Transcript Highlights:

• That's exactly the kind of investment that we need to preserve our revenue for so that we can help our
• But it preserves the tax cuts that have already taken effect.
• But it preserves the tax cuts that have already taken effect.
• Uh, first we have the State Historic Preservation Division with comments.
• State Historic Preservation Division in support. Thank you.

Bills: HB2459 , HB1616 , HB1799 , HB1604 , HB1732 , HB1736 , HB1931 , HB772 , HB2153 , HB2122 , HB2009 , HB2012 , HB1779 , HB2296 , HB2397 , HB2398 , HB1596 , HB2233 , HB1976 , HB1563 , HB815 , HB1655 , HB1851 , HB1941 , HB2037 , HB1635 , HB2201 , HB1943 , HB1163 , HB2452 , HB2429 , HB2148 , HB2306 , HB2007 , HB2049 , HB2616

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: food innovation, agribusiness, food safety, market access, branding, economic diversification, performance indicators, agriculture, aquaculture, commercial activity, swine production, Korean natural farming, housing development, commercial projects, county authority, public works, construction standards, exemption, zoning, housing

Transcript Highlights:

• Our state has always prided itself in preserving individual freedom, not freedom for big groups.
• I plead with the committee: preserve what makes New Hampshire Live Free or Die.
• Our state has always prided itself in preserving individual freedom, not freedom for big groups.
• I plead with the committee: preserve what makes New Hampshire Live Free or Die.
• I plead with the committee: preserve what makes New Hampshire Live Free or Die.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 148, which Rep. Jim Kofalt said is the same language as last year’s HB 396, vetoed by the governor. He described the bill as allowing, but not requiring, separation by biological sex in three areas: bathrooms and locker rooms, houses of correction, and certain athletic competitions. Kofalt argued the bill would give local school boards and other policymakers discretion to set practical rules, citing concerns about safety, privacy, and a Milford incident involving a biological male in girls’ locker rooms. Committee members pressed him on the lack of a definition of “biological sex,” and he said he did not think one was necessary because males and females are commonly understood. He also said the bill was meant to address situations where outside groups threaten lawsuits and leave local boards with no latitude. Testimony then split sharply. Supporters, including Executive Counselor Karen Hill and several others, said HB 148 would roll back anti-discrimination protections, contradict New Hampshire’s “Live Free or Die” values, and harm transgender and non-binary people. Opponents described the bill as discriminatory and unnecessary, arguing that existing bathroom and sports policies already work and that the bill would invite harassment, invasive enforcement, and legal conflict. Several speakers, including trans residents and parents of trans children, said they had used public restrooms without incident and warned that enforcement would be impractical or abusive. One supporter argued the bill was needed to protect girls’ privacy and safety and cited school sports disputes and a concern about a sex offender at a game as examples of why sex-segregated rules should be restored. Committee members asked questions about how biological sex would be defined, whether the bill was responding to real incidents in New Hampshire, and how any restrictions would be enforced. Kofalt said he was aware of issues in several school districts and at the State House, but did not have detailed documentation for every case. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the chair instead moved through public testimony under a strict two-minute limit and noted that follow-up questions would be limited so the committee could hear multiple bills that day.

Transcript Highlights:

• project to tirelessly to bring this project to fruition<00:20:45.360><c> to</c><00:20:45.679><c> preserve
• , to promote, and to fruition to preserve, to promote, and to shape<00:20:48.159><c> the</c><00:20:48.400
• Preserve the places where people should be able to go somewhere to feel safe."
• Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the committee's review
• all documents and shall one preserve all documents and investigative<04:29:01.359><c> materials</c><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Judicial independence is preserved not by insulating the judiciary from all inquiry but to ensure that
• Judicial<01:30:37.120><c> independence</c><01:30:37.760><c> is</c><01:30:38.000><c> preserved</c><01:
• 30:38.560><c> not</c> Judicial independence is preserved not Judicial independence is preserved not by
• indep preservation of judicial indep independent<02:02:27.119><c> in</c><02:02:27.360><c> adjudication
• History shows that before 1978, court rules were subject to legislative review, preserving this balance

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill will allow older adults to preserve modest savings and have the benefit to help with those
• modest savings and have the preserve modest savings and have the benefit<00:23:49.760><c> to</c><00:
• free markets for New preserving free markets for New Hampshire<01:33:49.760><c> citizens,</c><01:33:
• </c> health care systems while preserving health care systems while preserving market-based<02:12:36.639
• So preserving what we those caregivers.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, to answer your question, so again, just to clarify that the sole purpose of this bill is to preserve
• this<00:11:44.120><c> bill</c><00:11:44.800><c> is</c><00:11:44.920><c> to</c><00:11:45.040><c> preserve
• </c><00:11:45.760><c> um</c><00:11:45.960><c> to</c><00:11:46.040><c> preserve</c> this bill is to preserve
• um to preserve this bill is to preserve um to preserve state<00:11:46.600><c> agency</c><00:11:46.920

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Texas has an opportunity to lead the nation in attacking waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, preserving
• Also, the Lone Star State's decision not to expand Medicaid to able-bodied working-age adults preserves
• And your association agrees, which would be on the home care side, improve EVV while preserving program
• And your association agrees, which would be on the home care side, improve EVV while preserving program
• An effective policy has to balance program integrity with preserving access to high-quality hospice care

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• With that in mind, just a couple considerations: preserve PSO as an important option for students, but
• </c><01:43:21.199><c> preserve</c><01:43:21.520><c> PSO</c><01:43:22.000><c> as</c> couple considerations
• . preserve PSO as couple considerations. preserve PSO as an<01:43:22.320><c> important</c><01:43:22.560
• incentivize the expansion of high-quality, cost-effective programming within high schools while still preserving
• Preserving student choice. It's not to limit access, but to broaden it.

Bills: HF3650 , HF1791 , HF3489 , HF4231 , HF4232 , HF4269 , HF4270 , HF3490

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

Transcript Highlights:

• demonstrated an effective balance between providing stable distributions to school districts over time and preserving
• demonstrated an effective balance between providing stable distributions to school districts over time and preserving
• demonstrated an effective balance between providing stable distributions to school districts over time and preserving
• </c><01:29:05.960><c> the</c><01:29:06.040><c> purchasing</c> over time and preserving the purchasing
• over time and preserving the purchasing power<01:29:06.760><c> of</c><01:29:06.800><c> the</c><01:29

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, they help with navigation and preserve the artwork by reminding us of the Union Local 4493.
• 05:29.840><c> with</c><00:05:30.080><c> navigation</c><00:05:30.639><c> and</c><00:05:30.880><c> preserve
• </c> they help with navigation and preserve they help with navigation and preserve the<00:05:31.440><
• extent as may be reasonable<00:09:41.839><c> for</c><00:09:42.160><c> the</c><00:09:42.480><c> preservation
• for the preservation of their health<00:09:44.160><c> end</c><00:09:44.480><c> quote</c><00:09:45.040

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• can improve continuity of care in communities where providers are scarce, removing barriers, not preserving
• can improve continuity of care in communities where providers are scarce, removing barriers, not preserving
• can improve continuity of care in communities where providers are scarce, removing barriers, not preserving
• are scarce, removing barriers<01:22:57.199><c> um</c><01:22:57.440><c> not</c><01:22:57.760><c> preserving
• </c> barriers um not preserving barriers. barriers um not preserving barriers.

Bills: HF3521 , HF3563 , HF82 , HF2689 , HF1794 , HF3544 , HF3516 , HF1752

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure

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• represent them at Wisconsin's capital are the same officials who decided to remove the funding to preserve
• remove<00:54:03.200><c> the</c><00:54:03.440><c> funding</c><00:54:03.760><c> to</c><00:54:04.000><c> preserve
• </c><00:54:04.400><c> this</c> remove the funding to preserve this remove the funding to preserve this
• <00:54:40.559><c> hoping</c><00:54:40.880><c> that</c><00:54:41.119><c> you</c><00:54:41.440><c> preserve
• </c><00:54:42.079><c> the</c> I'm hoping that you preserve the I'm hoping that you preserve the resources

Bills: HF45 , HF1148 , HF3624 , HF3586 , HF777

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF45, Lake Benton, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, public infrastructure, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, utility replacement, U.S. Highway 75, road reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, local government grant, Minnesota bonding, capital appropriation, food insecurity, prepared meals

Transcript Highlights:

• And we need to start making sure we preserve these homes for our local working families.
• </c><00:42:12.720><c> Um</c><00:42:13.680><c> when</c><00:42:13.920><c> it</c> it's workforce preservation
• Um when it it's workforce preservation.
• Uh, the thing that's important there, I think, is that, you know, preserving these community ties, support
• Uh, the thing that's important there, I think, is that, you know, preserving these community ties, support

Bills: HB1721 , HB1714 , HB1718 , HB1732 , HB1740 , HB1777 , HB1842 , HB1919 , HB1701 , HB1923 , HB1741 , HB1734 , HB1739

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: housing, expedited permits, insurance, indemnification, construction, affordable housing, executive compensation, Hawaii housing finance, legislative approval, low-income housing, moderate-income housing, mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, TOD, county powers, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, HHFDC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, DHHL, affordable housing credits

Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• This is an important function to preserve the spectrum of services needed to support our most vulnerable
• This is an important function to preserve the spectrum of services needed to support our most vulnerable
• </c><00:42:27.680><c> the</c> is an important function to preserve the is an important function to preserve
• DHS designated the selection criteria to preserve access to nursing facility services in isolated areas
• DHS designated the selection criteria to preserve access to nursing facility services in isolated areas

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And our goal is to increase access and opportunity while preserving the health and safety standards necessary
• And our goal is to increase access and opportunity<00:37:20.360><c> while</c><00:37:20.600><c> preserving
• </c><00:37:21.080><c> the</c><00:37:21.160><c> health</c> opportunity while preserving the health opportunity
• while preserving the health and<00:37:21.560><c> safety</c><00:37:21.840><c> standards</c><00:37:22.320
• and creating additional credentialing pathways would help Kentuckians enter the workforce while preserving

Committee: Joint Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 02:45 Roll Call 05:25 Cosmetologists 13:48 Barbers 01:16:06 Adjournment, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• community assets, ...cases, tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of community assets that have to be preserved
• the license plate readers have a glitch, go haywire, and it starts to collect data en masse and preserve
• the license plate readers have a glitch, go haywire, and it starts to collect data en masse and preserve
• Well, the Arizona Constitution, Article 2, Section 8, preserves our right to privacy in private affairs
• Therefore, I am in support of HB 2917 to preserve our freedom. Thank you very much. Okay.

Bills: HB2015 , HB2060 , HB2062 , HB2100 , HB2118 , HB2165 , HB2258 , HB2327 , HB2397 , HB2445 , HB2460 , HB2641 , HB2745 , HB2876 , HB2917 , HB4011 , HB4049 , HB4056 , HB4087 , HCR2013 , HCR2016 , HCR2040 , HCR2044 , HCR2048 , HCR2056

Committee: Senate Government

Keywords: budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, Buffalo Soldiers, monument, commemoration, Arizona, public funding, Wesley Bolin Plaza, military history, historical memorial, small land subdivision, land use

Transcript Highlights:

• clarifies that practitioners may provide general wellness-oriented guidance within their training while preserving
• :12.720><c> their</c><01:15:12.880><c> training</c><01:15:13.800><c> while</c><01:15:14.040><c> preserving
• </c> within their training while preserving within their training while preserving the<01:15:15.560><
• and herbal medicine practitioners to provide wellness-focused support within their training while preserving

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They preserve habitability, but they're effectively forced to act as uncompensated custodians of rental
• They preserve habitability, but they're effectively forced to act as uncompensated custodians of rental
• They preserve<01:02:47.920><c> habitability,</c> preserve habitability, preserve habitability, but<01

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2294, which would require condominium associations, boards, and managing agents to comply with declarations, bylaws, county ordinances, and state and federal laws, including mortgage lending requirements. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill as redundant, arguing existing law already requires compliance and provides penalties. Supporters, including condominium owners and board members, said the measure would clarify that associations are not “self-governing” in a way that exempts them from outside laws, and cited examples where local officials or police told residents to take issues back to their boards. Several supporters said the bill would reinforce board responsibility for permits, safety, and legal compliance. The committee noted 27 pieces of testimony, with 10 in support and 17 in opposition, and then moved on without taking a vote on the measure in the transcript provided. The committee also took up SB 2298, which would require common interest community proxy forms to include additional language explaining proxy selection options. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying the proposed language was inaccurate and would not improve consumer clarity unless significantly revised. Supporters argued that proxy forms are confusing and that clearer instructions would help homeowners understand how their votes are being used. Opponents said the added language would make the forms longer and more confusing, and suggested a separate instruction sheet or other educational material instead. Testimony also raised broader concerns about proxy voting being misused in some associations, with one witness urging that proxy voting be eliminated altogether. The committee reported 29 written testimonies, including seven in support, 19 in opposition, and three with comments, and again did not record a final vote in the excerpt. For SB 2300, which would shorten condominium reserve cash-flow projections from 30 years to 25 years, the Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying it would not make housing more affordable, would reduce transparency, and would increase the annual burden by giving associations less time to save for long-life components. The group suggested that if affordability is the goal, lawmakers should consider allowing future loans or special assessments with guardrails. Supporters of the bill said the shorter projection period would better reflect practical budgeting and help associations plan more realistically, though some supporters also warned against relying too heavily on loans and emphasized accountability and fiduciary responsibility. Other testimony stressed that the impact of changing the projection period would vary by association and that many owners are already struggling with rising fees. The discussion remained focused on testimony and policy concerns, with no final action on SB 2300 shown in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're preserving the part of the statute that legalizes mushrooms for anybody over 21.
• We're we're<00:27:24.799><c> preserving</c><00:27:25.279><c> the</c><00:27:25.520><c> part</c><00:27:
• 25.760><c> of</c><00:27:25.919><c> the</c><00:27:26.240><c> statute</c> we're preserving the part of
• the statute we're preserving the part of the statute that<00:27:27.279><c> legalizes</c><00:27:28.240
• We are a statewide nonprofit dedicated to restoring and preserving the health of New Hampshire's lakes

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For EJ communities in California, CEQA is what allows us to preserve the right to clean air, clean water
• For EJ communities in California, CQA is what allows us to preserve the right to clean air, clean water
• CBE is what allows us to preserve the right to clean air, clean water, clean soil, and a safe and healthy
• 1075 is a really simple bill that builds on a lot of work that's happened over the last decade to preserve
• 1075 is a really simple bill that builds on a lot of work that's happened over the last decade to preserve

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.