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• or parole officer this probation officer or parole officer this probation officer or parole officer
• for the her parole or probis officer for the her parole or probis officer for the using of post office
• his or her parole or probation officer his or her parole or probation officer from using a post office
• office box or possessing any post office box or possessing any post office box or possessing any Electronic
• vesting discretion from the judicial vesting discretion from the judicial branch is it the judicial

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• rather than a separate office.
• rather than a separate office.
• even<00:16:01.360> more office office actually even even more office office actually even
• offices right now within the Auditor's office.
• The auditor's office came in.

Keywords: 00:11 Call to Order/Roll Call 01:02 Discussion of 25RS SB 26 07:48 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 26 08:43 Discussion of 25RS SB 85 28:04 Roll Call Vote on 25RS SB 85 29:37 Discussion of 25RS HB 805 40:30 Roll Call Vote on 25RS HB 805 41:32 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 26, presented by Senator Brandon Storm, Family Court Judge Marcus Vanover, and Crystal Adams on behalf of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. The bill would ensure Kentucky complies with the ADA by prohibiting disability alone from being used to terminate adoption petitions, parental rights, or child-placement petitions. Testimony cited Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases involving parents with intellectual or developmental disabilities and national data showing high removal rates for parents with psychiatric, intellectual, or physical disabilities. The committee approved the bill 15-0 with favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 85 from Senator Steve Meredith and State Auditor Allison Ball, which continues the transition of the Office of the Ombudsman from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Auditor’s office. Testimony focused on completing the transfer by clarifying access to the ITWIST database, ensuring complaints go directly to the Ombudsman, adding whistleblower protections, and making the office a separate office within the Auditor’s office for efficiency. Members asked about the prior conflict of interest when the Ombudsman was housed within CHFS, the database access dispute and lawsuit, and whether the office still remained independent. The bill passed with favorable expression after some members voted pass. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 805, with Representative Nick Wilson and Representative Sarah Stalker explaining a committee substitute and amendment. The bill would set timelines for the Cabinet to physically locate children reported at immediate safety risk and require annual kinship-care reporting to be automatically provided to the legislature and posted publicly. Wilson said the bill also cleans up language from last year’s House Bill 271, including changing “threats” to “risks” in the safety-plan definition and other terminology fixes. The committee adopted the substitute and amendment and advanced the bill with favorable expression.

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• Judicial bypass is a harmful process with no medical benefit.
• Judicial bypass is not a meaningful alternative.
• She did get a judicial bypass and was able to access abortion care at my office, though the judicial
• The judicial process delayed the abortion encounter by a week.
• Every day women come into my office—maybe one, sometimes three.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures and time limits, then heard testimony on House 2499, a bill to create a public awareness campaign on menopause and related midlife health issues. Supporters, including a nurse, the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, and other advocates, said menopause is widely misunderstood by patients and providers, leading to delayed care, unnecessary suffering, workplace impacts, and inequities in women’s health. Several speakers shared personal experiences with symptoms being dismissed or misdiagnosed and urged the committee to advance the bill. The committee then took testimony on a package of endometriosis bills, including House 2527 and Senate 1564, calling for a task force and broader awareness efforts. Patients, a physician, and advocates described long diagnostic delays, severe pain, infertility, medical gaslighting, and limited access to specialists and effective treatment. They argued for more research, provider education, and a coordinated state strategy, and several asked for favorable reports. The chair also noted the hearing was running behind and extended time to allow more testimony. Later, the committee heard Senate 1579, which would eliminate parental consent and judicial bypass requirements for abortion access for minors under 16. Planned Parenthood representatives, physicians, legal advocates, and students argued the current law creates unnecessary delays and harms vulnerable youth, especially those in unsafe homes or foster care, while supporters said minors can already consent to other reproductive health care. A pro-life witness opposed the bill and emphasized parental involvement and support services. The committee also heard House 2403 and Senate 1560, which would create a Human Service Transportation Consumer Advisory Board; disability advocates and riders described past safety problems and current service gaps, and supported the board as a low-cost way to improve accountability, rider input, and reliability. No votes or final actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• space, from executive branch office space.
• So cabinet agencies, elected officials, but not judicial and not legislative, as you said.
• Elected officials, but not judicial and not legislative, as you said.
• , not legislative or judicial.
• Legislative or judicial. Okay. Okay. Okay. Some squatters moved in.

Bills: SB2014

Keywords: industrial commission, economic development, housing finance, oil and gas, rail infrastructure, financial assistance, emergency funding, 908, all

Summary: The Government Operations Division met to continue work on the remaining bill and related amendments. Joe Morse asked the committee to include a $219,000 general fund replacement for rent that would no longer be collected from Career and Technical Education after the 15th floor of the tower becomes legislative space under the Legislative Council’s jurisdiction. Members discussed that state law currently requires rent only from executive branch office space, not legislative or judicial space, and there was no objection to adding the request to the amendment package. The committee then revisited a set of amendments it had previously discussed, including whether to include funding for Prairie Public. Senator Dwyer argued against any Prairie Public funding, citing its reserves, endowment, and charitable gaming revenue, and said the state should prioritize other needs. Senator Irby supported a one-time infrastructure contribution as the state shares in related infrastructure costs. Senator Sickler said Prairie Public still provides unique local programming, but that a one-time infrastructure item would be a reasonable compromise rather than ongoing operating support. A motion was made and seconded to provide Prairie Public $850,000 from the Strategic Investment and Improvement Fund for infrastructure needs. The roll call vote failed 3-2, with Senators Sickler and Irby voting aye, Senators Dwyer and Burkhard voting no, and Chairman Wanzek voting yes. After that vote, the committee indicated the amendment package was otherwise complete, though leadership had asked that final action on the bill be held for a little longer. The meeting adjourned with the understanding that more amendments could still be brought forward before the next meeting.

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• I'm here with the Texas Secretary of State's Office.
• The bill protects the personal information of... certain judicial branch officers and court support personnel
• I know many of you worked on the previous judicial security bill.
• Judicial and Courthouse Security Act, actually of 2017.
• Do y'all want to hear from the AG's office regarding this?

Bills: HB223

Keywords: municipal budget, county budget, local government finance, spending cap, expenditure limit, inflation plus population growth, taxpayer impact statement, budget transparency, property tax, fees, Legislative Budget Board, voter approval, disaster spending, fiscal restraint, Texas Local Government Code, city budget, county expenditures, 1185, senate, all

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• EXISTING OFFICERS ADDITIONAL OVER TIME.
• AND THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE.
• OFFICE.
• MY TOTAL BUDGET IN MY OFFICE IS $150 MILLION.
• HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO RUN YOUR OFFICE?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Uh we our office specific to children.
• end of the day you still have officer end of the day you still have officer and<00:50:50.559>
• That takes a lot of judicial discretion away.
• <01:19:22.080> discretion That takes a lot of judicial discretion That takes a lot of judicial
• > discretion<01:19:25.199> actually in the judicial discretion actually in the judicial

Bills: HB0008, HB0009

Keywords: stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all

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• I'm Deputy Judicial Administrator at the 19th JDC. Thank you all so much for having us here today."
• "Lauren Stelly, I'm Deputy Judicial Administrator at the 19th JDC.
• I need to go to the office and check it out. Let's take one of those out. All right.
• Murray, the Judicial Compensation Commission. All right.
• of Special Master. by the Louisiana Supreme Court for Office of Special Master.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• /c><00:02:26.000> facility<00:02:26.680> security Moving down to line 34, the Peace Officer
• And then at lines 23 and 26, the impersonation of a peace officer and the grooming penalty, those bills
• A judicial security unit that's two FTE positions on line eight of $312,000 per year.
• Under the district courts, there is $843,000 in fiscal year 27 for security for judicial officials, with
• And Madam Chair, that brings us to public safety. judicial officials with $467,000 judicial officials

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Conference Committee on Senate File 3432 met on May 15, 2026, and first approved a motion to continue meeting past midnight. Members then reviewed the public safety and judiciary budget agreement, including funding for non-fatal shooting clearance grants, a domestic violence task force, services for released adults and juveniles, trafficking prevention for youth, corrections bed impacts from assault and theft-related provisions, increased Philando Castile training reimbursements, and transfers into the Victims of Crime Account. The committee also noted that some items were removed because they had already passed as stand-alone bills, including impersonation of a peace officer and the grooming penalty, and that the first responder uniform ID task force would not be funded in this bill. Policy provisions discussed for the public safety side included a domestic violence response task force, trafficking and sexual exploitation prevention grants, juvenile re-entry services, the Minnesota clearance grant program, the Philando Castile Memorial Training Fund, confidentiality for victim statements to the Clemency Review Commission, the fourth-degree assault amendment for hospital or clinic security guards, the enhanced penalty for theft from a vulnerable adult, child sexual abuse material venue and evidence provisions, and revised language on prediction markets and the Attorney General’s administrative subpoena authority. The chair also said the committee had to make late fixes to some stakeholder-requested changes and expressed frustration about the timing. The committee then reviewed the safety and security budget agreement, which included funding for judicial security, a judicial security unit, security threat response, safe and secure courthouse grants, appeals court and district court security, state patrol deficiency funding, capital security screening and enhancements, legislative protective services, BCA threat assessment and investigation, a security services task force, legislative security reimbursements, and security for constitutional officers. The agreement also included technical court reallocation adjustments and DNR carry-forward authority for certain non-budgeted public safety costs incurred in 2026. After no public testimony was offered, the committee adopted both the public safety budget agreement and the safety and security budget agreement, directed non-partisan staff to prepare the conference committee report with technical and conforming changes, and then adjourned.

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• It gives ongoing judicial oversight.
• Again, this was feedback from our judicial department.
• <00:59:22.320> I judicial process. So, I apologize. I judicial process. So, I apologize.
• And then we also have the judicial department.
• There are 6,246 the judicial department.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I previously thanked Senator office.
• ,<00:36:08.680> agencies, Secretary of State's office, agencies, Secretary of State's office
• address by requiring written judicial address by requiring written judicial findings<00:36:42.840
• training<00:37:11.720> to And it requires judicial training to And it requires judicial
• . officer. officer.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• your office. your office.
• branch as a director of the judicial branch as a director of the administrative<05:37:52.400> office
• oversight authority over the judicial oversight authority over the judicial branch<05:39:20.400>
• I’m just wondering how, under the Constitution, we can impeach a judicial officer who’s no longer on
• <06:07:24.558> Judicial Justice David Brock. Judicial Justice David Brock.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We granted the pilot in three judicial districts, including the 1st, 4th, and 12th.
• A police officer or peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person has just attempted suicide
• So, three, a police officer based on that officer's own observation and investigation.
• So they It allows police officers, peace officers to detain someone for the purpose of seeking emergency
• is in front of a specific special hearing officer.

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• She spent 18 years serving as a prosecutor before being elected to office.
• Americans who voted him back into office in November.
• She reveres our judicial system.
• Our judicial system must be made whole.
• And it is evidenced by what she left me on the day she left office.

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• <01:17:15.760> district<01:17:16.280> attorney's<01:17:16.760> office judicial district
• attorney's office judicial district attorney's office attorney The delays and censorship by those subject
• . judicial system.
• that because it's a judicial privilege." that because it's a judicial privilege."
• outreach to my office. outreach to my office.

Keywords: 981, all

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• With respect to the following appointment to be a member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct: Sylvie
• Members, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the commission created to protect the public and
• The joint resolution would also remove the ability of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to issue
• The state commission on judicial conduct increases public membership to seven, with no more than two
• Our office has received word that a sixth-grade teacher in Burton ISD has passed away. has died today

Bills: SJR27, SJR39, SB22, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB209, SB310, SB326, SB505, SB605, SB618, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB783, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1085, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1320, SB1333, SB1398, SB1405, SB1541, SB1567, SB1596, SB1598, SB1625, SB1646, SB1662, SB1750, SB1758, SB1791, SB1804, SB1810, SB1818, SB1838, SB1855, SB1869, SB1951, SB2024, SB2077, SB2078, SB2252, SB2253, SB2368, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department

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• confirmation of the Senate with respect to the following appointment to be a member of the Commission on Judicial
• Members of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the commission created to protect the public,
• The joint resolution would also remove the ability of the state commission on judicial conduct to issue
• SJR 27 proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the state commission on judicial
• Um, we, our office has received word that a 6th grade teacher in Burton ISD has died today.

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• services from the courts to the judicial services from the courts to the judicial council.<05:21
• These both delay the obligation for the judicial branch to hire a judicial training coordinator and to
• This went through already as a bill. council or judicial excuse me judicial council or judicial excuse
• This was a request from the judicial This was a request from the judicial branch<05:41:58.798>
• Judicial districts.

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.

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• And we coordinate with our general counsel's office to ensure all personally identifiable information
• We'll operate in two judicial circuits identified through our data analysis, which I will go through
• The work group's second primary recommendation focused on judicial review social study reports.
• Right now, statute requires that a court hold a judicial review hearing once every six months, which
• is accompanied by, or includes, a judicial review social study report, a JRSR.

Summary: The subcommittee heard two Department of Children and Families implementation updates on measures passed in prior sessions. First, DCF reviewed House Bill 633, which increased oversight of behavioral health managing entities through biennial independent audits, standardized claims-based reporting, and new monthly outcome dashboards. The department said it had awarded the inaugural audit to Ernst & Young, found no significant waste, fraud, or abuse, but identified process risks involving financial controls, claims validation, data access, and system access controls. DCF also described its transition to standardized behavioral health coding and said the new public dashboard of 11 measures is posted on its website, though members asked for easier access and for hard copies of the audit report. Members asked about how the department distinguishes Medicaid-covered services from department-funded services, how duplicate payment risks are being addressed, and whether the new reporting and audit requirements would improve oversight without disrupting services. DCF said it is the payer of last resort for uninsured or underinsured individuals, that some overlap with Medicaid is expected because Medicaid does not cover all behavioral health services, and that new claims edits and cross-checks are being built into the system. The department also said it had not found significant negative feedback from providers and that the new requirements are intended to improve transparency and accountability. DCF then updated the committee on Senate Bill 7012, covering human trafficking data collection, domestic violence center certification, limited background-screening exemptions, expanded recruitment for child welfare staff, subcontractor liability protections, a four-year treatment foster care pilot, case management efficiency recommendations, and a statewide study of residential bed capacity for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The department said several items are already complete or underway, including limited exemptions in the screening clearinghouse, while others are in procurement or rulemaking. It identified Circuits 4 and 12 as the treatment foster care pilot sites and said the pilot will launch in January 2026. Members questioned recruitment metrics, pilot timing, and report deadlines; the department said final reports are expected by January and that some dates were flexible because of procurement and implementation timelines. The meeting ended after the presentations and questions, and the subcommittee adjourned.

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• The committee granted permission to the Arkansas Department of Administrative Services, Office of Property
• Risk, and permission to the Arkansas Department of Administrative Services Office of Property Risk to
• Attorney, Cothran was charged with felony theft of property and abuse of office on September 11 and
• This matter was referred to the 16th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney and the Attorney General.
• This matter was referred to the 16th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney and the Attorney General.

Keywords: 1204, all