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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government May 13th, 2026
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation ensures full compliance with Article 97 and the Public Lands Preservation Act.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a brief public hearing with testimony limited to three minutes. The committee heard support for House 5388, filed for the town of Marion, which would allow transfer of a 2,900-square-foot parcel from the Open Space Acquisition Commission to the Select Board for a shared-use pathway, while permanently protecting about 13.38 acres of town land for passive recreation and conservation under Article 97. The witness said the proposal complies with Article 97 and the Public Lands Preservation Act and noted it had already passed Marion town meeting unanimously, 102-0.
The committee also heard support for House 5365, a Falmouth home rule charter amendment to create a Falmouth Licensing Commission. The town councilor explained that two charter review committees found that the Select Board was spending too much time administering and disciplining alcohol, entertainment, and common victualer licenses, and that Falmouth’s licensing workload is more like a larger city’s. She argued that a separate licensing commission would let the Select Board focus more on broader town policy and priorities.
No committee questions were raised after either witness, no opposition testimony was offered, and no votes on the bills were taken during the hearing. After confirming there was no further testimony, the chair accepted a motion to adjourn and the committee voted to adjourn by voice vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/07/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not preserving any public safety by keeping these people incarcerated.
- We're not preserving any public safety by keeping these people incarcerated.
- We're not preserving any public safety by keeping these people incarcerated.
- We're not preserving any public safety by keeping these people incarcerated.
- We're not preserving any public safety by keeping these people incarcerated.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , to whom was referred the House Bill authorizing the town of Westford to release agricultural preservation
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted a resolution commending the Transgender Day of Remembrance Planning Committee for its observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The chamber then took up several Ways and Means reports on local bills, including legislation authorizing Westford to release agricultural preservation restrictions on land owned by Westford Gateway LLC and authorizing the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to convey a parcel of land in Wellesley. In both cases, the rules were suspended, the committee amendments were adopted, and each bill was ordered to a third reading.
The Senate also considered a Veterans and Federal Affairs report on a petition by Senators Creem and Peisch to rescind all prior Article 5 Constitutional Convention applications. The committee recommended approval, but Senator Durant moved to postpone the matter until the next session, and it was postponed without objection. Another House bill authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional off-premises alcohol license was taken up under suspension of the rules and ordered to a third reading.
Later, the Senate passed two bills to be enacted: House No. 2016, as amended, concerning affordable care rentals, and House No. 3912, increasing the membership of the Marblehead Board of Health from three to five members. The Senate also adopted an order to reconvene the following Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in full formal session with the calendar, and then adjourned.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HB 1151 Conference Committee Apr 10th, 2025 at 04:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- didn't, I think that might have been the amendment that you guys put on it, and that really just preserved
Summary:
The committee considered a Senate amendment to a bill dealing with cell-cultured protein. The Senate Agriculture Committee explained that the bill had been “hog-housed” into a legislative management study because the original bill and a later version were not workable, federal rules were limited, and related litigation in other states suggested it was better to pause and study the issue. Members noted that the state already has Century Code language prohibiting advertising, sale, misrepresentation, and deceptive packaging of cell-cultured protein as meat, and that the original bill mainly added manufacturing language and a definition.
Several members supported the study approach, saying the issue may be more appropriately handled at the federal level and that the bill may have been premature. They also commended the students who brought the proposal forward and encouraged them to continue their work, including on federal issues. One member emphasized the need to protect the state’s beef industry while agreeing to the study.
A motion was made and seconded for the House to accept the Senate amendments. The clerk called the roll, and the motion passed with all members voting yes/aye. The House concurred with the Senate amendments, and carriers were assigned for both chambers before the committee adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- In this constrained fiscal environment, the budget preserves our operational capacity and core economic
- Here on the Cape, we recently awarded nearly $2 million to improve local infrastructure and expand, preserve
- The House 2 budget contends with elevated costs across all sectors, but it preserves critical programs
- The state housing plan calls for the creation and preservation of 222,000 homes between 2025 and 2035
- So there is a deep commitment to making sure that we preserve this precious public housing resource that
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing.
Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity.
