Transcript Highlights:

• I wonder if House Fiscal staff could maybe look in and let us know if they're currently evaluating, are
• enough money to maintain our road system, but let's create a mechanism to get around that by finding evaluation
• mechanism to get around that by create a mechanism to get around that by finding<01:52:54.880> evaluation
• <01:52:55.520> criteria<01:52:56.520> and<01:52:56.600> what finding evaluation
• criteria and what finding evaluation criteria and what projects<01:52:57.200> can<01:52:57.440

Bills: HF3919, HF1335, HF3864, HF3916, HF3728

Keywords: veterans benefits, Secret War, Laos veterans, eligibility process, burial fees, veteran designation, electronic license, driver's license, digital credential, transportation, data privacy, authentication, license plates, vehicle registration, validation stickers, Minnesota statutes, transportation policy, aeronautics, transponder, aircraft safety

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• amend HF 3423 until its fiscal and operational impact on flat rate residential providers can be evaluated
• amend HF 3423 until its fiscal and operational impact on flat rate residential providers can be evaluated
• amend HF 3423 until its fiscal and operational impact on flat rate residential providers can be evaluated
• amend HF 3423 until its fiscal and operational impact on flat rate residential providers can be evaluated
• amend HF 3423 until its fiscal and operational impact on flat rate residential providers can be evaluated

Bills: HF3423, HF2354, HF3634

Keywords: healthcare, provider enrollment, medical assistance, legislation, state funds, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, service verification, Medicaid, human services, electronic documentation, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So in 2023, DHS came to the legislature and said they would really like to do a study and evaluation
• To summarize some of the recommendations, it was very clear in our studies and an evaluation with the
• <01:12:26.000> studies<01:12:26.239> and<01:12:26.480> an<01:12:26.640> evaluation
• <01:12:27.120> with<01:12:27.280> the our studies and an evaluation with the our studies
• and an evaluation with the community<01:12:27.679> that<01:12:28.000> lenture<01:12:28.480

Bills: HF3379

Keywords: housing stabilization, disability services, predatory funding, provider requirements, housing accessibility, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, let's take a good look at it, evaluate it, understand that a little bit more.
• <01:19:32.159> look<01:19:32.320> at<01:19:32.400> it,<01:19:32.719> evaluate
• <01:19:33.280> it, a good look at it, evaluate it, a good look at it, evaluate it, understand
• language that this would include the monitoring and development of AI in New Hampshire and the evaluation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Because I think this is large enough that it's important to be able to evaluate two different approaches
• Because I think this is large enough that it's important to be able to evaluate two different approaches
• to<01:02:49.760> be<01:02:49.920> able<01:02:50.079> to<01:02:50.240> evaluate
• <01:02:50.720> two important to be able to evaluate two important to be able to evaluate two

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , risk assessments, and competitive rating criteria to fraud, grant monitoring, and performance evaluations
• Um, but as long as it's short term and, uh, I do think we have to re-evaluate how we handle a lot of
• Um, but as long as it's short term and, uh, I do think we have to re-evaluate how we handle a lot of
• Um, but as long as it's short term and, uh, I do think we have to re-evaluate how we handle a lot of
• Um, but as long as it's short term and, uh, I do think we have to re-evaluate how we handle a lot of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By requiring transparency, we create an opportunity for businesses to evaluate their materials and consider
• Second, the Obama, Biden, and Trump administrations have been re-evaluating phthalates regulations.
• and Trump administrations<00:25:08.000> have<00:25:08.240> been<00:25:08.400> re-evaluating
• administrations have been re-evaluating administrations have been re-evaluating phalates<00:25:10.679

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The work with the drug recognition experts and evaluators, training and equipping, is also critical as
• This provision would hamper efforts to evaluate a passenger rail alternative that could properly serve
• across the finish line in 2023. provision would hamper efforts to provision would hamper efforts to evaluate
• a<00:40:41.359> passenger<00:40:41.839> rail<00:40:42.160> alternative evaluate
• a passenger rail alternative evaluate a passenger rail alternative that<00:40:42.880> could<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The initial evaluation that we are doing for the READ Act comes in many forms.
• These next couple slides give you a high-level overview of the direction we are going with the evaluation
• that it is imperative that we have impactful data to show the results of the READ Act, and the evaluation
• Now this was again just recosted and re-evaluated for the February 2025 forecast.
• Now this was again just recosted and re-evaluated for the February 2025 forecast.

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• being here for too long, 14 years, I've seen a lot of these bills from Republicans and Democrats to evaluate
• 00:36:03.760> and<00:36:03.840> Democrats<00:36:04.280> to<00:36:04.360> evaluate
• Republicans and Democrats to evaluate Republicans and Democrats to evaluate programs,<00:36:05.560
• I did this after evaluating compliance costs, which you should have just gotten a handout on now.

Bills: HF1660, HF1824, HF1926, HF1002, HF994, HF1915, HF1336

Keywords: children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy

Transcript Highlights:

• the Office of the State Fire Marshal to convene a vegetation management working group to study, evaluate
• I don’t think that the word appraisal can fully understand and evaluate all of those harms.
• 01:22:01.159> um<01:22:02.159> understand<01:22:03.080> and<01:22:04.000> evaluate
• <01:22:05.000> all<01:22:05.159> of um um understand and evaluate all of um um understand
• and evaluate all of those<01:22:05.600> harms<01:22:06.520> and<01:22:07.520> oh

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety met on March 21, 2025, and heard several resolutions related to corrections, emergency preparedness, and wildfire risk. Early items included HCR 62/HR 57 on flying the National League of Families POW/MIA flag year-round at the state Capitol, for which no one testified, and HCR 154/HR 49, which would request a comprehensive forensic audit of DCR and DAGS spending tied to planning and building a new jail to replace the Ahu Community Correctional Center. The ACLU strongly supported the audit, arguing that the state has spent millions on jail planning over many years without clear accounting, that a new jail is unnecessary and fiscally irresponsible, and that public-private partnership arrangements could reduce transparency. Committee members questioned the use of the term “forensic,” the age of some cited allegations, and whether the auditor could instead conduct another type of audit; the ACLU said it was open to other audit language and offered to help compile background materials. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard HCR 63, asking DCR to provide separate clinical counseling services for correctional staff, with one supporter, and HCR 23, which asks DCR to include circuit and district court facilities in planning the new Ahu Community Correctional Center and to establish a release procedure that avoids releasing detainees into residential communities or public spaces. DCR Director Johnson said the department supported the intent of HCR 23 and had discussed it with the Chief Justice and court administrator, adding that one multi-purpose courtroom could handle both district and circuit proceedings. The chair then moved on without further discussion. A major portion of the meeting focused on HCR 37, which asks HEMA to work with other agencies on outreach and preparedness for kūpuna. Testifiers from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board, AARP Hawaii, and the Hawaii Council of Community Associations supported the measure, citing the vulnerability of older adults and people with disabilities during disasters, lessons from the Lahaina fires, and the need for clear evacuation plans, siren reliability, and better coordination with care homes and condominium associations. Several speakers described local preparedness efforts and concerns about gaps in communication and implementation. The committee also discussed HCR 69/HR 62 on creating a vegetation management working group to reduce wildfire risk; the Division of Consumer Advocacy supported it, with testimony describing dangerous incidents involving vines and bamboo contacting electrical lines and causing sparking and a utility pole fire. The meeting ended with testimony and questions continuing on that topic, and no final committee action was shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• It requires an evaluation at the time and to try and predict at the time of discharge or dispatch what's
• It requires an evaluation at the time and to try and predict at the time of discharge or dispatch what's
• 57:39.400> an people three people um it requires an people three people um it requires an evaluation
• 57:41.280> and<00:57:41.440> to<00:57:41.640> try<00:57:41.799> and evaluation
• at the time and to try and evaluation at the time and to try and predict<00:57:42.920> at<00:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It will support prototype development, performance evaluation, emissions measurement, and pilot programs
• It will support prototype development, performance evaluation, emissions measurement, and pilot programs
• It will support prototype development, performance evaluation, emissions measurement, and pilot programs
• It will support prototype development, performance evaluation, emissions measurement, and pilot programs
• It will support prototype development, performance evaluation, emissions measurement, and pilot programs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was a big ask in the beginning of our five-member evaluation team to look at sometimes as many as
• It was a big ask in the beginning of our five-member evaluation team to look at sometimes as many as
• We do evaluation programs with the I Can program, where we try to, you know, once people have completed
• research in a way that respects the confidentiality of the information that we have, but also helps us evaluate
• research in a way that respects the confidentiality of the information that we have, but also helps us evaluate

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• legislature to focus on continuing a successful program that has stabilized the individual market while evaluating
• legislature to focus on continuing a successful program that has stabilized the individual market while evaluating
• 51.800> individual<01:11:52.239> Market<01:11:53.199> while<01:11:53.400> evaluating
• the individual Market while evaluating the individual Market while evaluating newly<01:11:54.120

Bills: HF10, HF27

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

Transcript Highlights:

• The commission takes this seriously and continues to work towards this goal as it evaluates utility performance
• The commission takes this seriously and continues to work towards this goal as it evaluates utility performance
• The commission takes this seriously and continues to work towards this goal as it evaluates utility performance
• The commission takes this seriously and continues to work towards this goal as it evaluates utility performance
• legislation I want to talk about was also authored by Senator McEwen to direct electric utilities to evaluate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• well-intentioned, their unintended costs and consequences have not been fully accounted for in evaluating
• well-intentioned, their unintended costs and consequences have not been fully accounted for in evaluating
• well-intentioned, their unintended costs and consequences have not been fully accounted for in evaluating
• well-intentioned, their unintended costs and consequences have not been fully accounted for in evaluating
• well-intentioned, their unintended costs and consequences have not been fully accounted for in evaluating

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects. Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST. Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.

Transcript Highlights:

• It creates a state-level vehicle for technical assistance, site evaluation, because we have to get in
• It creates a state-level vehicle for technical assistance, site evaluation, because we have to get in
• It creates a state-level vehicle for technical assistance, site evaluation, because we have to get in
• There are elements of this bill that I believe are being honestly scored and evaluated by people much
• by people much scored and evaluated by people much smarter<02:13:56.560> than<02:13:56.720>

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a quorum call showing 116 members present, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It then took up three ceremonial resolutions. One honored Robert Buchanan for his philanthropy, community leadership, and service in the greater Washington region; another welcomed a visiting delegation from County Tipperary, Ireland, and recognized efforts to strengthen Maryland-Ireland ties; and a third congratulated Dr. Miriam Rogers on her retirement as superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools and her 2026 Woman in School Leadership Award. The chamber then moved through a series of committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports on bills without objection and ordering them to third reading. Measures included House Bills 435, 954, 1087, 1470, 936, 1110, 1554, 187, 324, 688, 776, 1152, 1320, and 1348, covering topics such as movie captioning in public accommodations, procurement and finance, health care facilities, school food procurement, tax foreclosure notice requirements, agricultural electricity tax study, expungement, child support rights, intercepted communications penalties, juvenile supervision, police orders studies, victim notification, and human trafficking reporting. Several bills were amended before being advanced, including House Bill 768 on benefits for children in custody, which added a foster youth savings program; House Bill 877 on institutional debt reporting, which changed reporting dates and required a data dictionary; House Bill 1092 on child advocacy centers, which clarified continuity-of-care standards and technical assistance grants; House Bill 310 on restrictive housing for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which required assessment at admission; House Bill 634 on police training, which added training on intellectual and developmental disabilities; House Bill 750 on access to religious facilities; House Bill 752 on gift card valuation and forgery; House Bill 1005 on child abuse and neglect reporting; and House Bill 1105 on consumer protection limitations, which was amended to apply only to civil suits. House Bill 1105 drew additional discussion, with the minority leader asking for a special order to review the changes, and the House agreed to postpone it until the appropriate time the next day. Later, House Bill 953, which would authorize transfers from the Revenue Stabilization Account to the State Disaster Recovery Fund, prompted extended questioning about Western Maryland flooding, FEMA denials, and the state’s response; the bill was presented as a way to provide relief after federal aid was denied. The transcript ends with the House still in session and continuing through the appropriations report.

Transcript Highlights:

• And finally, the committee would evaluate whether the current staffing and budget of the LBA is sufficient
• > increased and finally the committee increased and finally the committee would<01:07:58.440> evaluate
• <01:07:59.079> whether<01:07:59.680> the<01:07:59.880> current would evaluate
• whether the current would evaluate whether the current Staffing<01:08:00.799> and<01:08:00.960
• training evaluating the existing physical<02:04:07.440> security<02:04:07.960> systems

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first dealt with scheduling and housekeeping, including a plan to take a hard break at 2:00 p.m. for an early bill, hold a brief executive session, and then continue with the remaining afternoon bills. The chair also noted the next likely meeting date would be March 12, when the committee expected to take up the remaining bills before crossover deadlines. The main substantive item was House Bill 142, which would recognize the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and related remembrance purposes. Prime sponsor Rep. Michael Moffett described the bill as a bipartisan measure revised to address earlier concerns, arguing that the flag honors fallen service members, can be personalized with names, and complements rather than detracts from the American flag. He said many other states have already adopted it and suggested the committee could amend details such as the number of days and locations for display. He also raised practical issues about flag dimensions and whether the bill should use "shall" or "may" for display requirements. Testimony was divided. Janine Nutter opposed the bill, saying she supports Gold Star families but objected because the flag resembles the Viet Cong flag and because she believes the American flag should remain the sole symbol representing servicemembers. Kevin Grady, representing the State Veterans Advisory Committee under RSA 115:8, also opposed the bill, saying the committee believes the American flag is the only symbol needed, while still praising the work of Honor and Remember in creating personalized flags for families. Committee members asked questions about where the flag would be flown, whether the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen is already displaying it, and how the bill’s language would interact with cemetery policies and committee discretion. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Bills: HB 1535, HB 123, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HB 24, HJR 138, HB 3800, HB 42, HB 129, HB 677, HB 668, HB 2128, HB 2038, HB 2316, HB 3686, HB 2563, HB 1160, HB 3883, HB 2788, HB 2663, HB 3305, HB 3474, HB 1105, HB 3490, HB 3597, HB 1295, HB 3512, HB 3783, HB 2017, HB 3010, HB 3112, HB 4215, HB 3223, HB 3464, HB 3120, HB 4214, HB 4081, HB 4783, HB 4063, HB 2783, HB 5085, HB 2510, HB 3426, HB 4361, HB 1169, HB 2516, HB 4700, HB 3560, HB 3860, HB 3146, HB 184, HB 198, HB 247, HB 367, HB 449, HB 1778, HB 514, HB 632, HB 2582, HB 766, HB 2715, HB 2712, HB 3069, HB 3505, HB 1269, HB 4224, HB 5032, HB 2240, HB 5180, HB 3348, HB 4668, HB 4665, HB 3395, HB 3157, HB 4395, HB 4325, HB 4386, HB 4273, HB 2760, HB 2820, HB 1828, HB 1579, SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 2034, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, SB 72, SB 1583, SB 2314, SB 1267, SB 1273, SB 765, SB 552, HB 2145, HJR 112, HB 1804, HJR 110, HB 1194, HB 1531, HB 5008, HB 3421, SCR 27, HB 5398, HB 1407, HB 426, HB 1535, HB 123, HB 1773, HB 1871, HB 2035, HB 2448, HB 2492, HB 1411, HB 4753, HB 4666, HB 4529, HB 1499, HB 1610, HB 2028, HB 1506, HB 886, HB 3546, HB 796, HB 223, HB 1475, HB 3556, HB 4638, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HCR 98, HCR 92, HCR 126

Keywords: Trinity River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, board of directors, governor appointment, public water authority, regional water authority, water resources, local government, natural resources, board training, ethics, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, complaint procedures, public comment, director removal, governance reform