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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Elections - 03/13/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Freeman can confirm whether I'm reading this correctly, but it says that the list that the party provides
  • So on page 15, it's speaking about the chain of custody plans, and I read the language here, and I'm
  • So on page 15, it's speaking about the chain of custody plans, and I read the language here, and I'm
  • So on page 15, it's speaking about the chain of custody plans, and I read the language here, and I'm
  • It seems like we have difficulty finding enough people to satisfy it by May.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

GVO Informational Briefing 12-16-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the unlikely event we have to abruptly end the briefing due to major technical difficulties, if a
  • humidity and everything else, where the industry standard is five years, but in Hawaii, given our readings
  • So, you can get a better lifetime estimate because you’re reading the local variables that may adjust
  • So we're looking at mileage, we're looking at odometer readings.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Government Operations held an informational briefing with the State Procurement Office on its small business procurement program. SPO staff described the program’s purpose as expanding access to state contracting for small businesses, including veteran-, Native Hawaiian-, and women-owned firms, and said they are seeking to make the current five-year initiative permanent before it ends in June 2027. They reported outreach efforts, a new website and newsletter, statewide surveys, draft administrative rules, and a 38% increase in small business registrations in the HANS database. They also explained that the program is intended to support outreach, education, certification, compliance, and a statewide database to connect agencies with qualified small businesses. Committee members focused heavily on whether the program is producing measurable contract awards, not just registrations. The chair and senators questioned the definition of “small business,” noting that SPO currently relies on SBA standards in HANS and is considering a Hawaii-specific definition based on employees, revenue, and Hawaii residency. Members raised concerns that the data showed only a small number of registered businesses receiving awards and that the database does not yet track awards well enough to evaluate performance. SPO responded that the database has had funding gaps, that the position was only filled in February 2025, and that the agency is still building the system and rules needed to track outcomes accurately. A major theme was how to make the program more effective for very small or “micro” businesses and how to reduce the complexity of state procurement. Members discussed the difference between set-asides and bid preferences, with SPO explaining that set-asides are generally tied to RFPs and preferences to IFBs. The committee suggested that future rules should make participation easier, provide more training and hand-holding, and possibly create pathways for micro businesses or groups of small businesses to bid together. No votes or formal actions were taken; the briefing ended with the committee asking SPO to provide more performance data and clearer information on outreach results and database contents.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-TRS, EDT-AEN, AEN DEFER, AEN Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the unlikely event that we must abruptly end this hearing due to technical difficulties, the committee
  • In the unlikely event that we must abruptly end this hearing due to technical difficulties, the committee
Bills: SB2709, SB3154
Summary: The hearing began with SB 2709, which would require the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Okami arrival program and strengthen quarantine enforcement for plants, non-domestic animals, and microorganisms. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the bill, as did DAB, saying it would improve biosecurity and make some provisions mandatory rather than optional. Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines supported the goal but raised concerns about language changing inspections from “may” to “shall” for aircraft, warning of possible federal preemption and operational conflicts unless the bill is clarified to align with federal aviation safety, security, and operational requirements. Committee members questioned DAB about inspection timing, scope, and compliance; DAB said the measure is intended to increase enforcement, improve form completion rates toward a 90% goal, and expand beyond airlines to other entry modes, while also noting plans to restore detector dog use and improve software/AI tools for processing forms. Decision-making on SB 2709 was deferred to February 17 at 3:02 p.m. in Room CR229. The committees then took up SB 3154, an administration measure authorizing the Department of Transportation to assume certain National Environmental Policy Act responsibilities for highway, rail, public transportation, and multimodal projects, with the aim of streamlining environmental review. DOT supported the bill and explained that it would allow the department to work directly with federal resource agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife and SHPO rather than routing everything through federal highways. After brief discussion, the Committee on Transportation voted to pass SB 3154 with technical amendments, and the AEN committee followed with the same recommendation; the measure was adopted with five votes in favor. A later portion of the transcript shifted to SB 2374 on the blue economy. DBED said it supported the concept but noted that it already sits on many working groups and would need resources if a new working group is created. DBED suggested the committee could instead request research through a letter or memo, and said agencies including ADC, HTDC, and Agriculture had already begun internal discussions. Testimony in support came from IMUA Alliance, Hawaii Food Policy, and others, emphasizing the potential for blue economy ventures to support survivors, align with climate and cultural goals, and create economic opportunity. No final vote on SB 2374 appears in the excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP/TRN/AEN/TCA Joint Info Briefing - Wed Jun 25, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we don't produce staff here, and that's one of the difficulties that the airlines are having.
  • On the marine side, again, adoption of clean fuels is a big thing, and one of the difficulties again
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committees received an informational briefing from Hawaii DOT and related partners on the Navahine settlement and the department’s plan to meet its climate and transportation commitments. Speakers described the settlement as a first-of-its-kind agreement rooted in the state constitution, the public trust doctrine, and prior legislative findings and laws, including Act 131. They said the settlement is intended to formalize DOT’s work, establish milestones, and keep climate and transportation policy less dependent on changes in administration. The presentation emphasized that transportation is Hawaii’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and that the plan is aimed at meeting 2030 and 2045 clean energy goals. DOT outlined several major implementation pieces: creation of a new Office of Energy Security and Community Outreach, formation of a youth council, and development of an emissions reduction plan that will be updated over time. The youth council reported on its membership, statewide representation, meetings, and work on charter, bylaws, and committees focused on policy and legislation, events and advocacy, and ground transportation. Youth members said they provided feedback on the energy security plan and discussed walk audits and safe routes to school. The department also described a new project-scoring tool to measure greenhouse gas impacts of every DOT project, which it said is intended to make Hawaii a national leader in evaluating transportation emissions. A major topic was the settlement’s transportation network requirement, which speakers said compresses roughly 15 years of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit network work into five years and will require about $40 million to $50 million per year over the next five years. They said a GIS map is being developed to identify gaps and that the work will involve counties and other partners, with benefits for safety, connectivity, and emissions reduction. Other topics included clean fuel standards, electrification of ground transportation, sustainable aviation fuel, marine fuel transitions, cold ironing at ports, and the costs and availability challenges associated with those transitions. DOT also reported progress on EV charging infrastructure, including two completed sites and more planned, and said it is using a sustainability partner contract to maintain chargers and recover only electricity costs. The briefing also highlighted carbon sequestration and fire mitigation work, including native tree planting. DOT said it has exceeded its minimum annual tree-planting commitment, with 3,000 trees planted in 2024 and 4,200 by mid-2025, and noted that the Legislature provided $15 million for fire mitigation that is being used for this work. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess when I was this one, I did read ahead of time. Well, you are a co-sponsor.
  • Uh, Senate Bill 85, read the bank lending limits, and I've got no cards yet.
  • Representative Spear: Uh, I read the, um, there were several lawsuits regarding this.
  • ,<01:27:54.080> they mark in the lawsuits that I read, they mark in the lawsuits that I read
  • Not everyone is an expert at reading these agreements, and they can be confusing.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first held a public hearing on Senate Bill 25, which would allow state-chartered credit unions to compensate board members if the membership approves it. Prime sponsor Senator Dan Innis said the bill is enabling only, intended to help credit unions recruit and retain qualified directors and align New Hampshire with other states that already allow such compensation. Credit union representatives from the Cooperative Credit Union Association and St. Mary’s Bank supported the bill, saying board service has become more complex because of cybersecurity, asset-liability management, and other regulatory demands, and that compensation could be modest and take forms such as meeting fees or educational reimbursement. In response to committee questions, they said compensation would be set by the membership, disclosed in advance, and subject to bylaws and internal policies; they also noted that board members must be credit union members and that voting procedures vary by institution, with some using mailed ballots rather than proxy voting. Members raised questions about why credit union boards were historically excluded, what kinds of compensation were contemplated, whether there would be a cap, and how voting and confidentiality would work. Testimony explained that the historical rationale was the nonprofit, volunteer mission of credit unions, but witnesses argued that the modern environment and competition for talent justify a change. They also said the bill would not mandate compensation and would not create a salary structure comparable to banks, but would allow members to approve modest compensation or reimbursements. After no further testimony, the chair closed the public hearing on Senate Bill 25. The committee then opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 26, sponsored by Senator Howard Pearl, concerning the definition of deposits in land sales and escrowed accounts. Pearl said the bill would clarify that buyer funds for upgrades and luxury items in new-home construction are not treated as refundable deposits that must be held in escrow, arguing that the current Attorney General interpretation raises builder costs, increases home prices, and can limit buyer choices. He said the proposal would allow those upgrade funds to be paid directly to builders for construction, with signed disclosures making clear that the buyer requested the items and bears the risk if financing falls through. The hearing on Senate Bill 26 had just begun when the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/12/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some were on the wrong side of the income cutoff, and some had difficulty completing the paperwork when
  • 54.840> from um and I will I think you'll know from um and I will I think you'll know from reading
  • 55.760> will<01:25:55.960> assure<01:25:56.239> you<01:25:57.000> their reading
  • it but I will assure you their reading it but I will assure you their words<01:25:57.320> are
  • but if we are not um enough in reading but if we are not um feeding<01:46:22.080> our<01:46:22.360
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Just want to read a couple of brief sentences in the risk pool statute.
  • Just want to read a couple of moment.
  • after reading it I thought it was uh after reading it I thought it was uh from<04:33:44.000> Chicken
  • , but it's in we don't expect you to read, but it's in the<05:11:10.080> statute.
  • More books to read. Yeah. Yeah. You leave him with the clerk. Yeah, that's fine. Good afternoon.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 47, sponsored by Senator Regina Birdsell at the request of the Insurance Department. The bill would clarify that a birth mother’s health insurance is the primary policy for a newborn’s care unless the mother has no coverage or no employer-sponsored coverage. Birdsell and Insurance Commissioner DJ Benton Court said the measure simply codifies the department’s long-standing interpretation of existing law. Representative Miles asked whether the coverage would extend to a grandchild if a young woman on her parents’ plan had a baby, and Birdsell said it would. The hearing on SB 47 was then closed. The committee next heard Senate Bill 121, introduced by Grant Bosi for Senator Kevin Avard. The bill requires insurers to notify the Insurance Department when they stop writing an entire line of business or, in some cases, when they change Medicare Advantage offerings. Benton Court said the bill was prompted by disruption in the Medicare Advantage market, where consumers and the department were confused by carriers exiting, changing plans, or narrowing offerings. He said the department does not regulate Medicare Advantage itself, but does license the carriers, and the notice requirement would help the department advise consumers; he also said noncompliance could affect a carrier’s license and could lead to fines. Members discussed the notice period, and the department and AHIP indicated support for changing it from 120 days to 90 days to align with federal timing. The hearing was closed with plans to work on an amendment in subcommittee. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 247, introduced by Representative Brian Cole, which would prohibit network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense prescriptions when PBM reimbursement is below acquisition cost. Cole said the bill is meant to stop pharmacies from being forced to sell at a loss. Members questioned whether pharmacies voluntarily enter PBM contracts, whether the bill would raise consumer prices, and whether it would mainly affect independent pharmacies. Cole and others said the issue has changed over time because PBMs now control a much larger share of the market, and that the bill would let pharmacies refuse loss-making fills and direct patients to mail order instead. The discussion also noted that the bill excludes Medicare and Medicaid and that the current proposal does not create a middle-ground option for patients to pay a premium at the counter.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Transportation (02/04/2025)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • My first read of this was that it's for all EVSE, all electric vehicle supply equipment.
  • 15:24.880> it's<00:15:25.040> for<00:15:25.399> all<00:15:26.120> evse read
  • through to ensure that that it uh read through to ensure that that it uh and<00:17:44.280> and
  • Adding to our family's stress is the almost daily difficulty of parking and unloading our wheelchair
  • Seeing none, I will close Senate Bill 152. know reading the methodology you know know reading the methodology
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Aug 13th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have provided y'all way too much reading material for tonight.
  • Let me just read, just give you an example.
  • Re-read that for you.
  • And so I guess, the way I Read the bill.
  • I also heard it in the statement read by the gentleman on the panel.
Bills: HB5
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (02/18/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Housing Committee is about condominiums in our state and the wide variations in them, and the difficulty
  • That's a difficulty.
  • I think it misses the mark if you read the definition in there carefully.
  • I think it misses the mark if you read the definition in there carefully.
  • I think it misses the mark if you read the definition in there carefully.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (03/18/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • which would have the commissioner provide a detailed annual report of all the costs, and I'll let you read
  • the costs um and I'll let you read the costs um and I'll let you read through<00:09:23.040> all
  • So my concern is this: it reads to me to leave out due process to the parent.
  • So my concern is this: it reads to me to leave out due process to the parent.
  • So my concern is this: it reads to me to leave out due process to the parent.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first opened with brief remarks about a member’s recovery and then heard House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of Health and Human Services to provide a detailed annual report of all costs related to DCYF. The sponsor, Representative Erica Layon, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how much time and money are spent on DCYF work versus other departmental work, and help future discussions about staffing, resources, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely produce the report without additional cost, though she was open to adjusting the reporting date and possibly adding more detail about federal mandates. Former Representative Betty Gay and several members supported the bill as a way to better document costs and procedures, while DCYF Director Marie Nunan said the department was not taking a position on the bill, already has many policies and operating procedures, and believed it could comply without a fiscal note. Members raised questions about whether the reporting requirement duplicated existing oversight, whether it should apply to other agencies, and whether the report should include federal funding mandates. Some suggested that a broader review or subcommittee on DCYF might be more useful than a single reporting bill. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, so it will not go on the calendar. Members said they wanted more time to discuss the bill, watch the budget process, and consider whether the reporting requirement could be implemented informally or through a broader oversight effort. The committee then moved on to House Bill 775, which was introduced by Representative Jodi Nelson as a measure to support supervised visitation centers. Dr. Scott Hampton testified in favor, describing the loss of visitation centers since 2019, the role of supervised visitation in protecting children and vulnerable parents in domestic violence cases, and the potential benefits for child safety, crime prevention, and family preservation.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess when I was this one, I did read ahead of time. So, well, you are a co-sponsor.
  • the bill that this extra escrow or read the bill that this extra escrow or deposit,<00:38:19.280>
  • Uh, Senate Bill 85, read the bank lending limits, and I've got no cards yet.
  • Not everyone is an expert at reading these agreements, and they can be confusing.
  • Not everyone is an expert at reading Not everyone is an expert at reading these<01:59:24.080>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 25, which would allow New Hampshire state-chartered credit unions to choose, by member vote, to compensate their board members. Prime sponsor Senator Dan Innis said the bill is enabling only, does not require compensation, and is intended to align New Hampshire with other states that already permit this. He argued that credit union board service now requires more time and expertise, and that compensation could help attract stronger candidates and improve governance. Representatives from the Cooperative Credit Union Association and St. Mary’s Bank testified in support. They said the change would not create salaries, but could cover modest compensation or reimbursements such as daycare, education, cybersecurity, or accounting training. They emphasized that credit unions remain nonprofit and member-driven, that board members must be credit union members and elected by members, and that any compensation decision would be made by the membership at an annual meeting or through the credit union’s voting process. Witnesses also said the bill would help with recruitment and retention, especially as credit union operations have become more complex and digital, and noted that similar authority exists in 16 other states, including Rhode Island. Committee members asked about the historical reason credit unions were excluded, the amount and structure of compensation, whether there would be a cap, and how voting would work. Witnesses said the bill does not set a statutory maximum, but in practice the amount would be disclosed to members and set through the vote; they also described St. Mary’s Bank’s ballot process and said proxy or ballot procedures depend on each credit union’s bylaws. One witness noted that federally chartered credit unions are subject to different limits. After testimony and questions, the chair closed the public hearing on Senate Bill 25 and then moved on to Senate Bill 26.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I read about that a while back. Is that in the...
  • I'm not going to read my written testimony.
  • And before I left for you guys this statement, but I like to read.
  • We have not read you in yet." "Oh, I'm sorry. Just for asking the question.
  • If there is a new study, If there is a new study, we read it.
Bills: SB 3, HB28, SB3
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't have time to read my emails either.
  • I don't have time to read my emails either.
  • I don't have time to read my emails either.
  • I don't have time to read my emails either.
  • I don't have time to read my emails either.
Keywords: 1183, house
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 19, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unfortunately, I can't help them read their tax bill. So, they've had notice.
  • Can't make them read the information, can you? Unfortunately, just Mr.
  • I know they do read these reports.
  • code sign documents she could not read code sign documents she could not read or<02:06:08.239>
  • <02:10:42.480> or with loans she could not read or with loans she could not read or understand
Bills: HB0101, HB0062, HB0109
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 04/03/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, but I think I can read between the lines and understand what the position is.
  • Um, but I think<00:28:54.080> I<00:28:54.399> can<00:28:54.480> read<00:28:54.880
  • between<00:28:55.120> the<00:28:55.360> lines<00:28:55.520> and think I can read
  • between the lines and think I can read between the lines and understand<00:28:56.960> um<00:28
  • These are our students who before were in a large group that really they have difficulty paying for basic
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • 18:22.240> is Um, on page two, I have yesterday's line numbers, so now I'm going to have difficulty
  • My lay read of this is it appears to allow co-mingling.
  • Under 420 R5, I'm again just trying to read this.
  • <01:57:24.320> all point that you probably can't read all point that you probably can't read
  • <01:57:43.199> that levels and their uh Yeah, I read that levels and their uh Yeah, I read
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee continued work on Senate Bill 297 and a new amendment dealing with pooled risk management programs and whether they should be regulated under the insurance department. Lisa Duket, executive director of SchoolCare, testified at length that the draft language could allow co-mingling of public entity risk funds, could trigger producer-licensing requirements for staff who are not actually brokers, and may not fit public entity risk pools because they are not insurance companies. She also raised concerns about the March 1 reporting deadline, the proposed uniform accounting language, aggregate excess insurance, examination costs being charged to the program, and confidentiality provisions that she argued may conflict with right-to-know principles for public entities. She urged the committee to slow down and consider a study committee or more time for review, saying the regulated entities were not adequately involved in drafting the proposal. Chairman Hunt and the department responded that the bill is intended to create a licensure-based regulatory model, similar to other licensed industries, and that the pooled risk management program would be exempt from producer licensing while anyone else selling or negotiating such coverage would need a producer license. The department said failure to comply would be handled through an administrative licensing process, with denial or nonrenewal of a license and appeal through the department process. On the reporting deadline, the department said March 1 is a standard filing date used for financial analysis and that the filing can be the most recent annual report, regardless of fiscal year end. They also explained that the confidentiality language was taken from existing RSA 5B, that aggregate excess insurance was included as a solvency measure, and that the draft was intended to preserve familiar language while adapting it for pooled risk programs. The discussion did not include a final vote or formal action on the bill in the portion provided. The committee appeared to be compiling follow-up questions for the insurance department and considering whether additional revisions or a slower process would be needed before moving the bill forward.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/22/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um they're read 26 through 28 now.
  • <03:50:10.399> So was uh, when I was first reading it.
  • So was uh, when I was first reading it.
  • I'm I won't be reading from the script.
  • They threw me a little bit and you read They threw me a little bit and you read them<04:18:40.399>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard public testimony on HB 1065, a housing bill that would clarify when multifamily and mixed-use housing may be allowed on commercially zoned land, define infrastructure standards, and preserve municipal discretion over where such development can occur. Prime sponsor Representative David Priest said the bill is intended to help address the housing shortage by using already developed commercial areas without overriding local planning. The New Hampshire Municipal Association, through Brody Dees, said it supports the bill and views it as a priority, but noted it is still discussing related language with stakeholders and wants clearer definitions for multifamily development, infrastructure, and adaptive reuse while preserving local control over commercial land use. Testimony was mixed. Ivy Van, a certified planner, opposed the bill because she said the infrastructure language is too restrictive and could exclude properties served by private utilities or septic systems. Chris Freeman, a housing provider, was generally supportive but recommended technical changes, arguing the infrastructure definition may be too broad and that the adaptive reuse language could unintentionally block useful building modifications. He said the bill should be clarified so it does not discourage reuse projects. The committee then moved to discussion of an accessory dwelling unit bill, with Representative Turkot describing changes that would shift some ADU approvals from a matter of right to conditional use or special exception, allow municipalities more control over attached versus detached units, set parking standards tied to single-family dwellings, and adjust size limits. He argued the bill would restore local discretion and prevent ADUs from becoming primarily rental units. Representative Reed pushed back, saying detached ADUs can help meet housing needs and provide opportunities for small landlords, while other members questioned how the bill would affect existing detached structures and breezeways. No votes were taken in the excerpt, and the chair also noted a recess and time limits for later testimony.