIOR TO MATURITY, 50 MILLION) TRANSFER
• SECOND IT REQUIRES AN ANNUAL TRANSFER FROM GENERAL REVENUE TO THE BSF EITHER 750 MILLION OR THE AMOUNT
• THE LEGISLATURE CAN ASSIST IN THIS TRANSFER IF THERE'S A LEGISLATURE SHORTFALL AND FINALLY THE AMENDMENT

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• your property is worth and what your assessment is, where it the Constitution that allows you to transfer
• What's your assessment is on your new constitutional limit to transfer that benefit 500,000 and based
• And so they're able to take whatever differential they've accumulated and transfer to.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• HB 542 by Busey, relating to the use of certain monies transferred and deposited in the state highway
• HB 579 by Reynolds, relating to prohibiting the transfer of semi-automatic rifles to certain recipients
• fund the benefit areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production providing the transfer

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Senate Bill 1182 by Alvarado relating to the sale or transfer of flavored cigarettes to state affairs
• And relating to electronic benefits transfer cards used by and for recipients of benefits under certain
• Senate Bill 1240 by Meadow. and relating to the transfer of certain malt beverages between two or more

Bills: SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR55, SCR18, SCR19, SCR22, SB27, SB29, SB35, SB1151, SB1152, SB1153, SB1154, SB1155, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1160, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1168, SB1169, SB1170, SB1171, SB1172, SB1173, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, SB1177, SB1178, SB1179, SB1180, SB1181, SB1182, SB1183, SB1184, SB1185, SB1186, SB1187, SB1188, SB1189, SB1190, SB1191, SB1192, SB1193, SB1194, SB1195, SB1196, SB1197, SB1198, SB1199, SB1200, SB1201, SB1202, SB1203, SB1204, SB1205, SB1206, SB1207, SB1208, SB1209, SB1210, SB1211, SB1212, SB1213, SB1214, SB1215, SB1216, SB1217, SB1218, SB1219, SB1220, SB1221, SB1222, SB1223, SB1224, SB1225, SB1226, SB1227, SB1228, SB1229, SB1230, SB1231, SB1232, SB1233, SB1234, SB1235, SB1236, SB1237, SB1238, SB1239, SB1240, SB1241, SB1242, SB1243, SB1244, SB1245, SB1246, SB1247, SB1248, SB1249, SB1250, SB1251, SB1252, SB1253, SB1254, SB1255, SB1256, SB1257, SB1258, SB1259, SB1260, SB1261, SB1262, SB1263, SB1264, SB1265, SB1266, SB1267, SB1268, SB1269, SB1270, SB1271, SB1272, SB1273, SB1274, SB1275, SB1276, SB1277, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1281, SB1282, SB1283, SB1284, SB1285, SB1286, SB1287, SB1288, SB1289, SB1290, SB1291, SB1292, SB1293, SB1294, SB1295, SB1296, SB1297, SB1298, SB1299, SB1300, SB1301, SB1302, SB1303, SB1304, SB1305, SB1306, SB1307, SB1308, SB1309, SB1310, SB1311, SB1312, SB1313, SB1314, SB1315, SB1316, SB1317, SB1318, SB1319, SB1320, SB1321, SB1322, SB1323, SB1324, SB1325, SB1326, SB1327, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1331, SB1332, SB1333, SB1334, SB1335, SB1336, SB1337, SB1338, SB1339, SB1340, SB1341, SB1342, SB1343, SB1344, SB1345, SB1621, SJR57

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension

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• WE GOT ALMOST 40 BILLION OF TRANSFERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OVER 32 BILLION CAME INTO THE STATE
• PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES AS WELL AS CORPORATE INCOME TAX IS FROM CORPORATE INCOME AND THEN SALE AND TRANSFER
• THE SEVERANCE TAX REVENUE AND SOME OTHER TRANSFERS AND PAYMENT. >> Sen. Bernard: PERFECT.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• um transferring is a financial<01:23:54.960> factor.
• People can transfer and I institution.
• You transfer it here. You could laws. You transfer it here.
• The Massachusetts lency for transfer.
• <03:48:20.720> a possess, purchase or um or transfer a possess, purchase or um or transfer

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:43:04.800> real uh uh charge a higher transfer real uh uh charge a higher transfer real
• The state transfer tax is transfer tax.
• <02:01:58.560> tax moderate income people a transfer tax moderate income people a transfer
• <02:05:41.360> tax homes with that state transfer tax homes with that state transfer tax exemption
• So everything this is transfer tax.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Some of the cases do, especially once they're transferred out of state, our Fayette district judges have
• <00:12:51.520> out<00:12:51.680> of<00:12:51.800> state, they're transferred
• 58.360> the<00:12:58.480> guardianship<00:12:59.040> should<00:12:59.200> transfer
• <00:12:59.560> to that the guardianship should transfer to that the guardianship should transfer
• That does not transfer financial responsibility to that relative who's making those decisions.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the September 19 meeting minutes and then took up a deferred University of Kentucky personal services contract amendment for guardianship services. UK officials explained that the contract covers court-appointed guardians for patients who cannot make medical decisions and are not eligible for state guardianship, with the work funded by UK Medical Center agency dollars rather than the general fund. Members questioned the large increase in the not-to-exceed amount, the number of cases, the hourly billing structure, and whether there are safeguards to prevent unnecessary costs or reimbursement issues if a patient later has resources. UK said the increase reflects shifting work from a prior firm, anticipated new cases, a move from a monthly fee to hourly billing, and the need for a second firm because one prior attorney died and another firm has had difficulty appearing in court promptly. The committee ultimately approved the contract, while Senator Thomas said he would vote aye but urged future review of attorney fee limits and broader guardianship statutes, which he described as outdated and inconsistent. The committee then deferred three Office of Energy Policy memorandum of agreement items to the November 2025 meeting without objection. After that, it approved the remaining agenda items, including the contract lists and deferred items not separately selected for review. The final major item was a University of Kentucky personal services contract related to fundraising and philanthropic outreach. UK representatives said the contract supports marketing and donor engagement efforts to grow the university’s endowment pipeline and philanthropic support. The transcript cuts off before the committee finished its questions or took final action on that item.

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• Senator Lewis Young: State retirement pension system transfer between systems work group extension.
• Retirement Agency to submit a report on the findings and recommendations of a work group to study the transfer
• recommendations of a work group to study recommendations of a work group to study the<00:08:21.680> transfer
• of<00:08:22.400> member<00:08:22.879> services<00:08:23.520> between the transfer
• of member services between the transfer of member services between state<00:08:24.720> and<00

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, February 27, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Maryland Senate met on Friday, February 27, with an invocation by Reverend Howard Travers and several guest introductions, including family members, defense organization leaders, a South Asian Herald editor, Eagleton Institute fellows, and physicians from Johns Hopkins. The chamber journalized the prayer, confirmed a quorum, and then moved into bill introductions, House messages, and committee reports. Several measures were advanced without objection, including Senate Bill 338 to extend a work group report deadline on transfer of retirement system member services, Senate Bill 448 authorizing Carroll County public facilities bonds up to $27 million, Senate Bill 453 clarifying that the Arabian horse race associated with Preakness can be run at Laurel Park, Senate Bill 614 allowing Dorchester County detention officers to join the correctional officers retirement system if the county opts in, and Senate Bill 724 making a technical emergency adjustment to cost-of-living calculations for retirees because October CPI data was unavailable during a government shutdown. Each of those bills received favorable committee reports and was ordered printed for third reading after no objections or amendments were offered. Two bills were postponed for later consideration: Senate Bill 538 on Baltimore City raffles tied to organizations affiliated with professional baseball and football teams was special ordered to Wednesday of the following week, and Senate Bill 108 on water resources and wetlands enforcement was special ordered to March 3 while members worked on possible amendments. Senate Bill 56 on the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center and third-party data sharing was also special ordered to the following Wednesday because committee discussion was ongoing. House Bill 6 and House Bill 372 were received and referred to the appropriate standing committees. The Senate also took up Executive Nominations Committee Report No. 3 and, after no nominations were separated out, confirmed the executive nominations by a vote of 41 in the affirmative. Later, the chamber heard a personal privilege statement from a Montgomery County senator about Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald schools in Maryland, highlighting preservation efforts and an upcoming Scrabble tournament fundraiser at a Rosenwald school. The Senate then confirmed a quorum, and the Majority Leader moved that the Senate stand in recess until Monday, March 2 at 8:00 p.m., which was adopted without objection.

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• increase in employment and a 9.4 percentage point reduction in the share of families with after-tax and transfer
• And are they transferable? Let's talk about that. All right. Oh, okay. All right. Mr.
• Chair, Representative Chandler, yes, they are transferable, and yes, you would become able to get the
• And those credits are transferable. Mr.
• Chair and Representative, so they'd be transferable after the completion of the project. Mr.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Also, we want to enhance tech transfer.
• We see this as an awesome new way to really enhance tech transfer pathways, to take things being produced
• Their tech transfer and licensing from the higher... that's something my office, I don't have a full
• I eventually spent two years at Sandia National Laboratories, learning about tech transfer and taking
• I was just wondering if these might also be used to track the transfer of nuclear waste as they're making

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• , that with such a windfall of money, I mean, you can agree, it's a lot more money that's being transferred
• Do you charge wire transfer fees on IOTA closings? It depends, right?
• Have you ever considered charging a wire transfer...
• Yes, so have you ever considered charging a wire transfer fee to, you know, for the closing and whatever
• It allows the gold and silver to be electronically transferred.

