Transcript Highlights:

• So the last heat map that I saw of scholarship allocations, it looked like primarily St.
• I mean, I think there was a—there were some big holes in the map.
• You had mentioned earlier, had been mentioned the heat map that there was something that showed where
• It's all in a map, and it's all saved, and it was phenomenal.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But when I'm out there, I can find hard-to-access spots on GPS mapping like OnX, and so this is a great
• 00:59:02.319><c> Chairman,</c><00:59:02.799><c> without</c><00:59:03.119><c> a</c><00:59:03.359><c> map
• Chairman, without a map of that Uh, Mr.
• Chairman, without a map of that path,<00:59:04.319><c> I'm</c><00:59:04.559><c> not</c><00:59:04.720>

Bills: HB0015 , HB0017 , HB0019

Committee: House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Keywords: right to repair, digital electronics, consumer protection, embedded software, manufacturers, repair providers, tools and documentation, anti-theft measures, blockchain, financial technology, digital innovation, economic development, select committee, trespass, hunting, land use, public access, wildlife, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These are heat maps in other states where we're a provider.
• these are<00:32:10.240><c> or</c><00:32:10.320><c> are</c><00:32:10.640><c> heat</c><00:32:10.880><c> maps
• /c><00:32:11.360><c> in</c><00:32:11.600><c> other</c><00:32:11.760><c> states</c> are or are heat maps
• in other states are or are heat maps in other states where<00:32:12.240><c> we're</c><00:32:12.399><

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But I point that out because you go from a revenue source that wasn't even on the map as far as primary
• 57.680><c> the</c> a revenue source that wasn't even on the a revenue source that wasn't even on the map
• 59.279><c> primary</c><00:13:59.760><c> revenue</c><00:14:00.160><c> streams</c><00:14:00.480><c> to</c> map
• as far as primary revenue streams to map as far as primary revenue streams to the<00:14:00.720><c> general

Keywords: 924, joint, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, when I looked at the map by state, Hawaii is one of four states that does not currently have any
• But neither do we have any prohibition on 287(g) agreements. when I looked at the map by uh by state,
• when I looked at the map by uh by state, Hawaii<01:01:09.760><c> is</c><01:01:10.079><c> one</c><01:
• On USCIS's map, they cite Hawaii as a state in which the agency is pursuing opportunities.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the impact and legality of federal immigration enforcement efforts in Hawaii, with Chair Carl Rhodes framing it as the sixth and final interim briefing in a series on the rule of law and local effects of federal actions. He said the discussion would focus on due process concerns, questioning and detention of citizens and lawful immigrants, free speech issues, and pressure on state and local law enforcement, and noted the issues may be revisited in the 2026 regular session. There was no public testimony or committee vote; only invited speakers presented. Dr. Amy Agayani opened by arguing that immigrants are integral to Hawaii’s history, economy, and communities, and contrasted that with what she described as harmful narratives portraying immigrants as criminals. She cited figures that one in five Hawaii residents is foreign-born, that immigrants make up about 20% of the labor force and over 27% of entrepreneurs, and that roughly 40,000 people in Hawaii are undocumented, many of whom may have pathways to legal status but face language, information, and court barriers. She also said federal enforcement has expanded beyond undocumented immigrants to include citizens and lawful residents, and warned that attacks on birthright citizenship and visa categories could affect many families. Matina Mock of the legal clinic emphasized the complexity of immigration law and the severe lack of legal representation, noting a nationwide backlog of 11.3 million immigration-related applications and 3.4 million court cases, plus about 1,400 pending immigration cases in Honolulu with only two immigration judges. She said Hawaii has only six or seven nonprofit immigration legal service providers, and that represented clients are far more likely to obtain relief. Mock described a recent case involving a lawful student visa holder who was transferred among multiple federal facilities before being brought to Honolulu without clear notice, which she said illustrated due process violations. She also said ICE activity in Hawaii has sharply increased, with about 150 arrests from January to July 2025, a 380% increase over the same period in 2024, and that many detainees have no criminal record. Stephanie Haro Sevilla and another clinic fellow described 2025 enforcement as a major shift driven by a January executive order, the end of prior limits on arrests in sensitive locations, and arrest quotas they said require 3,000 arrests per day nationwide. They said this has led to arrests without warrants or probable cause, broader targeting of people with minor offenses or no criminal history, and the use of resources from other federal agencies and local law enforcement for civilian immigration enforcement. They also said the federal detention center in Honolulu is holding roughly 40 to 80 civilian detainees on any given day, often in conditions they characterized as prison-like, and warned that the current escalation could eventually affect lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The speakers urged the public to support immigrant-rights advocates and local protective policies and funding measures.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is meant to be how do we think and use this as an opportunity to create a blueprint and a road map
• blueprint<00:09:49.760><c> and</c><00:09:49.920><c> a</c><00:09:49.960><c> road</c><00:09:50.360><c> map
• </c><00:09:51.040><c> for</c><00:09:51.240><c> moving</c> blueprint and a road map for moving blueprint
• and a road map for moving forward<00:09:52.360><c> and</c><00:09:52.560><c> continually</c><00:09:53.440

