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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- that you had written testimony? that you had written testimony?
- This is his written testimony. Uh, I don't see no written testimony, right? No. Okay.
- written testimony for us. written testimony for us.
- Just need your written testimony. testimony. testimony.
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the testimony from representatives of the testimony from representatives
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/17/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- you for your very thoughtful testimony you for your very thoughtful testimony on<04:19:32.239>
- you for your testimony. Very valuable. you for your testimony. Very valuable.
- . testimony. testimony.
- Thank you so much for your testimony. testimony. testimony. >> Thank<05:20:25.440>
you. - Thank you so much for your testimony. >> Thank you. >> Okay.
Summary:
The subcommittee held an open work session on HB 1766-FN, a bill addressing cruelty to livestock, and focused on proposed language changes from the Department of Agriculture. Assistant State Veterinarian Nathan Harvey, speaking for the commissioner, explained concerns about the term “imminent danger,” arguing that the bill should allow seizure based on probable cause when an animal is starving or has a life-threatening condition, rather than tying action too closely to whether the owner is arrested. The department also proposed language on “extreme suffering” that would require euthanasia if the cost of treatment would exceed the allowable reimbursement amount under AGR rules, though members immediately raised concerns about using a dollar limit to require euthanasia. The department further suggested clarifying who may participate in investigations by allowing the state veterinarian or a designate, and noted that the current draft could be read too narrowly.
Members discussed the $5,000 emergency care cap in the rules, with Josh Marshall confirming it is an aggregate emergency veterinary care limit. Several legislators said they were uncomfortable changing the bill from “may” to “shall” euthanize, arguing that treatment costs vary widely by species and condition and that a fixed monetary threshold could be too rigid. Representative Bixby also raised a separate concern that the bill’s language may be broader than intended and could apply to all animals rather than livestock only. The department agreed the bill should be limited to livestock and suggested using existing statutory definitions or adding a new section to make that clear.
The discussion also turned to humane societies and other organizations that might investigate complaints or board seized animals. A representative from a humane organization said the groups with expertise in care often also have expertise useful to investigations, and that removing them entirely could be impractical because only a few facilities in the state can provide boarding. Members and witnesses explored alternative language that would allow for-profit and nonprofit organizations to participate in either the investigation or the care of livestock, but not both, to avoid conflicts of interest while preserving needed expertise. No votes were taken; the work session ended with agreement to consult the Office of Legislative Services and the department to refine the bill before the next meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/10/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, please introduce yourself and present your testimony.
- Please identify yourself and present your testimony. Mr.
- <00:54:27.400>
tonight, hearing all of the testimony tonight, hearing all of the testimony - If you could please introduce yourself and present your testimony.
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Hennessey Rice-oriented testimony. Ms. Hennessey Rice-oriented testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Please move the bill and proceed. testimony this morning in support of testimony this morning in support
- Thank you so much for your testimony.
- thank you so much for your testimony. thank you so much for your testimony.
- Uh Thank you so much for the testimony.
- record and continue with the testimony? record and continue with the testimony?
Keywords:
human services, aging services, disability services, behavioral health, long-term care, nursing home, nursing facility, assisted living, waiver services, medical assistance, Medicaid, case mix reimbursement, PDPM, RUG, direct care and treatment, developmental disabilities, day services, positive support, guardian, conservator
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/03/25
State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you so much for your testimony.
- with your testimony. Thank you, Chair. with your testimony. Thank you, Chair.
- Thank you so much for your testimony.
- Uh, and for the final your testimony.
- Thank you so much for your testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Strom's first time facilitating virtual testimony, so we may have some glitches.
- Michael Hansen, Consumer Reports senior scientist, continued his testimony.
- We'll do questions at the end of testimony. Arlene Jones, Sprout Food Hub, via Zoom. Hi.
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and committee and they get testimony and committee and they get testimony and - We did hear testimony after we were back there, and that testimony could also be compelling upon each
Keywords:
HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- with your presentation and testimony with your presentation and testimony thank<00:04:24.680>
- Thank you all for your testimony.
- Thank you all for your testimony.
- Thank you all for your testimony. Public testimony is now closed.
- state thank you all for your testimony state thank you all for your testimony uh<01:16:42.360>
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This was fully vetted with excellent testimony from the Department of Education that testified. fully
- vetted with excellent testimony from the Department of Education that testified that all of these schools
- , like Senator Hickey said, we need to prepare a couple of hours and we need to be ready to hear testimony
- And we need to be ready to hear testimony from the affected parties and from the Department of Ed.
- We did not have testimony from individuals in the community, nor did we have them come to the table to
Summary:
The committee first reviewed a long list of House and Senate bills that were ready to be passed out, then heard a special language subcommittee report. The report recommended do pass on six bills, including SB 63, SB 67, SB 73, HB 1089, HB 1090, and HB 1093, and amendments on 11 others. A motion to pull HB 107 out for separate consideration failed, and the special language report was adopted.
The committee then took up the Revenue Stabilization Law and schedule. Staff explained the schedule’s differences from the governor’s balanced budget proposal and described several fund transfers, including $100 million for Medicaid sustainability, $70 million for the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom account, $43.7 million for the general discretionary majority vote set-aside, $5 million for the motor vehicle set-aside, and two $150 million transfers related to the Quick Action Closing Fund and public highway improvements. Members asked for clarification on allocations, and the committee adopted the amendment and passed both House Bill 1100 and Senate Bill 75 as amended.
Representative McClendon then presented a bill to support expansion of the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor, but withdrew it, saying he would seek other funding sources. The committee then moved through the remaining captioned bills, including House Bills 105, 107, 1008, 1022, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1051, 1052, 1064, 1066, 1068, 1089, 1090, and 1093, and Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 20, 21, 30, 31, 36, 41, 43, 58, 63, 67, and 77, generally passing them with little or no discussion, some as amended. The chair announced that all prior holds had been released and said the next Joint Budget Committee meeting would be Tuesday for peer issues only, then adjourned the meeting.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THAT DOES IT FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. NUMBERS, WE ARE IN DEBATE.
- WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. TOM PARKER IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
- THAT DOES IT FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE ARE IN DEBATE.
- SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I APOLOGIZE AHEAD OF TIME. I DIDN'T DO THAT WELL.
- SEEING NONE WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. A COUPLE OF SPEAKER FORMS.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 11, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- No one responded, and public testimony was closed on HB 83.
- The chair closed public testimony on HB 83. It was moved and seconded.
- close public testimony on House Bill<00:13:53.600>
84. - your testimony being handc counting. counting. counting.
- Thank you guys for your testimony. Is there anybody else for public testimony in the room?
Keywords:
voting, elections, electronic voting systems, transparency, public testing, voter registration, qualified elector, residency requirements, voting rights, mortgage modification, priority, electronic signatures, real property, financial covenants, 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- or were you just here for testimony or were you just here for questions?
- Uh, Madam Chair, I have testimony. Perfect.
- provide testimony. provide testimony. All<00:32:27.720>
right. All right. All right. - your testimony, please. your testimony, please.
- Yeah, Madam Chair, members of testimony.
Keywords:
state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- as I listen to superintendance testimony as I listen to superintendance testimony it's<00:05:03.560
- committee thank you for your testimony committee thank you for your testimony next<00:52:07.079>
- and you heard some of that testimony and you heard some of that testimony today<01:01:52.920>
- That concludes our public testimony. We'll go into member testimony and member discussion.
- So thank you so much for that testimony.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/16/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- That's my testimony. Over.
- That's my testimony. Over.
- That's my testimony. Over.
- And I heard this at a prior testimony And I heard this at a prior testimony last<01:48:40.159>
- going to be the basis of my testimony. going to be the basis of my testimony.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We will be limiting testimony to 2 minutes per witness.
- Chairman: Appreciate your testimony. Representative Morgan: Thank you.
- So anyway, thank you for your testimony. Thank you. Any other questions? Thank you for being here.
- Chairman Dean: Appreciate your testimony, and you said two different things.
- Thank you for your testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chair calls Craig Island. Chairman Dean: Welcome back.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Testimony will be limited to four minutes in support and four minutes in opposition.
- Testimony will be limited to four minutes in support and four minutes in opposition.
- Okay, we'll go ahead and open it up for testimony in support. Go ahead and approach the microphone.
- Let's move to opposition testimony. Is there a primary opposition witness? I don't think so.
- I just want to be clear: based on the opposition testimony, do you have a plan or a commitment to work
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met as a subcommittee because a quorum was not present, and the chair announced 16 measures on the agenda, nine of them on consent. The committee then took up AB 1016 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, which would create a five-year pilot program allowing certain counties with geothermal elements in their general plans to locally permit geothermal plants up to 150 net megawatts through 2030. The author and Imperial County representatives argued the bill would streamline a duplicative permitting process, support local control, and bring jobs, tax revenue, and clean baseload energy development to Imperial County, which they described as facing high unemployment and poverty and having significant geothermal potential.
Supporters included Imperial County officials, Rural County Representatives of California, Independent Energy Producers, and local community representatives. They emphasized the county’s long history of geothermal permitting, its planning efforts, and the economic benefits of projects that could support schools, health care, and community colleges. Opposition came from labor organizations including the California State Pipe Trades Council, Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers, California Coalition of Utility Employees, State Association of Electrical Workers, and State Building Trades. Their main concern was that shifting permitting from the California Energy Commission to local governments could remove the skilled-and-trained workforce requirement that currently applies to CEC-permitted projects.
Committee members asked about that labor issue, and the author said he intended to work with the opposition coalition to ensure local workers are prioritized and that projects use skilled, trained, California-licensed labor. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration; no vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY? YES, THERE IS. JASON WHEN WAIVES TIME IN SUPPORT.
- IS THERE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? WE DO HAVE JASON HARRELL FROM FI CPA IN SUPPORT.
- SEEING NONE, IS THERE PUBLIC TESTIMONY? ANY DEBATE? ANY OBJECTION? SO THAT AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
- SEEING NONE, IS THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. ALL RIGHT.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll start our testimony their chairs.
- uh testimony uh testimony on<00:33:06.840>
and <00:33:07.120>and <00:33:07.400> - Cook in his testimony, referenced by Mr.
- So, with that, Madam Chair, I'll conclude my testimony.
- So, with that, Madam Chair, I'll conclude my testimony.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair Kagel thanked her for the testimony.
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Um, for your testimony. Um, for your testimony. - Please proceed with your testimony.<00:34:02.679>
Thank <00:34:02.880>you. testimony. - you for your testimony, uh Mayor Case. you for your testimony, uh Mayor Case.
- Please proceed with your testimony. >> Madam Chair, Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/16/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- of testimony. Welcome to the committee. of testimony. Welcome to the committee.
- Ash, if you could take two minutes to provide your testimony.
- with your testimony, that would be<00:25:46.159>
great. - And welcome to two minutes of testimony. And welcome to the<00:25:50.400>
committee. - My name is Linda Barera, and um I will be reading Briana Banks's testimony.