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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, everybody else in Idaho is paying into the general fund. student family chooses for their educational
- I mean, everybody else in Idaho is paying into the general fund.
- I mean, everybody else in Idaho is paying into the general fund or doing levy taxes on their property
- It does have to be about 20% of the student population because it offsets what that family would pay
- Population because it offsets what that family would pay in local taxes and property taxes and those
Committee:
House Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> section 8 and the tenant also has to pay section 8 and the tenant also has to pay a<00:36:52.240
- </c> tenant that chooses or is not paying tenant that chooses or is not paying their<00:37:22.880><c>
- </c> that aren't paying the tenants share. that aren't paying the tenants share.
- </c><00:42:37.119><c> the</c> evict tenants that are not paying the evict tenants that are not paying
- ><c> because</c> I'm going to stop paying too because I'm going to stop paying too because they<00:42
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Households could well pay $100 more per year by mid-century.
- </c><01:10:45.719><c> for</c> filling up their car and paying for filling up their car and paying for
- You don't think we're going to start to pay?
- I think we used 106,000, which we got from one of the... paying for them we're at 149% of debt to paying
- He wants them to quit, and he's going to pay them to quit.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriation and Revenue. (3-4-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:26.040><c> So,</c><00:08:26.240><c> high-paying</c> participate in that.
- So, high-paying participate in that.
- Certainly, we can't remove co-pays and deductibles, but that's not the biggest portion of cost.
- </c><00:36:32.920><c> and</c> Certainly, we can't remove co-pays and Certainly, we can't remove co-pays
- </c><00:49:51.240><c> for</c> local school district and and pay for local school district and and pay
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:10
SB 6 Discussion 00:40
SB 6 Vote 00:13:30
Cochlear Implants 00:16:25, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee heard Senate Bill 6, sponsored by Senate President Robert Stivers, which would create an endowed research fund to support collaborative university research in Kentucky. Stivers described the bill as an extension of earlier higher-education research efforts, arguing that Kentucky should build research “hubs” by requiring or encouraging partnerships among universities and outside entities, with potential focus areas including health care, engineering, aerospace, agriculture, and other emerging fields. He said the proposal would establish five research tranches over five years and sought a $30 million endowment for each, generating annual interest to fund consortium-based research and leverage additional private and federal dollars. Senators Frommeyer, Neal, Givens, Boswell, and Richardson spoke in support, emphasizing economic development, job creation, and examples from other research clusters such as Boston and North Carolina’s Research Triangle. The committee voted 12-0 to report the bill favorably to the Senate floor.
The committee then received a presentation from Dr. Matthew Bush of the University of Kentucky on pediatric hearing loss and cochlear implants. Bush explained that early hearing detection and intervention is critical because hearing loss in newborns is a neurocognitive emergency that affects language, literacy, and long-term outcomes. He outlined national screening benchmarks, Kentucky’s incidence of childhood hearing loss, and the high educational and societal costs of untreated hearing loss. Bush also highlighted disparities in rural and western Kentucky, where children face delayed diagnosis, longer waits for hearing aids or cochlear implants, and more difficulty accessing follow-up care. He described cochlear implants, the multidisciplinary care they require, and research showing improved language development, quality of life, and cost savings when children are treated early.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, pay attention. Your capital is due tomorrow by noon.
- You can bond only if you have a method to pay them back.
- And people try to park where they don't have to pay for it.
- That's part of the money that we can pay back the bonds.
- So we've got a captive tenant there to pay for our bond.
Summary:
The Senate convened for an Indian Day/Native American Day session featuring prayers, drum and color guard presentations, and extensive recognition of tribal leaders, students, royalty, and community advocates from across New Mexico and neighboring tribal nations. Senators used the morning to introduce guests and speak about Native sovereignty, language preservation, education, water access, economic development, and the importance of tribal-state relationships. Several speakers highlighted personal and family ties to Native communities, while others emphasized ongoing work on issues such as clean water for Navajo communities, Native youth leadership, and missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives.
