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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- What are we paying for?
- What are we paying for?
- disconnected because they couldn't pay disconnected because they couldn't pay their<01:38:41.199
- Because we're talking who pays for the incentives? Who pays for it?
- HEO but the profits from HEO go to pay HEO but the profits from HEO go to pay for<02:16:12.560><
Summary:
The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability.
Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent.
The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/24/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We pay into it all the time. facility. We pay into it all the time.
- <00:35:16.280>
for homeowner would would have to pay for homeowner would would have to pay - that pays for that removal of the tank. that pays for that removal of the tank.
- The price that we pay is the price that our customers pay.
- you pay $1,000, and that's your cap. you pay $1,000, and that's your cap.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Committee May 31st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes, depending on the details of your lease, you're also required to pay for water.
- You may be paying for phone lines. You may be paying for utilities, electricity.
- And then I do rent for 12 and then I pay my phone bill. That's more than $18,000.
- The condo and you can't pay the dues is what I thought it was. Okay, fair enough. Thank you.
- I know I pay one of the highest rents in the state.
Summary:
The committee met briefly, established a quorum, and adopted the June 3, 2024 minutes without objection. The clerk and executive counsel then gave an overview of the committee’s role in setting and administering the House supplemental expense allowance, explaining that members currently receive up to $1,500 per month for reimbursable office and district expenses such as rent, utilities, printing, postage, travel in district, and certain communications costs. They also explained the existing carryover rules: unused funds may roll forward up to $3,000 generally and an additional $6,000 for printed materials, with any excess remaining in the House budget. Members asked for clarification on how the supplemental interacts with district office rent, mailers, per diem, out-of-state travel, cell phones, internet, and conference expenses, and staff explained which items are currently reimbursable and which are paid directly by the House.
Several members raised the idea of expanding allowable uses of the supplemental to help cover lodging costs during session for members who live more than 50 miles from the Capitol, and one member also asked whether the monthly allowance should be increased because of inflation and rising office costs. Staff said lodging would require an amendment to the resolution and that any increase in the allowance would have to be taken up by the next legislative body, not this committee mid-term. Members also discussed possible tax implications and the need to consult a CPA before changing the rules, with concerns raised about avoiding double-dipping or ethical issues if lodging were reimbursed in addition to per diem. One member withdrew the lodging motion and asked that the committee study the issue further.
The committee took no substantive action beyond adopting the minutes and adjourned after a motion to adjourn was made and approved without objection.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If we had some type of objection to rules, having to fight and possibly pay millions of dollars, isn't
- to defend themselves when they are innocent and still pay all those legal fees.
- So, somebody's paying the bill unless they're getting grants.
- The way it is now in the state of Oklahoma, there's two ways to pay.
- There's one company that is paying the state of Oklahoma $300,000, while all these others are paying
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- It was called to my attention that, as consumers, we pay a $3 fee for the disposal of tires.
- Folks who live in the neighborhood are having to actually pay..
- Once they find out about it, then they go and pay it up or whatever they have to do.
- They also have to pay for the improvements as well.
- Okay, and like I said, we want to pay the tax collectors for doing this.
Keywords:
HB145, scrap tires, scrap tire disposal, illegal dumping, ADEM, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, environmental enforcement, Class 2 municipality, municipal court, local enforcement, delegation agreement, primacy, waste management, tire recycling, tire hauling, environmental quality act, misdemeanor penalties, Class A misdemeanor, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- When an insurance policy pays out, they pay the check both to the policyholder and to the bank for the
- out they pay the check both to the pays out they pay the check both to the policy<00:18:52.640>
holder - <00:18:59.760>
any all the banks are not paying any all the banks are not paying any interest - meals for students that can afford to pay.
- that Doe pays for meals which the cost that Doe pays for meals which will<00:36:26.680>
need <
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So if you depend on your job to say, pay your rent, if you own a house, pay your mortgage.
- You can't afford to pay a bond.
- us to pay them.
- Pay to go down there. Pay to park. Pay for the test.
- I had to pay a whole bunch.
Keywords:
family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- uh we don't want the pay-to-play. uh we don't want the pay-to-play.
- uh, to pay to play. uh, to pay to play.
- Pay to play, pay to play.
- So, pay to play, pay to play.
