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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- An act relative to partition of nominee trusts. Go ahead. And I'm sorry. Go ahead, Madam Chair.
- Currently, property owners who own property in a trust cannot petition the court to partition a property
- H. 1964 / S. 1239, an act relative to uniform partition of heirs' property.
- Edwards and Chair Day, for allowing me to testify virtually today in support of the act related to the partition
- Boston College Law School, and I'm here to testify in support of S. 1239 and H. 1964, the Uniform Partition
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Summary:
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on a wide range of state, probate, and family bills, with chairs Edwards and Day outlining strict testimony limits and accepting written testimony. Early testimony focused on H. 1911/S. 1138, which would clarify that a durable power of attorney may create a trust if that authority is expressly granted; sponsors and elder law advocates said the bill would resolve uncertainty created by the Barbetti decision and align Massachusetts with other states.
A major portion of the hearing centered on S. 1102, a proposal to establish medical panels in Probate and Family Court. Supporters, including attorneys, parents, physicians, and advocates, said neutral three-doctor panels would help judges resolve disputed medical issues in guardianship and custody cases involving children, elders, and people with disabilities. Testifiers described cases where medical treatment was blocked or contested by one parent or guardian, arguing the panels would provide impartial expertise and protect vulnerable people. The committee also heard support for bills addressing disability discrimination in family court, military parents’ custody rights, and a shared parenting bill, H. 1710, which drew strong opposition from domestic violence advocates and others who said a 50-50 presumption could harm survivors and children.
The committee also took testimony on several probate and court-administration measures. Senator Lovely supported a bill on nominee trust partition, and Senator Comerford and probate officials backed legislation to codify additional registry staff positions and modernize registry operations. Other bills discussed included foster care liability insurance, with providers warning that rising premiums and loss of coverage could force program closures; health care proxy storage and activation; access to decedents’ email accounts; uniform trust decanting; the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act; heirs’ property partition protections; a constitutional right to health care; alimony-related reforms; child-centered family law; and a right of disposition for funeral arrangements. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee repeatedly invited written testimony and follow-up questions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant May 30th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- When we first introduced the partition land grant legislation that gave political subdivision status
- in 2023, thanks to the persistence and perseverance of the leadership of Padilla and those five partition
- , which is something that the partition suit allowing for them to force the sale of those lands was set
- You see laws being passed to allow for adverse possession and for partition suits.
- So where there were partition lawsuits for the land grants, like in the 1800s, it was a slow burn.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 18th, 2026
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- reason the courts, in my opinion, decided not to allow condominium conversions in a petition to partition
- my opinion, the reason the courts decided not to allow condominium conversions in a petition to partition
- my opinion, the reason the courts decided not to allow condominium conversions in a petition to partition
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Housing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on two bills: H. 5447, a home rule petition concerning the Town of West Tisbury’s affordable housing trust fund, and H. 5317/H. 5314, relating to condominium conversion or partition of co-owned two-unit buildings. Chair Richard Haggerty and Senate co-chair Julian Cyr opened the hearing and explained the format, including three-minute testimony limits and a July 31 deadline for written testimony.
Peter Harrington testified in support of updating the partition law so courts could use condominium conversion when dividing co-owned property. He said the current law is rooted in medieval-era rules and can hinder preservation of middle-class housing, especially where a two-family home might otherwise be sold and redeveloped. He argued the change would give judges a modern tool to preserve existing housing stock and noted the issue arises in some partition cases, though not every day.
Laura Silber testified for West Tisbury in support of H. 5447, saying the town wants its affordable housing trust fund expanded to serve households up to 180% of area median income and to support seasonal-community workforce needs, including public sector essential workers. She said the town and Martha’s Vineyard Commission also support broader seasonal-community housing tools and a future local option transfer fee. Senator Cyr questioned whether the home rule petition was necessary given the Seasonal Communities law, and Silber responded that the petition was a short-term measure while technical fixes and a pooled year-round housing trust are developed. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with adjournment after testimony concluded.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Each partition or facility must produce all request the records in their possession within 14 days, allow
- senators will go to Tab 5 where we are considered Senate Bill 1690, by center McLean on surrendered in Fences
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- I noticed today as we were walking in in the annex that there were signs and partitions saying that you
- 00:13:37.200><c> and</c> the annex that there were signs and the annex that there were signs and partitions
- 38.880><c> that</c><00:13:39.040><c> you</c><00:13:39.279><c> couldn't</c><00:13:39.519><c> go</c> partitions
- saying that you couldn't go partitions saying that you couldn't go any<00:13:39.920><c> further</c><
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, the wolves that have been released back on to the public lands and they don't know fences; they
- Colony of Goa on the west coast of India during partition, and it was in Karachi that she met my Pakistani
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 20th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The first thing is that it updates our rules around the partition of property.
- So we've updated our laws around the partition of property.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The first thing is that it updates our rules around partition of property, which is property owned by
- most of this property was farmland, um, which it no longer is, so we've updated our laws around partition
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- rather than committing a bulk of financial resources to the state grant program, the more we sort of partitioned
- the state grant that everybody can kind of access and utilize fairly, or if we continue to kind of partition
- to</c><00:34:42.480><c> kind</c><00:34:42.720><c> of</c><00:34:43.119><c> uh</c><00:34:43.359><c> partition
- </c><00:34:43.839><c> it</c> we continue to kind of uh partition it we continue to kind of uh partition
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/20/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- without a shot fired, but then we started killing each other right after that, as you know, the partition
- without a shot fired, but then we started killing each other right after that, as you know, the partition
- India has 200 million Muslims right now after the partition.
- 21:02.159><c> the</c> million Muslims and this is after the million Muslims and this is after the partition
- So those who stayed partition right now.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Feb 9th, 2026
Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- only place that you can get Narcan is at the Division of Family Services, where it's behind a glass partition
- thing at the front desk, and you have... ...where it's behind a glass partition thing at the front desk
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 2901 in executive session. After a brief explanation from the bill sponsor, the committee adopted a House Committee amendment ending in 0.07 that set a five-year expiration date and clarified where reports must be filed. The committee then rolled the amendment into a substitute and voted the House Committee substitute do pass by a roll call of 13 ayes and 0 noes.
The committee then heard House Bill 3000, which would fix the signature threshold for petition-driven audits by tying the required number of signatures to the gubernatorial election in effect when the petition process begins, rather than when signatures are submitted. The sponsor and the State Auditor’s office said the change would prevent the required number from shifting during the petition period and provide consistency. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing.
House Bill 313 was then heard, a fentanyl-poisoning response bill that would require naloxone in public buildings, designate October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month, require fentanyl education for students in grades 6 through 12, and require training and investigation procedures for law enforcement in drug-related deaths. The sponsor and multiple family members who lost loved ones to fentanyl strongly supported the bill, emphasizing prevention, access to Narcan, and more thorough death investigations. Committee members generally expressed support, raised questions about the definition of public buildings, school implementation, and funding, and testimony suggested opioid settlement money as a possible source. No committee action was taken on HB 313 in the transcript.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and the last sentence of that where it reads, for purpose of this paragraph, bona fide division or partition
- Then there's this other exception for this bona fide agricultural partition, and what that means if you're
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Oct 7th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- People have built roads, homes, and fences. That keep our legal heirs out.
- Partition land-grant issue was an issue that came up in the 2003 committee, and we resolved those issues
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Even though I see very clearly it will be partitioned to the ...
- I believe if you partition that money to the Medicaid Fraud Unit, it'll be used for that and no other
- I believe if you<00:34:33.360><c> partition</c><00:34:33.919><c> that</c><00:34:34.120><c> money</c><
- 00:34:34.879><c> to</c><00:34:35.040><c> the</c><00:34:35.120><c> Medicaid</c> you partition that money
- to the Medicaid you partition that money to the Medicaid Fraud<00:34:36.040><c> Unit,</c><00:34:36.280
Bills:
HF4338
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Mar 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- trying to find someone, a designer, that could apply those COVID rules to our new workspace with the partitions
- trying to find someone, a designer, that could apply those COVID rules to our new workspace with the partitions
Summary:
The Consumer Protection & Business Committee held public hearings on two bills. House Bill 2616, described as an agriculturally resilient markets act, would create a broad package of agriculture-related policies and appropriations, including a strategy to expand state purchasing of Washington-grown food, temporary packaging and emissions exemptions for certain agricultural uses, changes to labor notice rules for agricultural and dairy layoffs, several grant and study programs, a transfer of cannabis production/processing/testing oversight to the Department of Agriculture, and an appropriation for the tree fruit leadership program. Representative Christine Reeves said the bill was intended as a state-level “farm bill” to address farm losses, food security, and regulatory burdens, and she emphasized stakeholder input and the need to support family farms and farmworker well-being.
Testimony on HB 2616 was overwhelmingly supportive, with growers, commodity groups, dairy and potato representatives, and other agricultural stakeholders arguing that Washington farms face low margins, high regulatory and labor costs, refrigeration and processing challenges, and competition from foreign producers. Several speakers said the bill’s exemptions, grants, and studies would help keep farms viable and preserve local food production. Committee members asked about stakeholder outreach, the role of Washington State University and commodity commissions, the impact of federal versus state policy, and possible ways to reduce compliance burdens. The hearing ended without a vote, and the chair noted the bill was after cutoff and would not move this year, but that stakeholder meetings would continue over the summer.
The committee then heard House Bill 2721, which would create a registration system for commercial interior designers, expand and rename the Board of Architects, set education, examination, and experience requirements, define the scope of practice, require seals and technical submission attestations, and establish penalties and a fee account. Supporters from interior design organizations said the bill would recognize a profession already performing code- and safety-related work in commercial spaces, align Washington with other states and national model law standards, and remove barriers to ownership and advancement, especially for women. Testifiers also said the bill would clarify responsibility for life safety, accessibility, and non-structural interior construction in schools, health care, and public buildings. The committee heard only supportive testimony, but members raised questions about how the profession compares with architecture, the impact of delaying the bill until 2027, and demographic diversity in the field. The chair closed the hearing noting the bill would not advance this session and that further interim work would be needed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, if you wanted a partition to come to the rural areas, specific exclusions exist in the law
- For example, if you wanted a partition to come to the rural ...with what is already in the federal rules
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SEND IF THEY ARE NOT DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE THEY ARE VIOLATING THE LAW BY FILLING OUT WITH ONE PARTITION
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- my opinion, the reason the courts decided not to allow condominium conversions in a petition to partition
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Housing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing held its 12th hearing of the session, chaired by Representative Richard Haggerty and Senator Julian Cyr, and heard testimony on two bills: H. 5317, concerning condominium conversion of co-owned two-unit buildings, and H. 5447, a home rule petition for an affordable housing trust fund in West Tisbury. The chair outlined a hybrid hearing format, three-minute testimony limits for individuals, and a July 31 deadline for written testimony.
Peter Harrington testified in support of H. 5317, arguing that the partition law is outdated and should be updated so courts can use the condominium statute when dividing co-owned property. He said the change would help preserve middle-class housing, especially two-family homes that might otherwise be sold, torn down, or redeveloped into more expensive housing. Committee members asked about how common the issue is and whether it is more case-specific; Harrington said it arises at the lower end of Chapter 241 cases but is not unusual.
Laura Silber testified in support of H. 5447 on behalf of West Tisbury’s Affordable Housing Committee and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. She said the bill would let the town’s affordable housing trust serve households up to 180% of area median income and better support seasonal communities tools, including housing for essential public-sector workers and acquisition of year-round deed restrictions. Senator Cyr questioned whether the home rule petition was necessary if technical fixes to the seasonal communities law are enacted, and Silber said the petition was a short-term measure while the towns await statutory changes and work toward a pooled year-round housing trust. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after testimony concluded.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Budget Section Human Resources Division Mar 18th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes adding the security fence, adding snowmelt in the loading dock and the interior courtyards
- , providing concrete instead of asphalt paving, adding a folding partition wall in the training room,
- Hague and using that as the central location and then building a new prison around it, a new perimeter fence
Summary:
The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then received a DEQ base budget summary and agency overview. DEQ staff explained that the agency is largely federally and special funded, with major ongoing costs in salaries, operating expenses, grants, and continuing appropriations. Director Dave Glatt and accounting director Beth Jacobson highlighted core programs, the move to a new chemistry laboratory, the new state fuel inspection program, wastewater-related funding from HB 1577, and implementation of SB 2267 for on-site wastewater rules. They also noted the agency’s spending patterns, possible federal EPA cuts, and the likelihood of some fee adjustments or program changes if federal support declines.
Members asked about DEQ’s travel, field offices, future staffing, and how the agency would respond to reduced federal regulation. DEQ said most staff are based in Bismarck, with field offices in Fargo, Sawyer, and Gwinner, and that travel is driven by inspections and spill response. Glatt said the agency would continue to rely on science and law, and that any future federal retrenchment could mean more state responsibility but likely not a wholesale increase in FTEs. The committee also discussed a feedlot enforcement case in the Minot area, with DEQ explaining its role in ensuring compliance, permitting, and animal-waste management standards.
The Department of Health and Human Services then presented on FTE block grant reporting, TANF balances, child care transfers, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. Donna Ockland explained that no line-item transfers had occurred yet for the new rural health work, but about 33 positions were planned and some current staff time could be reimbursed through approved cost allocation. HHS also reviewed TANF’s frozen eligibility and block grant structure, the transfer of up to 30% of TANF funds to child care, and recent program changes that increased benefits and raised the income limit. Staff said the department is using TANF more strategically to support child care and other allowable uses, while still carrying over unused funds as many states do.
Finally, Pat and HHS staff gave an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying the first funding opportunity was being posted and that the state is on track to obligate the federal funds within the required timeline. They described priorities such as workforce retention, preceptor development, technical assistance for critical access hospitals, community wellness projects, and ambulance upgrades. Members asked about rural versus urban eligibility, immigrant recruitment, evaluation of year-two funding, and how the program would address varied local workforce needs. The meeting then shifted to an Office of Management and Budget update on the new State Hospital project, where Lindsay Ashley reported continued construction progress, updated cost information, and selected alternates, with photos and details showing work underway in multiple building sections.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1439, Real Property, Partition of Property, Liens and Purchase Price Adjustments, favorable
- House Bill 1439, real property, partition<00:54:04.640><c> of</c><00:54:04.760><c> property,</c><00:54
- :05.359><c> liens</c><00:54:05.800><c> and</c> partition of property, liens and partition of property
- Uh, as amended, House Bill 1439 requires parties in a real property partition action to notify the court