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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2115 - Human Services Omnibus - Part 1 - 05/14/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, what is the piece on that sentence that seems to be discerning for that?
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for <00:17:44.080> - And so then what am I to take from the end of that sentence? Is it happening somewhere else, or?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Under that, in the second year, there’s the first sentence and then the second paragraph.
- The last sentence assumes participant must cover the costs associated with installation, maintenance,
- and then the there's the first sentence and then the second<00:35:24.800>
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participant
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me point out the actual sentence here is: such rulemaking shall begin within such and such, so it's
- Speaker: And the other question I would ask about this is the sentence describing this thing: minimize
- Speaker: And the other question I would ask about this is the sentence describing this thing: minimize
- Speaker: And the other question I would ask about this is the sentence describing this thing: minimize
- My guess is that's why that sentence is there, but I don't think it would do any harm.
Summary:
The committee met to continue work on House Bill 2, with the chair saying the goal was to finish the bill as given by the governor, though additional amendments were expected. Members first discussed the bail section and agreed to hold it for later because a separate House bail bill was expected on Thursday and could have significant county cost impacts. They also generally accepted the proposed reorganization of positions between Fish and Game, DNCR, and the Department of Environmental Services, but noted the need to review effective dates and funding details, including a possible double appropriation of $275,000 for a scientist position already funded in HB 1.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on environmental review and native plant-related sections moving functions from DNCR to DES. Members discussed changing the rulemaking timeline from 180 days to 90 days, and clarifying that “begin” means the public hearing stage. They also reviewed how fee revenue would shift between agencies in HB 1 so the budget impact would be net zero. The committee indicated it would prepare amendments reflecting these changes and revisit them at a later vote.
The longest discussion concerned the boathouse provisions. Members debated whether the new definitions and construction standards were appropriate in a budget bill, with one member arguing they should be in a separate bill, while others said the provisions were urgent because of a lawsuit and the lack of clear guardrails. Concerns included the February 20, 2025 effective date, which some thought might be retroactive, the detailed limits on what may be stored in a boathouse, and a fee increase that some felt could discourage homeowners from seeking permits. The committee also questioned whether the fee structure should be tiered for smaller projects and whether permit-by-notification projects should be exempted. No final votes were taken on these sections during the discussion; instead, members agreed to seek legal and policy answers and to return with amendments and public hearing input before voting.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/11/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- And so my last sentence on this written testimony is about hoping that governing bodies will provide
- >> Minimum of two years.
- >> Minimum<00:52:02.400>
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Um >> Minimum of the two years. - Um >> Minimum of the two years.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But then, all of a sudden, the HFCs, which were down to the very minimum, have jumped to over 60.
- Had the Arlington HFC pursued this transaction, it would have, at a minimum, negotiated a payment in
- I didn't catch it if you said— I was about to get to that in my next sentence, but we are— ...here in
- We are standing in a city where the living wage would be $25 an hour, but the minimum wage is still $7.50
- These are the bare minimum for a decent quality of life. Who does HB530 actually serve?
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on Budget May 4th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Conference Committee on Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Your attention to the part of the sentence that you just, that you didn't read, but that same sentence
- , and use the Your attention to the part of the sentence that you just, that you didn't read, but that
- same sentence, and use the same amount of total funds for two-year and four-year.
- Look at page 22, the Senate recommendation, and look at the last sentence.
- Direct your attention to the last sentence in bold, where it says, starts by saying any.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency - Room 210, 3 March, 2026; 2:30 P.M.
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Transcript Highlights:
- and expand reporting and record keeping items, including financial account tracking and remaining sentence
- and expand reporting and record keeping items, including financial account tracking and remaining sentence
- tracking, Including financial, account tracking, and<00:14:15.920>
remaining <00:14:16.440>sentence - and remaining sentence length reporting. and remaining sentence length reporting.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 1596, which Senator Johnson explained as a companion to another crypto-kiosk bill. He said the measure was being used to open the code and remove new kiosk language temporarily while lawmakers work on a regulatory framework for crypto kiosks, which are being used in scams involving callers posing as law enforcement and directing victims to deposit cash into kiosks. Members discussed the lack of reporting and registration data, the estimated number of kiosks in the state, and whether regulation might require identification and registration of the devices. The committee adopted the motion for title sufficient, do pass as amended, and reported the bill out.
The committee then considered House Bill 859, which would eliminate the in-person absentee voting envelope while keeping the 45-day in-person absentee voting period and existing excuse requirements. Senator England said voters would still complete an affidavit and cast the ballot directly into an OMR machine, and he noted that circuit clerks preferred this version. The committee asked a few clarifying questions and then passed the bill, reporting it out.
Next was House Bill 925, the CLEAR Act, which Senator McMahan described as a revised PEER-related bill that had been worked on with the governor’s office after a prior veto. He outlined provisions creating a PEER review program for agency rules, Medicaid transportation evaluations, a State Board of Health Professions, changes to the corporation work initiative program, and PEER subpoena and enforcement language. An amendment was adopted to delete the subpoena-related sections that had raised constitutional concerns and to retain the reverse repealer. After questions about the advisory role of the new board, the committee passed the bill as amended.
The committee also heard House Bill 1171, a strike-all that Senator Sparks said would mirror a Senate bill on grant transparency. The measure would require clearer grant objectives, objective eligibility criteria, disclosure of conflicts and board relationships, reporting by grantees and subgrantees, and signed documentation under penalty of perjury with CPA review. Members asked about enforcement, and Senator Sparks said improper reporting could lead to loss of funds, audits, and possible criminal consequences. The committee adopted the strike-all and reported the bill out. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1393, which would create an energy development fund at the Mississippi Development Authority for long-term infrastructure planning tied to large industrial energy users. Members asked whether the fund would cover water resources as well as electricity; the sponsor said it was intended for energy infrastructure, not water, and was aimed at large industrial projects such as steel mills. The committee adopted the strike-all and moved to report the bill out.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Then after you plead down to a lower charge, then your sentencing, at least 25 to 30% of those are downward
- Then after you plead down to a lower charge, then your sentencing, at least 25 to 30% of those are downward
- Then after you plead down to a lower charge, then your sentencing, at least 25 to 30% of those are downward
- Then after you plead down to a lower charge, then your sentencing, at least 25 to 30% of those are downward
- Then after you plead down to a lower charge, then your sentencing, at least 25 to 30% of those are downward
Summary:
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee Chair Kristen Robbins opened by criticizing the governor’s fraud package as too focused on new spending and staffing, and not enough on culture change, accountability, eligibility rules, and an enterprise-wide IT/data strategy. She said the committee had heard a good overview from multiple commissioners, but she remained concerned that piecemeal technology investments and added staff would not address the root causes of fraud. Robbins also said she would introduce a bill based on issues raised in committee, including requiring grants management staff to complete Office of Grants Management training and certification.
A major action announced was the launch of a new whistleblower portal at mnfraud.com, which legislators said will let people submit basic fraud allegations, after which staff will follow up and forward matters to the Office of the Legislative Auditor, BCA, law enforcement, or the attorney general as appropriate. Members noted that the Office of the Legislative Auditor already has a separate reporting portal, and there was a question about why the new site does not allow anonymous reporting; Robbins said contact information is needed so staff can follow up. She also said the portal is intended to centralize and triage reports from agency workers, service recipients, and providers.
Republican members said the governor’s proposal still misses key pieces. Vice Chair Anderson argued the package mostly adds staff to agencies that failed to catch or act on fraud, and said Minnesota needs a statewide independent inspector general with authority outside agencies and a stronger whistleblower system. Representative Marion Rarick said the proposed criminal penalty increases are too small compared with federal penalties and criticized the package for adding only one forensic auditor at the BCA while DHS receives many more positions. She also argued that agency managers should face sanctions when fraud occurs under their watch and said the state needs a culture where employees can be rewarded for good work but also held accountable for failures.
Members discussed several other ideas, including creating new crimes for kickbacks and theft of public funds, requiring fraud fiscal notes, improving data sharing and eligibility verification, and using better IT so systems can talk to each other. There was also discussion of whether government services should rely less on nonprofits and private contractors; one member said fraud often follows a particular business model rather than the sector itself, while another suggested capping salaries of top nonprofit executives receiving government funds. The committee also noted that the governor’s fraud package is being presented as a package but will likely move as separate provisions through different omnibus bills.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Banking & Insurance (2-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee sub that was adopted that you have before you simply made one sentence change, working
- The committee sub that was adopted that you have before you simply made one sentence change, working
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Meeting Start: 00:00
Roll Call: 00:06
SB24 Discussion: 01:08
SB24 Vote: 13:22
SB18 Discussion: 14:40
SB18 Vote: 21:54, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 24, a measure aimed at combating property and casualty insurance fraud. Senator Girdler and witnesses from the Insurance Institute of Kentucky and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said the bill would expand the definition of a fraudulent insurance act to cover statements that misrepresent the scope of property damage or repair costs, with the goal of addressing inflated storm-damage claims and out-of-state bad actors. Members discussed whether existing prosecutors were already handling these cases, the role of Commonwealth’s attorneys versus the Attorney General, and the need to keep the bill narrowly tailored to criminal intent rather than negligence or ordinary disputes over value. The committee substitute was adopted, the bill received favorable expression, and a title amendment was also adopted.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 18, which would address a shortage of insurance options for automobile dealers by allowing nonadmitted carriers to provide garage liability coverage in Kentucky. Testimony from an insurance agent and a legislative agent for Big I Kentucky described a shrinking market in which some small dealers cannot find coverage at all, risking closure. Members asked about the meaning of garage liability, consumer protections, solvency concerns, and whether more competition could lower prices; witnesses said surplus lines carriers already operate in Kentucky, agents play an important vetting role, and errors-and-omissions coverage would apply to the agent. The bill was supported as a way to preserve dealer businesses and expand coverage options, and it passed the committee with favorable expression after roll call.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- language is superfluous due to the clear definition of the jurisdictional lands contained in the first sentence
- contained in of the jurisdictional lands contained in the<00:15:17.280>
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In the first sentence of the section. - In the first sentence of the section.
Summary:
The House opened with a moment of silence, then reported favorable on House Bill 954, relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the town of Stowe, and referred it to Ways and Means. Members then adopted JRS 54, a joint resolution setting weekend adjournment so the two houses would reconvene no later than Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Several announcements followed, including a Memorial Day remembrance, which was journalized, an art project in the card room, and a recognition of Harwood Union High School athletes and one individual champion. The House also heard a farewell and birthday acknowledgment for a departing member from Bennington. The calendar was then announced, with House Bill 932, Senate Bill 325, and Senate Bill 323 slated for consideration.
The House suspended rules to take up House Bill 932 immediately and concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. The bill concerns regulation of forestry under Act 250, and the Stowe member explained the amendment was a narrow technical revision developed with the Land Use Review Board and the Agency of Natural Resources. The House then suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 325, heard a 6-0 committee of conference report on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction, and adopted the report after brief questioning about noise limits. The House also suspended rules to message its action to the Senate forthwith. Senate Bill 323 was postponed to the afternoon session, and the House recessed until 1:00 p.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session procedural debate on a safe schools revenue program bill 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- chief author of the red flag laws, gun laws, but he also was authoring bills that were reducing sentencing
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for bills that were reducing sentencing for bills that were reducing sentencing
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION AND FILE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF TREATMENT IF THE DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED
- THIS ENSURES A DEFENDANT IS GETTING TREATMENT AS PART OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE.
- AND HE ENDED UP GETTING A PRISON SENTENCE AND ULTIMATELY TOOK HIS LIFE IN THE MOST HORRIFIC MANNER.
- WHEN MY SON TRISTAN AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF LITTERING AND BEING SENTENCED TO PRISON LASTED 63 DAYS
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And I, you know, it's a full sentence. No is a full sentence.
- And I, you know, it's a full sentence. No is a full sentence.
- The federal EPA's Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards establish minimum MPG efficiency
Keywords:
Public Utilities Commission, PUC, energy regulation, utility regulation, electric utility, public utility, rate case, multiyear rate plan, decoupling, rate decoupling, greenhouse gas, social cost of carbon, environmental cost, resource planning, certificate of need, distributed renewable energy, interconnection, budget billing, electronic filing, contested case
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
November 2025 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 12/04/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He told us that drug prices have come down a minimum of 500%.
- A jury in America sentenced that guy to 40 years in prison.
- A jury in America sentenced<01:02:47.920>
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in
- Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for the electronic
- In fact, the Independent Commission is only mentioned then in the next sentence, where it says that it
- In fact, the Independent Commission is only mentioned then in the next sentence, where it says that it
- only mentioned then in the next sentence only mentioned then in the next sentence where<02:57:28.479
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So that cleared it up, but maybe it was the structure of the sentence. Yeah, of course.
- So that cleared it up, but maybe it was the structure of the sentence. Yeah, of course.
- <00:31:45.360>
of <00:31:45.600>the <00:31:45.760>second sentence. - Yeah, of course. of the second sentence.
- It's not a minimum number. It's just a not-to-exceed number.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on SB 60, which would expressly authorize advanced deposit wagering for horse racing in New Hampshire and set the online tax rate at 1.25%, matching the existing rate for in-person horse betting at Seabrook and Belmont. Senator Tim Lang said the bill is intended to clarify that online horse betting is permitted, regulate the activity, and create a revenue stream while keeping the tax rate consistent with brick-and-mortar wagering. Members asked about the rate compared with other states, whether the bill was really about casino front money, and whether geofencing would apply; Lang and later witnesses said the bill is narrowly limited to parimutuel horse racing and would use geofencing to keep wagering within New Hampshire.
Peter Bragdon, speaking for Churchill Downs, supported the bill and described advanced deposit wagering as remote betting on horse races under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978. He said Churchill Downs and other operators have long been active in New Hampshire, but the state’s lack of a specific statute has created a gray area. Bragdon said Churchill Downs stopped its own New Hampshire online operations in 2022 after discussions with the Lottery Commission and attorney general, while competitors continued operating, and he framed the bill as a fairness and consumer-protection measure that would clarify the law going forward. He also said the bill would not affect historic horse racing machines and would not create cannibalization of charitable gaming.
Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre said the Lottery Commission and attorney general had identified the issue as similar to the earlier fantasy sports situation, where legislation was used to regulate an activity rather than pursue enforcement. He said the commission requested the bill, would serve as the regulator, and would address violations through rulemaking and penalties. McIntyre said operators would maintain customer and transaction records, with the commission reviewing them as needed, and he noted that three operators are currently active in the state and not paying the proposed 1.25% rate. No vote was taken during the hearing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Right, so last year you also had a sentence that said if the license Advance deposit wagering provider
- that said if the license had a sentence that said if the license Advance<01:44:06.719>
deposit - So you're looking at the end of line 10 on page two, where it says that last sentence is the commission
- Well, otherwise there's a period there, and it's a new sentence. I'll second that. Thank you.
- um so uh and and it's a new sentence um so uh and I'll<01:47:14.280>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- a Department of Corrections, once an individual in one of our state facilities has served their sentence
- a Department of Corrections, once an individual in one of our state facilities has served their sentence
- At the end of that sentence, you could be removed from the country.
- At the end of that sentence, you could be removed from the country.
- And so, uh, I hope we can do that because that's an alarming sentence or two that they've pointed out
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Well, what I mean, we can, if we, at a minimum, we can add to this, you know, depending on what
- Well, what I mean we can, if we, at a minimum, we can add to this, you know, depending on what we want
- The transcript cuts off mid-sentence as she begins to continue her explanation.
- So that would be a minimum of 200 ballots going through as a test.
- So that would be a minimum of 200 ballots going through as a test.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- which was referred House Bill 431, An Act Establishing a Commission to Review Draft Rules Related to Minimum
- The speaker says the original bill hijacked the process in law for approving minimum standards that we
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