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• The bill additionally allows the board to grant requests for expungement of disciplinary actions under
• The board still does an investigation to verify if that person should be granted that expungement.
• It also outlines conscience requirements, granting a genetic counselor the right not to participate in
• The bill grants a commercial river outfitter immunity from claims for injury or death that arise out
• I believe 2868 improves consumer protection, enhances safety and quality of installation work, grants

Bills: HB2072, HB2251, HB2279, HB2308, HB2323, HB2342, HB2400, HB2408, HB2456, HB2660, HB2697, HB2868, HB2873, HB2877, HB2910, HB2946, HB2955, HB2991, HB4001, HB4010

Keywords: Cesar Chavez, public holiday, state law, holiday repeal, Arizona Revised Statutes, midwifery, medication administration, healthcare, patient safety, advisory committee, licensed midwives, river trips, liability, outfitter, Grand Canyon, negligence, risk management, contractual waiver, dental practice, business registration

Bills: HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354, HB527, HB580, HB28, HB3, HB360, HB425, HB354

Keywords: liability, off-roading, parks, participant safety, risk management, HB580, Alabama Healthy Schools Act, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school meals, cafeteria, vending machines, fundraising sales, food additives, artificial dyes, ultra-processed food, processed food ban, student health, child nutrition

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• . >> House Bill 34 by Representative Robbins, Department of Work First talent recruitment grant program
• Representative Robbins replied that the program would be a grant program under the Department of Commerce

Bills: HB179, HB354, SB57, SB137, HB431, HB179, HB354, SB57, SB137, HB431

Keywords: campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer chaplain, public schools, public K-12 education, public charter schools, local control, teacher support, student support services, religious volunteer, faith-based support, church-state separation, background check, sex offender registry, school volunteer, education policy, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment

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• Grant us wisdom to discern what is just, courage to stand for what is right, and compassion to seek the

Bills: HCR1006, SB1226, SB1239, SB1309, SB2132, SB1189, SB1344, SB1295, SB1355, SB1998, SB1330, SB1297, SB1338, SB1546, SB1378, SB1859, SB1333, SB1341, SB1377, SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

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• </c><00:51:54.240><c> line</c> This federally funded sewer grant line This federally funded sewer grant
• Project was approved by KEDFA for a $750,000 KPDI EDF grant.
• </c> fund grant requiring action. fund grant requiring action.
• </c> KPDI EDF grant. KPDI EDF grant.
• </c> SR grant. SR grant.

Keywords: 0:00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:28 Approval of Minutes 0:00:40 Information Items 0:01:13 Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions 0:26:46 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:30:53 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 0:39:20 Rpt from OFM – KIA 0:52:42 Econ Development – EDF Grants 0:55:15 OFM Debt Issues 0:58:43 Informational Discussion 1:44:36 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a quorum call, approval of minutes, and informational items on school district financing and KCTCS equipment purchases. It then considered two KCTCS capital projects after initially rolling them together and later unrolling them: a Fire Commission Fire Academy maintenance building project that had grown from an original $2 million authorization to $4.7 million because of design changes, soil issues, and higher mechanical costs, and a $1.5 million renovation of the Blake Lee building at Somerset Community College for a health science simulation lab. Members questioned the large cost increase on the fire academy project and the adequacy of front-end due diligence, while KCTCS said the project was bid and ready to proceed and that a 15% contingency had been included. Both projects were approved by roll call vote, with the Blake Lee project ultimately approved after the committee unrolled the items and took them separately. The committee next heard and approved a University of Kentucky public-private partnership for the Hamburg East Medical Office Building, a five-story, 220,000-square-foot facility with a not-to-exceed budget of $275 million. UK said the project is intended to expand outpatient access, consolidate some services, and support projected growth in patient volume; the building will house multiple specialties, urgent care, therapy, imaging, and a retail pharmacy. Members asked about possible community uses, consolidation of services, and whether the project would free up other space, and UK said it hopes to consolidate some services and free campus space. The project was approved by roll call vote. The committee then approved three UK lease renegotiations: a specialty pharmacy and infusion services lease at Wellington Way in Lexington, a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences lease at Conte Terrace, and a College of Social Work lease at McGrath Park Way. Members asked about rising lease rates, occupancy, and whether space needs should be reduced; UK and the lessor’s representative said the pharmacy space remains busy, the ophthalmology lease was lower than before, and the social work lease had been negotiated down from a higher request. The committee also approved a Department of Military Affairs project amendment for a Mutual Field Maintenance Shop Restoration project, increasing federal funding by $1 million to $4.5 million because of higher construction costs, and approved a Kentucky State University Shanty Hall renovation project funded by bond and HBCU Title III funds. Finally, it approved a new lease for the Office of Mines and Minerals in Pike County, a new lease for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Pulaski County, and a lease renewal for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Kenton County after questions about rent increases and office utilization; the cabinet said the Kenton County space still has limited vacancy and remains in use by field staff. The meeting ended as the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority began presenting six sewer and water loans and six cleaner water program grant reallocations, with members agreeing to roll those items for later consideration.

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• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• Here are the components of the bill: First, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be
• required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit entity fails to make...

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• </c> the department of egg, we take our grant the department of egg, we take our grant uh<00:38:32.079
• </c><00:46:16.000><c> dollars</c> authority on where the grants dollars authority on where the grants
• </c><01:05:09.760><c> for</c> also if somebody's awarded a grant for also if somebody's awarded a grant
• And I think and and permission granted.
• </c><01:35:00.400><c> program</c> than the infrastructure grant program than the infrastructure grant

Bills: HF3898, HF3957, HF4372, HF4350, HF3692, HF4085

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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• They allowed people to apply for grants to use the rubber to build playgrounds, but they denied it to
• These changes would have to do with any sorts of grants or programs.
• Again, If an organization that has a religious character applies for a grant and they don't meet the
• parameters of the grant, then, of course, they wouldn't get the grant.
• This is going to establish a program within the Department of Commerce to provide competitive grants

Bills: SB1307, SB1425, SB1826, SB1365, SB1696

Keywords: Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Arts Council, J.M. Davis Memorial Commission, historical preservation, arts funding, museum, gun collection, state agency contracts, 501(c)(3), nonprofit corporation, public funds, sectarian, religious funding restriction, appropriations, fiscal oversight, cultural institutions, historical artifacts, SB1425, health care, healthcare workforce

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• the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to submit an exceptional event demonstration to the EPA
• And what I'm looking at in regards to this is that if we have more exceptional events given to the EPA
• , what that does is that then we will have a cleaner record with the EPA and therefore maybe we are able
• a was mentioning because if the agency is filing, even when it doesn't make any sense to file, the EPA
• high levels of non-renewal or premium increases, and it uses the diversion of funding to provide grants

Bills: HB2013, HB2292, HB2334, HB2349, HB2350, HB2845, HCM2011

Keywords: air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, forest fire, brush removal, defensible space, community hardening, vegetation management, fire-resistant construction, wildland urban interface, WUI, insurance premium tax, property insurance, homeowners insurance, commercial property insurance

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• Now, I would really enjoy the opportunity to talk about what that deadline with EPA looks like.
• </c> to continue to to chase that EPA to continue to to chase that EPA deadline.<00:52:53.359><c> And
• If they're triggering affordability grants, they would get affordability grants for those projects.
• ,</c> they're triggering affordability grants, they're triggering affordability grants, they<00:59:21.760
• </c> grant for those projects. grant for those projects.

Bills: HF4736, HF4737, HF3806, HF3352, HF4840, HF3748

Keywords: emergency shelter, grant program, homelessness, capital investment, Minnesota Statutes, appropriation bonds, public funding, housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota constitutional amendment, public debt, state bonds, general obligation bonds, information technology, IT infrastructure, software licenses, technology modernization, capital improvements

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• I'd like to share a few examples of recent grant wins. In December, U.S.
• This reauthorization would allow for nearly 100 new grants to be made.
• by Grant Central, that we fully called a fully integrated application.
• a one-stop grant application for communities.
• It's not an existing grant or expansion of a grant.

Bills: H4987, S2905

Keywords: transportation bond bill, municipal roads, municipal bridges, Chapter 90, road aid, highway funding, bridge repair, pavement, MassDOT, MBTA, rail reliability, commuter rail locomotives, Fair Share surtax, Commonwealth Transportation Fund, infrastructure financing, bond authorization, deferred maintenance, climate resilience, parkways, DCR

Summary: The Transportation Committee heard testimony on House Bill 4987, the Healey-Driscoll administration’s transportation bond bill centered on long-term municipal road and bridge funding. Administration officials described the bill as a roughly $5.5 billion package that would continue Chapter 90 at $300 million per year for four years, with $100 million allocated by road miles, and also authorize funds for accelerated bridge and pavement work, municipal pavement and Shared Streets and Spaces programs, housing-related transportation improvements, DCR parkway and bridge resilience work, and MBTA rail modernization and reliability. They emphasized that the proposal is backed by Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenues, including registry fees, gas tax, and Fair Share surtax revenue, and said the bill would support local planning, affordability, housing production, and regional rail/electrification efforts. Committee members and the administration discussed the bill’s housing-related $200 million transportation authorization and the MBTA’s $200 million rail modernization funding, including questions about how flexible those funds would be and how they would support electrification and regional rail. Officials said the housing funds would be kept broad to address transportation barriers that block development, and that the rail money would support locomotive procurements, reliability, and future electrification work, including the Fairmount and Providence corridors and other lines. One member raised concerns about the fiscal outlook and whether a four-year authorization was prudent given possible revenue pressures, but administration witnesses responded that the funding is capital bond authority tied to dedicated transportation revenues rather than operating funds. Municipal officials and the Massachusetts Municipal Association strongly supported the bill, saying Chapter 90 is essential for predictable local road and bridge maintenance and that the road-mile-based allocation improves equity for smaller and rural communities. Testimony from Sherborn, Conway, and Yarmouth highlighted how the increased funding and multi-year certainty would help towns plan projects, bundle work, and address backlogs, culverts, sidewalks, and resilience needs more efficiently. A Better City and MAPC also supported the bill but urged the committee to use the bond bill to advance broader transportation policy changes and new revenue tools, including electrification timelines, procurement reforms, and possible updates to TNC and other transportation fees. The committee took no vote and adjourned after testimony concluded.

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• the Passport to Careers program automatically if they are income-eligible for the Washington College Grant
• ensure eligibility for foster and homeless youth to automatically qualify for the Washington College Grant

Bills: SB6258, SB5963

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6258, which would authorize the Washington Medical Commission to create a non-disciplinary process for physicians and other licensees to voluntarily relinquish their licenses. Staff, the bill sponsor, and supporters from the Medical Commission and the Washington Physicians Health Program said the bill would give providers a dignified way to permanently give up a license when they are retiring or otherwise leaving practice, without triggering disciplinary reporting, while preserving patient safety by excluding anyone under investigation or discipline. Members asked about the practical purpose of the bill, including how it would help retired or inactive doctors avoid ongoing continuing education and administrative oversight. The committee then held a work session on part-time and contingent faculty in the community and technical college system. The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges described the system’s enrollment, staffing, and bargaining structure, noting that faculty conditions and pay vary by college and that adjunct pay has historically lagged behind full-time faculty. A panel from AFT Washington argued that contingent faculty are underpaid and often lack guaranteed work, benefits, or compensation for duties such as office hours, advising, and committee work. They cited a 2024 SBCTC report finding contingent faculty pay averaged 61.5% of full-time faculty pay and said the state’s 85% pay-equity goal should be funded over time; members asked about bargaining, health benefits, workload, and comparisons to other teaching jobs. In executive session, the committee considered two bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5931, making administrative changes to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board, was reported out of committee with a do pass recommendation on a 14-1 vote. Senate Bill 5963, which would automatically make students eligible for the Passport to Careers program if they qualify for the Washington College Grant and align the financial-need formula with the federal formula, was also reported out with a do pass recommendation on a 15-0 vote. The committee then adjourned.

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• </c><00:40:27.440><c> Um</c> cleaner water project grants. Um cleaner water project grants.
• So do I I grants requiring no action.
• So the grants that require no action.
• Both the sewer grant and the water grant are reallocations from the county allocation pool.
• grant and the water grant are the sewer grant and the water grant are reallocations<00:49:05.599><c>

Keywords: 0:00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call 0:00:30 Approval of Minutes 0:00:49 Information Items 0:01:54 Louisville Arena Authority 0:24:50 Project Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions - MSU 0:26:35 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin. Cabinet 0:37:52 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin. Cabinet 0:40:13 Rpt from OFM – KIA 0:56:00 Rpt from OFM – EDF Grants 0:58:45 Rpt from OFM – OFM 1:01:46 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including a roll call, approval of the prior meeting minutes, and a set of informational reports. Those reports covered University of Louisville research equipment purchases, a Kent County school district debt issue for elementary school renovations, the University of Kentucky’s planned use of construction management risk for a new engineering building, APA certification reports for underwriter and bond counsel selection committees, and a KCNA status report on infrastructure upgrades and purchases. The main presentation was an informational update from the Louisville Arena Authority. Board representatives said the arena was created to drive economic development and reported about $1.4 billion in economic impact from 2010 to 2013. They explained the authority’s financial structure, including arena operating revenues, TIF revenues, debt service, and a long-term capital plan for major repairs and replacements. Members questioned the low net revenue figures, the long timeline before TIF revenues are projected to exceed debt service, the size of capital expenditure spikes, and the University of Louisville revenue-sharing arrangement. The authority said the $2.42 million annual UL payment is fixed under a 2017 refinancing agreement, while other amounts vary with ticket sales and related revenues. They also said the COVID-era state and Metro funds, combined with authority cash, were used to prepay debt and reduce interest, lowering the debt service schedule. The committee then considered and approved a new capital project for a new HVAC system for the student wellness center pool area. The project, presented by university staff, was approved by the board and required committee action. The committee took a roll call vote, and the project passed unanimously. Finally, Janice Thomas of the state budget office presented two tourism, arts, and heritage cabinet grid resilience projects at Kincaid Lake State Resort Park and Kentucky Down Village State Resort Park. Each project costs $7,834,600 and is funded mostly by a federal grid resilience grant, with the remainder from state utility infrastructure replacement funds and energy policy funds. Staff explained that the projects will move park electrical service ownership and maintenance to regional utilities, allowing the state to exit the infrastructure-management role while continuing to pay utility bills through normal metering. The committee approved the action item by voice vote.

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• We have a land grant institution, Madam Chair and Madam Vice Chair, with a Department of Etymology in
• shelters are 501c3 non-profit organizations funded primarily by charitable donations and private grants
• moves the Rescue Fund from the Livestock Board to the Department of Agriculture and strengthens the grant
• and we have a really talented group of individuals at our department that are very adept at running grant
• severance tax permanent fund, the tobacco settlement permanent fund, the water trust fund, the land grant

Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109

Keywords: insects, ecosystem, education, public awareness, wildlife conservation, state agency involvement, New Mexico, equine welfare, animal rescue, shelter funding, trust fund, veterinary care, water project fund, water project finance act, New Mexico Finance Authority, water infrastructure, water grants, water loans, regional water planning, water rights adjudication

Bills: SF1832, HF2440, HF2442

Keywords: economic development, small business, workforce training, grants, entrepreneurship, equity, community support, labor market, employment, funding, data analysis, climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy

Bills: HB1654, HB1691, HB2545, HB2652, HB3799, HB4144, HB5008

Keywords: peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized

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• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• Here are the components of the bill: first, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be
• House File 2786 would put tighter controls on grants and payments to nonprofit organizations.
• Here are the components of the bill: first, MDE would be prohibited from issuing a grant or would be
• required to terminate a grant if a required to terminate a grant if a nonprofit<01:17:52.120><c> entity

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

Bills: SB 8, SB 650, SB 667, SB 779, SB 1349, SB 1355, SB 1378, SB 1585, SB 1721, SB 2312

Keywords: immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement, county jail, federal immigration law, public nuisance, civil actions, legal claims, abatement, Texas law, transnational repression, foreign law enforcement, criminal offenses, law enforcement training, first amendment rights, public safety, liquor, distiller, wholesaler

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avs_C83yra4, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:01:08 Discussion of Local Electronic Records Portals 00:02:53 Discussion of Local Records Grants 00:24:28 Discussion of Library District Board Selection 00:42:17 Discussion of Property Valuation Process and HB 44 00:48:47 Discussion of Sheriffs’ Transportation Costs 0:1:43:13, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEfouM5mI3k, 2026-06-21T07:17:00+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:01:30 Block Grants Review: 00:03:12 Administrative Regulation Review: 00:03:35 HB 282 Discussion: 00:05:59 HB 282 Roll Call Vote: 00:14:04 HB 174 Discussion: 00:15:14 HB 174 Roll Call Vote: 00:21:37 HB 142 DISCUSSION ONLY: 00:23:34, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47