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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/28/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Why can't we have a balanced approach, which is what I think the state ought to be pursuing?
- </c> why why can't we have a balanced why why can't we have a balanced approach<01:15:59.199><c> which
- </c><01:40:01.440><c> public</c> it all frankly trying to balance public it all frankly trying to balance
- I think if you look at the energy policy that's espoused in this bill, it represents a balance between
- </c> of utility customers need to be balanced of utility customers need to be balanced against<04:23:
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 14, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:36:03.560><c> we</c> away at essentially a bigger balance we away at essentially a bigger balance
- So we try to balance that. Thank you. No further questions, Chair. Okay, thank you, Chair Hasham.
- </c><02:24:58.120><c> that</c><02:24:59.080><c> thank</c> we try to balance that thank we try to balance
- </c><02:50:52.319><c> of</c> we get that but it's the balancing of we get that but it's the balancing
- We're running on parallel tracks, and we're having to balance all of that.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Feb 24th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We wanted to balance it out. And that's it. Any questions then on that amendment?
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development met in executive session and considered two bills. House Bill 1659 was advanced after the committee adopted a House Committee amendment ending in .02H, rolled it into a House Committee substitute, and then voted the substitute do pass by a roll call vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes.
The committee then took up House Bill 2740, which would create a task force. The substitute described a task force made up of members from the House and Senate, higher education, the Department of Health, public and private health care, research, Missouri University, nonprofits, and a patient advocacy group. The task force would meet quarterly starting in January 2027, issue annual reports on research, outcomes, funding, and legislative recommendations, and expire in December 2030.
An additional amendment ending in .03H clarified the partisan balance of the elected members, specifying that the two Senate members could not be from the same party and the two House members could not be from the same party. That amendment was adopted, rolled into a substitute, and the House Committee substitute for HB 2740 was then voted do pass by 9 ayes, 0 noes, and 1 present. The committee then adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- I won't read it completely to you, but ultimately our goal is to balance different things of that nature
- </c> Ultimately, our goal is to balance justice with public safety and the reintegration of the offender
- We will achieve that important balance by application of our core values, which are knowledge, experience
- I mean, two people—I'm not, please don't take this in any way—but just checks and balances.
- balances balances um<01:41:05.520><c> two</c><01:41:05.840><c> people</c><01:41:06.159><c> would</c>
Bills:
HB60
Committee:
Joint Judiciary
Keywords:
geoengineering, weather modification, environmental safety, atmospheric pollutants, criminal pollution, Meeting Start: 00:00:02
Roll Call: 00:00:08
26 RS HB 60 - AN ACT relating to geoengineering: 00:01:35
Department of Corrections Update: 00:32:59
Kentucky Parole Board Update: 01:19:21, 958, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As I announced earlier, we will recess the committee and reconvene at 1:30 p.m. to take up the balance
- I respectfully ask for an aye vote to bring balance to California's jail governance system and improve
- A more balanced alternative would be to allow restricted licenses for employment only and to eliminate
- I mean, we have to balance here, you know, passing laws to address very serious criminal conduct, but
- And it's about trying to find that balance. So I appreciate your testimony today.
Summary:
The committee began without a quorum and heard several bills in subcommittee format. AB 1546, which would increase penalties for repeat DUI offenders by allowing a third DUI within 10 years to be charged as a wobbler, requiring a fifth DUI to be a felony, and lengthening ignition interlock and license revocation periods, drew strong support from law enforcement and district attorney groups and opposition from public defenders and reform advocates who argued the bill would further criminalize substance use and mental health issues. No vote was taken because there was no quorum at the time.
AB 1595, aimed at standardizing post-conviction procedures for wrongful conviction claims and clarifying courts’ authority to consider new evidence, was supported by innocence and public defender organizations and opposed by district attorneys, who said existing habeas law is already clear and that the bill would add complexity and burden courts. AB 292, which would impose mandatory jail time for repeat felony domestic violence offenders within seven years, was supported by sheriffs, prosecutors, probation officers, and local governments, but opposed by domestic violence survivor advocates and public defender groups who warned it would not deter abuse and could criminalize survivors and divert resources from services. AB 1816, allowing courts to extend probation up to one additional year for sex offenders who have not completed required treatment, drew support from probation and law enforcement groups and opposition from public defenders and civil liberties advocates concerned about longer supervision, technical violations, and barriers such as poverty and treatment access; the committee later took a roll call and passed the bill 3-1, with one member not voting, sending it to Appropriations.
After quorum was established, the committee also passed AB 1627, which would bar people with misconduct in immigration enforcement from becoming California peace officers, and AB 1927, which would create a misdemeanor for falsely impersonating a bail agent to solicit bail, both on due pass motions to Judiciary/Appropriations as amended. AB 1854, a shield-law measure expanding protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care providers, patients, and related businesses from out-of-state legal process, was supported by the Attorney General’s office and reproductive rights groups and opposed by anti-abortion and family policy organizations; it was moved on a due pass motion to Judiciary. The committee then heard AB 1872, which would make repeat adult swatting offenses a felony/wobbler and require restitution for property damage, with support from law enforcement, prosecutors, and civil liberties advocates and opposition from public defenders and justice reform groups who argued the bill would not deter conduct and could disproportionately affect people with mental illness or undocumented status. A motion to advance AB 1872 was made, but the transcript cuts off before any final vote on that bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/14/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- To protect this tradition by balancing responsible foraging with conservation without over-restriction
- five considerations guiding its work: conservation, connection, access, decriminalization, and a balanced
- </c> To protect this tradition by balancing To protect this tradition by balancing responsible<00:47:
- This essentially means living in full respect, harmony, and balance with the land and water.
- with the respect, harmony, and balance with the land<00:57:11.040><c> and</c><00:57:11.160><c> water
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2026-04-08
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, and so that's how you get to the sort of the mass balance of air in, water in, electricity in, ammonia
- sort<00:43:05.280><c> of</c><00:43:05.839><c> the</c><00:43:06.079><c> mass</c><00:43:06.400><c> balance
- </c><00:43:06.800><c> of</c><00:43:07.920><c> air</c><00:43:08.240><c> in,</c> sort of the mass balance
- out by covering the farm safety portion of this, and then my colleague Meg Moahan will cover the balance
- 56.400><c> the</c> colleague Meg Moahan will cover the the colleague Meg Moahan will cover the the balance
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
energy, renewable energy, ammonia, hydrogen, certificate tracking, funding, environment, elk, cervidae, cervid importation, chronic wasting disease, CWD, animal health, livestock, wildlife disease, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, state veterinarian, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And as modern civilization pushed westward, wild rice's need for a delicately balanced system began to
- 05:19.759><c> need</c><00:05:19.919><c> for</c><00:05:20.080><c> delicately</c><00:05:20.639><c> balanced
- </c> rice's need for delicately balanced rice's need for delicately balanced system<00:05:21.199><c>
- </c><00:50:16.880><c> But</c><00:50:17.040><c> I</c> where we can have balance on this.
- But I where we can have balance on this.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Charter schools are an important part of Minnesota's public education system, and your work to balance
- </c><00:53:34.480><c> innovation</c><00:53:35.320><c> with</c> your work to balance innovation with your
- work to balance innovation with appropriate<00:53:36.440><c> oversight</c><00:53:37.000><c> has</c><
- This provision is a practical and balanced step that helps ensure classrooms remain spaces for learning
- step that helps ensure balanced step that helps ensure classrooms<01:14:57.120><c> remain</c><01:14:
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/17/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, there's the checks and balances in there.
- So, there's the checks and balances<00:25:28.080><c> in</c><00:25:28.240><c> there.
- Um and again, that's balances in there.
- It is a difficult role and it's a difficult balance for me.
- Um, I very much balance for me.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Sixty-six percent of teachers who left the profession said work-life balance was better in their new
- </c><00:46:31.960><c> was</c> profession said work-life balance was profession said work-life balance
- Um, their sense<01:10:07.960><c> of</c><01:10:08.120><c> life</c><01:10:08.440><c> balance</c><01:10:
- 08.840><c> that</c><01:10:09.000><c> they</c><01:10:09.120><c> can</c> sense of life balance that they
- can sense of life balance that they can actually<01:10:09.640><c> do</c><01:10:09.840><c> their</c><
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 048 Mar 3rd, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- c><00:40:00.240><c> also</c> provide essential care while also provide essential care while also balancing
- <00:40:01.119><c> school,</c><00:40:01.599><c> extracurcricular</c> balancing school, extracurcricular
- balancing school, extracurcricular activities,<00:40:03.599><c> employment,</c><00:40:04.240><c> sibling
- you can say that in any way<01:29:58.239><c> those</c><01:29:58.560><c> are</c><01:29:58.719><c> balanced
- There's just far way those are balanced.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- this kind of surge, which is not good, it doesn't help it, and we got to make sure that we do the balance
- I mentioned this yesterday about it's about balance, about getting it right for the employers and the
- again I mentioned this yesterday balance again I mentioned this yesterday about<00:04:07.920><c> it's
- </c><00:04:08.239><c> about</c><00:04:08.400><c> balance</c><00:04:09.120><c> about</c><00:04:09.360>
- <c> getting</c> about it's about balance about getting about it's about balance about getting it<00:04
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 60 creates an unsettling power balance in the landlord-tenant relationship.
