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• And in 2026 based on their applications.
• ,<00:19:31.880> those was more so the 300 applications, those was more so the 300 applications
• We will accept those applications through August 31st.
• We have instructions for the application, the online application, and we have sample resolutions available
• We have instructions for the application, the online application, and we have sample resolutions available

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth. Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene. Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian. The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.

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• HB 4266 by Kitzman. to the application of the professional prosecutor's law to the county attorney of
• HB 4289 by Mihaela Plesa, relating to the availability on the internet of a candidate's application for
• for mobile devices.
• HB 4379 by Turner, relating to the application, collection, remittance, and administration of the gross
• HB 4393 by Geren, relating to the franchise tax credit for the application of sales and use taxes to

Bills: HJR4, HJR6, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• learning some new terminology today from our cohort, we want to emphasize that we should invest in mobile
• crisis response systems like in Oregon, the CAHOOTS program, also known as mobile crisis on every island
• The program operates through mobile outreach, so they have vans and individuals going out in response
• The program operates through mobile outreach, so they have vans and individuals going out in response
• <01:16:57.040> that many other therapeutic applications that many other therapeutic applications

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Health heard testimony on several bills. On SB 1441, which would repeal the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System from HHSC to the Department of Health, the Department of Health said it strongly supports the measure and requested clarifying amendments. HHSC/Oahu Region also supported the bill and said it had no objection to the department’s amendments. In response to questions, witnesses said the agencies have been working on an MOU to support transfers of long-term care patients to Leahi, with the current goal being about 10 to 15 patients, but transfers would occur only as space and staffing allow; one patient was reportedly being admitted at the time, and the process was described as slow and case-by-case. The committee then heard SB 1443 on payment rates for state hospital patients and related Department of Health services. The hospital administrator said the bill would allow rates above Medicaid for community or foster-home placements if patients cannot be placed at Leahi or elsewhere, and would set Medicaid-level reimbursement for outside medical services used by state hospital patients. He said at least one provider was interested in offering services at that rate and that the population involved is largely non-ambulatory long-term care patients. Members asked about availability and training, and the witness said special training could be provided. SB 1322, a broad mental health bill, drew mixed testimony. The Department of Law Enforcement supported giving crisis-intervention-trained officers more discretion to transport people to medical care instead of arresting them. The Attorney General supported the bill but recommended revisions to emergency-transport language and restoring liability protections. HHSC and Queens Hospital supported the overall goal but sought amendments to preserve the mental health emergency worker role in decision-making and to avoid negative impacts on emergency departments. The Disability Rights Center and ACLU opposed parts of the bill, arguing that it weakens due process, reduces protections in involuntary treatment and transport, and should retain a three-person treatment panel rather than reduce it to one. A Queens representative said the current program works well and reported that more than 90% of MH1 cases once went to hospitals, but that figure has dropped to about 60-70%, with about 20% now diverted to community settings or the behavioral health crisis center. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• And when we create stability in people's lives, that leads to mobility and change and eventually prosperity
• Um, there's 489 food shelves, mobile and tribal programs that all participate in what's called the emergency
• Um, there's 489 food shelves, mobile and tribal programs that all participate in what's called the emergency
• Uh, we gave out there was an application process through DCYF.
• gave out there there was an application gave out there there was an application process<01:32:52.639

Bills: HF2078, HF777, HF841, HF1112, HF1098, HF1926

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, licensing, license requirements, parent access, guardian access, custody order, court order, furnishings, equipment standards, learning materials, early childhood education, infant care, toddler care, preschool, school-age child care, play materials, sensory materials, gross motor equipment

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• <00:04:25.400> on<00:04:25.520> them<00:04:25.720> great<00:04:25.960> applications
• <00:04:26.479> and working on them great applications and working on them great applications
• were of white applicants which triggered civil<00:58:37.079> rights<00:58:37.280> lawsuits
• can trigger a special invisible point system that gives them the advantage over other applicants that
• <01:34:59.480> and strategy for economic mobility and strategy for economic mobility and Community

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Currently, we work with an applicant to review an application, but if the application is not complete
• process and then have the applicant process and then have the applicant reapply<00:55:33.839>
• Right now, mitigation is one of several options that an applicant can consider with an applicant.
• I've submitted U um how I'm an applicant I've submitted U an<01:01:01.319> application<01:01:
• is it noting that the to the applicant is it noting that the application<01:04:17.760> was<01

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• <00:19:38.840> so like in in um in actual application so like in in um in actual application
• <00:32:48.120> but<00:32:48.320> I tax so that wouldn't be applicable but I tax so
• Subdivision 2 simply talks about the application procedure.
• Subdivision 2 simply talks about the application procedure.
• Subdivision 2 simply talks about the application procedure.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A report on growth measures through your growth measure application.
• Is this... let's talk about mobile students.
• When you have mobile students that are very mobile, they move around a lot, and when you have a hundred
• You have a mobile population.

Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14, HB 8, HB 12, SB 3, HJR 1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• reliability and validity by December 1st, 2028, a report on growth measure through year growth measure application
• Representative Allen: Let's talk about mobile students.
• When you have mobile students that are very mobile, they move around a lot.
• Representative Allen: And when you have 100% Title I or high Title I, you have a mobile population.

Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• This is relating to Advanced Air Mobility, so AAM is what you'll hear it refer to.
• <00:05:12.199> to<00:05:12.720> Advanced<00:05:13.639> Air<00:05:14.280> Mobility
• <00:05:14.919> so<00:05:15.120> aam relating to Advanced Air Mobility so aam relating
• to Advanced Air Mobility so aam is<00:05:16.280> what<00:05:16.400> you'll<00:05:16.560
• 07:51.080> may<00:07:51.280> need<00:07:51.479> to It's been an interesting application

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Senate Transportation Committee met with a quorum, approved the February 19 minutes, and opened with a moment of silent prayer for a colleague who had experienced a medical episode. Members also recognized several guests, including students, school board members, and community visitors. The committee then took up Senate Joint Resolution 66, which proposes a task force on Advanced Air Mobility. The sponsor described the measure as a way for Kentucky to study emerging eVTOL and related aviation technology, compare policies with other states, and position the commonwealth to compete for economic development in aviation, aerospace, and logistics. Members expressed support for the forward-looking concept, and the resolution was reported favorably after a roll call vote, with a correction noted that there was no committee substitute attached. The committee next considered Senate Bill 38, dealing with school bus stop-arm safety cameras. The sponsor and a co-sponsor said the bill is permissive, not mandatory, and would help school districts pay for camera purchase, installation, and operation if they choose to use them. They emphasized the goal of reducing illegal passing of stopped school buses, cited survey data showing thousands of violations statewide, and said the bill includes a process for contesting citations and keeps revenue largely within school districts and the court system. A co-sponsor described a personal near-miss involving a child crossing in front of a bus. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 63 on street-legal special purpose vehicles. The sponsor and a witness from Back Roads of Appalachia said the bill is intended to support recreation and economic development in Eastern Kentucky by allowing certain UTVs and similar vehicles to be made street legal under defined safety and registration requirements. They stressed that farm and agricultural vehicles are excluded, that the bill is optional, and that vehicles would need inspection, registration, and safety equipment such as roll bars, seat belts, and windshields. Members asked about whether the bill would affect farm use, whether it was aimed at recreation, and how local governments could restrict use; the sponsor said localities could prohibit these vehicles on certain roads and that the measure was not meant to allow long-distance travel on major roads. The discussion also included a reminder to wear helmets. The transcript ends during the committee’s consideration of SB 63, before a final vote is shown.

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• Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1805, mobile home parks sub-metering fees, passed out of committee
• Madam Chair, members, SB 1221, tax laws interpretation application hearings, passed committee on a party-line
• Madam Chair, members, SB 1221, tax laws interpretation application hearings, passed committee on a party-line

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting was a caucus review of a large calendar of Senate bills, with members mainly hearing short titles, committee vote counts, and whether bills were on consent or pulled for further discussion. Many measures were reported out on party-line or split votes and several were flagged to be removed from consent, especially bills involving artificial intelligence content verification, public benefits eligibility, gender transition procedures liability, health insurance reimbursement for vaccines, light rail feasibility review, public employees merit hiring, public records fees, virtual currency payments, tax conformity, undocumented immigrants and financial services, central bank digital currency, and public monies investment in trust currency. The caucus also discussed a number of education, public safety, child welfare, health, and regulatory bills. These included measures on school communications, bullying liability, AED training, classroom management, school safety reporting, DCS procedures, fingerprinting at behavioral health facilities, probation conditions, missing children reporting, sex offender monitoring, crimes against children probation monitoring, and domestic violence release conditions. Several members raised objections or concerns about specific bills, including mandatory sentencing, religious sectarian law language, concealed weapons notice repeal, and a bill on death sentence by firing squad, with some members asking to pull those bills from consent. A final topic was a blue-sheet Senate amendment to HB 2874 on campaign committee termination statements and penalties. Rhonda explained the Senate changes would void penalties for committees with no contributions or expenditures, retroactive to December 2021, but noted the Senate did not secure enough votes for the emergency clause. Members asked about the rationale, the Secretary of State’s position, and the amount of outstanding penalties. The chair later announced that the Senate amendment was being refused, so the bill would not receive final passage that day and would instead be sent back for further action or conference.

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• according to UNH no new applications according to UNH no new applications have<01:18:59.199>
• Senator Raridan mentioned mobility. Mobility is also a part that's becoming much more popular.
• And we're in support of automatic mobility as well.
• Senator Reardon mentioned mobility. Mobility is also a part that's becoming much more popular.
• And we're in support of automatic mobility as well.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And one way that it looks like it's feasible to address this is by expanding the application of the Fair
• handle the majority of the application handle the majority of the application process<00:15:39.760
• because they think there's application because they think there's not<00:16:01.199> much<00:16
• <01:09:43.759> Because<01:09:43.920> I'm application of a for roof?
• Because I'm application of a for roof?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The task force approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then reviewed the structure and statutory requirements for its final report. Staff explained that the report must go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and economic development, as well as relevant legislative leaders, and must include a summary of task force activities, adopted findings and recommendations, tort reform recommendations to reduce insurance costs, any draft legislation, and other necessary information. A draft report, likely excluding recommendations and draft legislation, is expected to be circulated before the first January meeting. Most of the meeting focused on the Fair Plan and whether it could be expanded to help homeowners associations, affordable housing, and common interest communities that are struggling to obtain coverage. Supporters said these groups are facing availability problems and often end up in the surplus lines market, which lacks the consumer protections of the admitted market. They argued the Fair Plan could serve as a third-market option with stronger protections and better access, especially for properties that are having difficulty getting quotes. Several members and witnesses raised concerns that the Fair Plan was never intended to be a broad affordability solution and warned against using it to artificially lower prices below risk-based levels. They said doing so could shift losses onto other policyholders through assessments and potentially weaken the broader insurance market. The Fair Plan administrator explained that any expansion would require substantial research, staffing, actuarial and underwriting expertise, reinsurance planning, IT changes, and likely assessments or other capitalization decisions, and that the plan would need to focus on a limited subset of properties rather than the entire market. No votes were taken on policy recommendations, and the discussion ended with agreement that more information and scoping work are needed before any formal recommendation is made.

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• So, school counselor, Minneapolis Public Schools homeless highly mobile department.
• > Minneapolis public schools homeless Minneapolis public schools homeless highly<00:01:58.320> mobile
• I work in all highly mobile department.
• visit school sites, review applicable visit school sites, review applicable laws,<00:46:04.480><
• <00:46:59.839> laws discuss the review of applicable laws discuss the review of applicable

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Because PFAS are highly mobile in water and extremely costly to remove, prevention is our most effective
• We had to get a whole bunch of... to put the whole TCEQ application together to begin with.
• Bender said, they did put in an application back in 2021. Can I have a few?
• That application had three times the legal limit.
• There are lots of questions about their... ...application is still being considered.

Bills: SB1757, SB1758, SB1898, SB2050

Keywords: rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ

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• Once an application packet is received and deemed complete, the incentives team reviews the application
• The applicant then proceeds with production.
• So I guess my question is, specifically, are some applications.
• So when you say applications, application process... 24% of the applications made did not meet the standards
• Required to act on any grant application and can deny an application because of inappropriate content

Bills: SB22, SB 22

Keywords: Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, youth camp, summer camp, camp safety, emergency operations plan, emergency preparedness, evacuation drill, camp staff training, volunteer training, camper safety, lost camper, natural disaster, fire safety, mass casualty

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• The other question was: so it's phrased as a GIA, but is it— you didn't put in a GIA application, you
• know, the sort of public GIA application?
• put<00:04:12.680> in<00:04:12.799> a<00:04:13.519> Gia<00:04:14.120> application
• <00:43:17.960> Court homelessness operating as a mobile Court homelessness operating as a
• mobile Court in<00:43:18.520> nonformal<00:43:19.319> community<00:43:19.760> oriented

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard several bills on January 30. SB 286 and SB 287 both concerned supplemental funding for the Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney: SB 286 for the career criminal prosecution unit and SB 287 for the victim witness assistance program. Testimony from the department explained that these bills are filed each year because the Attorney General’s core budget allocation may not be sufficient, though the department said the core had recently been increased and the supplemental request might no longer be necessary. For SB 287, the department also warned of a possible federal Victims of Crime Act funding freeze that could cut about $1.88 million and severely harm victim services. Both bills drew support from county and community witnesses, and members asked about prior-year funding and why the requests were limited to fiscal 2025-26; no votes were taken in the excerpt. SB 289, from the State Ethics Commission, would create a more uniform administrative fine process under the ethics code and lobbyist law. The commission said the measure would not change substantive enforcement but would let it issue a notice and order of fine first, with the respondent able to request a hearing within 20 days, which would speed up cases that are not factually disputed. Members questioned whether the bill would deny due process or function like an automatic parking ticket, and the commission responded that respondents could still challenge the fine and that the process would apply to violations with fines under $1,000. The committee also heard SB 304, which would add 11 positions for the First Circuit Adult Client Services Branch; Judiciary testimony said probation caseloads are high, with an average of 116 cases per officer, and the added staff would help meet national supervision standards and better serve higher-risk clients. Members asked whether the positions were already in the budget and about current staffing ratios; the witness said the positions were not already funded and that the Judiciary supported the bill with amendments. The committee then heard SB 311, a proposed constitutional amendment to exclude spending money to influence elections from protected free speech. Testimony was strongly divided: supporters argued that Citizens United has distorted elections and empowered special interests, while opponents warned the language was too broad and could affect nonprofit advocacy and grassroots groups. Finally, SB 313 would impose a 1% wealth asset tax on individuals with $20 million or more in assets. The Department of Taxation said it had concerns about the bill’s ambiguity and administration and noted it would require annual valuation and likely additional resources; opponents, including family business representatives and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, argued the tax would be difficult and costly to administer, would require sensitive business disclosures, and could force family businesses to pay from company cash. Supporters said wealthy residents should pay a fair share. The committee heard testimony and questions on these bills, but the excerpt does not show final committee votes or actions.

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• I have worked in a myriad of crisis and suicide intervention settings, including county mobile crisis
• <00:57:51.760> crisis<00:57:52.119> teams<00:57:52.720> the including County mobile
• crisis teams the including County mobile crisis teams the National<00:57:53.200> Suicide<00:57
• 01:36:37.000> the definition is clear but how the the definition is clear but how the the application
• of that definition um is application of that definition um is being<01:36:39.560> applied<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Leave is Comm commendable<00:41:57.720> its<00:41:57.920> broad<00:41:58.240> application
• <00:41:59.000> does commendable its broad application does commendable its broad application
• Over the past two years, we have mobilized thousands of parents in support of policies that families
• 29:25.400> have were over the past two years we have were over the past two years we have mobilized
• thousands of parents in mobilized thousands of parents in support<01:29:28.679> of<01:29:29.159

Keywords: 1183, house

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• the Oklahoma National Guard answered the federal call, serving on the Mexican border in 1916 and mobilizing
• requirements the city or county shall impose through contracts between the governing bodies and the applicant
• requirements the city or county shall impose through contracts between the governing bodies and the applicant
• Again, I suppose it could, but it's pretty prescriptive on what the applicant must demonstrate to a city
• think a lot of this, the market will dictate, even from the upfront, the developer submitting the application

Bills: SB1290, SB1530, SB1847, HR1050, SB169, SB1377, SB1990, SB1991, SB1778, SB1579, SB1992, SB3, SB2028, SB1928, SB2127, SB2117, SB1439, SB1930, SB330, SB1191, SB2110, SB2134, SB2069, SB2095, SB1613, SB1246, SB1976, SB1346, SB1509, SB2071, SB259, SB1314

Keywords: 2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship