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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/11/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Ted Fisbold, and I live in rural Detroit Lakes in Becker County.
- live in begin my name is Ted fisal and I live in rural<00:37:17.599><c> Detroit</c><00:37:18.040><c> Lakes
- </c><00:37:19.040><c> in</c><00:37:19.200><c> Becker</c> rural Detroit Lakes in Becker rural Detroit
- Lakes in Becker County<00:37:21.839><c> I'm</c><00:37:22.000><c> grateful</c><00:37:22.359><c> to</c>
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I consider myself extremely fortunate to be living at Lake AEL Residence in Ramsey County.
- to</c><01:25:46.360><c> be</c><01:25:46.520><c> living</c><01:25:46.880><c> at</c><01:25:47.040><c> Lake
- </c> extremely fortunate to be living at Lake extremely fortunate to be living at Lake AEL<01:25:47.920
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- NIH cuts would impact their entire state, and I think Minnesota—I represent Plymouth and Medicine Lake—and
- Plymouth think Minnesota I I represent Plymouth and<00:23:12.480><c> Medicine</c><00:23:12.919><c> Lake
- and</c><00:23:13.360><c> Plymouth</c><00:23:13.760><c> has</c><00:23:13.880><c> a</c> and Medicine Lake
- and Plymouth has a and Medicine Lake and Plymouth has a great<00:23:14.279><c> deal</c><00:23:14.880
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I live in Big Lake, Minnesota.
- 02.599><c> Big</c> okay my name is Rachel gy I live in Big okay my name is Rachel gy I live in Big Lake
- 04.240><c> currently</c><00:44:05.119><c> am</c><00:44:05.319><c> a</c><00:44:05.599><c> Salon</c> Lake
- Minnesota I currently am a Salon Lake Minnesota I currently am a Salon Suite<00:44:06.440><c> renter
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I was very afraid, but I drove to the office at Central Lakes College.
- <01:04:50.359><c> office</c><01:04:50.680><c> at</c><01:04:50.839><c> Central</c><01:04:51.240><c> Lakes
- </c> drove to the office at Central Lakes drove to the office at Central Lakes College<01:04:52.520><
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- stands tall over an essential water aquifer for Big Island, has endemic species, burial grounds, sacred Lake
- </c> has endemic species burial grounds has endemic species burial grounds sacred<00:12:59.639><c> Lake
- </c> sacred Lake sacred Lake Yow<00:13:01.720><c> it</c><00:13:01.839><c> is</c><00:13:02.240><c> the
Committee:
House Water & Land
Summary:
The Committee on Water and Land heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 347 relating to goats. The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments and said its Division of Forestry and Wildlife was available to answer questions. Testimony on the bill was largely opposed, with speakers arguing it would amount to a “free-for-all” rather than game management and urging deferral. DLNR responded that bag limits can be adjusted by area and game management unit under adaptive management rules, and that hunters typically take out their catch. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up HB 1278, on which DLNR testified in support. The record in the excerpt does not include discussion of the bill’s substance beyond the department’s support, and no action or vote is shown.
A substantial portion of the hearing focused on HB 144, relating to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority and proposed exemptions from Sunshine Law requirements during the transition period. The authority’s vice chair testified that the body is a startup agency with a complex transition from the University and needs to be able to discuss strategic planning, operational formation, and other day-to-day matters with more than two members present. Opponents, including the Public First Law Center, Hawaiʻi Environmental Alliance, and community members, argued the bill would cut the public out of the deliberative process, allow decisions to be hashed out in private, and set a poor transparency precedent. One testifier also raised cultural and environmental concerns about Mauna Kea. Committee members questioned whether existing law and narrower guardrails could address the authority’s concerns, and the authority said it had already proposed a narrower alternative but the bill returned in similar form. The excerpt ends before any final committee action on HB 144 is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I think this is a great investment for a community of 11,842 lakes to get rid of as much plastic as possible
- investment um for a community<01:29:50.639><c> of</c> community of community of 11,842<01:29:52.560><c> lakes
- 54.119><c> rid</c><01:29:54.239><c> of</c><01:29:54.520><c> as</c><01:29:54.679><c> much</c> 11,842 lakes
- to get rid rid of as much 11,842 lakes to get rid rid of as much plastic<01:29:55.480><c> as</c><01:
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They're out on the lake, they're traveling, and so that's been a challenge as well. public public you
- they're</c><00:06:56.319><c> out</c><00:06:56.440><c> on</c><00:06:56.599><c> the</c><00:06:56.720><c> lake
- </c><00:06:57.080><c> they're</c> things they're out on the lake they're things they're out on the lake
Committee:
Senate Elections
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Then, of course, Duluth, which you may well know, with Lake Superior, is focused on natural resource
- /c><00:03:59.920><c> well</c><00:04:00.159><c> know</c><00:04:00.640><c> with</c><00:04:00.799><c> Lake
- </c><00:04:01.040><c> Superior</c> you may well know with Lake Superior you may well know with Lake Superior
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- State are deeply embedded in the regions of our state where they’re located, so Plymouth State in the Lakes
- located so Plymouth state where they're located so Plymouth in<01:17:22.120><c> The</c><01:17:22.199><c> Lakes
- Region</c><01:17:22.719><c> of</c><01:17:22.880><c> North</c><01:17:23.159><c> Country</c> in The Lakes
- Region of North Country in The Lakes Region of North Country Keen<01:17:24.120><c> over</c><01:17:24.280
Summary:
The meeting was the first session of a newly created House Education Funding Committee, which also handles career technical education and higher education legislation. The chair explained that the committee was split off from the larger education committee because of the high volume of bills in the prior biennium, and said its focus would be on education funding policy and related fiscal issues. He noted that the committee had already reviewed major topics with the Department of Education, including the foundation formula, building aid, career technical education, special education aid, catastrophic aid, and higher education funding, and that chancellors from the university and community college systems were scheduled to appear later that morning.
The bulk of the meeting was an orientation on committee procedures and decorum. The chair reviewed attendance and replacement rules, hearing procedures, time limits for testimony, and how the committee would handle crowded hearings, early bills, and fiscal notes. He emphasized that hearings are not debates, that sponsors and co-sponsors may present but should not use their position to dominate questioning, and that the chair controls whether additional technical questions are asked of witnesses. He also stressed neutrality, saying members should not display buttons or placards or engage in running debates with testifiers, and that the committee should treat all testimony respectfully regardless of party or viewpoint.
Additional housekeeping guidance covered security procedures, use of cell phones and computers during hearings, breaks and hydration in the dry hearing rooms, and courtesy toward the clerk and other staff. The chair also asked members to notify leadership in advance of absences and explained that some bills may require larger rooms or overflow arrangements. No votes were taken and no bills were acted on during this portion of the meeting.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, the gray wolf numbers in the thousands across the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains, with each of
- </c><02:46:56.880><c> The</c><02:46:57.120><c> Great</c><02:46:57.359><c> Lakes</c><02:46:57.760><c>
- The Great Lakes region has are found.
- The Great Lakes region has the<02:46:58.640><c> largest</c><02:46:59.040><c> concentration</c><02:46:
- The Rocky Mountains and western Great Lakes. There's something else we should all remember.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a resident of White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
- I'm a resident of White<00:10:52.720><c> Bear</c><00:10:52.959><c> Lake,</c><00:10:53.279><c> Minnesota
- </c><00:10:54.000><c> I'm</c><00:10:54.320><c> a</c><00:10:54.560><c> former</c> White Bear Lake, Minnesota
- I'm a former White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
- has advocated for a K through 2 bell-to-bell personal device policy in School District 542 in Battle Lake
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- We protected Lake Perie.
- We protected Lake Perie.
- We protected Lake Perie.
- We protected Lake Perie.
- We protected Lake Perie.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/29/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- 05:04.200><c> uh</c><01:05:04.319><c> and</c><01:05:04.480><c> a</c> He said he was able to swim in lakes
- was able to just said I can't do that I was able to swim<01:05:31.839><c> in</c><01:05:32.000><c> lakes
- and off of a dock where I swim in lakes and off of a dock where I could<01:05:33.720><c> take</c><01
- I love to go swimming in the Connecticut and in the lakes during the summer, love to go skiing, both
- I’m a resident of Silver Lake, New Hampshire, and I am a cancer survivor.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 19 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It pollutes our watersheds, it pollutes our lakes and our streams.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several procedural matters, including adopting a resolution recognizing the work of Ukraine Forward and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a number of petitions. The chamber also scheduled several bills for later consideration, including measures on unemployment insurance for fluctuating work schedules, the Medical Society mission statement, a youth training wage, bridge and intersection namings, handicapped parking fines, public-way safety, excavation restoration, motor vehicle safety, and a Newton police age requirement. Two engrossed local bills were passed to be enacted: one authorizing retired police officers as special police in Plainville and another allowing Orange to increase its Board of Selectmen membership.
The main policy debate centered on House No. 5151, An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness. Supporters described it as a broad affordability and clean-energy package that would cut costs for ratepayers, reform Mass Save, speed clean-energy procurement and interconnection, return a portion of alternative compliance payments to customers, and address biomass and other energy issues. Opponents argued the bill relied too heavily on long-term programs and new administrative structures while offering little immediate relief, and raised concerns about costs being shifted to consumers, impacts on natural gas, and the pace of implementation. Several amendments were debated and rejected, including proposals to shift public benefit charges away from peak hours, pause public benefit charges for a year, require greater utility disclosure before rate increases, and add a forest-clearing penalty for solar development.
One amendment to the energy bill was adopted: a consolidated amendment that included budget-billing consumer protections for gas customers, requiring notice and conservation recommendations when usage rises significantly. The House also adopted an amendment to a separate conservation-restriction bill for Hanson, changing a figure in the underlying law, and passed that bill to be engrossed as amended. The energy bill’s consolidated amendment passed by roll call, while several other amendments failed by roll call votes. The House observed multiple moments of silence honoring Jaden Booker, Thomas Skip Karam, former Freetown Police Chief Carlton Abbott, and former Representative and Senator William Q. “Biff” McLean, Jr.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for services for the Lake Chicot Campground.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures.
The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for services for the Lake Chicot campground.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications.
Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- California, Mono Lake Committee, Center for Environmental Health, and Restore the Delta in support.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for services for the Lake Chicot Campground.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/29/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Calendar 1315, Senate Print 7689B, Senator Skoufis, an act to amend the Lakes Law. >> Read the last
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s journal and proceeded to a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early business included several motions to discharge Assembly bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, along with a few bills laid aside for the day. The chamber also recalled two bills from the Assembly, restored one bill to the Third Reading Calendar after reconsideration, and received amendments on two other bills without changing their calendar status.
The Senate then took up a large number of bills across topics including labor, energy, insurance, consumer protection, environmental conservation, health, banking, elections, public service, education, workers’ compensation, criminal justice, local government, and tax law. Most measures passed with broad support, though several drew recorded opposition. Notable debate included Senator Mayer’s explanation for a bill intended to prevent treatment-court participants, including veterans, from losing their driver’s licenses twice after completing diversion programs; Senator Ryan’s support for a bill expanding prosecutors’ ability to treat repeat sexual abuse as persistent abuse; and a sharp exchange on a bill repealing New York’s HIV/STI criminalization law, with Senators Borrello and Chan opposing it and Senator Salazar defending the repeal as necessary to reduce stigma and protect survivors.
The chamber also adopted and recognized several resolutions and guest presentations. Members welcomed the Tri-Valley Secondary School girls cross country champions, Miss America Cassie Donagan and Miss New York Teen Nadia Anwar, and the Hudson High School varsity boys basketball team. Later, the Senate took up a resolution proclaiming May 2026 as Maternal Mental Health Month, with multiple senators speaking in support of greater awareness, reduced stigma, and improved care for pregnant and postpartum New Yorkers. At the end of the session, the sponsors opened the day’s resolutions for co-sponsorship, and the Senate adjourned until Monday, June 1 at 12 noon, with intervening days designated as legislative days.