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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- funding, forcing us to make impossible choices between investing in critical safety measures and preserving
- funding, forcing us to make impossible choices between investing in critical safety measures and preserving
- Then we'll go to member questions. safety measures and preserving the safety measures and preserving
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We are breed preservationists passionate about preserving the healthy lines of breed-specific cats, and
- We are breed preservationists passionate about preserving the healthy lines of breed-specific cats, and
- We are breed preservationists passionate about preserving the healthy lines of breed-specific cats, and
- Uh, we are breed preservationists passionate about preserving the healthy lines of breed-specific cats
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1552, which would make the attorney general the interim chief election officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying it could create a conflict of interest if the attorney general were both the state’s lawyer and the chief elections officer in any related litigation. The League of Women Voters supported having some interim backup for the office, but said it was not necessarily advocating that the attorney general fill the role. Several other testifiers, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, opposed the bill, arguing the current law already provides for a prompt commission appointment and warning about partisan bias and concentration of power. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said an interim mechanism is needed to ensure election certification in a crisis. The chair also asked whether any statutory acting capacity already exists, and the attorney general said none was known.
The committee then took up House Bill 2125, which would bar corporations operating under state law from engaging in election activity. The attorney general opposed the bill, citing Citizens United and arguing that corporations have First Amendment-protected political speech rights and that the bill would likely be unconstitutional. Indivisible Hawaii supported the measure, saying it would keep elections focused on the will of the people rather than corporate influence. Libertarian Party testimony was mixed: one witness supported the goal of reducing corruption but warned the bill could suppress organized dissent and sweep too broadly by treating many associations as corporations. The bill’s introducer asked whether the legislature could still enact it as a policy matter, but the attorney general maintained federal constitutional law would control. No vote was taken on either bill during the portion of the hearing provided.
The committee also heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment, which would set procedures and compensation for people whose convictions are reversed or vacated on grounds consistent with innocence and whose charges are dismissed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the bill’s intent but objected to language assigning it responsibility for helping released individuals secure housing, identification, health coverage, and other reentry needs, saying it no longer has jurisdiction after release and suggesting the courts or a community-based contractor handle that role. The Office of the Public Defender strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the harm of wrongful conviction and the need for compensation, case management, and medical coverage after release. No action or vote was reported on this measure in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- But what I'm concerned about is preserving evidence.
- you're doing and I'm<01:58:52.560><c> concerned</c><01:58:52.960><c> about</c><01:58:53.760><c> preserving
- </c><01:58:54.639><c> evidence</c> I'm concerned about preserving evidence I'm concerned about preserving
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (12-10-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- for certain eligibility groups, adding a modest front-end utilization and cost-sharing tool while preserving
- utilization and cost sharing<01:00:27.920><c> tool</c><01:00:28.319><c> while</c><01:00:28.960><c> preserving
- </c> sharing tool while preserving sharing tool while preserving protections<01:00:30.079><c> for</c>
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board reconvened and heard a presentation from the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control unit. AG staff described the unit’s structure and work: it investigates and prosecutes Medicaid provider fraud, and also handles abuse, neglect, and exploitation cases involving vulnerable adults in facility settings when asked to assist. They said the office has prosecutors, detectives, auditors, and support staff, works with federal partners, Commonwealth’s attorneys, CHFS, DMS, OIG, and MCOs, and uses a hotline and referral line for complaints. They also explained the MCO referral process, including monthly meetings, stand-down lists, and review of referrals for a “credible allegation of fraud” before the AG office decides whether to open a criminal or civil investigation.
The presentation focused heavily on current fraud trends. Staff said behavioral health is a major concern, along with participant-directed waiver services, medically assisted treatment, cash billing for services, controlled-substance billing, and vision and dental fraud. They gave examples such as duplicate time sheets for family caregivers, questionable Suboxone counseling and urine drug screening practices, and a prior optometry case involving false claims for children’s glasses. They also discussed CMS’s estimate that about 5% of Medicaid payments are improper, noted that most improper payments are at the fee-for-service level, and said there is no reliable overall fraud-rate estimate. They highlighted a sharp shift in behavioral health billing after the cabinet’s November 1, 2024 policy changes, saying individual psychotherapy spending dropped while group billing increased, suggesting providers may have moved billing to different codes.
