Video & Transcript Research : 'distributed ledger'
Page 131 of 351
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- If your intention is to continue funding the board, and we hope you do, we did distribute a technical
- > a<00:27:42.720>
technical <00:27:43.120>amendment <00:27:43.720>that distribute - a technical amendment that distribute a technical amendment that would<00:27:44.320>
uh <00:27 - So, during that last presentation, we were distributed statutory language.
- last presentation we were distributed last presentation we were distributed statutory<01:12:51.320>
Summary:
The working session focused on the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s budget request and its recent work. Early discussion centered on a technical question about a statutory dedicated fund for donations: members asked why the budget did not show a line item for accepting donations, and DHHS CFO Nathan White explained that the statute already authorizes the fund, but because no revenue has been received yet, it does not appear in the budget. He said any future donations would go through the normal process under RSA 14:30-a, with fiscal committee and Governor and Council approval and a memo to the Department of Revenue Administration. The chair clarified that the account was not a prerequisite to soliciting donations, and White said the fund would supplement, not replace, General Fund support.
Kirk Williamson, the board’s executive director, then presented the board’s mission and budget. He said the governor’s budget provides about $256,500 in the first year and slightly more in the second, all General Funds, and that the board had distributed a technical amendment to continue the executive director position. He described the board’s role as analyzing prescription drug costs, identifying savings opportunities, monitoring market trends, promoting transparency, and making recommendations to the legislature and public payers. He also emphasized that the board operates publicly, with live-streamed meetings and a stakeholder advisory council that includes unions, state agencies, Medicaid, corrections, higher education, and other stakeholders.
A major topic was the board’s estimate of $6 million in potential savings, based on Medicare’s newly negotiated prices for 10 drugs. Williamson explained that the board used those federal negotiated prices as a benchmark to estimate what New Hampshire public payers might be missing by not having similar leverage, and said the board is trying to build evidence for future recommendations rather than directly setting prices. Members asked how those potential savings could become actual savings, and Williamson said the board is sharing findings through its advisory council and feedback loops, though it has not yet sent a formal recommendation letter to specific purchasers. He also discussed the difference between pharmacy-benefit spending, which relies heavily on PBM-negotiated rebates, and medical-benefit spending, which is administered differently and is being added to the board’s next report.
Williamson highlighted other work, including a model on Humira and a pending legislative effort to improve biosimilar competition, plus a proposed state-backed pharmacy savings card that would be no cost to the state and could save users about $240 per prescription based on Connecticut’s experience. No votes were taken during the session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- local farmers and producers by funding projects to purchase Minnesota-grown and raised food and distribute
- So it's a full-blown exercise where vaccine placebo vaccine will be distributed, shipped up to Minnesota
- Most importantly, we have over 30 employees that are widely distributed across the state.
- widely distributed across the state. widely distributed across the state.
- <01:28:21.280>
uh do aggregation distribution uh do aggregation distribution uh manufacturing
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/13/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- This just deals with post-arrest photographic distribution, as I read it.
- It does discuss whose photos, for what crime they're charged, whether or not they can be distributed.
- Um, so I'm I I guess distribution.
- Is that not not they can be distributed. Is that not true? true? true?
- and it just deals with the distribution and it just deals with the distribution of<03:24:18.960>
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/21/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- that far that food at no to distribute that far that food at no cost<01:03:40.000>
to <01:03:40.799 - we question Christian I think I I question sometime I was told that whoever gets the money can distribute
- we question Christian I think I I question sometime I was told that whoever gets the money can distribute
- we question Christian I think I I question sometime I was told that whoever gets the money can distribute
- to whoever wants and this is distribute to whoever wants and this is a<01:18:11.040>
staff <01
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- terminals here in New Hampshire, or it will come in by truck from out of state, but it must be distributed
- terminals here in New Hampshire, or it will come in by truck from out of state, but it must be distributed
- terminals here in New Hampshire, or it will come in by truck from out of state, but it must be distributed
- terminals here in New Hampshire, or it will come in by truck from out of state, but it must be distributed
- Mechanical Services takes care of our fleet fuel distribution that provides fuel for state agencies as
Summary:
The Department of Safety presented an overview of highway fund and unrestricted revenue collections, focusing on the Division of Administration, the Road Toll Bureau, and the Division of Motor Vehicles. Amy Newbery explained that the main unrestricted funding sources are highway funds and general funds, with highway fund revenue of about $263 million in FY 2024 and a FY 2025 projection of $261.2 million. She said revenue growth has been modest and has not kept pace with costs, creating structural deficits that required general fund transfers of $50 million in FY 2022-23 and another $10 million in FY 2024-25 to balance the fund.
