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• And this just adds risk and uncertainty around any type of restructuring that they could go through.
• that they could go that restructuring that they could go that they<00:44:26.400> could<00:44:
• taken over by a large system, still nonprofit, but a large system had, you know, some substantial debt
• > large system um had you know some large system um had you know some substantial<00:59:15.920> debt
• ratio<00:59:17.040> uh<00:59:17.200> relative<00:59:17.520> to Substantial debt

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Contrary to how you just restructured the question, you did in fact inquire as to what my belief was.
• >> Representative Hudson, contrary to how you<00:28:54.080> just<00:28:54.280> restructured
• <00:28:54.840> the<00:28:54.920> question,<00:28:55.360> you you just restructured
• the question, you you just restructured the question, you did<00:28:55.640> in<00:28:55.760><

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, can you provide clarity about how this restructuring in the overall bill will impact the current
• Um, so can you talk about how that restructuring will impact your current promotional work that you do
• So, can you provide clarity about how this restructuring in the overall bill will impact the current
• Um, so can you talk about how that restructuring will impact your current promotional work that you do
• So, can you provide clarity about how this restructuring in the overall bill will impact the current

Bills: HF1007, HF1152, HF1671, HF2258

Keywords: tourism, World Junior Hockey Championships, funding, economic impact, sports events, Minnesota, economic development, livability, marketing, partnerships, labor and industry, electrical licensing, electrical inspection, continuing education, online course approval, Internet continuing education, power limited technician, maintenance electrician, master electrician, technology circuits

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• beyond the mandate to employers voluntarily offered more generous PTO plans is causing employers to restructure
• beyond the mandate to employers voluntarily offering more generous PTO plans is causing employers to restructure
• beyond the mandate to employers voluntarily offering more generous PTO plans is causing employers to restructure
• beyond the mandate to employers voluntarily offering more generous PTO plans is causing employers to restructure
• To employers voluntarily offering more generous PTO plans is causing employers to restructure those more

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1325 and adopted the author’s A2 amendment before hearing testimony. Representative Schultz presented the bill as a set of bipartisan changes to make Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law more workable for small businesses, public employers, and taxpayers, arguing the current law is an unfunded mandate that increases costs and property taxes. The bill’s supporters said it would add flexibility, including changes affecting coverage for certain workers, employer size thresholds, front-loading, weather-related exceptions, and a delay on penalties. Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach of the Department of Labor and Industry opposed the bill, saying it would exclude about 800,000 workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, from earned sick and safe time protections and create confusion and enforcement problems. She also objected to the proposed penalty delay, saying the department already uses compliance assistance and needs penalty authority for serious violations. The Minnesota Chamber supported modifications to the mandate, saying businesses—especially small ones—have struggled with compliance and that the law has had unintended effects on PTO policies and leave use. The League of Minnesota Cities supported parts of the bill, especially changes affecting more generous city leave policies and weather-event exemptions, saying current language creates confusion and can interfere with emergency staffing. Opponents from Education Minnesota, SEIU Minnesota, TakeAction Minnesota, and a nurse from Unity Hospital argued the bill would strip protections from part-time workers, minors, and workers with family caregiving needs, and would weaken a law they said has helped workers avoid discipline or lost wages when sick. Supporters from counties and an HR consultant emphasized administrative burdens, emergency staffing needs during weather events, and the difficulty of applying ESS rules to existing leave policies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was laid over for further consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• The victim thinks they're fixing a problem, paying an overdue debt, writing a wrong.
• <05:10:53.160> electricity New Hampshire's restructured electricity New Hampshire's restructured
• I urge you all to stick to your principles and the principles of our restructured electricity supply
• <05:14:36.280> electricity<05:14:36.880> supply<05:14:37.280> market restructured
• electricity supply market restructured electricity supply market with<05:14:38.280> fair<05:14

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Again, this is not resolving them of their debts. This is not forgiving them.
• So this would actually restructure and some of our local businesses could get paid.
• Again, this is not resolving them of their debts. This is not forgiving them.
• So this would actually restructure and some of our local businesses could get paid.
• Again, this is not resolving them of their debts. This is not forgiving them.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This is the restructuring of the board of the old Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock. I move passage.
• Washington, D.C., ...has a deficit, which is every single year they spend more money than they have, and a debt
• But unless we put total debt limits on the amount of money that taxing entities can actually raise, we're
• —” “...debt limits on the amount of money that taxing entities can actually raise, their taxes.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.

Transcript Highlights:

• city of Birmingham residents or stakeholders, and I just wanted to state our opposition to the restructuring
• So if it's really about restructuring and dealing with the issues, then that's the case. issues, then

Bills: SB330

Keywords: water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And again, by and large, uh, the people of Wyoming do a good job of repaying those debts.
• > Um,<00:03:34.879> however,<00:03:35.280> there<00:03:35.519> have those debts
• Um, however, there have those debts.
• ,<03:35:12.720> rejigger,<03:35:13.439> reinvent you restructure, rejigger, reinvent
• you restructure, rejigger, reinvent whatever<03:35:14.720> whatever<03:35:15.200> you<

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Oh, restructuring with those, the persons that would be over those projects.
• And so when did we start the new, I guess, the new restructure? It's been about a year. Yes. Okay.
• So thank you for all you're doing to work so hard, all of y'all, for the restructure plan.

Summary: The committee met for an information-only hearing with no votes or other action items. DOTD Secretary Glenn LaD and Deputy Secretary Beau Black gave an update on the department’s transformation efforts, focusing on faster project delivery, improved construction administration, and new technology. They said monthly contractor payment approvals have been reduced from roughly 35 days to 15 days or less, change orders from about 40-45 days to around five days, and that DOTD delivered 86% of its advertised projects in the last fiscal year. They also described new tools such as Headlight for field inspections, Smart PM for schedule tracking, Hall Hub for e-ticketing and work-zone mapping, and a pilot using advanced sensors on district vehicles to identify potholes, guardrail damage, and other asset issues. The department also outlined a district reorganization that replaces the area engineer model with dedicated district points of contact for construction, maintenance, and operations, with no increase in total staff. Members raised concerns about local maintenance issues, especially mowing, drainage, culverts, potholes, and communication with district offices. Several members asked for clearer coordination on jurisdictional questions, more frequent meetings with district administrators, and better public updates on long-running projects. LaD said DOTD would schedule follow-up meetings, use the coming customer service portal to track complaints, and improve public communication through project information officers, social media, and other outreach. Questions also covered contractor accountability, utility relocations, road transfer maps on the DOTD website, and whether maintenance work adjacent to capital projects should be handled by district crews or through new IDIQ contracts. The secretary also reviewed the Highway Priority Program process, saying DOTD will work between June and September to review projects not included in the prior program, explain why, and refine a five-year fiscally constrained plan before the fall road show. He said the department is using IDIQ authority to award bridge maintenance and other task-order work, and that this should help address a two-year bridge repair backlog. Members discussed whether current funding levels are enough to reduce the statewide backlog, and DOTD said the current program likely maintains rather than eliminates it absent new revenue. The hearing ended with a project-specific update that a barge struck the Black Bayou Pontoon Bridge that morning, causing significant damage; DOTD said divers and staff would inspect it and determine emergency repairs. After DOTD’s presentation, Archie Chesson of the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction gave a brief update on that office’s first year, describing its use of consultant pools, master service agreements, a public GIS map, and a data tool to prioritize rural road and bridge projects, with several early projects already completed or under construction.

Transcript Highlights:

• They had to pay for building restructuring.
• They had to pay for building restructuring. they found out after they got their buses they couldn't get
• They had to pay for building restructuring because with all the battery packs and things on the roof

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Government Finance Transportation Study Subcommittee met to review fixed-route transit systems and related funding needs. After approving the prior meeting minutes, the committee heard presentations from Cities Area Transit in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks, Bisman Transit in Bismarck-Mandan, and MATBUS/Fargo, along with comments from North Dakota Protection & Advocacy. The transit agencies described their routes, paratransit services, ridership trends, fare structures, fleet replacement needs, and rising operating costs, emphasizing that transit supports access to work, school, medical care, and other essential services. Testimony also noted that ridership fell during the pandemic and has been recovering, while vehicle and maintenance costs have risen sharply. Grand Forks transit reported 17 routes, a recent fare increase, and operating costs that exceed fare revenue, with paratransit service extending beyond the federal minimum service area. Bisman Transit outlined its fixed-route and paratransit operations, recent service expansions, local mill levies, sales tax support, and federal grant structure, and said it is seeking more stable funding and flexibility beyond paratransit-only support. Minot’s transit superintendent explained the state’s existing transit aid formula, the use of refurbished buses, and the challenges of driver recruitment and electric bus infrastructure. Fargo asked for additional state support for fixed-route urban transit. Committee members discussed whether ride-share services could replace transit, the cost per trip, local match requirements, and whether a separate state funding source should be recommended for the four urban fixed-route systems. The subcommittee ultimately approved a motion to have Legislative Council prepare a summary of its activities for inclusion in the full Government Finance Committee report, and members indicated they would seek more detailed funding figures from the transit agencies before making any specific recommendation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Muñoz, an act relating to auditing, providing for federal single audits, amending the Audit Act, restructuring
• Telecommunications Act of New Mexico to establish a low-income telecommunications assistance program and restructure
• Telecommunications Act of New Mexico to establish a low-income telecommunications assistance program and restructured

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Before I was here in April, we began communicating our intent to restructure both internally and externally
• One of the commitments we made with this restructure is that we didn't want to make things worse, right
• I first want to say how much I appreciate getting more information about the restructuring of DSHS and

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy update on Washington child welfare from Casey Family Programs and DCYF. Dr. David Sanders said Washington has sharply reduced out-of-home care and increased kinship placements, but he flagged concerns about low screening-in rates, long stays in foster care for many children, and a recent rise in repeat maltreatment and child fatalities, especially among infants. He urged more focus on infants and young children, better coordination among child protection, health care, and law enforcement, and more proactive review and investigation practices. Members asked for disaggregated data on children lingering in care, fatalities, and causes such as fentanyl exposure. DCYF said it has increased relative placements and guardianships, but also reported a concerning rise in 2025 critical incidents, mostly near-fatalities involving children age three and under, many opioid-related. The department described responses including safe child consults for opioid cases, more training, hotspot analysis, and proposed investments in peer support, public health nurses, community referrals, and an updated safety framework. Members also discussed whether a broader commission on child abuse prevention would be useful, and DCYF said it was open to that idea. The committee then received a DSHS reorganization update from Secretary Angela Ramirez, who described the “Reimagined” plan to consolidate four administrations into three new ones, with the stated goals of reducing silos, improving customer experience, and making transitions between services smoother. She said the agency is seeking statutory changes and CMS approval to align the new structure, and members asked about preparing for federal HR1 impacts, especially SNAP. Ramirez said DSHS is monitoring those impacts closely and emphasized the need for accurate data and cross-agency coordination. Finally, DSHS’s Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration updated the committee on residential habilitation centers and implementation of Substitute Senate Bill 5393, which phases out Rainier School by June 30, 2027 and limits new admissions. Officials reported current census and staffing levels at the state’s RHCs, said Rainier has had some residents transition to supported living or adult family homes, and explained that emergency and permanent rulemaking was needed to implement the law. They also said Rainier was recently cited by federal surveyors for not meeting the active treatment requirement for two residents, and that the facility has 90 days to return to compliance before possible payment penalties or further remedies. Members pressed for details on the citation, the meaning of active treatment, the assessment process for admissions, and whether Rainier could be repurposed for other services; DSHS said it is working on corrective action and will follow up in writing.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's just a clever way to create a debt mechanism, and I think the uh the guy from the office of debt
• So, so I think it's a creative way to incur debt on the state.
• It's just a clever way to create a debt mechanism, and I think the uh the guy from the Office of Debt
• <04:53:11.160> It's just creating a debt mechanism. It's just creating a debt mechanism.
• just a clever way to create a debt just a clever way to create a debt mechanism,<04:53:14.360>

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal from April 20, 2026. Members then made announcements about committee schedules, open enrollment, and the Bolder Boulder event, and welcomed guests from the Leadership Program of the Rockies. The House also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 20, recognizing April 9, 2026 as Home Education Day in Colorado, on a 60-2 vote with three excused. Supporters described home education as a longstanding family choice and emphasized parental rights and educational flexibility. The chamber then received committee reports, including an Appropriations Committee report advancing House Bills 1052, 1132, 1143, 1226, 1343, and 1344 to the Committee of the Whole. The Majority Leader moved several bills to special orders for April 21, 2026 at 9:20 a.m., and the motion was adopted without objection. The Committee of the Whole took up House Bill 1028, concerning second language diploma endorsements for graduating high school students. After adopting the appropriations report, the House passed the bill. Supporters said it would recognize bilingualism and Colorado’s diversity. The committee then considered House Bill 1143, concerning background checks for non-employment-based educational opportunities. The bill sponsor said it would allow qualified people without Social Security numbers to participate in internships, clinical placements, and volunteer opportunities by using alternative identification. Several members opposed the bill and supported amendments, arguing for employer or institutional choice, narrower definitions, and concerns about constitutional rights, tax compliance, and the breadth of the bill. Amendment L6 failed, and the transcript ends amid extended discussion of Amendment L7 regarding enforcement against public entities, with no final action on the bill shown in the excerpt.

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• taxes, or you cut federal funding for key programs like SLAP, TAM, healthcare, shelter, or you restructure
• What our comment for this bill is, it's restructuring government. throughout.
• <00:36:27.839> shelter<00:36:28.560> or<00:36:28.800> you<00:36:29.040> restructure
• healthcare, shelter or you restructure healthcare, shelter or you restructure government.<00:36:
• This bill is restructuring government.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1783, which would expand public-private partnership options for charter school facilities. The Department of Education offered comments, the Charter School Commission and SFA supported the bill, and Hawaii Technology Academy, Hawaii Kids, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, HGA, Aloha Project, and several individuals testified in support, while UPW opposed it. Supporters said charter schools need faster and more flexible ways to address severe facility shortages and high costs, and SFA described the bill as a pilot model that could leverage developer partnerships and state contributions, citing Maryland as an example. Members asked whether the bill was limited to charter schools; DOE said the language could be read to include other public school facilities, but if focused only on charter schools, DOE was less concerned. The Charter School Commission also described an existing public-private preschool model through Parkway Village Preschool and PACTED. The committee then took up HB 1778, which would establish a CIP database for school facilities. SFA supported the bill, saying it would create a more disciplined, transparent basis for funding decisions by documenting facility condition, needed repairs, classification, and timing. DOE initially said it rested on its comments, then responded to questions by saying it already maintains deferred maintenance lists, uses systems such as Maximo, CPT, GIS, and finance software, and sends legislators project-status letters twice a year. DOE said it is working on improving its outward-facing dashboard and integrating its systems, but questioned whether the bill would add value beyond existing tools. Members emphasized the need for a publicly accessible, real-time transparency tool, while DOE said it was still evaluating its current systems and was not yet seeking funding for a new IT program. For HB 2344, creating an Independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission, DOE said it wants to remain part of any consolidation process to keep students and education central, while SFA said the bill is timely and framed it as a restructuring response to changing conditions and possible federal funding cuts. SFA compared the proposal to the federal BRAC process for military base closures and said Hawaii has the same enrollment as in 1961 but many more schools, arguing that the state needs a more deliberate approach to school closures and land reuse. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about several sections, including unclear references to administrative support, a governor-approval sequence, a possible conflict with existing statutes governing closed-school disposition, and a missing section number. Testimony on HB 2345, which would establish a geographic CIP district, began with DOE in opposition; DOE said the bill would duplicate existing work, add confusion by creating two agencies doing the same thing, and spend money inefficiently because district project coordinators and project lists already exist.

Transcript Highlights:

• And when I asked David Goldwer, who is their chief restructuring officer, what our money was used for
• 00:35:59.920> is<00:36:00.079> their<00:36:00.320> chief<00:36:00.560> restructuring
• who is their chief restructuring who is their chief restructuring officer,<00:36:02.000> what

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• This legislature should not be preemptively restructuring Alabama's election calendar based on hoped-for
• c> This legislature should not be This legislature should not be preemptively<00:17:18.120> restructuring
• <00:17:18.920> Alabama's preemptively restructuring Alabama's preemptively restructuring Alabama's

Keywords: 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• CEOs are collecting nearly a million dollars, and at the same time they're laying off people and restructuring
• 00:30:57.360> and time they're laying off people and time they're laying off people and restructuring
• 58.559> because<00:30:58.799> they<00:30:59.039> say<00:30:59.120> they restructuring
• because they say they restructuring because they say they can't<00:30:59.520> afford<00:30:59.760

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• about taking HISC under the Department of Agriculture, even if the Department of Agriculture is restructured
• the Department of Agriculture<00:39:41.760> is<00:39:42.520> um<00:39:43.520> restructured
• so<00:39:44.720> I<00:39:45.000> I<00:39:45.119> do Agriculture is um restructured
• so I I do Agriculture is um restructured so I I do hope<00:39:45.440> that<00:39:45.560> we'd

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee met in decision-making on a long list of Senate bills and adopted most measures with amendments or unamended, often with members voting aye and some recording reservations. Among the measures acted on were SB 40, SB 411, SB 436, SB 443, SB 447, SB 572, SB 583, SB 739, SB 742, SB 746, SB 816, SB 826, SB 830, SB 841, SB 850, SB 865, SB 952, SB 955, SB 1040, SB 1042, SB 1083, SB 1229, SB 1359, SB 1469, SB 1553, SB 1578, SB 1609, SB 1610, SB 1619, and SB 1641. Common amendments included deferring effective dates to 2050, adding sunset dates, adopting LRB technical changes, and narrowing or clarifying program language. Several bills drew brief discussion on policy details. SB 583 was amended to remove references to selling naming rights, leaving only leasing. SB 739 was discussed for its land exchange provisions and concerns about ceded lands and OHA revenue, but it was still adopted with reservations. SB 830 was amended based on DNR testimony to address reconstruction after disasters, excluding certain coastal hazards. SB 850 added State Council on Developmental Disabilities recommendations to address health disparities for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. SB 952 shifted administration of a pilot program to the Department of Human Services in partnership with the Office of Wellness and Resiliency, and SB 1610 added requirements for utility connections and capped spending on the Ohana Zones/Cales-related program. The committee also heard substantial discussion on SB 442, which concerned returning retirees to state employment. Testimony from the Department of Law Enforcement and the Attorney General focused on whether the bill should allow a shorter waiting period and how it would interact with current 89-day hiring practices, succession planning, and law enforcement retirement rules. After debate, the committee moved to decision-making and adopted amendments to include investigators, expand eligibility to hard-to-fill or succession-planning positions, and set a term limit for returning retirees with director approval for extensions. In a separate joint Ways and Means/Judiciary hearing, SB 716, SB 763, and SB 804 were also advanced with amendments, including organizational placement changes for DLE programs and Attorney General amendments to avoid retroactivity and contract-impairment issues. Several items were deferred, including SB 983, SB 1220, and SB 828.

Transcript Highlights:

• The other thing that this bill does in section 20 is focus on restructuring the medical endorsement approach
• c><00:21:23.920> is<00:21:24.080> focus<00:21:24.480> on<00:21:25.200> restructuring
• in section 20 is focus on restructuring in section 20 is focus on restructuring the<00:21:26.160
• It builds on the broader restructuring recommended by OCM.
• It builds on the broader restructuring It builds on the broader restructuring recommended<01:01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all