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• on cutting taxes other than the property on cutting taxes other than the property tax.<00:46:11.920
• And they're like, "What property tax relief? What are you talking about?" They didn't even know.
• And they're like, "What property tax relief? What are you talking about?" They didn't even know.
• "What property tax relief? What are you talking about?" They didn't even know.
• It's not Title II. It's not IDEA that I'm worried about.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Bonding for this project helps us while restraining property tax increases, as 30% of the parcels in
• Bonding for this project helps us while restraining property tax increases, as 30% of the parcels in
• Bonding for this project helps us while restraining property tax increases, as 30% of the parcels in
• rental properties rental properties and<00:15:59.800> a<00:15:59.959> median<00:16
• high property taxes with a city rate of high property taxes with a city rate of $1 $1 $1 127%<00:30:23.640

Bills: HF201, HF217, HF314, HF315, HF406, HF408, HF425, HF426, HF730, HF731, HF652, HF761, HF1079, HF928, HF1017, HF1056, HF1081

Keywords: HF201, Minnesota income tax, tax subtraction, tax deduction, volunteer firefighter, volunteer fire and rescue, emergency responder, ambulance service personnel, EMR, EMS, search and rescue, canine search and rescue, underwater search and rescue, paid-on-call, part-time volunteer, tax relief, state tax law, section 290.0132, drivers license, identification card

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• My favorite presiding judge, Judge Sergio Tapia II, the presiding judge of the Superior Court of Los
• It's a beautiful courthouse, but I have beautiful property too, so I can't complain about our courthouse

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee heard presentations on the Office of the State Public Defender, statewide public defense workloads, legal aid funding, and Judicial Branch operations. OSPD requested permanent funding for positions that had been temporarily funded to implement the Racial Justice Act, explaining that the workload has become ongoing and now includes additional Supreme Court briefing, habeas proceedings, investigations, expert analysis, and data work. The State Public Defender also presented findings from the California Public Defense Workload and Staffing Report, which concluded that county public defense systems are structurally understaffed, lack sufficient investigators and support staff, and operate without statewide standards; members discussed the need for phased state funding, rural recruitment, and the impact of recent policy changes such as Prop. 36. In the legal aid panel, advocates and a Los Angeles Superior Court judge described severe unmet civil legal needs, especially in eviction defense, homelessness prevention, domestic violence, and immigration detention cases, and requested a $50 million increase to the Equal Access Fund, $20 million to restart homelessness prevention services, and $10 million for health care access services, along with additional targeted investments from the California Access to Justice Commission. The committee also asked for follow-up information on services, outreach, and funding losses, including reduced federal support and the scale of the justice gap. For the Judicial Branch, the Judicial Council and trial court representatives supported the Governor’s proposed budget, including a $70 million increase for trial court operations, $21.7 million for employee health and retirement costs, additional funding for appellate counsel and case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities funding. They said the money is needed to offset inflation, supply costs, and staffing retention problems, and to preserve access to justice through timely case processing and remote proceedings. Senators raised concerns about interpreter shortages, the difficulty of hiring staff interpreters for less common languages, and the lack of a midyear process for courts to request more language-access funding; Judicial Council staff said they reallocate interpreter funds among courts and continue to work on recruitment. The committee also pressed the branch and the Department of Finance on courthouse facilities needs, noting that the long-term backlog is far larger than the current budget can address; Finance said the estimated need discussed previously was about $22.5 billion to start 68 projects and $29.4 billion to complete the remaining projects. No votes were taken during the hearing, but members requested follow-up materials and additional budget information.

