Transcript Highlights:

• I did not write down the full schedule this morning before I came in.
• </c> schedule this morning before I came in. schedule this morning before I came in.
• </c> Okay, we're going to resume our schedule for Monday, February 9th.
• We have two public hearings scheduled, one at 1:00 and one at 2:00.
• We have different rate schedules for different size customers, and it is size related.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're already ahead of schedule, but don't worry.
• </c><00:03:26.240><c> I</c> ahead of schedule, but don't worry.
• I ahead of schedule, but don't worry.
• Yes, so ahead of schedule. Yes, so uh<00:22:33.240><c> Ms.
• With that, we are thoroughly behind schedule here.

Committee: Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so, and those are sometimes scheduled weeks out in advance.
• And if they're a law-abiding citizen to put a burden on them to schedule weeks out potentially and if
• And so, and those are sometimes<02:13:11.119><c> scheduled</c><02:13:12.000><c> weeks</c><02:13:12.400
• ><c> out</c><02:13:12.560><c> in</c> sometimes scheduled weeks out in sometimes scheduled weeks out in
• to or tried to adjourn at were scheduled to or tried to adjourn at noon

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A lot of our patients are facing, you know, trying to find out the bus schedule or the train schedule
• ,</c> the bus schedule or the train schedule, the bus schedule or the train schedule, things<02:21:33.040
• What I'm bringing before you today is in terms of expanding the prescription abilities for schedules
• Uh, those are all the hearings we had scheduled for today.
• And the good had scheduled for today.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Somehow I scheduled four bills for this morning, so let's see if we can do that. >> Okay.
• Yet, unlike property, vehicles depreciate over time.

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• :42.800><c> behind</c> prrated and sometimes fall uh behind prrated and sometimes fall uh behind schedule
• getting it received by the now schedule getting it received by the now the<00:34:45.919><c> district
• Um, so in August of this past year, 2025, two weeks before the scheduled opening of the Claremont school
• </c><01:03:38.079><c> opening</c> two weeks before the scheduled opening two weeks before the scheduled
• Representative Weinstein. >> Just a quick question about scheduling. >> Just a quick question about scheduling

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We've had this... ...scheduled and willing to move forward with the public testimony today.
• The chairman set a time schedule, and he has the prerogative.
• I'm very familiar with that travel schedule, and I know that it's not easy.
• But we decided to follow this hearing schedule. A lot of people are... For it.
• I'm wondering why it was such a quick schedule.

Bills: HB4

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, 997, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• How's uh—we have scheduled our end for this afternoon. So tomorrow at 10 is our best.
• How's uh—we have scheduled our end for this afternoon. So tomorrow at 10 is our best. Sure.
• I just don't know what my schedule.
• What does your schedule look like tomorrow? If you might just give us a minute.
• So, I think my last one tomorrow is scheduled for 11 a.m.

Keywords: 9:00am HB 155 9:30am HB 1102 10:30am HB 1109 11:00am HB 1356 11:30am HB 1469 1:00pm HB 1323 2:00pm HB 1376, 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate. The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions. Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time. The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.

Transcript Highlights:

• And originally, as many people know in the public, this hearing was scheduled for 1:00 today, which was
• And so, we said, of course, we will try to accommodate your schedule.
• And so, we said, of course, we will try to accommodate your schedule.
• And so I am very grateful to the whistleblowers who were willing to take time out of their schedules
• to come back and finish their schedules to come back and finish answering<00:09:22.720><c> questions

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• correctly, but did you say that these loans, or some of them at least, are on a 47-year revolving schedule
• a loans or some of them at least are on a 47year<01:09:19.279><c> revolving</c><01:09:20.000><c> schedule
• </c> 47year revolving schedule? 47year revolving schedule?
• couple years and we uh have a loan couple years and we uh have a loan servicing<01:13:08.719><c> schedule
• c> we</c><01:13:09.600><c> know</c><01:13:09.760><c> that</c><01:13:10.000><c> the</c> servicing schedule

Bills: HF4059 , HF76

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses

Transcript Highlights:

