Video & Transcript Research : 'executive session'

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KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Legislative Ethics Commission (6-17-25) - Part 2

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: Part two will take place after first executive session., 958, all
Summary: The commission first returned from executive session and noted that discussions there were preliminary only and no final agency action was taken. It then approved the budget report, which staff said was within year-to-date budget parameters. Members discussed recommended changes to the code of ethics. Staff proposed four items: defining and prohibiting sexual harassment as ethical misconduct; two housekeeping changes related to lobbyist registration notice and campaign contribution language; and a possible reduction of the post-service waiting period for former legislators to become lobbyists from two years to one year. Members agreed the lobbying cooling-off period was a broader General Assembly issue and voted to recommend only the first three changes, leaving the fourth for later review. The chair noted the July 1 deadline for submitting ethics-code recommendations to the LRC. The commission also approved renewal of a $100,000 contract with Casey Bailey and Mains for Robert Jenkins to continue serving as enforcement counsel, with hourly rates of $125 for the attorney and $40 for the paralegal. Finally, it approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for General Counsel Steven Pium, discussed possible conference attendance and informal opinions, and adjourned after no further business.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Legislative Ethics Commission (3-17-25) - Part 2

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's reflect that all discussions during closed session were limited to confidential complaints and
  • no final agency action was taken during the closed session.
  • No final agency action was taken during the closed session. Okay.
  • [Music] Uh, now, um, is there a motion that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810, subsection
  • executive session to discuss personel executive session to discuss personel matters matters matters
Keywords: Part two will take place after first executive session., 958, all
Summary: The meeting briefly returned to open session to clarify the record, with a statement that all discussions in closed session were limited to confidential complaints and that no final agency action was taken during that closed session. The body then considered a motion to enter closed/executive session under KRS 61.810(1)(f) to discuss personnel matters. A motion was made and seconded to go into executive session for personnel issues, and the chair called for an aye vote. The transcript ends shortly after the motion was presented, with no further substantive discussion or final action captured in the excerpt.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Legislative Ethics Commission (3-17-25) - Part 3

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to make a motion for Action to recognize the appointment of Denita Kiten as assistant executive
  • , 2025, and salary at $90,000 per year, and to recognize the appointment of Lorie Smither as the executive
  • appointment of March 16, 2025, and a salary of $80,000 per year, an adjustment to the salary of the executive
  • appointment of March 16, 2025, and a salary of $80,000 per year, an adjustment to the salary of the executive
Keywords: Part three will take place after the second executive session, 958, all
Summary: The committee took up a personnel action package. A motion was made and approved to recognize the appointments of Denita Kiten as assistant executive director, effective March 16, 2025, at a salary of $90,000 per year, and Lorie Smither as executive assistant to the commission, effective March 16, 2025, at a salary of $80,000 per year. The motion also included increasing the executive director’s salary to $135,000 effective March 16, 2025. In the same motion, the committee approved the part-time employment of John Scott as fiscal officer to assist with budget preparation and review at a rate of $50 per hour beginning April 1, 2025. The motion was seconded, there was no discussion, and it passed by voice vote. The meeting then moved to adjournment. A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and the committee voted to adjourn, with the next meeting tentatively discussed as April 8 but ultimately left without a firm date.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Ethics Commission (2-2-26) - Part 2

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, we're back in open session. Uh, thank you all, everyone, for their patience.
Keywords: The meeting will take start back after coming out of Executive Session, 958, all
Summary: The commission reconvened in open session and announced it had reached a settlement that would avoid a full adjudicatory hearing. Counsel for Representative Gber waived the hearing and agreed to the settlement, and enforcement counsel recommended acceptance. The commission then voted unanimously to accept the agreed settlement. The matter proceeded to an ethics charge involving a proposed finding of probable cause, an agreed order, and a public reprimand. Representative Gber was sworn in and confirmed that he had seen and agreed to the proposed order, waived the adjudicatory hearing, agreed to the findings of violations and penalties in the agreed order, and waived his right to appeal. The commission accepted the agreement and stated that the matter before it was concluded. After the settlement, the chair noted that pending motions related to the case were dismissed and thanked the witnesses for attending, even though they did not have to testify. The chair and Representative Gber each made brief remarks about the long and difficult process, the complexity of the case, and the hope that it would serve as a learning experience. The commission said signed copies of the agreed order and public reprimand would be available, and then moved to adjourn.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration LOB 306/308 (02/07/2024)

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Election Law (02/08/2024)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

2023 House Impeachment Committee (1-25-23)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (1-4-23) Part 2

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (11-15-22) Part 2

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (11-15-22) Part 3

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (10-11-22) Part 2

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

2023 House Impeachment Committee - UPON ADJOURNMENT - (1-5-23)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (11-15-22) - Part 1

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (10-11-22) - Part 1

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission (9-13-22) - Part 1

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 2/24/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that that's a focus this session, and rightfully so from a fiscal perspective.
  • I know that that's a focus this session, and rightfully so from a fiscal perspective.
  • I know that that's a focus this session, and rightfully so from a fiscal perspective.
  • I know that that's a focus this session, and rightfully so from a fiscal perspective.
  • has access to during this budget session has access to during this budget session um<00:42:39.559
Bills: HF3
Keywords: legislative auditor, reporting, accountability, state finance, executive agency oversight, 1183, house
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 2/17/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
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  • end of session end of session 2023<00:10:07.160> inative<00:10:07.640> budget<00:10
  • This is our sixth session, so we’ve been around for six sessions and we definitely have learned some
  • relatively new this is our sixth session relatively new this is our sixth session so<00:28:18.000
Bills: HF3
Keywords: legislative auditor, reporting, accountability, state finance, executive agency oversight, 1183, house
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Local Legislation Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Local Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was going to ask that question if there's still enough time even in session to get it through.
Bills: SB287
Keywords: Sheriff, Barbour County, law enforcement, qualifications, training, executive education, 1136, house, all
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine District Judges, focusing on exploring legislative solutions to the bipartisan problem of universal injunctions. Apr 2nd, 2025 at 09:15 am

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Take the president's executive order to end birthright citizenship.
  • It's been that it undermines the judicial branch's checks and balances on the executive branch. think
  • to the relationship between the executive and judicial branch? Thank you, Chairman.
  • What is the impact of those executive orders on the targeted firms?
  • What message do you think these executive orders send to the legal community more broadly?
Keywords: universal injunctions, legislative reforms, judicial authority, executive power, balance of power, judicial overreach
Summary: During this meeting, the committee focused on the implications of universal injunctions, which have become a significant concern in recent years. The discussion centered around various legislative proposals aimed at addressing the perceived overreach of district judges who issue nationwide injunctions that affect policies across the entire country. Several members expressed the belief that such injunctions undermine judicial authority and disrupt the balance of power between the judiciary and executive branches. Expert witnesses testified about the historical context of universal injunctions and the necessity for reforms that would limit the power of courts to grant remedies benefitting non-parties.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriation and Revenue. (1-28-26)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then when you all came in the 25 session, you made the adjustment to the income tax reduction and
  • So we did budget reductions of roughly $78 million, and that's from just the executive branch agencies
  • And then uh at the end of the last<00:47:54.800> session<00:47:55.040> the<00:47:55.280
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Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:11 Executive Budget 00:00:50, 958, all
Summary: The committee met to hear a presentation from Dr. Hicks on the governor’s recommended budget for the next biennium. He reviewed the revenue outlook, noting modest general fund growth, a large rainy day fund balance, and the impact of recent income tax reductions. He said the budget was built around recurring reductions, lower debt service and retirement contribution rates, and the use of excess restricted funds, while protecting K-12 education, Medicaid, postsecondary education, public safety, and pension obligations. Dr. Hicks outlined several major spending and reserve proposals, including $350 million from the Department of Insurance’s excess restricted funds to support Medicaid in the first year, $150 million for the affordable housing trust fund, $125 million for rural hospitals, $100 million to offset lost federal ACA premium tax credits, $75 million for utility assistance, and $50 million for food assistance. In education, the proposal included a phased pre-K for all plan funded by sports wagering tax revenue, a 3% annual salary increase for full-time school personnel, continued full funding of teacher pensions, a 2.5% annual increase in SEEK base funding, and additional support for career and technical education and school facilities. He also discussed Medicaid cost pressures, including higher managed care, pharmacy, behavioral health, and nursing facility costs, and explained the expected effects of federal HR1 changes on Kentucky’s Medicaid program. Those changes include work and community engagement requirements and more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion members, which the administration estimated would reduce enrollment by about 4,300 in the first year and 28,000 in the second year. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting, which was limited to the budget presentation and member questions.