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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Unredacted Optum report for legislators 3/12/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the</c><00:07:02.639><c> public</c><00:07:02.800><c> a</c><00:07:02.960><c> road</c><00:07:03.199><c> map
  • </c><00:07:03.440><c> for</c> want to give the public a road map for want to give the public a road map
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - 03/05/26

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a map of the United States, and it kind of shows that tornado alley as the area, and that's why
  • </c><00:43:16.680><c> have</c><00:43:17.760><c> there's</c><00:43:18.040><c> a</c><00:43:18.120><c> map
  • <00:43:18.520><c> of</c><00:43:18.640><c> the</c><00:43:18.760><c> United</c> that I have there's a map
  • of the United that I have there's a map of the United States<00:43:19.720><c> and</c><00:43:19.840><
  • </c> the ICC 500 code shows a wonderful map the ICC 500 code shows a wonderful map that<00:45:28.000>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's when you're parked overnight where the hazard comes in.
  • So I don't want to give them more incentive to ignore this because it's such a hazard and it's an unsafe
  • Madam Speaker: So I don't want to give them more incentive to ignore this because it's such a hazard
  • Under the bill, a first responder includes law enforcement, firefighters, EMS personnel, hazardous materials
Keywords: 1064, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a Resilient Mass plan, which is our hazard mitigation plan, that really did a lot of science
  • And one of our biggest hazards is inland flooding.
  • Our statewide hazard mitigation plan tells us that.
  • We're due to renew and update both MVP and hazard mitigation, but I do know from other communities this
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused on the Healey-Driscoll administration’s Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill. Administration officials said the bill would fund climate resilience, clean water, land conservation, parks, PFAS remediation, food security infrastructure, and coastal and inland flood protection, while also streamlining permitting for housing, restoration, and other resilience projects. They emphasized that the bond authorizes spending but does not itself obligate it, and said the proposal includes deauthorizations as housekeeping. Committee members asked about the new Resilience Revolving Fund, flood and drought management, MVP funding, land acquisition, Chapter 61 right-of-first-refusal changes, salt marsh carbon sequestration, and how the bill would help smaller municipalities and offset expected federal funding losses. Officials said the revolving fund would be managed through EEA and the Clean Water Trust, with criteria aimed at directing aid to communities most in need, and noted that drought issues would continue to be handled through existing DEP and drought commission tools. Several committee members and witnesses discussed specific policy provisions, including flood disclosure requirements for homebuyers and renters, expanded authority for regional planning and small-town access to grants, and permitting reforms that would exempt or expedite certain environmental restoration and priority housing projects from more time-consuming review processes. Administration witnesses defended the reforms as a way to achieve the same environmental outcomes faster and with more certainty, while some advocates argued the bill should go further, especially on Chapter 91 and restoration permitting. The administration also described investments in DCR facilities, water and wastewater systems, open space, agricultural easements, and a new focus on blue carbon and salt marsh restoration. Public testimony largely supported the bill. Mass Audubon, the Trustees of Reservations, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, The Nature Conservancy, MAPC, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, municipal officials, and others praised the bill’s resilience, conservation, and water infrastructure investments. Some witnesses urged additional funding for land protection, coastal resilience, buyouts, and restoration, and several called for stronger or simpler permitting reforms. Municipal witnesses from Boston, Beckett, Beverly, Conway, and regional planning organizations stressed the need for flexible financing, especially for small and rural communities facing costly infrastructure and climate adaptation projects. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the committee heard testimony and asked questions before moving on to additional panels.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is not that I asked the Hazard office how many people are in the office and they said, 'Well, I
  • This is not that I asked the Hazard office how many people are in the office and they said, 'Well, I
  • This is not that I asked the Hazard office how many people are in the office and they said, 'Well, I
  • service deserts, like we have in other things, because I happen to have lived in two of them, in the Hazard