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board received a presentation from Dr. Stack and Commissioner Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for a federal Medicaid-related funding opportunity tied to House Resolution 1. They described a compressed six-week stakeholder process that produced more than 50 responses and letters of support, and said the application was organized around five broad priorities: maternal health, behavioral health and substance use disorder, oral health, EMS/trauma response, and chronic disease. They emphasized that the proposal was designed to align with CMS goals, use allowable funding categories, and focus on sustainability rather than a short-term grant. Commissioner Langfeld outlined five core initiatives: rural community hubs for chronic care innovation, beginning with obesity and diabetes; a maternal and infant health effort called POWER; a behavioral health and substance use model called IMPATH; an oral health initiative called Rooted in Health; and an integrated crisis-to-care EMS and trauma response effort. He said the chronic disease work would include prevention, food-as-medicine concepts, and technology tools, while the maternal health effort would expand team-based care around mothers and infants using community health workers and doulas. The behavioral health proposal would build on existing crisis intervention models, oral health would address workforce and access gaps through training, mobile vans, and telehealth, and the EMS proposal would better connect emergency response with home-based and community care. Several senators questioned whether the proposal would meaningfully address rural hospital closures or the broader rural health care crisis. Senator Meredith said the plan was not transformational and would not save rural hospitals, while Senator Berg asked how success would be measured. In response, the presenters said they would use both lagging and leading indicators, with an emphasis on rapid-cycle feedback and data use that is more actionable in real time. They also said the work could help existing models that already show promise, such as behavioral health units and dental workforce expansion, even if it would not solve the larger funding gap created by HR1. Senator Douglas asked how the proposals would motivate patients to participate in their own health care. The presenters responded that the chronic disease prevention work would focus on obesity, diabetes prevention, nutrition, and consumer-facing technology tools to help people engage in their own care, and that EMS-community health worker partnerships could identify unmet needs in the home and reduce preventable problems. The board then moved on to its next agenda item, Medicaid managed care delivery models, with Tom Stevens, Katherine North, and Dr. Patel scheduled to present.

Transcript Highlights:

• they will openly tell you stories of dentists that are 20, 25 miles away across an arbitrary line on a map
• miles away across an arbitrary line<00:20:02.240><c> on</c><00:20:02.400><c> a</c><00:20:02.640><c> map
• that</c><00:20:03.600><c> sometimes</c><00:20:04.000><c> re</c><00:20:04.320><c> get</c> line on a map
• that sometimes re get line on a map that sometimes re get reimbursed<00:20:05.200><c> as</c><00:20:05.360

