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• after time.
• That might be a little time after time. That might be a little different<00:08:06.560> story.
• <00:09:07.519> Um that up again next time then. Um that up again next time then.
• read I can still read it on the screen. read I can still read it on the screen.
• Are we getting a different room next time? Different time. A different time.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That was a one-time adjustment. That was a one-time adjustment. that y'all included.
• Players are saying, I just lost $0.11 an hour times the number of hours times the number of people. that
• From time to time, we see a situation where a provider will bill us for the E&M code, but then also add
• a certain service can be delivered to a certain patient within a certain time. time frame.
• That has been posted for some time.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Thank you for your time today. Just had kind of a broad general question. When...
• When you say time frame, we're talking 20 years, 25 years?
• There's no time like the present. This is a problem that's prevalent.
• There's no time like the present. This is a problem that's prevalent.
• I appreciate your time. Any questions from the committee?

Summary: The committee received a report from Director Wiley of the Arkansas Department of Transportation on a series of routine and quarterly items, including the closeout of the department’s efficiency review. Wiley said all five remaining recommendations from that review had been implemented, highlighted a new public maintenance dashboard on the agency website, and reported four surplus properties sold since the last meeting. He also noted that ARDOT had obligated $3.14 billion in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to date and reviewed the annual expenditure report tied to 2019 revenue changes, which funded $98.7 million in maintenance projects last year. Members asked about the balance between maintenance and new construction, with Wiley saying about 75% of construction dollars go to maintaining the existing system and that ARDOT’s overall spending is overwhelmingly focused on upkeep because of the size of the state highway network. He also discussed major projects and corridor priorities, including Interstate 57 and Highway 5 work in Lonoke County, Interstate 49 public meetings, passing-lane improvements on Highway 412/62 in north central Arkansas, Highway 82 widening in south Arkansas, and long-range plans to widen Interstate 40, possibly including a toll study. On the Toad Suck Bridge flood mitigation project, he said the design had been revised to reduce public impacts and would not require a long-term bridge closure. The committee also discussed safety and enforcement tools in work zones. Wiley said new work-zone cameras and cell phone detection tools were being used on projects such as I-30, I-57, and I-49, mainly to improve safety rather than issue citations. In addition, he said ARDOT spends about $8 million annually on litter control and is expanding anti-litter efforts, including a spring cleanup day involving more than 2,500 operations employees and some office staff. He also announced agency initiatives on human trafficking awareness training for field and office staff and the Street Smart education program for middle school students, with plans to expand it to high school content next year. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the director’s presentation and member questions.

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• We've won that three times at this location.
• By the time it went back out again, they were holding it different times; they did it different ways.
• With A&G and A&R, anybody can go back to that time, and the whole time of that, this place was all going
• , and we talk to them all the time.
• It was an increase at that time, and so at that time the purchase of the Badger Wind project did increase

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.

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• This is the second time I'm hearing it.
• to time.
• We appreciate the bill sponsor's time.
• Hope you had time for a brief lunch, sir.
• At the same time, studies show that these photo IDs are really very little... ...time, studies show that

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• And so he spent his time letting him beat him up and moving him. Back to his right.
• Uh, from one, well, actually I won state like a whole bunch of times, 7 times.
• We were Casa volunteers for quite some time.
• Reached the state tournament for the 2nd time in 3 years.
• HB 4145 by Dyson relating to the timely billing of healthcare services.

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• SB 1124, lung cancer screening. The motion is do pass. We will have a roll call vote.
• SB 1114, screen. SB 1114, data collection disclosure.
• amended per author to change staffing ratios for remote assistance, increase mandatory incident response time
• The motion is due pass as amended to double current fines and strike jail time.
• SB 1067, Pupil Instruction: Math Screening. The motion is due pass.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• committee anymore we had a a good time committee anymore we had a a good time last<00:07:45.479>
• And then of the 30, there are five members... create a screening panel uh there is a a create a screening
• our first three bills uh took less time our first three bills uh took less time each<00:15:52.800
• might look like and this is an app time might look like and this is an app time to<00:22:28.520>
• Thanks, Representative Vern. they often times are fairly balanced in they often times are fairly balanced

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And the same germaneness response I had last time is the same one this time.
• <02:28:10.960> Fend your time. You ran out of money. Fend your time.
• <02:40:23.280> And times. Yes, these are hard times. And times.
• Yes, these are hard times.
• a hard time um I'm having a hard time a hard time um I'm having a hard time with<02:54:08.240>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• talk to me. sad all the time. talk to me. sad all the time.
• chance to spend the time with her kids. chance to spend the time with her kids.
• I'm looking for the balance here. time? Uh would would you find the time?
• present, come on forward at this time. present, come on forward at this time.
• at this time, questions at this time, >> Mr.<02:19:02.559> Chair.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Strengthen them in times of challenge and encourage them in times of doubt.
• time in when it came to civil rights. time in when it came to civil rights.
• times. Real instances that happened. times. Real instances that happened.
• The time to act is now.
• The time to act freedom, or well-being. The time to act is<04:34:50.879> now.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• No the parameters of that ahead of time and so on and so forth. Correct 100%, correct.
• And this has been an issue that we have faced time and time again when children turn 18 and they see
• And we took that time to actually work with the various associations to come up with language.
• So we appreciate the time. We appreciate your hearing it.
• But I would say it to your point, which ones are, you know, permitting in general is takes a long time

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And this will be a one-time fund. And this will be a one-time transfer.
• First, the $44 per pupil one-time safety aid is both timely and necessary.
• First, the $44 per pupil one-time safety aid is both timely and necessary.
• Thank you for your time. Thank you for your time.
• But I have not worked full-time since 2007 because my full-time job was to parent my child.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• little time here. Appreciate that. little time here. Appreciate that.
• So I appreciate the time and maybe we can be considered at another time. So thank you.
• So I appreciate the time and maybe we can be considered at another time. So thank you.
• So I appreciate the time and maybe we can be considered at another time. So thank you.
• at a at a another time. So, thank you. at a at a another time. So, thank you.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• <00:06:38.160> between especially shorting that time between especially shorting that time
• Um, at this time be doing.
• your time. I'll be around. your time. I'll be around.
• time but I decided not to about that. time but I decided not to about that.
• we have extra time. we have extra time. >> I<01:32:05.440> know.

Bills: HF624

Keywords: HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house

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• started back in the early time of these numbers, and an autistic child, um, at that time... primary
• This is time in certain category; it's time served by special education."
• I do have it through the chain in time I do have it on<01:10:00.560> my<01:10:00.640> screen
• <01:34:42.400> two three times two and a half times two three times two and a half times two
• /c> times one and a half times can we do times one and a half times can we do that<01:34:45.880> that

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The work session focused on special education, especially the differentiated aid component and special education aid, which members noted is still often called “catastrophic aid.” The chair said the committee was trying to better understand how special education costs are growing, how districts are delivering services through SAUs or internally, and how reimbursement formulas affect local costs. Members also discussed the need for better data before making decisions on several education funding bills, and Representative Brown was tasked with capturing questions for follow-up information from the department or elsewhere. Testimony from the state special education director, Becky Fad, centered on why student counts in various disability categories have shifted over time. She said the categories themselves have not changed much, but autism has increased because of greater understanding and identification, developmental delay has grown because it applies to children under age 10 who may not yet have a clear diagnosis, and some students previously classified under speech/language or other health impairment are now identified in more specific categories such as autism. She emphasized that the IEP is based on a child’s individual needs, so a change in category would not necessarily change services, though it may help educators support the student differently. Members asked about whether the shifts reflect better diagnostic capability, whether the department should gather more data on the reasons for the changes, and whether autism-spectrum data could be broken down further. Fad said the department does not currently have data on the causes of the shifts or on where students fall within the autism spectrum, but that collecting and analyzing such data is on its list of priorities and a new data manager had recently been hired. She also explained that each child is counted only once on the chart by primary disability, that the IEP or eligibility team determines the primary category based on evaluations, and that any child can be referred for special education by a parent, teacher, or doctor, after which the district must meet within 15 days to decide whether to evaluate. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• They've put in a first-time limit.
• They've put in a first-time limit.
• They've put in a first-time limit.
• <00:15:15.440> period, you know, within a set time period, you know, within a set time period
• this opportunity at this point in time. this opportunity at this point in time.

Bills: HB0075, HB0128

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, severance tax, oil production, tax exemption, energy sector, economic impact, 916, all

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• I have personally witnessed Fia's impact on our community in good times and in times of challenge.
• I have personally witnessed Fia's impact on our community in good times and in times of challenge.
• I have personally witnessed Fia's impact on our community in good times and in times of challenge.
• I have personally witnessed Fia's impact on our community in good times and in times of challenge.
• screen screen yes<00:31:12.799> okay<00:31:13.799> so<00:31:14.200> just<00:31:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• equal access uh for the fair and timely equal access uh for the fair and timely resolution<00:03
• <00:08:16.800> um if they have some kind of screening um if they have some kind of screening
• <00:20:09.520> when particular time, a date and time when particular time, a date and time
• Um so why why two thin budget time.
• And I must say this is an issue that I've seen a number of times in my time here.

Bills: HF3874, HF3875, HF3378

Keywords: judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

Summary: The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost. The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response. Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• And so I know we have limited time today, so I'm going to yield the rest of my time to testifiers and
• And this is no time to trust, but verify. It's time to regulate and enforce.
• The time for trusting big tech is over. The time to regulate and enforce is now.
• The time to regulate and enforce over. The time to regulate and enforce is<01:24:10.000> now.
• spent on my screen.

Bills: HF1392, HF2233, HF695, HF2228, HF1289

Keywords: consumer protection, restitution, attorney general, consumer enforcement, unclaimed funds, victim compensation, settlement funds, special revenue fund, general fund, restitution account, consumer fraud, state treasury, eligible consumers, distribution of funds, tax subtraction, income tax, refund, unpaid compensation, Minnesota Department of Revenue, consumer redress