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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (03/31/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the other changes we made after listening to feedback from districts was that publication in local
- :54:08.319><c> after</c><00:54:08.640><c> listening</c><00:54:08.960><c> to</c><00:54:09.119><c> feedback
- </c><00:54:09.599><c> from</c> we made after listening to feedback from we made after listening to feedback
- towns have already adopted official ballot voting for other questions that have no clear uniform mechanism
- to put the machine uniform mechanism to put the machine question<02:19:15.519><c> to</c><02:19:15.760
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (01/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- That's why you're hearing some of this feedback, particularly about Rochester, but it is not unique to
- </c> hearing some of this feedback hearing some of this feedback particularly<04:50:25.080><c> about<
- here and obviously take control of a process that's supposed to be quasi-judicial and really be a mechanism
- <c> for</c><05:05:44.360><c> citizens</c><05:05:45.160><c> to</c><05:05:45.360><c> open</c> be a mechanism
- for citizens to open be a mechanism for citizens to open records<05:05:46.000><c> and</c><05:05:46.160
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met for its first meeting of the new session with opening remarks, member introductions, and a discussion of committee logistics. Members described their backgrounds and priorities, including criminal justice, right-to-know and privacy issues, domestic violence, death-with-dignity legislation, abortion, firearms, landlord-tenant policy, housing, and technology/privacy concerns. The chair noted there were already 34 bills assigned to the committee and expected more, and said the committee would likely continue to have a heavy workload this session.
The chair also outlined how the committee would operate: meetings would generally be on Wednesdays, with possible Mondays as needed; hearings would not require a quorum, but executive sessions would; and members were asked to provide updated phone numbers and email addresses, especially cell numbers. He explained that the committee would continue its practice of seating members in a mixed partisan arrangement to encourage communication, and that the new clerk had joined the committee.
A significant portion of the meeting focused on procedures for executive sessions and meeting times. The chair said the committee would follow the traditional rule allowing executive sessions on bills heard that day if proper notice was given, but he would avoid taking up controversial matters without full attendance. Members then discussed whether meetings should start at 9, 9:30, or 10 a.m., with concerns raised about long commutes, evening obligations, and winter driving after dark. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided, but the chair indicated he would try to accommodate the committee’s preference while balancing the workload.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- to thank the cities of Lakewood, Paramount, and Bellflower in my district for helping us take the feedback
- Number two, it requires clear and actionable feedback from HCD. Can't keep moving the target.
- So AB 2296 mandates that HCD provide clear, actionable feedback to local governments, and this feedback
- final RHNA numbers, the state and local governments can have more time for technical assistance and feedback
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Department of Agriculture update 2/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and, uh, we've gotten a lot of great feedback on, you know, how we can help with things that we're
- Um, and, uh, we've gotten a lot of great feedback on, you know, how we can help with things that we're
- Um, and, uh, we've gotten a lot of great feedback on, you know, how we can help with things that we're
- Um, and, uh, we've gotten a lot of great feedback on, you know, how we can help with things that we're
- Um, and, uh, we've gotten a lot of great feedback on, you know, how we can help with things that we're
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
LBT/LAB Joint Info Briefing - Tue Aug 19, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They get elected as representatives onto the board, and as you can imagine, we get a lot of great feedback
- They get elected as representatives onto the board, and as you can imagine, we get a lot of great feedback
- ><c> great</c> you can imagine um we get a lot of great you can imagine um we get a lot of great feedback
- 22:08.400><c> of</c><00:22:08.880><c> the</c><00:22:09.120><c> pulse</c><00:22:09.760><c> if</c> feedback
- and a lot of of the pulse if feedback and a lot of of the pulse if you<00:22:10.080><c> will</c><00:
Summary:
A joint informational briefing of the House Committee on Labor and the Senate Committee on Labor and Technology was held on August 19, 2025, to hear testimony on the Office of Community Services’ proposed Community Services Block Grant state plan for federal fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Ray Domingo of OCS explained that the plan is intended to maintain federal CSBG funding and focuses on compliance monitoring, coordination among community action agencies and state agencies, and strengthening partnerships. He also reviewed the program structure, noting that Hawaii’s four CAAs serve low-income residents, that the state must pass through at least 90% of the grant to CAAs, and that Hawaii received about $3.8 million in FFY 2025, with allocations to HCAP, Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council, Kauai Economic Opportunity, and Maui Economic Opportunity. He said statewide CAAs reported serving 40,980 individuals in FFY 2024.
Representatives from each CAA testified in support of the plan and described how CSBG functions as flexible “glue” funding that supports overhead, fills gaps, and helps leverage other public and private resources. HCAP’s Robert Piper said the grant helps sustain its broad service network, including Head Start, job training, weatherization, shelter, food assistance, and energy programs, and emphasized its tripartite board structure and annual service to about 20,000 people. Hawaii County’s Chad Hosigal highlighted support for senior farmers market coupons, Meals on Wheels, and transportation services. Kauai Economic Opportunity’s Mabel Fujiuchi said the agency fully supports the plan and described CSBG as nucleus funding that helps support shelter, Meals on Wheels, weatherization, mediation, and other services, including assistance for homeless families and special needs items such as dentures and hearing aids. Maui Economic Opportunity’s Gay Sabonga described CSBG’s role in disaster response after the 2023 wildfires, including shelter transitions, document recovery, housing and utility assistance, bridge grants for small businesses, youth prevention programs, and employment services.
Committee members asked about the stability of future federal funding, the frequency of federal assessments, and how satisfaction scores in the state plan were measured. OCS said federal funding information has been mixed and uncertain, that communication with federal partners has been limited and informal, and that the federal assessment website appears outdated; staff said assessments are done every two years. On the satisfaction metric, OCS said the score was 92 out of 100 and believed it reflected participant responses, though they offered to follow up with more detail. No votes or formal actions were taken at the informational briefing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House committee approves omnibus elections policy bill, HF1378 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here today to testify and provide feedback on House File 1378.
- I'm here today to testify and provide feedback on House File 1378.
- matters, and also judges and some of our particularly rural district courts. uh testify and provide feedback
- on house uh testify and provide feedback on house file file file 1378<00:08:40.800><c> I</c><00:08:40.919
- We have some of the feedback that Moo shared around effective dates and can continue in those conversations
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out.
Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations.
Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's where, when we get farther along this path, I think that we can provide a lot more feedback
- We heard about the federal a little bit, but have any of you practiced under a different mechanism for
- We heard about the federal a little bit, but have any of you practiced under a different mechanism for
- We heard about the federal a little bit, but have any of you practiced under a different mechanism for
- Boy, wide open for feedback from the working groups.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- I did receive some feedback among staff when writing this.
- I did receive some feedback among staff when writing this.
- We need some mechanism to stop that.
- /c><02:38:08.640><c> we</c><02:38:08.880><c> need</c><02:38:09.120><c> some</c><02:38:09.680><c> mechanism
- </c><02:38:10.240><c> to</c> into the LSR we need some mechanism to into the LSR we need some mechanism
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits Jul 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We're excited to say that we have been receiving positive feedback from stakeholders that the improvements
- They interviewed so many different people and got so much feedback that was really important for the
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office performance audit of Washington’s Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163). Auditors said the initiative’s background checks and 75-hour training requirement are widely viewed as safety measures, but the state lacks pre-2011 data to directly measure safety outcomes. They also found Washington’s long-term care workforce is still short, though the state ranks better than many others in workers per disabled person, and that some groups and regions have larger gaps between authorized and actually used Medicaid care hours, suggesting access problems for certain clients.
The audit focused heavily on the certification process for home care aides. Auditors reported that many applicants never finish certification, that the process often exceeds the 200-day legal deadline, and that delays can cause lost income, job loss, and in some cases repeated employer changes that allow aides to keep working without becoming certified. They recommended that the Department of Health accept applications only after training and testing are completed, move testing into training programs more broadly, and eliminate redundant DOH verification of FBI background checks. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and the role of immigration in workforce shortages; auditors said they found no financial performance standards in the Prometric contract, did not specifically study immigration status, and did not focus on language barriers in this audit.
Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services officials largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including expanded in-program testing, more staffing, and rule changes, and that testing has been integrated into more than 110 training programs. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Both agencies said they support further streamlining and expect continued collaboration, including possible budget or legislative requests. No public testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned without taking any vote or formal action on the audit.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- over-micromanaging the technology scope in Section 2(b), that we're looking for more operational feedback
- over-micromanaging the technology scope in Section 2(b), that we're looking for more operational feedback
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard several wildfire- and emergency-related bills. SB 1270 by Senator Richardson would expand the California Wildfire Mitigation Program to more counties and direct future funding toward areas with the greatest wildfire risk and social vulnerability; supporters included CSAC and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. SB 1079 by Senator Stern would create a permanent fire innovation unit within Cal Fire to identify operational needs, test new technologies, and speed deployment of successful tools; it drew support from Megafire Action, fire agencies, and several advocacy groups. SB 1020 by Senator Niello would require annual reporting on open gubernatorial states of emergency, including spending and lessons learned, to increase legislative oversight without limiting emergency powers; the LAO provided technical assistance on the bill. SB 894 by Senator Allen would establish a wildfire resilience loan program modeled on Go Green to help finance home hardening and defensible space improvements, with broad support from state, local, environmental, and credit union interests.
