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• I think we see that, and part of that investment is a calculation that it strengthens the interregional
• investment is that and part of that uh investment is uh<00:37:31.839> a<00:37:32.079> calculation
• that um it strengthens uh a calculation that um it strengthens the<00:37:35.359> inter<00:37:
• Chair, what I’m calculating is for those transmission investments that our utilities are making on all
• of the weatherization money calculation of the weatherization money under<01:03:10.079> the<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think that last section can be particularly important because otherwise, in the calculation of the
• homeowners property tax refund, non-taxable income with which this would become included in the calculation
• <00:41:50.240> of<00:41:50.359> the<00:41:50.440> renters um in the calculation
• of the renters um in the calculation of the renters credit<00:41:51.400> and<00:41:51.640>
• of uh the included in the uh calculation of uh the value<00:42:06.839> of<00:42:06.960> the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There's a calculation that goes into that.
• I know it says there's saving, but how are we calculating, like, the actual dollars?
• It's just your own calculation, correct? Representative Spier. Thank you.
• the per member per month calculation. the per member per month calculation.
• per month calculation remains static, remains<05:15:10.200> fixed.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 562, which would create a home damage mitigation and resilience grant program aimed at helping homeowners make property improvements that could reduce insurance costs and non-renewals. Commissioner DJ Bettencourt of the New Hampshire Insurance Department explained that the program is modeled in part on Alabama’s safer homes program, but tailored for New Hampshire hazards such as floods, microbursts, heavy snow, ice, and falling trees. He said the grants would be limited to primary residences, subject to a means test, capped at $10,000, and intended to help homeowners make targeted improvements such as roof fortification or tree removal that could improve underwriting outcomes and lead to premium discounts. Bettencourt said the program would not use state taxpayer funds and would instead rely on philanthropic donations, possible federal or regional housing-bank funding, and other outside sources. He said the department would not need new staff, and that a current position could be reconfigured to help administer the program part-time. Committee members asked about the funding language, the meaning of “loans” in the bill, whether there were any other states using a similar no-state-funds model, and how many homeowners could be helped. Bettencourt said Rhode Island and Connecticut were moving forward in a similar way, and that the number of beneficiaries would depend on how much money is raised. Members also questioned how the grant program would actually lower premiums, whether savings would apply only to participants or more broadly, and how the IBHS evaluation process would work. Bettencourt and department staff said the direct benefit would be to the homeowner whose property is improved, though neighbors could also benefit in some cases. They explained that IBHS is a building-safety organization that certifies contractors and inspectors and that its standards can qualify homes for insurer discounts. Questions were also raised about confidentiality provisions, first-come-first-served grant awards, rollover of unused applications, and possible tax treatment of donations. The sponsor said those details would be addressed through rulemaking or existing tax rules, and no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• that the tipping point is when we're 1.5 degrees or more over the industrial age, but if we just calculate
• For example, HEET has calculated…” “HEET has calculated that the excess thermal energy in Boston Harbor
• And so you can very easily calculate out an option where we actually use large-scale heat pumps and drop
• The calculations will be in my written testimony.
• The calculations will be in my written testimony.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on several climate and utility-related bills, especially H. 3449/S. 2292 to expand the municipal fossil fuel-free building demonstration program from 10 to 20 communities and related home rule petitions for Somerville and other municipalities. Witnesses from Somerville, Salem, Worcester, Cambridge, Newton, Arlington, Wellesley, Watertown, and the Massachusetts Municipal Association argued that local governments should be allowed to opt into fossil fuel-free or net-zero building standards, citing climate goals, environmental justice concerns, housing production, and data showing all-electric construction can cost about the same as or less than mixed-fuel construction. Committee members repeatedly pressed witnesses for cost data and asked for written follow-up, while also discussing whether strong environmental standards affect housing supply; witnesses responded that the main housing constraints are financing and that they would provide more data from local projects and state studies. A second major topic was H. 3564, which would require gas companies to provide municipalities with detailed multi-year pipe replacement plans, allow local review and objections, and limit reimbursement for projects not previously disclosed except in emergencies. Municipal leaders and advocates said the bill would improve coordination of street work, reduce disruption and costs, and help cities plan for electrification, network geothermal, and non-pipeline alternatives. Testimony from Wellesley, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, and others emphasized repeated problems with last-minute gas main work, the need for advance notice, and the value of municipal participation in planning gas system retirement and alternatives. The committee also heard testimony on the “tactical transition” bills, S. 2249/H. 3539, aimed at managing the gas-to-clean-energy transition. Supporters from Gas Transition Allies, Rewiring America, and 350 Mass said the bills would require joint gas-electric planning, create an advisory council, eliminate subsidies for new gas hookups, shift investment toward repairs and clean alternatives, protect workers through retraining, and make utility plans more transparent. They argued these changes would reduce ratepayer costs, avoid stranded gas assets, and support orderly decarbonization. In addition, HEET testified on H. 3541, which would update greenhouse gas accounting to better reflect methane’s short-term climate impact, and H. 3543, which would establish a framework for managing shared thermal resources and thermal energy networks; committee members asked several questions about the meaning, ownership, and consumer-cost implications of the proposed “thermal commons.” No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• And when you calculate the comp ratio, you can do it for a given individual.
• Yeah, that was specifically just to the comp ratio calculation.
• Since the comp ratio calculation is based upon the salary range, and we only assign salary ranges to
• Currently, the final average salary is the higher of the final average salary calculated on December
• So this bill proposes to remove the use of the final average salary calculated on December 31, 2019.

Summary: The Employee Benefits Committee met to hear presentations on state employee health insurance, compensation, leave policies, labor market conditions, and prevailing wage issues, then later took up committee rules and bill-draft jurisdiction. PERS reviewed the history and structure of the state health plan, noting the state has paid the full family premium since 1979, described cost-control and benefit-enhancement changes over time, and explained current plan options, wellness incentives, employer wellness discounts, and the upcoming bid process for the 2027-29 contract. HRMS then presented compensation comparisons showing state classified pay generally trails private and regional markets, with larger gaps at higher-level jobs, and reviewed benefits and leave policies, including the new enhanced annual leave and new-hire leave, the state’s unpaid family leave structure, and varying tuition reimbursement practices. Job Service reported on labor force trends, low unemployment, high labor force participation, job openings, and wage growth, and OMB said there are no state prevailing-wage requirements beyond federal Davis-Bacon rules for federally funded projects. The committee then considered a proposed amendment to Joint Rule 211 to better align the health insurance mandate review process with recent statutory changes. Members discussed how the rule should reference both the committee’s required actuarial reports and the Legislative Council cost-benefit analysis, and the amendment was adopted on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed how its jurisdiction decisions affect whether a bill draft receives actuarial analysis, with staff explaining that a decision not to take jurisdiction means the bill is not treated as impacting the relevant retirement or health plans for purposes of that analysis. After that, the committee began reviewing bill drafts for jurisdiction. The first draft, bill draft 33, would automatically renew pre-tax elections for dental and vision coverage during open enrollment instead of requiring annual re-election. Members debated whether it had any actuarial impact, noting the state does not pay those premiums directly, and the discussion was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• Representative Vice House File 1769, which modifies how the community supervision formula is collected or calculated
• Representative Vice House File 1769, which modifies how the community supervision formula is collected or calculated
• Representative Vice House File 1769, which modifies how the community supervision formula is collected or calculated
• Representative Vice House File 1769, which modifies how the community supervision formula is collected or calculated
• Representative Vice House File 1769, which modifies how the community supervision formula is collected or calculated

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And that's why if you look at some of my deficit calculations, school lunches are in a deficit by over
• And that's why if you look at some of my deficit calculations, school lunches are in a deficit by over
• of me and um when I I kind of calculated of me and um when I I kind of calculated uh<00:53:19.440
• We'll disperse the funds, calculate the interest.
• the interest and a proxy to to calculate the interest and again<01:39:38.960> um<01:39:39.119

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• But as far as a cost increase, we won't know that yet; we're calculating it right now.
• But as far as a cost increase, we won't know that yet; we're calculating it right now.
• But as far as a cost increase, we won't know that yet; we're calculating it right now.
• But as far as a cost increase, we won't know that yet; we're calculating it right now.
• But as far as a cost increase, we won't know that yet; we're calculating it right now.

Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837

Keywords: HF627, fiscal note, fiscal notes, Minnesota Legislature, state government, committee procedure, ranking minority member, minority party, standing committee, Ways and Means, Finance Committee, legislative process, budget analysis, fiscal impact, Minnesota Statutes 3.98, committee chair, legislative transparency, HF474, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Mower Rice

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• point gets a little fuzzy because it will be based on inflation and school spending and will be calculated
• any bond that your schools have voted for, that cost will not be counted in their excess spending calculation
• This one turned out to be one that could be calculated without hours at a computer.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• bill further amends the date basis by which the number of required nomination petition signers is calculated
• Office of the Courts to exclude probationers convicted of dangerous crimes against children when calculating
• office of the courts to exclude probationers convicted of dangerous crimes against children when calculating

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and memorials across several policy areas, with most items presented as consent or third-read measures and little debate. Topics included special license plates for the Arizona Space Commission, local land-use and housing restrictions, liquor regulation updates, limits on municipal delays in permitting and exactions, election equipment security and timekeeping requirements, precinct committeeman vacancy procedures, assisted living and deed-fraud measures, a Freedom of Speech Monument committee, renaming Wesley Bolin Plaza, and a ban on gender transition procedures for minors. Members also discussed health and human services bills on behavioral health technician standards, Medicaid billing during ownership changes, breast cancer screening cost-sharing, naturopathic IV administration authority, safe-haven newborn surrender at hospitals, and access claim-processing timelines. The Judiciary portion covered probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, a civil cause of action related to prohibited gender reassignment surgery on minors, elimination of the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, probation incentive calculations, victim-rights expense recovery, unlawful flight penalties, vulnerable adult theft definitions, motor fuel theft, unlawful alerting, and evidence rules in sexual-assault-related hearings. In discussion, members asked for clarifications on several bills, including the definitions of “malicious” delay, internet access on election equipment, the scope of the breast screening bill, and the meaning of unlawful alerting. Supporters repeatedly described bills as common-sense, fraud-prevention, patient-access, or public-safety measures, while one member noted a no vote on extending the Vulnerable Adult System Study Committee. Additional measures in land, agriculture, water, public safety, and transportation included foreign-entity restrictions on land transactions, limits on transporting Mexican gray wolf puppies, water reuse and groundwater fee extensions, a larger water supply revolving fund loan cap, congressional memorials on EPA authority and the San Carlos irrigation project, expanded traumatic event counseling coverage, reimbursement of legal costs for certain disciplined law enforcement officers, data sharing with the federal government on unauthorized aliens, roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting rules, military-property sign placement, a towing and impound study committee, photo enforcement penalties, and highway renaming memorials. No roll-call votes were described in the transcript, and the meeting ended after the transportation items and memorials were completed.

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• I think last year I calculated $1.6 million to Iron County.
• We've been asked to calculate how much, and in a percentage, when this took effect, our overall monthly
• We've been asked to calculate how much. And in a percentage, which at it.
• We've been asked to calculate how much.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• the maximum allowable assessment amount for each range of total limited assets and provides for calculating
• the maximum allowable assessment amount for each range of total limited assets and provides for calculating
• law to treat a preborn child as relevant for child support purposes by allowing child support calculations
• law to treat a preborn child as relevant for child support purposes by allowing child support calculations

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The meeting covered a long list of House bills, mostly on third-read consent calendars, spanning appropriations, elections, education, public safety, water, taxation, and criminal law. Early discussion focused on HB 2148, which would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal funds, described by the sponsor as a transparency measure. Other measures discussed included HB 2091 on insurance-related assessment limits, HB 2122 on reciprocity for BTR-related professions, HB 2138 clarifying firefighter workers’ compensation coverage, and HB 2008 barring public school libraries from using public money to pay library professional associations. HB 2110, removed from consent, would allow school governing body members to pray at meetings, with members noting Supreme Court precedent supporting such prayer. Several bills addressed school safety and parental rights. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center at the Arizona Department of Education and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with supporters citing an audit and lack of oversight. HB 2249 would expand the Parents’ Bill of Rights to require notice if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and to provide broader access to educational records, with penalties discussed for violations. HB 2074 would add mandatory reporting for anyone in a medical facility who knows a partial-birth abortion is occurring, and HB 2144 would allow child support calculations to begin during pregnancy based on a confirmed pregnancy test and related DNA testing provisions. The committee also took up election-related measures. HB 2022 would make permanent changes tied to the federal Electoral Count Act, including moving Arizona’s primary earlier to preserve military and overseas voting access, while keeping petition dates valid and preserving existing deadlines for candidates. HCM 2001 urged federal designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and HCM 2002 supported a separate congressional effort involving CARE and related federal review and designation processes; members debated the distinction between direct designation and a request for federal investigation. HCR 2001 proposed a constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, require government ID to register, prohibit foreign contributions, and end early voting by the Friday before an election. Water, land use, and tax bills were also reviewed. Measures included HB 2024 on snowpack augmentation as a water supply development project, HB 2029 and HB 2030 tightening how Water Conservation Grant Fund money is used, HB 2053 appropriating $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping, HB 2096 expanding revolving fund uses to address cesspools, HB 2097 capping groundwater withdrawal in irrigation non-expansion areas, and HB 2116 funding potential Colorado River litigation. On the tax side, HB 2016 would remove late-filing penalties when no tax is due, HB 2104 and HB 2105 would protect agricultural property owners from repeated reclassification and require notice of inspections, and HB 2289 would update truth-in-taxation examples to reflect higher home values. The committee also heard bills on criminal penalties and other matters, including HB 2043 on felony murder involving an unborn child, HB 2045 on discharging a weapon near a vehicle, HB 2131 and HB 2132 on weapons trafficking and fentanyl penalties, and HB 2062 authorizing a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

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• Are any of those calculated into what can be cut and what can't be cut in the property taxes?
• I was trying to do a quick calculation so I can have a frame of reference.
• State mandates were not calculated. They will just have to figure it out." Rep.
• I can't say, we didn't contemplate, I didn't calculate that." Rep.

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• Funds will be redistributed, so they will calculate out what funds weren't used by other states.
• Not sure exactly how they plan to calculate that. They will redistribute them to other states.
• Not sure exactly how they plan to calculate that.
• So we need to make sure that we are calculating that and not going over the amount of administration

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Rural Health Transformation Committee met to receive an extensive briefing from the Department of Health and Human Services on North Dakota’s federal Rural Health Transformation award. HHS leaders Pat Traynor, Donna Auckland, Jonathan Ollum, and Krista Freming described the $198.9 million award, the tight federal timelines for obligating and liquidating funds, and the need for rapid procurement, CMS approval, and technical assistance. They outlined broad funding priorities including connect tech/data, care closer to home, workforce recruitment and retention, and a “Make North Dakota Healthy Again” prevention initiative focused on chronic disease, movement, nutrition, behavioral health, and community connection. They also emphasized that the program cannot fund new buildings or supplant existing funding, and that sustainability will be a key requirement for all projects. The department previewed likely first-round grant opportunities, including recruitment and retention incentives, technical assistance and equipment grants for rural providers, financial analysis support for rural hospitals, and exploration of a unified electronic health record option. Freming also reviewed four policy bills tied to the award: a presidential fitness test, nutrition continuing medical education, the Physician Assistant Compact, and pharmacist scope-of-practice changes, explaining that these policy actions affect future scoring and funding. HHS said it will work with tribes, local public health, hospitals, medical and pharmacy associations, and other partners, and will use a website, listserv, listening sessions, and committee updates to communicate opportunities. Committee members raised concerns about how the money will reach rural residents, whether newspapers and existing local communication networks will be used, how “rural” and “frontier” will be defined, how faith communities might participate in behavioral health efforts, and how HHS will avoid CMS delays and supplanting issues. HHS responded that the focus will be on where the patient lives and on rural community need, that local public health units and existing structures will be part of outreach, and that technical assistance and template applications will help speed approvals. The committee approved the December 4, 2025 minutes, then recessed into divisions for further work on the appropriations bill and the four policy bills, with the full committee set to reconvene the next morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• I was here last year for the presentation, and at that time, we were discussing the calculation changes
• from what was previously what we had as calculations to an index, which gives us a little more variables
• So are we using both calculations from prior to changed measures? Mr. Chair? Mr.
• Chair and Representative Lujan, this will be from 2022 23 when we implemented the new calculations until

Keywords: 996, all

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• or no doctors certified to do an impairment rating, which, as this committee knows, is vital to calculating
• manner in which they are collected, are not included in the overall tax burden for purposes of calculating
• States such as California would not consider these new surcharges when calculating their retaliatory
• insurance to a surcharge. ...so that those taxes will not be considered in the retaliatory tax calculation

Bills: HB875, HB1667, HB2369, HB3844, HB4415, HB4479, HB4483, HB4676, HB5118, HB5400, HB5545

Keywords: workers' compensation, municipal construction, bidding requirements, small municipalities, contracting policies, first responders, PTSD, mental health, emergency services, medical expenses, injury claims, insurance carriers, opportunity youth, workforce development, employment, education, federal funds, employment discrimination, immunity waiver, public employees

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• That's a, that's a HUD calculation. It is, and I did check it just before coming in here.
• So the calculation would be 85% of that number. Understood. OK. All right.
• Um, we're trying to figure out how you calculate the fair market rent and So is that, it seems like that's
• I guess we were looking at something that made it seem like it was calculated for, let's say all of DFW

Bills: HB148, HB203, HJR30

Keywords: HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, ad valorem tax

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• Previously, the plans that that we administered, the benefit was calculated based on years of service
• combination of years of service and as well as your age are entitled to this benefit, and that benefit is calculated
• Now, in the calculations that you did...
• That highest average salary is usually calculated over a period of years. done over a longer or shorter

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Great calculation, because in this in this latest art in incarnation, this reading assessment is not
• whether that's demonstrating a passing score motion of 4th grade meeting graduation requirements and calculating
• that must be used in teacher evaluation systems so that so the value got a model or BAM has been calculated
• remains that the end of the year assessments remains most appropriate data point for for the use of calculating

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So I'm just curious if we're still calculating based on this $6 or $7 discount, or is there really another
• I'm just curious if we're still calculating based on this $6 or $7 discount, or is there really another
• This was based on a rough interest calculation through the end of September 2025.
• PRC application, versus spending a longer period of time to produce their income figures, do the calculations
• So there's no order in terms of the calculations.

Keywords: 908, all