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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Republican Caucus Members Present Bill Package Addressing Waste, Fraud and Abuse - 02/12/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The other piece to it, what the Inspector General office is not, is not a replacement for the agencies
- office is not is the Inspector General office is not is not<00:15:14.759>
a <00:15:15.000>replacement the <00:15:15.759>agencies <00:15:16.240>to <00:15:16.360>do not a replacement- for the agencies to do not a replacement for the agencies to do their<00:15:16.720>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Taxes Committee OKs bill to expand MN sales tax exemptions on baby products 2/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- We have not had replacement fertility rates since 2006, according to the Minnesota State Demographic
- We<00:23:28.280>
have <00:23:28.440>not <00:23:28.760>had <00:23:29.000>replacement - <00:23:29.560>
fertility We have not had replacement fertility We have not had replacement
Summary:
House File 18 was taken up in committee, with the chair noting a preference to hear testimony from people who had traveled farther before hearing from lobbyists or other local witnesses. Representative Engan presented the bill as a family-support measure that would exempt certain infant care items from sales tax, arguing that the cost of raising children has risen sharply and that the bill would provide immediate relief to parents. He cited examples of potential savings on cribs, mattresses, strollers, and baby bottles, and said he was open to expanding the list of covered items.
Chair Gomez offered a DE1 amendment that would replace the blanket sales tax exemption with an expansion of Minnesota’s child tax credit, arguing that the child-rearing cost burden is better addressed through targeted assistance rather than a broad exemption that could also benefit higher-income purchasers. After discussing the policy differences and the fiscal impact, Gomez withdrew the amendment. Members then asked questions about the bill’s scope, whether luxury items should be excluded, and why the exemption was limited to baby items rather than older children’s needs. Engan said he would be open to excluding luxury items and to discussing broader expansions, including school supplies.
The committee then heard testimony in support from Sarah Gangelhoff of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, who said the bill would help families facing high housing, food, and child care costs and would especially benefit women and single-mother households. Maggie Hanggi of the Minnesota Catholic Conference also supported the bill, saying the tax relief could help families afford essential infant items and reduce fear for prospective parents. Members raised concerns about whether tax exemptions effectively reach the families most in need, with one member noting that low-income families may not even be in a position to shop for these items; Engan responded that the savings would still be real for those who do purchase them. No final vote or disposition on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
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includes <00:36:04.480>replacement <00:36:05.119>funding - They're not being replaced anymore. You can't find the parts. They're not being supported.
- They're uh not being replaced anymore. They're uh not being replaced anymore.
- It just doesn't work well. replace their radios. Um, we do we can't replace their radios.
- benefit from funds like this to replace benefit from funds like this to replace armor<01:15:57.040
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/03/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
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therapy even start hormone replacement therapy even start hormone replacement - I am currently 17 and in, uh, seeking hormone replacement therapy.
- therapy I've been in hormone replacement therapy I've been in the<03:00:08.319>
process <03:00 - <03:30:13.960>
therapy banning hormonal replacement therapy banning hormonal replacement therapy - Representative Kessler asked him to be clear: was he actually taking hormone replacement medication?
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- by solar panels using free, abundant, and unlimited energy coming from the sun into the state will replace
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- it and make it would repeal and replace it and make it in<02:06:44.040>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/10/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not intended to permanently replace federal funding.
- <01:52:52.600>
It <01:52:52.720>provides replace federal funding. - It provides replace federal funding.
- Now, we're not asking the state Legislature to replace the nine million dollars.
- Now, we're not asking the state Legislature to replace the nine million dollars.
MN
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of <00:59:50.319> - One of the changes is just technical for sections six and 8 to replace mental illness with a more holistic
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/02/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but I don't see it replacing, I mean, this is just my opinion.
- I don't see how it's going to replace all of that in four years. Okay. Um, I'll let Dr.
- <00:36:46.160>
Um <00:36:47.520>uh replaced by a robot surgically. - Um uh replaced by a robot surgically.
- What happens when robots can replace those workers?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/19/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um food shelves are not designed to replace SNAP.
- Um food shelves are not designed to replace SNAP.
- food shelves are not designed to replace food shelves are not designed to replace SNAP.<01:25:53.960
- Minnesotans are resilient, but resilience does not replace infrastructure.
- resilience does not replace resilience does not replace infrastructure. infrastructure. infrastructure
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Why are we removing or are we replacing it and making improvements with new pipelines, which is greatly
- Does that include the roof replacement? Because previous funds were lapsed, I believe.
- Does that uncover the roof replacement?
- Because previous funds were replacement?
- <01:58:05.360>
or <01:58:05.599>they vacant have been either replaced or they vacant
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (9-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Stokes baskets, for instance, last, you know, that's not something you have to replace that often, but
- They have to be replaced. Fifteen sounds like a lot, but we teach a rescue class.
- So if somebody gets in trouble, uh, you know, they're kind of replacing like the Garmin inReaches for
- like the Garmin in kind of replacing like the Garmin in reaches<01:04:43.359>
for <01:04:43.520 - <01:20:57.600>
Blackhawk aircraft that replaces the Blackhawk aircraft that replaces the Blackhawk
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort.
The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises.
Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That language was completely replaced by Representative Cordelli's amendment, which is what he's been
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by that language was completely replaced by that language was completely replaced - So number one, your replace-all amendment for Representative—I don't want to mispronounce your name.
- So number one, your replace-all amendment for Representative—I don't want to mispronounce your name.
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all <01:58:10.480>amendment number one, your replace all amendment number one, your replace
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/7/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The State Fiscal Recovery Fund allows for broad uses, including revenue replacement for expenditures
- <00:10:23.680>
for <00:10:23.920>expenditures <00:10:24.720>obligated replacement - for expenditures obligated replacement for expenditures obligated between<00:10:25.680>
March - Partial wage replacement.
- Partial wage replacement. downturns. Partial wage replacement.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And what they gave us, these four, replace these two with these two. That's sort of a wash. Right.
- <01:56:36.560>
That's replace these two with these two. - That's replace these two with these two.
- So it's not like the general-funded positions can utilize federal funds to replace them.
- Thank you, Representative. 2, which replaces sections 25- 64 in 2, which replaces sections 25- 64 in
Summary:
The committee worked through a series of budget amendments, mostly to House Bill 2 and related House Bill 1 changes, with members discussing whether to reduce or preserve funding for various programs. Early actions included approving an amendment to House Bill 219 that delays implementation of renewable energy-related provisions to 2027, and approving an amendment that removes a $150,000 appropriation tied to a housing-related database while allowing use of housing fund money for the project. The committee also approved an amendment affecting magistrates so they could continue pretrial and other judicial support work, while noting they would not handle bail and that the change reflected separate legislation already signed by the governor.
Members then approved a series of administrative savings items in the Department of Administrative Services, including eliminating a long-vacant computer analyst position and reducing overtime and recruiting/subscription-tool budgets. They also approved an amendment cutting marketing and administrative support for the paid family leave program, with members emphasizing that the program itself would continue. A proposed cut to the WorkInvest NH program was discussed at length, with some members arguing it benefits workers and employers and others noting the cost is borne by employers; the committee ultimately set that item aside without taking action. The committee also debated and then approved a modest reduction to a BEA regional planning grant, despite objections that regional planning commissions provide valuable municipal support.
The most extended discussion centered on the State Library. Representative Sweeney said he did not want to pursue a full cut of the library and instead favored a more targeted approach, noting that some federal funding for library services such as interlibrary loans and the Libby system may be at risk. Members discussed alternatives, including unfilled positions and other partial reductions, but no final action on the full library cut was taken in the portion provided. The committee also paused on some other items to gather more information before voting.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The three Rs are retention, faculty retention, replacement, and recruitment.
- When faced with retirements, it can be very challenging to find replacements and then provide the training
- retention the three Rs retention faculty retention the three Rs retention faculty retention replacement
- and recruitment when faced replacement and recruitment when faced with<00:35:28.640>
retirements< - <00:35:32.200>
and challenging to find replacements and challenging to find replacements and
Keywords:
agriculture, agricultural education, leadership development, Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, MAELC, chapter 41D, grant funding, general fund appropriation, commissioner of agriculture, farm education, youth agriculture programs, ag literacy, workforce development, extension education, research funding, extension services, technology transfer, grant programs, 1183, house
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN-EIG, CPN-HHS, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-11-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- amendment to allow the PUC an option to consider a symmetric performance incentive mechanism as a replacement
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a performance incentive mechanism as a performance incentive mechanism as a replacement - uh to the compliance replacement uh to the compliance reporting<01:09:04.600>
mechanism <01:09 - :11.080>
it's <01:46:11.239>through <01:46:11.480>hormone <01:46:11.840>replacement - whether it's through hormone replacement whether it's through hormone replacement therapies<01:46
Summary:
The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding.
Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted.
The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So these products have begun to replace payday loans as a preferred short-term financing product that
- payday loans as a have begun to replace payday loans as a preferred<01:04:36.359>
short-term < - Fannie Mae stopped publishing it, so we would replace that one with the average prime offer rate that's
- Fannie Mae stopped publishing it, so we would replace that one with the average prime offer rate that's
- that one with the average would replace that one with the average Prime<01:31:14.239>
offer <01
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I do know that there are several culverts that probably need to be replaced.
- I do know that there are several culverts that probably need to be replaced.
- I do know that there are several culverts that probably need to be replaced.
- I do know that there are several culverts that probably need to be replaced.
- and repaved and did a bunch of replaced and repaved and did a bunch of other<00:23:48.520>
things
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561.
The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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of <03:19:13.840>clearing <03:19:14.359>to <03:19:14.720>replace - a limited amount of clearing to replace a limited amount of clearing to replace and<03:19:15.199
- The witness explained that if a filter is not replaced frequently enough, it can become a breeding ground
- <04:25:23.760>
that <04:25:24.000>carbon if you're not replacing that carbon if you're - not replacing that carbon frequently<04:25:25.000>
enough <04:25:25.960>and <04:25:26.319
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 332, a bill to add protection and remediation of surface waters as a new authorized purpose for New Hampshire village districts. Prime sponsor Rep. Rosemary Rung said the bill is intended to give local voters in lake communities a voluntary tool to address cyanobacteria blooms and other water-quality problems through village districts, including the ability to raise revenue, adopt ordinances, and pursue treatments or watershed management measures. She emphasized that the proposal is meant to complement, not replace, state law and that any district action would still need to comply with existing permitting and environmental requirements.
Supporters, including Andrea Laro of New Hampshire Lakes and Elizabeth Harper of the Lake Sunapee Protective Association, said the bill would help municipalities collaborate on lake protection when state resources are limited. They argued that local districts could bring subject-matter expertise, access grants and technical assistance, and respond more quickly to problems such as septic impacts, runoff, culvert repairs, and in-lake treatments. They also suggested clarifying the bill’s wording around “protection and remediation” to better define the scope of authorized activities.
Opponents, including Steve Wolf and Chris Norwood of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, argued that village districts can already be overly broad and sometimes expand beyond their original purposes. Wolf said existing town and state agencies already handle shoreline protection and warned that village districts can impose ongoing taxes and create governance problems. Norwood urged a study bill instead, citing concerns about the scope of village districts and examples where some districts have taken on planning and zoning powers beyond their original mission. No vote or final action on HB 332 was taken in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/17/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- He said the bill does not specifically address replacement. existing home.
- . replacement. replacement.
- <02:16:34.800>
could believe that uh a replacement could believe that uh a replacement could - The director indicated that the discussion about replacement was continuing. practice, but uh I don't
- ,<02:20:09.600>
not systems that need replacement, not systems that need replacement, not
Summary:
The subcommittee held an open work session on HB 1766-FN, a bill addressing cruelty to livestock, and focused on proposed language changes from the Department of Agriculture. Assistant State Veterinarian Nathan Harvey, speaking for the commissioner, explained concerns about the term “imminent danger,” arguing that the bill should allow seizure based on probable cause when an animal is starving or has a life-threatening condition, rather than tying action too closely to whether the owner is arrested. The department also proposed language on “extreme suffering” that would require euthanasia if the cost of treatment would exceed the allowable reimbursement amount under AGR rules, though members immediately raised concerns about using a dollar limit to require euthanasia. The department further suggested clarifying who may participate in investigations by allowing the state veterinarian or a designate, and noted that the current draft could be read too narrowly.
Members discussed the $5,000 emergency care cap in the rules, with Josh Marshall confirming it is an aggregate emergency veterinary care limit. Several legislators said they were uncomfortable changing the bill from “may” to “shall” euthanize, arguing that treatment costs vary widely by species and condition and that a fixed monetary threshold could be too rigid. Representative Bixby also raised a separate concern that the bill’s language may be broader than intended and could apply to all animals rather than livestock only. The department agreed the bill should be limited to livestock and suggested using existing statutory definitions or adding a new section to make that clear.
The discussion also turned to humane societies and other organizations that might investigate complaints or board seized animals. A representative from a humane organization said the groups with expertise in care often also have expertise useful to investigations, and that removing them entirely could be impractical because only a few facilities in the state can provide boarding. Members and witnesses explored alternative language that would allow for-profit and nonprofit organizations to participate in either the investigation or the care of livestock, but not both, to avoid conflicts of interest while preserving needed expertise. No votes were taken; the work session ended with agreement to consult the Office of Legislative Services and the department to refine the bill before the next meeting.