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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- But if it's, for instance, the highway and bridge betterment program, that's dedicated.
- instance<01:02:40.559><c> the</c><01:02:41.119><c> highway</c><01:02:41.400><c> and</c><01:02:41.559><c> bridge
- </c> instance the highway and bridge instance the highway and bridge betterment<01:02:42.359><c> program
Summary:
The committee first heard Representative Sweeney present and defend the budget amendment legalizing video lottery terminals (VLTs) and setting a 30% tax rate, with 65% of the tax going to the state and 35% to charities. He argued the lower rate was needed to encourage operators of historic horse racing (HHR) machines to convert to VLTs, saying the higher 45% rate would discourage adoption. He walked through revenue projections for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, estimating significant increases in state and charity revenue as machines transition over time, and said the amendment was designed to expand charitable gaming revenue overall.
Several members questioned the assumptions behind his projections and the basis for his analysis, including why his independent research differed from the governor’s and Lottery Commission’s estimates. Sweeney said his figures were based on research into other states and conversations over many years, and he maintained that a 45% tax would likely result in no VLT adoption. Members also debated whether the transition costs for operators would be quickly recouped and whether the state’s share should be larger. One member emphasized that the committee was effectively choosing between a lower operator share and a higher state share, while Sweeney argued the 30% structure would produce revenue for everyone.
The committee then moved to other revenue items on the tracking sheet. It voted 7-0 to accept the Lottery Commission’s revised base revenue estimates. Members also discussed an amendment to repeal the local option requirement for Kino games, which would expand Kino availability and was estimated to generate additional lottery profit in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. That amendment drew opposition from members who said local control was an important part of the original Kino policy and that removing it would override municipal decisions. The committee also noted that the VLT/HHR revenue item had already been adopted and was being revisited only to confirm the associated revenue estimates.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- collection and distribution of funds to the program, we are requesting this modest direct appropriation as bridge
- 33.880><c> direct</c><01:28:34.360><c> appropriation</c><01:28:35.080><c> as</c><01:28:35.239><c> Bridge
- </c> modest direct appropriation as Bridge modest direct appropriation as Bridge funding<01:28:36.280
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/18/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So this bill would act as a bridge until we can get another better system in place, as we will discuss
- So this bill would act as a bridge<00:46:48.160><c> until</c><00:46:48.480><c> we</c><00:46:48.640><c
- > can</c><00:46:48.800><c> get</c><00:46:49.119><c> another</c><00:46:49.839><c> better</c> bridge until
- we can get another better bridge until we can get another better system<00:46:50.800><c> in</c><00:46
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, you know, I think kind of to bridge from the discussion that we were just having to this bill, 1098
- think<01:30:51.840><c> kind</c><01:30:52.000><c> of</c><01:30:52.159><c> to</c><01:30:52.400><c> bridge
- </c><01:30:52.719><c> from</c><01:30:52.960><c> the</c> think kind of to bridge from the think kind of
- to bridge from the discussion<01:30:53.360><c> that</c><01:30:53.520><c> we</c><01:30:53.679><c> were
Keywords:
child care, day care, child care center, licensing, license requirements, parent access, guardian access, custody order, court order, furnishings, equipment standards, learning materials, early childhood education, infant care, toddler care, preschool, school-age child care, play materials, sensory materials, gross motor equipment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- that</c><01:36:25.600><c> is</c><01:36:26.000><c> 20%</c><01:36:26.880><c> less</c> When the 35W bridge
- When the 35W bridge fell down, um the When the 35W bridge fell down, um the increased<01:36:43.840><c
- the</c><01:38:56.000><c> product</c><01:38:56.239><c> of</c><01:38:56.400><c> the</c> When the 35W bridge
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-EEP-AGR Informational Briefing 02-24-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- position so that that is hard to make that correlation, as some of the studies that we—that little bridge
- <01:23:08.760><c> that</c><01:23:09.040><c> that</c><01:23:09.199><c> little</c><01:23:09.480><c> bridge
- </c><01:23:10.000><c> is</c> that we that that that little bridge is that we that that that little bridge
Summary:
The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides.
Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session.
Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That would be a bridge to a better place, and we'll figure it out.
- that</c><01:35:13.440><c> will</c><01:35:13.719><c> be</c><01:35:14.080><c> a</c><01:35:14.280><c> bridge
- </c><01:35:14.800><c> to</c> was reinsurance that will be a bridge to was reinsurance that will be a
- bridge to a<01:35:15.159><c> better</c><01:35:15.520><c> place</c><01:35:15.800><c> and</c><01:35:15.920
Keywords:
undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, permit to carry, concealed carry, handgun permit, firearm permit, pistol training, sheriff, application process, electronic filing, mail application, fax submission, certified mail, certified delivery, gun rights, Second Amendment, firearms regulation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- expert in Career and Technical education and is working with uh industry folks across the state to bridge
- :49:07.599><c> to</c> uh industry folks across the state to uh industry folks across the state to bridge
- <00:49:08.160><c> Partnerships</c><00:49:08.920><c> with</c><00:49:09.119><c> school</c> bridge Partnerships
- with school bridge Partnerships with school districts<00:49:09.799><c> and</c><00:49:10.040><c> in</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We have always looked at this request as a temporary bridge sort of funding as we work to make changes
- 09.160><c> a</c> at this um request as a tempor as a as a at this um request as a tempor as a as a bridge
- 01:07:10.599><c> we</c><01:07:10.760><c> work</c><01:07:11.279><c> to</c><01:07:11.839><c> um</c> bridge
- sort of funding as we work to um bridge sort of funding as we work to um make<01:07:12.319><c> changes
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We are working to support our teachers as they bridge their learning from their coursework to their classrooms
- process of completing LETRS training, which is a significant investment of time and resources to bridge
- and then MASE to discuss a convening and bringing in our colleagues from MDE to look at how we can bridge
- To look at how we can bridge that gap and help districts then be able to demonstrate and know that those
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- asked whether those funds could be used as a source of revenue for appropriation bonds to provide bridge
- ><01:36:45.280><c> uh</c> Revenue to come in to uh provide uh Revenue to come in to uh provide uh Bridge
- <01:36:46.440><c> funding</c> Bridge funding Bridge funding Hoffman<01:36:49.119><c> M</c><01:36:49.480
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 01/30/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- put it on auto drive, to Senator Frentz's earlier point about how this was initiated as a temporary bridge
- 52.440><c> uh</c> how this was initiated as a temporary uh how this was initiated as a temporary uh bridge
- 08:53.839><c> this</c><01:08:54.040><c> bill</c><01:08:54.359><c> in</c><01:08:54.480><c> its</c> bridge
- and now with this bill in its bridge and now with this bill in its current<01:08:54.960><c> form</c>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- is a little challenging to ask the question, but is this designed to do like around guardrails and bridge
- ><00:12:57.720><c> guard</c><00:12:57.959><c> rails</c><00:12:58.240><c> and</c><00:12:58.360><c> Bridge
- </c> do like around guard rails and Bridge do like around guard rails and Bridge covers<00:12:59.199>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- is really attributable, I think, to our 300-plus centers and institutes at the University, which bridge
- and institutes at the University centers and institutes at the University which<00:10:25.160><c> Bridge
- </c><00:10:25.519><c> across</c><00:10:26.320><c> different</c> which Bridge across different which Bridge
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- projects that will help pedestrian safety, such as traffic signaling and including bicycle lanes on bridge
- 47.920><c> on</c> signaling and including bicycle Lanes on signaling and including bicycle Lanes on bridge
- 21:49.400><c> project</c><01:21:49.920><c> so</c><01:21:50.719><c> our</c><01:21:51.239><c> uh</c> bridge
- replacement project so our uh bridge replacement project so our uh really<01:21:52.280><c> um</c><01
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> And um so this individual actually helped to further connect the school and bridge the gap between
- was dealing with. >> And um so this individual actually helped to further connect the school and bridge
- was dealing with. >> And um so this individual actually helped to further connect the school and bridge
- was dealing with. >> And um so this individual actually helped to further connect the school and bridge
- was dealing with. >> And um so this individual actually helped to further connect the school and bridge
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the freedom of speech or of or a bridged the freedom of speech or of the<02:47:57.359><c> press</c><
- Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge and the Bill Pascrell Jr. Overlook Park.
- The Great Falls Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge is one of two year-round pedestrian bridges connecting visitors
- Scenic Overlook Trail Bridge and the Bill Pascrell Jr. Overlook Park.
- Trail Bridge, and the Bill Pascal Jr. Trail Bridge, and the Bill Pascal Jr.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (03/18/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- our primary care deserts, particularly in our rural areas, and is there anything that we can do to bridge
- our primary care deserts, particularly in our rural areas, and is there anything that we can do to bridge
- our primary care deserts, particularly in our rural areas, and is there anything that we can do to bridge
- our primary care deserts, particularly in our rural areas, and is there anything that we can do to bridge
- on that. ...care deserts, particularly in our rural areas, and is there anything that we can do to bridge
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- My dad worked on a... there's a nuclear generator sitting on the JIS Suin Bridge, and it's been ticking
- </c><02:24:02.720><c> the</c><02:24:02.800><c> JIS</c><02:24:03.160><c> suin</c><02:24:03.560><c> bridge
- </c> generator sitting on the JIS suin bridge generator sitting on the JIS suin bridge and<02:24:04.479