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• Two years ago, the graduating class of nursing students at White Mountains Community College in Berlin
• <01:07:53.720> of two years ago the graduating class of two years ago the graduating class
• they've come and done multiple classes they've come and done multiple classes with<01:13:24.679>
• So there's another section of information around enrollment in classes that we have with manufacturers
• I'm glad you mentioned that, but do you have a sense of the number of students who can't attend classes

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee received an orientation from University System of New Hampshire Chancellor Katherine Preventure and Senior Director of Government Relations Lauren Banker on the system’s enrollment, finances, workforce role, and academic programs. They described the system as consisting of UNH, Keene State, and Plymouth State, with about 23,000 students, $928 million in FY24 operating expenses, a $3.7 billion economic impact, and UNH’s R1 research status. They emphasized the system’s role in graduating students into the New Hampshire workforce, its statewide Cooperative Extension and regional campus presence, and its alignment of degree offerings with top occupations identified by New Hampshire Employment Security. The presentation also highlighted partnerships with businesses, internships, and collaboration with the community college system, including 100 transfer pathways and a direct-admit program. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on tuition, state support, and student costs. The chancellor said the state invested $95 million in FY25, with about $81 million used to reduce resident tuition and about $14 million for statutory programs such as Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station. She said the state subsidy is about $7,300 per New Hampshire student, and that resident net tuition averages about $7,000, while nonresident net tuition averages about $16,600. She provided published tuition figures for UNH, Plymouth State, and Keene State, and explained that resident tuition has been held flat for five years while financial aid has increased, reducing average net tuition and fees for New Hampshire students from about $10,500 in 2020 to $9,800. Members asked for clarification on how residency and workforce-retention percentages were calculated, and the chancellor said she would follow up. Members also asked about comparisons with peer institutions, housing and meal costs, research funding, and the reasons for declining enrollment and staffing reductions. The chancellor said peer comparisons were based on flagship universities for UNH and smaller regional publics for Plymouth and Keene, and noted that out-of-state tuition has risen about 2.5% annually. She said housing for a UNH double room is $8,536 and a meal plan is $5,100, and offered to provide a consolidated cost document. On research, she said the system’s direct research spending includes federal funding and that indirect costs were about $34 million last year, with a follow-up promised on the federal/state and direct/indirect split. She attributed enrollment declines largely to demographics and said the system is responding by reducing costs, selling buildings, exiting leases, moving the system office to NHTI, and implementing Workday. She also noted that Plymouth received approval for five three-year bachelor’s degree programs and that members praised the shorter, workforce-focused pathways, especially for manufacturing and other in-demand fields.

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• <00:59:50.920> in the assessed values of properties in the assessed values of properties in
• , not the commercial properties.
• property tax.
• <03:41:49.359> tax the property tax the property tax right<03:41:52.000> representative
• > property<04:06:17.159> level the the high property level the the high property level

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on school funding formulas, adequacy aid, and special education aid, with the chair outlining a schedule for the next several Tuesdays and noting that the committee would likely need multiple executive sessions to narrow down the bills. Members discussed the FY 26 formula, including base cost, differentiated aid, extraordinary needs grants, hold harmless provisions, and the roughly $28 million in excess statewide education property tax (SWP) funds that are not currently returned to the state under the existing formula. The first bill discussed was HB 137, which would allow excess SWP funds to remain with the local municipality for school and municipal purposes. Representative Spilsbury argued the issue is fundamental and suggested the state should require excess funds to be remitted back to the state, while Representative Damon said the bill appears to codify current practice and may be unnecessary, especially given possible court action. The discussion then shifted to a related bill from Representative Fellas that would redefine SWP as local money rather than state money and keep the current adequacy aid numbers revenue-neutral for now. Representative Fellas explained that SWP was created in 1999 after the Claremont lawsuit as part of the state’s effort to show increased school aid, but that it effectively labeled part of the local property tax as state money without changing property tax bills. She argued the state should not be tapping local property tax revenue and said her bill would preserve the current distribution while removing the SWP tax label, with future work possible on a different measure of local capacity such as income, home values, or poverty rate. Members also referenced prior discussions of fiscal capacity aid, relief aid, and other formula changes as part of the broader effort to restructure school funding.

Bills: HR39, HCR43, HR178, HCR188, SB3144, SB3102, SB2053, SB3248, SB2256, SB3118, SB2245, SB2519, SB3055, SB2090, SB2765, SB2169, SB3136, SB2521, SB2851, SB3154, SB3262, SB2387, SB3001, SB2818, SB2972, SB2372, SB2108, SB888, HR63, HCR69

Keywords: pedestrian safety, crosswalks, traffic calming, school zone, Honolulu, community safety, raised crosswalks, traffic infrastructure, agritourism, agricultural tourism, Hawaii Tourism Authority, HTA, working group, farm tourism, regenerative tourism, working lands, agricultural land use, county ordinances, permitting, farm bureau

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• personally where there's some classes personally where there's some classes that<00:14:25.360>
• impacted your ability to choose classes. impacted your ability to choose classes.
• class.
• As a class of 2026, I am ranked within my class.
• so that I can be ranked in my class, but I can't necessarily take the classes I might want to take.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:46:27.440> taxes collection of delinquent property taxes collection of delinquent property
• We need to respect private property We need to respect private property rights.<01:54:57.840>
• order to maintain accurate property order to maintain accurate property records<02:14:11.199>
• , is about the transfer of properties, is about the transfer of properties, homes<02:15:01.679>
• Put them in the Kolkata property.

Keywords: 981, all

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• veterans that were allies, mostly because they're one of our allies during World War II was the Soviet
• to<00:05:21.199> um<00:05:21.919> World<00:05:22.080> War<00:05:22.240> II
• <00:05:22.479> veterans issuing them to um World War II veterans issuing them to um World
• War II veterans that<00:05:22.960> were<00:05:23.120> allies,<00:05:23.840> mostly
• Congress has become more ruling class.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first continued its hearing on HB 1287, which concerns the definition of “veteran.” Representative Manion explained that the amendment would adopt the federal-style definition by including a general discharge under honorable conditions, while restoring documentation requirements such as a DD214 and removing a problematic reference to World War II allied veterans. The chair said the committee would close the hearing and take the bill up later in executive session. The committee then moved to HCR 13, a resolution calling for an Article V convention limited to proposing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. Representative Joe Alexander, the prime sponsor, said the measure is narrowly focused on congressional term limits, that 12 states have already passed similar resolutions, and that broad public support in New Hampshire justifies action. Members asked whether the effort would prompt Congress to act on its own, whether the resolution should also cover Supreme Court justices, and how many states are needed; Alexander said the goal is to pressure Congress, that the Constitution already treats Supreme Court justices differently, and that 34 states are required. Testimony in support came from former Representative Linda Masamela, who gave a history-based argument for Article V conventions as a constitutional check, and from Deborah Childs and Aaron Ducet of U.S. Term Limits. Childs said New Hampshire voters strongly support term limits and argued they would open seats to younger, more diverse candidates. Ducet said the application is single-topic and would allow only one amendment, described Article V applications as historically common, and argued that state pressure can force Congress to act. No vote was taken in the portion provided; the chair continued hearing testimony on HCR 13.

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• nuclear reactor was invented in the basement of the University of Chicago football field during World War II

Bills: HB2809

Keywords: cybersecurity, post-quantum encryption, CMMC 2.0, state agencies, data protection, US-based vendors, 1182, all

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• HEALTH PLANS ARE USING II ANALYZE TRENDS CONSUMERS CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS THE

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• note that, according to DAGS, the cost associated with planting fruit trees around a typical DAGS property
• note that, according to DAGS, the cost associated with planting fruit trees around a typical DAGS property
• note that, according to DAGS, the cost associated with planting fruit trees around a typical DAGS property
• So, Peter, if we basically identify a disability accessible format as that of the standards of Title II