A major non-ceremonial item was the reading of Senate Executive Messages from the governor authorizing consideration of Senate Bills 306, 309, 312, and 313. Those bills would, respectively, change licensure rules for certain institutions, alter lottery tuition fund deposit requirements, and repeal or revise provisions related to safety helmets and child restraint devices in negligence and damages law. The Senate also received committee reports advancing House Bill 34, Senate Bills 204, 241, 77, 152, 190, and 143, along with confirmations for Elaine Luna and Grace Margaret Herrera to the New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents. The Rules Committee also reported on the governor’s appointment of Don Walters as child advocate for the Office of the Child Advocate.
The chamber also adopted a Senate resolution recognizing February 6, 2026, as New Mexico Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Day, with Senator Pope speaking in support of audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Throughout the session, members repeatedly acknowledged the prior night’s Senate-House basketball game, which raised more than $26,000 for cancer, and used the occasion to thank participants and guests. No roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript beyond voice votes adopting the committee reports and the unanimous-consent actions on floor procedures and guest access.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (05/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The speaker said it has always concerned them that people are paying court costs, yet if they want a
- transcript, they have to pay more money.
- , they have to pay more money.
- , they have to pay more money.
- Um so they're they're paying for them.
Summary:
The Family Court Subcommittee of the Children and Family Law Committee convened under Chairman Mark Pearson to continue work begun by the prior special committee on the family division of circuit court. Pearson emphasized a collaborative, consensus-based approach with the judiciary and said the subcommittee would build on earlier “low-hanging fruit” reforms while tracking how prior changes are actually working. He also explained that the subcommittee would likely form smaller working groups, with informal meetings allowed so long as they stayed within open-meeting limits.
The main policy focus was House Bill 652, which was retained by the committee, along with broader questions about what additional changes family court should make. Members divided the work into two broad areas: pre-trial and trial issues. Pre-trial topics included alternative dispute resolution, mediation training and supervision, counseling/therapy for litigants with issues such as PTSD, and improving materials for pro se litigants, including New Hampshire Bar forms and instructions. The committee also discussed whether to use input from prior testimony, former litigants, other states, and legislative researchers, and whether some of the work should be assigned to two-person subgroups to allow flexible research and outreach.
For trial-related issues, members identified additional training for family court judges, whether judges should be dedicated solely to family court, and how to handle the overlap between civil and criminal matters, especially domestic violence and divorce cases. Representative Raymond raised concerns about courtroom recordings and whether judges’ behavior and record preservation were adequate; Aaron Kan of the court system responded that circuit court recording practices and staffing had not changed, that circuit court lacks the court monitors used in superior court, and that resource limits prevent similar staffing. Raymond also raised the cost of obtaining trial transcripts for pro se litigants; Kan explained that transcripts are produced by private vendors because the court system no longer employs court reporters, and that the fees reflect that outsourced service rather than a court-imposed markup. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended with plans to continue gathering information and assigning subtopics for further study.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- for food service, so they can afford to pay four times more.
- </c><01:05:56.520><c> for</c> and that there they're not paying for and that there they're not paying
- </c> food service so they can afford to pay food service so they can afford to pay four<01:05:59.279>
- > that</c> you're paying you're paying for that you're paying you're paying for that privilege<01:06:
- You don't need to pay for this ridiculous license. You can stop serving the food, yeah.
Summary:
The subcommittee first took up House Bill 507, which concerns the timeline for credentialing mental health care providers. Members discussed and approved an amendment that removed section 2 and changed the bill’s effective date to January 1. A motion for ought to pass as amended was made, seconded, and approved by a 6-0 vote, with Representative Miles assigned to write the committee report.
The bulk of the meeting focused on House Bill 705, a price-transparency measure requiring insurance-related data reporting and uniform formatting. Committee members and a representative from Anthem discussed how the bill would interact with federal requirements, including a recent presidential executive order and anticipated CMS guidance on uniformity standards. Anthem testified that the federal timeline was uncertain, that final rules could take months, and that the machine-readable files involved are complex and costly to produce. Some members argued the state should mirror federal standards but wait for final federal guidance; others said the bill should create a firm state requirement and not leave everything to rulemaking.
The main unresolved issue was timing. Members debated whether the bill should be effective upon passage, apply to plan years beginning January 1, 2026, or be delayed until after federal guidance is finalized, with several references to a possible six-month implementation window after final federal rules. No final vote was taken on HB 705 in the portion provided; instead, the committee planned to revisit the bill the next morning after language was rewritten and circulated, with a straw vote anticipated before the executive session.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- So, who pays for these upgrades? That would be They would put that on the ratepayers.
