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Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, more of a comment or a statement.
  • I’m going to just make a short statement.
  • I just want to make a quick statement before that roll call.
  • Is that a fair statement?
  • Chief Clerk, a debt limit statement for fiscal year 2027.
Keywords: 1064, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • North Dakota, now head of the National Energy Council, as having made significant public policy statements
  • </c> significant public policy statements significant public policy statements about<00:15:54.680><c>
  • While energy policy should appropriately prioritize bulk power system reliability, my statements today
  • While energy policy should appropriately prioritize bulk power system reliability, my statements today
  • I guess all right sounds of a statement I guess all right sounds good<00:43:23.319><c> all</c><00:43
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, closing statements? Chair Schomacker, thank you.
  • All right, closing statements? Chair Schomacker, thank you.
  • All right, closing statements? Chair Schomacker, thank you.
  • </c> questions all right closing statements questions all right closing statements chair chair chair
  • In my opening statements, I gave a very simplistic example of scheduling a doctor's appointment.
Bills: HF1662 , HF2115 , HF2159 , HF1095 , HF2160
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/19/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:19:05.280><c> of</c> trainings on how to read a statement of trainings on how to read a statement
  • Not that I know of, but I will validate that statement and that sort of thing. You know?
  • Okay, did you have a couple of closing statements?
  • You got a summary statement for us, or do you think he covered everything?
  • If we look at slide two, we have a mission statement there.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM Public Hearing 02-02-2026

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I believe I yield the rest of my time and defer to my written statements.
  • And I believe I yield the rest of my time and defer to my written statements.
  • So, I yield the rest of my time and I defer to my written statements. Thank you. >> Thank you.
  • So, I yield the rest of my time and I defer to my written statements. Thank you. >> Thank you.
  • </c><01:00:25.680><c> or</c> file you know false statements or file you know false statements or whatever
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 433, which would restrict the carrying of “bladed weapons” and related items. The Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Knife Rights, and many individual testifiers opposed the bill, arguing it is overbroad, vague, and likely unconstitutional. Common concerns were that the term “bladed weapon” could sweep in ordinary tools such as pocketknives, Leathermans, multi-tools, fishing and camping gear, and items used by farmers, ranchers, hunters, divers, and martial arts practitioners. Several speakers also warned that the bill could burden lawful self-defense and create an affirmative-defense scheme that shifts costs and proof burdens onto defendants. Supporters and opponents alike focused on the need for a clearer definition, with HPD saying a narrower definition would help distinguish ordinary tools from dangerous weapons used in assaults. Opponents repeatedly urged the committee to defer or kill the measure, citing pending and related court cases and the risk of new constitutional challenges. Some testifiers tied the bill to Native Hawaiian gathering rights and subsistence practices, saying it would interfere with hunting, fishing, and food gathering, while others argued it would do little to deter criminals and instead penalize law-abiding residents and visitors. After finishing testimony on SB 433, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 2575 relating to firearms. The transcript shows the start of that item with the Office of the Public Defender and other agencies being called, but no substantive testimony or action on SB 2575 is included before the excerpt ends. No votes or final committee actions are reflected in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC/CPN Joint Info Briefing - Wed Dec 17, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • activities of a standard insurance company: underwriting, billing, collection, claims, financial statement
  • activities of a standard insurance company: underwriting, billing, collection, claims, financial statement
  • activities of a standard insurance company: underwriting, billing, collection, claims, financial statement
  • </c> in terms of the financial statements in terms of the financial statements that<01:42:28.800><c>
  • I agree with &gt;&gt; as a strict statement. I agree with that.<01:56:07.520><c> Okay.</c> that.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint committees held an informational briefing on efforts to expand insurance capacity in Hawaii’s property market, especially for condominium and homeowners coverage. The Insurance Commissioner reviewed the background: a legislative task force, the governor’s emergency proclamation in August 2024, and Senate Bill 1044 in May 2025 led to new condo insurance products. He said the work over the past two and a half years was producing positive results and introduced representatives from HPIA and HHRF/HHR to provide updates. HPIA’s board chair and its administrator described the organization’s history, structure, and current products. HPIA said it was created in 1991 as a residual market for homeowners insurance, now writing four residential products: HO2 homeowners, renters, HO6 condo unit owners, and dwelling fire. They reported policy counts have grown again as admitted-market carriers tightened underwriting, and they discussed financial pressure from reinsurance costs, though those costs had declined in 2025 after different purchasing decisions. They also said the market has become more favorable overall, with some capacity returning and deductibles beginning to ease. Members focused much of their questioning on HPIA’s proposed higher dwelling limits. HPIA explained that the current $450,000 limit for homeowners and dwelling fire was set in 2023, but agents are now asking for a higher limit in the $650,000 to $750,000 range because construction costs have risen and many policies are not being submitted when the limit is too low. HPIA said it has the authority to raise the limit through a filing with the Insurance Division and expects more submissions if the cap increases. They also discussed the shift in the book of business from roughly 70% lava-zone coverage to closer to a 50/50 split between lava and non-lava risks. HPIA outlined strategic initiatives: a new policy administration system that went live October 1 and now allows online payments, online claims reporting, and electronic notices; a filed request to raise the homeowners and dwelling fire limit to $650,000 effective March 1 for new business and April 1 for renewals; an increase in the HO6 condo unit owners limit from $5,000 to $100,000; and a planned commercial property all-other-perils-excluding-hurricane condo product targeted for filing by January 31. No votes were taken, and the meeting was informational only.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, one question and a statement, please.
  • Uh the seek and a statement please.
  • So and and my statement is I think ENKU.
  • I just have a statement.
  • I just have a statement.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The meeting focused on Kentucky school choice and innovation, with discussion of the state constitution’s “common schools” requirement and how that has been interpreted alongside newer education models. Chairman Tipton described model laboratory schools, Gatton and Craft Academies, magnet and virtual programs, and said these options show that Kentucky has long expanded opportunity through innovation. He then turned the discussion to Senate Bill 207, which he said was designed to support schools of innovation. Senator Steve West reviewed the history of Kentucky charter schools and explained that SB 207 was modeled on a South Carolina approach. He said the bill allows a local school board to contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, seek waivers from certain state rules, and receive SEEK funding while also allowing outside private investment. He emphasized that the district initiates the process, that the school remains public, and that the bill includes accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school is not performing. Members asked about the difference between SB 207 and the earlier charter school law, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the new model is tied to an existing school rather than a new charter, cannot cherry-pick students, and keeps teachers as district employees. Representative Brown raised concerns that charters and exceptions could leave some children out, especially lower-income students, while West responded that the proposal is intended to expand choice for families who may not otherwise have it and cited examples from other states where similar models improved low-performing schools. No vote or formal action was taken during the discussion.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • If those two factors um used as part of the LBA surplus used as part of the LBA surplus statement,<00
  • , which is basically shows your statement, which is basically shows your expenditures,<00:10:44.320><
  • But I just want folks to be aware of that because when you do look at the surplus statement, you will
  • There was a question in that statement somewhere. I will do my best.
  • </c> There was a question in that statement There was a question in that statement there<00:22:36.960
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met with DHS Chief Financial Officer Nathan White to receive an update on the department’s budget lapse and vacancy rates. White explained the difference between the “back-of-the-budget” reduction and lapse assumptions, saying DHS is facing a current biennium reduction of about $23 million and estimating roughly a $60 million general fund lapse in state fiscal year 2025, compared with about $13.5 million the prior year. He said DHS’s lapse is driven largely by program utilization, labor market conditions, contract spending, and statutory carry-forwards in areas such as Medicaid and developmental disabilities, which tend to produce a smaller lapse in the first year of the biennium and a larger one in the second year. He also noted that the House and Senate budgets differ on some operating items, including Medicaid rates, with the Senate having struck a House proposal to reduce rates by 3%. Members questioned White about whether DHS ever spends down lapse money on last-minute purchases. He said the department does not engage in that practice, though it does retain some flexibility in its facilities budget for emergencies. He also described the process for transferring funds within and between class lines, including the need for fiscal committee approval above statutory thresholds, and gave examples such as moving funds to cover overtime in the SYSC budget and to ensure Medicaid payments for nursing facilities. White said such transfers are public and transparent and are reviewed by the governor and Executive Council. The committee then discussed DHS staffing. White said the department has a little over 3,200 authorized positions, with a vacancy rate around 14.5%, and that a hiring freeze had been imposed a few months earlier while exempting direct care positions. He said DHS is planning for about a $30 million general fund reduction to personnel, equivalent to just under 400 positions, and is managing postings centrally to stay within budget by July 1. In response to questions about the loss of about $80 million in federal funds, White and Associate Commissioner Patricia Tilly said DHS avoided layoffs by shifting staff into vacant positions, but that the cuts affected community contracts, public health workers, laboratory work, and some IT/data projects. Tilly said roughly 20 positions were affected, most were reassigned, a few staff left voluntarily, and the department has less flexibility going forward if more federal funding ends.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/2/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an off-the-chart extrovert, so I prepared a statement to be succinct today.
  • so<00:04:39.840><c> I</c><00:04:39.960><c> prepared</c><00:04:40.240><c> a</c><00:04:40.360><c> statement
  • c><00:04:40.680><c> to</c><00:04:40.759><c> be</c><00:04:40.919><c> succinct</c> so I prepared a statement
  • to be succinct so I prepared a statement to be succinct today<00:04:42.400><c> we</c><00:04:42.560><
  • That's more of a statement than a comment, I guess, but the other question I had is for the chair: when
Committee: House Taxes
Keywords: 1183, house
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate met with 29 members present, heard a prayer and national anthem presentation, and approved the journal without objection. The chamber then received multiple messages from the House on conference committee reports and concurrence actions, and took up a long calendar of Senate resolutions and House/Senate bills returned from the House with amendments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including commendations and requests for reports or studies, while others were left over or returned to the calendar. The Senate concurred in or adopted amendments on a series of bills covering registrar compensation (SB 25), broadband administration and reimbursement (SB 80), school safety master key boxes (SB 132), dental coverage for cancer treatment (SB 155), paid parental leave for educators (SB 157), election supervisor compensation days (SB 202), water utility service line replacement funding (SB 228), weight management services through the Office of Group Benefits (SB 250), medical debt protection (SB 414), Medicaid coverage of weight-loss medication (SB 443), and design-build authority for vertiport facilities (SB 513). It also adopted a House concurrent resolution urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge (HCR 32). One bill, SB 479 on removal of certain judges, had its amendments rejected and was sent to conference. The chamber then considered conference committee reports on several measures. Reports were adopted on SB 312 (labor organization dues and fees), SB 208 (veterans services and VA-related restrictions), SB 382 (workers’ compensation advisory council and reimbursement schedule timing), SB 389 (agent and athlete registration and fee review), and multiple House bills including HB 359 (party primary qualifying rules), HB 368 (New Orleans historic preservation lien procedures), HB 468 (wholesale residential real estate definitions), HB 552 (DWI-related responsive verdict language), HB 732 (motor vehicle fines/fees and hybrids), HB 870 and HB 1236 (pharmacy benefit manager and insurance provisions), and HB 1117 (prescription period issues). HB 210 on retroactivity was also adopted after debate. Several conference reports were temporarily passed over or returned to the calendar, including HB 953, and the Senate adjourned to reconvene the next morning for final work.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer, and recognized the Doctor and Nurse of the Day, along with several visiting groups in the galleries, including the Goldsby Volunteer Fire Department and families honoring fallen firefighters Todd Pendleton and Brian Jenkins, the Sapulpa Elks Antlers, the Grove Chamber of Commerce, and northeastern Oklahoma cattlemen. The chamber adopted Senate Resolution 39, celebrating the 100th anniversary of U.S. Route 70 and its economic importance to southern Oklahoma communities. The main item of business was the Joint Committee Report for Senate Bill 1177, the General Appropriation Bill for the State of Oklahoma. Senators questioned the budget’s overall size, the use of gross production tax revenues, the new sovereign/endowment trust fund, Medicaid and Health Care Authority funding, mental health appropriations, child care subsidy funding, school security, career tech, tourism, the Commissioners of the Land Office, textbook allocations, and several other agency lines. The chair explained that the budget included about $1.5 billion in cash and sweeps, a $250 million base appropriation for the Health Care Authority, $200 million for the endowment trust fund, $31 million for PREP projects, $25 million for the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund, and other agency-specific appropriations and supplements. Several members debated the report before adoption. Supporters argued the budget addressed agency needs and future savings, while opponents criticized it as a flat or spending-heavy budget that favored special projects and well-connected interests over core services such as child care, mental health, water infrastructure, and county needs. After debate, the Joint Committee Report for SB 1177 was adopted, and the Senate moved through the budget discussion with no recorded roll-call vote in the transcript provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 24th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and recognized the nurse of the day, Michelle Bradshaw, along with several gallery guests and pages. The chamber then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 15, recognizing February 24 as World Spay Day to highlight pet overpopulation and the importance of spay and neuter programs; the resolution was adopted without debate. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 2786, a supplemental appropriation of $19,660,770 for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to close out FY25 and cover statutory and contractual obligations, including Medicaid/Title 19-related payments. Senator Kurt raised repeated concerns that the supplemental did not restore funding for substance use providers, uncompensated care, or crisis services that had been cut or left unpaid, while Senator Rosino argued the bill only covered amounts the state was legally required to pay and reflected the department’s verified needs. The Joint Committee report was adopted, and HB 2786 passed 38-10 and was then passed as an emergency measure. The Senate also passed House Bill 2787, a supplemental for the State Department of Health tied to legacy contracts associated with “Choosing Childbirth,” despite criticism from Senator Kurt that the money could have gone to direct mental health services. The chamber then advanced and passed Senate Bill 1525, raising the threshold for the Tourism and Recreation Department to contract with private entities for a tourism conference from $25,000 to $75,000, and Senate Bill 2011, adding contracted employees of county detention facilities to a protected class list. Senate Bill 2159, designating wheat as the official state crop, also passed. The Senate adjourned until Wednesday, February 25 at 1:30 p.m.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (6-3-26)

Appropriations & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there was a period at the end of that statement.
  • There wasn't a continued statement of but we're different.
  • </c><00:30:40.760><c> There</c><00:30:40.960><c> wasn't</c> that statement.
  • There wasn't that statement.
  • 00:30:43.720><c> but</c><00:30:43.960><c> we're</c> a continued statement of but we're a continued statement
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 6th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In our statement, we were not challenged the duration of the injunction.
  • >> I just read the statement from the court.
  • Because the other part of the statement has been that it would be great to have...
  • Your opening statement. Complying with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and with the U.S.
  • Sir, those are your statements.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Families and Children. (2-26-26)

Families & Children

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I did ask for a fiscal impact statement, and their fiscal impact statement they were able to provide
  • c> [snorts] so I did ask for a fiscal [snorts] so I did ask for a fiscal impact<00:42:19.599><c> statement
  • c> and</c><00:42:21.359><c> um</c><00:42:21.599><c> their</c><00:42:21.839><c> fiscal</c> impact statement
  • and um their fiscal impact statement and um their fiscal impact<00:42:22.720><c> statement</c><00:42
  • they were able to impact statement they were able to provide<00:42:24.720><c> just</c><00:42:24.960>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 02/25/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Actually, a follow-up to your question or your statement.
  • , a followup to your question<00:30:08.799><c> or</c><00:30:09.120><c> your</c><00:30:09.440><c> statement
  • So, the the question or your statement.
  • And yeah, so I don't know if that was your statement. Okay.
  • </c><00:40:51.280><c> I</c> that was your your statement. Okay. I that was your your statement.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all