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board meeting began with a roll call and approval of the October 7 meeting minutes. The chair then reordered the agenda to hear the item on Medicaid reimbursement rates and network adequacy first because of scheduling issues. Dr. Steve Robertson of the Kentucky Dental Association was sworn in and testified at length about Kentucky’s dental Medicaid program, arguing that reimbursement rates are unsustainably low, have been largely flat for decades, and are often below the cost of providing care. He said Kentucky ranks near the bottom nationally in oral health, dental Medicaid rates are often 60% or less of commercial rates, and the program’s share of the Medicaid budget has effectively remained around 2% despite growth in enrollment and services. Dr. Robertson said the low rates are contributing to provider losses, rural access gaps, longer wait times, dental deserts, and greater use of emergency rooms for preventable dental problems. He cited examples of office costs exceeding reimbursement for basic procedures, noted that many dentists are small private businesses, and said the state is struggling to recruit and retain dentists because of low payment levels and high student debt. He also pointed to disparities with neighboring states and said recent increases in some oral surgery and cleaning codes were not enough to address the broader problem. His recommendations included completing the rebasing study, increasing dental reimbursement in the upcoming budget, tying future reviews to inflation and cost data, aligning benchmarks, and prioritizing preventive and restorative care to improve workforce stability and access. Board members asked about the size of the needed increase, the effect of private insurance on dental practice finances, and what a new dentist might expect to earn. Dr. Robertson said the association is working on an appropriations request and that private insurance pressures are part of the problem as well, since many plans are HMOs or PPOs with limited provider control over rates. He also said the association can no longer conduct reimbursement surveys because of FTC restrictions, but would try to obtain current ADA data. In response to questions about the future of the program, he warned that without significant changes it could become unsustainable and cited Ohio and Missouri as examples where higher reimbursement improved provider participation and access. The board then heard from Mr. Bowman of Baldwin Consulting, who discussed outpatient behavioral health providers, including ABA therapy and mental health/substance use disorder services. He said these providers face similar issues of rising costs, flat reimbursement, and access problems. He reviewed Kentucky’s network adequacy standards, including travel-time standards, 30-day appointment limits, and newer federal requirements that will require services within 10 business days by 2029. He said wait times for outpatient behavioral health, especially children’s services and ABA, have grown substantially, sometimes to more than a year, and emphasized that the Medicaid department must enforce these standards.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our 10-year capital highway investment plan is already available online with an interactive map to view
• 01:21:18.960><c> with</c><01:21:19.199><c> an</c><01:21:19.440><c> interactive</c><01:21:20.080><c> map
• </c><01:21:20.400><c> to</c><01:21:20.640><c> view</c> online with an interactive map to view online
• with an interactive map to view projects<01:21:21.920><c> under</c><01:21:22.280><c> development.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This could lead to companies to limit or scale back free widely used services like Gmail, Google Maps
• free widely used services like Gmail, free widely used services like Gmail, Google<00:25:23.679><c> Maps
• YouTube</c><00:25:24.880><c> and</c><00:25:25.200><c> Facebook</c><00:25:26.000><c> tools</c> Google Maps
• , YouTube and Facebook tools Google Maps, YouTube and Facebook tools motans<00:25:27.039><c> rely</c>

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Not only do they have many folks on Medicaid, as demonstrated by the coverage maps that we've provided
• c><00:47:36.920><c> by</c><00:47:37.079><c> the</c><00:47:37.240><c> coverage</c><00:47:37.640><c> maps
• </c> as demonstrated by the coverage maps as demonstrated by the coverage maps that<00:47:38.160><c>

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• more and it needs to be had louder because if we continue down this path of anything that's inside the map
• that's<00:46:20.480><c> inside</c><00:46:21.680><c> um</c><00:46:22.079><c> the</c><00:46:22.319><c> map
• </c><00:46:22.560><c> of</c><00:46:22.720><c> Minnesota,</c> that's inside um the map of Minnesota, that's
• inside um the map of Minnesota, we're<00:46:23.599><c> going</c><00:46:23.680><c> to</c><00:46:23.839

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It shows on the map where the district is, as well as some general rules.
• it</c><00:08:34.159><c> shows</c><00:08:34.399><c> on</c><00:08:34.519><c> the</c><00:08:34.719><c> map
• </c><00:08:35.440><c> where</c> District uh it shows on the map where District uh it shows on the map

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We have bills from all over the liquor map on this, from local regulations to some things about social
• have bills from all over the the the we have bills from all over the the the liquor<00:15:46.920><c> map
• 47.480><c> this</c><00:15:47.959><c> um</c><00:15:48.279><c> from</c><00:15:48.880><c> local</c> liquor map
• on this um from local liquor map on this um from local regulations<00:15:50.040><c> to</c><00:15:50.600

Bills: HF747 , HF1014 , HF320 , HF400

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

Keywords: corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association, MIGA, insurance guaranty fund, insurer insolvency, covered claim, net worth threshold, high-net-worth insured, financial information request, insurance claims, self-insured retention, deductible, commercial insurance, insurance regulation, Minnesota Statutes 60C.09, guaranty association

Transcript Highlights:

• This serves low-income Minnesotans, and there's a map here that shows all of the public housing that
• Uh, Miss Tapor, did you have— Madam Chair, just to wrap us all up, the map here is where the POP funds
• grants have been allocated up through 2020, so add additional 20 dots to this map for 2024's grant awards
• There's a map that Minnesota Housing has that just has the last couple years, and this one was a little

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'll start today by providing a quick road map of my comments.
• providing<00:03:09.959><c> a</c><00:03:10.159><c> quick</c><00:03:10.360><c> road</c><00:03:10.760><c> map
• </c><00:03:11.000><c> of</c><00:03:11.159><c> my</c> providing a quick road map of my providing a quick
• road map of my comments<00:03:12.319><c> I'll</c><00:03:12.519><c> first</c><00:03:12.799><c> highlight

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• On the website, there is a pretty useful map with all of the vendor locations across the state.
• On the website, there is a pretty useful map with all of the vendor locations across the state.
• On the website, there is a pretty useful map with all of the vendor locations across the state.
• On the website, there is a pretty useful map with all of the vendor locations across the state.

