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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And communities are efficient by that nature, that majority of our population lives in a community.
- A lot of these communities do have CIP plans.
- You'll see that $16 to $47. ...see communities 5,000 and above, you'll see that $16 to $47, communities
- There's Rural communities and people in between.
- I did look at the eight largest communities.
Committee:
Joint Water Topics Overview Committee
Summary:
The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and heard updates from Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas and Lieutenant Governor/State Water Commission Chair Michelle Strinden on statewide water funding, major projects, and two legislative studies requested in House Bill 1020. Haas reviewed the status of the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, noting NAWS construction is expected to move water by fall and Southwest’s Hebron-Rugby expansion phase one is in final design with bids expected next month. He also summarized the department’s budget outlook, including Resources Trust Fund and Water Project Stabilization Fund balances, the effect of oil price volatility and stripper well exemptions on revenues, and the status of project buckets, carryover, lines of credit, regionalization, bid trends, and administrative/process updates.
Committee members asked about project prioritization, municipal funding demand, maintenance expectations, replacement versus deferred maintenance, and whether the 2025 session may have underfunded municipal water supply needs. Haas said the commission uses the same high/medium/low prioritization process across all buckets, reviews maintenance plans as part of policy, and is seeing strong demand in the municipal bucket. He also explained that the department’s 14-year projection is based on the next seven legislative sessions and that the state faces a projected $1.3 billion shortfall over that period if all planned projects are funded under current assumptions.
Deloitte then presented draft findings from the cost-share policy study and the governance/finance study. For cost share, Deloitte said the model shows a roughly $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years and about $1.8 billion through 2031 under current policy, and offered seven options including tighter eligibility for replacement projects, state funding caps for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, a priority-based cost-share scale, timing shifts, use of existing lines of credit, and delayed reimbursement timing. For governance, Deloitte outlined draft options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River ranging from maintaining current structures with stronger planning to transferring ownership or adding formal oversight, and recommended broader use of performance metrics, long-term financial planning, and clearer decision trees. No votes or formal actions were taken; the commission discussed the scenarios and the studies will return in revised form later in the spring.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And communities are efficient by that nature, that majority of our population lives in a community.
- You know, a lot of these communities do have CIP plans.
- You know, a lot of these communities do have CIP plans.
- Communities under 5,000, you see $12 to $51.
- I did look at the eight largest communities.
Summary:
The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and received updates from the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Commission, followed by presentations from Deloitte on two legislative studies required by House Bill 1020. Director Reese Haas reviewed major project and budget updates, including the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, Resources Trust Fund balances, carryover spending, project prioritization, bid conditions, regional water system coverage, and department process improvements. Members also discussed how the commission prioritizes projects, maintenance expectations, and the impact of limited municipal water supply funding. No formal committee action was taken during the DWR update; the commission’s municipal funding decisions were described as pending its April 8 meeting.
Deloitte then presented the cost-share policy study, which found that under current policy and forecasted revenues, North Dakota faces an estimated $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years, with a near-term gap of about $1.8 billion through 2031. The firm outlined seven recommended options, including tighter definitions and a 25% cost share for eligible replacement projects, caps and financing strategies for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, aligning cost share with commission priority guidance, delaying lower-priority projects, using available lines of credit, and adjusting reimbursement timing for revolving loan funds. Committee members questioned inflation assumptions, affordability, user fees, and the use of legacy fund earnings for bonding, but no decisions were made.
In the governance and finance study, Deloitte said final recommendations are still being refined, with a final report due May 29. The study examined the Southwest Pipeline, NAWS, and Red River Valley systems using governance and finance criteria such as decision authority, transparency, affordability, risk, and access to funding. For Southwest, Deloitte outlined options ranging from improved state-authority coordination to transferring ownership to the Southwest Water Authority; for NAWS, options focused on strengthening the authority’s role and potentially transitioning operations and maintenance; and for Red River, options ranged from enhanced facilitation to formal state oversight or state ownership. Members asked follow-up questions about ownership transfer, capital repayment streams, and why NAWS was not considered for transfer, and Deloitte said NAWS’s limited organizational maturity made that option less viable in the near term.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Autonomous vehicles regulated 3/4/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> others to invest in your communities, others to invest in your communities, improve<00:18:30.480
- ,</c><00:34:50.079><c> remote</c> infrastructure communication, remote infrastructure communication,
- Many come from minority communities and communities of color who are already economically vulnerable.
- </c><01:01:21.920><c> and</c> Many come from minority communities and Many come from minority communities
- ><c> are</c><01:01:24.160><c> already</c> communities of color who are already communities of color who
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (7-20-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- join community health centers, nine of which are certified community behavior clinics and we have a
- </c> of 13 hopefully won't join community of 13 hopefully won't join community health<00:04:14.400><c
- that open communication, we wouldn't get that open communication, we wouldn't get there.<00:29:58.000
- </c> medical providers or other uh community medical providers or other uh community resources<00:37:
- I'm just wondering those communities.
Committee:
Joint Families & Children
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Folks, thank you for your honorable service to your community.
- Folks, thank you for the honorable service to your community.
- First, the voters in my community spoke clearly and overwhelmingly.
- We both represent extremely diverse communities.
- And thanks for championing issues that impact our autistic community and our community with disabilities
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 107 May 1st, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:45:36.640><c> across</c> culture and vibrant communities across culture and vibrant communities
- </c><01:33:26.440><c> to</c> community and then ask that community to community and then ask that community
- </c> vote of the community vote of the community and<01:42:48.920><c> create</c><01:42:49.240><c> a</
- </c> our communities. our communities.
- . communities. communities.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- has just uh many of when my community has just uh many of our<00:34:04.120><c> communities</c><00:34
- :04.600><c> here</c> our communities here our communities here have<00:34:05.720><c> gone</c><00:34:05.960
- So, you know, communicate.
- </c> in supporting workers and communities in supporting workers and communities and<00:38:52.160><c>
- :58.800><c> institutions</c> really amazing community institutions really amazing community institutions
Committee:
House Ways and Means
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board. (3-9-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:04:17.919><c> while</c> and underserved communities, while and underserved communities, while
- </c><00:34:55.919><c> and</c> accountable communities for health. and accountable communities for health
- </c><00:51:36.000><c> engagement</c> it um in terms of community engagement it um in terms of community
- It's on >> the<01:14:21.920><c> community</c> >> the community >> the community >
- 01:14:24.640><c> clinics</c> >> the community behavioral health clinics >> the community
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight Board met on March 9 with a quorum present and no minutes to approve. The chair reordered the agenda to hear House Bill 689 first. Representative Amy Neighbors presented HB 689, which would authorize Kentucky to seek CMS approval for a Medicaid state-directed payment program for physician and non-physician professional services delivered through qualifying hospital-affiliated groups, beginning January 1, 2026, with retroactive payments for that year. She said the bill is intended to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas, support workforce retention, and generate about $29 million annually in federal Medicaid funds without using general fund dollars. Representatives from Owensboro Health and St. Elizabeth Healthcare testified in support, describing staffing and subsidy pressures, lower Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, and the importance of the program for maintaining access and quality in rural and safety-net settings. Committee members noted the bill had already passed the House Health Services Committee unanimously and discussed broader concerns about Kentucky’s low reimbursement rates and the need to consider other systems not covered by the proposal.
The board then heard Senate Bill 2011 from Senator Donald Douglas and Cody Hunt of the Kentucky Medical Association. The bill would address a Medicaid coding issue by ensuring that coverage limits do not reduce payment to fewer than two evaluation and management service units per provider, per patient, per day. Douglas argued the current one-visit, one-issue limitation forces multiple visits, increases no-shows, and prevents providers from treating the whole patient. Hunt explained that the bill is meant to correct a longstanding regulation that limited E&M services to one per physician per recipient per date of service, which can prevent providers from coding additional medically necessary work during the same visit. He said DMS has already filed a regulatory amendment to fix the problem, but a statutory change is still needed to prevent the issue from returning. He also said the bill is not intended to change reimbursement policy, only coding rules, and that MCO payment practices vary.
Members generally supported the concept. Senator Berg asked about fiscal impact and private-payer billing; Hunt said there should be no fiscal impact because the bill does not change payment policy, only coding. Representative Moore said the proposal could reduce costs and improve convenience by avoiding extra visits. Chairman Meredith said the bill illustrated problems with fee-for-service care and supported moving toward a more holistic delivery model. Dr. Schuster raised a drafting concern about the bill summary language, and Hunt responded that the regulatory amendment should address the issue generally for providers. No votes were taken on either bill during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- engaging with ISPs and communicate engaging with ISPs and communities<00:21:05.760><c> and</c><00:21
- Um, we also do need to recognize um, in rural communities. It also is for um, in rural communities.
- </c> to meet the needs of their communities. to meet the needs of their communities.
- </c> um with local um small community um with local um small community colleges<00:36:32.320><c> on</
- </c> food for their local communities. food for their local communities.
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (10-21-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- But there's also three communities.
- </c><00:51:21.440><c> even</c> provided to those those communities even provided to those those communities
- uh they've been placed to give communities communities communities um<01:33:06.639><c> throughout</c>
- </c><01:43:24.080><c> It's</c> big benefit to that community. It's big benefit to that community.
- </c> tourism impact, jobs to the community. tourism impact, jobs to the community.
Summary:
The committee met jointly for State Government, State and Local Government, and Elections and Constitutional Amendments, approved the minutes from the September 23 meeting, and then took up discussion of Senate Bill 126, a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the governor’s pardon power. Senator Chris McDaniel said the measure was prompted by concerns over pardons issued in 2019 and would bar pardons for 60 days before a gubernatorial election through the swearing-in of a new governor, leaving the power otherwise intact. Members who spoke generally supported the proposal as a way to increase accountability, and McDaniel said he intended to place it on the 2026 ballot. No vote was taken on the bill during the discussion.
The committee then moved to House Bill 16 on water fluoridation. Representative Hart and Senator Greg Elkins said the bill would remove Kentucky’s fluoridation mandate and give local water districts the choice to add fluoride or not. They emphasized that the revised draft also adds immunity language to protect districts from civil litigation regardless of their decision. Dr. Jack Call, a Louisville dentist, presented against fluoridation, arguing that the main dental benefit is topical rather than from drinking water and citing studies and reports he said linked fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children and other health concerns. Cindy Batson, a nurse and parent, also supported the bill and said she had testified on the issue for years.
During questions, Senator Rollins raised concerns about fluoride being an industrial byproduct and described fluoridation as forced medication. The discussion remained focused on the bill’s local-control and immunity provisions, with sponsors saying they were not trying to relitigate the broader science but wanted to remove the mandate. The transcript ends while questions and testimony on HB 16 were still underway, and no final committee action is shown.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> department can know the community department can know the community calendar<00:12:54.959><c> needs
- </c> pulse on what is needed in the community pulse on what is needed in the community especially<00:
- We love to give back to the community.
- We've talked about getting out into the community.
- We've talked about getting out into the community.
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For me, it's a largely rural community that I represent, so Main Street and the farming community are
- For me, it's a largely rural community that I represent, so Main Street and the farming community are
- For me, it's a largely rural community that I represent, so Main Street and the farming community are
- </c><00:26:55.760><c> Development</c> is the business Community Development is the business Community
- and the business community.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (06/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the community colleges. the community colleges.
- </c><00:53:11.040><c> So</c> community engagement requirement. So community engagement requirement.
- </c><01:38:54.719><c> with</c> health regions are communities with health regions are communities with
- So they're able to build these community care models like community health worker, CHW care coordination
- </c><01:47:19.199><c> care</c> able to um build these community care able to um build these community
Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements.
The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories.
Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/14/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:03:34.000><c> our</c> their country or their community, our their country or their community
- ,</c> who protect our communities, who protect our communities, and<00:09:22.560><c> their</c><00:09:
- </c> officers to do, serve the community. officers to do, serve the community.
- . communities. communities.
- </c> communities that they're providing. communities that they're providing.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 14, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:56:52.200><c> engagement</c> also do a lot of community engagement also do a lot of community
- I think there is a community perception.
- </c><02:33:05.680><c> Center</c> education Community Center education Community Center restoration<02
- job um Fair event at um leward Community job um Fair event at um leward Community College<03:41:40.600
- We did communication around that.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:06:05.600><c> and</c> young, his commitment to community and young, his commitment to community
- ><c> dedicate</c><00:06:20.240><c> a</c> week, the community will dedicate a week, the community will
- Gracias, Maria. communities. Since 1993, Maria's small communities.
- It's where community happens.
- </c> dedication to this community safety. dedication to this community safety.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an issue that's of particular relevance to members of the LGBTQ+ community, many of whom have
- We have one of the largest LGBTQ+ communities of any state.
- Wedge can comment on the outreach to poor communities and disadvantaged communities that, in the past
- The work in construction is very difficult, and particularly in communities of color.
- And having been in a community workforce development program, Today, and having been in a community workforce
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several labor, workforce, and public works bills. SB 1166 would place AC Transit employees under PERB jurisdiction for unfair labor practice disputes; supporters said it would reduce costly court litigation and align AC Transit with other transit agencies, while AC Transit was neutral. The bill passed 4-1 to Judiciary. SB 1054 would add wage-data elements to state reporting systems to improve Medi-Cal/Calfresh verification and workforce-program accountability; supporters emphasized reducing administrative burdens and improving data for education and training outcomes. It passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1149 would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person” and align it with other California family-leave laws; supporters cited chosen-family and LGBTQ+ concerns, and the bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations.
The committee also considered SB 909, which would raise and index public works contractor registration fees and prevailing-wage penalties and direct more penalty revenue to enforcement. Supporters argued stronger penalties and funding are needed to deter wage theft and backlogs, while contractor groups warned of higher costs, uncertainty, and no fix to staffing delays; it passed 4-1 to Judiciary. SB 1132 would require a standardized know-your-rights curriculum in the workforce development system, with supporters saying workers need labor and immigration rights information at job-entry points; it passed 4-1 to Appropriations. SB 1241 would strengthen enforcement of skilled-and-trained workforce requirements on public works projects by defining substantial compliance plans and limiting repeated noncompliance; labor supporters said it closes loopholes, while contractor groups argued the market lacks enough workers and the bill is too rigid. It passed 4-1 to Appropriations.
The committee later took up SB 1038, which would require CalPERS to notify unions when employer audits are initiated so they can help members respond to potential pension or pay corrections. Supporters said members need representation when audit findings can create repayment obligations, and there was no opposition. The bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. After a brief recess, the committee returned and formally closed the roll on SB 1038, then adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Local Government Mar 4th, 2026
Local Government, Elections and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- But this has been brought forward because that hasn't happened in some communities. 100%. No.
- And I just worry that this may open the door to situations where communities find themselves...
- Public safety professionals dedicate their careers to protecting their communities.
- What has happened in our community exactly demonstrates why this legislation is necessary.
- For example, one of the units we represent is a smaller, somewhat poorer community in North St.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bills 2161, 1830, and 1728 together. Those bills would revise the appointment structure for the St. Charles City-County Library Board so that the four most populous cities in St. Charles County, based on the most recent census, would each appoint one trustee, while the county governing body would continue appointing five members. Sponsors said the change simply codifies an existing informal practice and does not change the board’s total size. St. Charles County supported the measure, and there was no opposition testimony.
The committee then heard House Bills 3283 and 3306, which were described as identical bills creating timelines and procedures for collective bargaining between public employers and labor organizations. The bills would require bargaining to begin within set timeframes, move unresolved disputes to mediation after 180 days, then to arbitration if mediation fails, and make arbitration decisions binding. Supporters, including labor representatives, firefighters, police, and some local officials, said the bills would curb delay tactics, reduce litigation costs, improve morale and retention, and provide clear rules when contracts expire. Several witnesses described long-running disputes in places such as Cape Girardeau, Robertson Fire Protection District, Richmond Heights, and Brentwood as examples of why deadlines and enforceable procedures are needed.
Opponents, led by the Missouri Municipal League, argued that binding arbitration would shift final fiscal authority away from locally elected officials and could limit cities’ ability to respond to budget stress or emergencies. They said the timeline provisions had merit but wanted alternatives to arbitration that would preserve local control and taxpayer accountability. Committee members questioned how good-faith bargaining would be enforced, how arbitrators would weigh municipal budgets, and whether the bills could affect police, fire, and other public employees. No votes were taken, and both public hearings were completed before the committee adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 31 (2-20-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Communicate with the body, sir. >> Yes, sir.
- Communicate with the body, McCracken 3. Communicate with the body, sir. sir. sir.
- He has worked tirelessly with the community.
- Uh many of his with the community.
- ,</c><00:24:26.559><c> and</c> motions, petitions, communications, and motions, petitions, communications
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- communications referenced in the opinion were more personal, one-on-one communications, rather than
- a communication that would be similar to a circular.
- Therefore, the communications asked about in the request would not require a disclosure.
- You see, the majority of the PAC communication flowed through my former employer.
- And I communicated to the college that we needed to find a replacement.