Jennifer Hall described Road Toll operations, including motor fuel tax collection at the distributor level, compliance enforcement, and licensing for fuel distributors, transporters, IFTA carriers, and oil discharge/pollution control. Members asked about IFTA, dyed-fuel enforcement, the possibility of using the state forensic lab for dyed-fuel testing, and whether audit positions had been filled; the department said it recently hired a part-time fuel enforcement officer, still uses IRS testing, could explore lab testing, and had no audit vacancies. Hall also discussed factors affecting fuel-tax revenue, including gas prices, crude oil forecasts, weather, tourism, GDP, and inflation, and said FY 2024 road toll revenue was $127.5 million, above plan, with FY 2025 projected at $127.71 million.
The committee then turned to DMV-related revenues. Newbery said motor vehicle registration revenue was $93.1 million in FY 2024 and is projected at $90.4 million in FY 2025, with the state share going directly to the highway fund. Members asked about the state/town fee split, the five-year registration cycle dip, the distribution of registration revenue by vehicle weight category, and the impact of electric-vehicle surcharges; the department said the five-year dip is still occurring and will fade over time, and it would follow up on the weight-category breakdown. The presentation also noted that driver-license revenues have stabilized, inspection revenues remain steady, plea-by-mail revenue was added to the highway fund in FY 2024, and general fund revenues tied to the department are relatively small and have declined as some functions moved to OPLC. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- They will encounter and do encounter situations involving weapons, intent to distribute all kinds of
- things that should not be distributed, and using their observation skills, they might notice that weapon
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service held its 21st hearing and took up late-filed bills, with testimony focused mainly on firefighter and police personnel matters. The committee heard strong support for H.5429/H.6138, Governor Healey’s bill to provide injured-on-duty compensation and full pay and benefits to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinelli after he was seriously injured while instructing at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Testimony from Rep. Simon Cataldo, Rep. Rodney Elliott, PFFM leaders, Chelmsford Fire Chief Gary Ryan, and others emphasized that Spinelli was performing public service training work, that the incident exposed gaps in coverage for firefighters serving in academy roles, and that the bill should be a prompt, statewide fix. Several speakers also urged future legislation to address broader policy gaps for DFS support-branch and part-time personnel.
The committee also heard testimony on a Topsfield home rule petition, H.54435, to allow Police Chief Neil Hovey to continue serving until age 68 or retirement. Rep. Kristen Kasner and local officials praised Hovey’s leadership, training, regional coordination, and management of public safety at the Topsfield Fair, and asked for favorable passage. In addition, Sen. Ryan Fattman and Rep. Joe McKenna testified for S.3051, a bill to provide certain retirement benefits to the surviving spouse of fallen Uxbridge Police Officer Stephen LaPorta, describing his death while assisting a stranded motorist in a snowstorm and the town’s support for honoring his family.
PFFM and other police/fire union representatives generally supported the firefighter and LaPorta bills, while PFFM also stated opposition to H.5389, a separate bill authorizing continued employment of the Upton police chief. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking a recorded vote during the hearing.
MN
AZ
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- on the federal level, I appreciate that it really touches everybody's district as we see food distribution
- Last year was the busiest in our history, with our distribution up nearly 20% overall.
Bills:
HF2446
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
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows them to distribute information and have meetings there, and the only real requirement in terms
- 1.22, modifies the Bring It Home... statewide rental assistance program to allow the agency to distribute
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Mar 25th, 2025
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Education Policy
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 8, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we'll distribute to members. Sure, John. And then we'll distribute to members. Sure.
- If you’re in the top part of the income distribution, your glass is more than half full.
- <01:17:09.840>
uh <01:17:10.159>all distribution is doing very well. uh all distribution - <01:26:21.040>
of <01:26:21.199>unemployment <01:26:21.679>rates distribution of - . distributions. distributions.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:03:44.840>
on <00:03:44.920>a cannot do as edn 600 is distributed on a cannot do - those funds so best way to distribute those funds so we've<00:03:55.959>
really <00:03:56.120> - “Those funds were distributed out to the charter schools.
- So it's almost like a training period, so they get distributed, they start working in the field.
- It's also our primary distribution to send materials out to neighbor islands.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, one of the things I distributed was the collection plan that Vermont happens to have.
- So, one of the things I distributed was the collection plan that Vermont happens to have.
- Retailers shall not distribute covered battery.
- Retailers shall not distribute covered battery.
