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• I'm part of the high school athletic<00:09:50.960><c> association.
• </c><00:09:52.280><c> And</c><00:09:52.480><c> I</c><00:09:52.560><c> also</c> athletic association.
• And I also athletic association.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Report of KCNA Board Meeting 00:00:09 KCNA Transition to COT 00:35:55 KCNA Request for Proposals 00:42:00 Kentucky Wired Operations Company 00:42:30, 958, all

Summary: The Information Technology Oversight Committee met, approved the January 12, 2026 minutes, and then heard testimony from KCNA Chair David Couch, KCNA Director Jim Barnhart, and KCNA General Counsel Adam Adkins about the ongoing dispute involving KCNA, Excelacom, and the implementation of House Bill 314. Couch said the board and vendor had recently shown some willingness to work toward a settlement, and he emphasized the importance of KCNA’s broadband service to K-12 schools, noting that litigation had already cost about $1.4 million and could cost another $1.4 million if it continued. He also said the board had identified five immediate goals, including reconnecting 38 K-12 sites, de-escalating disputes, better understanding KCNA finances, protecting the state’s bonding rating, and examining whether duplicate networking hardware could be consolidated. A major portion of the discussion focused on whether House Bill 314 changed KCNA’s authority and how much control the Finance and Administration Cabinet and KCNA’s legal counsel have over operations and contracts. Senator Williams argued that the board now has authority to set policy, implement policy, and approve budgets, and questioned why the cabinet appeared to be exercising operational control. Adkins responded that HB 314 changed the reporting chain from the general government cabinet to the finance cabinet but did not alter the board’s authority, and said budget work on the Ice Miller contract predated HB 314. Couch and other members disputed that interpretation, saying the board had not been properly informed about a recent extension or increase in legal spending and that the board’s directives were not being followed. Representative Hodgson asked why the board could not terminate a contractor if it was not carrying out the board’s wishes, and Adkins replied that Ice Miller was not a party to the board’s contract and that the Finance and Administration Cabinet signs such agreements. The exchange ended with committee members and KCNA representatives agreeing to disagree on the meaning of the statute and the extent of board authority. No formal action was taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving testimony.

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• She's a straight-A student and is recognized as the most athletic by her peers.
• He's a multisport athlete and plans to attend college to study biomedical engineering.
• He's now at Kentucky playing for the Wildcats out there, so it was one of our premier athletes.

Keywords: 996, all

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• the include things like the UK hospital, the UVL<00:15:53.040><c> hospital,</c><00:15:53.920><c> athletic
• </c><00:15:54.480><c> facilities,</c><00:15:55.600><c> uh</c> UVL hospital, athletic facilities, uh UVL
• hospital, athletic facilities, uh any<00:15:55.920><c> kind</c><00:15:56.079><c> of</c><00:15:56.240

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:11 Approval of Minutes 00:02:00 Information Items 00:02:25 CPE Special Report 00:03:26 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:31:48 A. Attorney General 00:32:10 B. Court of Justice 00:36:41 C. Cabinet for Economic Development 00:50:44 D. Kentucky Public Pensions Authority 00:56:06 E. Board Discussion of Planning Issues 01:05:12, 958, all

Summary: The Capital Planning Advisory Board opened its fourth meeting, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior meeting’s minutes by unanimous voice vote, and then heard information items and agency presentations. The main substantive presentation came from the Council on Postsecondary Education, which outlined its capital planning recommendations for the 2026–28 biennium. CPE staff described the role of Kentucky’s research and education network (Kron), including connectivity to cloud services, Internet2, identity services, and new local AI/inferencing capacity, and argued that the network is now essential to higher education, health care, and extension services. They said the network’s recent upgrades were driven by privacy, security, redundancy, and the need to support modern research and AI workloads at lower cost than commercial providers. CPE also presented its broader higher-education capital request: $700 million for asset preservation and $1.73 billion for new construction, for a total recommendation of about $2.4 billion. Staff said they do not plan to recommend IT projects or equipment in this cycle, despite reviewing 48 IT submissions totaling nearly $1.4 billion and equipment requests totaling $322.6 million. For asset preservation, they said the recommended allocation method would remain based on each institution’s share of Category 1 and 2 square footage, and they noted that the state’s prior facility assessment is now 12 years old, with deferred maintenance still estimated in the $7–9 billion range. For new construction, they said the requests are heavily focused on STEM and health-related facilities that are difficult to retrofit into older buildings. Board members asked about how asset-preservation amounts were determined, including why Northern Kentucky University’s request was much larger than its prior allocation. CPE staff responded that campus size, building age, and institutional prioritization affect the requests, and that schools are asked to submit more projects than are likely to be funded. The board then moved on to an Attorney General capital plan overview, where senior counsel Will Schroeder began describing the office’s technology needs and the office’s prior reliance on a 2020 appropriation to replace legacy systems and improve security.

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• endowment give it to certain<00:45:05.839><c> projects</c><00:45:06.400><c> like</c><00:45:06.800><c> athletics
• </c><00:45:07.440><c> or</c><00:45:07.839><c> other</c> certain projects like athletics or other certain
• projects like athletics or other things.<00:45:08.800><c> Uh</c><00:45:09.040><c> so</c><00:45:09.200

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• whether they're out on the playground whether they're out on the playground whether they're out on the athletic
• whether they're out on the athletic whether they're out on the athletic fields band practice field just

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Public Accountants; the Board of Physical Therapy; the Board of Hearing Aid Specialties; the Board of Athletic
• Public Accountants; the Board of Physical Therapy; the Board of Hearing Aid Specialties; the Board of Athletic
• Public Accountants; the Board of Physical Therapy; the Board of Hearing Aid Specialties; the Board of Athletic
• Public Accountants; the Board of Physical Therapy; the Board of Hearing Aid Specialties; the Board of Athletic
• Public Accountants; the Board of Physical Therapy; the Board of Hearing Aid Specialties; the Board of Athletic

Keywords: 916, all

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• That system tied to new glass accessible boards for our athletes, wounded warriors, and others that would
• We want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that regular athletes do when they come to
• That system tied to new glass accessible boards for our athletes, wounded warriors, and others that would
• We want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that regular athletes do when they come to
• We want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that regular athletes do when they come to

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So this is a contract that supports marketing and brand efforts for athletics, for UK Healthcare, and
• whether it's higher education, health care from the standpoint of telling our story to patients, athletics
• :25:04.719><c> story</c><01:25:04.960><c> to</c><01:25:05.199><c> patients,</c><01:25:06.000><c> athletics
• </c> telling our story to patients, athletics telling our story to patients, athletics from<01:25:06.719

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the June 10 minutes, and then handled a routine agenda of contracts and agreements. It deferred one Kentucky Educational Television contract to the August 2025 meeting because the vendor was not registered with the Secretary of State, and then approved the remaining routine items on the PSC green list and related contract lists without objection. The most detailed discussion involved two personal service contracts for the Kentucky Employees Health Plan. Officials from the Personnel Cabinet and Department of Employee Insurance explained that the contracts were designed to identify claims errors and overspending, with vendors paid a percentage of validated savings recovered for the plan. Senators asked how the savings were calculated and whether the contracts had changed plan processes; staff said the contracts had produced realized savings, some errors had been corrected going forward, and the vendors report quarterly. The committee approved those contracts. The committee then took up a retroactive Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority contract for a customized College Info Road Show bus. Members questioned why the contract was being presented months after execution, why it involved an out-of-state vendor, and whether the purchase was reasonable and timely. KHEAA staff said the delay stemmed from the need to finalize sustainability and safety details after the RFP, and acknowledged internal process and staffing issues. Several members criticized the retroactive approval process and said they could not validate the purchase from the information provided, but the committee ultimately approved the contract after debate. A final KHEAA discussion focused on the purpose and value of the mobile outreach bus. Staff said the bus supports college and financial aid outreach, especially in rural areas, and has been used for 26 years. Some members questioned the return on investment and whether the state should rely more on broadband and remote outreach, while others supported the program as a way to reach students and families. The committee approved the KHEAA contract, with Senator Douglas voting no and explaining concerns about whether such outreach programs are the proper role of government and whether they are the best use of public funds.

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• So, if you have a young person that needs more calories and is maybe a multi-sport athlete and not really
• maybe that uh needs more calories and is maybe a<01:35:09.360><c> multiport</c><01:35:10.239><c> athlete
• </c> a multiport athlete a multiport athlete um<01:35:12.639><c> and</c><01:35:12.960><c> not</c><01:
• Chair and Senator Draheim, I understand the feeding of young people, especially big, strong athletes,

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Bill 60 by Senators Pelt and R and Representatives Winter and Ham concerning information about youth athlete
• This bill also requires that when an athlete is pulled for a suspected concussion, coaches must notify
• This is a better outcome for athletes, for families, and frankly for the systems that bear the cost when
• This is a better<01:28:40.639><c> outcome</c><01:28:40.960><c> for</c><01:28:41.120><c> athletes,</c>
• <01:28:41.679><c> for</c> better outcome for athletes, for better outcome for athletes, for families,

Keywords: 981, all

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• Thanks to their resilience, we now see more female athletes excelling, competing, and leading in sports
• ><00:07:12.560><c> female</c> resilience we now see more female resilience we now see more female athlets
• <00:07:13.919><c> athletes</c><00:07:14.560><c> excelling</c><00:07:15.160><c> competing</c><00:07:15.960
• ><c> and</c> athlets athletes excelling competing and athlets athletes excelling competing and leading

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, February 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I never know which athlete gets the warm-up suit that I pay for, but I don't feel it's important which
• 12.079><c> which</c> it's possible I I never know who which it's possible I I never know who which athlete
• 13.839><c> gets</c><00:44:14.599><c> the</c><00:44:15.599><c> warmup</c><00:44:16.040><c> suit</c> athlete
• gets the gets the warmup suit athlete gets the gets the warmup suit that<00:44:16.319><c> I</c><00:44
• children to different districts where they want to get on a team to get, you know, maybe a better athletic

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We will protest male athletes pretending to... ...quiet. We will not be kind.
• We will protest male athletes pretending to be female.

Summary: The committee began as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum and heard several privacy- and technology-related measures. The first item was H.R. 117, a resolution urging Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The author and supporters argued the law is outdated and shields platforms from accountability for harms such as harassment, exploitation, scams, and other online abuse. Witnesses, including a survivor parent and a gender justice advocate, described harms to children, women, and LGBTQ people and urged a two-year sunset to force federal reform. Some members supported the resolution as a call for federal action, while one member said he could not support it because the resolution was too general and lacked specificity about the reforms being sought. No vote was taken because the committee lacked a quorum. The committee then heard SB 898, which would require manufacturers of connected consumer products to disclose how long they will support the software and to notify consumers when products approach end of life. The author said consumers deserve transparency about security updates and continued functionality, and supporters from Consumer Reports and PIRG emphasized cybersecurity risks, consumer confusion, and electronic waste from unsupported devices. Opponents, including business and industry groups, raised concerns about enforcement through the unfair competition law, notice burdens, labeling issues, and compliance challenges, especially for products with long support windows or third-party dependencies. One member expressed support, noting the cybersecurity risks of end-of-life devices, but again no vote was taken because there was no quorum. The committee also heard SB 435, which would narrow the CCPA definition of publicly available information to limit how businesses classify data as public. The author and supporters said the bill would close a loophole that allows data brokers and others to monetize personal information without meaningful consent and could help prevent surveillance and misuse of data, including by government agencies. Opponents argued the bill would upset the balance between privacy and the free flow of information, create compliance uncertainty, and retroactively reclassify information that businesses reasonably believed was public. Some members said they supported the goal of stronger privacy protections, while others said the bill was too broad. The committee again could not vote due to the lack of a quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 923, which would expand Californians’ right to delete personal information to cover data obtained from third parties and require online businesses to offer a web form or similar method for deletion requests. Supporters, including the California Privacy Protection Agency and consumer advocates, said the bill would make deletion rights meaningful and better address data broker practices. Opponents sought an opt-out-of-processing alternative and raised operational and legal concerns, but supporters said deletion is not the same as retention or processing limits. Members largely spoke in favor of the bill’s privacy goals, but no action was taken. The committee also heard SB 947, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” which would require human review for certain automated employment decisions and limit predictive analysis in workplace discipline and termination. Labor groups supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or erroneous AI-driven decisions, while business, public employer, and local government groups opposed it as overbroad and burdensome. Members voiced support for human oversight in employment decisions, but the item was not voted on because the committee still lacked a quorum. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1114, the SOGI Data Privacy Act, which would restrict disclosure of sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex data to federal agencies absent a court order or legal requirement; the author and witness framed it as a response to federal efforts to obtain sensitive LGBTQ-related data.

