MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

We're going to try to calculate those on an annual emission basis.
We're going to try to calculate those on an annual emission basis.
We're going to try to calculate those on an annual emission basis.
We're going to try to calculate those on an annual emission basis.

Bills: HF3556

Keywords: community solar, energy, solar power, renewable energy, Melissa Hortman, 1183, house

Summary: The committee approved the February 26, 2026 minutes and then took up House File 3556, which would rename Minnesota’s community solar garden program the Melissa Hortman Community Solar Garden Program. The bill’s author described the measure as a tribute to Hortman’s leadership and her role in creating the program, noting its importance to Minnesota’s solar industry and the broader clean energy transition. The author moved HF 3556 to the general register, and the committee proceeded to testimony. Testifiers from the Public Utilities Commission, Department of Commerce, solar industry groups, clean energy organizations, and community solar advocates all supported the bill. They credited Hortman with authoring and advancing the 2013 legislation that created Minnesota’s community solar program and said it became a national model that expanded access to solar for renters, lower-income households, and others who could not install rooftop systems. Several witnesses highlighted the program’s growth, including more than 1 gigawatt of approved projects, strong participation by low- and moderate-income subscribers, and job creation and private investment in Minnesota. Witnesses also emphasized Hortman’s personal leadership style, describing her as prepared, persuasive, collaborative, and deeply committed to clean energy and public service. Some recounted personal interactions with her and said the name change would preserve her legacy and ensure future Minnesotans remember her impact. No vote on the bill itself was taken during the testimony shown, beyond the motion to send HF 3556 to the general register.

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

So, we can calculate that.
system.<00:41:26.079> So,<00:41:26.240> we<00:41:26.480> can<00:41:26.640> calculate
So, we can calculate that. Um system. So, we can calculate that.

Bills: HF624

Keywords: HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/25/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

That would be some of the calculations that we've done would be if we could purchase everything that
That would be some of the calculations<01:13:00.480> that<01:13:00.640> we've<01:13:00.960
> done<01:13:01.120> would<01:13:01.360> be<01:13:01.600> if calculations
that we've done would be if calculations that we've done would be if we<01:13:02.000> could<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

timelines, that we do it successfully, and that we minimize any potential errors in the audit calculations
the<00:45:45.520> audit errors um in the in the audit errors um in the in the audit calculations
that<00:45:46.960> will<00:45:47.280> eventually<00:45:48.079> uh calculations
that will eventually uh calculations that will eventually uh eventually<00:45:49.040> be<00:45

Bills: HR1

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability, 1183, house

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/23/26

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:

was talking about is the child that is really the first year of the child, and that's how that calculation
of the child and and that's<01:12:13.199> how<01:12:13.360> that<01:12:13.600> calculation
that's how that calculation is done. that's how that calculation is done.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:

some something from the perspective of one of those old guys who just got scared when I started calculating
08:26.319> started who just got scared when I started who just got scared when I started calculating
27.279> been<01:08:27.359> in<01:08:27.440> the<01:08:27.600> healthc calculating
I've been in the healthc calculating.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The House communicated that it had passed House Bill 4 and requested concurrence. The chamber then received second-reading reports for Senate Bills 18, 33, 85, and 132, and committee reports indicating Senate Bills 136, 183, 2, 4, and 71 should pass, with some substitutes and title amendments. The Senate also introduced Senate Resolutions 79 and 80 honoring Joseph Harden McFarland and Jeremiah Parsons. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 5, relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement. The sponsor described it as a way to improve school nutrition, support Kentucky producers, and keep food dollars in local communities. Several senators spoke in support, including references to the Make America Healthy Task Force and the idea of using food procurement as a tool for rural prosperity and better nutrition in schools. Senate Bill 5 passed by roll call, 38-0. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 73, which would allow home-based processors to use beef tallow in cosmetic products. The sponsor said the bill would expand existing home-processing authority beyond food products to cosmetics. It passed unanimously, 38-0. Senate Bill 12, relating to medical provider coverage and level four trauma centers, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued it would help rural hospitals join the trauma network by allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to work under physician supervision, including remote supervision, and said it would improve access and save lives in underserved areas. Opponents, including a physician senator, argued the bill would lower trauma-care standards and could put patients at risk by allowing non-physician staffing in facilities that need immediate hands-on medical expertise. After lengthy discussion, the bill was advanced and then passed by roll call, with supporters emphasizing rural access and opponents warning about patient safety and the adequacy of physician coverage.

KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (7-30-25) - Reupload

Transcript Highlights:

Um, and so the bill expands the scope and type of information that can be used to calculate erroneous
into effect for the expansion population and related to immigration status um will factor into the calculation
Um, and so the bill expands the scope and type of information that can be used to calculate erroneous
into effect for the expansion population and related to immigration status um will factor into the calculation

Keywords: 00:00:22 - Call to Order and Roll Call 00:03:00 – Approval of June 25, 2025 Minutes 00:03:22 - Update on Federal Changes to the Medicaid Program 01:03:44 - State Directed Payments, Provider Taxes, and the Rural Health Transformation Fund: How Medicaid Changes Could Impact Kentucky Hospitals 01:29:42 – Public Comments 01:45:25 – Announcements 01:46:19 - Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028. Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.

HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

House Special Committee on Red Hill Info Briefing - Mon Jul 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:

the rigging and lift plans to ensure appropriate handling of pipe sections, and a controlled and calculated
the rigging and lift plans to ensure appropriate handling of pipe sections, and a controlled and calculated
eventually removed from inside the tanks include instrument wells, sample... and a controlled and calculated
process and a controlled and calculated process to<00:38:21.920> safely<00:38:22.320> transport

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings. For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations. NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27. The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.

MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

Section seven deals with the assigned family responsibility part of the calculation.
assigned family responsibility part of assigned family responsibility part of the<00:33:07.039> calculation
08.320> Um,<00:33:08.640> it<00:33:08.880> amends<00:33:09.360> the the calculation
Um, it amends the the calculation.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/09/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

However, redirecting calculated efficiency savings to Corridors of Commerce effectively reduces the existing
However, redirecting<00:03:46.799> calculated<00:03:47.440> efficiency redirecting calculated
efficiency redirecting calculated efficiency savings<00:03:48.560> to<00:03:48.879> corridors

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

The funding would result in over 8 million pounds of synthetic nitrogen avoided, which, when calculated
51:55.280> avoided<00:51:56.119> which<00:51:56.599> when<00:51:56.760> calculated
nitrogen avoided which when calculated nitrogen avoided which when calculated at<00:51:57.319>

Bills: HF2446, HF2878, HF2667, HF1795, HF2683, HF2916

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (04/01/2025)

Transcript Highlights:

And I'm not sure without a calculation that neither you nor I can make at this moment.
Um, and I'm not sure without a calculation<01:10:16.800> that<01:10:17.120> neither<01:
10:17.520> you<01:10:17.760> nor<01:10:18.080> I<01:10:18.400> can calculation
that neither you nor I can calculation that neither you nor I can make<01:10:18.960> at<01:10

Our calculations is that this would provide around $2.5 million of consistent revenue to the campaign
01:22:11.560> out<01:22:11.920> system<01:22:12.280> our<01:22:12.480> calculations
<01:22:13.120> is to an OP out system our calculations is to an OP out system our calculations

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs met on March 12, 2025, and heard testimony on several election-related and governance measures. On SB 176, relating to recounts, the Office of Elections supported clarifying that recount triggers should be based on the final Election Day report rather than the 6:00 a.m. next-day report, citing a 2022 recount example. The chair noted 3 testimonies in support, 42 in opposition, and 1 comment. On SB 1337, relating to the Stadium Authority, the authority supported changing quorum rules so only voting members count, explaining that the current interpretation makes it difficult to conduct business; written testimony from DBEDT was also received. On SB 289, relating to ethics administrative fines, the Ethics Commission supported uniform procedures to resolve uncontested enforcement matters more quickly while preserving due process; written support was also noted. The committee then heard SB 311, a proposed constitutional amendment on freedom of speech and money in elections. Supporters, including Community Alliance on Prisons, Our Revolution Hawaii, Pride at Work Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and others, argued that money in politics distorts democracy and that the amendment would help prevent wealthy interests from buying influence. Opponents, including the Hawaii Christian Coalition and individual testifiers, argued that changing the constitution was too serious, that the proposal should be handled by ordinary legislation instead, and that the measure could create legal conflict. Deputy Attorney General Candace Park said the bill would only matter if key federal cases such as Buckley and Citizens United were overturned, and the chair thanked her for the legal input. The committee also heard SB 780, relating to election ballot disqualification, which would exclude candidates disqualified by constitutional or statutory provisions and create procedures for challenges. Opposition testimony said the bill would undermine voter choice, burden courts and election officials, and invite misuse; the Hawaii Christian Coalition echoed those concerns. Members raised questions about whether the measure would apply only to state and county offices, and the Attorney General’s office said it would follow up. Finally, on SB 1030, relating to election intimidation, supporters said firearms should not be brought near polling places or ballot drop boxes, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary and could affect lawful possession; the committee received 12 testimonies, with 39 in support. The committee then began SB 1225, a proposed constitutional amendment changing the vote threshold for legislative amendments to a majority of votes tallied, excluding blanks, spoiled ballots, and overvotes; testimony in support was heard from the LGBTQ+ Commission and others, and the discussion was still underway when the excerpt ended.

MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Human Services - 02/26/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

So if we applied the same savings calculation to the approximately 124,000 older Minnesotans enrolled
right so if we applied the<00:25:04.880> same<00:25:05.120> savings<00:25:05.600> calculation
<00:25:06.080> to<00:25:06.279> the the same savings calculation to the the same savings
calculation to the approximately<00:25:07.360> 124,000<00:25:08.360> older<00:25:08.640

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

Well, I don't think it takes a huge amount of calculation that still 11% and 6%, and that's a lot more
18.480> with don't think it takes a huge amount with don't think it takes a huge amount with calculation
22:20.080> 11%<01:22:20.800> and<01:22:21.159> 6%<01:22:22.159> and calculation
that still 11% and 6% and calculation that still 11% and 6% and that's<01:22:22.440> a<01:22:

Bills: HF47, HF335

Keywords: telecommunications, installation, certification, safety, underground utilities, HF335, Greater Minnesota, economic development, public infrastructure, grant program, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, business development, infrastructure grants, local government aid, general fund appropriation, rural development, site development, utilities, roads

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/20/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

And I don't know how to calculate how many bad things will not happen to the mother in terms of infections
01:16:46.600> to of the birth and I don't know how to of the birth and I don't know how to calculate
48.000> bad<01:16:48.239> things<01:16:48.440> will<01:16:48.639> not calculate
how many bad things will not calculate how many bad things will not happen<01:16:49.639> to<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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