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• That math ain't mapping and it doesn't make sense.
• That math ain't mapping and it doesn't make sense.
• That math ain't mapping and it doesn't make sense.
• That math ain't mapping and it doesn't make sense.
• That math ain't mapping and it doesn't make sense.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• have to be the fire department because they're the ones who are actually enforcing that you put the map
• have to be the fire department because they're the ones who are actually enforcing that you put the map
• We chose that definition because we thought it would be easy to just figure out on a map, because you
• :48.480><c> a</c> it would be easy to just figure out on a it would be easy to just figure out on a map
• But I do have this map. You can see this map from last June by the New York Post.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first discussed a budget-related issue involving liquor commission enforcement staff and tobacco enforcement funding. A member explained that proposed cuts to “group two” enforcement positions at the liquor commission could jeopardize the tobacco enforcement money that flows to Health and Human Services, and expressed confidence that the enforcement division would ultimately be preserved. The main hearing was on Senate Bill 19, which would modernize hotel and motel statutes by repealing outdated requirements. The sponsor and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association said the bill would remove obsolete rules such as the old guest book/card system and antiquated posting requirements for room rates and motel signs. Members questioned whether the bill would eliminate the requirement to record guest departure dates or affect inspection rights, and the witnesses said the intent was only to remove the book-and-card reference while leaving the rest of the recordkeeping requirement in place. Supporters argued the rate-posting rules are widely ignored, hard to enforce, and outdated in an era of digital reservations and variable pricing; the committee also discussed whether any consumer-protection purpose remained. The public hearing on SB 19 was then closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 280FN, which would require food delivery services to have an agreement with a restaurant or food retail store before offering delivery from that business. The sponsor said the bill restores a prior law that had sunset and was intended to prevent third-party platforms from listing restaurants without consent. Restaurant industry testimony strongly supported the bill, describing problems with unauthorized listings, delayed deliveries, and reimbursement disputes, and saying the agreement requirement protects restaurant brands and consumer expectations. Members shared examples of delivery problems and voiced support for reinstating the safeguard.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we've seen, we use NWA, which is map testing, as kind of our internal measure of our students throughout
• Just a different way of mapping that gap that's growing.
• And it's all going to be all over the map as far as how much school districts are paying extra.

Committee: Joint Special Education Funding Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And we've seen—we use NWA, which is MAP testing, as kind of our internal measure of our students throughout
• Just a different way of mapping that gap that's growing.
• And it's all going to be all over the map as far as how much school districts are paying.

Committee: Joint Special Education Funding Committee

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 4, 2026 minutes, and received a lengthy Department of Public Instruction presentation from Stanley Schauer Jr. on North Dakota student performance data in math and ELA, with comparisons between students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Schauer explained the assessment systems used, the 1% alternate assessment cap for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the absence of 2019-20 data due to the pandemic, and how state standards are set by North Dakota educators. Members asked about cohort trends, the role of alternate assessments, grade-level patterns, and whether the state should focus more on reducing the novice category than on moving students from approaching to proficient. Schauer also discussed the new NDA Plus assessment, the state’s planned growth model, and the possibility of future breakdowns by disability category or by schools using science-of-math approaches. Special education educators testified that students with disabilities continued to receive services during COVID because of FAPE obligations, which likely helped limit learning loss, and emphasized that IEP teams focus on individual growth rather than only proficiency buckets. Committee members then shifted to special education funding and possible funding models. Brandon Bombach of Grand Forks Public Schools presented on the state aid formula, focusing on the special education weighting factor and arguing that the current formula does not adequately respond to growing student needs because it counts enrollment but does not adjust when the number of students with IEPs rises. He used examples to show that a district can have the same enrollment and receive the same weighting even if the number of students needing services increases. Members discussed whether the formula should be tied more closely to actual need and accountability, and the chair indicated that the committee would continue gathering data and ideas for a later meeting.