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• Welcome to the New Hampshire House. The House will attend to a resolution.
• Representatives Osborne and Simpson offer the following resolution: that the House of Representatives
• The ayes have it, and the resolution is adopted. The House will attend to a Senate message.
• drafting and introduction of a House resolution relative to the effect of the impeachment of Magistrate
• There's no reason why a single member of this House should really be against this resolution.

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• Speaker Prom, I move for the immediate consideration of House Joint Resolution 26-1031...
• immediate consideration of House Joint Resolution 1031 and Senate Joint Resolution 25.
• Shebo, please read the title of House Joint Resolution 1031.
• Introduction of resolution. >> House Joint Resolution 1032 by Representative Duran.
• House Joint Resolution 1032 will be laid over one day under House rules. We are good to go.

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• 936, 938, and House Joint Resolution 936, 938, and House Joint Resolution 110, 110, 110, to<00:59
• Concurrent Resolutions 107 933, House Concurrent Resolutions 107 and<01:00:30.720> 117.
• Bill 922 and House Joint Resolution 106.
• And House Floor Amendment 1 to House Concurrent Resolution 66, Representative Freeland.
• Resolution 74 and House Bills 887, 892, Resolution 74 and House Bills 887, 892, 901,<01:01:20.800>

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Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and adopted a legislative citation honoring Dave Buzz Baker for his long career with WKYT and the UK Sports Network. The Senate clerk then reported several Senate bills passed by the Senate and requested concurrence. The House approved the journal and received committee reports advancing a wide range of bills on agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing and regulations, education, and information technology, covering topics such as agricultural procurement, pesticide labeling, vehicle financial protection products, proxy advisory services, financial exploitation, status offenses, firearms liability protections, school administrator salaries, sick leave, school safety, and data privacy. The chamber then considered House Bill 468 on civil rights. The bill would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to align the definition of disability with the federal ADA, and it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative powers over employment and public accommodations disputes while preserving investigative functions. House Floor Amendment 1 was adopted; it removed language barring attorney’s fees, preserved local commissions’ investigative powers, authorized local commissions and private plaintiffs to file civil actions in circuit court, and extended the probable-cause determination period from 30 to 180 days. The bill, as amended, passed 72-22. House Bill 757, the session’s revenue bill, was then debated. Its sponsor described provisions including moratoriums on certain local school district taxes, Internal Revenue Code conformity, new taxes on data brokering, fantasy contests, and predictive markets, EV charging station inspection fees, elimination of some tax expenditures, Department of Revenue cleanup provisions, and process changes for inheritance tax, property tax delinquencies, and other measures. Members raised concerns that the bill would limit local school boards’ taxing options and could affect bonding and school construction; the sponsor said TIF-related provisions would sunset future participation, not existing projects, and that the bill had been developed with agency input. House Bill 757 passed 69-18. The House also passed House Bill 727, creating the Kentucky Education Placement Service System for teacher applicants and district job postings, by a vote of 94-0. The chamber then took up House Bill 776, a modernization of the Dental Practice Act, with changes to board authority, licensure renewal, hygienist and assistant rules, and telehealth standards; the sponsor noted an ownership-related issue and presented House Floor Amendment 1 for consideration, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that amendment and the bill.

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Bills: SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB3096, SB99, SB2138, HB2289, HB2319, HB1711, HB2270, SB3138, SB3076, HB1642, HB2338, HB2171, HB1785, SB2881, HB2505, SB2552, HB1518, HB1815, SB3125, SB3234, HB2158, HB1718, HB2207, HB1801, SB3229, SB2338, SB3069, SB2600, HB2300, HB1800, HB1960, SB2999, SB2060, SB2866, SB2239, HB1741, HB1713, HB2023, HB2417, SB2877, SB2598, SB2921, SB2645, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2329, HB2339, HB1838, HB1509, HB1661, HB2271, HB2272, HB2344, HB1888, HB1707, SB2340, HB2474, HB1576, HB1853, HB1804, HB1854, HB2095, HB2050, HB472, SB3215, SB2247, SB2400, HB1618, HB1802, HB1969, HB1541, HB2310, HB2498, HB2443, HB2218, HB649, HB2104, HB1710, SB2802, HB1973, HB1974, HB1894, HB1891, HB1890, SB177, SB2101, SB3320, SB2487, HB2429, HB1870, HB1839, HB2583, HB1391, HB2094, SB2671, SB2673, SB2892, SB2057, SB3245, HB306, HB2592, SB3157, SB2861, SB3204, SB3324, SB2580, SB2074, SB411, SB3025, SB2934, SB2567, SB2125, SB3238, SB2367, SB2599, SB3007, SB2001, SB2756, SB3029

Keywords: salvage vehicles, vehicle title transfer, electronic signatures, insurance, administrative efficiency, bribery, corruption, statute of limitations, public servant, criminal justice, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, biological evidence, DNA analysis, post-conviction, evidence retention, court approval

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Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration. Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs. Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects. The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.

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• > sponsored House Concurrent Resolution 45 sponsored House Concurrent Resolution 45 sponsored
• I come back to House Concurrent Resolution 45.
• I come back to House Concurrent own. I come back to House Concurrent Resolution<00:30:10.320> 45.
• Not just if you look read House Concurrent Resolution 45.
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Summary: The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws. Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.

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• House Joint Resolution 130 by Representative Jackson, recognizing Ralph D.
• House Joint Resolution number adopted.
• > 130<00:17:19.679> by House joint resolution number 130 by House joint resolution number
• House joint resolution number adopted.
• House Resolution 144 from the House Rules Committee, the special order calendar. >> Move for adoption

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• House File 719, Franson. House File 2484, Fu Lee. House File 2486, Franson.
• Next we have the 2026 R19 resolution on waiver of dates. If Mr. Garin could explain the resolution.
• Chair, members, this is a resolution that is common at the end of session each year.
• Garin could explain the resolution. resolution. resolution.
• Chair, members, this is a resolution Mr.

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• Next is the 2026 R18 resolution on continued House operations in advance of organization.
• This is a new resolution this year, but it's similar to House File 3679, which passed off the House floor
• resolution on continued<00:08:28.000> House<00:08:28.320> operations<00:08:29.120>
• and a House is elected and duly organized. committee members, the R18 resolution committee members,
• uh of the house. uh of the house.

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• We are proposing five bills: House File 3024, Hansen J.; House File 4384, Bakeberg; Senate File 4339,
• Hansen J, House File 4384, Bakeberg, Hansen J, House File 4384, Bakeberg, Senate<00:00:39.760> File
• Previously we said house so body.
• House IT policy.
• I reached out to House IT to verify that our policy is for only House employees to receive House emails

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• We are proposing House File 4074, Lilly. House File 5074, Frederick. House File 3067, Jordan.

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• We are proposing calendaring three bills for the calendar for Tuesday, May 12th, 2026: House File 1597
• , Norris; House File 4017, Johnson W.; and House File 4138, Scott.

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• File 4546, Noor, and House File 1695, Kosnick.
• Uh, next order of business is the deadline waiver for House File 4598.
• Um, so I will move that the deadlines be waived for further action on House File 4598 and that House
• So members, House File at this time.
• <00:01:59.400> File waived for further action on House File waived for further action on House

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• We're proposing calendaring eight bills for the calendar for Thursday, May 7th, 2026: House File 3131
• , Franson; House File 3295, Gordon; House File 3298, Meklin; House File 3682, Nash; House File 4102,
• Cosnick; House File 4591, Nash; Senate File 856, Norris, substituting the House language; and Senate
• File 4612, Bierman, substituting the House language.

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• House File 4338, a Schumacher bill, human services.
• We're going to move ahead to House File 4017.
• move ahead to House File 4017. move ahead to House File 4017.
• <00:18:32.160> of passed out of the House of passed out of the House of Representatives<00
• <00:20:20.400> File questions for uh the bill House File questions for uh the bill House File

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• We are proposing calendaring House File 4195, Kotiza-Waton; Senate File 2814, Hewitt; House File 4240
• , Freiberg; House File 4348, Craft; House File 4242, Freiberg; House File 82, Hewitt; Senate File 4244
• House File 4482, Hewitt; House File 3540, 3554, Nash; and Senate File 3637, Joy.
• House File 82, Hewitt. Freiberg. House File 82, Hewitt.
• will be substituting the House language. will be substituting the House language.

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