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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF2431 5/8/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so this seems to be like an online program, but I'm happy to have a healthy discussion around this
- I'm happy<01:34:28.800><c> to</c><01:34:28.960><c> have</c><01:34:29.040><c> a</c><01:34:29.199><c> healthy
- </c><01:34:29.440><c> discussion</c> happy to have a healthy discussion happy to have a healthy discussion
- point out that there is a real, direct relevance to higher ed because college students and college-age
Summary:
The Higher Education Finance and Policy Conference Committee met publicly to compare House and Senate positions on the higher education budget, with the chairs emphasizing transparency and alternating gavel control. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through a spreadsheet of differences across the Office of Higher Education and Minnesota State, including major items such as state grants, childcare grants, work study, tribal college grants, emergency assistance grants, hunger-free campus grants, student parent support, direct admissions, paramedic scholarships, and several medical residency and fellowship programs. The House and Senate also differed on administrative funding, campus sexual assault reporting, and a House FY25 cancellation that would be carried forward.
Members discussed several of the larger policy and funding choices. The Senate explained its increase for Minitex as support for operating costs and statewide access to information. The House explained its cuts to student parent support and other items as necessary to work within a zero target and to prioritize direct aid to students, while the Senate said it focused on direct appropriations and access-related programs. On hunger-free campus grants and emergency assistance grants, the Senate said it was changing the distribution method and direct appropriations rather than reducing the overall money, while the House noted differences in whether nonprofit institutions remained included.
The committee also reviewed Senate-only additions and reductions in Minnesota State, including free course materials, Lake Superior College remediation, and changes to the Kids on Campus appropriation. A representative from Lake Superior College testified that the PAS remediation funding would help address contamination issues at an emergency training site near Lake Superior and that the money was shifted from the Kids on Campus initiative. No final conference agreement or vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued discussing differences and testimony.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Among school-age parents in the PPI poll that came out just this month, only 7% of parents in the entire
- And so for me, it just fulfills a promise for us to get those healthy school environments and to make
Summary:
The committee heard several education-related bills, with the most extensive discussion focused on AB 2189, AB 2615, AB 2496, AB 1750, and AB 1644. AB 2189 would create an $800,000 grant program through the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to support a statewide parent network for special education advocacy and training. Supporters said families need stronger coordination and information to navigate special education, while an opponent argued the bill could duplicate existing family-led organizations. The bill passed 6-0 and was sent to Appropriations, held on call for add-on votes.
AB 2615, a cleanup bill to AB 715 on antisemitism and instructional materials, drew the most controversy. The authors said it was intended to clarify prior commitments by removing references to professional responsibility standards, refining the “factually accurate” language, and clarifying how discriminatory materials are handled. Supporters said it would help protect students from discrimination, while many educators, civil rights groups, and other organizations opposed it unless amended, warning that the factual-accuracy language could chill teaching and be applied too broadly. The committee chair and members raised concerns about implementation but ultimately supported moving the bill forward; it passed 5-0 and was held on call.
AB 2496 would streamline school accountability reporting by making the California School Dashboard the primary transparency tool, phasing out the School Accountability Report Card over time, and making mid-year LCAP reporting optional. Supporters said this would reduce duplication and administrative burden while preserving access to key data; opponents worried families could lose the simplicity and accessibility of the current SARC and that the mid-year update still serves an important purpose. The bill was approved 3-0 and held on call. AB 1750, which would extend full salary for an additional five months for school employees who exhaust sick leave due to illness or injury, was supported as a dignity and retention measure but opposed by administrators over staffing and cost concerns; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. AB 1644 would require a bell-to-bell smartphone ban in TK-8 and recommend it for high school, with exceptions for instructional and safety needs; supporters said phones are harming attention and learning, while opponents argued districts had just adopted local policies and needed more flexibility. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance and Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- some call a mastery-based, instructional model where learners' progress based on mastery rather than age
- We had stable governance, healthy reserves, and strong alignment around our learner-centered decisions
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:34 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- And then my final question is we have 100 New Mexico that came out of the Anna Age Aid Institute and
- When healthy people roll off of the program, what you have is higher per member costs for people who
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- crisis and then get the help they need and then move on, and in many, many cases have moved on to healthy
- I was like, oh, I guess we’re that age, okay.
- oh I guess insurance premium I was like oh I guess we're<00:52:33.680><c> that</c><00:52:33.839><c> age
- </c> we're that age we're that age okay<00:52:36.440><c> so</c><00:52:37.000><c> um</c><00:52:37.359>
- The DNR fleet is probably in worse shape than the State Patrol's, as far as the age and condition of
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 34:41.200><c> with</c><00:34:41.440><c> what</c> People who are receiving EBT cannot afford to eat healthy
- So I know how hard it is to be able to eat healthy and be able to provide.
- It also redefines the authority of county ag inspectors, entry of land, nonperformance by inspectors,
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Research shows, and as this resolution states, children benefit when they have healthy relationships
- Research shows, and as this resolution states, children benefit when they have healthy relationships
- Scorses: Six kids, four boys and two girls that range from the age of seven years old to 19 years old
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 155, HB 1102, HB 1109, HB 1356, HB 1469, HB 1323, HB 1376 (05/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- She was young and very, very healthy and did not have a lot of physical issues at the time that she had
- /c><05:10:43.760><c> and</c><05:10:44.080><c> very</c><05:10:44.400><c> very</c><05:10:44.718><c> healthy
- </c><05:10:45.200><c> and</c> she was young and very very healthy and she was young and very very healthy
Summary:
The meeting began with unanimous committee approval of amendment 2026-2021S to HB 2. Senator Lang explained the amendment corrected a drafting error so that $2.5 million in state funds, matched with federal money for a total of $5 million, could be spent during the biennium rather than lapse at the end of the fiscal year. The money is intended to stabilize Medicaid per diem rates for county nursing homes, and members agreed without objection to adopt the amendment and continue working from the bill as amended by the Senate.
The committee then discussed HB 155 and a proposed amendment, 2026-201H, dealing with the business enterprise tax. The House side described the proposal as a compromise that would raise the filing threshold from $250,000 to $375,000 and create a trigger that would reduce the BET rate by 0.05% for each $100 million in combined business tax surplus, down to a floor of 0.25%. Senate members opposed lowering the rate at this time, arguing that tax relief should focus on the filing threshold, which they said would remove filing burdens for about 3,500 small businesses, and that rate cuts should be considered in a budget cycle rather than an off-year. Concerns were raised that one-time revenues, such as tax amnesty receipts or federal repatriation-related surpluses, could unintentionally trigger reductions.
Representative Sweeney later offered a revised approach by moving the effective date of the trigger mechanism to January 1, 2028, and said he was also willing to carve out tax amnesty revenues or adjust the effective date to avoid using one-time funds. The Senate remained unwilling to agree to a rate reduction, though it expressed openness to raising the filing threshold further. The committee ultimately did not resolve the business tax issue and recessed to continue discussions at a later time.
The final item discussed was HB 1102, concerning an increase in the research and development tax credit paired with changes to state park fees. House members supported the R&D credit increase but opposed tying it to higher park fees, citing concerns about tourism, especially at border parks, and noting that the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources had said it did not need the increase. Senate members defended the park fee changes as a fairness issue, arguing that New Hampshire residents should pay less than out-of-state visitors and that the department had not raised rates in many years. No vote was taken on this item during the discussion captured here.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working for an inclusive and healthy democracy in Minnesota
- <00:26:18.320><c> an</c><00:26:18.559><c> inclusive</c><00:26:19.120><c> and</c><00:26:19.440><c> healthy
- </c> working for an inclusive and healthy working for an inclusive and healthy democracy<00:26:20.320
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- chair responded positively and noted there was a bucket of treats and tongs so people could stay healthy
- you</c><01:10:43.360><c> can</c><01:10:43.600><c> uh</c><01:10:43.760><c> stay</c><01:10:44.080><c> healthy
- </c><01:10:44.719><c> passing</c><01:10:45.120><c> those</c> so you can uh stay healthy passing those
- so you can uh stay healthy passing those out<01:10:45.520><c> and</c><01:10:45.760><c> they</c><01:10
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- to get a house is not representative of what would happen if there was a property market that was healthy
- uh market happen if there was a property uh market that<00:45:35.760><c> was</c><00:45:36.000><c> healthy
- </c> that was healthy that was healthy and<00:45:37.920><c> you</c><00:45:38.160><c> were</c><00:45:38.400
Committee:
House Ways and Means
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Consensus Forecasting Group (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We held up for one year, and there has just been a steady, healthy stream down.
- year and there just been a steady<01:25:00.480><c> uh</c><01:25:01.120><c> a</c><01:25:01.360><c> healthy
- </c> steady uh a healthy steady stream down. steady uh a healthy steady stream down.
Summary:
The meeting focused on reaching consensus on official Kentucky revenue estimates for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, using updated S&P Global economic forecasts compared with the September presentation. Staff explained that the updated forecast relied partly on alternative data because of the federal government shutdown, and they walked through changes in national and Kentucky economic assumptions across control, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios. The control forecast was described as slightly more optimistic in the near term but more cautious in fiscal 2027 and 2028, with GDP growth revised up for the current year and down somewhat in the outer years. The pessimistic scenario now assumed a two-quarter recession beginning in the current quarter, while the optimistic scenario was given a higher probability weight than before.
The presenters highlighted several Kentucky-relevant variables that changed since September, including weaker manufacturing employment, weaker housing starts, weaker consumer sentiment, and lower expected non-farm employment in fiscal 2026. At the same time, wage and salary disbursements were revised upward in fiscal 2027, reflecting higher disposable income from tax changes, and real consumer spending was expected to be stronger in the near term. They also discussed assumptions about tariffs, business profits, the Federal Reserve, unemployment, oil prices, retail sales, vehicle sales, exports, and consumer sentiment, noting that some indicators were little changed while others shifted materially. Consumer sentiment was attributed to affordability concerns, tariff impacts, and a general sense of malaise, but was expected to improve in later years from a low base.
Members asked follow-up questions about why the forecast worsened in later years and about the consumer sentiment assumptions. Staff responded that the forecast assumed larger take-home pay and refunds from tax withholding changes, along with some easing of tariff effects, which they believed would help offset a negative wealth effect from stock market declines. They also noted that S&P Global’s December forecast, which had already been published, was essentially consistent with the presentation and that the firm believed its earlier assumptions had tracked recent data well. No vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion was aimed at settling the revenue estimates that will underpin the upcoming branch budget bills.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (12-10-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- there some kinds of repercussions because you continue to smoke or you don't abide by, you know, good healthy
- there some kinds of repercussions because you continue to smoke or you don't abide by, you know, good healthy
- there some kinds of repercussions because you continue to smoke or you don't abide by, you know, good healthy
- there some kinds of repercussions because you continue to smoke or you don't abide by, you know, good healthy
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board reconvened and heard a presentation from the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control unit. AG staff described the unit’s structure and work: it investigates and prosecutes Medicaid provider fraud, and also handles abuse, neglect, and exploitation cases involving vulnerable adults in facility settings when asked to assist. They said the office has prosecutors, detectives, auditors, and support staff, works with federal partners, Commonwealth’s attorneys, CHFS, DMS, OIG, and MCOs, and uses a hotline and referral line for complaints. They also explained the MCO referral process, including monthly meetings, stand-down lists, and review of referrals for a “credible allegation of fraud” before the AG office decides whether to open a criminal or civil investigation.
The presentation focused heavily on current fraud trends. Staff said behavioral health is a major concern, along with participant-directed waiver services, medically assisted treatment, cash billing for services, controlled-substance billing, and vision and dental fraud. They gave examples such as duplicate time sheets for family caregivers, questionable Suboxone counseling and urine drug screening practices, and a prior optometry case involving false claims for children’s glasses. They also discussed CMS’s estimate that about 5% of Medicaid payments are improper, noted that most improper payments are at the fee-for-service level, and said there is no reliable overall fraud-rate estimate. They highlighted a sharp shift in behavioral health billing after the cabinet’s November 1, 2024 policy changes, saying individual psychotherapy spending dropped while group billing increased, suggesting providers may have moved billing to different codes.
Members asked about the scale and timing of cases, how MCO referrals are screened, and whether the data reflected more people being served or just higher spending. The AG office said investigations can take years, with some federal cases still awaiting sentencing from 2018 and 2019 matters, and that they currently had nine individuals awaiting sentencing in federal court. They also reported 58 hotline reports during the referenced period, six cases opened from MCO referrals, and four additional MCO referrals not accepted for active cases. Several members raised concerns about home-based services and the risk of abuse or fraud when family members are reimbursed, and asked whether the process could be streamlined; the AG office said it had no immediate recommendations but would be willing to return with suggestions after further review.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I think there's been a healthy discussion here about how we might find the funds for this, but I think
- 01:39:38.880><c> fund</c><01:39:39.119><c> that's</c><01:39:39.360><c> pretty</c><01:39:39.600><c> healthy
- </c> that's also a fund that's pretty healthy that's also a fund that's pretty healthy attributable<01
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Oakland's preschool has been instrumental in teaching her healthy ways to communicate and express how
- </c><00:57:06.920><c> her</c> been instrumental in teaching her been instrumental in teaching her healthy
- <c> to</c><00:57:08.200><c> communicate</c><00:57:09.119><c> and</c><00:57:09.359><c> express</c> healthy
- ways to communicate and express healthy ways to communicate and express how<00:57:09.960><c> she</c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/3/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- new single-family home statewide, and we are over 100,000 units short of what would be considered a healthy
- new single-family home statewide, and we are over 100,000 units short of what would be considered a healthy
- fuel for energy security for themselves, their families, and their property. would be considered a healthy
- housing would be considered a healthy housing market<00:03:53.799><c> so</c><00:03:53.959><c> with</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- quality of life here in Minnesota in health, such as in clinical research and presence, Cunningham's Healthy
- health such as in clinical research and presence<00:31:13.000><c> Cunningham's</c><00:31:13.600><c> healthy
- </c><00:31:13.880><c> Minnesota</c> presence Cunningham's healthy Minnesota presence Cunningham's healthy
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- much safer results than techniques used in the past, and that declawed cats can and do live long, healthy
- that declawed cats can and do<04:07:00.080><c> live</c><04:07:00.479><c> long</c><04:07:00.920><c> healthy
- </c><04:07:01.359><c> and</c><04:07:01.640><c> happy</c><04:07:02.159><c> lives</c> do live long healthy
- and happy lives do live long healthy and happy lives it's<04:07:03.399><c> well</c><04:07:03.680><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 01/29/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- don't need nuclear power to meet our energy needs any more than we need a bullet in the head to stay healthy
- the<01:34:43.760><c> head</c><01:34:44.000><c> to</c><01:34:44.280><c> stay</c><01:34:44.639><c> healthy
- c><01:34:45.280><c> Mr</c><01:34:45.480><c> Crocker</c><01:34:45.840><c> I'm</c> the head to stay healthy
- Mr Crocker I'm the head to stay healthy Mr Crocker I'm afraid<01:34:46.199><c> we're</c><01:34:46.320
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/08/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the healthy aging policy director at New Futures, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advances
- But I'm also here on behalf of the New Hampshire Alliance for Healthy Aging.
- And that's a group that represents 500 individual and stakeholder groups to promote healthy aging in
- Through the summer meals programs, we provide thousands of healthy meals to children over their summer