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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- I urge you to support this legislation. restrictions. I urge you to support this legislation.
- But our state aid programs are not restricted only to students with high need.
- I really worry about when children are put in, when we have more children with IEPs and more restrictive
- With the limitations on local revenue generation and Proposition 2 1/2 restrictions of their own, cities
- Attempts to restrict access are acts of intolerance and exclusion intended to silence diverse voices
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts.
Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students.
Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm one. ...and restrictions coming down from the federal government.
- with my colleagues relative to existing building codes, energy codes, things that they feel are restrictive
- Existing building codes, energy codes, things that they feel are restrictive in terms of new development
- with my colleagues relative to existing building codes, energy codes, things that they feel are restrictive
- in terms of. existing building codes, energy codes, things that they feel are restrictive in terms of
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing.
Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity.
The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/09/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The hours spent navigating insurance restrictions are hours taken away from what truly matters, which
- The real world impact of restricted networks is that we are seeing increasing consolidation in our health
- 01:03:05.800><c> world</c><01:03:06.040><c> impact</c><01:03:06.800><c> of</c><01:03:06.960><c> restricted
- </c><01:03:07.600><c> This</c> The real world impact of restricted This The real world impact of restricted
- </c> is the real world impact of restricted is the real world impact of restricted networks.<01:03:10.680
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- 00:04:13.880><c> $100</c> While the federal government continues to cut Medicaid and place new restrictions
- We the committee will accept the co-chair of the Rural Caucus's amendments to further restrict hunting
- House Bill 921, Juvenile Law—Confinement and Restrictive Housing Limitations.
- suggests that if you place someone who's in juvenile detention in a locked-door or secluded or restrictive
- </c> regulations to address restrictive regulations to address restrictive housing.<01:08:02.760><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:26.800><c> on</c><00:10:27.040><c> their</c><00:10:27.279><c> Minnesota</c> putting restrictions
- on their Minnesota putting restrictions on their Minnesota policies<00:10:28.320><c> to</c><00:10:28.560
- energy bills, increase grid strain, reduce safety and resilience, slow our climate progress, and restrict
- resilience, slow our climate progress, resilience, slow our climate progress, and<00:14:43.279><c> restrict
- the department from writing and restrict the department from writing the<00:14:45.920><c> best</c><00
Keywords:
energy efficiency, construction standards, building codes, environment, sustainability, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It instead restricts those who have demonstrated their commitment to lawful conduct.
- support individuals claiming to support additional<00:59:18.960><c> firearms</c><00:59:19.520><c> restriction
- </c> additional firearms restriction. additional firearms restriction.
- It instead restricts<00:59:28.400><c> those</c><00:59:28.640><c> who</c><00:59:28.799><c> have</c><00
- :59:29.040><c> demonstrated</c> restricts those who have demonstrated restricts those who have demonstrated
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, immigration enforcement, economic impact, Operation Metro Surge, study, appropriation, local government, Legislative Commission on Legislative Security, legislator security, elected official security, staff security, statehouse security, capitol security, legislative district safety, political violence prevention, threat assessment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Cities that have tried to ban and restrict the kiosks have been met with lawsuits from multi-million-dollar
- Uh, this may include strictly restricting or severely restricting kiosk operations, requiring real-time
- So that's the reason for putting in the restrictions on geofencing, and those are the main use cases.
- So that's the reason for putting in the restrictions on geofencing, and those are the main use cases.
- on on geo putting in the restrictions on on geo fencing<01:14:58.239><c> and</c><01:14:58.400><c> those
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
virtual currency, kiosks, prohibition, customer payouts, cryptocurrency regulation, consumer privacy, data privacy, health data, sensitive data, Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, personal data, data broker, targeted advertising, geofencing, location tracking, health care privacy, patient privacy, consent, minor privacy, children's privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- funding</c><00:18:44.720><c> system</c><00:18:45.200><c> for</c> Third, they noted that funding restrictions
- :20:31.760><c> funding</c> Third, um they noted that funding Third, um they noted that funding restrictions
- 20:33.039><c> and</c><00:20:33.280><c> a</c><00:20:33.440><c> lack</c><00:20:33.679><c> of</c> restrictions
- and a lack of restrictions and a lack of predictability<00:20:35.120><c> limit</c><00:20:35.520><c>
- </c><01:13:10.320><c> Um</c> to restrict that anterlist take. Um to restrict that anterlist take.
Bills:
HF624
Keywords:
HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So what HR1 does is it restricts and puts restrictions on these taxes.
- So what HR1 does is it restricts and puts restrictions on these taxes.
