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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the federal government requires that we pay at least the 50th percentile of the market rate.
- So, the federal government requires that we pay at least the 50th percentile of the market rate.
- pay rate to the uh<01:04:21.200>
centers, <01:04:21.720>which <01:04:21.920>I'm - He also raised the IT question about the 80% rate, saying that when they have to determine some sort
- <01:11:06.480>
or percentile uh rate or percentile uh rate or um<01:11:08.160>what
Keywords:
youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These concessions include preferential contract terms, pricing, and strict fulfillment rate requirements
- terms, pricing, and<00:07:46.880>
strict <00:07:47.199>fulfillment <00:07:47.759>rates - <00:07:48.880>
uh <00:07:49.039>rate and strict fulfillment rates uh rate and strict - fulfillment rates uh rate requirements<00:07:50.160>
in <00:07:50.319>case <00:07:50.400 - of declaws not comment about the rates of declaws not coming<01:20:54.400>
down <01:20:54.880>
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life
MN
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using <01:13:01.880>the adjusted qualifying rate using the adjusted - qualifying rate using the historical<01:13:02.560>
correlations <01:13:03.320>between <01 - Our graduation rates and college enrollment and persistence rates are among the highest in the state.
- Our graduation rates and assessment.
- are among the highest in college rates are among the highest in the<01:36:09.440>
state.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/24/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- been historically the rate of eviction been historically the rate of eviction maybe<00:01:25.360>
- The ratings agencies Moody's and Standard and Poor's rate the agency.
- Um we and Pores uh rate the agency.
- <01:12:46.239>
And interest rates 11 times. 11 times. - And interest rates 11 times. 11 times.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (7-10-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- response rates and statutory compliance. response rates and statutory compliance.
- In 2023, the rate went down to 36%. The response rate improved to 82% in 2024.
- The private sector, the going rate for renting space on someone else's tower, as well as electricity
- The private sector, the going rate for renting space on someone else's tower, as well as electricity
- pieces of property at the at the rate pieces of property at the at the rate that<01:41:35.360>
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Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:03
Summary of Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:01:00
Staff Update on Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel 00:16:00
Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Panel Representatives Available for Questions-00:39:34
Kentucky State Police & Finance Cabinet Status Update on Kentucky Statewide Emergency Responder Voice System-00:52:35
Adjournment-01:46:24, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from December 19 and June 12, then received a staff report on the Kentucky Fire Commission’s minimum training standards and administrative spending. Staff explained that the commission’s current minimum training hours are 115 for volunteer firefighters and 300 for paid firefighters, down from 150 and 400 before January 1, 2023, after the commission removed elective classes not directly tied to NFPA standards. The report found the commission’s certification testing aligns fully with NFPA standards, but recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours. On finances, staff said the commission complied with the first statutory cap on administrative reimbursements to KCTCS, but could not verify compliance with a second, more specific cap because the finance system does not break out program-level costs and the statute is vague. Staff recommended the commission work with KCTCS to fix that issue and suggested the General Assembly may wish to clarify the statute. After questions about reimbursement levels and investment income, the committee voted to accept the report.
The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel. Staff reported that the panel has implemented two of three prior recommendations: it revised its agency notification letter to clearly state the 90-day response deadline and added response prompts and checkboxes to improve completeness. The third recommendation, to adopt formal written procedures, remains in progress; staff said the panel plans to develop those procedures alongside its new case management system. The panel is meeting its statutory membership and meeting requirements, but agency responses to its recommendations have been inconsistent: 48% were timely and appropriate in 2022, 36% in 2023, and 82% in 2024, though only three of nine timely 2024 responses were fully complete. Staff also described the new case management system project, funded with $200,000 in one-time money, and recommended the panel consult budget staff about use of those funds beyond fiscal year 2025. They reissued the recommendation that the panel develop written procedures for case review, findings, recommendations, and annual reports. Committee members raised concerns about the lack of penalties for noncompliance, the volume and length of panel meetings, and technology barriers to reviewing cases, and one member said the panel’s findings should inform future legislation.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, again, 25 is another good year because interest rates have been higher longer than planned.
- So again, if the possibility of interest rates stay higher for longer, we, you know, these numbers will
- So again if if the the possibility if<00:01:48.479>
interest <00:01:48.799>rates <00:01: - reviews are four or five star ratings. reviews are four or five star ratings.
- Once the swept takes place, the businesses will pay swept, and what happens then is my rate, your rate
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- if we increase this debt ratings if we increase this debt limit<00:59:13.920>
Mr <00:59:14.200 - And so that means as the cost of it goes up 14% a year, which is more than the rate of growth than a
- of growth than a lot of the rate of growth than a lot of you<01:08:26.120>
know <01:08:26.560> - And she said someone on the committee said that birth rates are declining, yet the future generation
- <01:19:00.480>
are said that birth rates are said that birth rates are declining<01:19:02.400
Keywords:
sales tax, education funding, construction, Aitkin Public Schools, tax exemption, refundable credit, HF148, use of force training, deadly force, peace officer training, police training, law enforcement, POST Board, Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, scenario-based training, de-escalation, defensive tactics, force-on-force training, stress management, officer wellness
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our overall four-year graduation rate of 65% ranks third in the nation.
- Our 56% four-year graduation rate for Pell Grant recipients ranks second in the nation. discounts as
- It makes a our 56% foryear graduation rate for pel our 56% foryear graduation rate for pel Grant<00:04
- CSS default rates on loans have consistently been extremely low and stay low.
- Madam Chair and Co-Chair Wigot, our overall four-year graduation rate is 65% in the most recent year,
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Overview of Minnesota State budget request before House higher education committee 3/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Our tuition and fee rates go directly to each college and university, so each college and university's
- go directly to each and fee rates go directly to each College<01:16:10.800>
in <01:16:11.040>< - salary to make the contribution rates the same for both IRP and TR accounts.
- was increased from 6% contribution rate was increased from 6% to to to 8.75%<01:31:03.800>
of - the same for both the contribution rates the same for both IRP<01:31:08.560>
and <01:31:08.719
Summary:
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities presented an overview of the system and several budget riders. Board Chair George Soul described the system’s structure, noting 26 colleges and seven universities governed by a 15-member board, and emphasized that Minnesota State serves about 270,000 students annually, including many students of color, adult learners, Pell-eligible students, first-generation students, and veterans. He highlighted the system’s workforce role, saying it offers more than 4,000 programs, extensive employer partnerships, and that 86% of graduates find jobs in their field or a related field. He then turned the presentation over to system staff to discuss specific funding requests.
Associate Vice Chancellor Kim Lynch focused on the Z-degree textbook program, which supports zero-textbook-cost courses and degrees. She said prior legislative support has produced about $3.1 million in savings in academic year 2024 and more than $12.6 million in aggregate savings, with 10 colleges now offering Z degrees and 12 more on track or exploring implementation. She described the program’s use of open educational resources, instructional design support, and library resources to fill gaps where free materials are not available, and said students save roughly $7 to $10 for every $1 invested. Members praised the program and asked about its expansion.
Associate Vice Chancellor Paul Shepard discussed student support funding, including a centralized basic needs resource hub, the Mantra Health mental health platform, and the emergency grant program. He said student surveys showed significant food, housing, and homelessness insecurity, and that the basic needs hub has served over 2,400 students with a 97% positive response rate. He said Mantra provides telecounseling, peer support, self-paced courses, and crisis support, and clarified in response to questions that it is not AI-driven and does not sell student data; general usage data is collected, and follow-up with campus counselors occurs only at the student’s request. He also said the emergency grant program has distributed over $3 million to more than 4,800 students, with grants averaging just under $700, and that campuses use application review and recordkeeping to manage repeat requests. Members asked about counselor staffing, data privacy, and grant safeguards.
The final item addressed sexual assault reporting and prevention funding. System staff said the appropriation supports technology infrastructure for statutory reporting, case management for investigations, campus prevention training, and professional development for Title IX coordinators and related staff. They noted that the statutory student training requirement is funded by individual colleges and universities, not by this appropriation. No formal votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- We have limited places to build, and on top of that, a very low vacancy rate.
- So our vacancy rate in current rentals is 1.7%.
- required uh density and market rate required uh density and market rate realities<00:29:58.799><
- This includes both market-rate and affordable units.
- . both market rate and affordable units.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/26/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- A small business owner might pay an inflated rate just because they don't belong to a large corporate
- <02:06:11.840>
while <02:06:12.000>a patient is charged One Rate while a patient is - Insurers have purchasing power and so they negotiate different rates for paying.
- for the same service but that is rates for the same service but that is sort<02:22:38.520>
of - for paying so so at different rates for paying so so at least<02:22:51.520>
as <02:22:51.640><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
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bills received a number of alcohol rated bills received a number of alcohol - <00:15:22.600>
bills <00:15:22.839>and <00:15:23.040>matters for alcohol rated - bills and matters for alcohol rated bills and matters before<00:15:23.639>
the <00:15:23.759>< - that we might current defrayal rates that we might receive<00:40:52.480>
if <00:40:52.680> - in the state of Minnesota and rates in the state of Minnesota commissioner<01:11:43.480>
chair
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
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the Public Safety Committee, you'll know that Minnesota stands as one of uh the lowest per capita rates
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lowest <00:04:09.640>per <00:04:09.879>capita <00:04:10.200>rates - <00:04:10.439>
of of uh the lowest per capita rates of of uh the lowest per capita rates of - They have the highest property tax rate year over year.
- Cuts in the property tax system or rate Cuts in the property tax system but<00:36:41.160>
it's
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
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know <00:19:38.360>the <00:19:38.520>interest <00:19:38.840>rate - the do you know the interest rate the do you know the interest rate difference<00:19:39.880>
- this is not that this is a their rates this is not that this is a home<00:23:49.120>
but <00:23 - Housing instability leads to higher rates of homelessness, increased reliance on emergency shelters,
- of homelessness increased higher rates of homelessness increased Reliance<00:49:03.280>
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- So we understand that communities of color have the lowest arrest rates.
- Boston recently reported its lowest homicide rate since 1957, a notable achievement.
- information on homicides is incomplete, with broken links to annual reports and outdated clearance-rate
- a direct response to the staggering fact that construction workers face the highest overdose death rate
- rate that is five times higher than job-site fatalities.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several bills. Representative David Linsky supported HB 3383, which would designate the song “Roadrunner” as the official rock song of Massachusetts, describing its Boston roots and cultural significance. Representative Sean Garberle supported HB 3335 on public access to historical records, arguing that records from state institutions should be released after 75 years and that families and researchers should be able to identify people buried in unmarked graves at former state institutions. Representative Rodney Elliott and Lowell officials supported HB 4138, authorizing easements for a Lowell sewer separation project; they said the project is needed for Clean Water Act compliance, will reduce combined sewer overflows into the Merrimack River, and must proceed quickly to meet SRF and consent-decree timelines. Committee members asked about Article 97, the location and scope of the easement, environmental justice impacts, and minority/small business participation in construction.
The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate 2183 and its House companion, which would elevate the Massachusetts National Guard to a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the Governor. Senators Mike Moore and John Velis, along with the National Guard Association’s Matthew McKenna, argued the change would reduce bureaucracy, improve communication and readiness, and reflect the Guard’s broad domestic and military missions. Velis cited the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home tragedy as an example of a breakdown in communication, while committee members said they wanted more information, including input from the Governor’s office and Guard leadership, before acting. The committee noted the distinction between state-controlled and federalized Guard missions and said it would continue reviewing the issue.
Senator Liz Miranda and a large panel of survivors, advocates, and Northeastern law students testified in support of S. 2174 and S. 2177, which would create an office and task force on unsolved homicides, allow families to petition for case review after three years, require written responses, and establish a tip line, database, and dedicated funding. Witnesses described long-standing lack of communication, low clearance rates, and the disproportionate impact on Black and Brown communities. Senator Becca Rausch also testified on S. 2210, extending public records law to the governor and Legislature, and S. 2207, creating stronger information-governance and records-retention standards; she said both would improve transparency and reduce waste. The transcript does not reflect any votes taken during the hearing, though chairs repeatedly indicated support for moving some bills favorably and said the committee would continue reviewing the National Guard proposal.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Look at the graduation rate. Look at what they're graduating in. Look at the time to the right.
- I get it on the graduation rate. I get that. But the tuitions don't match.
- And then also the rate.
- You know, have a concept of what kind of cases are going to, and then also the rate.
- That's why our fill rates are increasing when other districts are having to close schools.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will keep the rates lower for the rest of us ratepayers as well.
- So most of these tax credits give a tremendous rate of return on our investment to the state.
- we don't have to actually lower the tax rate.
- we don't have to actually lower the tax rate.
- We stick it all in House Bill 5 and actually get a worse interest rate because it's not constitutional
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 6th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Those threats continue to eat up our resources at an unprecedented rate.
- But it also hurts food banks that are purchasing food at an unprecedented rate.
- As you start to make legislative decisions about how you help HCA lower the error rate, which is really
- That's likely to increase errors as it rolls out, which is not going to help the error rate situation
- It is very easy to make SNAP errors, and when I was there we had a high error rate as well.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 8th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- with landowners to preserve agricultural land, and in return, it grants these landowners special tax rates
- With the rising cost of housing, insurance rates, and utility bills, Californians cannot afford a large
- This bill directly supports California's efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates and improve
- I respect my colleague across the aisle, but I have a 20% unemployment rate. We need jobs.
- I respect my colleague across the aisle, but I have a 20% unemployment rate. We need jobs.
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a long floor file with many Senate bills. Early procedural actions included unanimous-consent motions, a successful roll-call to rescind prior action on SB 351, and a 54-vote suspension of Joint Rule 61(a)(3) to allow floor amendments on SBs 80, 351, and 415. The chamber also made several referrals, moved one item to the inactive file, and welcomed new Assembly Member Natasha Johnson and other guests.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of concurrence and third-reading votes on a wide range of measures, many of them passing with little or no opposition. Topics included tribal gaming grants (AB 221), State Bar fee and bar exam changes (SB 253), AI guardrails in community colleges (SB 241), consumer arbitration clauses (SB 82), due process for law enforcement in Racial Justice Act cases (SB 734), dental payment fee disclosures (SB 386), HOA balcony inspection reports (SB 410), farmland protection and EIFD rules (SB 5 and SB 516), emergency shelter zoning (SB 340), HIV confidentiality (SB 504), election signature-cure reforms (SB 3), contractor workers’ compensation compliance (SB 291), fire training funding (SB 345), wage theft enforcement (SB 355 and SB 261), food allergen disclosures (SB 68), ride-share insurance coverage (SB 371), housing and disaster recovery measures (SB 233, SB 625, SB 21), midwifery education (SB 520), mobile home insurance access (SB 525), epinephrine in schools (SB 568), health facility emergency licensing (SB 582), hair relaxer enforcement (SB 236), wastewater surveillance (SB 317), and several tax, transportation, and public health bills.
A number of bills drew brief policy debate or opposition. SB 388, creating a California Latino Commission, prompted criticism from some members who argued the money should go directly to community needs rather than a new commission; it still passed. SB 50 on digital safety for victims of abuse, SB 20 on silicosis prevention, SB 306 on prior authorization reform, SB 373 on oversight of out-of-state special education placements, and SB 437 on reparations descendant-status verification were among the more substantive and discussed measures. Most bills passed by wide margins, often unanimously, and several urgency or tax-levy measures required 54 votes and were approved. The session ended with continued passage of remaining file items and multiple items retained or passed temporarily for later action.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the major ones is utility spending supported by rate payers required by regulators. borrowers
- you look at the money that's also been invested not just by California taxpayers but by California rate
- How about I want to buy homes in, in areas that have high, you know, you know, fire-wise rating.
- In terms of trying to give people incentives through potentially lower rates or more assurance they'll
- Over 99% of California homes already have a class A fire rated roof, so they already have the best rating