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• to a new $50 million distribution from state sales and use tax.
• This new distribution was also in Senator Simon's Senate Bill 250.
• This new distribution was also in Senator Simon's Senate Bill 250.
• And I also trust Senator Graal implicitly.
• The bill increases the distribution of revenues to the State Transportation Trust Fund from $360.08 million

Summary: The Appropriations Committee considered a large agenda of bills and reported several measures favorably. Early action included SB 6, a settled claim bill involving the Department of Children and Families and a trust for Leila Estrada and Sapphire Williams, and CS/CS/SB 1266, which creates a cybersecurity experiential learning and clearance-readiness program through the Department of Commerce and Cyber Florida. The committee also approved SB 532 on clerks of court funding, allowing clerks to retain all excess Article V revenue rather than returning half to the state and clarifying foreclosure sale procedures. In addition, the committee passed CS/CS/SB 1602 and CS/CS/SB 1604 to create and fund a pilot housing program for veterans through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, and CS/SB 1110 to expand Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including testimony from affected families and advocates. The committee also adopted an amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/SB 1012 on inmate services, removing the bill’s medical-services compensation provisions while retaining changes to the inmate welfare trust fund and related facility uses. It also adopted a delete-all amendment and then favorably reported CS/CS/CS/SB 1614, which was narrowed to remove a provision allowing local governments to use excess fees to construct new buildings. The committee spent substantial time on CS/SB 17, a Medicaid oversight and transparency bill. The sponsor said the measure would create a joint legislative Medicaid oversight committee, authorize the Legislature to retain its own actuary, modernize Medicaid statutes, strengthen managed-care performance standards, and increase accountability for pharmacy benefit managers and related entities. After amendment, the committee adopted changes removing several PBM-related provisions while retaining the broader oversight framework. Testimony from supporters emphasized transparency, fraud prevention, and cost control, while a PBM trade association asked to continue working on affiliate-manufacturer, network, and payment issues. The bill was reported favorably. The most extensive discussion centered on CS/SB 1758, which proposes major changes to Medicaid and SNAP. The sponsor described five reforms: stronger fraud and overpayment recovery authority, a Medicaid work requirement for certain able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral-health services through Medicaid waivers, pharmacy-program changes to obtain rebates and reduce institutional costs, and SNAP/EBT reforms including photo IDs and work requirements. The committee adopted two amendments: one adding a transitional “glide path” for people who gain employment but risk losing Medicaid, and another exempting hospice patients with six months or less to live. Supporters argued the bill would reduce fraud, improve accountability, and encourage work, while opponents warned it would increase administrative burdens, push eligible people off coverage, and conflict with federal law or guidance. The bill remained under debate with extensive public testimony from advocates, providers, and affected families, and the transcript ends before final disposition on the measure.

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• effective than needs-based distribution effective than needs-based distribution syringe<00:42:25.880
• But the thing about trust, it goes both ways.
• It takes time to build that trust.
• <00:46:22.559> it that areas but the thing about trust it that areas but the thing about trust
• goes both ways reason why there no trust goes both ways reason why there no trust again<00:46:25.240

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony on several health-related measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 1419, SB 1494, and SB 1495, which were taken out of order to accommodate ASL/Death Blind Task Force testimony. SB 1419, relating to Act 253 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2023), drew support from the Department of Human Services and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, with testimony emphasizing use of the term “low vision” and support for the program timeline. The committee later recommended passage with amendments, including technical changes and updated appropriation fiscal years, and the motion was adopted unanimously by the members present. SB 1494, concerning hearing aids, drew broad support from disability advocates and others who argued that hearing aids improve health, reduce accidents, and may help reduce dementia risk. Testifiers also urged that the bill define hearing aids as prescription hearing aids rather than including over-the-counter devices, and the Department of the Auditor and Insurance Division raised cost and coverage questions. The committee recommended passage with amendments, changing the coverage approach to optional coverage similar to vision and dental and requesting a sunrise analysis for prescription hearing aids; that recommendation was adopted. SB 1495, which exempts hearing aids from the general excise tax, also received support, while the Attorney General flagged a possible single-subject issue and the Tax Department estimated a potential $1.1 million revenue impact. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including deletion of the challenged language, technical fixes, and noting the revenue estimate; that recommendation was adopted. The committee then moved through additional measures with mostly supportive testimony. SB 1421 on medical records prompted questions about what happens when a solo practitioner dies or closes practice, and the discussion centered on ensuring patients can obtain records, including a proposed amendment requiring a successor provider to send records to the patient’s last known address. SB 1422, dealing with a special fund and vital statistics funding, was supported by the Department of Health, which said the special fund did not meet criteria and that deposits should instead go to the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. SB 1423 on certificate of need exemptions for Department of Health facilities drew support, with discussion of possibly extending exemptions to dialysis and behavioral health/psychiatric services; the Department indicated it would not oppose that change. SB 1424 on credentialing of health care providers also received support, and SB 1425 on the State Emergency Medical Services Committee focused on reducing quorum requirements because many members are active first responders and cannot always attend meetings. The committee also heard support for SB 1426 on emergency medical services, SB 1431 on viral hepatitis, and SB 1433 on harm reduction, with testimony on hepatitis outreach funding and syringe access best practices; for SB 1433, the Department of Health identified a blank in the bill and recommended a six-month period for the syringe-possession exception.

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• Rather than restore trust, this will decrease trust in vaccines.
• Rather than restore trust, this will decrease trust in vaccines.
• > this<02:09:14.960> will Rather than restore trust, this will Rather than restore trust
• decrease trust in vaccines. decrease trust in vaccines.
• <04:29:29.600> of issue of the public distribution of issue of the public distribution of

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The<00:46:05.840> trust<00:46:06.440> in The trust in The trust in amongst<00:46:07.840
• <00:49:57.400> them and I think we should trust them and I think we should trust them a<00
• trust Montpelier. Thank you, Mr. trust Montpelier. Thank you, Mr. President. President.
• Vermont's second largest distribution Vermont's second largest distribution utility<01:28:22.040
• <02:04:00.720> utility<02:04:01.160> managed distribution utility managed distribution

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and distributing
• the additional fees to the state. road fund, and adjusting certain formulaic distributions of motor
• vehicles, requiring additional registration fees for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and distributing
• the additional fees to the State Road Fund, adjusting certain formulaic distributions of motor vehicle
• An act authorizing a transfer from the general fund to the Behavioral Health Trust Fund.

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• The title is a form of public recognition of trust and safety and upholds the standards for a variety
• In other words, this tells them that they're working with someone that they can trust.
• Public trust and public integrity rely on title accuracy and transparency.
• The public wants to know that they can trust someone who says they are a doctor, a lawyer, an officer
• And to me, the licensure part of that is About establishing public trust and public safety.

Bills: HF3454, HF3917, HF2906, HF3832, HF3769

Keywords: social work, licensure, employment titles, health occupations, professional standards, medication repository, drug donation, healthcare, Minnesota Statutes, pharmacy, public health, controlled substances, psilocybin, psilocin, psychedelic, psychedelic medicine, hallucinogen, mushrooms, magic mushrooms, therapeutic use

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• They're state-of-the-art warehousing and distribution facilities, and that a...
• selling, distributing and selling of a Frito-Lay-type snack food.
• But I couldn't imagine getting the trust of those victims.
• If they don't trust you, they're not going to talk to you. and that's the truth.
• If they don't trust you, they're not going to talk to you.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up House Bill 4852, a strike-and-insert bill revising West Virginia’s food additive restrictions. Counsel explained that it moved the existing additive list into a new code section, kept the 2028 effective date, added exceptions for dietary supplements, alcoholic liquor, non-intoxicating beer, and small sellers under $5,000 per month, and created civil penalties for knowing violations. Testimony split between industry witnesses, who argued the bill and last year’s law would raise costs, burden interstate commerce, and conflict with federal regulation, and advocates who said the law is already prompting companies to reformulate and that the bill clarifies vague language tied to a federal injunction. Several amendments were offered to tie the law to FDA action or exempt soda, pepperoni rolls, frozen confections, and snack foods; some were adopted and others failed. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment as amended and reported HB 4852 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation. The committee next considered House Bill 5484, which creates felony offenses for interfering with a victim’s access to medical treatment or forensic care related to a sexual offense, or for forcing a victim of a sexual offense who becomes pregnant to have an illegal abortion, along with a conspiracy offense. Counsel said the strike-and-insert added clarifying language and definitions. Members raised concerns that the conspiracy language could be read to include the victim herself, and the bill sponsor said the intent was to target traffickers and abusers who keep victims from medical care and force abortions outside medical facilities. An amendment was adopted clarifying that nothing in the subsection imposes criminal liability on the victim of the sexual offense. The committee then adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, reported HB 5484 to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation, and adopted a title amendment. The final bill discussed in the excerpt was House Bill 4468, which narrows confidentiality protections for victims in criminal complaints by limiting redaction to names and addresses, while still allowing disclosure to other governmental entities and permitting victims to request redaction of addresses from appellate decisions after July 1, 2026. Counsel said the bill would replace broader existing confidentiality language and remove provisions allowing disclosure upon a showing of justice or by subpoena. Members questioned whether the change would weaken victim privacy protections, noting that identifying information can include much more than names and addresses. The committee then began hearing testimony from a county prosecutor on the bill, but the excerpt ends before any vote or final action on HB 4468.

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• That would be for the manufacturing, just the manufacturing, distribution, and selling as well.
• They're state-of-the-art warehousing and distribution facilities, and that a...
• But I couldn't imagine getting the trust of those victims.
• If they don't trust you, they're not going to talk to you. And that's the truth.
• If they don't trust you, they're not going to talk to you.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• Thank you. balance of this The balance of this, which is called a trust fund but was always intended
• to be an expendable trust, is sitting at $22,487,386 as of September 2025.
• So it started at 30, distributed to 10, and now it's up at 22.
• Trust Fund—those apprenticeships, which are only in the building and construction trades—currently 222
• However, because of investment, it's grown despite distributions.

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The House Labor, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee met to hear House Bill 7, sponsored by Representative Garrett and Representative Cates, which would continue and support apprenticeship and workforce training funding. The sponsors and the Department of Workforce Solutions described strong growth in apprenticeship participation, especially in the building trades, and said the fund has helped expand programs while maintaining high retention and employment outcomes. They emphasized that the bill would provide predictable, sustained investment in skilled labor needed for construction, infrastructure, and other growing sectors. Supportive testimony came from contractors, chambers of commerce, trade unions, and a small business owner, all of whom said apprenticeship funding is essential to meeting workforce shortages and keeping workers in New Mexico. Committee members asked about program demographics, geographic distribution, rural participation, reentry and high school dropout data, and how apprenticeships connect to displaced workers from energy and industrial closures. The secretary explained that the department uses Rapid Response and economic transition programs for layoffs and closures, and also surveys current energy workers to gauge retraining interest. Several members praised the bill’s return on investment and retention of workers in the state, while Representative de Rassas suggested adding more public transparency and performance metrics. Representative Ortiz asked about future funding after 2031 and whether the program could scale with more money. After discussion, Representative Hall moved a do pass, Representative de Rassas seconded, and the committee approved House Bill 7 with no opposition. The chair also announced upcoming committee meetings and asked members to consent to sharing contact information for committee purposes.

