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• Department of Education. That is because of how closely we work together.
• Department of Education does its own monitoring.
• I'm the Cabinet Secretary of the Public Education Department.
• We just wanted to extend the poor amount of themselves, have time to understand what the finance.
• He is the head of the geology department—almost a geography. Man, my tongue is not working today.

Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83

Keywords: special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP, individualized education program, students with disabilities, IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, dyslexia, dyslexia screening, structured literacy, reading intervention, multilayered system of supports, MTSS, student assistance team, free appropriate public education, FAPE, special education compliance, charter schools

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• I'm state chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, and I'm a member of AFT New Mexico.
• We sort of hit that new level of licensure. For those of us, I was a teacher for 35 years.
• classified or retired at some of the lower levels of salaries and thereby lower levels of...
• I'm a fellow of the Society of Women Engineers.
• ' exploration of a variety of innovative projects.

Bills: HB40, HB100, HJR1, SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83

Keywords: educational retirement, annuity adjustments, cost of living, non-compounding payments, retirement benefits, STEM funding, education, innovation, public education, New Mexico, nominating committees, boards of regents, student representation, political party registration, New Mexico constitution, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• <00:17:46.520> of and valuable to have the Department of and valuable to have the Department
• <00:51:20.680> of Director again, Department of Director again, Department of Corrections<
• <00:51:27.280> of Director of the Department of Director of the Department of Corrections<
• > Defense engage with the US Department of Defense engage with the US Department of Defense and
• testimony already Department of Health. testimony already Department of Health.

Bills: SCR180

Keywords: wildfire, fire hazard, Lahaina, West Maui, Maui wildfire, vegetation management, fuel reduction, defensible space, fuel breaks, invasive grasses, emergency access, evacuation route, fire lane, state lands, public safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, community risk reduction, hazard mitigation, brush clearance, wildland-urban interface

Summary: The committee opened by noting it was likely its last hearing of the 2026 session, then took up several resolutions. SCR 54, on appointing a hydrogen fire safety expert and training on hydrogen-related protocols, and SCR 59, on allowing certain health care professionals to practice without a license during a state of emergency, drew no testimony. Members discussed SCR 59 as a response to past emergencies and the need for pre-approved, updated registries of professionals who could be deployed quickly in emergencies. SCR 62 SD1, which asks the 911 Board to form a working group with the disability community to address access issues in emergency and 911 responses, received testimony from disability advocates and the 911 Board. Testifiers said the measure should ensure an integrated system with EMS infrastructure, real-time access for dispatchers and field personnel, and public education about the system; they also noted that Smart911 is no longer being used on Oahu and Maui and that a statewide, integrated approach is needed. Members agreed to work the suggested language into the resolution. SCR 179, urging Maui County to enforce fire code provisions on brush clearance, fuel breaks, roadside vegetation clearing, and emergency access, was noted as having no testimony but continuing to raise important issues. SCR 74, calling for an audit of no-bid contracts issued under emergency proclamations from 2020 through 2025, drew strong support from a late testifier who tied the measure to emergency procurement concerns after the Lahaina wildfire and COVID-era contracting. The witness argued that procurement rules should not be waived in ways that compromise safety, and described concerns about unlicensed contractors and construction problems in a state housing project. Members asked about the scope of the audit and whether it would interfere with criminal investigations; the witness said the audit should cover a broad range of contracts, including nonprofit contracts, and should not be limited to the wildfire period. The committee also heard SCR 28 SD1 on creating a Hawaii Vietnam Veterans Medal, with support from the Department of Defense and veterans advocates, who said the resolution is intended to do the groundwork for a future appropriation and to determine eligibility and distribution procedures. Finally, SCR 60 SD1, requesting updates on the “Breaking Cycles” rehabilitation and restorative justice study, received support from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Correctional System Oversight Commission, and reform advocates. The department asked that reporting be annual rather than quarterly because of the complexity of the OCCC project, and supporters said the measure would promote transparency and help ensure the study’s recommendations are implemented. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• And my concern there is the Department of Game and Fish—I don't know... ...is the Department of Game
• the definition of wildlife, and the Department of Game and Fish has been changed to the Department of
• The Department of Game and... Madam Chair, therein lies a problem, I feel.
• The Department of Game and Fish issues licenses for hunting and that type of stuff.
• I'm the deputy director of the New Mexico Finance Authority.

Bills: SB154, SB187, SB193, SM3

Keywords: insurance, wildfire, flood damage, natural disasters, property coverage, water projects, appropriation, New Mexico, finance authority, infrastructure, New Mexico Finance Authority, funding, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law

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• The order of things. But first up on the agenda, we have the Department of Medicaid Services.
• <01:51:58.560> of um from members um for the Department of um from members um for the Department
• department of law regulation. department of law regulation.
• <01:56:18.080> We department of law. Is there a motion? We department of law.
• Department of Corrections 501 K6420 Department of Corrections 501 K6420 Emergency<02:01:42.800><

Keywords: 0:00 – Meeting start/roll call 0:10 - Roll call/approval of minutes 1:43 - Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Medicaid Services 27:40 - Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control 55:54 - Board of Veterinary Examiners 1:33:15 - Testimony in support of 804 KAR 13:010E, 020E, 030E and 040E. 1:49:04 - Education Professional Standards Board 1:49:58 - Attorney General, Office of Regulatory Relief 1:52:18 - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) 1:54:28 - Board of Nursing 1:56:44 - Board of Occupational Therapy 1:57:37 - Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy 1:58:58 - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources 1:59:50 - Economic Development Finance Authority 2:01:34 - Department of Corrections 2:02:37 - Department of Juvenile Justice 2:04:02 - Department for Employment Services, Unemployment Insurance 2:04:57 - Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Public Health, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient. The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.

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• We're going to go ahead and call this meeting of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from April 3, 2025.
• Next, we're going to go on to House File 2442, the Energy Finance Bill.
• don't have any other business today, but I do think it's important that we take a minute to thank all of
• On both sides of the aisle, both Republicans and Democrats, the challenge in the refinement of bills

Bills: HF2442

Keywords: climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, solar incentive, Made in Minnesota, community solar gardens, transportation electrification, electric vehicles, grid-enhancing technologies, microgrid, University of St. Thomas, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, petroleum tank fund

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• We're going to go ahead and call this meeting of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from April 3rd, 2025.
• Next, we're going to go on to House File 2442, the energy finance bill.
• We're going to go on to do House File 2442, the energy finance bill.
• Uh both Republicans and of the aisle.

Bills: HF2442

Keywords: climate finance, energy finance, renewable development account, RDA, weatherization, preweatherization, low-income housing, energy efficiency, clean energy, solar incentive, Made in Minnesota, community solar gardens, transportation electrification, electric vehicles, grid-enhancing technologies, microgrid, University of St. Thomas, Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, petroleum tank fund

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• Any questions for the Department of EMS?
• <00:07:05.000> of<00:07:05.120> Professional the Department of Professional the Department
• for the Department of EMS? for the Department of EMS?
• throat] office of finance and [clears throat] office of finance and [clears throat] operations.
• office of finance and operations. office of finance and operations.

Keywords: 0:06 - Roll Call 0:30 - Approval of Minutes 0:45 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2:08 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET - OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER 2:55 - BOARD OF DENTISTRY 5:30 - BOARD OF OPHTHALMIC DISPENSERS 7:30 - BOARD OF NURSING 8:32 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES 9:30 - EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OFFICE OF DISTRICT SUPPORT SERVICES 15:35 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 18:44 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES 23:39 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES 1:01:46 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, OFFICE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS 1:03:46 - Next meeting/adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.

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• Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Present. Senator Eckhardt? Senator Hinojosa of Nueces.
• to the clerk of the committee.
• We do have one resource witness from the Department of Public Safety, Jason.
• Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Aye. Senator Hinojosa of Nueces?
• Before we close out, Senator Hinojosa of Nueces.

Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180

Keywords: counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels

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• It's a bill of policy, and we're a committee that has to get the policy and the finance correct.
• Section 2 includes the appropriations that go through the Department of Education, with changes from
• Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
• Section 2 cancels two portions of the Department of Education budget that would otherwise go unspent.
• Section 4 is the appropriations for the Department of Education, including the litigation costs.

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• This sets up a revolving fund at the Department of Health for Ivocasearch.
• It's hard to estimate that because of the timeline of implementation of this. Follow up.
• Victim of that. We're probably one degree of separation away from it.
• They will require the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to include fentanyl testing in all child
• So, in my explanation of increasing the financing caps, you'll see that they that the that the ODA ODFA

Bills: HB2947, HB3257, HB3264, HB3834, HB3940, HB3944, HB3979, HB4003, HB4118, HB4326, HB4346, HB4421

Keywords: behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, veterans, disability benefits, federal law, Oklahoma Statutes, military service, criminal justice, minimum sentences, parole eligibility, violent crimes, Oklahoma statutes, HB3834, Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act, ibogaine, ibogaine-based therapeutics, ibogaine analogs

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• Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
• Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
• Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
• Those include the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Office
• <00:31:26.399> of for the Minnesota Department of for the Minnesota Department of Education

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• [Music] Chair called to order this meeting of the Ways and Means Committee.
• We will not be taking up Senate File 1832, the Workforce Finance bill.
• Our first item of business, however, is approval of our minutes from April 30.
• Chair, and I move the approval of the minutes.
• there's a matter, you know, for those of there's a matter, you know, for those of you<00:02:19.680

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

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• Department of Justice's report on Uvalde, one of the horrible tragedies at Robb Elementary, which explicitly
• Our Department of Health only has risk values for just a couple handful of chemicals that would require
• I'm the capital resource administrator at the Department of Corrections.
• It will allow the Department of Corrections to continue fulfilling its mission while ensuring that our
• The Department of Administration, Real Estate and Construction, based those numbers off some similar

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security

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• Because we're talking about a lot of these departments that can afford to do more.
• departments can do more for their employees, and it seemed that we're taking on a lot of the burden
• What the amendment does is, where it says Alabama Department of Public Safety, it changes to Alabama
• . transfer of $5 million from the 21st Century Fund to the Alabama Department of Commerce to help stand
• the Alabama 21st Century... million from the Alabama 21st Century Fund to the Alabama Department of

Bills: HB227, HB255, HB465, HB472, HB482, HB483, HB526, HB529, HB484

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• This is part of the reconciliation of the budget.
• What's the name of the Office of Natural Resources?
• Usually, they fund it completely out of one split of the bucket. They didn't do that.
• It kind of gets to your point of the opportunity cost of tying up, you know, pre-transferring the money
• This is a fact of balancing.

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

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• Chair, members of the committee, so this amendment was requested by the Board of Finance.
• So this amendment was requested by the Board of Finance within the Department of Finance and Administration
• any of those projects that were funded with severance tax bonds, the Board of Finance wanted to ensure
• I'm the director of the State Board of Finance. Okay.
• So, I mean, we're calling for evaluations of every department.

Bills: SB190, HB247, HB8

Keywords: cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds

Bills: HB176, HB180, HB176, HB180, HB333, HCR35

Keywords: tax, ad valorem, voter-approval, local government finance, property tax, repeal, tax rates, school finance, tax reduction, compressed tax rate, education, funding, HB 176, Texas border security, interstate compact, Government Code Chapter 794, Texas-Mexico border, border enforcement, immigration enforcement, ICE 287(g)

Keywords: KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfGbyu195O8, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 0:12 – Meeting start/roll call 0:36 – Approval of minutes 0:48 – Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, Division of Student Financial Aid 2:22 – Education and Labor Cabinet, Education Professional Standards Board 5:21 – State Board of Elections 8:26 – Office of the Attorney General 10:25 – Personnel Board 12:17 – Finance and Administration Cabinet 14:18 – Board of Pharmacy 15:42 – Board of Licensure for Occupational Therapy 16:38 – Education and Labor Cabinet – Department for Workers’ Claims 17:35 – Public Protection Cabinet – Department for Housing, Buildings & Construction 22:04 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services – Office of the Secretary: Medicinal Cannabis Program 32:18 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services – Department for Community Based Services, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

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• Department of Justice's report on Uvalde, one of the horrible tragedies at Robb Elementary, explicitly
• on US Department of Justice's report on UValdi,<00:03:03.760> one<00:03:03.840> of<00:
• Our Department of Health has only risk values for just a couple handful of chemicals.
• <01:15:15.199> of administrator at the Department of administrator at the Department of Corrections
• of Administration, Real uh Department of Administration, Real Estate<01:17:42.000> and<01:17:

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security, 1183