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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- this time frame have resulted in the elimination of 49 rule chapters, and we began with 80, and a reduction
Summary:
The committee first approved the January 26 and January 28 minutes. It then introduced RS 33089, which would amend Idaho law on license plates by eliminating the 10-year replacement requirement so plates would be replaced only when worn or no longer legible, and by removing the expiration year from certain plates. The committee also introduced RS 33080, which would clarify the RCARS Fund so it applies to an Idaho resident, or someone who was an Idaho resident at the time of purchase, to prevent out-of-state misuse.
The committee next reviewed two Idaho Transportation Department rule dockets. Docket 39-0260-2501 covered license plate rules and made mostly cleanup and clarification changes, including updating terminology and removing provisions already covered in statute. Members raised concerns about striking the rule language on manually completed temporary registrations when the computer system is down; after discussion and confirmation that an emergency manual process still exists, the committee amended the docket to keep that provision in the rule. Questions also addressed special plates and the Centennial plate, with ITD stating those programs would still exist because they are established in statute.
The second docket, 39-0349-2501, concerned alcohol ignition interlock devices and made minor cleanup changes, including removing a specific ethanol reference from the breath alcohol concentration definition because no device measures ethanol separately from other alcohols. After a question about redundant wording in the definition of department, the committee approved the docket in full. The meeting ended with all motions passing and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- this time frame have resulted in the elimination of 49 rule chapters, and we began with 80, and a reduction
Committee:
House Transportation and Defense
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- general state lands, 2426 state land development, 2427 land department checklist, 2429 emissions reduction
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal. Members then introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. John Lynch, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including Arizona electric co-op representatives, March of Dimes participants, CRNAs, AEA retirees, a University of Arizona legislative fellow, and ACLU visitors. Attendance was recorded at 58 present, one absent, and one excused.
The chamber handled routine floor business, including temporary committee replacements, referral of HB 2677 from Judiciary to Public Safety and Law Enforcement, and the first reading and referral of a large number of House bills and one concurrent resolution. The bill list covered a wide range of topics, including education, appropriations, housing, taxes, health care, public safety, energy, water, labor, elections, and several measures related to abortion, firearms, and tribal affairs. Second reading of bills was also announced for another extensive set of measures.
During announcements, members promoted a blood drive, a Veterans Caucus coffee-and-donuts event and lunch with a Department of Defense speaker, and several committee meetings or cancellations. No substantive debate or votes on legislation occurred beyond the procedural motions and the final motion to adjourn. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
AZ
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Rural Health Transformation Committee Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So the question would be, could we add something to accommodate a reduction that might be related to
Summary:
The Health Care Task Force reconvened to hear reports from its divisions. The Appropriations Division reviewed a draft bill appropriating $198 million in federal grant funds for the current year and another $198 million for the next grant year, authorizing DHS to transfer funds within its budget, allowing OMB to adjust federal fund authority for related grants, speeding procurement and bulk purchasing, requiring grant recipients to acknowledge the temporary nature of the funding, and mandating periodic reporting. After questions were answered to the division’s satisfaction, the committee voted to forward the appropriations bill draft to Legislative Management.
The Policy Division then reviewed four bills. One would require the presidential physical fitness test to be included in high school physical education; another would require physicians to complete one hour of continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle; a third would add physician assistants to the interstate licensure compact framework; and a fourth would authorize limited pharmacist prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution. Members generally supported the first three measures and noted that the pharmacist bill had been amended in discussion but was left in its current form so stakeholders could comment before the special session. The division also discussed that all four policy bills were tied to the federal grant funding and that failure to pass them, or changing them in a way that reduced CMS scoring, could reduce or eliminate funding.
Department officials confirmed that if any of the bills failed or were altered in a way that lowered the score, the state could lose money and could not make up the points elsewhere. Members raised concerns about the physical fitness bill, including possible exemptions for students with severe illnesses or physical limitations, and noted the need for DPI input. Leadership indicated the special session hearings would likely begin Wednesday morning. The committee then approved a motion for Legislative Council to prepare a committee report for Legislative Management and adjourned, noting the task force may need to remain available during the special session.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband May 2nd, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2024 they're $27.7 million so about a $9 million reduction in the last decade.