Testimony on the bills emphasized wildfire risk, the need for broader home hardening access, and the value of innovation and oversight in emergency management. Supporters of SB 894 said grants alone cannot meet the scale of needed mitigation and that low-cost financing could leverage private capital. Supporters of SB 1079 argued California needs a more formal system to connect firefighters with innovators and scale proven technologies. On SB 1020, the author and committee discussed balancing executive emergency authority with transparency and accountability. There was no recorded opposition to the measures during testimony.
After discussion, the committee accepted amendments on the bills and voted to pass SB 894, SB 973, SB 1020, SB 1270, and SB 1079 as amended to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The transcript shows multiple roll calls as quorum was established and absent members were called; each bill ultimately received unanimous support from members present and was reported out of committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- over-micromanaging how the scope of the technology scope in Section 2B, that we're looking for more operational feedback
- over-micromanaging how the scope of the technology scope in Section 2B, that we're looking for more operational feedback
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee heard five wildfire- and emergency-related bills. SB 1270 by Senator Richardson would expand the California Wildfire Mitigation Program to more counties based on wildfire risk and social vulnerability, with the author and county representatives saying the program should better target home-hardening assistance where need is greatest. SB 1079 by Senator Stern would create a Fire Innovation Unit within Cal Fire to identify operational needs, test new wildfire technologies, and speed deployment of successful tools; it drew broad support from fire, environmental, local government, and industry groups. SB 1020 by Senator Niello would require annual reporting on open states of emergency, including spending and lessons learned, to increase legislative oversight without limiting the governor’s emergency powers. SB 894 by Senator Allen would establish a wildfire resilience loan program modeled on the state’s Go Green financing platform to help homeowners afford wildfire hardening and defensible-space improvements; supporters included the State Treasurer’s office, counties, fire-safety groups, local governments, and credit unions.
There was no opposition testimony on any of the bills. Committee members generally expressed support, with comments emphasizing wildfire risk, the need for home hardening, innovation, and accountability in emergency powers. Senator Rubio asked to be a coauthor on SB 894, and the chair noted the bill’s importance for making mitigation more affordable at scale.
All five measures were approved by the committee on motions for “do pass as amended to appropriations,” with roll calls taken over several quorum interruptions. The bills were advanced out of committee, and the hearing was adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a letter in your packet with more specific feedback on each of those proposals.
- I appreciate your feedback. Mr.
- Um, I appreciate<00:14:46.000><c> your</c><00:14:46.320><c> feedback.</c><00:14:46.880><c> Mr.
- </c><00:14:47.040><c> Andre,</c><00:14:47.600><c> as</c> appreciate your feedback. Mr.
- Andre, as appreciate your feedback. Mr.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We have to define how to incorporate feedback from the working group, and this is up to the chair of
- What is the feedback you’re going to... You’re doing it on the fly right here, right?
- Look at the document and then provide that feedback through the channel that we’re going to determine
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- agendas, video recordings of every meeting, Zoom information for the public to watch, and a public feedback
- The public feedback portal was open to anyone to submit comments directly to the HAT Working Group for
- It is important to note that the comments received through the public feedback portal reflect the opinions
Summary:
The committee heard three Idaho Department of Fish and Game rule dockets tied to the governor’s zero-based regulation process. The first docket updated licensing and tag rules, including a new non-resident draw framework for deer and elk, added turkey-related landowner hunt provisions, clarified disability certification and refunds, consolidated moved language, changed the acreage threshold for certain landowner hunts to 79 acres, and adjusted several controlled-hunt and special-tag provisions. The second docket was a repeal of a chapter that had been moved into the big game rules, and the committee approved both that repeal and the licensing docket without opposition.