- So what HR1 does is it restricts and puts restrictions on these taxes.
- So what HR1 does is it restricts and puts restrictions on these taxes.
Bills:
HR1
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 20, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- It got restricted down to half a mile by the legislature.
- And so that's a restriction that gets put on even after application.
- And so that's a restriction that gets put on even after application.
- And so that's a restriction that gets put on even after application.
- And so that's a restriction that gets put on even after application.
Keywords:
pari-mutuel wagering, simulcasting, historic horse racing, HHR terminals, horse racing, gaming commission, Wyoming Gaming Commission, local control, city approval, county approval, municipal approval, permit renewal, gaming permit, wagering regulation, racetrack, live pari-mutuel event, district court appeal, public notice, land use, public safety
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- visual line of sight test site at our facility where we can fly a,000 feet to 18,000 feet with no restrictions
- you think of, uh, um, North Dakota, some of the official test sites, they're all doing that in restricted
- you think of, uh, um, North Dakota, some of the official test sites, they're all doing that in restricted
- you think of, uh, um, North Dakota, some of the official test sites, they're all doing that in restricted
- you think of, uh, um, North Dakota, some of the official test sites, they're all doing that in restricted
Summary:
The task force approved the October 14, 2025 meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from Austin Kaylor of WSP on alternative aviation fuels. Kaylor described an ongoing feasibility study focused on Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the other four commercial airports in Kentucky, with an eye toward both near-term use of alternative aviation fuel in existing supply chains and longer-term in-state production using local feedstocks. He said Kentucky’s current jet fuel use at the five airports is about 609 million gallons annually and could approach 1 billion gallons by 2050, and he outlined potential feedstocks such as soybeans, corn, and waste oils, along with existing logistics assets like river terminals, trucking, rail, and some pipelines. He also discussed federal and state policy support, including renewable fuel credits and the recent 45Z tax credit extension, and said the study suggests significant economic-development potential if Kentucky can leverage existing infrastructure and incentives.
Members asked about the cost of sustainable aviation fuel, whether taxpayers would be subsidizing it, and whether food crops would be diverted from food use. Kaylor responded that the market is increasingly using second-generation and waste-based feedstocks, that federal incentives can cover much of the price differential, and that SAF is a direct substitute for conventional jet fuel with some efficiency benefits. He said demand comes from both U.S. and foreign carriers, including major U.S. airlines that have made emissions-reduction commitments. Members also raised the possibility of locating production in Appalachia to create jobs closer to feedstock sources; Kaylor said that approach has worked in other states and could fit Kentucky’s logistics network.
The committee then heard from Leif Elder of the Utah Department of Transportation, who introduced himself and said he would discuss advanced air mobility legislation in Utah. The transcript cuts off before his substantive presentation, and no further votes or actions were recorded after the question-and-answer discussion on alternative aviation fuels.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025 (7-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- a similar reform in Kentucky, potentially to exempt smaller HOAs from some of the most onerous restrictions
- </c> some of the most ownorous restrictions some of the most ownorous restrictions might<00:59:59.200
- I think that you could do it by HOA or deed restriction, but to ban the concept of single-family dwelling
- ,</c><01:08:47.600><c> but</c><01:08:47.839><c> to</c><01:08:48.159><c> ban</c> by HOA or deed restriction
- , but to ban by HOA or deed restriction, but to ban the<01:08:48.960><c> concept</c><01:08:49.359><c>
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:07
Roll Call 00:00:14
Discussion of Pro-Growth Housing Policies 00:02:01
Discussion of Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit 01:11:13
Adjournment 01:40:27, 958, all
Summary:
The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out.
The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units.
Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If somebody is taken in, they have to be taken to the least restrictive environment.
- It limits the applicability of the non-compete clause to one year. sets the broad geographic restrictions
- His license was severely restricted.
- It removes the new restriction prohibiting multiple dangerous dog convictions.
- House Bill 4535 does not... ...restrict or prohibit COVID-19 vaccines.
Bills:
HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 2040 would also allow for restrictive procedure licenses to be trauma responsive and include
- For restrictive procedure licenses to be trauma responsive and include culturally appropriate practices
- I love the restrictive procedures piece, talking about trauma-informed and culturally responsive.
- I love the restrictive procedures piece, talking about trauma-informed and culturally responsive.
