Transcript Highlights:

• Account for the loss of the county local option gross receipts tax distributed over the course of the
• No further distributions from this appropriation if the municipality.
• Receives a disagreement or otherwise revenue, it's supposed to hold them harmless from distribution.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Can we get the amendment distributed, please? Do we have the amendment? We don't.
• A lot of work has gone into it, and it will be distributed through the SUD. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Distributed? Thank you.

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• There's a little bit of distribution to some of the impact.
• There's a little bit of distribution to some of the impact.
• Wholesale distribution is a high-volume, high-value-products, but very low-margin industry.
• Wholesale distribution is high volume, high value products, but very low margin industry.
• I am happy to distribute this to all of y’all.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• this in the criminal for uh distributing this in the criminal context,<01:23:02.440> but<01:23
• And there is not any specifically proposed standards for how to distribute the funds that are raised,
• <02:10:28.400> the standards for how to distribute the standards for how to distribute the
• So,<02:12:26.040> cuz<02:12:26.320> the<02:12:26.400> distribution<02:12:27.000>
• So, cuz the distribution would be based on<02:12:27.640> need,<02:12:27.880> you<02:12

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So in a typical industrial park, a site or a building can be served by the distribution system.
• You can usually get 3 to 5, 6, 7 megawatts off of that distribution system, and an industrial park is
• <00:48:28.960> electric majority of our distribution electric majority of our distribution
• The most important thing is that we're owned by our 16 owner-member distribution cooperatives.
• We serve through our distribution co-ops about 1.1 million customers in 89 Kentucky counties.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10 Approval of Minutes 00:01:19 Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39 Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects. A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts. Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.

Transcript Highlights:

• I can't see it myself, but members, in your packet, it's been distributed as the PowerPoint.
• I can't see it myself, but members, in your packet, it's been distributed as the PowerPoint.
• Senator Anderson, members, there is being distributed a letter for you to review, and the plan is to
• Senate File 664 is before us, and that is what has been distributed to the committee members.
• Senate File 664 is before us, and that is what has been distributed to the committee members.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:52:02.559> distributed<00:52:03.119> energy<00:52:03.480> resources distributed
• distributed energy resources distributed distributed energy resources in<00:52:04.040> the<00
• compensation is provided to distributed compensation is provided to distributed energy<00:52:07.720
• While we definitely agree with the intent of this bill, which is supposed to incentivize distributed
• Transmission and distribution infrastructure—does that make sense?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1077, a governor’s administration bill to increase transient accommodations tax revenue and split it between two new special funds: a climate mitigation and resiliency special fund and an economic development and revitalization special fund for tourism/resort areas. Supporters, including the Governor’s Office, recovery and resilience staff, climate and conservation groups, and several state agencies, said the bill would create a dedicated, more reliable funding stream for wildfire mitigation, coastal resilience, land clearing, infrastructure, and community-led projects. Some supporters also urged changes to the bill, including moving the fund to DLNR, adding DHHL and OHA representation, clarifying community grants, and ensuring the fund can support both state-led and community-led resilience work. The Attorney General’s office flagged a drafting issue, noting that the bill references fees deposited into the new fund even though the new chapter does not authorize fee collection, and recommended deleting that language or adding fee authority. The Climate Advisory Team representative also suggested adding DHHL to the decision-making body and requiring at-large members to have climate, resilience, conservation, or infrastructure expertise. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Kohala Coast Resort Association opposed the measure, arguing that the special fund structure does not meet statutory criteria, that the bill functions as a tax increase, and that the transient accommodations tax is not being collected equitably across all lodging types before any increase is imposed. Other opponents, including tourism and lodging interests, warned that hotels and timeshares already bear most of the tax burden and that raising the TAT could hurt an already struggling visitor industry and drive tourists away. Supporters countered that current funding is far short of what is needed and that a dedicated revenue stream is necessary to address climate impacts now. Committee members questioned why the Legislature should cede spending decisions to a separate executive-branch process, and the administration responded that the bill is intended to create a transparent, recurring mechanism for funding priorities that can be adjusted over time. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's go down one more rung to where you can see distribution of acres by ecological section.
• Those are the five ecological sections in this middle-left distribution.
• <00:09:19.560> of to where you can see distribution of to where you can see distribution of
• you see how the Acres distribution you see how the Acres distribute<00:09:55.680> between<00:
• between those areas so if distribute between those areas so if you're<00:09:57.240> really<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• familiar with 16H, which I did include, includes things like wearing clothing or paraphernalia, distributing
• wearing clothing or paraphernalia, which is something we've had a public hearing on, you know, distributing
• :45:30.440> know, had a public hearing on, you know, had a public hearing on, you know, distributing
• <00:45:31.160> a<00:45:31.240> postcard<00:45:32.200> distributing<00:45:32.640>
• or distributing a postcard distributing or distributing a postcard distributing or posting<00

Keywords: 9:00am HB 158 9:10am HB 281 9:20am HB 317 9:30am HB 340 9:40am HB 1062 9:50am HB 1187 10:00am HB 1234 10:10am HB 1300 10:20am HB 1306 10:30am HB 1381 10:40am HB 1541, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference first resolved House Bill 158, which concerns public inspection of absentee ballot lists. The Senate explained a revised approach that removed the broader bill language and instead directed the Secretary of State to review absentee ballot data after each general election for patterns such as common addresses and to report findings to the committees of jurisdiction. The House agreed to the Senate position, and the conference committee voted unanimously to concur. The committee then took up House Bill 281, dealing with a sortable electronic voter checklist. Members debated the Senate’s removal of language that would have included the absentee ballot mailing address when different from the voter’s registration address. Concerns were raised that releasing mailing addresses could expose where voters are not home and could affect overseas and military voters. The committee also discussed a related form for election officials who personally know a voter, including how long the form would be retained and whether it would be subject to public records law. After further discussion, the House agreed to the Senate changes with an additional requirement that the form be signed, and the committee voted to proceed with the amended Senate position. House Bill 317, concerning verification of a person’s identity by a supervisor of the checklist without identification, was also discussed at length. The Senate’s version preserved the ability for election officials to identify people they know, but required a signed form under penalty of perjury and added a nursing home-related provision. Members described the measure as balancing community-based identification with tighter documentation, and a House witness described local problems with inconsistent ID checks and concerns about voting in nursing homes. The House sought one additional change requiring the nursing home verification form to be signed, and the Senate accepted that addition; the committee then voted to move the bill forward on the consent calendar. The conference committee next considered House Bill 340 on electioneering by public employees. The chair presented a replace-all amendment that tied the definition of electioneering to existing law, added a prohibition on expressly or primarily political surveys, and created a civil penalty of up to $1,000 alongside the misdemeanor penalty. Members discussed clarifying when the misdemeanor versus civil penalty would apply and which categories of public employees were covered. After caucus, the Senate agreed to the House’s replace-all approach with the clarifying changes, and the bill was closed. The committee also resolved House Bill 1062 by agreeing to strike a sunset clause from the Senate version authorizing random audits of citizenship qualifications, and it began discussion of House Bill 1187 on the filing window for special-election candidates, where the House proposed requiring local election officials to arrange a filing time on the same day or next business day after being contacted.

Transcript Highlights:

• These amendments have been distributed to members and are available online.
• The amendment set has been distributed to members and is available online.
• This amendment set has been posted online and distributed.
• This amendment set has been posted online and distributed. To health care.
• This amendment set has been posted online and distributed to members.

Bills: SB57, SB405, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB222, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB815, HB949, HB1092, HB1214

Keywords: SB 57, Act 735, Act 463, nutrition, public health, food additives, artificial colors, banned chemicals, ingredient labeling, food labeling, FDA, food and beverage regulation, consumer disclosure, school nutrition, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 40, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 17, food manufacturers, food retailers, compliance, effective date delay

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• appreciative, and I want to thank everyone up here for getting us across the finish line for direct distribution
• appreciative, and I want to thank everyone up here for getting us across the finish line for direct distribution
• appreciative, and I want to thank everyone up here for getting us across the finish line for direct distribution
• appreciative, and I want to thank everyone up here for getting us across the finish line for direct distribution
• Getting us across the finish line for direct distribution and having reliable, stable funding.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The joint Minerals Committee met to select interim topics and announced its meeting dates for April 27-28 in Casper, June 4-5 in Casper, and August 27-28 in Cheyenne. Members heard public testimony on several economic development and minerals-related topics and were asked to identify their top priorities for later ranking and consensus. No formal votes were taken during this portion of the meeting. A major topic was removing obstacles to energy development in Wyoming, including possible regulatory, bonding, and permitting barriers. Testimony from the Mining Association and Energy Capital Economic Development supported revisiting barriers to development, similar to the earlier Regulatory Reduction Task Force. Another related topic was industrial siting exemptions on coal mine property, with testimony arguing that mineral-related projects such as rare earths, uranium conversion, and ferroalloys should not have to go through the full industrial siting process when communities have already dealt with similar development. Members also discussed industrial siting bonding requirements, including whether bonding or advance payments should be used to cover impacts on local services and emergency response, especially for projects like solar farms or battery storage. The committee also discussed coal bed methane industrial sovereign zones, tied to House Bill 120, with testimony seeking to include coal bed methane in value-added manufacturing zones. The sponsor said the goal was to create industrial zones that support economic development while protecting scenic values and limiting industrial sprawl. Another topic was sourcing curling stones in Wyoming, which was presented as a lighthearted but potentially useful way to promote Wyoming stone and broader dimension-stone quarrying; a state geologist testified that Wyoming has granite with similar mineralogy to stone used for curling stones elsewhere. Child care as an economic driver was withdrawn. The committee also heard support for a Business Council restructure review, though several members said the Minerals Committee should do the substantive review because the Business Council falls within its jurisdiction, while still coordinating with Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a domestic preference in residential general service contracts, extending Wyoming preference concepts beyond construction into goods and services, with testimony emphasizing local economic multipliers and possible exceptions for federal funding or other procurement limits.

Transcript Highlights:

• It might have some distributed energy or demand flexibility and reduction component that compensates
• <00:18:49.200> energy<00:18:49.600> or It might have some distributed energy or It
• might have some distributed energy or demand<00:18:50.400> flexibility<00:18:51.120> and
• <00:21:58.159> generation,<00:21:58.799> energy<00:21:59.200> storage distributed
• generation, energy storage distributed generation, energy storage and<00:22:00.240> demand<00

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So a particular ambulance may not have gotten the Narcan through our distribution.
• So a particular ambulance may not have gotten the Narcan through our distribution.
• the lock Zone through our distribution the lock Zone through our distribution um<04:23:07.640>
• <04:23:30.760> and have um utilized um the distribution and have um utilized um the distribution
• We’ve already talked about the lock zone distribution and the drug desk by year.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee’s Division 3 held a public work session on the Behavioral Health budget on February 27, 2025. The chair opened by explaining the schedule, materials, and deadlines for the budget process, and noted there would be no motions or votes in the division that day. Division of Behavioral Health Director Ktia Fox and DHHS CFO Nathan White then walked the committee through the division’s mission, structure, and budget materials, describing the division’s four bureaus: Mental Health Services, Children’s Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homeless Services, along with the policy unit. They emphasized the division’s role in oversight, technical assistance, quality assurance, contracting, and the continuum of care from prevention and early intervention through crisis and residential services. Much of the discussion focused on major programs and funding lines, including the 988 Lifeline contract with Headrest, a technical assistance contract with UNH, Medicaid pass-through payments to New Hampshire Hospital and Glencliff, crisis response services, cold-weather homeless responses, housing supports, and the children’s system of care. Members asked about the UNH contract, the 988 program, crisis stabilization centers, and the peer certification program; Fox explained that the peer certification is a training-and-credentialing pathway for people with lived experience to enter community-based behavioral health work, not a volunteer program. The committee also discussed the “Choose Love” program, which Fox said was created after the Sandy Hook tragedy to build resilience and strength-based emotional regulation in schools and communities. On the children’s side, Fox described the system of care account as the place where many contracted services are budgeted, including community mental health centers, care management entities, rapid response services, and residential programs. Members asked about temporary staffing, and Fox said roughly $500,000 in temporary staff costs shown in the current year would not be spent next year because the money came from a nonlapsing appropriation in HB 1573 for oversight of children’s residential services. She also said provider rate increases were a prioritized need but were not funded in the governor’s current budget, and that the Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center was not funded, resulting in about a $1 million reduction. The session ended while the division was still moving through the children’s behavioral health slides, including questions about the Fast Forward high-fidelity wraparound program and medication management.

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• An act in the Mental Hygiene Law in relation to the distribution in counties with the most prevalent
• An act in the Mental Hygiene Law in relation to the distribution in counties with the most prevalent

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders met on April 29, 2026, with Senators Pete Harckham and Rob Rolison present and a quorum established through submitted vote sheets. The chair noted this could be one of the committee’s final meetings of the year and thanked members for their participation. Nine bills were on the agenda, all of which were moved and approved without recorded opposition. The committee advanced several addiction-treatment and recovery measures, including S-1817 on encouraging and facilitating clinical research into ibogaine for drug treatment, S-4747A creating an intensive addiction recovery and mental health integrated services pilot program, S-4948A providing reimbursement for non-medical transportation to peer support services, and S-59A creating a substance use disorder treatment bill of rights. Members also approved S-83A establishing the Individual Counseling for Integrated Care Rate Enhancement Act and S-7508, which requires health care professionals to prescribe opioids, sending those bills to Finance. The committee also approved education-focused bills: S-513 requiring schools to include instruction on preventing co-occurring disorders, S-5900 directing educational materials on prescription drug misuse in counties with the most prevalent opioid abuse, and S-9272 expanding opioid overdose prevention measures in certain settings. Most bills were reported either to Finance, Education, or the calendar, with no negative votes recorded on any measure.

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• This group made this application to these federal rural health transformation funds on how to distribute
• Establishes a program in DEP to collect an overseas distribution of... Adaptation.
• Establish this program in DEP to collect an overseas distribution of funds.
• It would require 50% of the grant funds distributed by the Department of Transportation under the CARA
• be used to support projects aimed at reducing food insecurity and promoting resiliency and food distribution

Keywords: 1146, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The next finding was about the really distributed ownership of responsibilities associated with the Climate
• The next slide is also intended to illustrate how ownership of climate priorities are distributed across
• The next finding was about really distributed ownership of responsibilities associated with the Climate
• The next slide is also intended to kind of illustrate how ownership of climate priorities are distributed
• across these agencies. on the left-hand side. ownership of climate priorities are distributed across

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, and Colorado looking at things like incentivizing the use of distributed
• It's probably going to be the case in most states that the SBDC network serves as kind of a distribution
• It's probably going to be the case in most states that the SBDC network serves as kind of a distribution
• It's probably going to be the case in most states that the SBDC network serves as kind of a distribution
• of cases and developing new programs around AI and the models that they're releasing, can then distribute

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

Transcript Highlights:

• pilot to see exactly what that coverage did and then have recommendations whether that should be distributed
• committee, I can get you what the fiscal note was, and I can send that to the clerk so that you can distribute
• So the RFP was actually distributed to our board last night.
• This bill draft is related to in-service benefit distributions. Beth: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• with the state law and federal requirements, and then it would also allow for those in-service distributions

Summary: The Employee Benefits Committee met to hear presentations on state employee health insurance, compensation, leave policies, labor market conditions, and prevailing wage issues, then later took up committee rules and bill-draft jurisdiction. PERS reviewed the history and structure of the state health plan, noting the state has paid the full family premium since 1979, described cost-control and benefit-enhancement changes over time, and explained current plan options, wellness incentives, employer wellness discounts, and the upcoming bid process for the 2027-29 contract. HRMS then presented compensation comparisons showing state classified pay generally trails private and regional markets, with larger gaps at higher-level jobs, and reviewed benefits and leave policies, including the new enhanced annual leave and new-hire leave, the state’s unpaid family leave structure, and varying tuition reimbursement practices. Job Service reported on labor force trends, low unemployment, high labor force participation, job openings, and wage growth, and OMB said there are no state prevailing-wage requirements beyond federal Davis-Bacon rules for federally funded projects. The committee then considered a proposed amendment to Joint Rule 211 to better align the health insurance mandate review process with recent statutory changes. Members discussed how the rule should reference both the committee’s required actuarial reports and the Legislative Council cost-benefit analysis, and the amendment was adopted on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed how its jurisdiction decisions affect whether a bill draft receives actuarial analysis, with staff explaining that a decision not to take jurisdiction means the bill is not treated as impacting the relevant retirement or health plans for purposes of that analysis. After that, the committee began reviewing bill drafts for jurisdiction. The first draft, bill draft 33, would automatically renew pre-tax elections for dental and vision coverage during open enrollment instead of requiring annual re-election. Members debated whether it had any actuarial impact, noting the state does not pay those premiums directly, and the discussion was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• Chair, that was a distribution to all the districts using the SB9 formula, which is another capital source
• And while you all raised the distribution to $500 million last year, you didn't spend the full $500 million
• We have the trust fund distribution that we've done. We have this land grant permanent fund.
• As for the trust fund, status quo, right, $500 million distribution yearly is the floor.
• When do you expect it to start going up on the distribution of more than the $500 million? Sure.

Keywords: 996, all

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• If we go back to 2017, the distribution to the Water Trust Fund and the Water Trust Board was zero.
• You get the Water Trust Board, you give that distribution.
• The money is already appropriated in many cases with the distribution.
• Those are distributed between counties, municipalities, and school districts.
• I also wanted to flag for folks the Valencia County DRT distribution—the increase between 2020 and 2021