Committee:
House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Appropriations - Human Resources Division
Transcript Highlights:
- So we had a reduction of $1.1 million in general funds and $1.2 million in federal funds.
Bills:
SB2015
Keywords:
corrections, rehabilitation, prison budget, department of corrections, adult services, youth services, correctional facilities, Heart River correctional center, Missouri River correctional center, James River correctional center, minimum security facility, county jails, regional jails, deferred maintenance, capital construction, strategic investment and improvements fund, Bank of North Dakota, line of credit, tasers, body cameras
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division met to finalize changes to the human services budget bill and related amendments. Members discussed several items, including a proposed $5 million appropriation for the Altru Hospital project to address inflationary costs, with the rest of the funding question left for conference committee. They also agreed to keep the 10-year operating requirement language for the project and remove a matching-funds provision that was no longer needed.
The committee spent considerable time on the OASIS child welfare IT system. Donna Auckland explained that the project is still in the RFP stage, with vendor selection and contract negotiation likely taking months, and that the system will require 50-50 federal matching authority. Based on that testimony, the committee agreed to reduce the general fund amount from $14 million to $6 million and use a line of credit for the remaining authority, while preserving the federal match authority so the contract can be signed and the project can proceed.
Members also approved a technical fix to add governor’s designee language for the Children’s Cabinet, which had been missed in another bill already on the governor’s desk. Keith reviewed updated long sheets showing additional budget adjustments, including provider inflation changes, a $50,000 Family Voices grant, reductions to CARES Act COVID funds, and moving the $5-per-day basic care rate increase from ongoing to one-time funding. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript, and the committee adjourned with plans to reconvene Monday if the final bill version was ready.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, S.347, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 Feb 5th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- funding for other programs that we passed in the bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction
Keywords:
brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Protection and Victim Services Committee May 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Protection and Victim Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But that was positive to see a slight reduction for the first time.
- And then finally is the demand reduction program, which I'm going to spend more time talking about under
- So first and foremost... ...first and foremost, I did just want to highlight the demand reduction program
- So the demand reduction program, this is a sentencing diversion program that came through the 2015 legislative
- So right now, the demand reduction program, it is just definitely underutilized.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Health Care Affordability, Select Apr 30th, 2026
Health Care Affordability, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- What we also found is that this translates roughly into a $1.30 reduction in payroll at companies.
- And what you basically got was about a 10% reduction in spending.
- There is a reduction in marketplace enrollment because of the expanded or enhanced tax credit going away
- One notable change was in the Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed Medicare for the first time to negotiate
- The speaker emphasizes that this reduction does not reflect the actual prices consumers pay.
Committee:
House Health Care Affordability, Select
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It'll house all of our emergency operations, regional training components, community risk reduction programs
- It'll house all of our emergency operations, regional training components, community risk reduction programs
- regional training components,<01:00:02.799><c> community</c><01:00:03.119><c> risk</c><01:00:03.440><c> reduction
- </c> components, community risk reduction components, community risk reduction programs,<01:00:04.480
Committee:
Senate Taxes
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- personnel, and we house law enforcement personnel here, but as an example, we have a new violent crime reduction
- 15:18.280><c> crime</c> example, we have a new violent crime example, we have a new violent crime reduction
- </c> reduction team. reduction team.
- So we don't anticipate a reduction in the number of scientists.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Maybe not a direct reduction of cost, but that would be the goal as more companies are doing that.
- Maybe not a direct reduction of cost, but that would be the goal as more companies are doing that.