Summary: The committee heard several bills and amendments, beginning with CS/SB 498 on trust fund interest for IOTA accounts. The sponsor said a 2023 Florida Supreme Court rule sharply increased interest paid into legal aid funding, creating a windfall and making participation difficult for banks. An amendment was adopted requiring savings institutions to pay the higher of 0.25% or the highest comparable rate offered on certain non-IOTA accounts, and the bill then passed favorably after testimony from banks, legal aid representatives, and other stakeholders both supporting and opposing the measure. The committee also approved CS/SB 232, which clarifies Florida’s consumer collection law applies only to phone calls during restricted hours and not emails or text messages, after a delete-all amendment and supportive testimony from industry groups. It then approved SB 132, as amended, to designate gold and silver as legal tender and set rules for custody, audits, electronic transfer, and government acceptance of payments; supporters called it a sound-money measure, while the banking association said it still had unresolved technical concerns. Later, the committee passed SB 1466 to create a trust fund for the My Safe Florida Home Program, with an amendment funding it from 20% of collected insurance premium tax revenue. It also considered SB 1206 on transportation network company insurance, reducing coverage during the “dead-leg” period before a rider is picked up from $1 million to lower limits; the bill drew sharp opposition from trial lawyers and support from insurers and some business groups, and the committee adopted a clarifying amendment before reporting the bill favorably. Finally, CS/SB 924 on fertility preservation for cancer patients was amended several times to narrow scope and clarify coverage rules, then passed favorably after debate over cost, preauthorization, and post-treatment storage obligations. The committee adjourned after allowing technical and conforming changes to implement the adopted amendments.

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• Education Act, creating the Office of Special Education, providing powers and duties, providing for the transfer
• Creating the All Cities and Counties Fund to transfer a portion of gross receipts tax revenue to municipalities
• An act relating to crime, creating the crime of unlawful transfer of a firearm to a minor, providing
• Adding the crime of unlawful transfer of a firearm to a minor to the definition of racketeering.
• and work in a song lyric there somewhere, but I look forward to meeting with the Tax Business and Transfer

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• what you want to be able to do is take that research and move it into commercialization and tech transfer
• , which again you want to drive because that brings greater economic development because of tech transfer
• We're already seeing that take shape in education, research, commercialization, tech transfer, athletics
• because it's not only about the research, but how do you translate that commercialization, tech transfer
• We do not see... second largest pain company in the world and from that I learned technology transfer

Summary: The committee met at NDSU and approved the April 9 minutes. The main purpose of the meeting was an informational presentation from NDSU President David Stewart and university leaders on the university’s priorities, including enrollment, student success, research, commercialization, and use of New Horizons funding. Stewart emphasized a “One NDSU” approach, thanked legislators for past support, and said the university will focus on recruitment and retention, a new strategic plan, and growing research and tech transfer while serving North Dakota’s workforce needs. University leaders said NDSU is using tuition waivers more strategically and will work to reduce them over time through scholarship optimization. Provost Sherry Vale described academic portfolio reviews, program closures or consolidations, strategic hiring, and workload policies aimed at aligning resources with demand. They also highlighted student outcomes, including high completion rates, strong employment placement, and NDSU’s role in producing a large share of the state’s engineers, nurses, and agriculture graduates. Several students testified about how NDSU’s mentoring, internships, research, and support services helped them succeed. The committee also heard from partners on New Horizons-related collaborations: Gateway to Science described K-12 STEM outreach in rural and tribal areas, and Sanford Research discussed joint research efforts, including COBRE-related work, obesity and GLP-1 studies, and a joint biostatistics hire. Later speakers highlighted Governor’s School and NDSU’s research and commercialization efforts, including growth in research expenditures and invention disclosures. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Authority to enter into contracts with a program manager for the program accounts and investments, to transfer
• This bill allows for the transference of all the operations related to the state's 529 savings account
• into contracts with a program manager for the program accounts and investments of the account to transfer
• This bill allows for the transference of all the operations related to the Good to see you.
• This bill allows for the transference of all the operations related to the state's 529 savings account

Bills: SR119, SCR65, HCR47, HB196, HB218, HB256, HB325, HB352, HB434, HB448, HB476, HB608, HB624, HB626, HB632, HB749, HB818, HB1059, HB1112, HB1242, HB1249

Keywords: SR119, Senate Resolution 119, D-D Breaux, Sara Breaux, LSU gymnastics, LSU Gymnastics Training Center, LSU Board of Supervisors, facility naming, honorary resolution, public buildings and grounds, women's athletics, Title IX, college gymnastics, SEC gymnastics, Louisiana State University, Tiger Athletic Foundation, women in sports, coach recognition, sports legend, campus naming

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.

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• Essentially, the only things that we collect fees on, these filing fees on, would be voluntary transfer
• He added that if software were an incorporeal movable, a transfer would have to be by authentic act if
• But software vendors and licensees probably would not allow transfer without permission.
• I can't transfer it to you.
• I can transfer you the medium by which I access it, but I can't transfer, I can't hold the thing, the

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• And the first element is the defendant transferred, caused a transfer, or attempted to transfer, let's
• And then it's his name to transfer, so that would be the person under the age of 18.
• With respect to the element of attempted transfer, this instruction would be appropriate if there is
• evidence To support an attempted transfer, they list the case law.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We did receive transfer or land that was transferred to us from the federal government.
• Right now, our landfill is a transfer; our waste management has a transfer station that is being transferred
• Then we allocate it out through transfers into an economic development fund, which includes housing,