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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
TCA-HRE, HRE Public Hearings 03-20-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And I could be wrong, but I would imagine also some of the economic landscape for what happens in the
- And I could be wrong, but I would imagine also some of the economic landscape for what happens in the
- And I could be wrong, but I would imagine also some of the economic landscape for what happens in the
- And I could be wrong, but I would imagine also some of the economic landscape for what happens in the
- also some of the economic imagine also some of the economic landscape<01:13:20.520><c> for</c><01:13
Summary:
The meeting covered several Senate resolutions related to the University of Hawaiʻi system, the East-West Center, and related education and workforce issues. On SCR 178 and SR 48, testifiers strongly supported the East-West Center, describing it as an important Hawaii asset that promotes cultural exchange, global citizenship, diplomacy, and ties to the University of Hawaiʻi. Speakers said the Center has helped train leaders and bring international connections and investment to Hawaii, and they urged continued funding despite federal cuts. The chairs then recommended passage with technical amendments, and both resolutions were adopted by the committees.
The committee also heard testimony on resolutions calling for audits of University of Hawaiʻi operations. On SR 32 and SCR 50, the University of Hawaiʻi said it supported the resolution and had already begun work on establishing a Bachelor of Science in nursing at the UH Maui campus, with additional staff available on Zoom to answer questions. On SR 160 and SCR 142, which sought a financial and performance audit of UH Mānoa facilities, UH Athletics said it already undergoes annual financial audits required by NCAA bylaws but not performance audits, and discussed its internal evaluations, contingency planning, and efforts to address concerns raised by student athletes and staff.
The committee then took up SCR 138 and SR 55, requesting a management and performance audit of the UH Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy. Vice President Deborah Halbert and P20 Director Steve Shotz said they did not oppose the audit and believed it could provide clarity, while explaining that the office is relatively new and works collaboratively across campuses on articulation, transfer, grants, and workforce alignment. They described grant programs including Perkins, GEAR UP, preschool development, and data-sharing efforts, and said they are focusing more resources on teaching, health care, and skilled trades. The discussion also touched on SR 54, a proposed performance audit of the UH Foundation, where foundation representatives said they already undergo annual financial audits, acknowledged some donor communication issues, but emphasized improved stewardship and growth in fundraising over recent years.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a business owner, and I just can't imagine seeing the accounts receivable that way year after year
- </c> and I and I just I I can't imagine and I and I just I I can't imagine seeing<00:56:38.039><c> the
- </c><00:56:42.760><c> just</c><00:56:42.960><c> I</c><00:56:43.079><c> can't</c><00:56:43.280><c> imagine
- </c><00:56:43.640><c> seeing</c><00:56:44.440><c> the</c> like I just I can't imagine seeing the like
- I just I can't imagine seeing the different<00:56:44.920><c> things</c><00:56:45.160><c> that</c><00
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We can't imagine getting back to a history of what we did 16 years ago that was working fine.
- We can't imagine getting back to a history of what we did 16 years ago that was working fine.
- We can't imagine getting back to a history of what we did 16 years ago that was working fine.
- We can't imagine getting back to a history of what we did 16 years ago that was working fine.
- We can't imagine getting back to a history of what we did 16 years ago that was working fine.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/10/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine<00:47:58.080><c> our</c><00:47:58.200><c> surprise</c><00:47:58.760><c> when</c><00:47:58.880
- ><c> the</c><00:47:58.960><c> community</c> Imagine our surprise when the community Imagine our surprise
- When most people think of fraud, they imagine suspicious emails, obvious scams, or other things.
- Imagine telling your child that you can't afford to keep them healthy.
- 15.120><c> that</c><01:34:15.280><c> you</c> Imagine telling your child that you Imagine telling your
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So I imagine that we're using some of those same distribution lists, and potentially people can sign
- So I imagine that we're using some of those same distribution lists, and potentially people can sign
- So I imagine that we're using some of those same distribution lists, and potentially people can sign
- So I imagine that we're using some of those same distribution lists, and potentially people can sign
- Representative Curran said, "I can't imagine being a person who is so low and so foul that they would
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I will leave you with one final thought: Imagine that a potentially violent civil committed individual
- with one community I will leave you with one final<00:47:37.839><c> thought</c><00:47:38.760><c> imagine
- that a potentially final thought imagine that a potentially violent<00:47:40.640><c> civil</c><00:47
- getting that notice in the so imagine getting that notice in the mail<00:57:55.839><c> not</c><00:57
- how panicked you might imagine how panicked you might feel feel feel so<00:58:16.160><c> this</c><00
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/13/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard to even imagine putting ourselves in those shoes, to put them in a place where they're being
- It's hard to even imagine putting ourselves in those shoes, to put them in a place where they're being
- It's hard to even imagine putting ourselves in those shoes, to put them in a place where they're being
- Imagine a young person whose life has been turned upside down by the sudden onset of extreme symptoms
- Imagine a young person whose life has been turned upside down by the sudden onset of extreme symptoms
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/05/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:26:47.799><c> that</c><00:26:48.000><c> this</c><00:26:48.240><c> might</c> um I would imagine
- that this might um I would imagine that this might border<00:26:48.919><c> on</c><00:26:49.159><c> a
- I do want to make mention that this service is also available to those families, and if you can imagine
- I do want to make mention that this service is also available to those families, and if you can imagine
- the questions you survey so you imagine the questions you could<01:29:15.400><c> ask</c><01:29:15.639
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> guidance but that as you can imagine guidance but that as you can imagine increases<00:31:17.360
- Some of them can include thousands of workers, so as you can imagine, the scope or the range and the
- Some of them can include thousands of workers, so as you can imagine, the scope or the range and the
- so</c><00:42:38.359><c> if</c><00:42:38.440><c> you</c><00:42:38.559><c> can</c><00:42:38.680><c> imagine
- </c> staff to resolve so if you can imagine staff to resolve so if you can imagine if<00:42:39.079><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 02/12/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- No, I get it, and I don't want to drag this out, but I can just imagine there's a lot of families pretty
- No, I get it, and I don't want to drag this out, but I can just imagine there's a lot of families pretty
- No, I get it, and I don't want to drag this out, but I can just imagine there's a lot of families pretty
- is not much she thinks about more than those first few months having a baby, and that she cannot imagine
- like adjusting to the world and imagine like adjusting to the world and then<01:20:02.960><c> also</
Committees:
Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><04:06:24.520><c> that</c><04:06:24.680><c> that</c> able to do this I imagine that that able to
- do this I imagine that that would<04:06:24.880><c> have</c><04:06:25.040><c> inrud</c><04:06:25.920><
- So just imagine a middle schooler—and I should just apologize in advance for this scenario—imagine a
- </c> potential criminal exposure then imagine potential criminal exposure then imagine that<04:37:18.600
- </c> don't know what for I I would imagine don't know what for I I would imagine that<04:45:47.638><c
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Jul 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't imagine most of these landowners have for-sale signs on their property at the moment.
- I just want to start out by stepping back for a minute and say, let's all imagine. Mr.
- Let’s imagine we just built our home.
- You can imagine it would. And I've been through challenges in my life, but nothing like this.
- Now, imagine that the largest transmission line ever proposed in Texas...
Summary:
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony.
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave.
Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/12/26 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine that, members. Imagine you've lost your 17-year-old son.
- Imagine that, members. Imagine you've lost your 17-year-old son.
- Imagine<00:35:25.599><c> that,</c><00:35:26.160><c> members.
- </c><01:18:36.719><c> So</c> can't imagine you'd say no. Right? So can't imagine you'd say no.
- And I would imagine if you disability.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- is a 40 unit Lite building and imagine is a 40 unit Lite building and that's<00:28:55.120><c> not</c
- He said imagine how many thriving home businesses there could be if we actually encourage people to go
- He said imagine how many thriving home businesses there could be if we actually encourage people to go
- He said imagine how many thriving home businesses there could be if we actually encourage people to go
- </c><03:59:31.720><c> how</c> expensive and more isolating imagine how expensive and more isolating imagine
Committee:
House Housing
Summary:
The House Housing Committee heard testimony on HB 577, a bill to expand accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in New Hampshire. The sponsor and supporters described the state’s housing shortage and argued the bill would make it easier for property owners to build ADUs by right, up to 950 square feet, either attached or detached, while still requiring compliance with building codes, septic/water limits, and other local requirements. Supporters said the measure would help seniors age in place, provide housing for young adults, caregivers, and workers, and make better use of existing property such as garages and barns.