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• Safety for operating expenses and a $3 million general fund deposit in the State Home for Veterans Trust
• Commit ensures that the system remains worthy of that trust. Thank you. So thank you for your...
• Specifically, the bills create the Health Insurance Trust Fund Oversight Board to approve changes to
• First, the bills continue to spend the two-to-one match for the Arizona Financial Aid Trust Fund and
• Regarding the distribution of revenues for infrastructure improvements for manufacturing facilities,

Bills: HB4154, HB4155, HB4156, HB4157, HB4158, HB4159, HB4160, HB4161, HB4162, HB4163, HB4164, HB4165, HB4166, HB4167, HB4168, HB4169, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB1851, SB1852, SB1853, SB1854, SB1855, SB1856, SB1857, SB1858, SB1859, SB1860, SB1861, SB1862

Keywords: general appropriations act, state budget, biennial budget, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, fiscal year 2027, budget bill, spending authority, state spending, agency funding, public funds, executive budget, education funding, health and human services, public safety, transportation funding, legislative appropriations, budget resolution, state finance, government operations

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• to operate as trusts any longer.
• trust.
• Investments or handling distributions Investments or handling distributions the<00:18:42.400>
• further increases the size of a trust further increases the size of a trust that<00:18:49.200>
• > longer sense to operate as trusts any longer sense to operate as trusts any longer the<00:19

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If there's anybody who has materials to distribute for this, for HB 1810, you can distribute it now.
• the way that it would be distributed the way that it would be distributed would<03:14:01.279>
• <04:12:55.199> fund into the state's education trust fund into the state's education trust
• will educational trust trust fund, what will educational trust trust fund, what will that<04:19:
• the other distributions the other distributions so<04:42:54.718> you've<04:42:55.040>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase. Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase. Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• <00:15:03.279> fund, costs uh and the education trust fund, costs uh and the education trust
• Um, or I wouldn't want to trust that payment ranger little column would survive more than a month.
• Um, or I wouldn't want to trust that payment ranger little column would survive more than a month.
• Um, or I wouldn't want to trust that payment ranger little column would survive more than a month.
• that. um or I wouldn't want to trust that. um or I wouldn't want to trust that<01:12:50.400>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on SB 63, a bill described by Senator Tim Lang and other supporters as a technical correction to the rooms and meals tax distribution formula. Lang said the bill would clarify that the Division of Travel and Tourism’s 3.15% promotional allocation is taken from gross rooms-and-meals revenue before the 30% municipal reimbursement fund is calculated, which he argued restores the intended 2009/2021 structure and avoids an unintended loss to tourism marketing. Committee members raised questions about whether the bill actually changes section one or instead addresses DRA’s interpretation, and whether the measure could be affected by the budget process or HB 2. Jessica Keeler of Ski New Hampshire testified in strong support, saying the bill would preserve the promotional budget formula that had been in place since 2009 and that the 2019 revision effectively reduced the promotional allocation by placing the municipal share first. She said tourism promotion has helped increase visitation, revenues, and jobs, and warned that without a fix, the joint promotional program and other tourism efforts could be cut in future budgets. She also said the bill would not change the current year’s tourism budget but would matter for future cycles. Mike Summers of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association also supported SB 63, calling it a correction to the 2021 changes and arguing that state tourism marketing is essential because small businesses cannot reach distant markets on their own. He said the industry has benefited from state promotion, especially after COVID, but is now facing softer occupancy rates, lower Canadian visitation, and financial strain from debt and operating costs. Summers said the industry cannot make up for major tourism budget cuts on its own and urged maintaining or increasing travel and tourism funding. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.

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• <01:32:24.480> generation investments in distributed generation investments in distributed
• investments in um um distributed investments in um um distributed generation. generation. generation
• small distributed small distributed generation<01:35:09.199> resources<01:35:09.760> that
• trust fund. trust fund.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee began a work session on House Bill 1600, concerning access to the centralized voter registration database on election days. Secretary of State David Scanlan testified that the state already has a new statewide voter registration system connected to town clerks and supervisors of the checklist, and that the bill was probably unnecessary but acceptable if the legislature wanted it. He raised concern about language that could require direct electronic access in every polling place, noting that some polling locations lack reliable internet or cell service and that municipalities can change polling locations, which could make a rigid requirement expensive and impractical. Members discussed whether the bill should be clarified to allow direct or indirect access, including use of a phone-based workaround, and the secretary said that would address his concern. The committee then voted on HB 1600. Representative Maguire moved ought to pass with an amendment adding “direct or indirect access” on page one, line seven, and the motion was seconded. The amendment was adopted 9-0 by voice vote, and the committee then voted 9-0 to OTP the bill. The chair stated that HB 1600 would be placed on consent. The committee next took up House Bill 1197F FN, a technical correction to insurance laws. Members noted it had already passed the House with amendment and that the fiscal note was effectively indeterminate but would not affect the general fund because the insurance agency is self-funded. The committee voted 9-0 to OTP the bill; the chair said consent calendar placement would be decided by the full committee. Finally, the committee opened a work session on House Bill 11:30 FN regarding judicial performance evaluations. Representative Lynn, the bill’s sponsor, argued that the fiscal note overstated the immediate cost and said the judicial branch could likely manage through the current biennium while implementing the new system. He also supported making judges’ names public and said the bill’s anonymity provisions were aimed at protecting the identities of questionnaire respondents, not the judges being evaluated. Members asked about public disclosure, internal access to evaluation materials, and the removal of language allowing the governor and executive council to receive evaluations on request; discussion continued on those points, but no final vote on HB 11:30 FN was taken in the portion provided.

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• OK, we are going to distribute it.
• It's about a half page or I can go ahead and present while they're distributing.
• OK, it has been distributed. Madam Leader, would you like to explain the provisions of your Yes?
• If we could take that up first, please, the clerk is distributing.
• And in this befriending or trust building, that person may not do any of the actual lewd act directly

Bills: SB1450, SB1458, SB1232, SB1238, SB1325, SB1209, SB1362, SB2072, SB1451, SB1540, SB1581, SB1535, SB1266, SB1927, SB1460, SB2084, SB2182

Keywords: criminal court costs, court fees, fines, assessments, waiver, ability to pay, indigent defendants, post-release relief, probation compliance, parole, deferred sentence, suspended sentence, restitution, child support, municipal court, district court, criminal justice reform, court debt, legal financial obligations, fee waiver

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• Many of these libraries have food distribution programs. They connect people with health care.
• They're the most trusted institution in their communities, and they're some of the only institutions
• It's very different than establishing a trust fund or any of the mechanisms that we have currently as
• The number of distributions in those areas.
• It's easier for me to go to the food distribution.

Keywords: 996, all

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• to fill the office of governor could be trusted to deal fairly with office holders whom he or she was
• Currently, there are two revenue streams that go into the Early Childhood Trust Fund.
• Childhood Trust Fund. This is how this bill got from $350 million to $9.5 billion today.
• Fund and the Medicaid Trust Fund.
• Trust Fund. With that, Mr. President, I will stand for questions. Thank you, Senator Muñoz.

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• for the benefit of all Native communities against the U.S. government for mismanagement of Indian trust
• She is a college advisor at Albuquerque Academy, and she is the faculty sponsor for Native American Chargers
• Self-determination, while upholding our commitment of trust and responsibility.
• members under the jurisdiction of the Southwest Region through the programs under the Division of Trust
• Under the Division of Trust Service and the Division of Indian Services, Lila also is the mother of two

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• And we've distributed over 10,000 pounds of produce in Harding and Union counties.
• I believe it's a distribution of Narcan as well as helping out our veterans. Mr.
• I believe it's a distribution of NARCAN as well as helping out our veterans. Mr.
• And are they reverted to an opioid abatement fund or a trust?
• And are they reverted to an opioid abatement fund or a trust?

Bills: HB1

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• The Committee on Judiciary, Elections and Water Conservation, in the year of 2019, distribution of identification
• We think that expanding voters' access to the ballot box, expanding their ability to have trust that
• It will help to ensure not only trust in the system, but it will more importantly, as we've talked with
• The day he introduced himself to me as Democratic Policy Advisor in Ways and Means, he was the new guy

Keywords: 1182, all