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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the first observations of the task force was that almost all distribution methods based their
- that the distribution amount again nearly doubles using a 4.5% distribution rate from the current method
- 4.5% distribution rate from the using a 4.5% distribution rate from the current<00:34:54.480>
method - >
the <00:34:56.800>purple <00:34:57.359>bar <00:34:58.240>is current method - Now the purple bar is current method.
Bills:
HF3900
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
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- depending upon the state you got it from, where the elementary teacher is prepared through their methods
- depending upon the state you got it from, where the elementary teacher is prepared through their methods
- depending upon the state you got it from, where the elementary teacher is prepared through their methods
- depending upon the state you got it from, where the elementary teacher is prepared through their methods
- possible and with to the best methods possible and with that<03:44:47.359>
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/04/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- if it seems to be a better method, and as it says, additional tests developed through an adjudicative
- them to come up with a different method them to come up with a different method if<00:16:58.560>
- <00:16:59.959>
and if it's seemed to be a better method and if it's seemed to be a better - method and as<00:17:00.240>
it <00:17:00.399>says <00:17:01.000>additional <00:17 - need to change I Efficiency methods need to change I don't<00:37:09.119>
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Number 18 is related to special funds, method of funding B.
- This one and item 19, the next one, is in the budget for method of funding B, an increase in the method
- The program is $6 million, so again, this is in method of funding N.
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of million so again this is in method of million so again this is in method - So, so this is a method... Hilo. That's Hilo. So this is a method of funding.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- benefit of using that option, however, is that performance-based pathways can result in construction methods
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construction pathways can result in construction pathways can result in construction methods - c> are<00:31:02.400>
more <00:31:02.640>cost-effective <00:31:03.480>and methods - that are more cost-effective and methods that are more cost-effective and result<00:31:04.000>
in - energy codes have advanced alongside building technologies and more complex building systems, so have methods
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (02/17/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- if I read this correctly, is to allow a voter on election day to be able to provide an alternative method
- If someone can't prove the, uh, citizenship, it provides a method that would allow that to happen.
- citizenship, it the acid test, the citizenship, it provides<01:15:32.560>
a <01:15:32.800>method - that<01:15:33.360>
would <01:15:33.520>allow <01:15:33.840>that provides a method - that would allow that provides a method that would allow that to<01:15:34.320>
happen.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Community Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Our central concern with the bill today, though, is that it still allows email to serve as the sole method
- efficiency of going paperless, we believe that email should serve as a complement to traditional methods
- Our central concern with the bill today, though, is that it still allows email to serve as the sole method
- efficiency of going paperless, we believe that email should serve as a complement to traditional methods
- We believe that email should serve as a complement to traditional methods and not as a replacement.
Summary:
The committee first took up CS/SB 1730, a Live Local Act bill on affordable housing. The sponsor described it as a set of technical and policy adjustments to strengthen implementation, including changes to zoning, height, parking, moratoriums, attorney fees, and related land-use rules. An amendment by Senator Claudio was adopted, adding provisions such as a 10-story height limit near single-family neighborhoods, exclusions for certain protected areas, and changes to fee and use definitions. The committee then reported the bill favorably.
Members next considered CS/SB 1674 on unrated bonds for Israel bonds, with a clarifying amendment adopted to make clear the bill applied only to Israel bonds. CS/SB 140 on charter schools was also approved after debate over parent-led conversion of public schools, municipal job-engine charter schools, and surplus school property; opponents warned about local control and impacts on teachers and communities, while the sponsor said the bill preserved district authority and created new school-choice and economic-development options. The committee also passed SB 96, a claims bill for Jacob Rogers, and CS/SB 954 on recovery residences, after strike-all amendments that addressed zoning, ADA concerns, bed caps, staffing ratios, and limits on operation in certain multifamily settings. Senators expressed support for expanding treatment housing but also raised neighborhood and staffing concerns.
The committee then approved CS/SB 1714 on local housing assistance plans, which would allow SHIP funds for limited lot-rental assistance for mobile-home owners and require local plans to address mobile-home park closures. SB 658 on standardized construction lien release forms was reported favorably despite testimony from contractors and lawyers warning about possible effects on lien rights and the separate House proposal. The committee also reconsidered and then approved CS/SB 482 after a late-filed amendment addressing local government art fees and a key issue over defining “extraordinary circumstances,” with counties and cities saying more work remained. Finally, the committee passed SB 24 and CS/SB 4, both local claims bills, CS/SB 712 on synthetic turf and related construction rules, SB 952 repealing the emergency firearms/ammunition restriction, CS/SB 1164 allowing email notice delivery in landlord-tenant matters with opt-in safeguards, and SB 202 on municipal water and sewer rates, which drew extensive opposition from North Miami Beach and Miami Gardens officials over utility surcharges and revenue impacts. The meeting ended with SB 202 still under heavy questioning and testimony about the fairness and financial consequences of the surcharge structure.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (04/08/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It simply notifies them what they are anticipated to owe and a method to pay the amount back.
- It simply notifies them what they are anticipated to owe and a method to pay the amount back.
- Under the existing method of repayment.
- I did hear some testimony method option.
- in which they track scenario of method in which they track the<03:06:56.160>
hours.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/27/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- to make sure it addresses some of the things I've outlined today and to address the unfair pricing methods
- The sampling methods were also questioned by the professionals we were working with.
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The <02:00:37.119>sampling <02:00:37.599>methods <02:00:38.000 - The sampling methods were been used.
- The sampling methods were also<02:00:38.560>
questioned <02:00:39.440>by <02:00:39.679><
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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effective <01:06:52.000>health Disregarding other more effective health care methods - one-sided because there is nothing in any of those committees that actually are talking about natural methods
- or healthy immune-boosting methods.
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or <01:08:54.640>healthy methods or healthy methods or healthy uh<01:08: - c> immune<01:08:57.839>
boosting uh healthy immune boosting uh healthy immune boosting methods
Bills:
HB1853, HB1591, HB1961, HB1854, HB1965, HB1962, HB1959, HB2505, HB2576, HB1801, HB1804, HB1864, HB2319, HB2314, HB2115
Keywords:
HB1853, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, memory care, memory clinic, Hanai Memory Network, Executive Office on Aging, aging services, kupuna, caregiver support, long-term care, elder care, geriatrics, public health, dementia screening, care coordination, referral network, neighbor islands, rural health
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions.
The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system.
Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And with respect to those alternative methods, are those methods ones that would shift the cost to the
- Um, and with respect to those >> Um, and with respect to those alternative<01:23:41.440>
methods - ,<01:23:42.320>
are <01:23:42.560>those <01:23:42.800>in alternative methods - , are those in alternative methods, are those in methods<01:23:43.679>
ones <01:23:43.920>that - ones that would ship the cost to methods ones that would ship the cost to the<01:23:45.040>
rider
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and thus far we've been really taking a methodical process, kind of going through the landlord-tenant
- I think that it's definitely going to be a long and methodical process, and we do want to make sure
- thus far we've been really<01:14:20.480>
taking <01:14:20.719>a <01:14:20.960>methodical - taking a methodical process kind of<01:14:22.400>
going <01:14:22.640>through <01:14:23.360 - process has and we do and methodical process has and we do want<01:14:49.120>
to <01:14:49.280
Keywords:
combat sports, boxing, mixed martial arts, health regulations, safety standards, licensing, event regulation, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land.
They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments.
The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - Part 1 - 05/22/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So I would suggest there are two alternative methods to get to the $40 million.
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to there are two alternative um methods to there are two alternative um methods - There's also an alternative simplified credit method of getting there.
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credit also an alternative simplified credit also an alternative simplified credit method - So um you know method of getting there.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/08/25
Transcript Highlights:
- is a Senate-only provision in the Senate bill that authorizes an individual to take a variety of methods
- of driver's education instruction so long as the method of instruction in the curriculum is identical
- education methods of driver's education instruction<00:59:40.960>
so <00:59:41.280>long - ><00:59:41.359>
as <00:59:41.599>the <00:59:42.160>method <00:59:42.480>of - > instruction so long as the method of instruction so long as the method of instruction<00:59:42.960>
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Petrino said an interim study was formed, and the committee discovered alternative methods
- are discovered was that there are discovered was that there are alternative<00:17:26.400>
methods - <00:17:26.799>
from <00:17:27.039>current alternative methods from current alternative - methods from current practices<00:17:27.919>
that <00:17:28.240>appear <00:17:28.840>- are not effective in altering methods are not effective in altering students<00:17:47.360>
behavior - are not effective in altering methods are not effective in altering students<00:17:47.360>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We've learned that prevention is our most effective method to reduce cases and support those living with
- We've learned that prevention is our most effective method to reduce cases and support those living with
- We've learned that prevention is our most effective method to reduce cases and support those living with
- We've learned that prevention is our most effective method to reduce cases and support those living with
- We've learned that prevention is our most effective method to reduce cases and support those living with
Keywords:
HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 11, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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outlined combination of payment methods outlined combination of payment methods - This is an inappropriate method of doing that.
- profit on top of that this is the profit on top of that this is the inappropriate<01:01:03.799>
method - <01:01:04.280>
of <01:01:04.440>doing <01:01:05.240>that inappropriate method - of doing that inappropriate method of doing that second<01:01:06.559>
of <01:01:06.760>all
Summary:
The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard testimony on Senate Bill 897, which would create a Wildlife Liability Trust Fund within DCCA for administrative purposes. The chair opened by noting the hearing had to end by noon because of floor session, and that written testimony would be considered if not all witnesses could speak. Testimony included support from DCCA, the Attorney General’s office, the Public Utilities Commission, Charter Communications, Ulupono Initiative, AES Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric, Clearway Energy Group, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Hawaiian Telcom, and IBW Local 1260, with opposition or concerns from the Hawaii Association for Justice and some others. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill and asked for amendments, saying the fund would help address wildfire liability, protect customers and the economy, and support restoration of investment-grade credit; it also proposed a larger shareholder contribution and said the bill was part of a broader effort to raise settlement funds and improve grid safety and resiliency.
Committee members focused heavily on whether the bill would actually lower costs for ratepayers and improve credit ratings. DCCA said there was a nexus between limiting liability, creating a sufficiently large wildfire fund, and transparent mitigation requirements, but acknowledged there was no guarantee of a credit-rating improvement or precise estimate of rate impacts. Members questioned Hawaiian Electric about the assumptions in its cost comparisons, the 30-year securitization structure, and whether funding could be shifted later to shareholders after credit was restored. Hawaiian Electric responded that the bill assumes the fund is paid through securitization, that removing that presumption could undermine the credit-rating benefit, and that its models suggest credit-spread savings could offset the customer charge over time; it also said it would follow up with additional analysis. The company and Ulupono both described the measure as a difficult but potentially necessary way to socialize wildfire risk and avoid a larger crisis later.
The Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the bill’s liability caps and raised concerns about consumer rights, oversight discretion, statute-of-limitations changes, and evidence rules. Hawaiian Telcom suggested amendments to clarify compliance with FCC pole-attachment agreements. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided, and members indicated they wanted more analysis before being comfortable with the bill’s long-term ratepayer impacts.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's more of a collaborative approach, and collaborative safety is a formal method of safety system
- designed that uses information sharing and organizational transformation methods to correct mistakes
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safety <01:07:54.559>system <01:07:55.559>designed formal method - of safety system designed formal method of safety system designed uh<01:07:56.839>
that <01:07 - <01:08:04.039>
to organizational transformation methods to organizational transformation methods
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It simply notifies the employee what they are anticipated to owe and what methods there might be to pay
- they are anticipated to O and<00:07:26.120>
and <00:07:27.000>what <00:07:27.360>methods - there<00:07:28.319>
might <00:07:28.599>be <00:07:28.840>to and and what methods - there might be to and and what methods there might be to pay<00:07:29.639>
back <00:07:30.440> - <00:10:32.800>
that appropriate uh a payment method that appropriate uh a payment method that
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- least 30 complaints, including allegations that Feeding Our Future used unethical or inappropriate methods
- future used unethical<00:19:18.520>
or <00:19:18.720>inappropriate <00:19:19.520>methods - <00:19:19.919>
to unethical or inappropriate methods to unethical or inappropriate methods - from almost every member that they haven't seen it, so we have to think of a better distribution method
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to <00:38:03.319>provide <00:38:03.560>you <00:38:03.640>a Method
Summary:
The Education Policy Committee met to hear a delayed presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on MDE’s oversight of Feeding Our Future, a report released in June 2024. The chair framed the hearing as an oversight review of how the Minnesota Department of Education handled the nonprofit’s participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program, emphasizing that the hearing was not about criminal charges against agency staff. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall and Director of Special Reviews Katherine Tyson explained that their review focused on state oversight, not the underlying federal fraud case, which involved an alleged $250 million scheme and ongoing criminal proceedings.
The auditors concluded that MDE’s oversight was inadequate and created opportunities for fraud. They said MDE failed to act on warning signs before the pandemic, did not effectively use its authority to hold Feeding Our Future accountable, and was ill prepared to respond to problems. Examples included approving applications despite concerns about internal controls and staffing, failing to follow up on earlier review findings, not adequately investigating at least 30 complaints, and in one case referring a complaint back to Feeding Our Future for resolution rather than conducting an independent investigation. They also said MDE deferred serious deficiencies without enough evidence that problems had been fully corrected and approved meal claims despite records showing major inconsistencies.
Tyson said MDE had made progress on all eight recommendations in the report, though one recommendation to the legislature had not yet been addressed because the session had not convened since the report’s release. The auditors recommended that the legislature establish clearer statutory criteria or give MDE rulemaking authority for sponsor applications, and that MDE strengthen verification of sponsor information, focus more on high-risk sponsors, improve complaint procedures, and emphasize program integrity if waivers reduce oversight in the future. In response to member questions, the auditors said MDE’s reported progress was partial in some areas and that further review would be needed to fully confirm implementation. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing.