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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HED/HRE Joint Info Briefing - Wed Nov 12, 2025 @ 1:30 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And we can pay them. We have to pay them. If we don't, we will lose them.
- And we can pay them. We have to pay them. If we don't, we will lose them.
- And we can pay them. We have to pay them. If we don't, we will lose them.
- And we can pay them. We have to pay them. If we don't, we will lose them.
- pay to be a winner. Give everybody one pay to be a winner.
Summary:
The joint House-Senate higher education briefing focused on how the University of Hawaii athletics department plans to remain competitive in the NIL era, especially as the House settlement and related changes allow new forms of athlete compensation. Chair and Senator Kim opened by framing the issue as balancing competitiveness, sustainability, compliance, and UH’s educational mission. Coaches Laura Beeman and Timmy Chang described how NIL and the transfer portal are already affecting recruiting and retention, with Beeman saying women’s basketball has lost six to 10 recruits because UH cannot yet match offers, and Chang citing examples of players being courted with large sums and the need to retain proven local and out-of-state athletes. Both emphasized that student-athletes should still prioritize education, culture, and team values, while also receiving support that helps them stay at UH.
Athletic Director Matt Elliott then outlined UH’s broader strategy. He said the department’s vision is to create an outstanding student-athlete experience, recruit and retain elite athletes, compete at the highest level of the Mountain West, and strengthen the bond with the community. He described NIL as having moved from a largely unregulated period to a new phase in which institutions can directly control some NIL payments, while outside deals still must be reviewed for fair market value. Elliott said UH wants to use NIL to help athletes cover basic needs and build financial stability, while also keeping them academically on track. He noted the department is pursuing fundraising, including a “Boost the Bose” account, corporate sponsorships, and licensing deals, to support NIL opportunities.
In response to questions from Senator Kim, Elliott clarified that UH’s approach involves both institution-controlled payments and outside NIL deals: internal payments can be structured at the department’s discretion within the cap, while external sponsor deals must go through NIL Go and meet market-value standards. No votes or formal actions were taken during the informational briefing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:22:48.559><c> fees</c> they file monthly reports and pay fees they file monthly reports and pay
- </c><01:18:07.159><c> state</c> federal funds to help us um pay state federal funds to help us um pay
- But we pay them the IRS evaluation for basically to keep them whole.
- </c> receiving the majority of that pay receiving the majority of that pay payment<03:13:47.920><c> um
- </c> at 177% and this is due to the 10% pay at 177% and this is due to the 10% pay raise<03:38:20.600
Summary:
The Department of Safety presented an overview of highway fund and unrestricted revenue collections, focusing on the Division of Administration, the Road Toll Bureau, and the Division of Motor Vehicles. Amy Newbery explained that the main unrestricted funding sources are highway funds and general funds, with highway fund revenue of about $263 million in FY 2024 and a FY 2025 projection of $261.2 million. She said revenue growth has been modest and has not kept pace with costs, creating structural deficits that required general fund transfers of $50 million in FY 2022-23 and another $10 million in FY 2024-25 to balance the fund.
Jennifer Hall described Road Toll operations, including motor fuel tax collection at the distributor level, compliance enforcement, and licensing for fuel distributors, transporters, IFTA carriers, and oil discharge/pollution control. Members asked about IFTA, dyed-fuel enforcement, the possibility of using the state forensic lab for dyed-fuel testing, and whether audit positions had been filled; the department said it recently hired a part-time fuel enforcement officer, still uses IRS testing, could explore lab testing, and had no audit vacancies. Hall also discussed factors affecting fuel-tax revenue, including gas prices, crude oil forecasts, weather, tourism, GDP, and inflation, and said FY 2024 road toll revenue was $127.5 million, above plan, with FY 2025 projected at $127.71 million.