• the</c><00:26:21.200><c> number</c><00:26:21.360><c> of</c><00:26:21.520><c> stops</c> road show schedule
• , the number of stops road show schedule, the number of stops that<00:26:21.919><c> it</c><00:26:22.080
• It's normally never established again on the front end with the initial fee because it's so schedule
• 01:41:23.679><c> so</c> with the initial fee because it's so with the initial fee because it's so schedule
• <c> actually</c><01:41:30.400><c> is</c><01:41:30.719><c> because</c> This change is because the schedule

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the June 10 minutes, and then handled a routine agenda of contracts and agreements. It deferred one Kentucky Educational Television contract to the August 2025 meeting because the vendor was not registered with the Secretary of State, and then approved the remaining routine items on the PSC green list and related contract lists without objection. The most detailed discussion involved two personal service contracts for the Kentucky Employees Health Plan. Officials from the Personnel Cabinet and Department of Employee Insurance explained that the contracts were designed to identify claims errors and overspending, with vendors paid a percentage of validated savings recovered for the plan. Senators asked how the savings were calculated and whether the contracts had changed plan processes; staff said the contracts had produced realized savings, some errors had been corrected going forward, and the vendors report quarterly. The committee approved those contracts. The committee then took up a retroactive Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority contract for a customized College Info Road Show bus. Members questioned why the contract was being presented months after execution, why it involved an out-of-state vendor, and whether the purchase was reasonable and timely. KHEAA staff said the delay stemmed from the need to finalize sustainability and safety details after the RFP, and acknowledged internal process and staffing issues. Several members criticized the retroactive approval process and said they could not validate the purchase from the information provided, but the committee ultimately approved the contract after debate. A final KHEAA discussion focused on the purpose and value of the mobile outreach bus. Staff said the bus supports college and financial aid outreach, especially in rural areas, and has been used for 26 years. Some members questioned the return on investment and whether the state should rely more on broadband and remote outreach, while others supported the program as a way to reach students and families. The committee approved the KHEAA contract, with Senator Douglas voting no and explaining concerns about whether such outreach programs are the proper role of government and whether they are the best use of public funds.

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, if we can't, we can't, but we're not required to or will have a schedule.
• or</c><00:14:03.040><c> will</c><00:14:03.360><c> had</c><00:14:03.519><c> a</c><00:14:03.760><c> schedule
• </c> not required to or will had a schedule not required to or will had a schedule but<00:14:04.880><
• maybe reluctantly agree to serve, it ends up being that they don't show up because of conflicting schedules
• So it is for that reason that schedules.

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, Representative Joy again has a provision for our commercial truck drivers to schedule their test.
• Representative Meyers will talk about the challenges in scheduling a road test for our younger drivers
• for our commercial truck drivers. drivers. drivers. uh<00:10:31.519><c> to</c><00:10:32.079><c> schedule
• </c><00:10:32.480><c> their</c> uh to schedule their uh to schedule their test.<00:10:34.320><c> Representative
• </c><00:10:39.600><c> a</c> about the challenges in scheduling a about the challenges in scheduling a

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I know you have a packed schedule.
• I know you have a packed<00:48:48.720><c> schedule.
• I don't want to repeat packed schedule.
• </c><01:37:11.600><c> with</c><01:37:11.840><c> contractors,</c> to align scheduling with contractors
• , to align scheduling with contractors, designing<01:37:12.880><c> models,</c><01:37:13.280><c> and</

Bills: HF1587 , HF2293 , HF2218 , HF1208 , HF1482

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1587, Cass County, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, DNR, condemnation, eminent domain, state land, surplus land, public waters, tribal land transfer, federally recognized Indian Tribe, tribal ownership, land conveyance, no consideration, land appropriation, natural resources, U.S. Highway 2, Section 27 Township 145 North Range 28 West, land return, Tribal sovereignty

Transcript Highlights:

• And I do know that Partridge Lake is scheduled to have one in May.
• And I do know that Partridge Lake<00:07:02.560><c> is</c><00:07:02.880><c> scheduled</c><00:07:03.199
• </c> Lake is scheduled to have one in uh May. Lake is scheduled to have one in uh May.
• But this is a big problem because suddenly if there is a bloom and if you scheduled your monthly vacation
• your your monthly vacation or scheduled your your monthly vacation or your<00:30:23.760><c> one</c><