- :29:01.919><c> an</c><00:29:02.159><c> unsettling</c><00:29:02.960><c> power</c><00:29:03.279><c> balance
- </c><00:29:03.679><c> in</c> creates an unsettling power balance in creates an unsettling power balance
- up, has the industry, should it set up, has the ability<01:26:24.000><c> to</c><01:26:24.239><c> balance
- that load and act ability to balance that load and act almost<01:26:26.159><c> like</c><01:26:26.320
Committee:
Senate Commerce
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (05/06/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I think this strikes a nice balance, and I am happy to pass this. Representative Grund.
- I think this strikes a nice balance, and I am happy to pass this.
- I think this strikes a nice balance, and I am happy to pass this.
- I think this strikes a nice balance, and I am happy to pass this.
- So, in every instance, you have to balance the situation accordingly.
Summary:
The committee met in executive session on Senate Bill 72, a parental rights in education measure, and considered an amendment offered by Representative Raymond. Raymond explained that his changes were intended to narrow the bill so it would not force schools to act as “surveillance operatives” for parents, especially regarding older students, and to avoid requiring teachers to disclose private family matters such as a student’s sexual orientation or pronouns. He also struck the bill’s “clear and convincing” standard and replaced it with a lower “evidence” standard, arguing teachers should have some basis for concern but not a burden equivalent to terminating parental rights. He said the amendment was meant to preserve due process, avoid weaponizing the bill in civil disputes, and reduce the risk of lawsuits.
Members then debated the scope of the bill and amendment. Supporters said schools should not withhold information about a child’s health, school environment, behavior, bullying, self-harm, or criminal conduct, and argued that parents have a right to know about serious issues such as mental health concerns, sexual assault, drug use, or other misconduct. Several members emphasized that teachers do not diagnose mental illness, but should report observable concerns and involve school administrators or counselors when necessary. Opponents argued the bill would chill communication between students and trusted adults at school, especially for children from dysfunctional or unsafe homes, and said it could force outing of gay or trans students and increase the risk of harm or self-harm. One member cited the Department of Education’s trusted-adult approach and said teachers are not covered by formal confidentiality rules in the same way as lawyers or doctors.
The discussion included examples and hypotheticals about bullying, sexual assault, drug use, self-harm, gender dysphoria, and whether a teacher would have to tell parents if a student used different pronouns or a nickname. Raymond and supporters said the bill would require disclosure of serious safety concerns but not compel teachers to diagnose or pry into private matters. Opponents argued the bill’s language still sweeps too broadly and could force disclosure in situations where a student fears abuse or being kicked out at home. The transcript does not show a final vote on the amendment or bill in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2312, the higher education finance bill, passes out of committee 4/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we've made all awards this year and actually utilized the remaining balance to transfer to state
- Uh, we've made all awards this year and actually utilized the remaining balance to transfer to state
- Uh, we've made all awards this year and actually utilized the remaining balance to transfer to state
- And um I know that we've left no stone unturned in working together to try to balance the needs of our
- the needs of together to try to balance the needs of our<01:45:56.320><c> caucuses</c><01:45:57.119>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration.
Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program.
The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The agency works very hard to strike an important balance of ensuring stringent financial oversight to
- works very hard to strike<00:03:03.280><c> an</c><00:03:03.519><c> important</c><00:03:03.920><c> balance
- </c><00:03:04.239><c> of</c><00:03:04.560><c> ensuring</c> strike an important balance of ensuring strike
- an important balance of ensuring stringent<00:03:05.680><c> financial</c><00:03:06.080><c> oversight
- </c><00:34:59.280><c> um</c> grant processes and how you balance um grant processes and how you balance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That balances to the target this committee was given by the Ways and Means Committee.
- priorities with a very in balancing priorities with a very limited<01:24:53.440><c> budget.
- We urge you to reconsider this legislation and work with providers to make a more balanced, supportive
- We urge you to reconsider this legislation and work with providers to make a more balanced, supportive
- We urge you to reconsider this legislation and work with providers to make a more balanced, supportive
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This method addresses concerns about safety advances in. bipartisan and balanced way without undermining
- I am surprised to learn that it decreases inflammation and helps balance a variety of functions within
- That balances the accessibility of public safety.
- There's a nice balance with good products out there.
- What a heritage of being a pro-business while balancing the protection of its citizens.
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, state health, youth protection, licensing fees, criminal offenses, HB28, public testimony, committee decorum, bill substitute, legislative process
Summary:
The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And being a student parent, particularly a single mother, is like balancing on a tightrope.
- The moment you regain your balance, life hurls three balls at you and demands that you juggle the demands
- It is just deeply unfair, and I can't tell you how opposed I am to balancing our budget on the backs
- It is just deeply unfair, and I can't tell you how opposed I am to balancing our budget on the backs
- Prior to that, it was often used as a way to balance the budget in the state grant program.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education