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VT
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-07 - 2:50PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or<00:32:13.080><c> a</c><00:32:13.160><c> civil</c><00:32:13.400><c> arrest</c><00:32:13.760><c> for
  • ><c> main</c><00:32:15.640><c> maintain</c><00:32:16.040><c> order</c><00:32:16.320><c> or</c><00:32:
  • In<00:32:20.720><c> subdivision</c><00:32:21.320><c> C3</c><00:32:22.320><c> titled</c><00:32:22.680>
  • 32:41.960><c> to</c><00:32:42.080><c> false</c><00:32:42.320><c> imprisonment</c><00:32:42.840><c> or
  • This<00:32:44.840><c> narrows</c><00:32:45.480><c> the</c><00:32:45.600><c> scope</c><00:32:46.080><c
Keywords: 926, house, all
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (2-19-26)

Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • They<00:32:14.480><c> bring</c><00:32:14.720><c> a</c><00:32:14.960><c> sense</c><00:32:16.159><c> of
  • ,</c><00:32:26.559><c> I</c><00:32:26.799><c> want</c><00:32:26.880><c> to</c><00:32:27.039><c> say</
  • It's<00:32:34.640><c> an</c><00:32:34.880><c> honor</c><00:32:36.000><c> to</c><00:32:36.320><c> see<
  • /c><00:32:36.480><c> you</c><00:32:36.720><c> grow</c><00:32:37.679><c> and</c><00:32:37.919><c> see<
  • :32:45.360><c> this</c><00:32:45.600><c> time</c><00:32:46.240><c> to</c><00:32:46.559><c> recognize<
Committee: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Keywords: 958, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education (01/20/2026)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • 32:22.559><c> the</c><00:32:22.720><c> long</c><00:32:22.880><c> term.
  • Many<00:32:23.919><c> of</c><00:32:24.000><c> our</c><00:32:24.240><c> treatments</c><00:32:24.799><c
  • </c><00:32:36.159><c> And</c><00:32:36.320><c> I'm</c><00:32:36.480><c> happy</c><00:32:36.640><c> to
  • Um most of the<00:32:54.480><c> time</c><00:32:54.960><c> the</c><00:32:55.200><c> timings</c><00:32:
  • c><00:32:57.600><c> and</c><00:32:58.080><c> water</c><00:32:58.480><c> exposure</c><00:32:58.960><c>
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (2-5-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • the</c><00:32:05.960><c> whole</c><00:32:06.240><c> mission</c><00:32:06.679><c> of</c><00:32:06.840
  • ><c> Alliance</c><00:32:07.880><c> and</c><00:32:08.039><c> the</c><00:32:08.159><c> reason</c><00:32
  • country</c><00:32:13.480><c> and</c><00:32:13.799><c> in</c><00:32:14.159><c> States</c><00:32:14.720
  • <00:32:24.880><c> excellent</c><00:32:25.399><c> program</c><00:32:26.360><c> but</c><00:32:26.600><c
  • :32:36.720><c> I</c><00:32:36.840><c> want</c><00:32:37.000><c> you</c><00:32:37.120><c> to</c><00:32
Keywords: 00:00 Introductions 02:46 Roll Call 03:35 Discussion on SB 14 46:13 Vote on SB 14 48:07 Discussion on SB 17 50:38 Vote on SB 17, 958, all
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services opened with the chair welcoming several new members and outlining session rules: hearings would start and end on time, the committee would limit the number of bills heard each meeting, prioritize bills heard during the interim, and generally avoid using the consent calendar except in extreme circumstances. The committee then briefly considered administrative regulations, which were treated as approved if members had no questions. The main item was Senate Bill 14, a measure addressing the 340B drug discount program. The chair said the bill had already passed the Senate in a prior session and had been heard in interim, so he did not present it again. He described the bill as prohibiting drug manufacturers from discriminating against 340B covered entities by refusing 340B pricing when the same drug is offered at that price in the state. He also said the committee would not debate the federal 340B program itself, but would hear testimony on the bill. Hospital leaders and Kentucky Hospital Association representatives testified in support, arguing that 340B savings are essential to rural hospitals, oncology services, transportation support, chronic care, addiction recovery, and new service lines such as chemotherapy and hepatitis treatment. They said the program helps keep care close to home and that manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies have reduced access and cost hospitals millions. Opponents from BIO Kentucky and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions argued the bill would expand federal law beyond Congress’s intent, create administrative burdens, and not lower patient out-of-pocket costs. The chair repeatedly pressed opponents to address why Kentucky should be denied the same 340B pricing available in other states. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Discussion of farm down payment assistance program modifications 2/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:01.279><c> I</c><00:32:01.440><c> know</c><00:32:01.519><c> that</c><00:32:01.840><c> this
  • </c><00:32:14.799><c> And</c><00:32:14.960><c> as</c><00:32:15.120><c> you</c><00:32:15.200><c> all</
  • </c><00:32:17.120><c> Um,</c><00:32:17.440><c> this</c><00:32:17.679><c> is</c><00:32:17.760><c> my</
  • Um, this is my baby.<00:32:18.880><c> And</c><00:32:19.440><c> uh</c><00:32:19.600><c> when</c><00:32
  • ><c> it</c><00:32:22.000><c> to</c><00:32:22.720><c> uh</c><00:32:22.880><c> really</c><00:32:23.200>
Keywords: 1183, house
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/07/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:02.159><c> budgets</c><00:32:03.159><c> either</c><00:32:03.519><c> with</c><00:32:03.880>
  • ><c> or</c><00:32:06.399><c> Susan</c><00:32:06.960><c> Aly</c><00:32:07.480><c> as</c><00:32:07.880>
  • :10.880><c> as</c><00:32:11.120><c> this</c><00:32:11.279><c> year</c><00:32:11.480><c> is</c><00:32:
  • <00:32:29.919><c> make</c><00:32:30.559><c> we're</c><00:32:30.880><c> have</c><00:32:31.000><c> to</
  • <00:32:34.200><c> you</c><00:32:35.200><c> thank</c><00:32:35.399><c> you</c><00:32:35.639><c> and</c
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The meeting was an introductory Ways and Means Committee orientation led by Chair John Janigian. Members went around the room introducing themselves, with several returning legislators and several freshmen describing their backgrounds in business, education, public service, finance, transportation, journalism, military service, and nonprofit work. Janigian explained his own legislative history and professional background, and other members, including Bill Bolton, Fred Doucette, Mary Ford, Jim Tierney, Scott Brier, Thomas Oppel, Mary Murphy, Representative Spar, Susan Elberger, Dennis Malloy, Jordan Ulery, and Julius Soti, briefly described their prior experience and reasons for serving on the committee. The chair then outlined the committee’s role. He said Ways and Means is responsible for revenue estimates that Finance will use to determine how much the state can spend over the next biennium, and that the committee would spend the next five to six weeks developing its best revenue estimate, due around February 15. He also explained that the committee hears from state agencies and departments about how taxes are created, collected, and performing against expectations, and that it reviews bills affecting state revenue, including tax increases, tax decreases, tax removals, and fee-related measures. Janigian noted that the committee had five bills at the time of the meeting and expected more to be referred. He explained that most would be first-committee bills, though some second-committee bills could come over if they involved taxes or fees after passing policy committees. He used marijuana-related legislation as an example of a bill that might first go to another committee and later reach Ways and Means if it had fiscal implications. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, and members were told how to participate in hearings and follow-up questions during regular committee work.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/18/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our<00:32:07.279><c> courthouse</c><00:32:07.840><c> and</c><00:32:08.159><c> law</c><00:32:08.320><c
  • </c><00:32:10.399><c> impossible</c><00:32:10.799><c> to</c><00:32:11.120><c> create</c><00:32:11.440
  • Our<00:32:16.720><c> solution</c><00:32:17.120><c> is</c><00:32:17.279><c> a</c><00:32:17.519><c> $45
  • :32:19.600><c> that</c><00:32:19.760><c> the</c><00:32:19.919><c> county</c><00:32:20.159><c> already
  • With<00:32:33.600><c> our</c><00:32:33.840><c> average</c><00:32:34.080><c> daily</c><00:32:34.480><c
Committee: Senate Taxes
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/24/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • :11.720><c> to</c><00:32:11.880><c> look</c><00:32:12.240><c> into</c><00:32:13.480><c> all</c><00:32
  • :14.800><c> We</c><00:32:14.960><c> have</c><00:32:15.360><c> lots</c><00:32:15.720><c> of</c><00:32:
  • about uh<00:32:32.160><c> my</c><00:32:32.360><c> colleagues</c><00:32:32.840><c> in</c><00:32:32.920
  • /c><00:32:34.680><c> sign</c><00:32:35.040><c> an</c><00:32:35.160><c> NDA</c><00:32:36.000><c> and</
  • </c><00:32:42.280><c> I</c><00:32:42.400><c> think</c><00:32:42.680><c> transparency</c><00:32:43.440
Committee: Senate State and Local Government
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • .<00:32:01.120><c> So</c><00:32:01.279><c> you</c><00:32:01.519><c> can</c><00:32:01.600><c> move</c>
  • 00:32:05.440><c> credit,</c><00:32:06.159><c> it's</c><00:32:06.480><c> not</c><00:32:06.640><c> going
  • </c><00:32:29.120><c> half</c><00:32:29.279><c> of</c><00:32:29.440><c> last</c><00:32:29.679><c> year
  • We've<00:32:32.320><c> funded</c><00:32:33.760><c> 199</c><00:32:34.640><c> projects</c><00:32:36.080
  • :39.919><c> in</c><00:32:40.080><c> on</c><00:32:40.320><c> this</c><00:32:40.559><c> action</c><00:32
Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords: 1183, house
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Minerals, Business & Economic Development, February 11, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • :00.159><c> in</c><00:32:00.799><c> that</c><00:32:01.120><c> all</c><00:32:01.279><c> the</c><00:32:
  • c> and</c><00:32:07.039><c> work</c><00:32:07.279><c> and</c><00:32:07.679><c> they</c><00:32:07.919>
  • . who would<00:32:10.399><c> end</c><00:32:10.640><c> up</c><00:32:10.880><c> paying</c><00:32:11.200
  • ><c> for</c><00:32:11.440><c> this</c><00:32:12.399><c> in</c><00:32:12.720><c> that</c><00:32:13.200
  • :32:15.039><c> I'm</c><00:32:15.279><c> in</c><00:32:15.440><c> in</c><00:32:15.600><c> my</c> my the
Bills: SJ0001 , SF0017
Committee: House Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Keywords: mineral leasing, federal lands, Wyoming, energy policy, local control, federalism, forestry management, good neighbor authority, state lands, employee funding, donations, revolving account, 916, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • have been<00:32:02.960><c> coming</c><00:32:03.320><c> down</c><00:32:03.559><c> on</c><00:32:03.720
  • c><00:32:05.039><c> hard</c><00:32:05.519><c> and</c><00:32:06.320><c> you</c><00:32:06.440><c> know<
  • the</c><00:32:11.559><c> the</c><00:32:11.679><c> concern</c><00:32:12.039><c> we</c><00:32:12.240><
  • have with some<00:32:12.639><c> of</c><00:32:12.720><c> the</c><00:32:12.799><c> mandates</c><00:32:
  • 00:32:14.000><c> back</c><00:32:14.399><c> you</c><00:32:14.519><c> know</c><00:32:14.919><c> this</c
Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/20/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> bad</c><00:32:15.799><c> I</c><00:32:15.880><c> don't</c><00:32:16.120><c> know</c><00:32:16.559
  • adventure<00:32:22.120><c> for</c><00:32:22.399><c> us</c><00:32:23.399><c> and</c><00:32:23.760><c>
  • :32:31.440><c> in</c><00:32:31.720><c> the</c><00:32:31.960><c> largest</c><00:32:32.880><c> school</
  • ><c> in</c><00:32:33.840><c> the</c><00:32:33.960><c> state</c><00:32:34.159><c> of</c><00:32:34.440>
  • ><c> and</c><00:32:42.360><c> we</c><00:32:42.519><c> know</c><00:32:42.760><c> we</c><00:32:42.840><
Committee: Senate Health and Human Services
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (4-28-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next,<00:32:02.559><c> I</c><00:32:02.799><c> have</c><00:32:03.039><c> McClean</c><00:32:03.519><c>
  • <00:32:06.000><c> for</c><00:32:06.320><c> HVAC</c><00:32:07.120><c> improvements</c><00:32:07.600><c
  • Um, it looks like<00:32:44.159><c> they're</c><00:32:44.480><c> doing</c><00:32:44.720><c> a</c><00:32
  • Uh, 38,646<00:32:53.519><c> is</c><00:32:53.760><c> our</c><00:32:53.919><c> average</c><00:32:54.159
  • </c><00:32:56.000><c> It</c><00:32:56.240><c> looks</c><00:32:56.399><c> like</c><00:32:56.559><c> they
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the February minutes and noted there had been no March meeting. Staff then provided a series of information items, including quarterly capital project status reports from state agencies and postsecondary institutions, a University of Kentucky equipment purchase report, notice that the committee took no action on certain March transactions, school district debt notices for Fayette and Jessamine counties, lease-space advertisements due to building conditions, a Kentucky Asset/Liability Commission report, and asset preservation project reports from KCTCS and Eastern Kentucky University. The committee then heard and unanimously approved Murray State University’s request for interim authorization to use institutional revenues for a $1.5 million roof replacement at the Curs Center student center. University of Kentucky also received unanimous approval for a $115 million public-private partnership project to expand Parking Structure 7 and the Johnson Center recreation space; testimony emphasized the loss of parking from hospital expansion, increased student enrollment, a planned $21 per semester recreation fee increase, and the goal of improving student retention and campus capacity. Next, the committee received a report on a Kentucky State Police Post 11 renovation in London funded at $1.138 million, with members asking how long the repairs would extend the building’s useful life; KSP said the work was a long-term investment and replacement was still many years away. The committee also approved multiple real property lease actions, including a new CHFS lease in Scott County, several lease renewals for the Commonwealth’s Attorney, CHFS, Transportation Cabinet, and a Secretary of State relocation lease tied to a capital renovation project. Members questioned one Jefferson County lease rate and the witness said it had been in place since 2007. Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented three water loan items, which were rolled and then approved: an $841,383 East Clark County Water District loan for waterline upgrades, a roughly $6.13 million Oldham County Water District loan for US 42 improvements, and a $619,180 increase for Canonsburg Water District’s Schopes Road project due to higher-than-expected bids. The committee then approved eight K-12 school facility issuances, including projects in Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Lincoln, McLean, Paris, Somerset, and Spencer counties, covering early childhood, new school construction, HVAC, energy conservation, and renovations. The meeting ended with notice of the next meeting date and adjournment.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (8-18-25) - Reupload

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:10.799><c> Um</c><00:32:12.000><c> I</c><00:32:12.240><c> know</c><00:32:12.399><c> we</c>
  • <00:32:23.360><c> and</c><00:32:23.679><c> it's</c><00:32:24.399><c> uh</c><00:32:24.559><c> it's</c>
  • > and</c><00:32:25.440><c> it's</c><00:32:26.159><c> it's</c><00:32:26.640><c> long</c><00:32:26.880>
  • 32:39.679><c> you</c><00:32:39.840><c> explain</c><00:32:40.240><c> the</c><00:32:40.559><c> system</
  • </c><00:32:41.840><c> that</c><00:32:42.080><c> you're</c><00:32:42.399><c> working</c><00:32:42.640>
Keywords: This meeting was recovered from a back up copy and uploaded after the original meeting took place., 958, all
Summary: The committee received an update from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the FY 2025 road fund. Officials reported road fund revenues came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but were down about $11 million from FY 2024, largely because a motor fuels tax rate reduction took effect at the start of FY 2025. Motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and the cabinet said the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus, which the budget bill directs to state highway construction. Members also discussed how the motor fuels decline affects formula distributions to cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads, with officials saying about $122.8 million had been planned for revenue sharing but was not distributed because receipts were lower than forecast. Members asked about broader revenue trends, including fuel efficiency, electric vehicles, and the removal of a hybrid fee. Cabinet officials said improved fuel efficiency and CAFE standards reduce gasoline consumption and therefore fuel tax receipts, while EVs and plug-in hybrids are subject to a user fee. They also said toll revenues from the Louisville bridges are covering bills and commitments, though they did not have detailed figures at hand. On project delivery, officials said delays are often caused by right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the highway plan, and that much of the work happens behind the scenes before construction begins. The committee also reviewed the cabinet’s cash management approach, which was adopted after 2000 to avoid setting aside full project costs all at once and to keep the road fund cash balance above a required minimum. Officials said the balance typically rises in winter and falls in summer as project bills come due, and that the current balance was about $166 million. They also reported that project awards for the year were nearing $998 million and expected to exceed last year’s total. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

LBT Public Hearing 01-29-2025

Labor and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><00:32:11.880><c> here</c><00:32:12.679><c> of</c><00:32:12.840><c> the</c><00:32:12.960><c> names<
  • and<00:32:27.399><c> then</c><00:32:27.559><c> we</c><00:32:27.679><c> have</c><00:32:28.000><c> one
  • </c><00:32:34.360><c> any</c><00:32:34.519><c> others</c><00:32:34.799><c> wishing</c><00:32:35.120><
  • /c> board<00:32:48.720><c> he</c><00:32:48.919><c> Senator</c><00:32:49.360><c> I'm</c><00:32:49.480>
  • ><c> to</c><00:32:50.760><c> see</c><00:32:51.159><c> the</c><00:32:51.320><c> ARP</c><00:32:52.320><
Committee: Senate Labor and Technology
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard testimony on several measures. Senate Bill 327, relating to internships, drew broad support from the Department of Education, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Hawaiʻi, DBEDT, P20, HFIA, Hawaiʻi Electric, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and the Chamber of Commerce, with suggested amendments to clarify the internship purpose, limit some responsibilities to the state executive branch, and address staffing and reporting details. The committee later recommended passing SB 327 with amendments, including changes to the internship language, private-sector references, work-hour limits, reporting requirements, and a deferred effective date for further discussion. Senate Bill 716, relating to the Hawaii Employment Security Law, received support from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations as a step toward modernizing unemployment insurance, and the committee recommended passage with housekeeping and technical amendments. Senate Bill 717, relating to collective bargaining, would allow certain exempt employees to grieve suspensions or discharges. The City and County of Honolulu and the Department of Human Resources Development said the issue should remain a collective bargaining matter, while HGEA and United Public Workers supported the bill. DHRD opposed changing the statute and pointed to existing internal complaint procedures. The committee nevertheless recommended passing SB 717 with amendments and deferred the date for further discussion. Senate Bill 742, relating to data sharing, would create a data sharing and governance working group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and include appropriations. OETS, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaiʻi, DOE, Hawaiʻi Kids Can, Hawaiʻi P-20, and others supported the measure, with OETS estimating a total cost of about $2.64 million, including software, consulting, and six FTE. The committee recommended passage with amendments and a deferred effective date, and noted the budget request in the committee report. The final measure, Senate Bill 855, relating to the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act, would shift the program from opt-in to opt-out and appropriate startup funds; former Senator Brian Taniguchi and AARP supported it, while Retail Merchants of Hawaiʻi and the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi opposed it over costs and burdens on small businesses and concerns about adding mandates before the program is implemented. The committee recessed briefly on a proposed AARP amendment, then returned and indicated support for the opt-out language before taking the bill up for decision-making.
VT
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Caucus of the Whole - H.955 report - 2026-04-14 - 11:11AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • .<00:32:00.040><c> So,</c><00:32:00.160><c> I</c><00:32:00.200><c> wanted</c><00:32:00.480><c> to</c>
  • <00:32:00.560><c> make</c><00:32:00.720><c> sure</c><00:32:00.880><c> I</c><00:32:00.960><c> had</c>
  • Um,<00:32:10.280><c> so,</c><00:32:10.679><c> yes,</c><00:32:11.200><c> that</c><00:32:11.600><c> is<
  • It's<00:32:16.120><c> not</c><00:32:16.320><c> about</c><00:32:16.560><c> current</c><00:32:16.880><c
  • We tried<00:32:18.320><c> our</c><00:32:18.440><c> very</c><00:32:18.800><c> best</c><00:32:19.480><c
Keywords: 926, house, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/24/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • :17.600><c> we</c><00:32:17.760><c> we</c><00:32:18.159><c> talk</c><00:32:18.399><c> about</c><00:32
  • </c><00:32:21.279><c> I</c><00:32:21.519><c> don't</c><00:32:21.679><c> know</c><00:32:22.640><c> how
  • </c><00:32:27.840><c> But</c><00:32:27.919><c> I</c><00:32:28.080><c> am</c><00:32:28.159><c> worried
  • </c><00:32:35.799><c> ago</c><00:32:36.799><c> raising</c><00:32:37.200><c> taxes</c><00:32:37.600><c
  • :32:48.880><c> get</c><00:32:49.039><c> the</c><00:32:49.200><c> privilege</c><00:32:49.519><c> and</
Keywords: 1183, house
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee (05/02/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • I<00:32:17.440><c> I</c><00:32:17.600><c> was</c><00:32:17.760><c> confused</c><00:32:18.159><c> for<
  • /c><00:32:18.320><c> a</c><00:32:18.480><c> minute</c><00:32:18.640><c> over</c><00:32:18.960><c> my<
  • :32:26.159><c> that</c><00:32:26.320><c> I'm</c><00:32:26.480><c> so</c><00:32:26.720><c> interested<
  • c> is</c><00:32:28.480><c> the</c><00:32:28.799><c> special</c><00:32:29.320><c> education</c><00:32:
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee first accepted the minutes from the April 4 meeting, then moved to a discussion of potential audit topics and follow-up on prior performance audits. Christine Young, Director of Audits, and Jay Henry, performance audit supervisor, walked members through a spreadsheet showing the status of roughly 30 performance audit reports from the past 10 years, including the number of observations, whether agencies concurred, how many observations were fully addressed, and when each report was last updated. They explained that “fully addressed” only means the agency addressed the observations it agreed with, and that some reports include rejoinders when the audit office disagrees with an agency’s response. Members also discussed how some audits have been updated and others have not, including an example from the prescription drug monitoring program, which moved from the Board of Pharmacy/OPLC to HHS and was recently updated after staff contacted HHS. A major focus was the mental health workforce licensing audit, which was described as having little or no follow-up in the spreadsheet. Several members said this was especially concerning given the ongoing mental health crisis and argued that the committee should require a response. The committee agreed to start by sending letters to the chairs of the boards listed under that audit, asking the chair or designee to appear at the next meeting or respond in writing about what has been done and what remains unresolved. Members noted that the current process is voluntary and self-reported, which can lead to long delays or no response, especially for boards that meet only monthly and may have changed membership or leadership since the audit was issued. The committee also discussed other audit follow-up issues, including the liquor commission division of enforcement and licensing, which staff said was farther along than its percentage suggested, and a recently released human rights report that was not yet due for update. Members raised the possibility of using future budget reviews to ask agencies what they have done about old audit findings. In addition, the committee briefly discussed future audit topics, including a possible audit of local school districts related to special education, and staff explained that the statute allows the LBA to audit a limited number of non-state entities over a five-year period. The motion to authorize the chair and LBA to draft and send letters to the mental health workforce licensing boards passed by show of hands with one abstention. The next meeting was tentatively set for June 6 in State House 100, with staff to confirm the room and schedule.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - 03/10/26

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
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  • c> a</c><00:32:07.279><c> shortage</c><00:32:07.679><c> of</c><00:32:07.840><c> AI</c><00:32:08.320><
  • They<00:32:19.519><c> know</c><00:32:19.679><c> the</c><00:32:19.919><c> process</c><00:32:20.320><c>
  • . but they<00:32:21.679><c> don't</c><00:32:21.919><c> have</c><00:32:22.080><c> the</c><00:32:22.320
  • 32:54.799><c> next</c><00:32:55.120><c> week</c><00:32:56.080><c> uh</c><00:32:56.480><c> in</c><00:32
Committee: Senate Labor
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (10/23/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
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  • 00:32:07.600><c> have</c><00:32:07.679><c> a</c><00:32:07.840><c> court</c><00:32:08.000><c> process<
  • that we<00:32:08.640><c> have</c><00:32:08.720><c> to</c><00:32:08.880><c> follow</c><00:32:09.039><
  • We don't<00:32:11.039><c> really</c><00:32:11.279><c> have</c><00:32:11.519><c> discretion</c><00:32:
  • &gt;&gt; Um,<00:32:14.960><c> and</c><00:32:15.440><c> in</c><00:32:16.080><c> um</c><00:32:16.320><c
Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The public hearing was on an SP 15 replace-all, non-germane amendment to Senate Bill 15, a proposal to require hard labor for certain serious offenses in the New Hampshire prison system. Representative Jennifer Rhodess, the co-sponsor, said the bill is intended to make incarcerated people productive, help reduce costs, and serve as a deterrent; she also noted a two-year effective date for implementation and said anyone who refuses hard labor would receive a 50% sentence increase. She framed the work as ordinary labor already done by many people in the state and said the committee would later hear related testimony and possible amendments. Committee members questioned how the proposal would work in practice, especially for people already incarcerated, the difference between current prison work and the bill’s “hard labor,” and the impact on prison security and staffing. Rhodess said the bill only applies going forward, not retroactively, and that the Department of Corrections could better address operational details. Members also discussed the terminology, noting that “capital murder” is not a current New Hampshire charge and that the relevant offense is first-degree murder with mandatory life without parole. Department of Corrections officials Jane Graham and Nicholas Duffy testified in a neutral position but raised significant implementation concerns. They said the department would need more resources, vehicles, security equipment, and possibly armed supervision for higher-risk crews, and noted a 47% corrections officer vacancy rate. Duffy described current work programs inside prisons and in the community, including correctional industries, kitchen and education jobs, transitional work crews, and community service projects such as road work and landscaping. He explained that current community crews are limited by custody level, court approval, staffing, and safety, and said C1 and C2 inmates are already in transitional or work-release settings, while C3 and higher inmates would pose greater risks if taken outside the walls. No vote was taken during the hearing.