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• requires landlords and their agents to delay filing an action for summary possession if a tenant schedules
• 00:45:48.559><c> a</c><00:45:48.720><c> tenant</c> possession if a tenant possession if a tenant schedules
• <c> and</c><00:45:51.240><c> requires</c><00:45:51.640><c> landlords</c><00:45:52.119><c> or</c> schedules
• and requires landlords or schedules and requires landlords or their<00:45:52.440><c> agents</c><00:45
• this, and I in no way would want this paragraph to be interpreted to delay a committed person's scheduled

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard SB 104, which would restrict the use of restrictive housing or solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with specified exceptions. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation strongly opposed the bill, saying its existing policy already meets or exceeds ACA and National Institute of Corrections standards, and objecting to language they said would give the oversight commission operational decision-making authority. The Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission supported the bill, but also said it was not intended to run operations and described concerns about restrictive housing practices, including CoreCivic’s SHIP program at Saguaro. Supporters included the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the Disability Rights Center, ACLU Hawaii, Easter Seals Hawaii, and individual testifiers. They argued that Native Hawaiians are disproportionately impacted by incarceration, that solitary confinement is harmful and linked to depression, anxiety, suicidality, and poor reentry outcomes, and that confinement beyond 15 days is widely condemned under international standards. Several testifiers cited suicides and deaths in custody as reasons to codify limits in statute rather than rely on policy alone. The department responded that it already has 24/7 medical care, though not 24/7 mental health coverage at one facility, and explained that it uses four custody categories: disciplinary segregation, administrative segregation, protective custody, and placements for inmates seeking separation for safety reasons. Members questioned the department and commission about the SHIP program, whether the bill was based on other states’ laws, and how current policies compare with national standards. The director said the bill was too ambiguous in places and that the department was willing to work with the commission on policy changes, but still opposed the measure as written. The committee took testimony and questions; no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• We talked through it in a working group this morning, and I don't think we need to schedule anything
• Ripple to anticipate the new bills that we're going to get as a division, and I want to schedule the
• </c><00:03:15.159><c> anything</c><00:03:15.480><c> on</c><00:03:15.640><c> the</c> need to schedule
• anything on the need to schedule anything on the 14th<00:03:17.480><c> so</c><00:03:18.080><c> but</c
• 00:03:32.879><c> us</c><00:03:33.000><c> to</c><00:03:33.200><c> hit</c><00:03:33.360><c> the</c> schedule

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division of Long-Term Supports and Services presented its budget and program overview as part of the Department of Health and Human Services operating budget review. Leadership described the division’s three bureaus—Aging and Adult Services, Developmental Services, and Family-Centered Services—and explained that the division provides guidance, technical assistance, quality monitoring, and contracted provider oversight across the lifespan. Members also discussed staffing, with reported vacancy rates of 4% in Aging and Adult Services, 15% in Developmental Services, and 6% in Family-Centered Services; the division said the higher BDS vacancy rate is partly due to the small number of authorized positions. The governor’s budget had left eight positions unfunded in the division, including three in Aging and Adult Services and five in BDS. A major topic was the division’s roadmap initiatives, especially building a system of care for healthy aging and strengthening developmental disabilities systems through a new reimbursement rate structure. The division said it contracted with an actuary to study DD service costs and found rates had not been reviewed since 2017 and were significantly below actual costs and other states’ rates, contributing to provider shortages even when services are authorized. Members asked about the impact on service delivery and whether rates would need to rise overall; the division said its strategy is to focus on lower-cost services that help people remain in the community. The division also reported waiver enrollment figures, including about 4,161 people on the Choices for Independence waiver, 3,688 average nursing facility residents, 5,061 people on the DD waiver, 228 on the acquired brain disorder waiver, and 488 children on the in-home support waiver, while noting there is no funding waitlist but provider availability remains a constraint. The division highlighted IT modernization as a major accomplishment, especially moving Adult Protective Services and Developmental Services into the New Heights system. Officials said these changes improve case-note access, data retrieval, service authorization tracking, and transparency for providers, and they asked for future oversight discussion focused on IT leverage. Members noted that New Heights maintenance is budgeted in the Office of the Commissioner under class 27 and suggested better transparency on system costs and benefits. The division also reported that it closed out a long-running CMS corrective action plan for BDS on July 1, 2023, and said it is now focused on strengthening the system rather than compliance alone. Other discussion covered the Aging and Adult Services bureau’s name change from Elderly and Adult Services to Adult and Aging Services, intended to avoid negative connotations and better reflect preventative services. The bureau described Adult Protective Services trends involving scams, financial exploitation, self-neglect, and isolation, and explained that it administers the CFI waiver, determines medical eligibility for nursing facility level of care, and braids funding from Medicaid, state funds, Older Americans Act money, Social Service Block Grants, and other grants. Members asked about waiver growth targets and federal consequences if enrollment remains below projections; the division said it would explain the shortfall in a future waiver amendment and did not anticipate a federal penalty. The meeting ended without any votes or formal actions taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• She knew my name, my schedule, where I lived.
• </c> now uh she knew my name my schedule now uh she knew my name my schedule where<00:40:32.839><c> I
• behaviors track assignments and test behaviors track assignments and test scores<00:42:40.079><c> schedule
• > me</c><00:42:41.240><c> meetings</c><00:42:41.720><c> fill</c><00:42:41.920><c> out</c> scores schedule
• IEP me meetings fill out scores schedule IEP me meetings fill out thirdparty<00:42:42.480><c> billing

