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Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1694, which would create a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit, and HB 1695, which would expand the state’s renewable fuels production tax credit. For HB 1694, supporters from the airlines, renewable fuels industry, business groups, and some environmental and youth representatives said sustainable aviation fuel is a practical near-term way to cut emissions in aviation, a hard-to-decarbonize sector, and argued the credit would send a market signal, support local production, and help meet state climate goals. Opponents, including Energy Justice Network and a taxpayer-focused testifier, argued the bill could subsidize expensive fuels that may not be truly clean, could duplicate benefits available under other tax provisions, and should not support transpacific aviation or technologies they said are unproven or harmful. The Department of Taxation stood on written testimony, and the chair later asked that all verbal testimony on remaining bills be limited to one minute because of time constraints. HB 1695 drew similar support and opposition, but focused more broadly on renewable fuels for transportation, trucking, shipping, and other sectors. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Energy Office, airlines, PAR Hawaii, the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, Pacific Biodiesel, and the RNG Coalition, said the bill would help scale local fuel production, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support jobs and agriculture, and advance the state’s climate and energy goals. Several supporters emphasized that the credit would help build a local industry and that life-cycle accounting should be used to measure emissions benefits. Opponents repeated concerns that some biofuels and waste-based fuels may not be climate-beneficial, may rely on flawed modeling, and could create costly infrastructure that would need to be replaced later. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• It has a total transportation budget.
• They are a core part of city transportation budgets.
• We're now looking at the transportation improvements.
• Our participation in our Transportation Management Center—ours is the Spokane Regional Transportation
• The Joint Transportation Committee is adjourned.

Keywords: 904, all

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• I'm Senior Policy Director at Transportation for Mass.
• to improve transportation so residents can thrive.
• I'm Senior Policy Director at Transportation for Mass.
• to improve transportation so residents can thrive.
• to improve transportation so residents can thrive.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on H. 3256, a bill stemming from the Massachusetts Cranberry Revitalization Task Force that would remove Chapter 61A barriers for certain renewable energy projects on non-producing agricultural land. Supporters said the bill would let farmers separate adjacent land from Chapter 61A without a municipal right of first refusal, avoid rollback and advance tax penalties, and use small solar or other renewable projects to generate supplemental income while keeping the farm in operation. Testimony emphasized that the proposal is intended to be “farm-first,” limited to marginal or accessory land, and could also produce local tax revenue for municipalities. Some members raised concerns about whether the bill should be limited to solar, the appropriate project size, impacts on other agricultural sectors, and whether future sales or conversion back to other uses should trigger local rights of first refusal. Witnesses said the bill had been reported favorably in a prior session and noted that similar projects typically involve 20-year leases with extensions. The committee also took testimony on S. 2009, which would authorize regional transportation ballot initiatives. MAPC and Transportation for Mass argued that the bill would give municipalities and groups of municipalities a flexible tool to raise local revenue for transportation projects such as transit, roads, bridges, bikeways, and pedestrian infrastructure, with sunset provisions so the revenue ends when the project ends. They said the measure would not raise taxes on its own, but would allow local voters to decide whether to adopt a revenue source, and pointed to examples from other states where similar initiatives funded major transit and infrastructure projects. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony was also heard on S. 1922, which would create a Massachusetts fund allowing voluntary taxpayer donations to the UN Least Developed Countries Fund or related 501(c)(3) nonprofits supporting climate-vulnerable communities. Climate Reality Project representatives said the bill would let Massachusetts residents support climate resilience projects in the world’s poorest countries at no cost to the Commonwealth, and could serve as a model for other states. Senators questioned how recipient countries and nonprofits would be selected, what safeguards would exist regarding countries such as Yemen, and how taxpayers would know where donations would go; witnesses said the fund would be administered through the UN system and that they would provide more clarification. Rep. Michelle Ciccolo also testified on H. 3051, seeking a one-year deferral of the higher interest rate that applies when deferred property taxes become due after the death of a senior or veteran, saying the current jump to 16% can burden heirs and discourage use of the deferral program. The hearing concluded without any votes or committee actions.

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• Transportation directors, who are the hardworking folks in charge of solving the transportation puzzle
• For those students, transportation isn't a convenience.
• Alternative student transportation is when transportation is provided by a school district in a small
• Alternative student transportation is when transportation is provided by a school district in a small
• Massachusetts is facing a student transportation crisis with increasing transportation costs.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing with opening remarks from Senate Chair John Cronin and House Chair Dan Cahill, followed by member introductions and instructions limiting testimony to three minutes. The committee first heard testimony on S. 2743, an act addressing staged suicides. Elizabeth Sherin Feiner of Jewish Family and Children’s Service and later Susan Altman, a domestic violence advocate, described cases in which deaths initially treated as accidents or suicides were later found to be homicides, arguing the bill would improve training, investigation protocols, and accountability in deaths involving domestic abuse. Committee members asked about current police and medical examiner practices, and one member noted that sudden-death determinations are handled by the chief medical examiner in Massachusetts. The committee then heard testimony on S. 2861, a special commission to examine school bus safety, led by Representative Sabadosa and Amanda Taylor, whose daughter Summer Steel was killed in a school bus door incident. Taylor urged adoption of anti-pinch sensor technology on new buses, saying it could have prevented her daughter’s death. Representative Sabadosa and later a Mazur USA representative supported the bill, explaining that anti-pinch and anti-drag technologies are already used in other transportation sectors and could prevent similar tragedies. The hearing also included discussion of costs and the fact that the proposal would apply prospectively to buses manufactured going forward. Finally, the committee heard testimony on S. 3021, updating Massachusetts student transportation. Ever-Driven Technologies and Chamber of Progress supported the bill, saying it would modernize Section 7D requirements for smaller passenger vehicles used for alternative student transportation while keeping core safety standards in place. They argued the change would help districts serve students experiencing homelessness, in foster care, or with disabilities, reduce costs, and expand transportation options amid a statewide transportation crisis. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after public testimony concluded.

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• THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
• TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GOES WITH THAT.
• THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO GET A JOB.
• AND AGAIN, THE IDEA IS WE DELIVER WORLD-CLASS TRANSPORTATION.
• SO SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE A WORLD-CLASS TRANSPORTATION AGENCY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Welcome to your Transportation Committee meeting. Members, happy to see all of you here today.
• That's a cost of about 7 million to the Department of Transportation.
• So specifically in the transportation space, we've seen so far the majority of longstanding federal transportation
• I really am concerned about the Transportation Project Fund.
• I will say on the transportation, the Transportation Project Fund.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Uh, this transportation bill is makes our transportation system smarter.
• . transportation. transportation.
• And then I looked at transportation, and to me the answer in transportation is a lot simpler.
• fund all aspects of transportation. fund all aspects of transportation.
• That's what a transportation bill does. That's what a transportation bill does.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, specifically the transport.
• or through a Medicaid transportation provider, vouchers for transportation.
• So, we currently provide transportation for anyone who needs transportation. needs it, whether that's
• a Medicaid transportation or through a Medicaid transportation<00:24:47.120> provider, transportation
• > transportation.

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Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board first approved the September 24 minutes and then heard a presentation from four certified community behavioral health clinic providers: Pathways, NorthKey, Seven Counties Services, and NewVista. The presenters explained the difference between traditional community mental health centers and CCBHCs, describing CCBHCs as an enhanced model that integrates behavioral health, primary care, wraparound services, and crisis response. They reviewed the federal history of the model, Kentucky’s entry into the Medicaid demonstration in 2022, and the scheduled end of the enhanced federal match on December 31, 2027. They also emphasized required services such as 24-hour mobile crisis, care coordination, and services for veterans, and described care coordination as a key feature that helps patients follow up after hospital or emergency discharge, manage medications, and connect to transportation and other supports. The presenters gave examples of improved outcomes, including a patient who was able to remain living independently because of coordinated home-based and telehealth support, and they argued that CCBHCs are helping Kentucky build a more responsive crisis system through 988, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization units. They said the model is data-driven, uses performance metrics, and has led to stronger collaboration among community partners. One speaker said more than 100 agencies participated in a Jefferson County community health needs assessment and continued meeting afterward to reduce redundancies and barriers to care. They also said crisis call hub compliance and mobile crisis outreach compliance improved significantly over the past year. Members asked about how navigators and connectors fit into the model, how CCBHCs work with managed care organizations, and how the program could expand statewide. The presenters said navigators are not built into the CCBHC model but may be used through referrals, while the CCBHCs continue to bill MCOs the same way and receive a Medicaid wrap payment for the enhanced rate. They said the goal would be for all community mental health centers to become CCBHCs, but that a state plan amendment would be needed and could not be limited only to CMHCs if submitted to CMS. They estimated about $28 million would be needed statewide to continue the program in the next biennium, combining the loss of enhanced federal match and the state share of enhanced service costs. The board also discussed transportation, with one presenter explaining that their program arranges Medicaid transportation for eligible appointments, and members raised concerns about mental inquest warrant transport and whether sheriffs should remain involved. No votes were taken on the CCBHC or transportation items during the discussion.

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• <00:10:55.120> and<00:10:55.280> Public Transportations and Public Transportations and
• unreliable transportation. unreliable transportation.
• <00:50:13.840> I a variety of transportation modes. I a variety of transportation modes.
• <00:50:21.680> I'm different transportation issues. I'm different transportation issues.