Representative Reed raised concern that removing language related to short-term rentals could allow ADUs to be used for that purpose rather than long-term housing. The sponsor said he was open to clarifying language on short-term rentals, and another witness explained that current law already allows municipalities some choice on ingress/egress requirements, while the bill would standardize that and leave the design choice to the property owner. Several supportive witnesses followed, including the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, the Business and Industry Association, AARP, Housing Action New Hampshire, 603 Forward, and New Hampshire Youth Movement. They emphasized affordability, property rights, workforce housing, intergenerational living, and the need for statewide consistency.
A Derry resident testified that his existing garage space could be converted into an ADU under HB 577, but current local rules prevent that because it is detached; he said the bill would let him rent it affordably. Supporters also argued that ADUs can increase property values and help homeowners cover mortgages and taxes. In opposition, the New Hampshire Municipal Association said the bill would impose a local zoning mandate, could add density pressure on already stressed infrastructure, and did not guarantee that new units would be affordable or workforce housing. No vote or final committee action was taken in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I would imagine there have been more this year. I don't have the exact number.
- I would imagine there have There year.
- I would imagine there have There have<00:34:45.240><c> been</c><00:34:45.399><c> more</c><00:34:46.200
- they're doing, I think it's really important that we get that a little more regulated and I can't imagine
- they're doing, I think it's really important that we get that a little more regulated and I can't imagine
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
disaster assistance, contingency account, Minnesota emergency management, public safety, state disaster aid, FEMA, federal cost-share, emergency relief, natural disaster, budget report, appropriations report, management and budget, local governments, utility cooperatives, public works, infrastructure repair, chapter 12B, chapter 12A, emergency management, disaster recovery
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I never imagined it would happen to me.
- </c><00:09:10.480><c> I</c><00:09:10.720><c> never</c><00:09:10.880><c> imagined</c><00:09:11.279><c>
- I never imagined it would late in life.
- I never imagined it would happen<00:09:11.839><c> to</c><00:09:12.080><c> me.
- Um, I don't imagine working on this.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
pesticide, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, chemical safety, local agriculture, insecticides, pollinators, seeds, environmental health, neonicotinoids, systemic insecticides, civil penalties, pest management, land trends, report, appropriation, farmers, veterinary medicine, veterinary technology
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So I can't even imagine how much you're spending right now. ...pretrial detention.
- And he nearly wandered into our neighbor's yard at 2 a.m. to confront them over imagined surveillance
- Imagine standing in front of your own brother, talking to him, and realizing he doesn't even know who
- I never imagined THC would be the thing that broke my brother and tore a piece of my family apart.
- Can you imagine?
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, human trafficking, trafficking victim, compelling prostitution, affirmative defense, criminal defense, coercion, force fraud or coercion, sexual exploitation, victim protection, Penal Code, Texas criminal law, prosecution, party liability, affirmative defense statute, survivor rights
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 5, which Senator Perry described as a ban on intoxicating THC consumer products while preserving legal CBD, CBG, hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder, and hemp seed oil products. Perry argued that most retail THC products are already illegal under federal law, that the industry has used loopholes and misleading labeling to sell high-potency products, and that regulation would be ineffective because chemists can quickly alter formulations. He also said the bill would steer people with medical needs toward the Texas Compassionate Use Program (T-Cup), which he and other supporters described as the proper physician-guided alternative. Committee members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the distinction between legal hemp-derived products and intoxicating THC products, and Perry said the bill would not touch non-consumable hemp uses such as fiber and clothing.
Invited testimony came from law enforcement and medical witnesses who supported the bill. Texas Police Chiefs Association representative Steve Dye, Kaufman County District Attorney Early Wiley, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne all said regulation would be too costly, too complex, and ultimately unenforceable, while a ban would be clearer and easier to enforce. They cited overloaded DPS labs, the need for expensive private testing, limited police and prosecutor resources, and the difficulty of keeping up with constantly changing cannabinoids and out-of-state products. Hawthorne and Wiley described raids and investigations involving warehouses, retail stores, cash seizures, and products they said were marketed to young people and often mislabeled or imported from other states. They also said the bill would help law enforcement by creating a clearer legal line and protecting legitimate CBD/CBG businesses.
Dr. Lindy McGee, speaking for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society, testified that retail THC products pose serious risks to children and adolescents, including addiction, impaired brain development, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, accidental toddler ingestions, and possible long-term cognitive effects. She said there is no effective medication treatment for THC addiction comparable to nicotine cessation tools, and she supported restrictions such as child-resistant packaging, no marketing to minors, and age limits, while opposing criminal penalties for possession by minors. Senators asked follow-up questions about brain development, memory, dementia risk, pregnancy, and cardiovascular effects. No vote was taken during the portion provided, and the committee continued with invited testimony and questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2431 5/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- fault folks from the private colleges for putting their best foot forward by any stretch of the imagination
- fault folks from the private colleges for putting their best foot forward by any stretch of the imagination
- ,</c><00:22:21.120><c> but</c> any stretch of the imagination, but any stretch of the imagination, but
- </c><01:20:20.239><c> So</c><01:20:20.560><c> this</c> negotiation as you can imagine.
- So this negotiation as you can imagine.
Summary:
The Higher Education Conference Committee reviewed differences among the Governor’s, House, and Senate proposals for state grant parameter changes and their effects on state grant spending, North Star Promise spending, and average student awards. Nonpartisan staff explained that the proposals use different combinations of parameter changes, with the Governor’s and Senate plans modeled to avoid or minimize rationing, while the House plan would require rationing to balance the program. Staff reported projected biennium balances of a positive $29.836 million for the Governor’s proposal, a negative $60.758 million for the House proposal without rationing, a positive $994,000 for the House proposal with rationing, and a positive $3.623 million for the Senate proposal; North Star Promise balances also varied, with the Senate showing a positive balance and the Governor and House with rationing showing negative balances. Staff also said the Senate proposal would extend availability of the state grant appropriation and suspend surplus procedures through fiscal year 2029, allowing the balance to carry forward.
The committee then focused on the House-only tuition and fee cap provision, which would limit the tuition recognized for state grant purposes for four-year programs to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities level, with 1% annual increases in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. House members said the cap was intended to address rising tuition, especially at the University of Minnesota, and to produce savings in the state grant program. The governor’s office confirmed the provision was not included in the Governor’s bill. Representatives from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Private College Council opposed the cap, arguing it would reduce awards for low-income students and shift costs to students rather than address underlying tuition pressures; they also said it could discourage enrollment at higher-cost institutions. Supporters from Minnesota State argued the cap would improve fairness because students at lower-tuition institutions are effectively capped lower, while students at more expensive institutions receive larger awards, and they said the legislature should intervene in a variable that has grown substantially over time.
Committee members questioned how the cap would work and whether it was tied to the Twin Cities campus rate. Testifiers clarified that the state grant formula is tied to the University of Minnesota level, but because Minnesota State institutions are below that level, the cap effectively limits their students to their own lower tuition while allowing higher awards at the University of Minnesota and private colleges. No formal vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated the committee would continue with item-by-item review of the remaining parameter changes and hear additional testimony from agencies and institutions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine her lease not being renewed.
- Imagine a mother of two imbalance.
- Imagine a mother of two children,<00:32:34.159><c> a</c><00:32:34.320><c> mother</c><00:32:34.559><c>
- </c><00:32:46.159><c> Not</c> Imagine her lease not being renewed.
- Not Imagine her lease not being renewed.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/21/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Could you imagine purchasing foods now without the food label on it?
- Could you imagine purchasing foods now without the food label on it?
- a world where you because they imagined a world where you could<01:24:10.159><c> grow</c><01:24:10.320
- Imagine having no choice but research.
- Imagine having no choice but to<01:42:12.560><c> feed</c><01:42:12.800><c> your</c><01:42:13.040><c>