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• We will protest male athletes pretending to be female. We will not stay quiet. We will not be kind.
• We will protest male athletes pretending to be female.

Committee: House Privacy and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Assembly Bill 2503 by Assembly Member Wallis and act relating to interscholastic athletic programs.
• This bill is about heat safety guidelines for high school athletics.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• She is also an accomplished athlete.
• In Cole County, we not only have great athletics teams, which I've shown you a dozen of, we have great

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the House Journal by a 125-0 roll call vote. Members then spent a large portion of the morning recognizing special guests, interns, students, and constituents, including school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas player, and several birthday and personal privilege announcements. On legislation, the House agreed to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421. The chamber then took up Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1000, a bipartisan measure to reauthorize the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and continue support for the Division of Tourism and Missouri Film Office. Supporters from both parties emphasized tourism’s economic importance statewide; the bill passed 136-6. The House next debated House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill covering fee office contracting, vehicle registration penalties, Real ID document retention, and other DOR changes. The body adopted an amendment lowering late registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, and restoring a five-year plate option, followed by a second amendment removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt-vehicle inspections. The bill then passed 130-10. Later, the House began debate on a combined judiciary/civil legislation bill involving insurance assignment-of-benefits restrictions, anti-SLAPP protections, workers’ compensation and court administration changes, and expungement-related funding; members adopted a title change and several amendments, including one to make attorney-fee awards more even in anti-SLAPP motions, while also debating a proposed St. Louis police legal expense fund amendment and whether it had been properly vetted.

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• proud recent graduate of Rogers State University in Claremore, where, as a Hillcat cross-country athlete
• Oklahoma's Promise Scholarship to certified teachers and to include counselors, librarians, nurses, athletic

Bills: SR44 , HCR1027 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53 , HB1185 , HB1937 , HB2035 , HB2137 , HB2166 , HB3148 , HB3323 , HB3466 , HB3498 , HB3661 , HB3678 , HB3710 , HB3977 , HB3986 , HB4104 , HB4108 , HB4142 , HB4191 , HB4274 , HB4275 , HB4322 , HB4336 , HB4484 , HB3880 , HB1687 , HB3673 , HB1170 , HB2959 , HB3718 , HB3021 , HB3443 , HB3501 , HB4143 , HB4326 , HB2992 , HB3660 , SB171 , SB1325 , SB1980 , SB2045 , HB4422 , HB4423

Keywords: SR44, Senate Resolution 44, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, educators, Oklahoma educators, public schools, K-12 education, pre-K, school recognition, education resolution, appreciation week, National PTA, Eleanor Roosevelt, teacher recognition, school staff, classroom, Oklahoma Legislature, concurrent resolution, sine die adjournment

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• But give the kid a reason to come to school: the CTE, the activities the athletics, the programs that
• If you're in athletics, whatever that is, we need to make sure that we are giving those kids and our

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• I'm a law student and also a trans athlete.
• I'm a law student and also a trans athlete.

Keywords: 987, senate, all