- Retailers shall not distribute covered battery.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- facility that generate the power and facility that generate the power and distribute<01:21:32.480>
- c> but<01:21:33.159>
without <01:21:33.480>reducing <01:21:33.920>that distribute - it but without reducing that distribute it but without reducing that risk<01:21:34.320>
and <01 - wheeling and three is ensuring that that that compensation<01:38:44.520>
for <01:38:45.280>distributed - <01:38:46.040>
energy compensation for distributed energy compensation for distributed energy
Summary:
The committee met on March 19, 2025, and first heard SB 137 SD2 HD1 relating to electric utilities. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the Public Utilities Commission said they stood on their written comments, IBEW Local 1260 supported the bill, and Ulupono Initiative also supported it. Hawaiian Electric supported the intent but asked for an amendment, saying the bill’s definition of “acquiring entity” was too broad and could unintentionally cover purely local utility transactions. A later witness from Life of the Land supported the bill only if the merger/acquisition language were removed, arguing the PUC would not have a workable mechanism to let a cooperative intervene in a utility sale process. Committee members questioned whether the bill could still work without that section, and Ulupono said it was open to clarifying language but did not seek to remove the provision; the discussion ended without a vote in the excerpt provided.
The committee then took up SB 1220 SD2 relating to a renewable gas tariff. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the PUC again stood on written comments. HGas strongly supported the measure, saying it would create a faster, more cost-effective path for a voluntary renewable gas tariff without requiring a full rate case, while preserving PUC oversight and consumer protections. The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas also supported the bill, emphasizing that it would expand consumer choice and help Hawaii’s clean energy goals while keeping the program voluntary and shielding non-participating customers from costs.
Henry Curtis of Life of the Land opposed the bill, arguing that HGas already had an active rate case and could have raised the issue there, and that the proposal did not increase renewable gas supply or speed up acquisition; he called it a gimmick. In response, HGas said the bill was mainly a mechanism to speed filing and that the details would be worked out in a PUC docket. Committee members pressed HGas on whether the measure would actually add renewable gas, what source would be used, and whether customers would simply be paying more for the same gas; HGas said it had two projects in development, including banagrass and hydrogen-related work, and that the tariff would be a voluntary opt-in rate for customers seeking renewable natural gas to meet sustainability goals. No vote was taken in the excerpt provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (05/05/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And then it's the responsibility of the owner or the person running the event to distribute those tips
- gratuity when they so the customer will know who is going to get that money, that it is going to be distributed
- get that money, that it is going<01:33:28.600>
to <01:33:28.680>be <01:33:28.760>distributed - <01:33:29.680>
to <01:33:29.840>all <01:33:30.000>the going to be distributed - to all the going to be distributed to all the people<01:33:30.400>
who <01:33:30.560>hustled
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce panel votes down bill to regulate digital book contracts for libraries 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Madam Chair, could I also ask: I would imagine digital distribution is especially helpful.
- <00:32:14.159>
is <00:32:14.399>especially digital distribution is especially digital - distribution is especially helpful.<00:32:15.360>
I'm <00:32:15.519>from <00:32:15.679> - He said that, since he is from greater Minnesota, he would imagine digital distribution is especially
- If I remember correctly from testimony today, about 30% of book distribution right now is in an E format
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- Century Code and North Dakota administrative code, a licensed distributor may not sell, market, or distribute
- Now I'll get into the interaction between gaming manufacturers, distributors, distribution.
- Century Code and North Dakota administrative code, a licensed distributor may not sell, market, or distribute
- influence... ...with an organization's management, employment practices, policy, gaming operation, distribution
- He'll also be working with you to get some of that off the website and just get it distributed to our
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Among the different transmission and distribution components, if you look at lead times, transformers
- Take the power and distribute it, whether it be San Antonio, Arlington, you know, all over the state
- But from your expertise, both of you, Is there a concept of saying we're better off with distributed
- It seems to me that it would be harder to hit if you had a distributed power Generation, you could hit
- Deciding on specific sites that are proposed by transmission distribution utilities, there are a number
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce convened to discuss critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, particularly focusing on Texas's power grid and associated vulnerabilities. The meeting highlighted Texas's recent ranking as 10th in electricity affordability, emphasizing the state's commitment to maintaining a reliable and resilient electric grid. New committee members introduced themselves, and the agenda included testimony from ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission regarding the implementation of the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, which aims to mitigate risks posed by foreign entities to the power grid.
Chad Sealy from ERCOT presented updates on the attestation process for market participants, revealing that over 1,500 entities had submitted attestations regarding their corporate structures and affiliations with designated foreign countries. Concerns were raised about the adequacy of the current vetting process, particularly regarding indirect relationships with foreign adversaries. Testimonies from the PUC and the Attorney General's office underscored the challenges of enforcing compliance and the need for improved legislative measures to enhance oversight and security.
The committee also heard from experts, including Dr. Emma Stewart from Idaho National Laboratory, who discussed the evolving threats to the grid from foreign adversaries and the importance of securing communication systems. Recommendations included prioritizing inspections of critical components and enhancing collaboration with national laboratories to address vulnerabilities. The discussion concluded with an acknowledgment of the balance needed between ensuring grid security and maintaining affordability for consumers.