Transcript Highlights:

• really highlight critical renovations to address more than 50 years of heavy use and age on two of our primary
• I know we have a couple of questions, but let me open it up to the committee first.
• Um, as well as a rebuild of Pump 100, which is one of our primary pumps.
• is</c><00:16:01.040><c> one</c><00:16:01.199><c> of</c><00:16:01.279><c> our</c><00:16:01.440><c> primary
• </c> pump 100, which is one of our primary pump 100, which is one of our primary pumps.<00:16:02.959>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Capital Project Overview Committee met at 9:00 a.m. and first approved the September 29 minutes. The committee then considered University System of New Hampshire Capital Project 260001, a $70 million request involving two residence hall renovation projects at UNH. UNH officials said the work is needed to address aging 1970-era buildings, including heating, plumbing, and other deferred maintenance, and to improve student recruitment, retention, and living conditions. Members asked about the construction timeline, which was estimated at about four years, and about enrollment decline, which was estimated at roughly 15% over 10 years. The committee approved the project after discussion, with members noting the buildings’ age and need for repair. The committee next heard Capital Project 26003 from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for Cannon Mountain. Commissioner Sarah Stewart and staff described an $893,000 tranche, part of a larger effort to address deferred maintenance at the mountain, including guest facilities, lift infrastructure, a passenger ramp for scenic chairlift use, snowmaking improvements, a line replacement, a pump rebuild, and operations equipment. Members asked about the $6 million bonding limit established in 1999, and the department said it appears insufficient and may need updating in the future. The committee approved the Cannon Mountain request. The department also provided an informational update on the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Officials said a structural engineering firm is analyzing towers, terminals, and footings, with the goal of confirming the existing infrastructure can support a new tram system and refining bid specifications. They said the work is on track, with an updated cost estimate expected in January and a bid targeted for May. Members asked about the limited number of manufacturers capable of doing the work and whether the project could be delayed; the department said it is in active discussions with the likely bidders and pre-qualifying them. The meeting ended with brief discussion of informational reports, including a question about apparent delays in some New Hampshire Veterans Home projects, which staff said they would follow up on, and the committee adjourned with the next meeting set for March 16 at 9:00 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• Cloud, which is my primary concern, but statewide as well from these frauds and scams.
• The primary effect of classifying data as sensitive data is that it changes that data from being data
• The primary effect of classifying data as sensitive data is that it changes that data from being data
• </c><01:35:42.159><c> the</c> 2025 which was not just to open the 2025 which was not just to open the
• </c><01:35:57.040><c> operations</c> to enter Minnesota, open operations to enter Minnesota, open operations

Bills: HF3642 , HF2700 , HF3615

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: virtual currency, kiosks, prohibition, customer payouts, cryptocurrency regulation, consumer privacy, data privacy, health data, sensitive data, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, personal data, data broker, targeted advertising, geofencing, location tracking, health care privacy, patient privacy, consent, minor privacy, children's privacy

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> daycare wants to open, daycare wants to open, uh<00:37:18.040><c> that</c><00:37:18.280><c> should
• Or does that mean if they do open right?
• Um our LIZRO is our primary intermediate savings account.
• </c><01:11:26.920><c> checking</c> fund is our uh our primary checking fund is our uh our primary checking
• </c> primary intermediate savings account. primary intermediate savings account.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• All right, we are opening the hearing for the Committee on Human Services and Homelessness, Tuesday,
• And so that's the primary not working.
• Uh, what we did want to highlight in our testimony is two main areas that we think could open up the
• It leaves it open for other agencies to be added in later on should they meet those qualifications.
• It leaves it open for voting right now.

Bills: HB1546

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: Medicaid, health insurance, healthcare access, insurance subsidies, pilot program, affordable care, preventive services, low-income, community engagement, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2083, which would add homeless shelters to Hawaii’s drug-free/safe-zone protections. The City and County prosecutor’s office strongly supported the bill, saying service providers asked for the change because drug activity near shelters can undermine recovery efforts. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, focusing on a possible notice problem because many shelters are not readily identifiable and the bill’s 750-foot distance requirement could be difficult to apply. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii also opposed the bill, arguing it would expand criminalization of poverty and drug use and that drug-free zone laws are ineffective and disproportionately harmful. The prosecutor’s office said it would do more research on the notice concern. The committee then moved on without taking a vote in the transcript provided. The committee next discussed HB 2087, which would change the treatment of abuse of family or household member cases by ending the deferred-acceptance pilot and returning to the prior statute. The prosecutor’s office supported the bill, saying the pilot had not reduced backlog as intended and that domestic violence cases should remain petty misdemeanors without deferral. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Public Defender’s Office both opposed HB 2087, instead urging extension of the pilot for another five years so the legislature can better evaluate how deferred acceptance is working. They said deferrals can be a useful incentive for behavior change and that more data is needed before ending the program. Committee members questioned the prosecutor about why Hawaii should differ from other counties and whether repeat offenders could keep receiving deferrals; the prosecutor said the deferral is available only once and reiterated support for returning to the old statute. The committee then heard HB 2096 on aggravated circumstances in child protective proceedings. The family court and Attorney General’s Office supported the bill, saying current law limits aggravated-circumstances findings to the early return hearing, which can prevent findings in the most serious abuse cases when key evidence is not yet available. They said the bill would allow such findings later in the case and, with proposed amendments, would let the court consolidate aggravated-circumstances and termination-of-parental-rights hearings to reduce delay and appeals. The Libertarian Party of Hawaii opposed the measure, arguing it would expand state power in family matters and could worsen outcomes for parents and children. Committee questions focused on the amended language, including what “another court of competent jurisdiction” means and whether a charge alone would be enough; the judiciary responded that criminal courts are included, but a hearing and opportunity to defend would still be required. Finally, the committee took up HB 1959, another domestic violence measure. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Public Defender’s Office, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and county prosecuting offices testified in support. Supporters said the bill would extend the pilot program while keeping deferred acceptance of guilty pleas in place, giving more time to evaluate whether the program is working and whether a more formal diversion model should be developed. The coalition also suggested technical fixes to ensure judiciary data reporting continues and that the deferred-acceptance statute is not inadvertently repealed. No vote or final action was taken in the transcript before the committee moved on to the next bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our campus has remained open.
• But it's that engagement, and it's been that openness.
• But it's that engagement, and it's been that openness.
• </c> collection of Modern Art that is open collection of Modern Art that is open and<01:36:42.800><c>
• </c><01:59:48.840><c> to</c> to questions but uh we're open to to questions but uh we're open to scrutiny

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It authorizes the counties to grant up to 100% property tax credit on the primary residence of 100% permanently
• It applies only to a veteran's primary residence valued at $500,000 or less with five acres, but it doesn't
• So I might have opened a can of worms there. Well, hopefully not.
• If our local budgets are so fragile that they depend on taxing the primary residence of a 100% disabled
• Thank you, and I'm open for any questions. Thank you, sir. Questions for this witness?

Committee: House Special Committee on Tax Reform

Summary: The Special Committee on Tax Reform heard three measures focused on property tax relief and tax administration. House Bill 2869, sponsored by Rep. Mike Jones, would authorize counties to offer up to a 100% property tax credit on the primary residence of 100% permanently and totally disabled veterans, with a $500,000 value cap, surviving-spouse carryover, no stacking with other credits, and protections for bonded indebtedness. Jones and supporting witnesses from Missouri veterans organizations said the bill is a practical, county-option approach that recognizes veterans’ service and could help keep federal retirement and disability income in Missouri. The Department of Revenue noted the bill could reduce eligibility for the existing property tax credit and urged timely fiscal-note review. No opposition testified. The committee also heard H.J.R. 115, sponsored by Rep. Dave Griffith, which would place a constitutional amendment before voters to exempt 100% disabled veterans from personal property tax and homestead-related taxes, with surviving-spouse protections. Griffith said the measure has been pursued for years, would affect a relatively small number of veterans, and should be treated as a common-sense benefit for service-connected disabilities. Veterans’ groups strongly supported the resolution, describing it as overdue relief for veterans on fixed incomes and urging the committee to move it forward. Several members discussed whether the policy should be in the Constitution or statute, but all testimony was in favor. Finally, the committee heard HB 3303 from Rep. Cecily Williams, a cleanup bill to clarify that state and local sales or use taxes are exempt when the General Assembly purchases goods or lodging for official business and is reimbursed with public funds. Williams said the current statute lists outdated tax categories and leaves some local taxes on reimbursable expenses, causing the state to pay unnecessary taxes. Members generally supported the concept, and the Department of Revenue testified only on the need for timely fiscal-note requests and said the fiscal impact appeared minimal. No one testified in opposition to any of the three bills, and the committee concluded its hearing without taking final action or votes in the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'm open to questions.
• Chairman, Senator Hoffman, I am completely open to amending that out as well. Okay. Thank you.
• ability to provide bonuses or enhanced payments or other financial incentives to pediatricians or primary
• May I remind this committee that we have a 264% shortage of primary care physicians alone in Maricopa
• We have a 264% shortage of primary care physicians alone in Maricopa County.

Bills: SB1165 , SB1206 , SB1212 , SB1291 , SB1347 , SB1516 , SB1554 , SB1649 , SB1689 , SB1812

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: breast cancer, screening services, health insurance, cost sharing, preventive care, storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention

Transcript Highlights:

• And that every single Texan has access to open and fair and transparent courts and that our system of
• He is the court's representative in that regard, and he's going to be taking the primary laboring oar
• In the cases that are being appealed to you, are you seeing people who's, as the lawyers, whose primary
• across the board have to do the same things we do, engage in political rhetoric. in order to win primary
• The importance of the library... on a statewide perspective is that there are only 30 law libraries. open

Committee: House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . $130,000 annuitants, and the payments for that come from basically three. primary resource sources.
• Chairman and members, I will pause and open for questions.
• Hurston Primary is providing pension benefits to our retirees.
• some of the things that you mentioned at the top are definitely the issues that we hear of, are the primary
• I don't want to open up that can of worms, but we can go there if you like.

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the presentations, but first let me invite other members of the committee who would like to make opening
• the new chair of the Assembly Education Committee, Assembly Member Darshana Patel, to lead off with opening
• Any other members wishing to make some opening remarks? Senator Eloise Gomez Reyes.
• This time we'd like to welcome KASC's education policy director, Fia Nikolaescu, to make some opening
• This time we'd like to welcome KASQ's education policy director, Fia Nikolaescu, to make some opening

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They're very open to it.
• They're very open discussions with them. They're very open to<00:14:57.600><c> it.
• </c> as one of the primary as one of the primary interim<00:25:57.720><c> topics,</c> interim topics,
• It would open up the Park lands.
• it up briefly to I do want to open it up briefly to public<01:03:31.640><c> comment.

Keywords: 916, all

Summary: The committee opened with quorum and housekeeping, then began setting interim topics for discussion. The first major topic was trapping, including prior legislation on mandatory trapper education and trapping setbacks. The Game and Fish director said the department had already gone through a trapping reform process in 2018-2019 and was prepared to testify on those issues again, noting that the commission had previously wanted legislative authority for them. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on a proposed non-motorized trail user fee. Supporters argued it could help fund trail systems and match state trail grants, citing demand for professionally built trails and examples from other states. Testimony estimated potential revenue at roughly $150,000 to $250,000 annually, depending on the model, while noting enforcement would likely rely on an honor system. Committee members discussed possible alternatives and related ideas, including using good neighbor authority with federal land managers and looking at motorized trail funding models. The director said the concept was not yet ready for immediate passage but was worth continued discussion. The committee also briefly discussed fishing outfitter issues, with the co-chair noting a prior bill had passed and that the current board still exists, but more data would be needed later in the interim. Another topic addressed ticket scalping and fake tickets at Jackson’s rodeo, which the sponsor said was affecting visitors and could warrant broader state discussion. The State Archives topic proposed expanding the digital archive and requiring agencies to use it, with added resources for local governments; staff said it would improve security, access, and storage efficiency. The committee then discussed problematic gaming and program funding, but noted a pending bill to create a separate statutory select committee on gaming, so the topic may be better handled there if formed. The final major discussion was the Game and Fish budget. The director said employee compensation increases had raised salary costs from about 40% to 60% of the budget, while overall revenue had not kept pace, forcing cuts to habitat and research work. She warned the department could reach a critical budget point by 2030. Committee members and the Wyoming Wildlife Federation supported a deeper interim review of the department’s finances and possible new revenue sources, with the director suggesting a three-meeting structure: first to lay out the budget outlook, then to discuss additional revenue options, and finally to consider what future generations may have to pay.

Transcript Highlights:

• Libertas opened in the fall of 2017, and our mission is simple: to prepare all of our students to see
• We're always open to dialogue. Okay. Go, Chair. Thank you, Chair Gordon. Thank you, Chair Gordon.
• McBride, who opened me up to reading. Ms. McBride opened me up to reading and many other students.
• However, students are the primary stakeholders and best representatives for themselves.
• , and on Friday they had that hands-on experience with primary sources.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Education

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees. Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists. Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.

Transcript Highlights:

• And you can read the three primary top.
• And the eligibility categories are the 14 doors that open you into that room.
• It only gives you primary and secondary.
• Open to any questions. How is that?
• </c> Open to any questions. Open to any questions.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The state housing tax credit, which opened up on Monday or Monday last week, I can't remember, opened
• It opened<00:12:58.560><c> up</c><00:12:58.800><c> at</c><00:12:59.040><c> 8</c><00:12:59.360><c> a.m
• If our supportive housing open.
• The windows in that building didn't open and temperatures reached the high 80s.
• The windows in that building didn't open, and temperatures reached the high 80s.

Bills: HF3425 , HF3424 , HF1385

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, eviction, rent, nonpayment of rent, landlord-tenant, residential tenant, notice to quit, unlawful detainer, housing, lease violation, late fees, rental assistance, legal aid, tenant rights, Minnesota Statutes 504B.321, pre-eviction notice

Transcript Highlights:

• Currently, there are three cap beds open.
• Madam Chair, Representative Heap, as I mentioned, there's four beds open, three cap beds open.
• Four beds open, three cap beds open.
• When a bed opens, we will review the cases when they come to us.
• So for one whole year, there would have been 18 beds open.

Bills: SB1095 , SB1114 , SB1116 , SB1162 , SB1164 , SB1178 , SB1179 , SB1249 , SB1253 , SB1346 , SB1347 , SB1446 , SB1561 , SB1813

Committee: House Health & Human Services

Keywords: gender transition, minors, irreversible surgery, health professionals, puberty-blocking drugs, medical procedures, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, behavioral health, patient brokering, appropriation, state funds, Maricopa County, claims review, medical necessity, American Indian health program, healthcare regulations, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• Our first item on the agenda is opening remarks and introductions.
• In creating this committee, the budget language did three primary things.
• So we see three primary reasons that states are having those gaps, and I suspect these will be familiar
• So we see three primary reasons that states are having those gaps, and I suspect these will be familiar
• I will say the primary way we're answering those questions is through interviews, as you'll see later

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative-Executive Committee on Budget Transparency and Fiscal Sustainability

Summary: The committee held its first meeting, with co-chairs and members introducing themselves and staff outlining the committee’s statutory charge under the 2026 supplemental operating budget. Staff explained that the committee is tasked with studying budget transparency and fiscal sustainability in two phases: first, revenue growth, spending assumptions, statutory cost drivers, and carryforward/maintenance levels; and later, staffing, overhead, performance management, and public reporting tools. The committee also discussed its goals, with members emphasizing a shared factual understanding of Washington’s fiscal situation, the causes of projected structural deficits, and possible paths to a more sustainable operating budget. Staff then gave a detailed operating budget basics presentation. They reviewed the size and composition of the operating budget, explaining that most spending is concentrated in grants and client services, salaries and benefits, and goods and services, with K-12 education, DSHS, the Health Care Authority, DCYF, corrections, and higher education making up most NGFO spending. They also walked through the distinction between constitutional, federal, statutory, and discretionary spending; the role of caseload and per-capita forecasts; how maintenance level and policy level budgets are built; and how the four-year outlook works, including revenue forecasts, reversions, budget stabilization account reserves, and the official outlook adoption process. Members asked several questions about what is or is not included in the outlook, especially future collective bargaining agreements, health care inflation, court-ordered liabilities, and whether the budget could better separate mandatory from discretionary spending over time. Staff said some of those questions would require follow-up and noted the existence of an outlook accuracy report. The committee then heard from Josh Goodman of the Pew Charitable Trusts, who introduced Pew’s state fiscal work and its role as the nonprofit partner supporting the committee. He said Pew would help analyze long-term fiscal sustainability, reserve policies, recession preparedness, and practices from other states, and would draw on its 50-state data and subject-matter experts. No votes were taken and no formal actions were reported at this meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• I would ask unanimous consent that House Bill 627, which was another open meeting law bill, be returned
• It consists of open spaces where livestock and wildlife can graze.
• The primary purpose of the IDLA is to supplement, not to supplant, local school curricula, offering courses
• The primary purpose of the IDLA is to supplement, not to supplant, but to supplement local school curricula
• nomination for president; amending Section 34-703 to establish a provision regarding nomination at primary

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> sales tax on the essential and primary sales tax on the essential and primary thing<01:12:44.239
• Ask them no questions, just open the checkbook. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Ask them no questions, just open the checkbook. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Ask them no questions, just open the checkbook. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
• Ask them no questions, just open the checkbook. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Questions?

Bills: HF1277 , HF1006

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, the board's been very open to that. Next, Representative Altendorf.
• You know, the board's been very open to that. Next, Representative Altendorf.
• However, again, it's an open appropriation from the general fund.
• Seon said, it's funded through an open appropriation.
• Seon said, it's funded through an open appropriation.

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:04:30.960><c> changes</c> So in article one the primary changes So in article one the primary
• </c> well I I think it is definitely an open well I I think it is definitely an open question.<00:32:
• </c> everyone, I am open to that dialogue. everyone, I am open to that dialogue.
• </c> volunteer role at Motans for Open volunteer role at Motans for Open Government,<02:00:18.159><c>
• </c> itself on strong open government laws. itself on strong open government laws. been<02:03:49.280>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all