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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We send them text messages now.
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Summary:
The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules.
Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs.
Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would urge everyone to go pull up the text of that.
- I would urge everyone to go pull up the text of that.
- And I would urge everyone to go pull up the text of that.
- associations of individuals, and the dissent offers no evidence about the original meaning of the text
- associations of individuals, and the dissent offers no evidence about the original meaning of the text
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Taxes Committee considers HF169 3/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- While we were in this committee, I actually texted a number of our nonprofit organizations that serve
- While we were in this committee, I actually texted a number of our nonprofit organizations that serve
- While we were in this committee, I actually texted a number of our nonprofit organizations that serve
- While we were in this committee, I actually texted a number of our nonprofit organizations that serve
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a this committee I actually texted a this committee I actually texted a number
Summary:
The committee took up House File 169, which would change the tax structure for charitable gambling. Representative Robbins offered and the committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment, described as a technical correction to ensure sports-themed tip boards are not inadvertently taxed under the bill. Robbins then presented the bill as a way to replace the current tiered combined net receipts tax on charitable gambling with a flat 5% rate, arguing charities were being overtaxed and that prior promises of relief had not been fully delivered.
Chair Stevenson pushed back on several of Robbins’ factual claims, correcting the record on the status of E-pull tabs, the share of charitable gambling revenue they represent, and the amount of tax relief already enacted in 2023 and 2024. He said E-tabs were not eliminated, that the revenue split between paper pull tabs and E-tabs is closer to 45/55, and that charities had already received a $15 million tax cut plus savings from reduced developer fees. Robbins responded that the changes still significantly reduced revenue and that the bill was intended as a middle-ground approach.
Testimony largely came from charitable gambling and veterans groups in support of the bill. Rachel Jenner of Allied Charities of Minnesota said nearly 1,000 charities depend on charitable gambling, cited high taxes and fees, and said many organizations were seeing revenue declines after the new E-pull tab rules took effect. Dr. Christy Jano of the American Legion Department of Minnesota said charitable gambling funds support veterans, youth, and community programs, and that a flat 5% tax would help posts continue those efforts. Members asked about the size of the revenue drops and how much gambling proceeds go to overhead and operating costs; Jenner said the losses varied by organization and that it was too early to know the long-term effect, while Jano said some expenses are used for property taxes and building upkeep. The committee then moved on to additional testimony, including Tim Angstrom, but no final vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Judiciary (2-12-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- Within five days, he had already called or texted me 23-plus times, and on Tuesday the 17th he showed
- within 5 days he had already<00:08:18.000>
called <00:08:18.400>or <00:08:18.639>texted - <00:08:19.000>
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and <00:08:22.400>on - showing up and watching the street texts showing up and watching the street that's<00:21:41.039>
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Keywords:
The live stream for this meeting cut off before the end. This is the complete meeting pulled from back ups.
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:05
HB 38: 00:02:42
HB 206: 00:29:22, 958, all
Summary:
The committee began with roll call and introductory remarks, including recognition of new members and guests. It then took up House Bill 38, sponsored by Representative Tipton, which would increase penalties for repeated violations of an order of protection. Under the committee substitute, a third violation involving the same order and same individual could be elevated from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony. Tipton and domestic violence survivor Maryanne Pratt testified in support, with Pratt describing repeated abuse, protective-order violations, and ongoing fear despite arrests and jail time. Several members spoke in favor of the bill and praised Pratt’s testimony.
Members and outside witnesses raised concerns about the substitute’s language, especially the requirement that the same victim be involved and whether the bill could leave gaps for repeat abusers with different victims. Representative Burke and others questioned whether the conduct was already covered by stalking or assault statutes. Scott West, speaking for the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, argued that the bill could allow technical contempt findings to be used as predicate offenses and noted that existing assault and stalking laws already address much of the conduct. Sponsor Tipton said the language was not final and that further changes might be considered in the Senate. Despite the concerns, the committee adopted the substitute and passed HB 38 with favorable expression by a 19-0 vote.
The committee then heard House Bill 206, sponsored by Representative Nemes, on wrongful conviction compensation. Nemes introduced exonerees and representatives from the Kentucky Innocence Project, and the substitute was adopted without objection. Testimony came from Paul Herd, who spent 20 years wrongfully convicted and described the difficulty of reentry, and Jon Acar, who said he was wrongly convicted as a teenager and spent years in custody and on parole. Both urged passage of the bill as overdue support for people exonerated after wrongful convictions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/15/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- First, because we have a longer hearing and a full room, I'm going to read the message that we often
- offered to run interference against state agencies investigating the fraudsters, even going as far as texting
- offered to run interference against state agencies investigating the fraudsters, even going as far as texting
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Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, please, I just want to put this message out there: if you are trying to defend the bill, thank
- 12-year-old girl to be raped by her father and forced to give birth, which is not at all what the text
- I think it's inappropriate, and if I had the person's number who put out those texts, I would have called
- And if I had the person's number who put out those texts, I would have called her and told her myself
- And if I had the person's number who put out those texts, I would have called her and told her myself
Bills:
SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Miss Hegler said she did not know for sure how exactly the department gets the message out to retailers
- So on that first page, 1.15 through 1.17, the verbiage or the actual text is: deposited in the account
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- So on that first page, 1.15 through 1.17, the verbiage or the actual text is deposited in the account
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- complication between the way 195 interrelates, but I think the problem is introduced right here in the text
- complication between the way 195 interrelates, but I think the problem is introduced right here in the text
- complication between the way 195 interrelates, but I think the problem is introduced right here in the text
- complication between the way 195 interrelates, but I think the problem is introduced right here in the text
- Representative Spillsbury: I think the problem is introduced right here in the text of 195:2-a.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 662, which would require public schools to include discussion of abortion procedures and show specified videos in health education classes. The prime sponsor argued the bill would ensure students receive medically accurate, age-appropriate, and nonpolitical information about abortion, saying the topic is important for informed decision-making and should be taught consistently statewide. He said the videos were intended for grades 9-12, that parents could opt out, and that the requirement was meant to supplement, not sway, students’ views. He also acknowledged the bill could be seen as limiting local control over curriculum and said the intent was to prevent the topic from being missed due to scheduling disruptions.
Committee members questioned the sponsor about local control, the need for a video mandate, the source of his statistics, whether the bill could be biased or inflammatory, and whether the requirement should apply every year in high school. The sponsor said the videos were only a starting point, could be replaced by others, and were meant to be informational. He also said the bill was not intended to influence students’ decisions about abortion. Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives of New Hampshire Right to Life and others who said students should be told the “truth” about abortion and its consequences. They emphasized graphic or emotionally difficult aspects of abortion and argued that young people need this information to make informed choices.
Opponents and skeptical witnesses raised concerns about prescribing curriculum, eroding local control, and the appropriateness of the material for younger high school students. The New Hampshire School Administrators Association said the bill was overly prescriptive, that health education standards are already set by the State Board of Education, and that the topics in the bill are not part of the current standards. That witness recommended the committee consider retaining the bill for further work or making it less prescriptive. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/14/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Across those conversations, the alliance heard a consistent message: communities are experiencing less
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heard <01:34:06.760>a <01:34:06.840>consistent <01:34:07.560>message - the alliance heard a consistent message. the alliance heard a consistent message.
- wake up and I check my email and I see um and Senator Swedzinski can vouch for me because I routinely text
- wake up and I check my email and I see um and Senator Swedzinski can vouch for me because I routinely text
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
The Push for New Protections for Consumers / Adding MLD to Minnesota’s Newborn Screening Program Mar 10th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It can come at your front door, as a matter of fact, or through a text.
- So if you get a strange email or a text, whether it's, you know, from a long-lost nephew who needs $55,000
- So if you get a strange email or a text, whether it's, you know, from a long-lost nephew who needs $55,000
- So if you get a strange email or a text, whether it's, you know, from a long-lost nephew who needs $55,000
- So if you get a strange email or a text, whether it's, you know, from a long-lost nephew who needs $55,000
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- about those kinds of things: listening to communities, making sure that we're on target with our messaging
- Public value, trust, and a unifying message is also a theme in this data.