The bulk of the meeting focused on Docket 13-01-08-24-01, which revised big game hunting rules and included a major package of technology restrictions. Fish and Game staff explained that the changes came from a Hunting and Advanced Technology working group and public comment, and would prohibit or limit certain uses of smart optics, transmitting trail cameras, thermal imaging, night vision, drones, and aircraft in big game hunting, while carving out exceptions for some uses such as backcountry pilots and certain wolf-management activities. Staff also described related changes to archery, muzzleloader, electronic tagging, motorized hunting, bait, herd-health kill authorizations, and grizzly-bear bait reporting. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters said the rules protect fair chase, preserve hunting opportunity, and prevent technology from eroding hunting tradition; opponents argued the restrictions would hinder wolf control, create legal problems, and unfairly limit tools for predator hunters and landowners.
After extensive testimony and questions, Senator Conowitz moved to adopt the big game docket except for the technology-related subsections on page 56, citing constitutional and statutory concerns. That substitute motion failed on a 4-5 roll call vote. The committee then voted on the full docket, but instead of taking final action, members ultimately moved to hold Docket 13-01-08-24-01 subject to call of the chair. The meeting ended without final approval or rejection of that docket.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Feb 2nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Higher Education & Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- we have had some folks chime in in the first couple of meetings and have really appreciated their feedback
- This website was, again, designed with feedback from all of the stakeholder groups I mentioned previously
- allowed me to collaborate with amazing student leaders from across the state and have enhanced my feedback
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We have had some folks chime in in the first couple of meetings and have really appreciated their feedback
- This website was, again, designed with feedback from all of the stakeholder groups I mentioned previously
- allowed me to collaborate with amazing student leaders from across the state and have enhanced my feedback
Summary:
The Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee heard two work sessions focused on student access and retention, then held public hearings on gubernatorial appointments before taking executive action. Washington Student Achievement Council staff presented the Washington Completes FAFSA campaign, created by Executive Order 2508, describing its advisory board, outreach strategy, dashboard tracking, and progress toward goals of 46,000 FAFSA/WASFA completions and improved equity in completion rates. They also highlighted broader college access tools such as trainings, printed materials, completion events, Otterbot texting support, and the new “Changing the Narrative” report and College Toolkit, which emphasize multiple postsecondary pathways, relatable messengers, and short video content.
The committee then heard from the Council of Presidents and Central Washington University and Evergreen State College on student support services. Presenters discussed retention data, FERPA-related limits on parent communication, and the impact of budget cuts on advising, tutoring, wellness, and other services. Evergreen described the Shelton Promise program, including recruitment, summer bridge, basic-needs supports, peer mentoring, texting outreach, and early retention results showing 52 of 53 students continuing. Central Washington outlined its learner access and support plan, including required advising, University 101, early academic alerts, peer mentoring embedded in coursework, the Students First Center, and a Paying for College Guide, while noting that budget reductions have limited some support offerings.
In the public hearing, the committee considered Latasha Wortham’s appointment to the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees and a panel of student appointees to various boards and councils, including Evergreen, Washington Student Achievement Council, the Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board, Washington State University, Eastern Washington University, Edmonds College, and Western Washington University. Testimony emphasized first-generation and immigrant backgrounds, student advocacy, basic needs, and the importance of student voice in governance. In executive session, the committee adopted a substitute and gave Senate Bill 6325 a due pass recommendation to Ways and Means; the bill would shift certain higher education cost increases from tuition to state funds over time and direct a WSIPP study on essential student services. The committee also recommended confirmation for the listed gubernatorial appointments.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Looking for not just feedback like we've seen in some of the amendments... ...Third Substitute House
- Looking for not just feedback like we've seen in some of the amendments...
- Representative Stoner: Looking for not just feedback like we've seen in some of the amendments debated
Keywords:
investment, gifts, grants, University of Washington, funding, higher education, recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- have some dealerships and manufacturers in Duval County, I think is is on just have you had any feedback
- There has been a lot of feedback from dealers manufacturers and this is a product that is a compromise
- Technically just explained the amendment which narrows the scope of that bill to incorporate feedback
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But in our conversations with them, they gave us some, some good feedback.
- So, um, thank you for giving us the, uh, original idea and giving us feedback throughout the process
- So you've seen the committee substitute and, um, appreciate the, the, the feedback from the Comptroller's
Keywords:
HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, ad valorem tax
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is common sense and, frankly, a compromise based on feedback.
- Every month, MDE sends out a newsletter specifically regarding resources, strategies, and feedback on
- MDE has developed a district and charter feedback and input system to identify current successes and
- MDE sends out a newsletter specifically regarding resources, strategies, and feedback on NED to 1,183
- </c><01:53:18.800><c> and</c> the foundation of community feedback and the foundation of community feedback