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• are serving all modes of transportation. are serving all modes of transportation.
• <00:53:42.559> There's multimodal transportation. There's multimodal transportation.
• and safe transportation alternatives. and safe transportation alternatives.
• center of transportation projects. center of transportation projects.
• cut in transportation in $132 million cut in transportation in the<01:20:49.360> tales.

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• law allocation of the transportation law allocation of the transportation advancement<00:05:31.080
• <00:21:56.520> advancement<00:21:57.080> account transportation advancement account transportation
• Local transportation spending outweighs state and federal spending on our transportation system.
• We support the Transportation Advancement Account.
• <00:30:57.519> advancement support the transportation advancement support the transportation

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 5 was heard in the Transportation Committee and moved by the author, Representative Jim Joy, to be referred to the Tax Committee. Joy described the bill as a package to make Minnesota more affordable by fully eliminating the Social Security tax subtraction, ending the motor fuels tax indexing, repealing the retail delivery fee, and studying vehicle registration/license taxes compared with neighboring states. Committee fiscal staff explained the bill’s fiscal effects across the general fund, highway user tax distribution fund, transportation advancement account, and metro county sales tax allocations, including that the delivery fee repeal would reduce Transportation Advancement Account revenue and that the bill would shift some revenue sources to offset losses. Several stakeholders testified. The Minnesota Grocers Association strongly supported repealing the retail delivery fee, arguing it is costly and complex for retailers to administer, especially small businesses, and that the costs are ultimately passed on to consumers. The Minnesota Propane Association also supported repeal, saying the fee is burdensome for propane businesses, that only a small share of deliveries are actually subject to it, and that compliance costs can exceed the fee revenue collected. Fiscal staff noted that delivery fee revenue forecasts have fallen below earlier projections, and explained that the fee is imposed on sellers with several exemptions, including a $100 transaction threshold and exemptions for some sales such as bars, restaurants, nonprofits, and certain small businesses. Opposition came from local government groups. The League of Minnesota Cities said it supported the Transportation Advancement Account and its 2023 funding sources, including the delivery fee and motor vehicle parts sales tax, and warned that the bill would prematurely alter a funding structure that cities rely on for predictable transportation revenue. The Minnesota Association of Small Cities said small cities had long lacked dedicated transportation funding and wanted a stable, ongoing revenue stream, but were neutral on the exact source as long as it was reliable. Metro Cities echoed support for stable, predictable transportation funding for metro-area cities. The committee took testimony and discussion only; no final vote was recorded in the excerpt beyond the motion to refer the bill to the Tax Committee.

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• Minnesota Department of Transportation. Minnesota Department of Transportation.
• <00:03:45.200> However, transportation funding. However, transportation funding.
• .<00:31:23.520> Active<00:31:23.919> transportation transportation.
• Active transportation transportation.
• federal um transportation agency. federal um transportation agency.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• transportation commission was appointed.
• transportation system.
• But that's been the thing that's made all the difference for our transportation system.
• That population growth needs to be served with transportation alternatives.
• They're filling gaps that the Department of Transportation cannot feel.

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• Um, calling to order the Committee on Transportation at 10:00 a.m. today, April 1st.
• aviation fuels to decarbonize Hawaii's transportation sector and support the state's climate goals.
• A first of Department of Transportation and support on Zoom.
• to violate the legal settlement between, um, called Navah F versus Hawaii Department of Transportation
• and Transportation to facilitate and accelerate<00:15:22.839> the<00:15:23.040> adoption

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Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on April 1 and first took up HR 63 HD1 and HCR 70 HD1, which urge the Department of Transportation to facilitate and accelerate adoption of sustainable aviation fuels to help decarbonize Hawaii’s transportation sector and meet climate goals. Testimony was mixed: supporters included representatives of Island Energy Services, Par Hawaii, Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines, Life of the Land, and the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, who said aviation emissions are a major challenge for Hawaii and that further research and development of renewable fuels is needed. Opponents, including the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi and Energy Justice Network, argued the resolutions would undermine the state’s greenhouse-gas reduction commitments, rely on non-carbon-free fuels, and could create land, water, and biosecurity concerns. One member, Rep. Moroka, said his concern was the word “accelerate” because of potential damage from improperly stored biofuels. The committee voted to pass HR 63 HD1 and HCR 70 HD1, with Rep. Moroka voting no and the remaining voting members in favor. The committee then heard HR 136 and HCR 142, which urge the Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Department of Transportation to expand the airport greetings program to display kākau art in all neighbor island airports. The only noted testimony was written comments from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and there was no additional oral testimony or discussion. The committee voted to move the measures out as is, and the recommendation was adopted without opposition. The meeting adjourned after both sets of measures were approved.

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• But I think transportation is a big issue. transportation which in my area is a transportation which
• . transport. transport.
• . transports. transports.
• used to transport. used to transport.
• > law transported requests transport by law transported requests transport by law enforcement

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• HHS in the Transportation of Kids. Is HHS in the Transportation of Kids.
• transportation each year of the bienium. transportation each year of the bienium.
• transport back and back and forth daily. transport back and back and forth daily.
• supplied transportation or not? supplied transportation or not?
• , it has to be transportation.

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Summary: The commission met to approve the May 18, 2026 minutes and then focused on how SB 57’s special education cost study should inform HB 1099, which creates a separate study committee on residential placements and related education costs. Members discussed sending the commission’s minutes and findings to that new committee, noting the short timeline for its work and the need to be specific about unresolved issues so the new group does not duplicate the same questions. A major topic was the cost and responsibility for students placed at Spalding and similar residential programs, especially transportation and whether costs are paid through the Department of Education’s episode-of-treatment (EOT) fund, local districts, DHS, or Medicaid. Staff explained that for students with disabilities, EOT funds cover special education and transportation costs tied to the placement, while students without disabilities are handled through DHS care-management and best-interest meetings. Members raised concerns about whether some students at Spalding are receiving no schooling, whether transportation costs are substantial, and whether Medicaid reimbursement could offset some expenses. The commission also discussed confusion over district responsibility when students placed in residential programs attend school in another district, using Winnisquam as an example. Several members said the receiving district was not notified that DHHS-approved programs could bring in additional students and costs, and they suggested DHHS or its care-management entity should notify both the district of residence and the receiving district when a program is approved. The group agreed this notification issue, along with transportation funding, privacy concerns in Medicaid-to-schools billing, and the distinction between special education placements, EOT placements, and other voluntary residential placements, should be passed to the HB 1099 study committee for further work.

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• Welcome, everybody, to our Government Finance Transportation Study Subcommittee meeting.
• Thank you again for your time and for your interest in public transportation.
• Grand Forks does not operate citywide school bus transportation for students.
• It's the only form of transportation that really works for them.
• And it's also a lot more expensive than public transportation.

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Summary: The Government Finance Transportation Study Subcommittee met to review fixed-route transit systems and related funding needs. After approving the prior meeting minutes, the committee heard presentations from Cities Area Transit in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks, Bisman Transit in Bismarck-Mandan, and MATBUS/Fargo, along with comments from North Dakota Protection & Advocacy. The transit agencies described their routes, paratransit services, ridership trends, fare structures, fleet replacement needs, and rising operating costs, emphasizing that transit supports access to work, school, medical care, and other essential services. Testimony also noted that ridership fell during the pandemic and has been recovering, while vehicle and maintenance costs have risen sharply. Grand Forks transit reported 17 routes, a recent fare increase, and operating costs that exceed fare revenue, with paratransit service extending beyond the federal minimum service area. Bisman Transit outlined its fixed-route and paratransit operations, recent service expansions, local mill levies, sales tax support, and federal grant structure, and said it is seeking more stable funding and flexibility beyond paratransit-only support. Minot’s transit superintendent explained the state’s existing transit aid formula, the use of refurbished buses, and the challenges of driver recruitment and electric bus infrastructure. Fargo asked for additional state support for fixed-route urban transit. Committee members discussed whether ride-share services could replace transit, the cost per trip, local match requirements, and whether a separate state funding source should be recommended for the four urban fixed-route systems. The subcommittee ultimately approved a motion to have Legislative Council prepare a summary of its activities for inclusion in the full Government Finance Committee report, and members indicated they would seek more detailed funding figures from the transit agencies before making any specific recommendation.

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• <00:37:10.839> uh special education Transportation uh special education Transportation uh
• <01:13:26.159> has need for special Transportation has need for special Transportation has
• public people aid for transportation public people aid for transportation affect affect affect um
• significant growth and transportation significant growth and transportation costs<01:45:19.239><

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• Chairman, I think that we have skimmed the surface, no pun intended, on raw milk producers.
• If it's about safety, wouldn't it be about not keeping it in coolers and transporting it or being at
• :38:50.920> cooler, and then take it back in a cooler, and then take it back in a cooler, transport
• <02:38:53.040> Well, transport it home. Well, transport it home.
• it or being at a farmer's transporting it or being at a farmer's market<02:39:07.320> sitting

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• We were losing transportation.
• Members, under section 21.105 of the Transportation Code, the Texas Transportation Commission.
• In addition, all of our goods and transported are transported across these roads, which will increase
• Uh, I want the Texas Department of Transport, Texas Department of Transportation, uh, and other tolling
• Uh, the Texas Department of Transportation in partnership with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute