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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (02/26/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would say that the office runs more efficiently with two people.
  • <01:34:10.280> then that is faster and more efficient then that is faster and more efficient
  • Audit division starts at the bottom of page 130.
  • Audit division starts at the bottom of page 130. Audit division starts at the bottom of page 130.
  • of share if we're seeing things on audit of share if we're seeing things on audit and<03:47:55.319
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's from the audit fund.
  • They review almost 700 audit reports.
  • And this disrupted the entire auditing season.
  • We separated financial statement audits from federal single audits for state agencies that were necessary
  • There were two audits done.
Keywords: 996, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (01/29/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:29:10.159> the with a third-party auditor to audit the with a third-party auditor to audit
  • They work primarily on producing the audited annual comprehensive financial report.
  • Their audit wasn't finished or something, right? So liquor's audit is so...
  • Association and an Actuarial audit Association and an Actuarial audit involves<02:16:09.040>
  • > administer to as efficiently as we can administer to as efficiently as we can administer loans
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures. A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions. Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service. The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/29/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • > audit.
  • Um, in regard to the audit, it was not only a financial audit, but it was a performance audit.
  • Um, in regard to the audit, it was not only a financial audit, but it was a performance audit.
  • Um, in regard to the audit, it was not only a financial audit, but it was a performance audit.
  • Um, in regard to the audit, it was not only a financial audit, but it was a performance audit.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jun 8th, 2026

Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're so efficient, Madam Chair. Thank you for that.
  • AB 1760 improves the board's ability to administer and enforce the Dental Practice Act efficiently and
  • , advancing these updates now promotes good governance, legislative efficiency, and, most importantly
  • Key elements include technical... minor inconsistencies and improve administrative efficiency.
  • In response to this trend, I asked the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in 2024 to request a review
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee began with announcements about consent items and then heard AB 72, which would create an electric vehicle economic opportunity zone in Riverside County. Supporters said the bill would help bring EV manufacturing jobs and training to the Inland Empire, while some senators questioned whether the state should favor one region over others and whether local economic development groups should handle the effort. The bill was passed on a roll call vote and sent to Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. Members then took up AB 685, which would establish the Small Business Resiliency and Innovation Fund to support technical assistance and capital infusion programs for small businesses. The author and supporters emphasized the importance of TAP and related programs for women-owned, minority-owned, immigrant-owned, veteran-owned, and rural businesses, while some chambers of commerce raised concerns about amended eligibility language and whether the funding would be truly supplemental. After discussion, the bill was passed and sent to Senate Appropriations. The committee also approved ACR 173 on a 7-0 vote, and consent items AB 375 and AB 1587 were adopted 10-0. Later, AB 1760, a Dental Practice Act cleanup bill, and AB 1637, which would limit who may alter physician-authored medical records, both passed unanimously. AB 1785, allowing online sales of pseudoephedrine products with existing safeguards, also passed 10-0. AB 1973, expanding abortion-care authority for advanced practice clinicians, drew strong support and opposition and passed 7-3 after senators raised safety and training questions. AB 2025, requiring disclosures for digitally altered rental listings, passed 8-1, and AB 2697, allowing locally approved drive-through cannabis sales with security requirements, passed 7-3. The committee then heard AB 2249, which would tighten cannabis packaging rules to reduce child appeal, and the author described it as a response to poison-control calls and an audit finding that current law is too vague.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • During a crisis, it's that trust that leads to faster decisions, more efficient use of resources, and
  • During a crisis, it's that trust that leads to faster decisions, more efficient use of resources, and
  • We can audit them. We did that for the most recent school safety plan out of our own resources.
  • Not all plans, not all guidance at the state level has the ability for us to audit it. Got it.
  • And that comes down to our ability for us to audit all of these school districts, whether it's LEAs.
Summary: The committee held a hearing on active and mass shootings in California, focusing on prevention, response, training, communications, and gaps in preparedness across law enforcement, schools, campuses, fire, EMS, and state agencies. Opening remarks emphasized the frequency and impact of gun violence, the need for faster coordinated response, and the importance of learning from recent tragedies such as the Stockton-area mass shooting described by Sheriff Patrick Withrow. The first panel included representatives from police, sheriff, and campus public safety agencies, who discussed incident command, interoperable communications, next-generation 911, threat assessment, emergency notification systems, and the value of joint drills and cross-agency planning. Witnesses also highlighted differences in training and authority across jurisdictions, especially for private university public safety departments versus public campus police. Campus representatives said they rely heavily on municipal law enforcement for armed response, while also using run-hide-fight protocols, text alerts, surveillance, and threat assessment teams. Members raised concerns about standardized training, after-action reviews, mental health resources, school resource officers, and whether campus safety plans and drills are sufficiently consistent or workable. Sheriff Withrow argued that early intervention and accountability are being weakened by well-intentioned laws, while other witnesses stressed prevention through relationships, diversion, and coordinated support services. The second panel from Cal OES, the Department of Education, POST, and EMSA described statewide systems and standards. Cal OES outlined its Reduce the Risk initiative, gun violence restraining orders, mutual aid, unified command, after-action reporting, and nonprofit security grants. The Department of Education explained California’s statutory school safety framework, annual safety plans, regulated armed assailant drills, and local flexibility, while acknowledging compliance gaps and the need for more mental health support. POST described the new requirement for 16 hours of standardized active shooter training for recruits and ongoing local training options. EMSA explained its role in medical response and terrorism training standards. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 02/11/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have a five-person internal audit team that's meant to help supplement internal audit needs in
  • We also have a five-person internal audit team that's meant to help supplement internal audit needs in
  • We also have a five-person internal audit team that's meant to help supplement internal audit needs in
  • It should be a team effort to make sure that we're using our state tax dollars efficiently so we do have
  • aitor uh we are legislative audit aitor uh we are certainly<00:24:30.799> sharing<00:24:31.320
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • A general-purpose lane open to all cars is the most efficient highway system.
  • That's not safer, it's not more efficient, and it's definitely not sustainable.
  • Maybe another, where we bring that efficiency and we make sure that it is effective.
  • This creates a barrier to efficiency in the title transfer process. a problem.
  • I'm all for efficiency. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you for being here.