The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, this bill explicitly preserves DHS's ability to do enforcement, investigations, and sanctions
- <00:10:31.720><c> pause,</c><00:10:32.200><c> one</c><00:10:32.480><c> that</c><00:10:32.640><c> preserve
- </c> deliberate pause, one that preserve deliberate pause, one that preserve preserves<00:10:33.840><
- c> enforcement</c><00:10:34.400><c> authority</c><00:10:35.320><c> while</c> preserves enforcement authority
- while preserves enforcement authority while preventing<00:10:36.080><c> irreversible</c><00:10:36.840
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, community support, integrated care, disability services, stakeholder consultation, homeless youth, grants, funding, Minnesota, mental health, substance use disorder, education, workforce development, licensure, direct care services, healthcare, long-term care, personal care assistants, employment support, medical assistance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I have what is my first attempt at bringing this bill, of getting wild rice preservation to be considered
- This is about preservation, to be more effective and far less costly.
- This is about preservation to our them.
- This is about preservation to our more<00:09:55.760><c> more</c><00:09:56.399><c> effective</c><00:09
- </c> um and uh mitigation efforts to preserve um and uh mitigation efforts to preserve the<00:32:48.159
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/17/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Hampshire chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Connecticut River Conservancy, the Long Pond Preservation
- He said they may need to provide some clarity in that area too, because they want to preserve the integrity
- </c> because um not only we want to preserve because um not only we want to preserve the<01:30:17.360
- I think the basic principle is that we want to make sure that we have the landowner permission, preserve
- I think the basic principle is that we want to make sure that we have the landowner permission, preserve
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 048 Mar 3rd, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:09:50.880><c> It's</c> I ask that you reject it and preserve the republic our founding fathers
- c><01:10:08.080><c> reject</c><01:10:08.400><c> it</c><01:10:08.800><c> and</c><01:10:09.120><c> preserve
- </c> I ask that you reject it and preserve I ask that you reject it and preserve the<01:10:09.679><c>
- Convention and in the states about whether their rights and their liberties would be adequately preserved
- Uh there was concern about preserved.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- By restoring and preserving this option for these small businesses, the legislature will ensure that
- the ability election, thereby preserving the ability of<00:15:50.080><c> pass-through</c><00:15:50.520
- By<00:16:06.400><c> restoring</c><00:16:06.960><c> and</c><00:16:07.040><c> preserving</c><00:16:07.440
- ><c> this</c><00:16:07.680><c> option</c> By restoring and preserving this option By restoring and preserving
- again to provide comments, and we respectfully ask the committee to support House File 3127 and preserve
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, overtime compensation, tax deduction, income tax, federal regulations, tax reform, tip income, federal tax deduction, Minnesota Statutes, individual income, employer contributions, Trump accounts, federal law, gross income exclusion, 1183
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So 15 years ago, we created a natural resources asset preservation account in bonding so we wouldn't
- </c> natural resources asset preservation natural resources asset preservation account<00:56:05.760><
- ><c> you</c> >> So, we respectfully ask that you >> So, we respectfully ask that you preserve
- ><c> tree</c><01:21:06.000><c> seasons</c><01:21:06.400><c> for</c><01:21:06.480><c> archery</c> preserve
- our tree seasons for archery preserve our tree seasons for archery and<01:21:07.040><c> consider</c>
Bills:
HF624
Keywords:
HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/24/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- is not to bring white-tailed deer into Minnesota, but rather to continue our work with reindeer, preserve
- The proposed amendments in Minnesota Senate File 739 aim to preserve genetic diversity while maintaining
- </c><01:47:44.159><c> their</c> work with reindeer, preserve their work with reindeer, preserve their
- <01:48:51.760><c> genetic</c><01:48:52.400><c> diversity</c><01:48:53.280><c> while</c> preserve genetic
- diversity while preserve genetic diversity while maintaining<01:48:54.239><c> the</c><01:48:54.560><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, I am interested in kind of following what Representative Hicks said about family preservation.
- I love the family preservation piece.
- I do think about family preservation I do think that<00:29:58.080><c> that's</c><00:29:58.240><c> key
- </c><00:32:54.240><c> piece</c><00:32:54.559><c> I</c> love the family preservation piece I love the
- family preservation piece I like<00:32:54.880><c> that</c><00:32:54.960><c> you're</c><00:32:55.559><
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 1124 aligns with MBA's policy position on preserving local decision-making by allowing school
- 04:49.600><c> policy</c><00:04:50.120><c> position</c><00:04:50.639><c> on</c><00:04:50.880><c> preserving
- </c> mba's policy position on preserving mba's policy position on preserving local<00:04:51.880><c> decision
- That's what we're trying to preserve as a state: this ability to have everyone access our great outdoors
- That's what we're trying to preserve as a state: this ability to have everyone access our great outdoors
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Huot asked whether, in an anonymous surrender situation, there is any remedy for preserving
- The idea was that there would be risk sharing and preserve this marketplace for over 100,000 individual
- This is ground zero in helping us to preserve a viable health care insurance program in the state of
- This is ground zero in helping us to preserve a viable health care insurance program in the state of
- </c><01:41:58.480><c> that</c> alive to um help preserve that alive to um help preserve that Cornerstone
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
February State Budget and Economic Forecast - 03/06/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They could look for new state revenues, or they could make significant cuts in other areas to preserve
- They could look for new state revenues, or they could make significant cuts in other areas to preserve
- c> sufficient</c><00:36:05.920><c> funding</c><00:36:06.200><c> for</c><00:36:06.400><c> the</c> preserve
- sufficient funding for the preserve sufficient funding for the Medica<00:36:07.119><c> Medicaid</c><
- </c><01:21:08.639><c> the</c> Republicans fighting to preserve the Republicans fighting to preserve the
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesotans place a high value on taking care of existing parks and trails facilities and preserving
- Older participants are concerned with preserving natural resources for younger generations and introducing
- existing parks and trails<00:04:29.320><c> facilities</c><00:04:29.960><c> and</c><00:04:30.160><c> preserving
- </c><00:04:30.560><c> the</c> trails facilities and preserving the trails facilities and preserving the
- </c><00:04:57.199><c> natural</c> concerned with preserving natural concerned with preserving natural
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/17/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll show you what we mean by low cost in the next slide for meeting the 2040 law in a way that preserves
- in</c><00:10:25.079><c> a</c><00:10:25.240><c> way</c><00:10:25.480><c> that</c><00:10:25.680><c> preserves
- </c> the 20 240 law in a way that preserves the 20 240 law in a way that preserves reliability<00:10:
- </c><01:14:55.280><c> in</c><01:14:55.400><c> order</c><01:14:55.600><c> to</c><01:14:55.800><c> preserve
- </c><01:14:56.159><c> the</c> in the law in order to preserve the in the law in order to preserve the
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The purpose of this guideline is to help realize the cost of bonding bills quickly in order to preserve
- ><00:46:54.760><c> order</c><00:46:55.319><c> order</c><00:46:55.599><c> to</c><00:46:55.800><c> preserve
- </c> bills quickly in order order to preserve bills quickly in order order to preserve additional<00:
- </c><00:52:18.559><c> in</c><00:52:18.680><c> order</c><00:52:18.920><c> to</c><00:52:19.119><c> preserve
- </c> bills quickly in order to preserve bills quickly in order to preserve additional<00:52:20.000><c
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 7, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Preservation and protection of our precious and pure groundwater resources are essential to a secure
- protection of our there preservation protection of our precious<00:36:18.359><c> and</c><00:36:18.520
- Landfills, once constructed, there will be permanent preservation and protection of our precious, pure
- Landfills, once constructed, there will be permanent preservation and protection of our precious, pure
- Landfills, once constructed, there will be permanent preservation and protection of our precious, pure
Summary:
The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before the Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Chair Nicole Lowen and other legislators opened the meeting by framing the issue as important statewide and encouraging recycling, composting, and proper use of the curbside bins. The city’s Department of Environmental Services, led by Director Roger Babcock and Deputy Director Mike O’Keefe, then presented the background and siting process.
ENV explained the legal and technical constraints that shaped the search, including the 2019 Land Use Commission decision requiring closure of Waimanalo Gulch by March 2, 2028, and the 2020 Act 73 restrictions on landfill siting near residences, schools, hospitals, conservation districts, airports, and tsunami inundation areas. They said a landfill advisory committee reviewed six candidate sites in 2021-2022 and rejected them because they fell within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. After further evaluation and an extension of the naming deadline, the city selected a site in central Oahu near Wahiawa, on agricultural land currently used as a Dole pineapple field.
City officials said the selected site was chosen as the best of the evaluated options and, in their view, could be permitted under state and federal law. They described planned environmental protections, including a modern sanitary landfill design with double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring, and said the existing Waimanalo Gulch landfill has operated for 35 years without leachate leaks. They also emphasized that the site would still require a special use permit, Department of Health approvals, an environmental impact statement, and other public permitting processes, and that public engagement would continue over the next several years.