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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HED Public Hearing - Fri Feb 7, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:13.480><c> and</c><00:32:13.760><c> and</c><00:32:14.000><c> provide</c><00:32:14.279><c>
  • ><c> who</c><00:32:19.960><c> give</c><00:32:20.120><c> us</c><00:32:20.440><c> you</c><00:32:20.519>
  • to provide<00:32:23.080><c> drinks</c><00:32:23.399><c> for</c><00:32:23.600><c> us</c><00:32:24.279
  • ><c> but</c><00:32:24.440><c> it</c><00:32:24.559><c> is</c><00:32:24.679><c> a</c><00:32:25.039><c>
  • a is it is<00:32:25.760><c> an</c><00:32:25.919><c> industry</c><00:32:26.320><c> standard</c><00:32
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Bachman Hall and heard testimony on several UH-related bills. HB 542 would expand the Hawaiʻi Promise Program to provide unmet-need scholarships at four-year UH campuses. UH system officials, the UH Student Caucus, and a Honolulu Community College student testified in support, emphasizing college affordability, student retention, and workforce needs. Committee members asked about current program data, eligibility, transfer patterns, and cost; UH said it had data available, noted about 10% of current Hawaiʻi Promise students transfer to four-year campuses, and estimated the full expansion would cost about $12 million. UH also suggested a possible alternative of focusing on transfer opportunities from two-year to four-year campuses. The committee then heard HB 840, which concerns athletics appropriations for UH. UH Mānoa and UH Hilo supported the bill. UH officials said the funding would help cover recurring athletics operating costs, women’s sports travel and recruiting, Austin Awards, and a new nutrition fueling station, while Hilo said the money would help with travel, per diem, and conference-related costs. Members asked about the history of the athletics funding, the difference between Austin Awards and special talent waivers, NIL planning, and whether the appropriation should be restored to the base budget. UH explained that a $4 million athletics appropriation was originally made in 2018 or 2019, later removed from the base, and has been reappropriated annually since then. Finally, the committee heard HB 842, which would fund three additional permanent mental health practitioner positions at UH Mānoa’s Counseling and Student Development Center. UH supported the bill, and Academic Labor United and a high school student testified in favor, citing student stress, overwork, and the need for more counseling access. In questions, members discussed the current counselor-to-student ratio, recruitment challenges in a tight labor market, and strategies for hiring, including looking at candidates on soft-money grants who may be seeking stable employment. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Expanding exceptions to gift-giving ban 2/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:00.880><c> So,</c><00:32:01.039><c> I</c><00:32:01.279><c> just</c><00:32:01.919><c> um</c
  • So, I just um I<00:32:02.799><c> just</c><00:32:02.960><c> want</c><00:32:03.120><c> to</c><00:32:03.200
  • ><c> the</c><00:32:05.039><c> question</c><00:32:06.480><c> is</c><00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:07.360
  • </c><00:32:13.120><c> on</c><00:32:13.840><c> line</c><00:32:14.159><c> two</c><00:32:14.559><c> 2.6<
  • and</c><00:32:17.600><c> public</c><00:32:17.840><c> safety</c><00:32:18.159><c> officers</c><00:32:
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/02/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • was</c><00:32:16.159><c> Jessica</c><00:32:16.600><c> you</c><00:32:16.760><c> had</c><00:32:16.880>
  • on the other<00:32:18.039><c> name</c><00:32:18.600><c> okay</c><00:32:19.000><c> I</c><00:32:19.120
  • /c><00:32:20.760><c> here</c><00:32:21.039><c> just</c><00:32:21.679><c> for</c><00:32:22.679><c> for
  • <00:32:27.240><c> do</c><00:32:27.320><c> you</c><00:32:27.440><c> have</c><00:32:27.639><c> any</c><
  • 32:37.000><c> a</c><00:32:37.159><c> good</c><00:32:37.360><c> job</c><00:32:37.639><c> it</c><00:32:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/04/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • interested<00:32:01.720><c> in</c><00:32:02.480><c> and</c><00:32:02.600><c> we</c><00:32:02.760><c>
  • <00:32:08.760><c> be</c><00:32:08.960><c> the</c><00:32:09.080><c> statement</c><00:32:09.440><c> of<
  • > commission</c><00:32:10.000><c> at</c><00:32:10.120><c> the</c><00:32:10.279><c> present</c><00:32:
  • </c><00:32:47.960><c> by</c><00:32:48.159><c> the</c><00:32:48.360><c> department</c><00:32:49.039><c
  • 32:56.720><c> intent</c><00:32:57.080><c> of</c><00:32:57.200><c> that</c><00:32:57.360><c> language<
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/03/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> uh</c><00:32:05.919><c> seeks</c><00:32:06.240><c> to</c><00:32:06.480><c> draw</c><00:32:06.720
  • </c><00:32:18.080><c> Chair,</c><00:32:19.519><c> um</c><00:32:19.760><c> I</c><00:32:20.080><c> think
  • ><c> that</c><00:32:31.840><c> shows</c><00:32:32.640><c> uh</c><00:32:33.200><c> that</c><00:32:33.840
  • </c><00:32:43.039><c> Chair,</c><00:32:43.360><c> it's</c><00:32:43.519><c> important</c><00:32:43.760
  • </c><00:32:55.840><c> Uh,</c><00:32:56.240><c> it</c><00:32:56.480><c> does</c><00:32:56.720><c> not<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/5/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • mechanism<00:32:10.200><c> especially</c><00:32:10.679><c> because</c><00:32:11.000><c> we</c><00:32
  • <00:32:17.960><c> and</c><00:32:18.720><c> that</c><00:32:18.960><c> causes</c><00:32:19.440><c> much
  • > react</c><00:32:21.480><c> right</c><00:32:21.639><c> now</c><00:32:22.000><c> as</c><00:32:22.120>
  • ><c> to</c><00:32:22.600><c> be</c><00:32:22.799><c> implemented</c><00:32:23.559><c> over</c><00:32:
  • :25.519><c> they</c><00:32:25.679><c> have</c><00:32:25.799><c> to</c><00:32:25.960><c> go</c><00:32:
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/03/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • :16.000><c> uh</c><00:32:16.159><c> thank</c><00:32:16.320><c> you</c><00:32:16.440><c> Mr</c><00:32:
  • </c><00:32:18.320><c> question</c><00:32:19.320><c> um</c><00:32:20.000><c> I</c><00:32:20.240><c> I<
  • ><c> already</c><00:32:47.480><c> um</c><00:32:47.720><c> as</c><00:32:47.840><c> a</c><00:32:48.000>
  • who suffered<00:32:48.799><c> harm</c><00:32:49.080><c> from</c><00:32:49.279><c> a</c><00:32:49.480
  • > so</c><00:32:54.039><c> I</c><00:32:54.279><c> I</c><00:32:54.360><c> don't</c><00:32:54.559><c> think
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So<00:32:04.159><c> the</c><00:32:04.320><c> intent</c><00:32:04.640><c> is</c><00:32:04.880><c> not<
  • /c><00:32:05.120><c> to</c><00:32:05.440><c> not</c><00:32:05.679><c> monitor</c><00:32:06.159><c> or
  • :32:17.120><c> get</c><00:32:17.360><c> those</c><00:32:17.600><c> answers</c><00:32:18.000><c> and</
  • ><c> spending</c><00:32:22.880><c> money</c><00:32:23.120><c> the</c><00:32:23.360><c> way</c><00:32:
  • </c><00:32:30.960><c> um</c><00:32:31.360><c> and</c><00:32:31.679><c> get</c><00:32:31.919><c> them<
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 04/23/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh the LGBTQIA2s<00:32:09.279><c> plus</c><00:32:09.600><c> council</c><00:32:09.919><c> has</c><00:32
  • </c><00:32:15.519><c> There</c><00:32:15.840><c> are</c><00:32:16.640><c> uh</c><00:32:16.799><c> there
  • That will take<00:32:50.240><c> us</c><00:32:50.480><c> down</c><00:32:50.799><c> on</c><00:32:51.120
  • ><c> to</c><00:32:51.440><c> line</c><00:32:51.919><c> 134</c><00:32:52.399><c> where</c><00:32:52.640
  • And<00:32:55.120><c> you</c><00:32:55.279><c> will</c><00:32:55.360><c> see</c><00:32:55.519><c> on</
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • that</c><00:32:02.600><c> are</c><00:32:02.760><c> part</c><00:32:02.880><c> of</c><00:32:03.000><c>
  • last</c><00:32:09.399><c> year</c><00:32:09.639><c> receive</c><00:32:10.000><c> any</c><00:32:10.279
  • ><c> um</c><00:32:18.840><c> just</c><00:32:18.960><c> so</c><00:32:19.200><c> you</c><00:32:19.440><
  • that</c><00:32:28.840><c> are</c><00:32:29.480><c> um</c><00:32:29.799><c> have</c><00:32:29.960><c>
  • c> uh</c><00:32:37.799><c> as</c><00:32:37.919><c> well</c><00:32:38.080><c> as</c><00:32:38.240><c>
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 04/03/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:03.039><c> That's</c><00:32:03.279><c> the</c><00:32:03.440><c> only</c><00:32:03.600><c>
  • And um<00:32:05.279><c> and</c><00:32:05.640><c> basically</c><00:32:06.640><c> as</c><00:32:06.880><
  • 32:30.559><c> would</c><00:32:30.640><c> like</c><00:32:30.960><c> this</c><00:32:31.279><c> year</c>
  • </c><00:32:32.960><c> So,</c><00:32:33.360><c> yes,</c><00:32:33.519><c> I</c><00:32:33.679><c> know<
  • :32:39.120><c> here</c><00:32:39.360><c> to</c><00:32:39.600><c> testify</c><00:32:40.080><c> as</c><
Committee: Senate Taxes
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/24/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And<00:32:00.640><c> what</c><00:32:00.880><c> we</c><00:32:01.039><c> would</c><00:32:01.200><c> do,
  • </c><00:32:01.760><c> is</c><00:32:01.840><c> that</c><00:32:02.000><c> a</c><00:32:02.159><c> way</c
  • to say<00:32:02.480><c> hill</c><00:32:02.960><c> or</c><00:32:03.279><c> a</c><00:32:03.440><c> rise
  • </c><00:32:07.360><c> Okay,</c><00:32:07.600><c> so</c><00:32:07.840><c> this</c><00:32:08.000><c> is
  • </c><00:32:09.519><c> So</c><00:32:09.760><c> here</c><00:32:09.919><c> we</c><00:32:10.080><c> have<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/7/25

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 32:15.360><c> quite</c><00:32:15.600><c> a</c><00:32:15.760><c> bit,</c><00:32:16.000><c> and</c><00:
  • Well, I<00:32:23.120><c> think</c><00:32:23.279><c> between</c><00:32:23.600><c> the</c><00:32:23.760
  • 32:25.919><c> a</c><00:32:26.080><c> few</c><00:32:26.159><c> other</c><00:32:26.399><c> members,</c>
  • </c><00:32:27.519><c> been</c><00:32:27.760><c> listening</c><00:32:28.080><c> in</c><00:32:28.320><c
  • c> say,</c><00:32:37.279><c> is</c><00:32:37.919><c> uh</c><00:32:38.000><c> listed</c><00:32:38.320>
Keywords: 1183, house
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 2/2/2026 #2

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh but the<00:32:10.159><c> first</c><00:32:10.399><c> time</c><00:32:10.559><c> we</c><00:32:10.880>
  • ,</c><00:32:13.519><c> we</c><00:32:13.919><c> uh</c><00:32:14.080><c> do</c><00:32:14.240><c> it</c>
  • c><00:32:16.080><c> now's</c><00:32:16.559><c> a</c><00:32:16.799><c> pretty</c><00:32:17.039><c> good
  • > ask</c><00:32:19.440><c> for</c><00:32:19.679><c> support</c><00:32:19.919><c> and</c><00:32:20.159
  • &gt;&gt; The<00:32:22.000><c> question</c><00:32:22.240><c> before</c><00:32:22.559><c> the</c><00:32
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House/Senate DFL Press Conference 1/29/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • &gt;&gt; Um<00:32:00.559><c> I</c><00:32:00.720><c> would</c><00:32:00.880><c> just</c><00:32:01.120>
  • ><00:32:29.360><c> starting</c><00:32:29.600><c> to</c><00:32:29.679><c> see</c><00:32:29.919><c> ICE
  • Uh<00:32:32.399><c> as</c><00:32:32.720><c> of</c><00:32:33.279><c> last</c><00:32:33.600><c> week,</
  • c><00:32:33.919><c> I</c><00:32:34.080><c> know</c><00:32:34.159><c> there</c><00:32:34.320><c> has</
  • </c><00:32:34.640><c> least</c><00:32:35.039><c> 20</c><00:32:35.279><c> individuals</c><00:32:35.760
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The meeting was a multi-state press event and hearing focused on alleged federal immigration enforcement abuses in Minnesota and other states. Minnesota lawmakers and invited legislators from Montana, Illinois, North Dakota, Tennessee, and elsewhere described ICE and Border Patrol activity as warrantless, masked, and violent, citing detentions of residents and U.S. citizens, school lockdowns, hospital disruptions, chemical munitions, and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Brady. Speakers said the actions were terrorizing immigrant communities, communities of color, Native Americans, and families, and argued that the federal government was using Minnesota as a testing ground for broader authoritarian overreach. Several lawmakers tied the situation to constitutional and civil-rights concerns, saying the conduct violated protections related to due process, free speech, and equal treatment. They urged state and federal officials to resist cooperation with ICE, protect schools, hospitals, churches, and courthouses as safe spaces, and support sanctuary policies. One speaker said Minnesota had never before needed a select committee on federal impacts, but that the current situation justified it; another said a coalition of 27 states was coordinating 85 bills to require coordination with local law enforcement, increase transparency, protect against warrantless arrests and racial profiling, and impose consequences for federal misconduct. During the press question period, lawmakers from North Dakota and Tennessee said similar enforcement activity was spreading beyond Minnesota, including reported abductions in Fargo and a large federal presence in Memphis that had led to deportations and business closures. Illinois lawmakers said their state had already passed sanctuary laws and would continue pushing back. The event ended with calls for continued organizing, state-level legislation, and collective resistance to federal immigration enforcement practices described by speakers as unlawful and abusive.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think there'll<00:32:00.559><c> be</c><00:32:00.720><c> an</c><00:32:00.799><c> appetite</c><00:32:
  • 00:32:02.559><c> going</c><00:32:02.640><c> to</c><00:32:02.799><c> have</c><00:32:03.360><c> um</c><
  • </c><00:32:05.120><c> a</c><00:32:05.360><c> committee</c><00:32:05.760><c> to</c><00:32:06.080><c> look
  • Um and I<00:32:14.240><c> can</c><00:32:14.320><c> pledge</c><00:32:14.720><c> to</c><00:32:14.880><c
  • Yeah.<00:32:27.519><c> So,</c><00:32:27.919><c> um</c><00:32:28.080><c> I</c><00:32:28.320><c> would<
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 3874, the Judiciary budget bill, and first moved it to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill was described as funding the judicial branch’s budget request, including courthouse and judge security measures, home safety for judges and staff, a $1 million courthouse safety grant program, and funding related to paid family and medical leave costs that the courts must absorb. A court administrator explained that some base adjustments were budget-neutral internal shifts within the court system, moving money from district courts to other courts to better meet overall needs. Members then debated several amendments. The A7 amendment, which reduced some of the requested security funding for administrators and aligned it more closely with legislative security levels while retaining flexible Supreme Court security personnel, was adopted. The A1 amendment, which would have deleted the additional operating adjustment for paid family and medical leave, failed on a 7-7 tie after debate over whether the courts should bear the employer share of that cost and whether the program itself was an unfunded mandate. The A2 amendment, also related to paid family and medical leave funding, likewise failed on a 7-7 tie after similar discussion about the judiciary’s ongoing employment costs and the branch’s inability to raise its own revenue. The committee then adopted the A4 amendment, which increased the courthouse safety grant program from $1 million to $4 million. Supporters said there was unmet demand for courthouse security grants and that the money would help with hardware such as screening equipment, while the court administrator said the branch would not spend more than it could use and that the grants would be reviewed by a committee including law enforcement and county representatives. The administrator noted the funding would be one-time money and would not cover staffing costs. The committee also discussed the judiciary’s ongoing need for funding, with members arguing both that the courts should be treated like other employers and that the judicial branch, as an independent branch of government, must be funded by the legislature. The final A5 amendment was then introduced, with staff noting it would delete a section already covered by the adopted A7 amendment and reduce an appropriation on page four, line 14.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/24/26

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, you<00:32:03.880><c> haven't</c><00:32:04.280><c> taken</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32
  • Um<00:32:08.400><c> is</c><00:32:08.600><c> there</c><00:32:08.720><c> a</c><00:32:08.800><c> happy</
  • c> and</c><00:32:12.560><c> them</c><00:32:13.360><c> on</c><00:32:13.600><c> what</c><00:32:13.800><
  • </c><00:32:14.480><c> I</c><00:32:14.680><c> I</c><00:32:14.760><c> just</c><00:32:15.000><c> don't</
  • c><00:32:15.240><c> know</c><00:32:15.520><c> the</c><00:32:15.760><c> pro</c><00:32:16.280><c> I</c>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-EDU Informational Briefing 01-14-2025 (Continued)

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> is</c><00:32:15.919><c> uh</c><00:32:16.600><c> HS</c><00:32:17.440><c> htsb</c><00:32:18.279><c
  • </c><00:32:25.760><c> a</c><00:32:25.919><c> business</c><00:32:26.200><c> manager</c><00:32:26.639><
  • :32:32.799><c> couple</c><00:32:33.120><c> sessions</c><00:32:33.440><c> ago</c><00:32:33.799><c> was
  • <00:32:36.240><c> CTE</c><00:32:36.960><c> and</c><00:32:37.120><c> things</c><00:32:37.360><c> like<
  • um is<00:32:42.760><c> to</c><00:32:43.200><c> support</c><00:32:43.519><c> the</c><00:32:43.679><c>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (02/09/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <c> ask,</c><00:32:00.399><c> but</c><00:32:00.559><c> I</c><00:32:00.799><c> just</c><00:32:00.960><
  • :01.600><c> the</c><00:32:02.000><c> if</c><00:32:02.159><c> the</c><00:32:02.480><c> report</c><00:32
  • ><c> us</c><00:32:04.880><c> about</c><00:32:05.200><c> the</c><00:32:05.919><c> debt</c><00:32:06.640
  • </c><01:32:00.080><c> So</c><01:32:00.639><c> I</c><01:32:00.800><c> mean</c><01:32:00.880><c> it</c>
  • ><01:32:03.040><c> stomach</c><01:32:03.360><c> in</c><01:32:03.600><c> knots</c><01:32:04.000><c> a<
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 1042, which would increase the BFA contingent credit limit. State Treasurer Monica Misipelli explained that under RSA 66, state debt capacity is tied to unrestricted revenue and that guaranteed debt counts in the calculation even though it is contingent rather than direct debt. She said the state currently has about 4.2% to 4.3% debt-to-revenue ratio, about $120 million in additional capacity, and that approving the bill’s proposed increase would reduce available capacity for future state borrowing, including capital budgets. She noted the BFA has a long history of using guarantees without a state payout, but said the legislature should consider whether the full additional $250 million is needed and whether unused guarantee authorizations, such as one for the Pease Development Authority, should be reviewed in the future. Committee members asked whether guarantees have the same effect as actual debt for bonding capacity, and the treasurer confirmed that they do for purposes of the formula. Members also asked about the usual level of debt relative to the statutory 10% cap, and she said the state generally stays well below that limit. BFA Executive Director James Key Wallace then testified that the request was driven by rising project costs, inflation, and the need for more runway so the agency does not have to return to the legislature in an emergency. He said the BFA is self-supported, has never had a guarantee paid out by the state, requires collateral and reserves, and believes the appropriate range is closer to $400 million to $450 million; he also said a Senate bill would raise the limit to $400 million. He added that the BFA’s pipeline includes projects from about $15 million to $100 million and that housing availability is an important factor in business location decisions. After closing the work session on House Bill 1042, the committee opened House Bill 241, a bill on health insurance coverage for pain management services for chronic pain. Representative Dave Nagel, the prime sponsor, gave extensive background on his long career in pain medicine and said the bill is intended to improve access to non-opioid therapies and evidence-based pain management. He described the broad population affected by chronic pain and opioid use disorder, and said the proposal has long had bipartisan and stakeholder support. No vote or final action was taken on House Bill 241 in the portion of the meeting provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (04/23/2025)

Ways and Means

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