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee met on February 4, 2025, for decision making on previously heard measures, then later held hearings on additional bills. Early action focused on several measures that were amended and advanced, including SB 161 on state project exemptions from county permitting, which was heavily revised to allow programmatic or project-specific agreements with counties, require public reporting of exempted projects, and create a working group to study broader permitting and construction coordination issues. The committee also advanced SB 635 on energy efficiency with changes shifting survey leadership to the Hawaii State Energy Office, SB 700 on resilience hubs after narrowing it to focus on emergency-service-capable hubs and removing distributed energy language, SB 869 on community outreach boards with a technical amendment, SB 1081 on a legislative budget office by converting it to a feasibility study, SB 711 on gubernatorial appointments with a salary threshold change, SB 405 on neighborhood board agendas with a committee-report note about OIP concerns, SB 381 with privacy issues deferred to Judiciary, SB 2 as a two-year pilot for fruit tree planting in selected districts, SB 239 on disaster preparedness with sheltering revisions, and SB 998 as introduced with a cost estimate for site selection work. Several measures were deferred or not advanced, including SB 615, which was deferred indefinitely, SB 1132, which the chair said would be set aside in favor of another childcare bill, and SB 111, which was not taken up further because of confusion during an earlier hearing. During the later hearing portion, SB 1175 on procurement drew testimony from the State Procurement Office, which supported the bill but corrected its estimated database revision cost from $7,500 to $30,000; the Department of Transportation also appeared, while the General Contractors Association submitted opposition. Committee members questioned whether the past-performance database should include more detailed quality information and whether a one-year post-completion review would be useful, but no amendment was adopted at that time. SB 1587 on retainage received written support from the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii and no opposition in the room. SB 1543 on government accountability, which would require justification for outside consultants and cap consultant spending, drew opposition from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, which argued it could slow procurement, reduce flexibility, and worsen delays given existing vacancies and limited in-house expertise. The Public First Law Center supported the related transparency bill discussed in the hearing, arguing it would close a loophole by making contractor-created records used in government functions subject to disclosure under UIPA, while the Attorney General’s office opposed it. The transcript ends with that testimony still underway, and no final vote is shown for the later hearing bills.

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• . >> So federal funds such as Title I, Title II, IDEA, I was under the impression that those are considered
• by property taxpayers. by property taxpayers.
• not that section; it does not have any of that RSA in here, and it amends RSA 198:15-c, Roman numeral II
• property taxes. property taxes.
• tax and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The work session began with HB 656, as amended, which would treat federal funds received by school districts as unanticipated money unless already listed in the annual report, and would require notices and school board minutes to identify the grant and summarize any obligations attached to accepting it. Supporters said the bill was aimed at transparency so voters would understand the “strings attached” to grants, while opponents raised concerns that the amendment was new, potentially vague, and could require districts to publish lengthy or redundant information, increasing costs and administrative burden. Several members suggested alternative approaches, such as a state-level list of common grant obligations or posting grant documents online. No vote was taken, and some members argued the bill was not ready for action. The committee then moved to HB 665, which would expand eligibility for free school meals to households at up to 300% of federal poverty guidelines and use education trust fund money to cover the added cost. Representative Damon strongly supported the bill, citing food insecurity and arguing the fiscal note likely overstated costs because the bill requires at least one free meal, not necessarily both breakfast and lunch. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended, and no vote or final action on HB 665 was recorded in the excerpt.

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• Taxes, and property taxes, among others.
• There is no additional property tax relief.
• We need real and permanent property tax relief.
• It's just right on the property taxpayer.
• and our property tax revaluations. ...tied to our school taxes and our property tax revaluations, so

Keywords: 1146, all

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• Miss Klein, Miss Klein, Miss Lamley, Miss Lamley, Doctoralon, Doctoralldon II.

Keywords: 914, all

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• My Arizona story began long before I was born, during World War II.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• He’s in the class.
• What age groups or classes of kids did you generally teach in your 30 years of experience?
• of kids did you generally are uh classes of kids did you generally teach<01:44:32.360> in<01:
• of people, and that class is transgender people.
• of people, and that class of people is transgender people.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , not a class of properties — and in each instance, it would apply to a particular property, not a class
• , not a class of properties — and in each instance, it would apply to a particular property, not a class
• particular property not not class of particular property not not class of properties<00:16:28.720
• c> specific<00:19:32.919> isolated class of properties a specific isolated class of properties
• That was the opposite for class 4D property.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Legislation that's being advanced with the judiciary or through the judiciary for a court emergency property
• The other is a Judicial Specialist II in the Roswell Magistrate Court.
• the last several years that magistrate courts, in general, although they're not as the Chief Justice class

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• :04:43.920> in<02:04:44.159> most impacts property taxes more in most impacts property
• So this leads to an increase in property tax and an undue burden on the other property taxpayers of a
• So this leads to an increase in property So this leads to an increase in property tax<02:05:50.239
• <02:20:59.200> owner a property owner a property owner is I have a quick question.
• And um in lower low property taxes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all