Bills: HF6 , HF52 , HF53

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment

Transcript Highlights:

• Might it make a difference if you saw what this was coming sooner, so depending on what your scheduling
• is looking like for D2 scheduling is looking like for D2 because<01:13:16.440><c> we</c><01:13:16.560
• And then when you have a child that is high cost because the IEP is essentially a schedule of services
• </c><01:22:12.719><c> of</c><01:22:13.320><c> services</c> is a essentially a schedule of services is
• a essentially a schedule of services it<01:22:14.480><c> describes</c><01:22:14.880><c> a</c><01:22:

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee Division II met with the New Hampshire Department of Education to review school nutrition programs and related funding. Department staff Melissa White and Kelly Rambo walked through a packet covering the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility (CEP), After School Snack Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program, explaining that these are federally funded USDA programs, with some state supplemental funding in certain areas. They also reviewed reimbursement rates for lunch, breakfast, child/adult care, and summer meals, noting that summer rates follow calendar-year timing while most others follow the state fiscal year. Members asked several questions about how the funding works, especially the difference between federal reimbursements and the state match. Staff explained that the state lunch line in the budget is a fixed match amount tied to federal participation, while breakfast funding is broken out by meal type and reimbursement category. They also discussed why FY 2022 federal spending was much higher during COVID, when USDA covered meals at the free rate for all students, and why FY 2023 and FY 2024 dropped as normal income-eligibility rules returned. A committee member also asked about the “severe need lunch” two-cent rate, and staff said they did not know USDA’s formula. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on summer meals and the distinction between the Summer Food Service Program and Summer EBT. Staff explained that SFSP provides meals at approved sites, which can be open or closed sites, while Summer EBT is a separate DHHS-operated benefit program that provides funds to families. They said some schools or sites may not qualify under USDA rules, but eligible children can often use another nearby open site, and the department posts an interactive map and phone line to help families find locations. The committee also discussed the Community Eligibility Provision. Staff said New Hampshire currently has three CEP schools, that the eligibility threshold had recently been lowered from 40% to 25% identified students, and that the program allows participating schools to offer free meals to all students while the local district covers the non-federal share. Members asked whether any districts in the 25% to 40% range had joined; staff said no. The department offered to provide the eligibility report in Excel and noted that the CEP intent is to reduce application burden, though the lower threshold can make the local cost share harder for some districts to absorb.

Transcript Highlights:

• Like I said, I'm going to schedule next Tuesday starting at 10:00 for exec, and once again my intention
• is to get us out around lunchtime, so I'm going to schedule these execs for 15 minutes each and we'll
• Like I said, I'm going to schedule next Tuesday starting at 10:00 for exec, and once again my intention
• is to get us out around lunchtime, so I'm going to schedule these execs for 15 minutes each and we'll
• is to get us out around lunchtime, so I'm going to schedule these execs for 15 minutes each and we'll

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561. The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.