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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In this committee, we ask you to debate the balance of economic growth and protection of the environment
- HF 3007 is a welcome step toward a balanced approach to data centers in state law.
- inappropriate dynamics affecting residential communities should be included in a more comprehensive and balanced
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Mar 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- does, is it really it promotes the student performance extra, but what it does is it also strikes a balance
- We advocate for balance regulations, rigorous testing, clear labelling and also products that are not
- to ensure that they are regulated the right way by treating then similarly to alcohol, Florida can balance
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Banking and Insurance Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I've had a ongoing discussions with ensures we want to make sure that we strike the right balance between
- platform would turn around and purchase the gold on behalf of the vendor and that would show up as a balance
- Because the value of those precious metals fluctuates daily with a balance in my credit card account
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- FOUR DAYS A WEEK BALANCING THEIR PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS CAREER GOALS.
- THESE OTHER SPECIALTIES THEY HAVE COST IN CONTINUATION OF THOSE AND SO IT IS SUCH A BALANCE TO BE MAKING
- NEED TO BOOST SOME OF THE NURSING AND OTHER CORE FUNCTIONS THAT THE STATE REALLY NEEDS SO IT'S A BALANCE
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this bill is about contingency funds and unassigned fund balance.
- They pay a couple of months of salary and benefits out of the unassigned fund balance.
- They pay a couple of months of salary and benefits out of the unassigned fund balance.
- I personally an unassigned fund balance.
- </c><02:04:40.400><c> This</c> same thing as academic balance. This same thing as academic balance.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/04/2025)
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- There is currently available balance of $125,200.
- This is a current available balance of $300,000.
- This is a current available balance of $150,000.
- This is a current available balance of $300,000.
- This is a current available balance of $150,000.
Summary:
The Department of Administrative Services presented its capital budget process and priorities, explaining how agencies assess facility needs, rank projects, and submit requests to the governor’s office. DAS described its Plant and Property division, which maintains 96 state buildings, and Public Works, which develops detailed cost estimates for selected projects. Officials said the governor’s office has traditionally narrowed requests into priority tiers, but this year all projects were estimated, creating more work and less detail. They also emphasized that the capital budget book functions as legislative intent and can be binding on how approved funds are used.
On the substance of the request, DAS highlighted several priorities: continued funding for the state ERP system upgrade to the cloud, with about $5 million requested for sustainability and related Treasury functions; emergency fund and annex renovation work; a sprinkler replacement at DMV; and elevator repairs at the main building. Karen Rocky also identified maintenance projects that rose in priority after a facility condition assessment, including HVAC work for Portsmouth Circuit Court and Coos County Courthouse, boilers and controls for Carroll County and Lebanon Circuit Court, brick repointing at the main building and annex, window replacement at Spalding, and Brown building elevator replacement. Officials noted that the governor’s proposed capital budget included fewer DAS projects than in past years and no projects for the Bureau of Court Facilities.
The committee also discussed lapses and reprogramming of prior appropriations. DAS said the first eight projects approved in 2023 remain under construction and should be extended, while many 2021 projects are delayed because of ARPA-related workload and broader construction backlogs. Members reviewed a 2019 project list and agreed to lapse project number 49, the Spalding roof project, with about $81,000 remaining. DAS also said some small 2019 balances, including courthouse generators, a boiler, cooling and controls, roof and exterior repairs, and the State House Annex elevator, could be redirected through Capital Budget Overview toward the Hillsboro County South Cell Block project. The hearing ended with questions about project schedules, ARPA deadlines, and the division of authority between DoIT and DAS for the ERP system.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/29/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:22:16.000><c> is</c> although I understand the balance is although I understand the balance is
- </c><01:30:05.719><c> between</c> achieve a public policy balance between achieve a public policy balance
- So there needed to be a balance there.
- So there needed to be a balance there.
- So there needed to be a balance there.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Facilities, May 19, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on School Facilities
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- ,</c><00:06:34.960><c> 155.85</c> then the balance, 155.85 then the balance, 155.85 million<00:06:37.600
- But to be of balance that ebb and flow.
- </c><03:25:16.280><c> But</c> And so, how do you balance those?
- But And so, how do you balance those?
- But they're able to balance that out.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to have a responsible and balanced to have a responsible and balanced budget.<00:45:00.880><c> And
- </c> to make sure we have a balanced budget. to make sure we have a balanced budget.
- So we think there can be a little bit more of a balancing act there.
- So we think there can be a little bit more of a balancing act there.
