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• <01:02:10.080> salary, for the cost of the replacement salary, for the cost of the replacement
• the comma the second comma on replace the comma the second comma on page<01:29:42.400> four<01
• On line 4.6, replace the comma and add a period. Oop. Delete everything after the word Oop.
• On<01:30:37.280> line<01:30:37.520> 4.6,<01:30:38.520> replace<01:30:38.960>
• the comma and add a On line 4.6, replace the comma and add a period.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But water resources is replaced by an equity element.
• <00:36:17.280> the Salary Study Commission by replacing the Salary Study Commission by replacing
• President, I have a substitute amendment. replacement amendment or is we do. replacement amendment or
• It’s going to replace what we just withdrew. >> It’s substitute. All right.
• So, the um— It It's going to replace what we just It It's going to replace what we just withdrew.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School. The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles. Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment. One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.

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• This phase will ultimately replace older microwave networking infrastructure.
• shelter replacements. shelter replacements.
• ultimately replace older microwave ultimately replace older microwave networking<00:05:06.960>
• sites, along with ongoing structural upgrades for towers, generator installations, and shelter replacements
• However, as we move from west to east, most new or replacement towers are needed in areas Replacement

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01 Staff Report on Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System- 00:01:09 Kentucky State Police and Finance and Administration Cabinet Response to Staff Report- 00:48:37 Adjournment-01:34:512, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard a staff report on Kentucky’s statewide emergency responder voice system (SERVS), a multi-phase project intended to improve interoperable radio communications for first responders. Staff said Kentucky State Police did not appear to have violated statutes or regulations, but the project lacked an overall master plan, clear milestones, and consistent documentation, which contributed to delays, spending issues, and deployment problems. The report recommended updating the Kentucky Field Operations Guide to reflect SERVS and noted that the project has been funded in phases since 2018, with appropriations totaling roughly $216 million across 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024, while about $109 million had been spent by the end of fiscal year 2025. The report raised concerns about project sequencing and oversight. Staff said most spending was concentrated in special mobile equipment, with Motorola accounting for about two-thirds of all SERVS expenditures and the top four vendors making up 81 percent of spending. They also said a sample of Motorola payments suggested possible late payments, though they could not confirm whether interest was paid. Staff criticized the use of master agreements for a project of this size, the lack of a centralized ledger, and the absence of a documented timeline or risk mitigation plan. They recommended stronger procurement and planning requirements, including possible legislative changes requiring approved master plans for large capital projects and additional funding conditions tied to SERVS master agreements. Land acquisition and deployment progress were identified as major bottlenecks, especially in Eastern Kentucky. Staff said the project began in western Kentucky using existing tower sites, but the remaining work is concentrated in harder-to-acquire areas, with more than 95 percent of new towers still incomplete. They said the Division of Real Properties did not begin formal contract work on acquisition until October 2024, despite earlier coordination, and recommended earlier consultation on future projects. Staff also noted that the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee had not been active in oversight, and survey results showed limited awareness and involvement among first responders. Committee members agreed that the lack of an initial implementation plan and the continuing need for funding reflected broader planning problems, and they discussed the need for a clearer end-to-end game plan rather than continuing to fund the project without a defined completion path.

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• Uh if they worked in replacement.
• They are only entitled to this 50% wage replacement if they are actively seeking employment.
• They are only entitled to this 50% wage replacement if they are actively seeking employment.
• They are looking for replacement wages.
• they are looking for replacement wages. they are looking for replacement wages.

Bills: HF2433, HF2434

Keywords: education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• Ono<00:04:39.800> one budget sometimes it's a Ono one budget sometimes it's a Ono one replacement
• 41.440> it's<00:04:41.600> a<00:04:41.680> little<00:04:41.880> more replacement
• sometimes it's a little more replacement sometimes it's a little more complicated<00:04:42.639> than
• parts for it they're replacement parts for it they're counting<00:54:22.920> on<00:54:23.920>
• it uh they'll lose Minnesota to replace it uh they'll lose their<01:22:11.360> coverage<01:22

