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• Who does the rating? Well, I believe it's the VA. Yes, it's a VA rating.
• the VA rating, correct?
• all with that rating, correct?
• So it's not just a rating.
• So it's not just a rating.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• Um, was there an impact with the restructuring to any of the debts within Kentucky to any of the vendors
• I can't speak to other vendors.
• ,</c><00:09:22.240><c> but</c> owing She had asked about vendors, but owing She had asked about vendors
• </c> curious to see what the contract rate curious to see what the contract rate out<00:32:55.840><c>
• </c> marketable and competitive salary rates marketable and competitive salary rates and<00:48:55.800

Keywords: The original version of this live stream dropped before the meeting was technically finished. This is the complete copy pulled from back up sources., 958, all

Summary: The committee met to hear updates from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on two related issues: a proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility and medical services contracts, including the impact of Wellpath’s bankruptcy proceedings. At the start, the chair agreed to hear the Department of Corrections first so members could get context on the medical contract before turning to DJJ’s proposal. DOC officials said Wellpath, the department’s comprehensive medical and mental health provider since 2013, was awarded its current contract through a 2021 procurement process. They reported that Wellpath’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan had been confirmed and that the company had transitioned ownership to lenders, but had not yet fully completed the bankruptcy process. DOC said there had been no service lapses, no reduction in care, and no known impact on Kentucky vendors or hospitals, and that DOC staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether the committee had been kept informed and whether the bankruptcy could affect future services or subcontractors. DJJ then presented its concept for a high-acuity facility, explaining that the project is still in the preliminary programming and conceptual stage and has not yet entered the formal design phase with DECA. Officials said the proposal in the capital plan would create a 24-bed facility, with 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, to serve justice-involved youth with serious mental health needs. They said the facility would need to separate males and females and high- and low-risk youth, and that current placements often require sending youth out of state to places such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas. Staff said the goal is to centralize treatment, improve safety, and reduce the need for fragmented or out-of-state placements. Committee members questioned the cost estimates, staffing needs, and whether the facility was justified given the small number of youth currently placed out of state. DJJ said the operational estimate includes an unknown medical-contract component and that the number of youth needing the facility can fluctuate because of surges in the juvenile population. Officials also said they had consulted with South Carolina, which is developing a similar facility, and noted that renovating existing facilities was considered but could be more expensive or impractical than building a separate site. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.

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• So, you're going to have a lower prosecution rate.
• have a um uh a less a<00:21:15.120><c> lower</c><00:21:15.440><c> prosecution</c><00:21:15.919><c> rate
• </c><00:21:16.720><c> we</c><00:21:16.960><c> also</c><00:21:17.600><c> um</c> a lower prosecution rate
• Uh we also um a lower prosecution rate.
• And then we're also working with our vendors to improve and offer passengers and guests different food

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on March 20, 2025, first on two bills and then on a series of resolutions. On SB 597, relating to administrative driver’s license revocation, the Department of the Attorney General and other agencies supported extending the deadlines for written review decisions because chemical testing results, especially from neighbor islands, can take longer to return. One individual testified in opposition. The committee amended the bill to set the review-decision deadlines at 14 and 28 days, deferred the effective date to July 1, 3000, and recommended passage with amendments by vote. The committee then heard SB 1285 SD2, a highway safety measure that would create an impaired-driving offense, establish automatic license suspension procedures, and amend related administrative processes. The Attorney General’s office raised concerns about the new infraction structure and recommended deleting that section, while the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing it could create due process problems and unnecessary burdens on the courts. DOT and several advocacy groups supported the measure, and one individual testified in support of lowering the BAC limit to 0.05. The committee adopted extensive amendments, including deleting several sections, revising revocation language for refusals to test, and deferring the effective date to July 1, 3000, then passed the bill with amendments. In the later resolution hearing, the committee heard measures on Maui road projects, the Kulani Hako Bridge replacement, enforcement against improperly registered out-of-state vehicles, a proposed extension of the Skyline rail to West Oahu, a proposal to transfer airport regulatory authority to DOT, a golf-ball safety resolution, and a restricted parking pilot program in West Oahu neighborhoods. Testimony was generally supportive on the Maui road, bridge, vehicle-registration, and golf-ball measures, while DOT opposed the airport-corporation task force resolution and several groups offered mixed views, including calls for public-sector union representation if a task force were created. The committee also heard support and concern on the Skyline extension resolution, with members noting the need for transit options that better serve West Oahu. At the end of the meeting, the committee adopted the resolutions it took up in decision-making, including the Maui road measures, the bridge resolution, the vehicle-registration resolution, and the Skyline-related resolution, with the airport-corporation and parking-zone measures also heard before adjournment.

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• >> SENATOR BERNARD, IT IS NOT US, IS OUR VENDORS. WE DON'T DRAFT IT OURSELVES OBVIOUSLY.
• NOTE IT SOUNDS LIKE A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY A VENDOR AND THE
• Grall: THE PREPETITION COST RATE NOW RANGES FROM $0.10 TO $1.92 DEPENDING ON WHICH COUNTY YOU ARE IN
• SUCCESS THAN THEY DO IN 23 OTHER STATES HAVE A PROCESS LIKE OURS WE HAVE THE LOWEST VOTER DROPOUT RATES
• CURRENT DRAFT OF THE BILL OF THE NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS WERE CONFUSING AND COMPLICATED EVEN FOR THE VENDORS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• exchange of money between your district and the vendor.
• exchange of money between your district and the vendor.
• And then you can see we have core, which is Ola... and the vendor it's between us so it's a and the vendor
• We won't need to contract with the training vendor for that.
• Those schools that have the lowest rates of proficiency.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Page 280, utility rate increases.
• Page 280 utility rate increases. These are increases Page 280, utility rate increases.
• This request is based on recent rate increases by the PSC.
• Senate Bill 4 changed the rate-making process.
• And, you know, I think these one rate took effect in June, the other in May.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• The rating system in our Texas public schools, says the passage of HB 22, full accountability ratings
• ratings that we've seen abused in recent lawsuits.
• Being rated on a statewide basis is prohibited. Since the deadline for issuing new ratings...
• There's a strong relationship between the economically disadvantaged rate and the overall rating score
• and increasing burnout rate.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Mr. ... >> I had one more. >> Um, you just said that the rate varies for municipalities.
• </c><00:45:08.720><c> varies</c><00:45:09.040><c> for</c> &gt;&gt; you just said that the rate varies
• Uh, I don't know what the adoption rate of something like this would be. Uh, I can't speak to that.
• </c> scenario where like some sort of vendors scenario where like some sort of vendors are<00:56:05.359
• Gross vehicle weight rating, which is the capacity of the vehicle and its weight combined.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senate Bill 1305 authorizes the OMMA to approve a third-party vendor that shall provide educational training
• Should they choose to go to a third-party vendor, they may do so.
• strongly that the more fortified roofs we can put on roofs in Oklahoma will have a negative impact on rates
• and lower those rates down.

Bills: SB1732, SB1217, SB1443, SB1455, SB1457, SB1459, SB1465, SB1944, SB1946, SB1218, SB1942, SB1352, SB2132, SB1920, SB1285, SB1304, SB1305, SB1326, SB1590, SB1767

Keywords: professional licensing, licensing fees, home inspection, home inspector, Construction Industries Board, CIB, contractor license, journeyman license, apprentice registration, alarm endorsement, code inspector, electrical license, plumbing license, mechanical license, permit fees, renewal fee, reciprocity, poultry house contractor, poultry house wiring, environmentally controlled poultry house

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• So with that, this bill addresses the issue, with no increase to rates and no increase or additional
• They rely on brokers, agents, and related professionals to recommend insurance carriers, negotiate rates
• , and select vendors.
• The PUC can then use its existing authority on rate recovery for these gas distribution infrastructure
• My district has been really hit with the situation that we've been doing, you know, inhumane rates in

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy regular-order hearing on August 5, 2026, with 325 bills on the agenda and a large number of Senate bills moved on consent or by roll call. Early action included two consent motions for numerous Senate bills, followed by individual presentations on measures covering health, housing, energy, labor, insurance, public safety, and environmental issues. The committee also later approved a large suspense calendar and took public comment on bills not heard earlier in the day. Among the bills discussed, SB 999 would delay the publication date of the Health Minimum Essential Coverage Individual Mandate Report; SB 869 would require added-sugar warning icons for high-sugar beverages at large chain restaurants; SB 931 would reauthorize the Diablo Canyon Essential Mitigation Fund; SB 952 would give the Department of Water Resources more flexibility to meet clean energy procurement goals for the State Water Project; and SB 1288 would create a framework for notifying and verifying beneficiaries of nonprobate assets. Other measures included SB 1371 on labor disputes and solid waste service, SB 1014 on housing development estimates, SB 1283 on EV charging station permitting, SB 1209 and SB 1244 on insurance enforcement and broker compensation disclosure, SB 1359 on gas utility infrastructure and ratepayer protections, SB 677 and SB 908 on housing streamlining and window replacement rules, SB 1323 on procedures for patients in immigration custody, SB 938 on law enforcement hiring standards for former federal immigration officers, SB 1272 on code enforcement timelines for unsuspecting homeowners, SB 1117 on ADU impact fees, SB 1196 on utility hookup timelines for small energy projects, SB 1299 on fire sprinkler fitter training and certification, and AB 2597 on state claims settlements. Testimony was generally supportive from bill authors, sponsors, and allied groups such as Health Access California, the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the California Restaurant Association on SB 869 unless amended, the California Teachers Association, YIMBY and housing advocates, the Casita Coalition, labor groups, and various local government representatives. Opposition or concerns came from restaurant industry representatives on SB 869, SIFMA and banking groups on SB 1288, insurance broker groups on SB 1244, PG&E and county representatives on SB 1359, code enforcement and county organizations on SB 1272, special districts and fire-related local agencies on SB 1117, and some public safety or fiscal concerns on other bills. Several authors noted ongoing negotiations and accepted committee amendments on their measures. Votes were taken throughout the hearing, with many bills passing on A or B roll calls, some with members not voting or voting no. The committee also approved the suspense calendar and later lifted the call on SB 1359 after adding an aye vote. Public comment at the end included opposition to a wildfire mitigation bill not heard earlier, with concerns about CEQA exemptions and herbicide use.

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• Is any of your, will any of the duties be considering changing vendors, or is it locked into Motorola
• It's my understanding Motorola is the one vendor, and you can't really have a patchwork of different
• vendors, but I'm just curious if you could address that. couple of questions about the task couple of
• </c> duties be considering changing vendors duties be considering changing vendors or<00:11:39.480><c
• and you can't really have a vendor and you can't really have a patchwork<00:11:48.040><c> of</c><00:

Bills: HF4810, HF4597, HF1082, HF3230

Keywords: public safety, radio communications, infrastructure funding, county funding, interoperability, ARMER network, local jurisdictions, HF4597, Minnesota public safety, 911, emergency dispatch, emergency communications, public safety appropriation, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, PSAP, dispatch interoperability, real-time coordination, emergency response coordination, cross-jurisdictional response, 911 center awareness platform

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• So that you know what the rate there is, if we do these raises, then that discount rate provision for
• Um the bill as rates at that time.
• </c><00:33:11.600><c> schedule</c><00:33:12.559><c> that</c> rates as a new toll rate schedule that rates
• </c> a better rate? a better rate?
• </c> vendors who who do this network stuff. vendors who who do this network stuff.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The funding goes directly from the account to the vendor that the parent has selected that item from.
• their students' education, and why it needed to be a reimbursement and not a direct payment to the vendor
• Why it needed to be in a reimbursement and not a direct payment to the vendor.
• We lease our acreage around Lake Maumelle to the Game and Fish Commission at a reduced rate.
• And then those are going to get passed to the rate payers in the future.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• In fact, I'm proud to report Waco was rated the number two trending destination in the United States
• There's a similar impact for an area in Fort Worth that's now rated the number one travel destination
• Out of over 85 vendors, 78 were small businesses, and I believe I tried to run the stats.
• The production pumped money into the local economy using Oklahoma vendors, hotels, and restaurants.
• We collaborate with dozens of local vendors and local artists.

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• So as I note there at the bottom, those are projections based on average annual growth rate of 5.7%.
• And you can see that we can't stay on that same growth rate on the appropriation side.
• And you can see that we can't stay on that same growth rate on the appropriation side of the equation
• structurally unbalanced budget, but we're actually upside down if we were to continue on that growth rate
• So you are paid at a lesser rate, and the delta is made up on tips.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee received a budget update focused on Idaho’s general fund structural balance, cash position, and revenue outlook. The presenter explained that while the state remains in a solid financial position, projected revenue growth is not keeping pace with appropriation growth over the out-years, creating a structural imbalance if current trends continue. He reviewed recent revenue forecasts, major spending growth areas such as public schools, Medicaid/health and welfare, corrections, and other agencies, and noted that past surpluses had been used for stabilization funds, transportation, building projects, and other one-time investments. The presentation also walked through the current fiscal year cash reconciliation, including beginning balances, reappropriations, executive carryforwards, year-end reversions, transfers, supplementals, and the temporary spending reduction from Executive Order 2025-2. Members asked about whether JFAC discusses raising revenues versus reducing costs, inflation adjustments, sales tax exemptions, and the effect of contract and health insurance costs on the budget. The presenter said JFAC generally focuses on setting the budget against adopted revenue forecasts rather than debating tax increases, and that the figures shown were nominal, not inflation-adjusted. A second major topic was the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act and possible Idaho tax conformity. The Tax Commission’s estimated impacts were reviewed for provisions such as the increased standard deduction, overtime and tip exclusions, the senior deduction, car loan interest, research and experimentation expensing, and bonus depreciation. Members asked several clarifying questions about how those provisions would work and whether Idaho would conform; the presenter noted that some estimates were uncertain or disputed, especially for overtime, tips, and research expensing. No votes were taken. The committee also received a short demonstration of LSO budget and revenue tracking tools, including the General Fund Budget Monitor, the daily update/green sheet, the budget book, and the base budget dashboard. The meeting ended with notice of an RS hearing on tax conformity scheduled for the next morning, and the committee adjourned.

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• I understand that we have to consider rates and we have to consider how much money we're putting to the
• Not a specific vendor that I know of.
• I feel like we are leading into a specific vendor.
• I feel like we are leading into a specific vendor.
• 10.2.005 DBAH service rate caps. And again, that goes back to a percentage change.

Summary: The conference committee spent most of the meeting working through House Bill 2, the education budget, with repeated debate over how to close the remaining gap in the foundation formula. Members discussed fund swaps involving the blind pension fund, capital commission fund, lottery proceeds, state school money, and classroom trust funds, with several senators arguing the committee should fully fund the formula if possible and warning against leaving schools with a shortfall. The committee also reviewed child care subsidies, Parents as Teachers language, school safety and assessment-related items, Title I reallocation language, and a compromise on flexibility percentages for certain education lines. Several members raised concerns about language restricting virtual Parents as Teachers visits and about child care subsidy language tied to enrollment-based payment and prospective payment, while others defended the compromise as a way to balance provider concerns and budget limits. House Bill 3, covering higher education, was also reviewed. The committee largely accepted Senate positions on appropriations, with a compromise on the St. Louis Community College nursing program and a new proposal directing the Department of Higher Education to develop a new funding model by December 1, 2026. That language drew concern from some members, who said the timeline was too aggressive and asked for more flexibility, but supporters said prior work on performance funding justified the deadline. The committee then moved through House Bill 2004, transportation, agreeing to a mix of Senate positions and compromises on items such as safety operations, low-volume roads, port funding, and road improvements, including a larger-than-expected appropriation for Clarendon Road tied to a State Fair relocation plan. House Bill 5, general administration and IT, generated the most controversy over new language directing a plan for state IT modernization and cloud migration; several members objected that it was too prescriptive, resembled a resolution, and could favor a specific vendor, but the chair said the goal was accountability and oversight. The committee left some House Bill 5 items open for further negotiation, then later returned to finalize several dollar amounts and a shorter conference proposal on the IT language. The committee also worked through House Bills 7, 8, and 9, mostly adopting Senate positions with a few compromises. House Bill 7 covered economic development and tourism items, including Main Street, Missouri One Start, broadband, Juneteenth, and the Great American State Fair, with some items set aside for later or moved to other bills. House Bill 8 focused on public safety and veterans’ funding, including school safety apps, fentanyl testing, crime lab workload, DNA testing, veterans’ programs, and Highway Patrol fleet and fuel items; members debated whether to keep fleet and fuel funding separated or rolled together, and several items were set at compromise levels. House Bill 9, covering mental health and corrections, was handled more briefly, with most items following Senate positions and a few compromises, including probation and parole funding and a reduction on one appropriation. The committee then recessed and later resumed with House Bill 2010, beginning work on another budget bill with a mix of Senate, House, and compromise positions on early line items, but the transcript cuts off before that bill is completed.

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• </c> to the high interest rate environment. to the high interest rate environment.
• ,</c> Um so since we have such a low rate, Um so since we have such a low rate, it's<00:30:00.799><c>
• Continuing on with some milestones is our Connected Nation vendor.
• So our the vendor we have been vendor.
• </c> verifying with um our mapping vendor verifying with um our mapping vendor with<00:58:31.520><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I said, well, I was in FFA myself, but didn't achieve that high a rating, so I got to the region, but
• myself but didn't achieve that<00:07:39.479><c> high</c><00:07:39.960><c> a</c><00:07:40.080><c> rating
• Did you say that's what some of the vendors require? Ms. Zan: Yes, Senators.
• Did you say that's what some of the vendors require? Ms. Zan: Yes, Senators.
• </c><01:49:00.159><c> on</c> say you get you get lower tax rates on say you get you get lower tax rates

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• rate for different rates Commission sets rate for different rates for<01:14:41.880><c> different</c>
• commercial rate versus uh versus rates commercial rate versus uh versus residential<01:24:57.119><c>
• than commercial rates.
• <c> that</c><01:30:45.040><c> would</c> rates versus commercial rates that would rates versus commercial
• There are distribution rates that are set through periodic rate cases.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Over 120 residential filings for rate decreases or 0% increases were submitted.
• exceed the requirements of the Florida Building Code, which will further reduce property insurance rates
• is currently a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare where they have an alleged 90% error rate
• I imagine this is so NICA can take advantage of the negotiated rates Medicare has.
• The fact that infant mortality rate is so high, it is a concern.

Summary: The committee first considered CS/HB 1263 on the Office of Insurance Regulation. The sponsor said the bill would strengthen OIR’s tools to oversee property insurance, including market conduct and solvency exams, claims handling oversight, mandatory discounts for certain mitigation measures, storage of mitigation inspection forms, and clearer authority over pharmacy benefit managers. An amendment narrowing fingerprinting requirements was adopted, and the bill passed favorably after supportive testimony from OIR and others. Members then heard CS/HB 527, which would require a human review before an insurance claim can be denied or reduced when artificial intelligence or automated systems are used. After an amendment removing the term “algorithm” was adopted, the bill drew opposition from several insurance industry groups, while consumer and labor witnesses supported it. The sponsor argued the measure was needed after reports of AI-driven claim denials, and the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/HB 637 on farm equipment “lemon law” protections, with an amendment clarifying who qualifies as a consumer, refund rights, repair timelines, and an effective date. The committee next took up CS/HB 1007 on data centers, which would create a regulatory framework for siting and operating large data centers, limit NDAs in some circumstances, set PSC tariff requirements, and restrict certain locations near homes and schools. After an amendment narrowing the five-mile buffer to data centers over 50 megawatts and adding noise-study requirements, the bill drew mixed testimony from business, consumer, and local-government groups, with supporters emphasizing guardrails and opponents warning about competitiveness and site restrictions. The bill passed favorably despite several no votes. Later, the committee approved CS/HB 1291 on the NICA birth-related neurological injury compensation program after a strike-all amendment revised reimbursement and assessment provisions; testimony included support from NICA and concerns from the Florida Justice Association and a family affected by the program. The committee also passed CS/HB 185 on a sales tax exemption for home-hardening products, CS/HB 425 on a historic African-American cemetery preservation program, CS/CS/CS/HB 1177 on Space Florida and spaceport operations, CS/CS/CS/HB 657 on community associations and HOA/condo reforms, and CS/CS/HB 1221, the DFS agency package. The final bill discussed was CS/HB 1001, which would restrict county and municipal DEI-related actions and contracting; the sponsor explained the strike-all, and members began questioning its definitions and exceptions, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s final disposition.