- that are around that I I restrictions that are around that I I would<00:13:38.680><c> really</c><00:
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- potential to stop tragic impaired driving events from happening due to the expanded interlock restrictions
- potential to stop tragic impaired driving events from happening due to the expanded interlock restrictions
- Section eleven is Chair Moller's House File 1083, which restricts the information that domestic abuse
- Section eleven is Chair Moller's House File 1083, which restricts the information that domestic abuse
- <01:36:44.320><c> the</c><01:36:44.480><c> information</c> restricts the information restricts the information
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We are including some staffing requirements and growth restrictions, as well as providing the board of
- The requirements on the staffing and growth restrictions include requiring that sponsor organizations
- as well as providing the restrictions as well as providing the board<00:56:55.520><c> of</c><00:56:55.680
- </c><00:57:08.319><c> Um,</c><00:57:08.799><c> we</c> staffing and growth restrictions.
- Um, we staffing and growth restrictions.
Committee:
House Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/24/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:47:30.560><c> that</c><01:47:30.880><c> could</c><01:47:31.119><c> negatively</c> restrictions that
- could negatively restrictions that could negatively affect<01:47:32.480><c> the</c><01:47:32.719><c>
- And as the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has tightened up restrictions, we've gotten to where about
- ,</c><01:53:05.360><c> um</c><01:53:05.440><c> we</c><01:53:05.599><c> we've</c> tightened up restrictions
- , um we we've tightened up restrictions, um we we've gotten<01:53:06.159><c> to</c><01:53:06.320><c>
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- , the department would lose its ability to transfer between personnel lines, given some of the restrictions
- </c><00:42:51.960><c> that</c><00:42:52.400><c> we</c><00:42:52.839><c> we</c> some of the restrictions
- </c><00:59:15.720><c> Revenue</c><00:59:16.720><c> sections</c> non-aps and restricted Revenue sections
- non-aps and restricted Revenue sections 92<00:59:17.880><c> and</c> 92 and 92 and 93<00:59:19.880><c
- Would you still restrict it to just the residential facilities?
Summary:
The committee first recessed briefly, then took up HB 570, the prescription drug affordability board (PDAB). The chair and several members discussed the House amendment to repeal the board, which removed the fiscal note. The main concern raised was that the PDAB had not yet produced a clear business case showing value for the taxpayer investment, despite several years of work and four annual reports. Supporters of the repeal said the board’s recent report was largely redundant and that the board should either demonstrate a strong return on investment or be shut down; others cautioned against discarding the program too quickly and urged more time to refine the mission and legislative language. No vote was taken, and the committee appeared to agree to retain the bill for further work, with the possibility of revisiting it in a formal executive session on Tuesday.
Members also shifted into discussion of HB 2, beginning with Section 85 on opioid abatement trust fund dollars for shelter programs. Department of Health and Human Services officials explained that the provision would provide $10 million from the opioid abatement trust fund, replacing general funds in the governor’s budget, while also noting an additional $2.5 million prioritized needs request for shelter care that was already fully funded. Committee members asked about shelter bed capacity, job placement efforts, and the remaining balance in the opioid fund; DHHS said there are 934 contracted beds and that case management includes help with housing and employment. Officials also said the current proposed budget includes another $1 million later in HB 2 from the opioid fund.
The committee then began discussion of Sections 86 through 87, which would preserve the department’s ability to transfer funds between personnel lines. DHHS said the provision is operationally critical and that losing it would make it extremely difficult to manage the department, though it would not have a direct fiscal impact. The next item introduced was Section 88, extending a suspension related to eligibility for services until July 1, 2027; DHHS indicated that if the suspension were not continued, it would likely increase expenditures for Community Mental Health Centers and potentially others. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- undetermined, by adding what the Salem policy says: that the superintendent or designee shall not restrict
- ><00:27:37.399><c> not</c> superintendent or design shall not superintendent or design shall not restrict
- 38.679><c> because</c><00:27:38.960><c> of</c><00:27:39.120><c> the</c><00:27:39.320><c> race</c> restrict
- I think it leaves the school the ultimate discretion on how far they want to go with the restrictions
- so if they want to with the restrictions so if they want to have<01:42:23.239><c> exception</c><01:42
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- 39.359><c> restri</c> effect power dynamics and the restri effect power dynamics and the restri restrictive
- <00:42:40.480><c> writings</c><00:42:41.040><c> of</c><00:42:41.240><c> octogenarians</c> restrictive
- writings of octogenarians restrictive writings of octogenarians should<00:42:42.400><c> not</c><00:42
- I don't believe there's ever been that restriction within this body for the 15 years I participated,
- within this uh uh body for restriction within this uh uh body for the<01:43:17.920><c> 15</c><01:43:
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
railroad, infrastructure, transportation funding, environmental remediation, capital investment, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization