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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Thu Jan 30, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- legislature we're just trying to make sure that we understand what the real impacts are, not just the imagined
- You can imagine that sometimes people release the public defenders from duty or fire us if they're not
- You can imagine that sometimes people release the public defenders from duty or fire us if they're not
- attorney<00:46:13.280><c> um</c><00:46:14.280><c> you</c><00:46:14.400><c> can</c><00:46:14.599><c> imagine
- </c><00:46:15.079><c> that</c> attorney um you can imagine that attorney um you can imagine that sometimes
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 4000, the Judiciary’s biennium budget bill for FY 2026-2027. Judiciary Director of Policy and Planning Brandon Kimura testified in strong support, outlining operating requests of about $6.17 million in FY 26 and $6.25 million in FY 27, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $9.9 million in capital improvements. He described funding needs for specialty courts, preparations for the Wahiawa District Court, an additional district court judge and staff for Kona, cybersecurity upgrades, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, statewide priority items, and restoration of several essential staff positions. He also said the Judiciary was seeking an additional $2 million for the Children’s Justice Center relocation lump sum because updated estimates had risen to about $8 million. The committee also discussed potential impacts from uncertain federal funding and asked for written follow-up on those risks and on the capital request, including coordination with Budget and Finance.
Several organizations and individuals testified in support of the Judiciary budget, including the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, and legal service providers. Mioko Eto asked for an additional $1 million for civil legal service providers, explaining that the current funding is spread across multiple providers and that the need remains high. David Copper of Legal Aid supported the request, citing statewide demand, 105 staff, 7,100 cases closed in the past year, and 15,000 calls received, while noting that many people seeking help cannot be served because of capacity limits. He also said recent federal funding disruptions and proposed cuts could affect legal services and related programs. Committee members asked about the Criminal Justice Research Institute’s mission; Kimura said its primary statutory role is to build a database focused on pre-trial reporting and data analysis, though it is also working on probation and mental health-related projects. No vote or final action on HB 4000 was taken in the hearing excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/29/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- detail<01:30:58.000><c> Behind</c><01:30:58.520><c> These</c><01:30:58.840><c> I</c><01:30:58.960><c> imagine
- </c><01:30:59.320><c> some</c><01:30:59.480><c> of</c> detail Behind These I imagine some of detail Behind
- These I imagine some of these<01:30:59.960><c> some</c><01:31:00.080><c> of</c><01:31:00.239><c> these
- So there's a variety of, as you can imagine for a program like this, individual contributor roles, leadership
- And I imagine, like most things in the economy, there's probably a multiplicity of factors that could
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- There are no witnesses, and I don't I can't imagine any way that could ever be enforced. disabilities
- </c> Witnesses and I don't I can't imagine Witnesses and I don't I can't imagine any<05:18:22.200><c>
- Now imagine your doctor, who’s supposed to help you live, seeing you as a cost cut.
- Now imagine your doctor, who’s supposed to help you live, seeing you as a cost cut.
- Now imagine your doctor, who’s supposed to help you live, seeing you as a cost cut.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 199, which would extend the statute of limitations for civil actions seeking damages from PFAS contamination from six years to 20 years. The prime sponsor and other supporters argued that PFAS contamination in southern New Hampshire has long-term and often delayed health and property impacts, making the current six-year period too short for victims to discover harm, connect it to exposure, and seek relief. Supporters described contamination in places such as Merrimack and surrounding communities, cited health concerns including cancer, developmental issues, and other illnesses, and said a longer period would better preserve legal rights while still requiring proof of causation. The Department of Environmental Services said it was not taking a position but acknowledged the contamination and ongoing work to address it. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill, arguing that evidence becomes stale over time, memories and documents fade, and a longer window would make it harder to determine causation when other exposures or intervening factors may be involved.
Committee members questioned both sides about causation, the difficulty of proving PFAS-related illness, and whether a 20-year period was necessary if a plaintiff already knows of the injury and its source. Supporters responded that PFAS effects can emerge slowly, that scientific understanding continues to develop, and that current knowledge is still incomplete. Opponents said the existing discovery rule already starts the clock when harm and causal connection are known, and that extending the period would reduce clarity and fairness in litigation. After testimony and questions, the chair closed the hearing on HB 199.
The committee then opened House Bill 268 FN, which was described as a technical measure to confirm that the Board of Tax and Land Appeals may hold hearings in its Concord hearing rooms. The sponsor indicated the bill reflects current practice and does not require additional facilities. With only one witness listed and no apparent opposition, the discussion was brief and focused on why the authorization should be placed in statute rather than left to practice.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/28/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So imagine, as it is in the case of New Hampshire, you know, we have farmers markets, right?
- And imagine that these things are legal, but in addition to accepting cash, we have a rule that says
- So imagine, you offer this analogy.
- So imagine, you know,<04:48:46.638><c> imagine</c><04:48:47.120><c> in</c><04:48:47.600><c> as</c><04
- Um and and and imagine markets, right?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- As you can imagine, it has passed the Senate with a bipartisan supermajority.
- As you can imagine, stakeholders.
- Now imagine this happens to you.
- Imagine some of the folks in this room who are on the Safe at Home list who had to move.
- </c> Now imagine this happens to you. Now imagine this happens to you.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And imagine being a patient trying to navigate the complicated world of insurance just trying to get
- </c><01:25:23.280><c> And</c><01:25:23.600><c> imagine</c> inconsistent, well, it is.
- And imagine inconsistent, well, it is.
- So, can you imagine?
- So, imagine that one of New Hampshire.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/20/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um now imagine posting their salary.
- I would imagine some of these things can get cleared up pretty fast.
- I would imagine some of these things can get cleared up pretty fast.
- I would imagine some of these things can get cleared up pretty fast.
- I would imagine some of these things can get cleared up pretty fast.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- description of the forthcoming amendment and the ability of operators to simply alter the contracts, imagine
- what the subcommittee can talk about, and the director has indicated in his comments that he can imagine
- I would imagine there might be some fines if wrongdoing happened. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- I imagine that would increase a little bit, but other states, unlike us, have been very specific about
- So waste management is a profitable business, I imagine, and your concern about costs has to do with
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. Representative German introduced the bill and explained that it was prompted by recent reporting on leachate management problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations and deficiency letters from DES. He said the bill was intended to address public health concerns, PFAS contamination, and increased leachate volumes tied to more severe rainstorms, while still allowing innovation in treatment and transportation methods. He also described a set of proposed amendments developed after discussions with DES and a landfill operator, including changing “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” applying the bill to landfill expansions, moving contract-related language into the planning section, and removing a proposed new subparagraph.
Committee members asked whether the bill would limit operator flexibility or duplicate existing DES rules. Representative German said the bill would not dictate specific treatment methods or lock operators into long-term contracts, but would require a plan showing how leachate will be managed, transported, and disposed of, with later contract changes reported to DES. Several members and the BIA representative questioned whether the bill was necessary given existing Env 806 rules and DES enforcement authority. The Business and Industry Association opposed the bill as introduced, arguing that DES already has rules and technical expertise, that the issue is better handled through rulemaking, and that moving requirements into statute could freeze the framework and make future adjustments harder. Supporters countered that a statute would provide a stronger, more durable policy commitment in response to ongoing problems.
No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration and with the sponsor indicating that a revised amendment would likely be brought forward for later work session or executive session review.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (05/05/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, but I am making a bet that the NRC is going to take longer than anyone imagines.
- </c> >> But I am making a bet that the NRC is going to take longer than anyone imagines.
- 27:59.760><c> anyone</c> is going to take longer than anyone is going to take longer than anyone imagines
- 02.320><c> then,</c><00:28:03.120><c> you</c><00:28:03.279><c> know,</c><00:28:03.440><c> molten</c> imagines
- And then, you know, molten imagines.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/14/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I imagine if we look back for each year or each decade in the last 50 years, I bet there's been a version
- But now we are giving them the money to create a new asset for their community, but as you can imagine
- asset for their community, but as you asset for their community, but as you can<00:20:46.840><c> imagine
- ><c> of</c><00:20:47.840><c> us</c><00:20:47.960><c> are</c><00:20:48.080><c> homeowners,</c> can imagine
- many of us are homeowners, can imagine many of us are homeowners, it<00:20:49.080><c> costs</c><00:20
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- body you have needed 41 votes, assuming there would be 41 votes to move this thing, which I can't imagine
- /c><01:51:34.280><c> which</c><01:51:34.480><c> I</c><01:51:34.520><c> can't</c><01:51:34.760><c> imagine
- </c><01:51:35.160><c> there</c> this thing, which I can't imagine there this thing, which I can't imagine
- that Sam leaned over to me and said 3 years repeat, or, you know, 3 years setting aside waiver re-imagined
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, as you imagine, we have a lot of shared dock systems are very common in Detroit Lakes, but
- For example, as you imagine, we have a lot of shared dock systems are very common in Detroit Lakes, but
- For example, as you imagine, we have a lot of shared dock systems are very common in Detroit Lakes, but
- For example, as you imagine, we have a lot of shared dock systems are very common in Detroit Lakes, but
- For example, as you imagine, we have a lot of shared dock systems are very common in Detroit Lakes, but
Keywords:
public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine that, what that billion dollars a day could be doing in our country. >> Representative Liebling
- Imagine that, what that billion dollars a day could be doing in our country. >> Representative Liebling
- Imagine that, what that billion dollars a day could be doing in our country. >> Representative Liebling
- Imagine that, what that billion dollars a day could be doing in our country. >> Representative Liebling
- Imagine that, what that billion dollars a day could be doing in our country. >> Representative Liebling
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/25/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- child care efforts, many of these businesses have leveraged those and took risks that I couldn't imagine
- child care efforts, many of these businesses have leveraged those and took risks that I couldn't imagine
- 43.920><c> couldn't</c> those and took risks that I couldn't those and took risks that I couldn't imagine
- </c> imagine taking myself in the community. imagine taking myself in the community.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/24/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- And imagine the chaos.
- </c><00:17:14.720><c> And</c><00:17:14.880><c> imagine</c><00:17:15.280><c> the</c><00:17:15.439><c>
- And imagine the chaos. their clients." And imagine the chaos.
- Imagine a reverse keyword warrant sent to Google identifying 100 suspects who entered a keyword of interest
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, constitutional rights, color of law, 42 U.S.C. 1983, section 1983, civil action, damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees, law enforcement task force, federal-state cooperation, intergovernmental agreement, federal agency partnership, Minnesota Constitution, U.S. Constitution, police accountability
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 10/14/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- By inference, you would imagine Carver County was one of the 10 or more counties involved. any clarity
- So, I imagine there were any number of other ordinances and state laws that were also broken.
- So, I imagine there were any number of other ordinances and state laws that were also broken.
- So, I imagine there were any number of other ordinances and state laws that were also broken.
- had vouched for that information would be handed over to the county attorney's office, and I would imagine
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force (7-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I can just imagine what a help this would be to Eric if counties had this set up.
- located at our CAP location, and that was actually the most convenient situation that I could have imagined
- /c><01:36:19.679><c> I</c><01:36:19.840><c> could</c><01:36:20.000><c> have</c><01:36:20.480><c> imagined
- </c> um situation that I could have imagined. um situation that I could have imagined.
Summary:
The Disaster Prevention and Resiliency Task Force met with a quorum, adopted the minutes from the previous meeting, and heard a presentation from Western Kentucky University’s Disaster Science Operations Center. WKU described its multidisciplinary disaster science effort, including meteorology, emergency management, the Kentucky State Climate Center, the Kentucky Mesonet, and the Disaster Science Operations Center, which was created in 2021 and serves as an operational hub for forecasting, emergency planning, crisis management, training, and decision support. Speakers emphasized applied learning, student field work, partnerships with industry and event venues, and a five-year NSF/UK-led research project focused on weather hazards, disaster preparedness, and building a statewide disaster database to improve mitigation and resilience. Members asked about flooding, the relationship to EKU’s program, Tennessee’s capabilities, and the timeline and goals for the research project; WKU said the data collection is underway and that the evidence suggests tornado risk is shifting east and occurring more at night.
A WKU graduate student also described the value of hands-on storm-chasing and operational forecasting experience, saying it helped prepare her for work in forecasting and emergency management. Members asked about her motivation for joining the program and about the practical realities of storm chasing. The discussion also touched on whether Kentucky’s tornado risk is shifting east; WKU said the evidence from tornado observations and other studies points in that direction, with added concern about nighttime events and communicating warnings to vulnerable communities.
The task force then heard from Amy Shaquinn of the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group, who outlined the county-level recovery process after the 2021 tornadoes. She said Kentucky ranks among the top states for federally declared disasters, has seen a high number of tornadoes in recent years, and also faces major flood risk and earthquake concerns along the New Madrid fault. Shaquinn stressed the distinction between immediate response and long-term recovery, explaining that response covers rescue, cleanup, temporary housing, and short-term assistance, while recovery is the longer effort to restore survivors to safe, sanitary, and secure housing through local long-term recovery groups. She said community-led recovery is essential and that preparedness and mitigation follow once immediate recovery needs are addressed.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you imagine that? This little old dude who just wants to go and mow people's lawns.
- </c><01:19:09.920><c> Can</c><01:19:10.159><c> you</c><01:19:10.320><c> imagine</c> he's just an outlaw
- Can you imagine he's just an outlaw. Can you imagine that?
- I was told, imagine for a moment the fear and uncertainty these business owners felt.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Tech is poised to transform our lives in ways you cannot imagine, and we must be ready.
- Tech is poised to transform our lives in ways you cannot imagine, and we must be ready.
- transform our lives in ways<00:14:45.240><c> you</c><00:14:45.519><c> cannot</c><00:14:46.399><c> imagine
- and</c><00:14:47.560><c> we</c><00:14:47.720><c> must</c><00:14:48.000><c> be</c> ways you cannot imagine
- and we must be ways you cannot imagine and we must be ready<00:14:49.480><c> finally</c><00:14:49.959
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- She said she was imagining more of a situation where a parent has fentanyl, a kid ingests it, and then
- She suggested expanding on that a little bit more because she would imagine public safety would have
- that might help with that because I I that might help with that because I I would<00:59:04.640><c> imagine
- public</c><00:59:05.359><c> safety</c><00:59:05.760><c> would</c><00:59:06.000><c> have</c> would imagine
- public safety would have would imagine public safety would have uh<00:59:06.799><c> a</c><00:59:07.040
Keywords:
HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program