Members asked about the scale and timing of cases, how MCO referrals are screened, and whether the data reflected more people being served or just higher spending. The AG office said investigations can take years, with some federal cases still awaiting sentencing from 2018 and 2019 matters, and that they currently had nine individuals awaiting sentencing in federal court. They also reported 58 hotline reports during the referenced period, six cases opened from MCO referrals, and four additional MCO referrals not accepted for active cases. Several members raised concerns about home-based services and the risk of abuse or fraud when family members are reimbursed, and asked whether the process could be streamlined; the AG office said it had no immediate recommendations but would be willing to return with suggestions after further review.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- consolidated RFP in 2024, Minnesota Housing Finance awarded $340 million to projects that will create and preserve
- million to projects uh that will create million to projects uh that will create and<01:45:50.239><c> preserve
- </c> and preserve and preserve $4,720<01:45:52.560><c> homes,</c><01:45:53.040><c> apartments,</c><01
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:
- offer, as an example, childcare stabilization grants in Minnesota relative to some of our peers to preserve
- 20.319><c> peers</c> Minnesota relative to some of our peers Minnesota relative to some of our peers preserve
- <c> care</c><00:54:22.319><c> providers</c><00:54:23.599><c> um</c><00:54:24.079><c> because</c> preserve
- child care providers um because preserve child care providers um because we<00:54:24.720><c> both</c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - Part 2 - 04/02/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- She said supporting these businesses during construction directly preserves local jobs and stabilizes
- during supporting these businesses during construction<00:14:27.920><c> directly</c><00:14:28.360><c> preserves
- </c><00:14:28.800><c> local</c> construction directly preserves local construction directly preserves
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/01/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We certainly did not like it, but we were willing to make the sacrifice to preserve our pension and maintain
- <00:23:26.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:27.039><c> to</c><00:23:27.520><c> to</c><00:23:27.840><c> preserve
- </c><00:23:28.159><c> our</c><00:23:28.320><c> pension</c> the sacrifice to to preserve our pension the
- sacrifice to to preserve our pension and<00:23:29.520><c> maintain</c><00:23:29.919><c> its</c><00:23
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That number grew to 8,500 and then to 15,000 if the scholarship funding was not preserved.
- 47.400><c> was</c><01:03:47.559><c> not</c> scholarship funding was not scholarship funding was not preserved
- 50.640><c> all</c><01:03:50.839><c> know</c><01:03:51.400><c> that</c><01:03:51.960><c> each</c> preserved
- I know you all know that each preserved I know you all know that each of<01:03:52.480><c> those</c><
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- House Speaker Mike Johnson is choosing to preserve now allow this local production of ammonia to bring
- 00:03:31.080><c> to</c> speaker might Johnson is choosing to speaker might Johnson is choosing to preserve
- > allow</c><00:03:33.400><c> this</c><00:03:33.560><c> local</c><00:03:33.879><c> production</c> preserve
- now allow this local production preserve now allow this local production of<00:03:34.400><c> ammonia
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It simply introduces back into statute reasonable authorities so that cities can preserve a balance in
- reasonable authorities so that<01:32:11.280><c> cities</c><01:32:11.639><c> can</c><01:32:11.840><c> preserve
- </c><01:32:12.320><c> a</c><01:32:12.520><c> balance</c><01:32:12.880><c> in</c> that cities can preserve
- a balance in that cities can preserve a balance in residential<01:32:13.520><c> neighborhoods</c><01
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we do appreciate the intent of this bill to try to preserve uh important accomplishments in the local
- this bill<00:20:57.000><c> to</c><00:20:57.400><c> try</c><00:20:57.559><c> to</c><00:20:57.760><c> preserve
- </c><00:20:58.919><c> uh</c><00:20:59.080><c> important</c> bill to try to preserve uh important bill
- to try to preserve uh important accomplishments<00:21:00.159><c> in</c><00:21:00.280><c> the</c><00:
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committee met on March 19, 2025, and first heard SB 137 SD2 HD1 relating to electric utilities. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the Public Utilities Commission said they stood on their written comments, IBEW Local 1260 supported the bill, and Ulupono Initiative also supported it. Hawaiian Electric supported the intent but asked for an amendment, saying the bill’s definition of “acquiring entity” was too broad and could unintentionally cover purely local utility transactions. A later witness from Life of the Land supported the bill only if the merger/acquisition language were removed, arguing the PUC would not have a workable mechanism to let a cooperative intervene in a utility sale process. Committee members questioned whether the bill could still work without that section, and Ulupono said it was open to clarifying language but did not seek to remove the provision; the discussion ended without a vote in the excerpt provided.
The committee then took up SB 1220 SD2 relating to a renewable gas tariff. The Division of Consumer Advocacy and the PUC again stood on written comments. HGas strongly supported the measure, saying it would create a faster, more cost-effective path for a voluntary renewable gas tariff without requiring a full rate case, while preserving PUC oversight and consumer protections. The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas also supported the bill, emphasizing that it would expand consumer choice and help Hawaii’s clean energy goals while keeping the program voluntary and shielding non-participating customers from costs.
Henry Curtis of Life of the Land opposed the bill, arguing that HGas already had an active rate case and could have raised the issue there, and that the proposal did not increase renewable gas supply or speed up acquisition; he called it a gimmick. In response, HGas said the bill was mainly a mechanism to speed filing and that the details would be worked out in a PUC docket. Committee members pressed HGas on whether the measure would actually add renewable gas, what source would be used, and whether customers would simply be paying more for the same gas; HGas said it had two projects in development, including banagrass and hydrogen-related work, and that the tariff would be a voluntary opt-in rate for customers seeking renewable natural gas to meet sustainability goals. No vote was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Superintendent Sinvic and I have forged a bond to preserve and continue education for our students as
- forged</c><00:25:34.559><c> a</c><00:25:34.720><c> bond</c><00:25:34.880><c> to</c><00:25:35.039><c> preserve
- </c><00:25:35.360><c> and</c> and I have forged a bond to preserve and and I have forged a bond to preserve
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It is essential for preserving our cultural identity and empowering the next generation of leaders.
- It is essential for preserving our cultural identity and empowering the next generation of leaders.
- The heritage language pathway program is essential for preserving our cultural identity and empowering
- The heritage language pathway program is essential for preserving our cultural identity and empowering
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/03/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- I ask you to consider amendments that protect veterans from predatory practices while preserving their
- veterans from predatory<00:28:15.720><c> practices</c><00:28:16.559><c> while</c><00:28:16.880><c> preserving
- </c> predatory practices while preserving predatory practices while preserving their<00:28:17.640><c>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, we need to preserve the program integrity.
- Also, we need to preserve the program integrity.
- Also, we need to preserve the program integrity.
- Also, we need to preserve the program integrity.
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill helps really implement and preserve the intent of the 340B federal program.
- this bill helps really uh Implement uh this bill helps really uh Implement and<01:46:58.520><c> preserve
- 59.400><c> of</c><01:46:59.520><c> the</c><01:46:59.679><c> 340</c><01:47:00.520><c> uhb</c> and preserve
- the intent of the 340 uhb and preserve the intent of the 340 uhb program<01:47:01.440><c> the</c><01
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on several transportation and consumer-related bills. HB 496, relating to mamaki tea labeling, drew support from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Weights and Measures, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, which said the bill would help protect a culturally important crop and the Hawaii brand. Members questioned Agriculture about staffing and whether the bill was being used to reopen a package-labeling inspection branch; the department said it currently has no Oahu inspectors for that function but has a place for an additional inspector. No opposition was registered on the measure.
HB 978, relating to electric utilities, and HB 1316, relating to DLNR/park reservations, were also heard. HB 1316 received support from State Parks, and members discussed where reservation fees would go and whether the statewide reservation system for three parks would cover its costs; the committee indicated a change would be made so fees go to the special fund. HB 914, relating to water carriers, drew support or comments from the PUC, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and the Hawaii Harbor Users Group. The main discussion focused on the proposed automatic rate-adjustment mechanism tied to the GDP price index, with members asking for alternative index ideas and questioning whether the PUC already had authority to adopt such a mechanism. Young Brothers said the measure would provide clarity and help recover inflationary costs, while the chair raised concerns about repeated rate increases and asked for further testimony on possible alternative indices.
HB 1161, relating to transportation and road usage charges, received support from the Insurance Division, DOT, and the State Energy Office, with comments from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Hawaii Food Industry Association. Members asked whether counties need state authorization to adopt mileage-based charges and why the bill included funding for implementation; DOT said it is helping counties build the data collection and billing system and that Honolulu is handling much of the collection work. A question was also raised about whether plug-in hybrids would be covered, and DOT said vehicles under the federal electric-vehicle definition would be included. HB 1301, relating to transportation network companies, drew opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, Lyft, and Uber, all arguing that classifying TNCs as common carriers and changing liability rules would raise costs, reduce access, and disrupt the current statewide framework. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR/TOU Joint Public Hearing - Wed Feb 5, 2025 @ 8:45 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- 1337 requires the University of Hawaiʻi to establish an endemic plant seed bank pilot program to preserve
- endemic plant seed bank pilot<01:17:02.280><c> program</c><01:17:02.600><c> to</c><01:17:02.880><c> preserve
- </c><01:17:03.239><c> and</c><01:17:03.440><c> promote</c> pilot program to preserve and promote pilot
- program to preserve and promote the<01:17:03.960><c> planting</c><01:17:04.480><c> of</c><01:17:04.679
Summary:
The joint House Agriculture and Food Systems and Tourism hearing focused on HB 189 and HB 966, both dealing with agricultural tourism. HB 189 would require counties to adopt ordinances governing review and permitting of agricultural tourism as secondary uses on working farms, require the principal agricultural use to pre-exist any tourism-related permit, and limit ag tourism to land where productive agriculture is occurring. HB 966 would create statewide uniform standards for agricultural tourism, require county registration of activities, require ag tourism to coexist with agricultural activity on a farming operation, and end the tourism use when agricultural activity ceases.
Testimony on HB 189 was mixed. The Department of Agriculture and Kualoa Ranch opposed the bill, arguing that the proposed restrictions and income-based limits could burden bona fide farms and ranches, reduce flexibility for counties, and harm food production, jobs, and diversification efforts. Kualoa Ranch said ag tourism supports its food sales and community market and warned the bill could cost more than 350 jobs. The Hawaiʻi Cattlemen’s Council also opposed the measure for similar reasons. The Hawaiʻi Farmers Union supported the bill with suggested amendments, including clearer language around agricultural dedication. The Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau supported the intent of the bill but urged caution, saying ag tourism should remain tied to actual agricultural production and that counties need flexibility to address abuses without imposing overly rigid standards.
Members discussed how to define a bona fide agricultural operation and whether property tax agricultural dedication could serve as a clearer qualifier. They also raised concerns about how counties would enforce revenue thresholds or separate accounting for tourism and farm income, and whether state law should better target clearly non-agricultural uses such as gondolas or other abusive developments. The Department of Agriculture and Farm Bureau said counties already have authority to regulate ag tourism through ordinances, but that any new standards should avoid unintended burdens on true farmers and ranchers.
HB 966 was then introduced, and initial testimony again reflected support for the bill’s intent from some agricultural groups and opposition or caution from others. Kualoa Ranch said ag tourism can help educate visitors and support agriculture, the Hawaiʻi Farmers Union supported county flexibility, and the Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau reiterated concerns about the bill’s income comparison provisions and the need to distinguish legitimate agricultural tourism from misuse. No votes were taken during the hearing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- the ITL motion would have tied our hands for the rest of this term, but tabling this bill would preserve
- /c><04:16:22.239><c> would</c> term but tabling this bill would term but tabling this bill would preserve
- 23.080><c> ability</c><04:16:23.520><c> to</c><04:16:23.760><c> address</c><04:16:24.199><c> the</c> preserve
- our ability to address the preserve our ability to address the minimum<04:16:24.720><c> age</c><04:16
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- lien will follow the property, not the developer, reducing the first mortgage obligation while preserving
- 24:12.720><c> while</c> the first mortgage obligation while the first mortgage obligation while preserving
- its</c><00:24:13.640><c> priority</c><00:24:14.400><c> and</c><00:24:14.600><c> potentially</c> preserving
- its priority and potentially preserving its priority and potentially reducing<00:24:15.720><c> the</