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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This is largely due to plastic production, which fuels climate change since fossil fuels are a key ingredient
- </c> due to plastic production, which fuels due to plastic production, which fuels climate<04:21:04.640
- ><c> change</c><04:21:04.880><c> since</c><04:21:05.120><c> fossil</c><04:21:05.520><c> fuels</c><04:
- fossil fuels are a key<04:21:06.479><c> ingredient</c><04:21:06.960><c> in</c><04:21:07.279><c> plastic
- Hydrocarbon is not a simple word, but basically hydrocarbon is the compounds from which fossil fuels
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- May her memory continue to fuel our fight, and may she rest in peace and power. Thank you, Karen.
- our fight, and memory continue to fuel our fight, and may<00:19:11.360><c> she</c><00:19:11.600><c>
- With a 5-4 comeback win, the Maidens closed out their season fueled by grit with a 19-game win streak
- With a 5-4 comeback win, the Maidens closed out their season fueled by grit with a 19-game win streak
- With a 5-4 comeback win, the Maidens closed out their season fueled by grit with a 19-game win streak
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/16/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- 01:19:03.920><c> termed</c><01:19:04.159><c> debate</c><01:19:04.560><c> and</c><01:19:04.800><c> switch
- </c><01:19:05.600><c> Um,</c><01:19:06.239><c> the</c> he termed debate and switch.
- Um, the he termed debate and switch.
- Um, I hate to use the word bait and switch, but I've heard that from others.
- ,</c><01:58:34.239><c> but</c> use the word uh bait and switch, but use the word uh bait and switch,
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- First, that an adult smoker who switches this less harmful product will actually successfully switch.
- ><c> harmful</c><04:42:09.600><c> product</c><04:42:10.480><c> um</c> switches this less harmful product
- </c><04:42:12.000><c> switch.
- </c><04:42:12.400><c> And</c> will actually successfully switch.
- And will actually successfully switch.
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.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The question that we posed to the commission was should New Hampshire switch from HHR machines to slot
- The question that we posed to the commission was should New Hampshire switch from HHR machines to slot
- 15:29.759><c> should</c><00:15:30.000><c> New</c><00:15:30.240><c> Hampshire</c><00:15:30.560><c> switch
- </c><00:15:31.079><c> from</c><00:15:31.279><c> HHR</c> was should New Hampshire switch from HHR was
- should New Hampshire switch from HHR machines<00:15:32.319><c> to</c><00:15:32.480><c> stop</c> machines
Summary:
The public hearing opened on HB 728-FN, which would authorize video lottery terminals at charity gaming facilities and repeal historic horse racing licensing. Representative Om explained that the bill would convert the current historic horse racing terminals into true video lottery terminals/slot machines and change the revenue split, reducing the operator share from 75% to 70% while increasing the state share from 25% to 30%. He also noted the bill would increase the amount going to charities and other state beneficiaries.
Former State Rep. Pat Brammy, who had served on the Charitable Gaming Study Commission, testified in support of the bill’s basic structure. He said a consultant’s report found historic racing machines cost facilities 12% to 18% more to operate because of totalizer and track-related fees, and that slot machines would be cheaper because there are more manufacturers and more competition. He argued that although the operator share drops by 5%, facilities could still benefit from lower operating costs, and he said the commission concluded that moving to slot machines would increase revenues to facilities, charities, and the state. He also said the bill would create a more stable stream of funding for problem gambling, since the current HHR “breakage” funding mechanism is limited and dependent on a single vendor.
Brammy also discussed the commission’s concerns about market concentration in HHR machines, saying the commission found the market was dominated by only a few manufacturers and recommended legislation to address that issue under Article 83 of the state constitution. He interpreted the bill as allowing a phase-in of slot machines upon passage, with the remaining HHR provisions phasing out by January 1, 2028, and said facilities would likely transition as leases expire. Committee members asked about HHR contracts, machine programming, testing, and whether removing HHR would reduce competition; Brammy said he believed leases were likely short-term, machines are tested by a lab, and the legislature could decide whether the change is appropriate. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- know, we, like all of you, are waiting for clarity and direction from the federal government as they switch
- 00:04:50.560><c> government</c><00:04:51.160><c> as</c><00:04:51.320><c> they</c><00:04:51.520><c> switch
- </c> the federal government as they switch the federal government as they switch their<00:04:52.199><
- So it may be that we were not doing something; we switched what we were doing and we created a new path
- <03:45:32.439><c> we</c> that we were not doing something we that we were not doing something we switched
Summary:
The Finance Division III work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health Services budget. Department staff said Public Health has a relatively small budget compared with other DHHS divisions, is supported mostly by federal and other non-General funds, and contains nearly 100 accounting units and more than 50 federal grants. They emphasized that the governor’s budget did not include significant cuts, but that federal funding uncertainty and the winding down of pandemic-era resources were major factors affecting the division. The division also explained that some apparent budget growth reflects reorganizations, including moving the Bureau of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery and some programs from other DHHS divisions into Public Health.
The presentation described Public Health’s mission as serving the entire state through food and water safety, disease surveillance, emergency response, maternal and child health, chronic disease prevention, WIC, community health center support, and public health data collection. Members asked about bird flu, and staff explained that human-health response would involve Public Health’s lab, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness units, while animal-health issues are handled with the Department of Agriculture; they also noted ongoing milk testing requested by FDA and USDA. The division said its organizational structure includes bureaus for Family Health and Nutrition, Infectious Disease Control, Public Health Protection, Emergency Preparedness, Prevention and Wellness, Statistics and Informatics, and Public Health Laboratories, with about a 15% vacancy rate.
Committee members questioned whether the division’s budget and staffing had really grown since pre-COVID, and staff responded that full-time authorized staffing is about the same as in 2018, with the increase largely due to federal pandemic funding that has since receded and to program transfers between divisions. They said Public Health’s General Fund share is about $24 million out of roughly $1.1 billion in DHHS General Fund spending, or about 2.2% of the department total. Members also asked about the 3,000-position cap and unfunded positions; staff explained that the cap remains in chapter law through June 30, 2025, that 394 positions were unfunded in the governor’s budget, and that the division expects flexibility to move money from personnel lines and fill unfunded positions to manage changing needs. No votes or formal actions were taken in this portion of the work session.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- an advantage over me as a Republican, and they also have an advantage over Democrats, so they can switch
- an advantage over me as a Republican, and they also have an advantage over Democrats, so they can switch
- I'm going to have to bring your remarks to a conclusion because your time has expired. they can switch
- they can rearrange how they can switch they can rearrange how the<04:06:40.520><c> presidential</c><
- We're going to switch gears here and talk about campaign finance instead of voting registration.
Committee:
House Election Law
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 16, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It accelerates hazardous fuel reduction in our highest-risk forests.
- It accelerates<02:29:20.640><c> hazardous</c><02:29:21.120><c> fuel</c><02:29:21.439><c> reduction</c
- ><02:29:22.240><c> in</c> accelerates hazardous fuel reduction in accelerates hazardous fuel reduction
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:
- protection standards are met relating to weighing and measuring devices and their use in the sale of food, fuels
- Notably, DOS regulates the sale of gasoline and sets standards for the inspection of fuel dispensing
- And I know we tried to get away from fossil fuels, but, you know, the cliché is you can't put all your
- it's a great innovative idea, and it's tough because, you know, we're trying to get away from fossil fuels
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 Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/12/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the process uh of the remaining material is uh made into uh refuse-derived fuel.
- material is uh made into uh remaining material is uh made into uh refuse-derived<00:05:08.840><c> fuel
- that</c><00:05:10.320><c> is</c><00:05:10.520><c> used</c><00:05:11.040><c> uh</c> refuse-derived fuel
- And that is used uh refuse-derived fuel.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- $180,000 in travel, $32,820, $820,000 in maintenance and construction, another $22 million in asphalt fuel
- > construction, another 22 million in construction, another 22 million in asphalt<01:37:33.000><c> fuel
- </c><01:37:33.280><c> and</c><01:37:33.440><c> aggregates,</c><01:37:34.600><c> uh</c> asphalt fuel and
- aggregates, uh asphalt fuel and aggregates, uh $2,635,782 in<01:37:38.160><c> equipment</c><01:37:39.120
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- She said we did this with tobacco and burning fossil fuels, and that we are doing it with PAS.
- this with did this with tobacco, did this with burning<01:35:40.000><c> fossil</c><01:35:40.400><c> fuels
- </c><01:35:41.199><c> We're</c><01:35:41.440><c> doing</c><01:35:41.600><c> it</c> burning fossil fuels
- We're doing it burning fossil fuels. We're doing it with<01:35:42.000><c> PAS.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/17/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, and this is just adding fuel to the fire.
- I mean, and this is just adding fuel<00:51:45.440><c> to</c><00:51:45.599><c> the</c><00:51:45.680><c
- 51:46.000><c> I</c><00:51:46.160><c> think,</c><00:51:46.480><c> you</c><00:51:46.640><c> know,</c> fuel
- I think, you know, fuel to the fire.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're trying to do a seaweed project for food, fiber, and fuel, you know, the whole thing.
- project<00:14:37.839><c> for</c><00:14:38.240><c> food</c><00:14:38.560><c> fiber</c><00:14:38.959><c> fuel
- 00:14:39.760><c> you</c><00:14:39.839><c> know</c><00:14:40.000><c> the</c> project for food fiber fuel
- you know the project for food fiber fuel you know the whole<00:14:40.399><c> thing</c><00:14:40.800>
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Environment
Keywords:
agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, agribusiness, Department of Agriculture, regulatory functions, employee benefits, restorative practices, sustainability, environmental stewardship, local food systems, Native Hawaiian, workforce development, agricultural development, Hawaii Island, property manager, state employment, SB3320, Hawaii, Agribusiness Development Corporation
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SP 2350, which would transfer oversight of the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Development Division and the aquaculture and livestock support services branch to the Agribusiness Development Corporation. The Department of Agriculture and ADC both testified, with ADC opposing the bill as written while supporting the goal of strengthening agriculture. ADC said the transfer could create federal operational and coordination risks, jeopardize federal funding and program continuity, and was unnecessary because ADC is a business development entity, not a regulatory agency. The Hawaii Farmers Union also expressed concern that moving the programs could weaken the department’s ability to access federal resources, while the Hawaii Farm Bureau submitted written testimony and the Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association and H-Plan were noted as supporting the measure; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council was noted as opposing it.
Much of the discussion focused on aquaculture’s economic potential and the role of regulation, permitting, and funding. Committee members questioned why aquaculture had not grown faster, citing current gross revenues of about $66 million last year, a prior high of $82 million, and a possible long-term target of $500 million. Testimony identified permitting and feed costs as major barriers, along with market conditions and water quality issues affecting producers. ADC described ongoing efforts on feed development, permitting streamlining, coastal-state collaboration on seaweed and restorative aquaculture, and national advocacy for more parity in seafood import standards.
Members also pressed the Department of Agriculture on its leadership and priorities, criticizing the lack of bills and resources dedicated to aquaculture and asking whether the department should have more authority to pursue land purchases and development opportunities. The department said it relies on divisions and industry feedback for bill ideas, noted it funds an annual aquaculture survey, and said it was pursuing congressional earmarks and other funding for aquaculture parks, research, and export/import issues. ADC said it would work with the department if the bill passed, but that its current statute does not give it regulatory authority and any such change would require a statutory amendment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- salary and compensation-related costs, in addition to other operating costs such as rent and lease, fuel
- such as rent to other operating costs such as rent and<00:45:47.920><c> lease,</c><00:45:48.560><c> fuel
- and</c><00:45:49.280><c> utilities,</c><00:45:49.920><c> IT</c><00:45:50.240><c> and</c> and lease, fuel
- and utilities, IT and and lease, fuel and utilities, IT and legal<00:45:50.800><c> services</c><00:45
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2312, the higher education finance bill, passes out of committee 4/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a powerful testament to how accessible higher education fuels future workforce and economic vitality
- > testament to how accessible higher testament to how accessible higher education<00:59:34.640><c> fuels
- </c><00:59:35.040><c> future</c><00:59:35.359><c> workforce</c><00:59:35.839><c> and</c> education fuels
- future workforce and education fuels future workforce and economic<00:59:36.599><c> vitality.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration.
Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program.
The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/21/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Ninety-eight percent of chemicals used in plastic production come from fossil fuels, contributing to
- production<00:10:33.839><c> come</c><00:10:34.000><c> from</c><00:10:34.240><c> fossil</c><00:10:34.640><c> fuels
- ,</c> production come from fossil fuels, production come from fossil fuels, contributing<00:10:35.920
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Cities and counties that accept fuel tax funds for their primary roadways—the roads that they choose
- counties for roadway design cities and counties that<01:42:44.800><c> accept</c><01:42:45.040><c> fuel
- tax</c><01:42:45.560><c> funds</c><01:42:45.800><c> for</c><01:42:45.920><c> their</c> that accept fuel
- tax funds for their that accept fuel tax funds for their primary<01:42:46.480><c> roadways</c><01:42
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- SciTech strengthens our workforce while fueling innovation.
- competitive pay; and, importantly, Minnesota wins as we build the skilled workforce needed to continue to fuel
- SciTech strengthens our workforce while fueling innovation.
- competitive pay; and, importantly, Minnesota wins as we build the skilled workforce needed to continue to fuel
Keywords:
workforce development, youth employment, career guidance, education, job skills, Duluth Promise, education funding, career training, employment support, youth apprenticeship, economic development, minority support, internship program, Bloomington, funding, youth mentorship, job training, disadvantaged youth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Youthprise
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- for example, is that if a school district is planning to construct a new school, the presence of any fuel
- of</c><01:25:43.280><c> any</c><01:25:44.199><c> Vic</c><01:25:44.840><c> uh</c><01:25:45.280><c> fuel
- 01:25:45.639><c> oil</c><01:25:46.080><c> sites</c><01:25:46.400><c> or</c> presence of any Vic uh fuel
- oil sites or presence of any Vic uh fuel oil sites or superf<01:25:46.960><c> fund</c><01:25:47.280>
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination