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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- liability company or a limited liability company owned by two individuals who are family members.
- The section also strikes the definition of emerging farmer and inserts a definition for a limited land
- </c><00:35:40.720><c> liability</c> individually owned limited liability individually owned limited liability
- company<00:35:42.000><c> or</c><00:35:42.320><c> a</c><00:35:42.480><c> limited</c><00:35:42.880><c>
- liability</c><00:35:43.359><c> company</c> company or a limited liability company company or a limited
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> haven't been defused yet and the benefit haven't been defused yet and the benefit of<00:44:21.319
- </c> years ago but that would have benefited years ago but that would have benefited from<00:51:16.400
- </c> provide uh funding for enhanced benefits provide uh funding for enhanced benefits by<01:00:42.559
- </c> entitlement to ER retirement benefits entitlement to ER retirement benefits for<01:00:59.480><c>
- </c><01:01:41.720><c> or</c> uh Less in terms of benefits or uh Less in terms of benefits or liability
Committee:
House Finance
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Once again, this is a benefit to the veteran.
- If you were to look at this benefit in that context, the idea that they've actually earned the benefit
- She or he is going to derive that benefit.
- So the benefit is specifically for the disabled veteran. Okay.
- These benefits, this is strictly state funding and taxing.
Committee:
House Veterans and Armed Forces
Summary:
The Special Committee on Veterans heard House Bill 2535 from Representative Don Mayhew, which would provide property tax relief for disabled veterans, Purple Heart recipients, and certain surviving spouses, with the bill’s main distinction being a funding mechanism based on tobacco-related taxes, including a cigarette tax increase and taxes on vape and other tobacco products. Mayhew said the bill is intended to fund the benefit at the state level rather than shifting the burden to counties, and he emphasized that it is a state property tax benefit, not tied to federal veterans benefits. Members discussed whether surviving spouses should keep the benefit if they remarry, whether the language should be narrowed or reduced, and whether dependent children or Gold Star families should be included more broadly.
Testimony in support came from veterans and veterans’ advocates who said the bill would help disabled veterans and surviving spouses remain in their homes and would spread the cost statewide instead of leaving counties to absorb it. Some supporters also urged keeping Purple Heart recipients in the bill and expanding protections for surviving spouses and dependent children. One veteran witness said the funding mechanism made the bill more workable for local governments, while another said the benefit should not be reduced if a surviving spouse remarries.
Opposition focused mainly on the tax structure. The Missouri Petroleum and Convenience Association opposed the funding mechanism, arguing that cigarettes are already heavily taxed, that Missouri’s border-state competitiveness could be harmed, that federal changes to hemp-derived products could undercut projected revenue, and that voters have rejected prior tobacco tax increases. A small-business witness also objected to the vape and hemp tax burden. The Department of Revenue provided fiscal information, estimating that the bill could raise significant state revenue but also noting that some projected revenue depends on current hemp law and that cigarette-tax increases could reduce cigarette sales and shift purchases to other products. No vote was taken, and the hearing was concluded after testimony.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/21/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The no trespassing order is a limited tool for a limited situation, and right now it's completely open
- The no trespassing order is a limited tool for a limited situation, and right now it's completely open
- The no trespassing order is a limited tool for a limited situation, and right now it's completely open
- tool for a limited situation and limited tool for a limited situation and right<00:55:42.520><c> now
- </c> would the limit be? would the limit be?
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/17/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The conservation-focused opportunities that provide multiple benefits are timely and of value to fish
- are timely and of value to fish benefits are timely and of value to fish and<00:16:04.720><c> wildlife
- Given how many we have, we just want to remind people that we are looking at a two-minute time limit.
- Um, what is there a reason we have a two-minute time limit for these people?
- I mean, I haven't seen us limit time here.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I think we'd benefit by having this report and House File 129 simply require that the biannual report
- Our hope is to make Minnesota the 38th state to recognize this service as a Medicaid benefit.
- Minnesota the 38th state to recognize this service as a Medicaid benefit.
- It's a very valid question in a state that doesn't recognize this as a Medicaid benefit.
- Ninety-four percent of students believe others their age would benefit from the program.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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- I don't have any issue with the employee benefits.
- I don't have any issue with the employee benefits.
- </c><00:58:25.760><c> evidence</c> reported limited evidence reported limited evidence Ence<00:58:28.160
- and benefit enhancements or benefit stabilization.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Stillwater will have social districts, but they'll be able to benefit from all of the experience that
- I just suggested it as a way to say, hey, let's have some limiting principle.
- </c> say hey let's let's have some limiting say hey let's let's have some limiting principle<00:57:37.680
- Are we keeping this to small communities that are looking for, like, economic benefit?
- So that is primarily them running everything. benefit are we building towards a time benefit are we building
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Increases in related benefits, and then it's offset by a decrease in the retirement rate.
- Personnel services are increasing due to employee pay raises and related benefits.
- And then the SNAP benefits... Until it reaches 3.5% in 2035.
- The rate is the rate of issue incorrect benefits, either too much or too little.
- One of the benefits from this... Make sure it's robust and it's effective.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee first heard a budget presentation on LSU Health Care Services Division and Lallie Kemp Medical Center. Staff reviewed HCSD’s roughly $74.7 million budget, much of it tied to legacy obligations for former LSU hospital systems and support for Lallie Kemp. Committee members asked about prisoner care, risk management costs, declining admissions and emergency visits, and the hospital’s 340B drug program. Lallie Kemp officials explained that prisoner care serves multiple state and local facilities, that lower admissions largely reflect more patients being placed in observation status, and that the in-house 340B program provides major savings to patients and the prison system. Members also asked about care for unhoused patients and the hospital’s discharge practices, and the hospital said social services works to find placement when possible.
The committee then moved to the Louisiana Department of Health budget, which was presented as just under $23.5 billion, with Medicaid making up more than 90 percent of the total. The presentation covered the Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health, Office of Behavioral Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid. Major items included the new Rural Health Transformation Program, the transfer of several functions from DCFS to LDH under the One Door initiative, changes to SNAP administration, and large Medicaid adjustments driven by enrollment, utilization, and federal policy changes. Testimony also highlighted the statewide crisis hub and 988, the commodity food program for seniors, women’s health and maternal outcomes, and the department’s efforts to modernize technology and reorganize services.
Members questioned LDH officials on a wide range of budget and policy issues, including the rural health grant, crisis services, Medicaid redeterminations, provider taxes, physician and hospital supplemental payments, nursing home rates, HCBS funding, and the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. LDH said the rural health grant would support workforce, technology, and care-delivery improvements; that the crisis hub and mobile crisis units are being expanded to improve access and reduce emergency room use; and that the department is working to keep the SNAP error rate below 6 percent to avoid a projected state cost increase. Officials also said they expect to return next year with additional funding requests for HCBS and other programs, while emphasizing that current budget changes are largely meant to realign funding with actual expenditures and new federal requirements. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 3rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- Individuals will be limited to three minutes; panels, 10 minutes.
- One update: the town of Chelmsford has voted to provide benefits within any gap, but they've done that
- To provide benefits within any gap, but they've done that in good faith with the understanding that the
- He was working at a state institution and doing something that had a statewide benefit.
- This bill before you represents a critical opportunity to extend Chapter 111F and 111FDR benefits and
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service held its 21st hearing of the 194th General Court to consider late-filed bills, with testimony focused mainly on three measures. The largest portion of the hearing concerned H. 5429/H. 6138, Governor Healey’s bill to ensure Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinelli receives full injured-on-duty pay and benefits after being seriously injured while instructing at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Legislators, the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, Chelmsford Fire officials, and family members described the injury, the gap in coverage created by his dual status as a Chelmsford firefighter and academy staff member, and the need for a broader statewide fix for similar situations. Committee members expressed support and noted the bill should be treated like existing protections for police officers injured while working outside their home municipality.
The committee also heard testimony on a Topsfield home rule petition, H. 545, allowing Police Chief Neil Hovey to remain in service until age 68 or until relieved by the select board. Supporters said Hovey is a strong regional leader, has helped prepare for major public safety events like the Topsfield Fair, and should be retained because of his experience and fitness. Members and local officials urged favorable passage, and no opposition was raised.
A third bill, S. 3051, would provide certain retirement benefits to the surviving spouse of Uxbridge Police Officer Stephen LaPorta, who died while assisting a stranded motorist during a winter storm. Senator Ryan Fattman, Representative Joe McKenna, the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, and others spoke in support, emphasizing the officer’s service and the impact on his family. The town of Uxbridge was said to support the measure. At the end of the hearing, no additional testimony was offered and the committee voted to adjourn.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:06:39.200><c> you</c> and I know this doesn't benefit you and I know this doesn't benefit you
- In terms of surrounding states, some do have higher limits, some have lower limits.
- uh higher limits, some have lower<01:32:06.159><c> limits.
- They moved the limits Senate Judiciary. They moved the limits to<01:32:31.920><c> 375,750,000.
- I think Alabama, uh dollar limits.
Committee:
House Revenue
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The benefits of these projects are that they benefit energy resilience for the state, they help clean
- The benefits of these projects are that they benefit energy resilience for the state, they help clean
- </c><00:21:12.320><c> but</c> potential of the rebate benefit but potential of the rebate benefit but
- so you there's some real benefit so you there's some real benefits<00:54:40.880><c> to</c><00:54:41.520
- </c><01:11:26.000><c> to</c> attempt to to summarize the benefits to attempt to to summarize the benefits
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 224, which would redirect most money from New Hampshire’s renewable energy fund back to electric ratepayers. The bill sponsor argued the measure would lower energy costs, noting recent utility rate increases and estimating annual savings of roughly $2.5 million to $7.3 million for ratepayers. Supporters said the fund has accumulated money that should be returned to customers rather than used for subsidies, and they emphasized that the state has already rebated similar funds from RGGI for years.
Opponents, including Rep. Kat McGee, argued the renewable energy fund is a successful, nonlapsing dedicated fund that supports local clean-energy projects, energy resilience, emissions reductions, and private investment. McGee said the fiscal note overstated the benefit of rebates and understated the loss of investment, claiming the average annual rebate would amount to less than $10 per customer while the program has helped leverage significant private dollars and nearly 10,000 projects. She urged the committee to reject the bill as a poor deal for the state and ratepayers.
Committee members questioned the fiscal note, the size of the rebate, whether the bill would set a precedent for other dedicated funds, and whether the program’s incentives amount to picking winners and losers. The Department of Energy testified neutrally, explaining how the renewable energy fund works, including renewable energy credits, alternative compliance payments, and the fund’s use for renewable energy initiatives. No vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 101 Apr 24th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of the measure the benefits.
- ><c> to</c><02:37:01.120><c> just</c> positive factor is limited to just positive factor is limited to
- Here was our spending limit limit limit in<02:56:48.479><c> 2000</c><02:56:49.120><c> 2005</c><02:56:
- </c> But we're going to raise the annual limit. The annual limit? The TABOR cap.
- </c> limit. The annual which limit? limit. The annual which limit?
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
North Dakota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Whether it be by the ballot, term limits, or retirement, we will all soon be gone.
- Representative Schauer said House Bill 1300 relates to legislative term limits and the calculation of
- HB 1300 starts the clock on calculating legislative term limits to January 1, 2023.
- But yet it doesn't apply to term limits or any other office. I'm just a little confused.
- from this placement, that we have 60 kids identified who could benefit from this placement.
Summary:
The North Dakota House convened with prayer, roll call, and recognition of guests and student visitors, then moved through a long calendar of resolutions and bills. Early in the session, members honored Mandan High School’s e-sports team for state championships and recognized House Minority Leader Zachary Ista’s birthday. The House then passed HCR 3037 unanimously, urging mandatory reporting requirements for public officials, after committee support and remarks emphasizing accountability in public office.
The chamber then considered numerous Senate amendments and final-passage votes on bills covering ambulance service grants (HB 1597), Public Service Commission records and open meetings (HB 1110 and HB 1063), squatter/trespass law (HB 1305), nonconforming structures in local governments (HB 1500), academic tenure policy (HB 1437), retirement eligibility for correctional officers and state radio dispatchers (HB 1274 and HB 1419), a Medicaid dental study (HB 1567), above-ground fuel storage tank regulation (HB 1058), gaming site authorization procedures (HB 1615), an oil extraction tax incentive outside the Bakken and Three Forks formations (HB 1483), and simple assault protections for hospital workers (HB 1341). Most of these measures passed, though HB 1231, which would have created a study on early discontinuation of sex offender registration, failed on final passage.
A major point of debate was Senate Bill 2354, which would restrict student use of personal electronic devices during the school day in public and nonpublic schools, with exceptions for medical and special education needs and annual reporting on impacts. Supporters argued it would improve focus, behavior, and mental health, while opponents raised concerns about private-school regulation, logistics, liability, and duplication with a similar bill. The House passed SB 2354, and also passed SB 2112, which temporarily authorizes the Life Skills and Transition Center to serve certain non-eligible youth in crisis, despite objections that the facility should remain focused on developmental disabilities and concerns about repeating past institutional problems. The House also debated and rejected HB 1300 on legislative term limits after extensive discussion about whether the Senate’s date change altered the effect of the voter-approved measure. The session ended with announcements, committee notices, and adjournment until April 8, 2025.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, as you guys all know, workers' comp benefits are weekly benefits paid pursuant to RSA 281-A by an
- </c> continue to pay my salary and benefits continue to pay my salary and benefits until<00:09:01.160
- </c><00:12:29.199><c> given</c> supplementing Indemnity benefits given supplementing Indemnity benefits
- </c> how reporting about Indemnity benefits how reporting about Indemnity benefits is<00:12:39.360><c
- There is the benefit of the local economy; local economy benefits and workforce retention.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Revenue Committee Interim Topics Meeting, March 6, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- benefited by it.
- You've had to live in benefited by it.
- </c><00:28:41.000><c> and</c> taxation where we would all benefit and taxation where we would all benefit
- And the one the would benefit from it.
- Uh and therefore, we need uh benefit.
Summary:
The Joint Revenue committee met with a quorum and heard a series of interim topic proposals focused on tax policy. Representative Brown raised two ideas: reinstating an exemption reporting requirement for corporations and entities receiving tax exemptions, with loss of the exemption for the current and prior year if they fail to report, and revising property tax treatment for wind turbines and related infrastructure by shifting the taxed footprint from agricultural to industrial classification. Senator Case and others then discussed energy taxation more broadly, including a possible generation tax for electricity, how to handle large data-center electricity loads, and whether sales tax revenue from very large electrical loads should be shared statewide rather than concentrated locally. The committee referenced prior bills and studies, including House Bill 300 and Senate File 76, and discussed using a mechanism that would keep local electricity bills net neutral while redirecting revenue distribution.
The committee also took up problematic gaming and program funding. Senator Case described personal experiences with gambling addiction and the lack of available resources, while the presenter said the topic had been requested in multiple committees and that the biggest concern from House Bill 171 was protecting county and municipal funding. Members discussed whether the issue belonged in Revenue, Health, Labor, or Transportation, and several suggested it should stay with the standing committee handling gaming. Ideas raised included using gaming-related revenue for prevention and treatment, fully funding the 988 lifeline, and creating a broader trust fund for addiction-related services and law enforcement. The committee appeared to agree to continue the topic for educational purposes and to examine taxation of HHR and other gambling activity.
Senator Case then proposed a severance tax on wind energy, arguing that wind development creates permanent landscape impacts and that the state should be compensated similarly to coal, oil, and gas extraction. Curt Meier, the state treasurer, supported reviewing lease agreements and said Wyoming should get more from wind resources, noting the state’s unique wind potential and the loss of viewshed. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to reform property tax relief by extending it to motor vehicle registration. Former Revenue director Dan Noble argued that vehicle taxes should be treated like other property taxes, using fair market value, depreciation, the residential assessment ratio, and local mill levies, which he said could provide broad relief but would be expensive, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $120 million. Representative Chestek followed with a related reform proposal based on Pennsylvania’s base-year assessment model, arguing that Wyoming’s current statewide relief measures treat symptoms rather than the underlying problem of rapidly rising local valuations.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/03/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The current allowable $1,500 limit is outdated.
- ,</c><00:38:55.119><c> smaller</c> the daily deposit limits, smaller the daily deposit limits, smaller
- </c> limits. And I'm happy to take questions. limits. And I'm happy to take questions.
- And that's why when the $1,500 limit, or in one of the RSAs, never got changed, it was $500.
- Uh, it limits an SB2 town's ability to add contingency language.
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
Summary:
The committee convened for a day of public hearings on nine bills, with plans to later execute several early bills and possibly additional measures under House Rule 44. Chair Diane Pauer outlined time limits for sponsors and testimony, announced a lunch break around noon, and noted substitute members would be arriving later. The first hearing was on House Bill 1107, which would allow municipal budget committees to have one to three alternate members. Representative Valon, the prime sponsor, said the bill was intended to help towns like Epping deal with quorum problems during the compressed budget season and noted that alternates are common on other local boards. The New Hampshire Municipal Association testified in support, saying the bill would increase flexibility and help fill seats. Committee members raised concerns about whether alternates should be elected, how they would be selected, whether they would be sufficiently informed to vote, and whether the bill’s one-year term language and rescission provisions were clear. The sponsor and NHMA said the process would be consistent with other local boards, that alternates would typically be appointed after elections, and that they would follow up on possible statutory clarification. The hearing closed with six remote supporters, one paper supporter, and no opposition reported.
The committee then heard House Bill 1118, sponsored by Representative Colby, which would raise the daily amount municipal employees may hold before remitting funds to the treasurer from the current $1,500 limit to $3,500. Colby said the existing thresholds are outdated, have not been updated in about 20 years, and create burdens for smaller towns that must make frequent bank deposits, sometimes far from town offices. She said the bill would improve efficiency and allow staff to focus more on serving residents, while still allowing municipalities to keep lower limits if they choose. Members asked about how the remittance process works in practice, what amounts municipalities typically collect, and whether the change reflected a broader trend of updating cash-handling thresholds. The sponsor explained that the bill only changes the dollar thresholds in the relevant statutes and does not require municipalities to adopt the higher limit. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 1118 is reported.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- If you go on to the next page, this is mostly a reference slide that has the income limits.
- But that gives you an indication of the income limits that we're able to use.
- We have limited providers right now, and we are exploring this activity as a potential direct services
- Right now, we have Part B, Independent Living Services, which does not have an age limit.
- Also, with respect to retirement benefits, there were no adequate supporting documents provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:27:24.000><c> on</c><01:27:24.159><c> it</c> a limit on it a limit on it >> to<01:27:25.040
- "No, the $10 million annual limitation." "Does anybody..." "Yes, Representative Opel."
- </c><01:31:23.360><c> Yeah,</c> >> annual limitation. 10 million.
- </c> 28% of the aggregate annual limitation 28% of the aggregate annual limitation in<01:31:42.480><c
- </c><02:11:55.679><c> I</c> um within limits. I um within limits.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- So this bill will limit exposure to new gas infrastructure. It will protect people. moving.
- So this bill will limit exposure to new gas infrastructure. It will protect people.
- Will limit exposure to new gas infrastructure.
- And I would add that one of the benefits of the clean, affordable energy transition is that it allows
- accounts for 8 to 11% of current rate payer bills, but that program has not led to clear safety benefits
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on a wide range of late-file energy bills, with much of the discussion focused on battery storage siting, gas system expansion, propane consumer protections, gas workforce safety, and a Taunton home-rule petition on water rates for manufactured housing communities. Representative Sweeney urged support for H. 4689 and H. 4690, which would impose a moratorium and setback requirements for lithium battery storage facilities, citing fire risk, proximity to homes, and environmental concerns. Several local officials and residents from Oakham, Tewksbury, and other communities described proposed battery projects near homes, schools, wetlands, and conservation land, while industry and clean-energy advocates argued the bills would effectively block storage development and conflict with state energy goals and existing fire-safety standards.
The committee also heard strong support for S. 2290/H. 3547, a bill to prevent gas expansion near environmental justice communities, from environmental justice advocates, municipal officials, and clean-energy groups. Testimony emphasized rising gas bills, the cost of new pipelines, methane and health impacts, and the need to avoid locking in long-term gas infrastructure costs. Witnesses also discussed related bills on gas workforce safety, gas shut-off valves, and gas meter replacement plans, with labor representatives supporting safety-focused measures and opposing changes they said would weaken inspections, while consumer and environmental advocates argued that some utility replacement practices are unnecessarily expensive and should be reined in to reduce ratepayer costs.
Other testimony included support for H. 3518 on propane gas ratepayer protections, with the witness arguing for clearer contract terms and website price disclosure, and support for S. 2652, which would authorize Taunton to create a separate water billing rate for manufactured housing communities because residents there are effectively paying higher water costs through rent due to a single master meter. No committee votes or final actions were taken during the hearing, and members mostly asked brief clarifying questions or made no comment after testimony.