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Representative Weber: It doesn't say that section one replaces it.
• What we're replacing it with is a temporary reporting requirement.
• <03:41:49.040> would<03:41:49.239> be some replacing would be some replacing would
• What we're replacing it with is a temporary reporting requirement.
• What we're replacing it with is a temporary reporting requirement.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:36:55.839> the<00:36:55.960> net<00:36:56.240> subsidy tax uh replacing
• the net subsidy tax uh replacing the net subsidy contributions<00:36:57.240> from<00:36:57.640
• So maybe the solution does involve bus replacement in the short term, but that doesn't mean we ought
• So maybe the solution does involve bus replacement in the short term, but that doesn't mean we ought
• So maybe the solution does involve bus replacement in the short term, but that doesn't mean we ought

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, we've also had great support to be able to replace two of our dilapidated posts: the Harlem Post
• We have finally got a deed lodged in Harlem County for a nice piece of property to be able to replace
• <01:06:22.000> post of property to be able to replace post of property to be able to replace
• <01:17:53.120> Uh<01:17:54.159> without replace 125 cars per year.
• Uh without replace 125 cars per year.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:07 Office of the Attorney General Update: 00:04:52 Department of Kentucky State Police Update: 00:44:57, 958, all

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• , ADA accessibility upgrades, replacement of pedestrian facilities, and critical utility repairs.
• , uh added turn lanes to replacement, uh added turn lanes to address<00:33:48.960> congestion,
• <00:33:52.840> of<00:33:53.120> pedestrian upgrades, replacement of pedestrian upgrades
• , replacement of pedestrian facilities,<00:33:54.200> and<00:33:54.480> critical<00:33:
• <00:51:51.680> our our school such as replacing our our school such as replacing our 70-year-old

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That process is replaced with a one-step request-for-qualifications process as prescribed.
• What I'm attempting to do here is replace the former... performer.
• What I'm attempting to do here is replace the former... performer.
• It's by shrinking the black market and replacing it with a limited, regulated, and safer supply that
• So, well, yes, we could ensure that design guidelines are met, that still doesn't replace that.

Bills: SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020

Keywords: electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes

Summary: The committee began with Senate Bill 1272, which would provide $5 million for the City of Douglas as a state match for the Douglas Port of Entry project. The chair adopted a Livingston amendment changing the funding source from the General Fund to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund. Senator Gowen, Douglas Mayor Jose Grijalva, and city staff testified that the project could unlock $678 million in federal funding, create jobs, improve trade and national security, and generate future tax revenue. The bill passed 15-0 with three present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1503 was then amended with a strike-everything to expand the state death benefit for first responders to include pilots employed by law enforcement agencies, retroactive to January 1, 2026, and subject to voter approval. Senator Gowen and DPS Director Colonel Jeffrey Glover said the change would ensure the family of a DPS aviation supervisor killed in a helicopter crash would qualify for the benefit. The committee approved the bill 18-0 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1274 was converted by strike-everything amendment into a timeshare salesperson licensing measure, creating a separate license and training path focused on timeshare sales. Supporters said the change would better prepare salespeople and streamline licensing, while the sponsor said it would make government more efficient. The bill passed 17-1 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1286, dealing with veterinary telemedicine, was also approved after negotiated changes extended most telemedicine prescription periods to 30 days, kept antimicrobials at 14 days with no renewal, and allowed longer flea-and-tick prescriptions; supporters said it would help rural and disabled pet owners. It passed 18-0 with one not voting. The committee next considered Senate Bill 1519 on off-highway vehicles. A hostile strike-everything amendment proposing paid family and medical leave failed 7-11 with one not voting. The committee then adopted a Lopez amendment and advanced the underlying bill, which raises the OHV weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and adjusts registration and funding provisions. Supporters said it reflects newer enclosed and electric vehicles and helps trail funding, while opponents warned of trail damage and said the issue should wait for the study committee. The bill passed 10-7 with one present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1618, which updates the Military Affairs Commission, expands its membership and duties, and creates a military affairs fund, drew mixed testimony about whether it would strengthen Arizona’s ability to attract and retain military missions or shift the commission away from its traditional support role; it passed 10-6 with two present and one not voting. Finally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1020, which would send to voters a CPI-based annual adjustment to legislative salaries, passed 9-8 with one present and one not voting after members debated legislative compensation, citizen-legislator concerns, and whether the change would broaden access to public service.

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• the missing funds so I see in to replace the missing funds so I see in the<00:41:18.400> budget
• And that's why we have a line item in the budget to replace it so that we can continue birth defects
• so that we item in the budget to replace so that we can<00:45:44.880> continue<00:45:45.280><
• This bill replaces professional judgment and patient choice. has a special fund page six line 17 and
• private stocks this bill replaces private stocks this bill replaces professional<01:42:36.119>

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 so they are need of Replacements and so they are developing<00:19:36.039> uh<00:19:36.840
• A single heat pump can now function as a central plant in a box that replaces traditional HVAC boilers
• <01:26:26.840> traditional<01:26:27.400> HVAC box that replaces traditional HVAC box
• that replaces traditional HVAC boilers<01:26:29.040> heating<01:26:29.480> cooling<01:
• that may have not been Replacements that may have not been accounted<01:28:02.520> for<01:28:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• application<00:03:57.159> so The request also includes $750,000 in fiscal year 2027 to replace
• If we don’t get funding to replace the two scanners in 2027, the current scanners will no longer be under
• uh two scanners that will be to replace uh two scanners that will be reaching<00:04:45.240> the
• the two scanners in funding to replace the two scanners in 2027<00:05:14.000> um<00:05:14.479
• I'm not suggesting we replace any leaders.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And that project will, that funding will be replaced with Department of Energy... ...and that funding
• will be replaced with Department of Energy funding.
• transmission authority director, Claire Vigasa, also could not be here... and that funding will be replaced
• numbers so that people understand that that billion dollars might very well be in that pipeline to replace
• They're going to have to use all what's in the Viking line to replace what's getting used in Fargo and

Summary: The committee received a compliance and budget update on Industrial Commission agencies and programs, including the Industrial Commission administrative office, the Oil and Gas Research Program, the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, the State Energy Research Center, the Research Technology Park grant program, and related funds. Staff reviewed spending and balances for items such as electric grid resiliency grants, lignite research, enhanced oil recovery, the salt cavern business case study, and the new NDSU research and technology park grant. Members also discussed timing, carryover balances, matching requirements, and how some programs are structured to reimburse projects over several years rather than spend funds immediately. Karen Tyler of the Industrial Commission described the agency’s administrative budget, the grant management system nearing completion, and the transition to standalone audits and staffing after separating from other agencies. She also outlined the status of active grant rounds across lignite, oil and gas, renewable energy, outdoor heritage, and clean sustainable energy programs. Members asked about the length of active grants, demand for clean energy funding, and the possibility of future grant rounds. Tyler and members also discussed the salt cavern study, the need to better define its commercial value, and the research technology park grant’s cash-match requirement. Ron Ness then testified on enhanced oil recovery and broader oil and gas market conditions. He said North Dakota production remained steady, but future growth depends on infrastructure, longer laterals, and better use of natural gas and carbon dioxide for EOR. He described the state’s EOR grant round, the use of federal DOE funding to replace part of a state-funded project, and the expectation of additional grant rounds. Members asked about CO2 supply, storage, and the economics of using legacy fields and pipelines to extend oil production and support agriculture and industrial uses. The committee also heard from Bank of North Dakota President Don Morgan, who reviewed the bank’s mission, governance, lending verticals, disaster programs, and new initiatives. He said the bank is seeing deposit growth flatten and is responding to fintech competition by focusing on liquidity, risk management, and a new payment infrastructure initiative called Rough Rider Coin, which he emphasized is not crypto and not a public coin, but a banking payment rail for North Dakota institutions. Members asked about student loan rates, disaster lending, and how the bank’s lines of credit and balance sheet capacity are affected by deposit trends. Morgan said the bank remains profitable and continues to support agriculture, commerce, and industry through participation loans, student lending, and state-directed programs.