- </c><02:29:17.439><c> by</c> the state budget was uh balanced by the state budget was uh balanced by
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:59.919><c> to</c> there's that check and balance to there's that check and balance to confirm
- can all agree that we need those balances.
- </c><03:01:44.640><c> that</c> important those checks and balances that important those checks and balances
- </c><03:02:17.760><c> So</c> agree that we need those balances.
- So agree that we need those balances.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And so it's been an ongoing um wonderful ride um trying to work that balance out and continue, and I
- </c><00:24:09.080><c> to</c><00:24:09.200><c> keep</c><00:24:09.440><c> that</c><00:24:09.680><c> balance
- </c><00:24:10.280><c> of</c> comments to try to keep that balance of comments to try to keep that balance
- </c><00:24:28.280><c> out</c><00:24:28.400><c> and</c> trying to work that balance out and trying to
- that balanced the salary and<01:50:26.360><c> insurance</c><01:50:26.840><c> needs</c><01:50:27.120>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This would be truly universal with the checks and balances. I disagree.
- and balances on this program. program. program.
- </c><01:35:46.000><c> There</c> checks and balances. I disagree. There checks and balances.
- Apparently, the current state budget is going to be difficult to balance.
- Apparently, the current state budget is going to be difficult to balance.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:13:13.279><c> and</c><00:13:13.440><c> and</c> monitoring the balance and and monitoring the
- balance and and determining<00:13:14.720><c> whether</c><00:13:15.120><c> there's</c><00:13:15.600><c
- What is the current balance of the fund?
- One is, um, I'm very interested in Representative Corman's question about the balance right now, but
- right now, but if this fund gets balance right now, but if this fund gets over<00:25:54.799><c> a</c
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/22/2025)
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- budget uh despite towards the balanced budget uh despite the<00:16:01.440><c> unfund</c><00:16:02.040
- So it's going to be a balancing act, and it's going to be labor intensive.
- To add to the balancing act, I would think, too, there should be—oh, good to see you.
- </c><02:16:21.040><c> act</c> so it's going to be a balancing act so it's going to be a balancing act
- act and it's going to be a balancing act and it's going<02:16:25.320><c> to</c><02:16:25.480><c> be<
Summary:
The public hearing focused on HB 290, which would raise cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping taxes and create a committee to study tobacco and nicotine tax policy. Representative Jerry Stringham introduced the bill as both a public health and revenue measure, arguing that nicotine use causes health harms and public costs, and that New Hampshire’s cigarette tax has been unchanged at $1.78 per pack since 2013. He said the bill would raise the cigarette tax by $1 per pack to $2.78, still below most New England states, and would also adjust vaping taxes, which he described as having been set as placeholder rates in 2019. He said the bill would also establish a study committee to review broader tobacco and nicotine taxation, including products such as premium cigars.
In response to questions, Stringham said the proposed cigarette tax would be roughly equal in real dollars to the 2008 rate after inflation, and he suggested that a smaller annual increase could be considered, though he believed a larger increase would have a stronger public health effect. He explained that the vaping tax structure differs between closed and open systems because one taxes a fixed hardware product while the other taxes reusable liquid, and he said the proposal would move the rates toward a more uniform approach. He also said New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase, though members raised concerns about cross-border shopping, business impacts, and preserving the state’s competitive advantage.
Several members questioned whether the bill’s main purpose was revenue or reducing smoking and vaping. Stringham said he viewed it primarily as a public health bill, but also as a revenue measure, and said he would consider it successful even if consumption fell enough to reduce revenue. Other members emphasized personal freedom and argued the committee should focus on taxation rather than cessation, while some supported the bill as a way to capture revenue from out-of-state buyers and keep New Hampshire’s rates below surrounding states. The hearing consisted of testimony and questions only; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's within that context about how do we structure and balance—and I, again, I heard this in your
- And it's really what has kept me in this world and on this is that balance.
- And it's really what has kept me in this world and on this is that balance.
- And it's really what has kept me in this world and on this is that balance."
- Thank you." balance. The specific um comprehensive balance.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> attempt to be as balanced as possible. attempt to be as balanced as possible.
- The black smoke when they burn the old balance when they get white smoke.
- ,</c><01:31:41.840><c> Jim,</c> It was trying to find the balance, Jim, It was trying to find the balance
- So this would reduce the remaining general fund balance.
- That would reduce the remaining general fund balance.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Massachusetts Data Privacy Act Jul 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- She said they have worked to balance the needs of both industry and consumers, but on the House side
- hear from everybody all their concerns and there certainly have been themes and we have worked to balance
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Data Privacy convened its first conference committee meeting to reconcile House Bill 5479 and Senate Bill 2619. Representative Michael Moran and Senator Cindy Creem opened by stressing that the bills are broadly similar and that the goal is to work through differences and produce a strong consumer privacy law. Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Senator Barry Finegold, along with Senator Pat O’Connor remotely, echoed support for meaningful safeguards, consumer protection, and stronger rules governing how companies use residents’ personal data.
The committee then began reviewing the bill’s definitions section item by item. Members quickly identified a number of provisions that appeared identical or close enough for staff to finalize, including affiliate, consumer rights, controller, collection, covered entity, gender-affirming health care services, targeted advertising, and several website-related definitions. Other items were flagged for further work because of substantive differences, especially affirmative consent, biometric data, dark patterns and deceptive design, de-identified data, consumer versus individual terminology, minors versus younger than 18, precise geolocation, publicly available information, sale/transfer of personal data, sensitive data, and trade secret-related language.
Several recurring drafting issues were noted as likely to require staff follow-up, including whether to use “consumer” or “individual” throughout the bill and how to handle HIPAA and COPPA citations. The committee also grouped a number of related definitions together for later discussion, including the sale and transfer provisions and the sensitive data sections. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with agreement to have staff work through the remaining differences and schedule the next conference committee session.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- At the same time, what we're trying to do here is balance some of the needs and due process rights that
- At the same time, what we're trying to do here is balance some of the needs and due process rights that
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several bills, beginning with SB 1166 by Senator Arreguín, which would allow AC Transit and its employees to use the Public Employment Relations Board to resolve unfair labor practice charges instead of the courts. The author and union supporters said PERB would provide a faster, fairer, and more specialized process, while no opposition testified. The committee members expressed support, and SB 1166 was approved on a due pass motion and re-referred to Appropriations.
The committee also took up consent items SB 1024, SB 1207, and SB 1444, which were moved on consent and placed on hold for absent members. Later, SB 1083 by Senator Perez was heard; it would refine last year’s school misconduct database law by adding an administrative law judge review process for classified employees, requiring stronger employer notification and record-sharing procedures, and extending vetting requirements to certain contracted workers. Supporters, including classified employees and labor groups, argued the bill adds due process and fairness while preserving student safety. Opponents, including school administrators, school districts, and liability organizations, argued it could create gaps in misconduct records, increase liability, and weaken protections for students.
After discussion, the author said he was continuing to work with opponents on amendments and emphasized the bill’s goal of balancing due process with child safety, referencing his own experience with grooming as a student. SB 1083 was passed on a due pass motion and re-referred to the Committee on Education. The chair then announced that all bills had passed and adjourned the meeting.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I wanted to make sure that we had some checks and balances. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.
- There's no formal qualifications or any checks and balances administered at a collegiate or a high school
Summary:
The Civil Law and Procedure Committee met on May 18, 2026, and took up Senate Bill 389 by Senator Connick, which would update Louisiana’s athlete-agent law to cover NIL representation for high school and college athletes. The Attorney General’s office said the bill is needed because NIL agents are currently largely unregulated, especially as NIL activity has expanded into high school sports. Assistant Attorney General Olivia Nuss explained that the bill is based on the revised Uniform Athlete Agent Act and would create a state registry, require disclosure and background checks, and help protect student-athletes and families from unqualified or predatory agents.
John Curtis, head of school and football coach at John Curtis Christian School, testified in support, saying schools are seeing more agents around practices and recruiting situations, often charging high fees and making misleading promises. He argued the bill would give parents and athletes a way to verify whether an agent is registered and qualified, and said the LHSAA could help distribute information to schools and families. Members asked about how the law would be implemented, whether the LHSAA or the Department of Justice would oversee it, and how the bill would interact with existing NIL disclosure legislation; the witnesses said DOJ would administer the registry while LHSAA would mainly help disseminate information.
The committee adopted a technical amendment set, then Representative Edmondson moved to report SB 389 as amended. There was no objection, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also voluntarily deferred Senate Bill 525 at the author’s request, and then adjourned.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I wanted to make sure that we had some checks and balances. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.
- There's no formal qualifications or any checks and balances administered at a collegiate or a high school
Keywords:
athlete agent, registration, endorsement contracts, name image likeness, eligibility, unfair trade practices, student athletes, unclaimed property, abandoned property, escheat, state treasurer, administrator, claimant, purchase agreement, assignment, property recovery, owner verification, documentation requirements, fraud prevention, bankruptcy