- guess to your question maybe not<01:05:40.720><c> a</c><01:05:40.960><c> direct</c><01:05:41.359><c> reduction
- of</c><01:05:42.000><c> cost</c><01:05:42.319><c> but</c><01:05:42.559><c> that</c> not a direct reduction
- of cost but that not a direct reduction of cost but that would<01:05:42.799><c> be</c><01:05:42.880>
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
bulk fuel, nonoxygenated gasoline, environment, exemption criteria, transportation, HF2236, Minnesota commerce, obsolete language, statutory cleanup, retail installment contract, consumer credit, vehicle financing, auto loans, retail buyer, retail seller, delinquency charge, collection fee, attorney fees, assignment notice, payment receipt
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, there is not necessarily an immediate reduction in revenues unless a district reaches out to MDE
- So, there is not necessarily an immediate reduction in revenues unless a district reaches out to MDE
- 09.359><c> correlation</c><01:04:09.920><c> between</c><01:04:10.160><c> the</c><01:04:10.400><c> reduction
- </c><01:04:10.960><c> in</c> the correlation between the reduction in the correlation between the reduction
Committee:
House Education Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation (11-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I guess I'm supportive of the wholesale petroleum, whatever the organization is on the reduction
- Um, I guess I'm supportive of the wholesale petroleum, whatever the organization is on the reduction
- 01:30:40.320><c> the</c> whatever the organization is on the whatever the organization is on the reduction
- <01:30:41.120><c> of</c><01:30:41.280><c> the</c><01:30:41.520><c> bond,</c> reduction of the bond, reduction
Summary:
The subcommittee approved the October 15 minutes and observed a moment of silence for the victims of the UPS Worldport plane crash. The main presentation was from Transportation Cabinet Commissioner Bobby Joe Lewis on the Local Assistance Road Program/County Priority Projects Program (LAARP/CPP), which was implemented under House Bill 546 and now requires rehabilitation projects to restore roads to original condition, cap funding at $500,000 per project, use a new scoring matrix, include a local match, and submit one photograph per 300 feet of project length. He reported that the 2026-2027 cycle ran from June 1 to October 1 and drew 1,215 project applications from 107 counties and 106 cities, with total submitted project costs of about $121.1 million and about $102.3 million requested after local match. He also said 30% of submissions scored 10s and 22% scored 9s, and that the list of requests and required photos had been submitted to the General Assembly and LRC.
Members asked about how scores change over time, whether roads can move from lower scores to 10s, and whether the new process gives a better picture of local needs. Lewis said scores can change based on weather and road conditions, but the new system provides more information and a more standardized evaluation than before. Several members raised concerns about the volume and size of required photographs, suggesting drone footage or video as an alternative; Lewis said the photo requirement has caused confusion and large file uploads, and he was open to considering easier ways to document conditions. Members also discussed continuity in scoring across districts, and Lewis explained that district staff appointed by chief district engineers use a handbook and scoring matrix, with the scores entered into a computer system so evaluators do not see the final score while scoring.
The committee also discussed funding levels and carry-forward balances for the program. Lewis said the program began with $20 million authorized in HR92, noted underruns from completed projects, and reported a carry-forward amount that had grown to $355,432.42 available for reauthorization as of October 13. In response to questions, he said the current process concentrates applications into a short window, with 63% of applications arriving in the last few days and 417 on October 1, which created a heavy workload but was completed on time. The meeting then moved to multimodal funding priorities, with Jennifer Kersner of Kentuckians for Better Transportation introducing herself and offering condolences for the UPS aviation incident before beginning her remarks.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> These newer aircraft are more fuel-efficient, have better payload range, and support carbon reduction
- largest share of our emissions, more than 60%, and it's also where we're focusing our most intensive reduction
- also where we're focusing our most also where we're focusing our most intensive<00:53:50.880><c> reduction
- efforts</c><00:53:52.200><c> as</c><00:53:52.360><c> a</c><00:53:52.400><c> global</c> intensive reduction
- efforts as a global intensive reduction efforts as a global leader<00:53:53.000><c> in</c><00:53:53.080
Summary:
The task force met on October 14, confirmed a quorum, and adopted the September 16, 2025 minutes. Members then received a Kentucky Air National Guard 101 briefing from Brigadier General Bruce Bancroft, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard, who described the Guard’s structure, missions, and statewide role. He emphasized that Kentucky is a single-wing state centered at Louisville’s 123rd Airlift Wing and highlighted several unique capabilities, including the Contingency Response Group, critical care air transport teams, medical detachment for chemical environments, explosive ordnance disposal, fatality search and recovery, and special tactics personnel.
General Bancroft also discussed staffing and readiness, saying the Guard has 1,273 authorized positions, with a mix of AGR, Title 32, and Title 5 personnel. He noted that AGR positions are funded at about 96 percent, while technician positions are funded at about 53 percent, leaving the organization to operate at roughly 75 percent of authorized manpower overall. He said the wing converted from the C-130H to the C-130J in 2021 and completed the transition in about 2.5 years, ahead of the original three-year timeline.
The briefing further covered the Guard’s operational tempo and community role. Bancroft said the unit has earned 21 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, has deployed about 500,000 days since 9/11 across 45 countries, and routinely supports federal and domestic missions. He described the C-130J’s tactical airlift, airdrop, and blacked-out operations as directly useful for disaster response in Kentucky, and he pointed to strong ties with UPS and other aviation employers. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The DPS strategy reductions are corrected to better note the Office of Communication instead of the Office
- admin, who could actually answer the total savings for you, but yes, there has been a significant reduction
- for you, but yes, there has been a for you, but yes, there has been a significant<00:48:34.400><c> reduction
- <c> in</c><00:48:35.200><c> the</c><00:48:35.359><c> use</c><00:48:35.520><c> of</c> significant reduction
- in the use of significant reduction in the use of office<00:48:36.040><c> space.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (04/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Because of the statewide reduction in force, most police chiefs do not have the ability to send officers
- Right now, because of the reduction in force statewide, most police chiefs do not have the ability to
- Uh right now because of the uh reduction<00:12:42.720><c> in</c><00:12:42.959><c> force</c><00:12:43.519
- ><c> statewide,</c> reduction in force statewide, reduction in force statewide, uh<00:12:45.519><c> most
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 21 minutes and then took up a consent calendar, withdrawing several items before adopting the remainder. It also moved item FIS 25103 to the table by a 6-4 vote after Senator Gray argued the Executive Council had not yet acted on a prior $5 million approval and that the committee should avoid adding to the rainy day fund draw. The committee then approved item 25106 for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources/State Library after hearing that the department expected about a $400,000 lapse to return to the state.
A major discussion centered on New Hampshire Police Standards and Training (item 2577). Senator Gray questioned whether a proposed equipment purchase could be delayed to the next biennium in light of the state’s deficit and rainy day fund use. The agency said the equipment was needed now for scenario training, vendors had already been identified, and delaying would likely increase costs and force continued reliance on unpaid volunteer help. The committee ultimately approved the item.
The committee also approved Department of Energy item 2587 after hearing that federal weatherization funds are drawn down on a reimbursement basis, and item 2588 after similar testimony that weatherization work must be completed and inspected before reimbursement, limiting how quickly funds can be expended. Item 250094 had been withdrawn. Later, the committee discussed Senator Carson’s request for an LBA review of the YDC claims settlement fund, with members expressing concern about administrative costs, attorney fees, settlement-loan payoffs, and the need for more detailed reporting. The committee voted to direct LBA to conduct the audit described in Senator Carson’s memo, with the additional request that the review include the term over which attorney fees are paid. The meeting then moved on to an HHS staff item, where members began questioning the timing of dashboard data and reporting delays.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They’ve shown up to nearly a 50% reduction in nitrate loss on average from the adoption of conservation
- They’ve shown up to nearly a 50% reduction in nitrate loss on average from the adoption of conservation
- /c><00:45:44.559><c> nearly</c><00:45:44.880><c> a</c><00:45:45.040><c> 50%</c><00:45:46.000><c> reduction
- </c> shown um uh up to nearly a 50% reduction shown um uh up to nearly a 50% reduction in<00:45:46.680
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota