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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/21/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> So this is a fee reduction. >> It actually is.
- It's a fee reduction, but for some applications on the lower end, between 100 and 150, it's a reduction
- So, it's actually a reduction in terms of the numbers.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1457, Washington County delegation, Washington County Juveniles Truancy Reduction Pilot Program
- The bill authorizes the circuit administrative judge of the Fourth Circuit to establish a truancy reduction
- It's a federal program, and it's a federal tax reduction. for being awarded it that it it it is it for
- it's<01:55:41.920><c> a</c><01:55:42.080><c> federal</c><01:55:42.480><c> tax</c><01:55:42.800><c> reduction
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (03/19/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- This would not be a dramatic reduction. This is not an anti-child bill.
- c><02:16:44.479><c> be</c><02:16:44.960><c> a</c><02:16:45.280><c> dramatic</c><02:16:46.160><c> reduction
- </c><02:16:47.120><c> This</c> would not be a dramatic reduction.
- This would not be a dramatic reduction.
Committee:
Senate Children and Family Law
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 163 with substitute by Representative Stubs, relating to the Property Insurance and Energy Reduction
- 57:30.000><c> Insurance</c><00:57:30.559><c> and</c><00:57:30.799><c> Energy</c><00:57:31.280><c> Reduction
- </c> Property Insurance and Energy Reduction Property Insurance and Energy Reduction Act.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- They do that already for the tax reduction, the 6,000. >> Mr.
- departments and fire districts that right now are struggling to cope and come to terms with the reductions
- nation, jeopardizing community spaces that foster connection, belonging, and healthy habits carries reductions
- or eliminations of valued reductions or eliminations of valued community<02:48:59.200><c> services.
Committee:
House Revenue
Keywords:
veterans, property tax exemption, disabled, service-connected disability, Wyoming, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, property tax, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 11/13/25
Transcript Highlights:
- whether the system itself can be trusted to keep its promises, especially considering the major reductions
- promises, especially considering<02:02:57.440><c> the</c><02:02:57.679><c> major</c><02:02:57.920><c> reductions
- </c><02:02:58.480><c> at</c><02:02:58.719><c> the</c> considering the major reductions at the considering
- the major reductions at the Department<02:02:59.199><c> of</c><02:02:59.440><c> Education.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the human services finance bill, HF2434 5/5/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We were tasked with a target of, uh, $1.3 billion in reductions over the next four years.
- We can call it removing a factor, but the end result is a direct reduction in the daily rate to care
- So, I am really grateful that in a bill that we had to make a reduction, we found that loving our kids
- So, I am really grateful that in a bill that we had to make a reduction, we found that loving our kids
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- opposed to 3.15% after reducing the revenue by the 30% for the municipal fund, which was a substantial reduction
- c> substantial</c> municipal fund which was a substantial municipal fund which was a substantial reduction
- 04.320><c> was</c><00:19:04.559><c> realized</c><00:19:05.039><c> in</c><00:19:05.360><c> 2023</c> reduction
- which was realized in 2023 reduction which was realized in 2023 which<00:19:06.480><c> I</c><00:19:06.640
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 63, which concerns funding for the division of travel and tourism and its relationship to the meals-and-rooms tax calculation. Members asked for confirmation that the bill would not affect municipal distributions under RSA 78-A:26. Jennifer Ramsey of the Department of Revenue Administration explained that the amendment does not change meals-and-rooms distributions, but instead corrects the calculation for the travel and tourism appropriation by adding back the municipal fund transfer before applying the 3.15% floor. Chris Shay of the Office of the Attorney General agreed with that explanation. The committee also discussed the complexity of the meals-and-rooms statutes and the possibility of a future cleanup effort. The committee then voted 19-0 to recommend SB 63 ought to pass; it will not go on consent because it has a fiscal note.
The committee next considered SB 60, relative to advanced deposit account wagering. Rep. Murphy moved ought to pass, explaining that the bill would regulate advanced deposit wagering on horse racing and impose a 1.25% revenue share on wagers from New Hampshire residents, generating roughly a quarter-million dollars in new lottery revenue in the first year. The motion passed 19-0, and the bill will not go on consent because of its fiscal note. The committee then voted 19-0 to recommend SB 147 ITL, with members noting that live racing facilities are in decline and the market is shrinking. SB 160, which updates raffle ticket pricing and prize limits for bingo-related gaming, also passed ought to pass 19-0 and will not go on consent.
The committee then took up SB 73, which revises coverall bingo rules and increases prize limits. An amendment, 2025-1470H, was offered to raise the total prize amount to $5,000; members supported it as a reasonable compromise, and the amendment was adopted unanimously. The bill as amended then passed ought to pass 19-0, again with a fiscal note preventing consent placement. After those votes, the committee moved into a work session on SB 83, where members began discussing the bill’s video lottery terminal provisions, including the meaning of “maximum wager,” the absence of a cumulative betting cap, and concerns that the bill combines several distinct policy changes—tax treatment, VLT rules, renaming, and a self-exclusion database—into one measure. No vote was taken on SB 83 during the work session, and members indicated they would continue discussion later after reviewing side-by-side materials.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/01/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- proposal, and I don't see that we're going to be able to make progress on any specific health care cost reduction
- proposal, and I don't see that we're going to be able to make progress on any specific health care cost reduction
- proposal, and I don't see that we're going to be able to make progress on any specific health care cost reduction
- proposal, and I don't see that we're going to be able to make progress on any specific health care cost reduction
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- 02:41:53.439><c> can</c><02:41:53.680><c> hopefully</c><02:41:54.080><c> briefly</c> But making a reduction
- what the chancellor told us when we met with her, that that's what it was represented: their 4% reduction
- what the chancellor told us when we met with her, that that's what it was represented: their 4% reduction
- what the chancellor told us when we met with her, that that's what it was represented: their 4% reduction
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. The Department of Education testified that the bill’s definition would conflict with federal definitions and be very restrictive, potentially affecting a wide range of instructional methods, curriculum materials, teacher training, civics requirements, suicide prevention training, and other programs. The department said the bill could force a broad overhaul of school practices, create local implementation burdens, and require at least one new state position, with a fiscal note estimating roughly $118,000 in FY 2026 rising in later years. Members also raised concerns about possible impacts on federal pass-through funding and whether the bill was workable. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0.
The committee then heard HB 133, a Department of Safety/DMV bill involving follow-up when a person votes using an out-of-state license or non-driver ID and then does not obtain a New Hampshire credential within the statutory timeframe. DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology upgrade plus a new full-time position, and that the fiscal note did not include postage or fully account for the manual work needed to match records, send notices, and review responses. They said the proposal also raised broader tracking issues because it would apply not only to voters but to anyone who had not obtained a New Hampshire license within 60 days, and they questioned whether DMV was the proper agency to make those inquiries.
Committee members pressed the department on how the 60-day clock would be determined, whether the bill could amount to a kind of poll tax or raise privacy concerns, and whether voter ID cards or other exceptions would avoid that problem. The department explained that New Hampshire offers a free voter identification card through town clerks for people without a license or state ID, but said the bill did not exempt those cards and that the DMV would still be asked to investigate status after voting. Officials also said the bill would be difficult to enforce, that some cases would be ambiguous, and that any response from the DMV would likely amount to a request for information rather than an enforceable consequence. No vote on HB 133 was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- recruitment and retention efforts, which is really important right now in Minnesota, and class size reduction
- </c><00:52:52.160><c> size</c> Minnesota um and then class size Minnesota um and then class size reduction
- reduction reduction initiatives<00:52:55.200><c> um</c><00:52:55.559><c> each</c><00:52:55.720><c> of
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-PSM, WAM-AEN Informational Briefings 01-07-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 29% of our overall manning, trending downward by 43 from last fiscal year, which represents a 28% reduction
- 01:15:43.400><c> represents</c><01:15:43.840><c> a</c><01:15:44.000><c> 28%</c><01:15:44.800><c> reduction
- </c><01:15:45.239><c> so</c> year which represents a 28% reduction so year which represents a 28% reduction
Summary:
The committee heard budget testimony first from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Director Tommy Johnson outlined short-term goals to reduce overcrowding, improve living and working conditions, fill vacancies, expand mental health services, and update the correctional master plan. He said the department is still dealing with severe overcrowding at facilities such as OCCC and HCCC, with 947 people at OCCC against a design capacity of 628, and noted 938 inmates are currently housed on the mainland because of temporary repairs at Halawa. He also reported progress on staffing, saying the correctional officer vacancy rate has dropped from 34.3% to 24% through expanded recruitment. The department’s major budget request was $30 million for planning and design for a new Old Triple C project, along with other requests for re-entry services, identification documents, security systems, radios, sink-toilet modules, and trauma-informed care. Members asked about the timing and scope of the OCCC project, courtroom space in new facilities, and the department’s plan to use the funding to improve re-entry and reduce recidivism.
The committee then heard from the Department of Law Enforcement on a wide range of priorities. The department described requests to expand agricultural crime enforcement, traffic enforcement, illegal fireworks enforcement, and facilities such as a police building at the DKI airport, a state training center, and new police facilities in central and Leeward Oahu. It also discussed a major IT request for a statewide law enforcement and critical infrastructure notification platform, plus funding for grants management, the Wahiawa Civic Center and court complex, the prescription monitoring program, narcotics enforcement operations, and the narcotics lab. A significant portion of the discussion focused on a proposed traffic enforcement program for commercial vehicle inspections, speeding, and DUI enforcement, which the department said would be funded with federal dollars and would operate concurrently with county police. Committee members questioned whether the effort duplicated county jurisdiction and how the program would be trained and staffed.
Members also pressed the department on salary disparities for deputy sheriffs and related vacancies, and the department said the administration was working on a supplemental agreement and placeholder funding to address the issue. Additional discussion covered agricultural crime staffing, the Silver Alert program, and expansion of the forensic lab to handle explosives, firearms, and related evidence. No votes were taken in the portion provided, and the meeting moved from the corrections presentation to the law enforcement budget review with questions and answers throughout.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/01/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That is an incredibly fair statement, and in fact, they back it up with the reduction of approximately
- That is an incredibly fair statement, and in fact, they back it up with the reduction of approximately
- That is an incredibly fair statement, and in fact, they back it up with the reduction of approximately
- has talked about a lot of fraud going on out in the Midwest, with the Somali refugees. with the reduction
- of approximately $1.1 with the reduction of approximately $1.1 million million million in<03:23:33.640
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There was no reduction in spending to pay for it. There was no new taxes added.
- This has been the result of harm reduction, prevention, and support for recovery, not throwing more people
- This has been the result<05:51:48.878><c> of</c><05:51:49.200><c> harm</c><05:51:49.600><c> reduction
- ,</c><05:51:50.400><c> prevention,</c> result of harm reduction, prevention, result of harm reduction
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 16, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And since inception till now, we've seen about a 62% reduction in the citations issued and about a 76%
- reduction in the major crashes.
- Questions for department. the citations issued and about 76% the citations issued and about 76% reduction
- 08.720><c> the</c><03:14:09.279><c> uh</c><03:14:09.439><c> crashes,</c><03:14:09.920><c> major</c> reduction
- in the uh crashes, major reduction in the uh crashes, major crashes.<03:14:11.120><c> uh</c><03:14:11.279
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/21/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As many of you know, the department is currently working through about $51 million of reductions.
- Our current budget compared to prior years is about a 9% general fund reduction overall.
- <c> significant</c> legislation, we would see significant legislation, we would see significant reductions
- c> other</c><03:47:44.720><c> services</c><03:47:45.279><c> that</c><03:47:45.520><c> would</c> reductions
- to other services that would reductions to other services that would need<03:47:45.840><c> to</c><03
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- where the impact is maximized<00:12:24.360><c> right</c><00:12:25.000><c> the</c><00:12:25.199><c> reduction
- c><00:12:25.760><c> in</c><00:12:26.760><c> the</c><00:12:27.120><c> the</c> maximized right the reduction
- in the the maximized right the reduction in the the rebate<00:12:27.600><c> towards</c><00:12:27.920
- Is there still some kind of tuition reduction for students that graduate in the top tier of their class
- So, would this bill actually see a big reduction in special education costs? Probably not. Yeah.
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 659, which would establish the New Hampshire College Graduate Retention Incentive Program. A Department of Revenue Administration analyst explained technical issues in the bill, focusing on whether the incentive is intended to operate as a rebate or a tax credit, how it would be administered, and how it would interact with the business enterprise tax and business profits tax. She said the bill’s language was unclear on the administering agency, effective tax years, caps, and carry-forward treatment, and noted that reducing BET can also reduce the BET credit against BPT, though not on a one-for-one basis. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the BET/BPT interaction, administrative costs, and whether the Department of Business and Economic Affairs would need additional staffing. Andrew Horn then testified in support, saying the bill is meant to address the large number of New Hampshire college graduates who leave the state after graduation by encouraging them to stay and by incentivizing businesses to hire them. The chair closed the hearing on HB 659 after no further public testimony.
The committee then took up HB 770, a bill to establish a program allowing New Hampshire high school students to earn tuition credits at state higher education institutions through community service. Representative Schultz described the bill as a “triple play” intended to increase volunteerism, expand service and internship opportunities for students, and make college more affordable. Ryan Casey, a junior at Bishop Brady High School, testified that the proposal would help students reduce future loan debt while benefiting communities and encouraging young people to attend college in New Hampshire. Committee members asked about eligibility, including why private and preparatory school students were excluded, whether public school students would qualify, whether mandatory service hours would count, and how the bill’s references to education and business eligibility should be read. Schultz said the exclusion of private and prep schools was intended because public school students are more clearly New Hampshire residents, and she noted that mandatory school service hours had been excluded in revisions. The Department of Education then testified that the program would require significant administration, estimating at least three full-time staff, software or tracking systems, and rulemaking to oversee volunteer sites, schools, student eligibility, and tuition credit distribution. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the hearing remained in testimony phase.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will also help the educators as well. 44% reduction in time spent on lesson planning, grading, and
- It also creates a reduction in co-payments for families receiving half-day child care, most commonly
Summary:
The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline.
The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program.
The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects.
Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- ..in which you can combat the crisis through treatment, abuse treatment, recovery, and even harm reduction
- Ongoing consideration of best practices around reserve building and liability reduction will help ensure
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The joint budget hearing opened the FY27 budget process with remarks from the Senate and House Ways and Means chairs, who described the fiscal outlook as challenging because of slow revenue growth, rising health care and other costs, and uncertainty from federal policy changes. Governor Healey and Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz then presented House 2, a $62.8 billion budget that they said grows by about 1% and does not raise taxes or fees. They emphasized affordability, fiscal discipline, protection of core services, and continued investment in education, transportation, housing, child care, health care, and public safety. The administration also discussed a separate bill to delay and phase in certain federal tax-code changes from the so-called OB3 law, especially research and experimental expense provisions, to reduce immediate budget impacts and preserve competitiveness.
A major portion of the hearing focused on education and municipal aid. The administration said House 2 provides about $7.6 billion for Chapter 70 aid, fully funds the final year of the Student Opportunity Act, increases special education circuit breaker funding, and raises rural school aid. Senators and representatives from both parties raised concerns that Chapter 70 and other aid formulas are not equitable for small, rural, and low-wealth communities and are not keeping pace with inflation, and several called for broader review of the formula and related funding streams. The governor and secretary said they are open to further discussion, pointed to additional support through rural aid, special education, transportation reimbursements, and minimum aid, and said total Student Opportunity Act investment would reach about $2.1 billion over the life of the law.
Transportation, housing, and fair share spending were also central topics. The administration said fair share revenues are being used holistically, with education-heavy spending in the operating budget and transportation-heavy spending in the supplemental budget, and estimated the overall split to date at roughly 57% education and 43% transportation. They highlighted MBTA stabilization, regional transit authority support, microtransit, fare-free regional transit, and bridge and commuter rail investments, while noting the MBTA remains a major fiscal concern. On housing, the governor stressed production, permitting reform, ADUs, down-payment assistance, and support for public housing authorities, while lawmakers pressed for more funding for local housing authorities and for ways to address out-migration, energy costs, and affordability. The governor also said the administration will not withhold fire safety grants from communities over MBTA Communities Act noncompliance and will handle such issues case by case. No votes were taken at the hearing; it was an informational presentation and question-and-answer session.