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• The University of California has contracted out service worker jobs and replaced them with cheaper labor
• For decades, UC has contracted out our jobs and replaced us with lower-paid people who didn't get decent
• And some of it is, you know, direct AI replacement.
• It's actually more work than, you know, than just simply replacing someone for that work.
• It's actually more work than, you know, than just simply replacing someone for that work.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• They changed the funding system, replaced the minimum foundation program aid with equalization funding
• We'll talk tomorrow about the new accountability system that has replaced academic distress and created
• They changed the funding system, replaced the minimum foundation program aid with equalization funding
• We'll talk tomorrow about the new accountability system that has replaced academic distress and created
• Those were replaced by the requirements to study the Arkansas Educational Support and Accountability

Summary: The meeting began with approval of the previous minutes and then focused on an update from the Department of Education on early childhood programs, especially the state-funded Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program. Secretary Jacob Oliva and Deputy Commissioner Stacey Smith said Arkansas had received a federal Preschool Development Grant and described ongoing work to review ABC slots, which have been flat for years at about 23,800 slots and roughly $114 million. They said about 1,000 slots statewide are currently unfilled despite a waiting list of more than 2,000 families, and the department is shifting toward paying based on enrollment rather than guaranteed slots. Members asked about school choice, income eligibility, year-round access, curriculum flexibility, transportation, and whether funding should be increased or rebalanced; the department said it is collecting data, may survey providers more formally, and is considering whether to modernize income thresholds, daily rates, and other program rules. The committee agreed to form an early childhood subcommittee and asked the Bureau of Legislative Research to help gather historical information on income limits and other program details. The second major portion of the meeting was a legal presentation on the framework for Arkansas school adequacy by BLR education attorney Taylor Lloyd. She reviewed the constitutional basis for a “general, suitable, and efficient” public school system, the Dupree and Lake View cases, and the principle that adequacy and equity are different but related: adequacy asks what resources are needed, while equity asks whether those resources are distributed fairly. She explained that the General Assembly must define adequacy, study it, and react to evidence over time, and that the current adequacy definition includes curriculum and career/technical frameworks, the 38 mandatory Carnegie units, state testing standards, and sufficient funding. She also described the matrix as a funding tool, not a spending mandate, and noted that categorical funds are separate from the matrix. BLR’s Elizabeth Bynum then gave the historical framework, tracing legislative responses from Dupree through Lake View and into the present. She highlighted major changes such as the creation of equalization funding, fiscal distress and academic distress laws, the adequacy study process, the Educational Adequacy Fund, facilities and transportation changes, declining enrollment and student growth funding, and later adjustments to teacher salaries, isolated funding, and categorical programs. She explained that the adequacy study has evolved through committee hearings, surveys, site visits, and outside consultants, and that recent changes include updates to accountability references and the addition or removal of certain funding categories. Members asked follow-up questions about how the matrix is used, whether homeschool or private-school funding raises comparable issues, whether stakeholders include private and homeschool participants, whether school board members should be surveyed, and whether the state should revisit average daily membership versus attendance-based funding. No votes were taken on the adequacy presentations, but the committee did agree to continue the early childhood discussion in a future subcommittee meeting.

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• 24.159> staff Senator Murphy said the amendment would remove the objectionable language and replace
• provisions currently in the benefit book, which were unchanged from the 2024-25 benefit book, and replaces
• book what was in the 20 uh 24-25 benefit book and<00:33:20.320> instead<00:33:20.960> replaces
• it<00:33:22.240> with<00:33:22.799> this<00:33:23.200> new and instead replaces
• it with this new and instead replaces it with this new language<00:33:24.240> that<00:33:24.559

Keywords: 1183, house

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• on what to do next, the current draft LFC budget guidelines suggest treating these requests for replacement
• of the community, and then presumably also looking at whether this federal program that will be replaced
• Finally, the key question is, does the state need to replace the program to address the need in the existing
• Yes, so we currently, for any disasters, do emergency food replacement as the disaster declaration comes
• We do replace benefits, but also we are in our disaster era right now, so we are doing another supplemental

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• We do have a replacement. The minority leader is here. Welcome. Thank you, Chair. Mr. Kaine, sure.
• That's a strikeout and replace. That's House Bill 2. So, that's the trailer bill.
• That's a strike out all and replace.<00:05:16.560> That's<00:05:16.880> House<00:05:17.120
• <00:05:17.759> So, replace. That's House Bill two. So, replace. That's House Bill two.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• You can't just easily replace them.
• They're not easily replaced. Republicans are trying to protect miners.
• specific skills.<00:23:41.280> They're<00:23:41.600> not<00:23:41.760> easily replaced
• Republicans<00:23:47.280> are<00:23:47.520> trying<00:23:47.760> to replaced
• Republicans are trying to replaced.

Keywords: 1183, house