The committee then turned to DMV-related revenues. Newbery said motor vehicle registration revenue was $93.1 million in FY 2024 and is projected at $90.4 million in FY 2025, with the state share going directly to the highway fund. Members asked about the state/town fee split, the five-year registration cycle dip, the distribution of registration revenue by vehicle weight category, and the impact of electric-vehicle surcharges; the department said the five-year dip is still occurring and will fade over time, and it would follow up on the weight-category breakdown. The presentation also noted that driver-license revenues have stabilized, inspection revenues remain steady, plea-by-mail revenue was added to the highway fund in FY 2024, and general fund revenues tied to the department are relatively small and have declined as some functions moved to OPLC. No votes or formal actions were taken.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-LBT, WAM-TCA, WAM-HHS Informational Briefings 01-16-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
ECD Info Briefing - Mon Jul 13, 2026 @ 1:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You never have to pay the exports.
- </c><01:24:28.719><c> the</c> commerce allows you not to pay the commerce allows you not to pay the duties
- </c><01:26:06.880><c> these</c> get them without having to pay these get them without having to pay these
- </c> able to work with them, and then pay able to work with them, and then pay whatever<01:26:31.280>
- That means I pay my duty drawback.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An organization that is registered because it is paying people to lobby the state of Minnesota.
- Whether they're paying Representative Falconer to lobby only for the federal government, they are paying
- </c><00:09:08.000><c> people</c> registered because it is paying people registered because it is paying
- Whether they're paying Representative Whether they're paying Representative Falconer<00:09:12.960><c>
- </c> government they are paying government they are paying Representative<00:09:15.840><c> Falconer</
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you have enough money to pay claims based on the way these rates are set up?
- I'm all about making it easier to pay your bills. I have a question, though.
- The only other way I could pay it was by paying a $4.95 fee over the phone.
- either with check or pay with using the routing number and bypassing those fees?
- it before I could pay it off, let me know, because I'd like to save the $15.
Keywords:
pet insurance, consumer protection, insurance regulation, policy disclosure, agent training, payment stablecoin, financial regulation, anti-money laundering, state oversight, digital currency, financial services, workers compensation, Florida statute, commercial insurance, insurance board, electronic signatures, vehicle titles, insurance regulations, auditing, total loss vehicles
Summary:
The Banking and Insurance Committee heard and advanced a wide range of insurance, financial services, and probate bills. Early in the meeting, SB 1000 on trust fund interest for attorney trust accounts was explained as setting a floor and ceiling tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate and was reported favorably. The committee then took up CS/SB 1082 on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program for emergency out-of-network claims. After extensive discussion about the relationship between the state and federal No Surprises Act processes, an amendment was withdrawn due to concerns about clarity and scope, but the bill itself was supported by providers and insurers and was reported favorably.
The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total loss vehicles and vessels, CS/SB 158 on pet insurance consumer disclosures and agent education, SB 1494 expanding breast cancer screening coverage, CS/SB 314 on digital assets and stablecoin issuers, and CS/SB 1500 on uncontested probate procedures and small-estate administration. SB 618 on workers’ compensation insurance was amended to raise the consent-to-rate cap for workers’ compensation policies from 10% to 20% and then reported favorably, with supporters saying it would help keep higher-risk employers in the voluntary market. CS/SB 1568 creating a Florida Stablecoin Pilot Program was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin and limit the program to existing stablecoins, then passed.
Later, the committee approved CS/SB 838 on electronic payment convenience fees for retail installment contracts, with the sponsor emphasizing that a fee-free payment option must still be offered. SB 1452, the Department of Financial Services agency bill, was amended and reported favorably; it covered My Safe Florida Home administration, insurance and licensing changes, unclaimed property updates, and other DFS-related provisions. The committee also passed SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, targeting owner-occupied condominiums at or below 80% of area median income, and SB 990 on protected cell captive insurance companies, which supporters said would modernize Florida’s captive insurance laws and encourage more competition. The meeting ended with all listed bills reported favorably and the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been talking throughout this time that this was to pay for the transactions.
- So it's it it that deputy registars pay.
- </c> need to pay back into that. need to pay back into that. Okay.<00:36:43.200><c> Yeah.
- We have to pay for the power for the traffic signals and street lighting.
- We have to pay for the power for the traffic signals and street lighting.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the state doesn't have to keep paying the state doesn't have to keep paying thank thank thank you
- The club was able to pay and do that.
- </c> and regardless of their ability to pay and regardless of their ability to pay so<03:36:46.800><c
- Who will pay?
- </c> they don't have extra money money to pay they don't have extra money money to pay for<04:23:43.680
Summary:
The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7.
The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent.
Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - House Health & Human Services
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- And if we need to pay a higher fee, we're happy to pay a higher fee.
- You pay licensing fees.
- Would they be willing to pay more?
- You pay licensing fees.
- Would they be willing to pay more?
Summary:
The committee heard several bills related to radiation protection in cardiac catheterization labs and later a stem cell/regenerative therapy bill. On SB 1121, which would allow hospitals with radiation protection systems to let clinicians forgo lead aprons if they work in the designated safety area and use real-time dosimetry, testimony was largely supportive or neutral after a late amendment gave radiation safety officers discretion to require protective gear if exposures approach thresholds. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1121 on a 9-1 vote. SB 1120, a more prescriptive bill requiring at least 50% of cath lab rooms in hospitals to be equipped with the radiation protection system, drew divided testimony: sponsors and several physicians argued it would reduce orthopedic injury and radiation exposure and improve recruitment and retention, while hospital and radiology groups objected to the mandate, cost, limited vendor pool, and lack of clarity in the bill’s definitions. After adopting an amendment excluding children’s hospitals, the committee deadlocked 6-6 and SB 1120 failed to pass.
The committee then considered SB 1118, which would appropriate $3 million to help rural hospitals install radiation protection systems in cath lab rooms. The sponsor said the funding would help rural facilities meet the same safety goals, and the committee passed the bill 6-5. The committee also heard SB 1214, a “guardrails” bill regulating non-FDA-approved stem cell and regenerative therapies, requiring informed consent, sourcing and reporting standards, advertising limits, and civil penalties for violations. Supporters said it would protect patients while allowing access to promising therapies; some members raised concerns about evidence and commercialization, but after adopting a technical amendment, the bill passed 9-3. The transcript ended as the committee moved on to SB 1630, which would seek federal approval for a home- and community-based service benefit for adults with serious mental illness; the sponsor described it as a capped, Medicaid-based community care option, and Access testified neutral while estimating a fiscal impact, but no final action on SB 1630 appears in the excerpt.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The PBMs cannot pay their own affiliated pharmacies more than they pay independent or non-affiliated
- Additionally, it prohibits them from paying their own pharmacies more than they pay the pharmacies in
- And if we need to pay a higher fee, we're happy to pay a higher fee.
- Um, you pay licensing fees.
- Would they be willing to pay more?
Bills:
SB1052, SB1115, SB1118, SB1120, SB1121, SB1124, SB1171, SB1172, SB1174, SB1175, SB1214, SB1233, SB1235, SB1316, SB1345, SB1372, SB1399, SB1458, SB1494, SB1496, SB1564, SB1602, SB1621, SB1628, SB1630, SB1631, SB1668, SB1672, SB1814, SB1821
Keywords:
assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, AHCCCS, remote work, state agency, employment, public health, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, radiation protection
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Before the adjustment, pay was $12 to $14 per hour.
- —$1,400 to pay workers' comp, unemployment, liability insurance, office expenses, overhead.
- Yes. because our staff, we can't lower their pay, $1,400 to pay workers' comp, unemployment, liability
- Are you also paying health insurance for some of these employees?
- I'm paying us. Okay. Can you hear us okay? I'm on the cell phone. Okay. Can you hear us okay?
Summary:
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved the minutes of February 18, 2026, then heard House Bill 863 from Senator Julie Van Orden. The bill would pull back funding tied to a 2022 Medicaid residential habilitation rate and service package connected to the KW/Armstrong litigation, while retaining the provider rate increase and adding audit/cost-survey language. Van Orden and Department of Health and Welfare officials said the proposal would reduce rates by about 10% from September 2025 levels, but that the remaining rates would still be about 33% above 2022 levels; they said the audits would provide better data for future rate decisions. Department officials also explained that the original funding was largely federal ARPA money, with the state share for the service array to be about $21.8 million in general funds, and said the bill would require third-party audits and broader cost surveys over time.
Testimony was split. Several providers and family members argued the cut would destabilize residential habilitation agencies, force wage reductions, reduce services, or even cause closures, while supporting the audit and transparency provisions. A provider said the bill’s premise was misleading and that the 2022 rate increase was driven by staffing shortages and COVID, not the lawsuit. Other witnesses said the services help vulnerable adults remain in the community, avoid institutionalization, and maintain independence. An attorney involved in the KW/Armstrong case said the bill’s findings were inaccurate, that the court had ordered implementation rather than halted it, and warned that cutting funding could trigger further litigation and conflict with existing court protections on individual budgets. Department officials said the audits could begin right away but would likely take about a year for a report, and that the department would need to monitor access if rates were reduced.
After debate, committee members expressed concern both about the size of the cut and about protecting services for people with developmental disabilities. Senator Lenney moved to hold the bill in committee, and Senator Wintrow offered a substitute motion to hold it subject to the call of the chair. The substitute motion passed on a roll call vote, 7-4, with two absent. House Bill 863 was therefore held in committee subject to the call of the chair, and the meeting adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a limit of 7%, but we've been paying it down so well when we have some extra revenues.
- Extra pay down some of that or try to retire some of that debt early.
- And you've said we've done a good job at paying down the debt.
- What you're talking about doing right now, let's say that you couldn't pay the rent.
- A couple months go by, you can't pay the rent, you're trying to figure out what to do.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee heard three measures focused on state finances. SB 1906 by Senator Brodeur would add a ninth element to the state debt reduction strategy report and create a program to transfer $250 million annually from the General Revenue Fund to accelerate retirement of outstanding state debt, while exempting the Department of Transportation and Florida Turnpike Enterprise. Members questioned the fiscal tradeoffs and flexibility, but the bill was supported in debate and reported favorably.
The committee then considered SJR 1908 by Chair Hooper, which would amend the Constitution to raise the Budget Stabilization Fund cap from 10% to 25% of general revenue collections, require $750 million annual deposits until the cap is reached, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by separate bill with a two-thirds vote, while keeping existing rules for emergencies and revenue shortfalls. Testimony and debate centered on whether Florida already has sufficient reserves, how “critical state need” would be defined, and whether the new requirement would reduce flexibility during recessions or federal funding cuts. Despite opposition from advocacy groups and several senators, the resolution was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee took up HB 7031 as the vehicle for the tax package and adopted a delete-everything amendment to place it in the proper posture for conference. As amended, the bill was described as reducing the state sales tax by 0.75%, lowering the commercial rent tax from 2% to 1.25%, eliminating the business rent tax, and creating permanent sales tax exemptions while preserving sales tax holidays. The amended bill was reported favorably, and the committee then adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So, again, they will need to pay the tax upfront.
- Well,... will the individuals pay the... the individuals would pay the fee, and that would... if they
- I'm going to have to pay that 4% if I use cash. No matter how I... use cash.
- A lot of them are here paying taxes. Some aren't.
- We would ask, are you paying in?
Bills:
HB297
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> sufficient funds have been raised to pay sufficient funds have been raised to pay for<00:15:07.199
- </c> numbers and sees that it could um u pay numbers and sees that it could um u pay for<00:15:40.000
- </c><00:18:58.880><c> for</c> ability to generate a levy to pay for ability to generate a levy to pay
- </c> just don't have the natural means to pay just don't have the natural means to pay for<00:19:59.600
- </c> and should be paying for those services. and should be paying for those services.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Each district paying its own sense.
- Yet, these are the these they pay for.
- Um, so as districts, we're still going to be paying.
- As districts, we're still going to be paying.
- The main points I'd make here is that all would pay the average premium.
Keywords:
state grants, grant oversight, grants management, executive agencies, Minnesota Department of Administration, commissioner of administration, fraud prevention, waste prevention, grant monitoring, financial reconciliation, grant compliance, state government, public funds, grant recipients, competitive grants, grant administration, administrative oversight, monitoring visits, grant policy, legislative leave
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- These businesses pay isn't a handout.
- Senator Jasinski said that when the average motorist pays gas tax, they are paying weekly or biweekly
- ,</c><00:22:45.200><c> you</c> motan pays gas tax, they're paying, you motan pays gas tax, they're paying
- </c> Pay any other taxes and fees.
- Chair is uh it with that tax estimated tax that we're paying on this? Who pays that?
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- are electric bill vehicles pay more Is that what you're saying?
- So how can how can somebody pay for a ticket lawfully?
- Or what is the, in order for you to be able to pay your bills, right, and pay staff and all that?
- And that was mainly due to low pay.
- The pay rate is low in comparison to the cost of living, and when the pay increases, they typically don't
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:24:44.960><c> us</c> if they contract with us, would pay us if they contract with us, would pay
- </c><01:56:54.719><c> for</c> of thinking about how do we pay for of thinking about how do we pay for
- Uh we pay about Summerssworth.
- </c> state to pay it all. state to pay it all.
- c> state pays for tuition state pays for tuition to<04:40:00.000><c> uh</c><04:40:00.240><c> in</c><04
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We have no other benchmark to know if what we're paying is more or higher than what we should be paying
- You know, we could sit here and say, well, Germany only pays $10, but we pay $300.
- We have no other benchmark to know if what we're paying is more or higher than what we should be paying
- You know, we could sit here and say, well, Germany only pays $10, but we pay $300.
- c><00:19:41.880><c> $300</c> Germany only pays $10 but we pay $300 Germany only pays $10 but we pay $300
Summary:
The working session focused on the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s budget request and its recent work. Early discussion centered on a technical question about a statutory dedicated fund for donations: members asked why the budget did not show a line item for accepting donations, and DHHS CFO Nathan White explained that the statute already authorizes the fund, but because no revenue has been received yet, it does not appear in the budget. He said any future donations would go through the normal process under RSA 14:30-a, with fiscal committee and Governor and Council approval and a memo to the Department of Revenue Administration. The chair clarified that the account was not a prerequisite to soliciting donations, and White said the fund would supplement, not replace, General Fund support.
Kirk Williamson, the board’s executive director, then presented the board’s mission and budget. He said the governor’s budget provides about $256,500 in the first year and slightly more in the second, all General Funds, and that the board had distributed a technical amendment to continue the executive director position. He described the board’s role as analyzing prescription drug costs, identifying savings opportunities, monitoring market trends, promoting transparency, and making recommendations to the legislature and public payers. He also emphasized that the board operates publicly, with live-streamed meetings and a stakeholder advisory council that includes unions, state agencies, Medicaid, corrections, higher education, and other stakeholders.
A major topic was the board’s estimate of $6 million in potential savings, based on Medicare’s newly negotiated prices for 10 drugs. Williamson explained that the board used those federal negotiated prices as a benchmark to estimate what New Hampshire public payers might be missing by not having similar leverage, and said the board is trying to build evidence for future recommendations rather than directly setting prices. Members asked how those potential savings could become actual savings, and Williamson said the board is sharing findings through its advisory council and feedback loops, though it has not yet sent a formal recommendation letter to specific purchasers. He also discussed the difference between pharmacy-benefit spending, which relies heavily on PBM-negotiated rebates, and medical-benefit spending, which is administered differently and is being added to the board’s next report.
Williamson highlighted other work, including a model on Humira and a pending legislative effort to improve biosimilar competition, plus a proposed state-backed pharmacy savings card that would be no cost to the state and could save users about $240 per prescription based on Connecticut’s experience. No votes were taken during the session.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/22/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> a lower rate of what what you're paying a lower rate of what what you're paying for<00:12:49.600
- </c> in New Hampshire, you don't have to pay in New Hampshire, you don't have to pay the<00:17:47.120
- </c> >> So even Amazon's paying attention. >> So even Amazon's paying attention.
- </c> to make them have to pay for it. to make them have to pay for it. Correct. Correct. Correct.
- He had to pay $1,000 insurance.