- Public value, trust, and a unifying message is also a theme in this data.
- The last two themes are public value, trust, and a unified message.
- Chair Sickler, Representative Martinson, I was texting to make sure if your name was on the list for
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/03/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know if everybody's been reading their messages and their email.
- I don't know if everybody's been reading their messages and their email.
- I don't know if everybody's been reading their messages and their email.
- And my concern is that despite your best efforts to spread the message, um, so many egg farmers around
- , um, so many egg farmers the message, um, so many egg farmers around<04:52:53.680>
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DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- [Unclear/garbled roll call continues with repeated names and filler text.] Ms. Moore, yes. Mr.
- I guess large data centers are definitely going to get the message.
- Representative Osienski, Madam Speaker, may I have Senate Bill 75 veto message read in, please. Mr.
- Chief Clerk, please read in the veto message.
- Chief Clerk, may that be considered the reading of the veto message? Yes, ma'am.
Summary:
The House convened on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, and moments of silence for Gerlindy Lancelotti and Iva Durham. Members then took up a long agenda of bills and resolutions, including consent calendar items and several measures related to agriculture, lottery reporting, health care, fire service membership standards, inmate work, telecommunications, rent increases, youth camp licensing, primary elections, respiratory care practice, and marriage equality. The chamber also heard extended debate on Senate Bill 233, concerning removal of snow and ice from vehicles, and on House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary while barring participation in both parties’ primaries.
Among the notable actions, House Concurrent Resolution 157 passed as amended, directing the State Lottery to report on options to support traditional lottery retailers. Senate Bill 53, preserving the Delaware Farm to Community Program if federal support declines, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 307, giving the Public Service Commission authority to designate eligible Lifeline carriers, and Senate Bill 339, clarifying advance health care directives, also passed. Senate Bill 235, removing a sunset on manufactured home rent increase calculations, passed, as did Senate Bill 325 after House Amendment 1 narrowed disqualifying offenses for fire service membership and adjusted related background-check rules. Senate Bill 309, discharging remaining incarceration-cost balances, and Senate Bill 324, addressing constable-related firearm permit provisions, both passed.
The chamber tabled Senate Bill 233 once to consider a proposed amendment for trucks and other hard-to-clear vehicles, but the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended by the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 19, directing DHSS to study strategies to reduce health care costs, was tabled pending legal review. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry, passed after extensive floor debate and personal statements from members on both sides. Senate Bill 293, creating a licensure pathway for summer camps to participate in purchase-of-care, passed after House Amendment 1. House Bill 188 on open primary access for unaffiliated voters passed 22-17, and Senate Bill 94, concerning respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery, passed after House Amendment 2. The transcript ends as the House begins consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- To that point, Diane just texted me. She has all these numbers, so maybe we could just move to her.
- To that point, Diane just texted me. She has all these numbers, so maybe we could just move to her.
- So the bill seems ambiguous as written, and so I'm voting no to send that message to the budgeteers that
- And if you would let, uh, If you would let Senator Gowan know his bills, if someone can text him.
Bills:
SB1041, SB1050, SB1131, SB1138, SB1249, SB1267, SB1272, SB1317, SB1461, SB1488, SB1504, SB1517, SB1523, SB1580, SB1582, SB1584, SB1585, SB1602, SB1630, SB1654, SB1672, SB1673, SB1718, SB1761, SB1819, SB1826, SB1827
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, veterans, lifetime pass, state parks, Arizona, access, disabled veterans, cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, automated license plate readers
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I did text him early this morning, immediately after we had our call this morning with our community
- Now, I appreciate the email, the text.
- However, we should have been involved at the first... ...email, the text.
- that backdrop, policies that expand immigration-adjacent data collections send a clear and chilling message
Keywords:
physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Government Affairs May 30th, 2025 at 03:30 pm
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Maybe can call them or text them? The other one is on as we speak, I... we're getting...
- Stewart texting me really early, the “Section by section, or would you like them to give highlights?”
- Stewart was texting me really early this morning with incredible enthusiasm about maybe possibly his
- workforce development agencies see the needs for certain workforce development jobs in the future, that message
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 2370 - Cannabis Omnibus - 05/16/25
Transcript Highlights:
- messages and you're welcome<01:09:29.600>
to <01:09:30.159>um <01:09:30.799>review< - <01:11:54.000>
we what is the most important messaging we what is the most important messaging - So, this message is for you to know that we hear you, we see you, and also that we hope this message
- So, this message is for you to know that we hear you, we see you, and also that we hope this message
- So, this message is for local control.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, May 15, 2026 - PM
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Hamilton County, Ohio, we were among the first major metropolitan areas in the nation to implement text-to
- -911<01:35:59.200>
calls, <01:35:59.720>integrated manage text-to-911 calls, integrated - manage text-to-911 calls, integrated emergency<01:36:00.800>
systems, <01:36:01.720>crisis - -911 the nation to implement text-to-911 the nation to implement text-to-911 technology,<01:36:21.000
- So, I think, you know, some of the messaging from folks I talked to that were in contact with the White
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And so if you guys know where your colleagues are, if you guys could text Rep. Vieira or Rep.
- And I will take it upon myself to text. Here's Rep. Cabral. Great. So now we have four. Here's Rep.
- And hopefully as we text folks to figure out where they are, we are in Democratic caucus for the representatives
- And hopefully as we text folks to figure out where they are, we are in Democratic caucus for the representatives
Summary:
The meeting focused on organizing the Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Commission, including confirming quorum, approving prior minutes, electing leadership, and planning next steps. Once quorum was reached, members approved the minutes from the prior meeting and unanimously elected Senator Liz Miranda and Representative Kip Diggs as co-chairs. There was also discussion of whether vice chairs should be added later, with several members favoring a mix of legislative and appointed/community representation.
A major portion of the discussion centered on expanding the commission membership and identifying candidates who reflect regional, gender, and professional diversity, with emphasis on arts, culture, history, philanthropy, development, and construction. Members suggested numerous names from Boston, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Cape Cod, Taunton, and other communities, and there was broad interest in including people connected to cultural organizations, universities, and the business/development community. Members also discussed whether designees could count toward quorum, but no rule change was adopted during the meeting.
The commission also discussed its operating structure and public process. Members agreed to submit two or three recommended names by November 13, and to reconvene on November 25 at 4 p.m. to finalize recommendations and continue building the commission. They also discussed meeting cadence, with support for alternating formal meetings and site visits or listening sessions every other month, plus possible subcommittees to handle research between meetings. The chair noted that the commission is public-facing, will keep records and minutes, and will need to consider the organizational vehicle or advisory structure that will support Cape Verdean clubs and associations in the broader project. The meeting adjourned after these next steps were outlined.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- Daniel Galano's old phone from when Galano was in his position at the Department of Human Services, so texts
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Summary:
The committee considered five bills. SB 2567, the Mississippi Pediatric Access to Critical Health Care Protection Act, would allow a border hospital to accept Medicaid patients and payments; it was moved as title sufficient and reported, with one member opposing. SB 2571, the Foster Youth Earn Benefit Protection for Success Act, would require Social Security survivor or disability benefits for foster youth to be used for the child rather than reimbursing the state for foster care costs; the sponsor said the bill follows federal guidance and other states’ practices, and it was reported after a title-sufficient motion, with one opposition.
SB 2708 would require insurers to cover postpartum depression screenings. Senator Boyd said most insurers already do this, and he offered an amendment to strike lines 364-368 because of concerns about step-therapy language; the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill. SB 2765 would open code sections related to DHS and Medicaid income verification so Mississippi can respond to federal error-rate penalties tied to SNAP and related programs; Senator Sparks said the state’s 10.69% error rate could trigger about $128 million in annual penalties, and members discussed whether the state’s change-reporting rules may be inflating that rate. The bill was reported.
The final bill, SB 2746, the Older Mississippians Act, was described by DHS as a cleanup measure that updates aging-services statutes, formally designates Mississippi as the state unit on aging, and removes obsolete program references. After brief discussion, it was reported on a title-sufficient motion. At the end of the meeting, Senator McMahan publicly thanked the chair for his work, and the committee then moved to rise and report.