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary heard testimony from the Department of Public Advocacy (DPA) on attorney compensation and alternatives to incarceration. Because the committee lacked a quorum, the chair skipped formal roll call and minutes approval, then invited DPA Public Advocate Damon Preston, Deputy Public Advocate Melanie Lowe, and alternative sentencing worker Cena/Tina Mills to present. Preston said DPA is fully state-funded, has 698 funded positions, and was near full staffing with 673 filled positions and 42 new law graduates expected to join in August. He argued that DPA’s resources lag behind those of prosecutors, noting that local prosecutorial offices receive substantially more total funding and have additional revenue sources beyond the state budget. Preston focused on salary disparities and turnover. He said DPA trial-office attorneys total about $26 million in salaries, compared with about $41.9 million for prosecutors on publicly listed state funding, and estimated that more than 100 additional prosecutors are paid through other sources, bringing total prosecutor compensation to a little over $50 million versus DPA’s $26 million. He said starting DPA attorney pay is $58,200, experienced attorney pay averages about $73,000, and that these levels are too low given law school debt and the state’s constitutional obligation to provide defense counsel. He also said DPA attorney turnover is about 20%, median service time before separation was 15 months in 2024, and exit interviews often cite salary as the main reason for leaving. He gave examples of former DPA attorneys moving to prosecutor offices for raises ranging from 12% to 50%. Committee members asked about how often defendants are represented by private counsel versus DPA and how that affects workload. Preston said a 2017 study found about 50% of misdemeanor cases and about 75% of circuit court cases were handled by DPA, with DPA handling most of the most labor-intensive cases. He said DPA will step aside when a defendant hires private counsel or is found ineligible, and he acknowledged the system historically erred by denying counsel in some cases, though he said the current concern is whether DPA is now appointed too broadly. Members requested updated trend data on appointments over the past decade. Preston also described DPA’s pay scale and said the agency’s compensation structure makes retention difficult. Mills then described DPA’s alternative sentencing worker program, which she said has operated for about 20 years and has received national recognition. She shared a case example involving a client named Patrick, who faced a prison sentence on a possession charge and was referred to a horse-based treatment and certification program in Shelbyville. She said the client wanted treatment and a fresh start, a bed became available, and she and the client’s attorney presented an alternative sentencing plan to the court. The presentation was interrupted briefly by a technical issue, but the testimony continued.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I would like to add, too, that in emergencies, you know, when we had the flood in Hazard and we had the
  • </c><01:22:35.639><c> the</c><01:22:35.719><c> flood</c><01:22:36.040><c> in</c><01:22:36.280><c> Hazard
  • </c><01:22:36.719><c> and</c><01:22:37.000><c> we</c> when we had the flood in Hazard and we when we
  • had the flood in Hazard and we had<01:22:37.560><c> the</c><01:22:38.000><c> uh</c><01:22:38.400><c>
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee approved the January 14 minutes and then considered a large agenda of contracts, including personal services contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, and Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program items. The chair noted the agenda contained 240 items and emphasized the need for transparency in how contract approvals work. Several items were pulled for questions, while the rest were approved without objection. The first major discussion involved seven contingency-fee contracts for the Attorney General’s office. Committee members asked about the apparent $20 million maximum per contract, and staff explained that the amount was a ceiling, not a guarantee, and that under the statutory waterfall in KRS 45A.717 a $20 million fee would require roughly $355 million returned to the Commonwealth. Staff also said the new batch included some new firms, that these contracts are being handled in 6- to 12-month batches, and that no money had yet been spent from the prior cycle. The committee then approved those contracts. Members also questioned a Cabinet for Health and Family Services training contract, which officials said was needed because Finance provides only Kentucky-specific training, while the outside vendor offers broader procurement and federal-funds training; the committee approved that item. A University of Kentucky capital project contract for the State Capitol exterior renovation was approved after questions about the open-ended date, total project cost, and expected completion, with staff saying the overall project is projected for substantial completion by the end of 2026 and final warranty work could extend into 2027. A DCBS amendment for SSI eligibility determinations for children in out-of-home care was explained as an increase caused by a protest, a reissued RFP, and more children entering care; the committee approved it after discussion of the protest and scoring details. The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet amendment for an I-71 widening and interchange project in Oldham County after staff explained it was a time extension with no additional funds, though the project had evolved due to traffic changes and now includes an eight-lane bridge design. Finally, the committee discussed two Finance Cabinet facilities and support services amendments tied to the Capitol renovation and juvenile justice facility retrofits. Staff said the Capitol project contract covered the full design team, with completion projected around 2029, while the juvenile justice amendments covered additional design work for McCracken and Breathitt facilities, with final bid documents expected in June or July and construction anticipated to begin in the latter half of 2025. Both items were approved.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/03/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • and rightly seeks to protect children and vulnerable adults who cannot protect themselves from its hazardous
  • who cannot protect themselves<00:19:57.000><c> from</c><00:19:57.200><c> its</c><00:19:57.400><c> hazardous
  • </c><00:19:57.840><c> and</c> themselves from its hazardous and themselves from its hazardous and harmful
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 9, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • zoning, and land use regulations, proximity to infrastructure, and then environmental and natural hazard
  • 01:17:38.880><c> natural</c> and then environmental and natural and then environmental and natural Hazard
  • 39.960><c> so</c><01:17:40.120><c> that's</c><01:17:40.280><c> your</c><01:17:40.480><c> first</c> Hazard
  • conditions so that's your first Hazard conditions so that's your first cut<01:17:41.360><c> based</c
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-CPN Informational Briefing 01-06-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • has made related to the wildfire, like their wildfire safety mitigation strategy, in addition to hazard
  • c><00:31:31.960><c> in</c><00:31:32.120><c> addition</c><00:31:32.440><c> to</c><00:31:32.919><c> Hazard
  • </c> strategy uh in addition to Hazard strategy uh in addition to Hazard mitigation<00:31:33.799><c>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection heard the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs present its biennium budget request for fiscal years 2025 to 2027. Director Nainoa Ando said the department’s requests were primarily special-fund ceiling increases to meet operational needs. Major items included an additional $12 million to complete the King Kamehameha V Post Office building roof project after hidden deterioration and water intrusion were discovered, plus funding related to fringe benefits and central services assessments. The department also outlined requests for a new medical compact implementation cost, an auditor position, an engineer position, and a captive insurance IT modernization project. A significant portion of the discussion focused on the Office of Consumer Protection’s landlord-tenant call line and public service access. Senators raised concerns that callers often reach voicemail, are told to leave a message, and sometimes are referred to look up the law themselves. DCCA said the Oʻahu line is staffed by one full-time employee backed by two to three investigators, with one investigator each on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, and that calls are tracked in a case management system. The department said it plans to add one more Oʻahu staff position through a transfer from another division and that a new call-center/web system with time tracking is expected to go live in the summer. Members also discussed a possible bill related to Pearson VUE nursing certification testing, with one senator describing the burden on neighbor-island nursing graduates who must travel to Honolulu for a one-hour test. The senator said she intended to introduce legislation after receiving no response to repeated outreach. DCCA did not take action on that proposal during the hearing. For the PUC-related requests, the department explained a one-time $1 million request for outside consulting tied to Maui wildfire-related filings, including wildfire safety mitigation and hazard mitigation plans, and a separate $900,000 request through the Consumer Advocacy Division to hire consultants for review and analysis. The committee also discussed a captive insurance IT modernization request, which DCCA said would replace manual and spreadsheet-based processes with a cloud-based system to better handle filings, payments, and workflow; no vote or final action was taken on the budget items during the hearing.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Elections Committee Jul 1st, 2026

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • court found that Latino voters faced similar dilution attempts under the Kern County Supervisorial Map
  • Voting Rights Act recognized that minority voters can be denied equal participation when district maps
  • CVRA's existing protection against racial vote dilution beyond at-large elections to include district maps
  • Against racial vote dilution beyond at-large elections to include district maps and election systems
  • cities almost in a perpetual state of uncertainty about their election process, unsure whether their maps
Keywords: 988, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • and that she had emailed the committee a one-page document outlining their perspective, including a map
  • She said the map shows multiple carriers in every county except San Juan County.
  • That document included a map of the state showing the number of carriers in each county.
  • That includes a map of the state that designates the number of carriers in each county.
  • You'll see with that map that there are multiple carriers in every county except one, San Juan County
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Assembly - 2026-01-07 - 2:00PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And for my perspective, the recent failure to produce maps was a political strategy to preserve the old
  • perspective, the recent failure<00:22:55.360><c> to</c><00:22:55.520><c> produce</c><00:22:55.919><c> maps
  • <00:22:56.320><c> was</c><00:22:56.640><c> a</c><00:22:56.799><c> political</c> failure to produce maps
  • was a political failure to produce maps was a political strategy<00:22:57.600><c> to</c><00:22:57.840
  • But we can close that gap by following through on the district maps required by Act 73.
Keywords: 927, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • public charter schools serving over 13,000 pre-K to 12 students on five of our islands as seen on the map
  • </c><00:10:01.839><c> The</c><00:10:02.000><c> majority</c> islands as seen on the map.
  • The majority islands as seen on the map.
  • And this is just kind of like a place map to kind of see it all in one spot.
  • And this is just kind of like a place map to kind of see it all in one spot.
Keywords: 910, house, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026

Protection and Victim Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there's a map in here that shows the numbers by county.
  • This map is really limited because it's only showing victim-serving agencies.
  • And I think that's the purpose of this map: showing that a lot is being done.
  • I think that's the purpose of this map, is showing that a lot is being done.
  • Because really, all those folks on the map were limited by capacity.
Summary: The committee first approved the December 16 minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their economic and public-system impacts. She explained that ACEs are population-level risk indicators, not individual diagnostic tools, and said higher ACE exposure is associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare and justice involvement, and lower workforce participation. She cautioned that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across the life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based interventions and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, trends in ACEs, and home visiting; she emphasized supportive relationships, protective factors, and the importance of positive childhood experiences. The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco, along with a recorded family story from Abby, about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota. Abby described how Healthy Families North Dakota supported her family after a premature birth and NICU stay by providing weekly in-home coaching, developmental screenings, postpartum mental health check-ins, referrals, and parenting support. The presenters explained that home visiting is voluntary, relationship-based, and usually begins prenatally or shortly after birth, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, pregnancy navigators, human service zones, self-referrals, and other community partners. They said North Dakota currently has four main evidence-based models operating through 12 organizations, with Healthy Families available in all 53 counties, though only a fraction of eligible families are served. Funding was described as a patchwork of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E, Medicaid, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and other grants; members discussed whether the Legislature or agencies should expand support and how to improve outreach and sustainability. Finally, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, focusing on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and chatbot-related risks. The report summarized federal and state law, including North Dakota’s existing computer-generated image provisions, the federal PROTECT Act, the Take It Down Act, and recent federal executive orders on AI policy. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI’s effect on critical thinking and misinformation. The committee then heard from BCI Special Agent Cassidy Halsef, who said AI is already driving a sharp rise in child exploitation cases in North Dakota, including AI-generated explicit images of real minors and school-based incidents involving mass-shared manipulated images. She said investigators are seeing more cyber tips, more difficult forensic work, and lasting harm to victims and families, and urged stronger legal penalties, specialized training, victim services, and prevention education in schools and communities.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • To some of the questions earlier of how will we map it out without federal guidance, we have a group
  • Um, so, we're mapping out what kind of things we can do electronically.
  • </c><01:35:35.600><c> out</c> always a risk that we are mapping out always a risk that we are mapping
  • So, we are mapping out right counties.
  • Um so, we're mapping letter in the mail.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Rules and Administration Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability met on February 20, 2026, to hear from Minnesota Management and Budget State Budget Director Anna Mingi about federal funding changes affecting the state budget. Before testimony began, Senator Rasmusson objected to a draft committee report that had been prepared in advance of the hearing, arguing it was inappropriate to summarize testimony before it occurred. The chair responded that nonpartisan staff had prepared the draft from Mingi’s submitted presentation and could revise it after the hearing if needed. Director Mingi explained that federal dollars make up more than one-third of state spending and support about 650 federal awards totaling over $23 billion this year, with more than $15 billion supporting state entitlement programs. She said the federal funding environment had changed significantly since January 2025 through executive orders, pauses, terminations, new grant conditions, delayed awards, and the July 2025 passage of H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill. Her main focus was H.R. 1’s effects on health care and food assistance, including work requirements for some adults, changes to eligibility for legal non-citizens, limits on retroactive Medicaid coverage and directed payments, new limits on provider taxes, and SNAP changes that shift some benefit and administrative costs to the state and counties. She estimated H.R. 1 would reduce federal funds to state-administered programs by about $327 million in the current biennium and $1.6 billion in the next, with additional costs to hospitals, counties, and other partners beyond the budget horizon. Members asked follow-up questions about whether the estimates were relative to the forecast and whether federal Medicaid funding would still rise over time. Mingi said the estimates were based on the November forecast baseline and that Medicaid federal dollars would likely continue growing overall, though the law still creates significant losses relative to prior projections. Senator Rasmusson emphasized that point in remarks to the committee. The discussion then shifted to federal grant pauses and cancellations: MMB’s tracker showed about six awards on hold totaling roughly $491 million, 13 confirmed cancellations across areas including clean energy, education, food assistance, and public health, and additional threatened or litigated cuts not included in those totals. Mingi identified two canceled violence-prevention-related grants, including a FEMA public safety grant and a justice reinvestment grant, and noted that CDC had recently moved to cancel or seek cancellation of several Minnesota public health grants, including a $65 million public health infrastructure award.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I look forward to seeing the map.
  • and understand where those see that map and understand where those are<01:06:54.920><c> at</c><01:06
  • </c> around I'd like to see what that map around I'd like to see what that map looks<01:07:59.319><c>
  • </c> further but let's take a look at the map further but let's take a look at the map and<01:08:16.239
  • </c><01:09:16.640><c> I</c> forward to seeing the maap the map I forward to seeing the maap the map I
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 01/22/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh there's a and dairy hers and uh there's a five-stage<00:33:50.840><c> road</c><00:33:51.120><c> map
  • /c><00:33:51.840><c> we're</c><00:33:52.039><c> looking</c><00:33:52.279><c> to</c> five-stage road map
  • So H5N1 in mammals: this is a map of the U.S. and the detections of H5N1 in mammals.
  • there it's it's a from the um the map there it's it's a little<01:09:53.880><c> of</c><01:09:54.040>
  • So this is the extent that we're able to assist is really recordkeeping and mapping where the virus is
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, for example, on the map GIS system, where you can look at the parcels and who owns the parcel, an
  • The county clerk redacts that information from the documents, from the map, from the tax records.
  • Cox, the head of our mapping department, says, 'Mr.
  • Cox would go to those parcels on the map and just say, 'I know one judge has three parcels,' so that
  • Well, then I look at the map of that plat of Smith Edition, lot 52.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 4198, which would require employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization and impose escalating penalties for violations, including warnings, debarment from state contracts, loss of business licenses, and other sanctions. Counsel and senators raised extensive drafting concerns, including circular language, conflicts with existing record-retention provisions, unclear references to “seeks to employ,” possible application to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements, and uncertainty about how the bill would work for employers who never actually complete a hire. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a way to strengthen compliance with existing law, protect employers who use E-Verify in good faith, and deter illegal hiring. After debate, a motion to table the bill failed on a roll call vote, 6 in favor and 10 opposed, and the chair then announced the bill would be sent to a subcommittee to be cleaned up, with instructions to resolve the drafting conflicts and other ambiguities. The committee then turned to House Bill 4710, with an amendment, which would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the change would lengthen the current 60-day requirement and would affect both party-switching and independent candidacies, making it harder for candidates to change affiliation shortly before an election. Senators asked about how the 210-day period would work relative to the primary and general election filing deadlines, and counsel clarified that it would be measured backward from the relevant filing dates. The discussion focused on the practical effect of the bill as a “sore loser” measure and on the timing rules for candidacy filings.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/9/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • My first map results iselect fee to the manual override.
  • So in in closing the road map and the path forward for our modernization where we are is we are making
  • you know, in 2019, and I think bipartisan efforts such as this will lead ultimately to a joint road map
  • of the child welfare information system is a really, really crucial step to unlocking a larger road map
  • platforms that will support the future child welfare information system will allow for a joint road map
Keywords: 1183, house
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The tool itself, you see the map in the satellite. ...where you would expect hard braking to happen.
  • The tool itself, you see the map in the satellite up there.
  • This is a chloropleth map that just shows the different rates of phone tapping throughout 2025.
  • I’ve made a map here. I guess you can’t present papers, or can we waive that?”
  • I just made a map. You can’t see it well there, but it just shows Buckley, Wilkeson, and Carbonado.