- specifically around pay to play. specifically around pay to play.
Bills:
HF4252
Keywords:
higher education, student aid, financial aid, grant programs, scholarships, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, community college, technical college, postsecondary institution, college affordability, student fees, athletic facilities, competitive athletics, developmental education, remedial courses, pregnant students, parenting students, priority registration
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Our pay date is on a Friday.
- Now, we pay our payrolls on Wednesday. Now, we pay our payrolls that<00:37:37.680>
Friday. - Without pay until we get paid. They stood up. They're driving people without pay.
- say, you know, um I'm sorry I can't pay say, you know, um I'm sorry I can't pay you<01:32:20.719
- that they would pay me. that they would pay me.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- the low end of my estimates it would pay the low end of my estimates it would pay for<00:04:19.000
- free bus cards and so why would they pay free bus cards and so why would they pay if<00:13:00.199
- We pay $1,200 every month for child care for Dean, and we also pay $1,200 every month for child care
- for childcare for Dean and we also pay for childcare for Dean and we also pay 1,200<00:56:13.000
- car repairs pay their own necessary car repairs pay their own children's<01:20:32.840>
activities
Keywords:
child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:05:01.880>
on <00:05:02.120>those loans and are still paying on those loans and - have to come before the legislature to get a waiver to pay anybody more than the governor.
- legislature to um to get a waiver to pay legislature to um to get a waiver to pay anybody<00:19:
- the primary responsibility for paying paying<01:09:22.279>
for <01:09:22.560>postsecondary - <01:09:23.520>
education <01:09:24.199>in paying for postsecondary education in paying
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (05/01/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- food because of their inability to pay. food because of their inability to pay.
- New Hampshire pays the state pays<01:47:02.000>
20% <01:47:02.639>of <01:47:02.800>the - Representative Burton, uh, just to point out that I pay my property taxes to pay for the public school
- <02:01:55.599>
to saying you know why are we paying to saying you know why are we paying to - out that I pay my property taxes to pay out that I pay my property taxes to pay for<02:04:48.480
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session on a bill concerning school meal access and reimbursement. The bill would address local school districts’ responsibility to provide meals during school hours, reimburse schools for meals served at no cost, and make an appropriation. The committee first moved to retain the bill, with supporters saying it was complex, had uncertain fiscal impacts, and should be considered alongside other related meals bills. Opponents argued the committee already had enough information, that the bill served a small number of students at relatively low cost, and that delaying action would harm children who need food to learn.
The committee also heard from Tim Roar, a Keene school business administrator and co-designer of the bill, who explained that the proposal was intended to be an opt-in program for districts, with rulemaking to set participation requirements. He said the bill was meant to target aid to students between 175% and 200% of poverty, reduce bad meal debt, and avoid spending taxpayer money on families who could afford to pay. He estimated the state cost at about $250,000 in year one, with local taxpayer costs around $8,500 for Keene, and said some districts already have systems for online applications while others do not.
Committee members questioned him about meal debt, online application software costs, and how districts handle students who reach debt limits. Roar said districts still feed students who are hungry, but use other resources and family outreach when meal debt is capped, and he argued that parents should be responsible for providing lunch when they can afford it. Other members pushed back, saying they had seen students go hungry and that teachers sometimes pay for lunches themselves. One member noted the bill would increase eligibility, make it easier to apply, strengthen personal responsibility, and was not a mandate. The discussion ended without a recorded final vote in the excerpt, though the retain motion remained the central action under debate.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- school is paid paying.
- school is paid paying.
- school is paid paying.
- <01:15:07.120>
to backs that home districts must pay to backs that home districts must pay - actually paying $7,281. actually paying $7,281.
Keywords:
education finance, lease levy authority, graduation ceremonies, school districts, Minnesota Statutes, local revenue, funding increase, education, state appropriation, local control, HF3371, local optional revenue, school finance, general education aid, school district funding, referendum revenue, referendum market value, equalization aid, state aid, property tax levy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/04/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- if we can just do diligence and pay if we can just do diligence and pay attention<01:31:35.800><
- The state doesn't pay these benefits. The federal government is paying them.
- pays in benefits.
- The state doesn't pay pays in benefits. The state doesn't pay these<01:50:07.240>
benefits. - So, we are going to have is paying them.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- >
and <00:28:50.559>fees You're paying your tuition and fees You're paying your tuition - for experience, how much extra they want to pay for education.
- Um, and then it pays out from that average.
- for experience, how much extra they want to pay for education.
- been doing for years, Robin Peter to pay been doing for years, Robin Peter to pay Paul.<01:07:41.280
Bills:
HB0159
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families & Children (2-25-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- for those services, but in terms of paying for a residential, I think of paying for a residential, I
- And so, some of those people are paying private pay or partial private pay or sometimes their insurance
- 08.480>
pay <01:20:09.320>or <01:20:09.520>sometimes pay or partial private pay - or sometimes pay or partial private pay or sometimes their<01:20:10.400>
insurance <01:20:11.040 - insurance companies to pay. insurance companies to pay.
Keywords:
Roll Call - 00:10
Discussion on SCR 61 – 01:46
Vote on SCR 61 – 11:33
Discussion on SR 18 – 12:30
Vote on SR 18 - 30:01
Discussion on Ky Residential Autism Services – 32:34
Questions & Comments – 56:56, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Representative Matt Lockett. The resolution, as amended by committee substitute, would create a legislative task force tied to the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) framework to study Kentucky health policy, including Medicaid drug approvals, preventive and alternative therapies, holistic health education, oversight and transparency in health care, and research into integrative approaches. Supporters said the goal was to address chronic disease and reduce over-medication, while emphasizing the effort was not intended as an attack on agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry. The resolution received favorable expression and passed the committee 9-0.
The committee then heard Senate Resolution 18 from Senator Neal, urging Kentucky to maximize participation in the federal SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program. Testimony from Jessica Klein of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Secretary Eric Friedlander explained that SNAP E&T provides job training, education, and support services for SNAP participants, and that the program is federally matched and does not require additional General Assembly funding in the normal course. Members discussed how the program works, whether it could create new state costs, and how it fits with efforts to connect food assistance, workforce development, and local agriculture. Questions also focused on whether SNAP spending can be steered toward healthier foods and farmers markets, including Kentucky’s Double Dollars program, which was described as helping participants buy produce, meat, and dairy at participating markets and some retailers.
Several members expressed support for the workforce goals but asked for more information on fiscal impacts and purchasing data. Secretary Friedlander said the SNAP E&T funds are separate from nutrition benefits, and that the state match generally comes from employer, university, or workforce partner contributions rather than new state appropriations. Senator Herron explained her vote in favor by saying the program could help people gain education and employment and reduce reliance on SNAP over time. Senate Resolution 18 was then adopted by the committee.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 052 Mar 7th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- everyone's going to pay them." everyone's going to pay them."
- we want to go ahead and pay dues." we want to go ahead and pay dues."
- <03:55:15.520>
It pays. The second vote's necessary. It pays. - working to increase worker pay. working to increase worker pay.
- and they don't have to pay. and they don't have to pay.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- You pay them back over time.
- Now, there are two ways you pay them back.
- And if we pay... ...program through these private investors or pay them back, and if you pay them back
- You’re going to have to pay for the relocation of our businesses.
- You’re going to have to pay for trench plate up and down our streets.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- and has a history of not paying willfully to be held in contempt and potentially jailed.
- Generally, this isn't a way a judge gets someone to come in to pay restitution.
- I'm paying attention. Thank you, Senator Bolick.
- They have to pay that $20.
- Number one, they can't pay it, and it stays on the court's record.
Bills:
HB2028, HB2047, HB2136, HB2244, HB2364, HB2406, HB2415, HB2557, HB2573, HB2589, HB2720, HB2749, HB2825, HB2861, HB2862, HB2870, HB2970, HB4070, HB4117, HCR2004, HCR2051
Keywords:
community restitution, homelessness, indigence, court assessments, monetary obligations, forcible entry, detainer, writ of restitution, criminal trespass, judgment enforcement, civil terrorism, disorderly conduct, vandalism, political activism, public order, subversion, government security, evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They're already paying.
- Um, and as far as paying for it, I mean, I pay registration on my car.
- Um, and as far as paying for it, I mean, I pay registration on my car.
- Um, and as far as paying for it, I mean, I pay registration on my car.
- Optional pay-in.