Transcript Highlights:

• ’m hearing discussions about, you know, what if we cut Title One funding federally, what if school meals
• Sixty percent of our universal meal funding comes from the federal government.
• Sixty percent of our universal meal funding comes from the federal government.
• ><01:46:09.199><c> of</c><01:46:09.320><c> our</c><01:46:09.440><c> Universal</c><01:46:09.880><c> meal
• </c> down um 60% of our Universal meal down um 60% of our Universal meal funding<01:46:11.159><c> comes

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• And then my other question is for Universal School Meals administration.
• admin it has this notation that meals admin it has this notation that says<01:13:44.639><c> rolling<
• We can come back to your question on the unemployment and the Universal School Meals.
• I really wanted that question about the Universal School Meals and understanding why it's zeroed out
• </c><01:20:39.520><c> and</c> the um Universal School meals and the um Universal School meals and understanding

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• And<01:29:47.040><c> um</c> We want to argue on the money in the rooms and meals account.
• Um what would happen on the meals tax.
• </c><05:34:53.440><c> tax</c><05:34:53.680><c> would</c> fund was the rooms and meals tax would fund
• </c><05:35:51.840><c> And</c> distribution of rooms and meals tax.
• And distribution of rooms and meals tax.

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.

Transcript Highlights:

• all of a sudden uh we're you delivery all of a sudden uh we're you know<01:01:18.960><c> there's</c>
• Life-improving things like partaking in sports, activities outside of the home, vacation, proper meals
• When it comes to service delivery, we know pieces from social services, from a local dentist, primary
• , we know pieces from social delivery, we know pieces from social services,<02:27:40.479><c> from</c>
• is a that service delivery and is a valuebased<02:28:27.359><c> model</c><02:28:27.600><c> that</c><

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• of the other calculations that we have been paying, such as the disparity aid, the free and reduced meals
• of the other calculations that we have been paying, such as the disparity aid, the free and reduced meals
• of the other calculations that we have been paying, such as the disparity aid, the free and reduced meals

Committee: House Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:

• I think this income tax-based fee... the meals and rooms tax. As the price the meals and rooms tax.
• This meals tax is the same.
• I also pay the meals and rooms tax.
• </c><01:40:32.080><c> and</c> the state rather lose the meals and the state rather lose the meals and
• </c><01:40:38.719><c> would</c> meals and rooms tax to the state. would meals and rooms tax to the state

Committee: House Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:

• by Speaker Mike Johnson, Broadband Cable Price Notice Act, provides for written notice, method of delivery
• Speaker 1stam, Mike Johnson, Broadband Cable Price Notice Act, provide for written notice method of delivery
• It's got accountability and outcomes, and it's flexible delivery.

Bills: HR192 , HR193 , HR194 , HCR80 , HCR81 , HCR82 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR85 , HR188 , HR189 , HR190 , HR191 , SB134 , SB140 , SB281 , SB331 , SB384 , SB389 , SB415 , SB451 , SB458 , SB479 , SB504 , SB523 , HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , SCR19 , HB316 , HB549 , HB578 , HB646 , HB748 , HB798 , HB824 , HB988 , HB989 , HB1001 , HB1032 , HB1081 , HB1108 , HB1129 , HB1140 , HB1157 , HB1186 , HB1192 , HB1195 , HB1198 , HB1222 , HB1244 , SB73 , SB89 , SB128 , SB149 , SB191 , SB196 , SB238 , SB318 , SB340 , HB225 , HR1 , HR17 , HCR5 , HCR4 , HCR47 , HCR32 , HB362 , HB893 , HB990 , HB1007 , HB1153 , HB1243 , HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB267 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB478 , HB610 , HB617 , HB745 , HB749 , HB752 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB896 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1000 , HB1024 , HB1050 , HB1166 , HB1172 , HB1173 , HB1207 , HB1218 , HB1223 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , SB127 , SB244 , SB256 , HB911 , HB306 , HB366 , HB1161 , HB1230 , HB59 , HB481 , HB772 , HB897 , HB1003 , HB1008 , HB1112 , HB1180 , HB1189 , HB181 , HB1118 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB284 , HB393 , HB458 , HB459 , HB525 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773 , HB864 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1058 , HB1082 , HB1113 , HB1234 , HB1240

Keywords: ACOG, maternal health, healthcare professionals, patient-physician relationship, obstetrics, gynecology, condolences, military service, veteran, community, memorial, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, property rights, carbon dioxide sequestration, expropriation, Landowner Bill of Rights

Transcript Highlights:

• We look at access to school meals as well as food deserts and neighborhoods that don't have access to
• </c> look at access to school meals look at access to school meals um<01:08:46.319><c> as</c><01:08:46.560
• Um, but that comes from Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap program and that they're looking at the food
• </c><01:29:39.199><c> gap</c> from Feeding America's map the meal gap from Feeding America's map the
• meal gap program<01:29:39.840><c> and</c><01:29:40.080><c> that</c><01:29:40.239><c> they're</c><01:29

Committee: Joint Families & Children

Transcript Highlights:

• And um, on the other hand, you can see, if you look at the meals appropriations, we’ve had several years
• So, on the one side, I’d say it looks like, for meals, for example, that there’s a better handle now
• </c><00:08:28.440><c> appropriations,</c><00:08:29.360><c> we've</c><00:08:29.600><c> had</c> the meals
• appropriations, we've had the meals appropriations, we've had several<00:08:30.320><c> years</c><00:
• ><00:08:37.880><c> for</c><00:08:38.000><c> example,</c><00:08:38.680><c> that</c> looks like, for meals

Bills: HF4213 , HF4198 , HF3930 , HF3585 , HF3451

Committee: House Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• The proposed change is to link the formula to free and reduced meals.
• ><01:11:17.120><c> free</c><01:11:17.360><c> and</c><01:11:17.679><c> reduced</c><01:11:18.000><c> meals
• </c><01:11:18.880><c> We</c> formula to free and reduced meals.
• We formula to free and reduced meals.
• The proposed change is to link the formula to free and reduced meals.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• in school breakfast programs and those who may be exempt with the passage of Minnesota free school meals
• this subdivision to determine exemption standards in addition to the standards set by free school meals
• </c><01:04:47.039><c> Almost</c><01:04:47.359><c> all</c> free school meals in 2023.
• Almost all free school meals in 2023.
• </c><01:04:57.039><c> is</c> set by free school meals is set by free school meals is obsolete.<01:04:

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• We provided over 3,000 meals.
• They use their dollars to do their breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and we provide a family meal that they
• they use their dollars to uh 3,000 meals they use their dollars to do<01:08:05.079><c> their</c><01:
• <01:08:08.079><c> that</c><01:08:08.240><c> they</c><01:08:08.480><c> plan</c> we provide a family meal
• that they plan we provide a family meal that they plan and<01:08:09.520><c> we</c><01:08:09.760><c>

Bills: HF25 , HF1 , HF428

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:

• Those are going to be laundry, the meals, those kind of things that are provided to patients.
• ><01:18:35.280><c> laundry,</c><01:18:36.120><c> the</c><01:18:36.480><c> the</c><01:18:36.560><c> meals
• ,</c> are going to be laundry, the the meals, are going to be laundry, the the meals, those<01:18:37.200
• </c><02:45:49.680><c> And</c><02:45:49.880><c> are</c> care delivery system itself.
• And are care delivery system itself.

Committee: Joint Health Insurance Affordability Task Force

Transcript Highlights:

• schools, Nanda and the middle school, had emergency shelter status so that folks could come have hot meals
• c><00:36:29.560><c> have</c><00:36:29.720><c> showers</c><00:36:30.400><c> sleep</c> come have hot meals
• have showers sleep come have hot meals have showers sleep there<00:36:31.520><c> I</c><00:36:31.720>
• </c><03:41:16.000><c> the</c><03:41:16.279><c> district</c> any other means of delivery the district
• any other means of delivery the district deems<03:41:17.000><c> appropriate</c><03:41:17.680><c> so</

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on House Bill 71, which would bar public elementary and secondary schools and higher education facilities from being used as shelters for certain non-citizens, with a stated exception for short-term emergency sheltering of up to 72 hours and for community-wide emergency use. Prime sponsor Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia said the bill was modeled on federal and out-of-state proposals and was prompted by examples in New York and Massachusetts where schools or other facilities were used as shelters, causing disruption. She argued the bill does not truly “ban” anything, but instead places a condition on receipt of state funds, and said the fiscal note’s projected loss of federal funding was unsupported and should have been described as undeterminable. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope and practical effects, including whether it would apply to vacant school-owned buildings, schools used during summer, charter schools, and situations where other states send people without advance notice. Harvey-Bolia said vacant buildings not functioning as schools would not be covered, and that the bill would still allow short-term emergency sheltering and community-wide use during weather events. She also said the bill would not prevent remote learning, and that its purpose was to avoid displacing students. Several members pressed her on the fiscal note and whether any federal or state program would actually be at risk; she said she found no evidence that funding would be lost and that DHHS had not identified a real threat. A witness from the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, Jerry FW, raised practical concerns about who would determine eligibility at a shelter site, how the 72-hour limit would be enforced, and whether the bill would apply to charter schools. He also noted that remote learning is no longer an option in New Hampshire, making one of the bill’s stated concerns less relevant. The discussion also included clarification of the terms “refugee” and “asylum seeker,” with members and the sponsor debating the distinction and whether refugees are vetted. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• With her delivery, she's a wonderful orator. She does a good job.
• Over 19,000 hot meals served through that entire process.
• Over<02:28:19.560><c> 19,000</c><02:28:20.720><c> hot</c><02:28:21.080><c> meals</c><02:28:21.440><c>
• served</c><02:28:22.360><c> through</c> Over 19,000 hot meals served through Over 19,000 hot meals served
• So, for instance, um, for the conviction where the sale, delivery, or transfer of the stolen firearm,

Transcript Highlights:

• Grocery delivery has stopped because of the managing of the bills. There's no food in the house.
• The meals are not being delivered because the county case manager is not following up.
• The meals<01:21:32.680><c> are</c><01:21:32.760><c> not</c><01:21:33.000><c> being</c><01:21:33.160><
• c> delivered</c><01:21:33.560><c> because</c> meals are not being delivered because meals are not being

Committee: Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Most concerning, we were double charged for meals.
• Most concerning, we were double charged Most concerning, we were double charged for<00:10:20.079><c> meals
• 21.600><c> told</c><00:10:21.839><c> this</c><00:10:22.079><c> was</c><00:10:22.240><c> an</c> for meals
• We were told this was an for meals.
• The purpose is ensuring professional oversight of care delivery at all times.

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• going to look like just in a couple of weeks in Paducah, where our youth advocate will be in the delivery
• House, we help support a collective of 40 households at any given time, providing them with three meals
• 27:07.279><c> three</c> given time, providing them with three given time, providing them with three meals
• </c><00:27:10.159><c> Like</c><00:27:10.400><c> Angela</c> meals a day, 247 operation.
• Like Angela meals a day, 247 operation.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its July 30, 2025 meeting. Members then heard a presentation from Roger McCann of the Department for Community Based Services on Kentucky’s 2026-2027 Community Services Block Grant state plan. He explained that the federally funded grant, now about $12 million annually, is distributed through 23 local community action agencies that use flexible funds for locally identified needs such as housing, nutrition, transportation, Head Start, and domestic violence services. McCann said the plan is submitted every two years and that the agencies served about 264,000 Kentuckians and 130,000 families in 2024. Senator Meredith asked whether there was a central place to review local projects, and McCann said regular reports exist and could be shared with members. The committee then approved the CSBG state plan by roll call vote. After that, members received an update on Kentucky’s state-designated domestic violence shelter programs from Angela Yanelli of ZeroV, Mary Foley of Maryman House Domestic Crisis Center, and Elizabeth Martin of the Center for Women and Families. The presenters described ZeroV’s role as the statewide domestic violence coalition, its 15 member programs across all area development districts, and its contract with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to provide emergency shelter, supportive services, housing assistance, and batterers intervention programming. They emphasized that services are available 24/7 and are trauma-informed, with a strong focus on children and family support. The domestic violence providers reported high demand and rising costs. ZeroV said its network served more than 14,000 adults and children in fiscal year 2025, including nearly 900 children in shelter and more than 500 in outreach, while Maryman House reported operating at 90-92% capacity, with 53 households waiting for emergency shelter and 63 more waiting for intake. Maryman House also described an 8-unit transitional housing complex and plans for a 48-unit apartment complex if tax credit funding is approved. The Center for Women and Families highlighted school-readiness support for children, tutoring, counseling, and family services, including back-to-school supplies and rights information for homeless students. No additional votes or formal actions were taken during the domestic violence presentations.

Transcript Highlights:

• about what parents and kids and how teachers and even school nurses have benefited by Universal School Meals
• 00:01:10.040><c> um</c><00:01:10.200><c> Universal</c><00:01:10.759><c> School</c><00:01:11.080><c> meals
• </c> benefited by um Universal School meals benefited by um Universal School meals and<00:01:11.799><
• student mental health, behavioral health, comprehensive social, mental, behavioral health service delivery

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• then, of course, I do want to highlight that, and put on record, that money for non-Medicaid-funded meals
• was maintained. ...and put on record that money for non-Medicaid-funded meals was maintained and saved
• we were talking about a budget cut of 20%, which would ideally be $2 million to non-Medicaid-funded meals
• then, of course, I do want to highlight that, and put on record, that money for non-Medicade funded meals
• was maintained. and put on record that money for non-Medicade funded meals was maintained and saved

Summary: The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062. The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.