- I'll be Happy to earlier, earlier, you were asked who pays for the long-term investment.
- If they want to help pay for the infrastructure to implement these new technologies, they can.
- But you know, at the end of the Day, it's always the end user that's going to pay for it.
- Then, for the state having to pay the mileage on us, we could just use the state car and state-owned
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
electric utilities, grid congestion, transmission technology, advanced power flow controllers, dynamic line rating, energy efficiency, rural water service, district organization, emergency legislation, Oklahoma, water management, state vehicles, state-owned vehicles, state-leased vehicles, motor vehicle use, commuting use, personal use, fleet management, Corporation Commission, field inspectors
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not putting him into a state-owned hospital or somewhere else where we're paying a lot of money
- And so it's a costly thing, but it pays big dividends. Again, this is an evidence-based program.
- But this is one where they've said it pays back. And it's been for years and years and years.
- And in doing so, I want to pay back. And so I go through a program.
- Because if we're going to be paying Medicaid claims, let's pull that out of statute and just make sure
Summary:
The committee met briefly to clarify priorities for available funding, with the chair noting that JFAC had already removed funding for one SRO-related item and that the committee would need to decide how to proceed. Senator Kevin Cook was invited to outline several potential behavioral health and Medicaid-related uses of funds, emphasizing that he was not lobbying but providing information on costs and impacts.
Much of the discussion focused on three behavioral health services that had been cut: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Adult Peer Support Services, and Healthy Connections. Senator Cook and Department of Health and Welfare Medicaid administrator Sasha O’Connell described ACT as an evidence-based team service for people with severe mental illness, noting it had been cut under the governor’s holdback and that restoring it would cost about $1.3 million for the remainder of FY 2026 and $4.1 million in FY 2027. Peer support was described as a trained recovery-based service, with estimated costs of $2 million for FY 2026 and $6 million for FY 2027. Healthy Connections, which had ended due to statute rather than department action, was estimated at $1.5 million to finish FY 2026 and $6.3 million for FY 2027.
O’Connell explained that the cuts were driven by budget holdbacks and limited options under state and federal law, and that ACT had been moved into the Magellan Medicaid contract to leverage federal matching funds. Members asked about the Medicaid match, the number of people served, and why these services were not included in earlier Medicaid funding decisions. Several members and Senator Cook argued that ACT in particular reduces costs and risks by preventing hospitalizations, jail stays, and law enforcement crises, and cited letters and personal examples supporting the program. The committee did not take final action, but members expressed support for ACT and discussed whether statutory changes or another meeting would be needed before any funding decision.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- Literally, folks will pay a family to emancipate the child so they can marry him, and that is what we
- Is it against the law to pay a minor, pay to emancipate a minor?
- So it's, it's not currently against the law to pay or coerce a minor to become emancipated.
- It is not, it's my understanding that it's not against the law for, let's say, um, a benefactor to pay
- Um, I don't I have no idea about the possibility of entering into some contract where you pay this for
Bills:
HB168
Keywords:
certificates of obligation, local government debt, municipal finance, county finance, public works, bond election, voter petition, registered voters, refinancing certificates, Texas Local Government Code, municipality, county, hospital district, infrastructure financing, public improvement, debt issuance, general obligation alternative, public oversight, local bonds, historic preservation
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 105 Apr 29th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh I good high-paying jobs and careers.
- </c> Let's pay workers what they are owed. Let's pay workers what they are owed.
- </c> journalism is starving and so let us pay journalism is starving and so let us pay uh<01:41:50.960
- Hail and wind is a bigger threat to our insurance industry than is wildfire. pay to pay their bills.
- Um I do just pay to pay their bills.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They do that they aren't paying taxes.
- Paying $100 as a registration scooter.
- These funds can pay for local and operational expenses.
- Uh this this funding pays for operators.
- </c><01:44:52.159><c> for</c> state's lines. uh those funds pay for state's lines. uh those funds pay
Committee:
Senate Transportation
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Participants didn't have to pay for that. They then register in the University of Hawaii system.
- Participants didn't have to pay for that. They then register in the University of Hawaii system.
- Participants didn't have to pay for that. They then register in the University of Hawaii system.
- The EDA federal funds are like saying, okay, we pay up to, you know, a year of training.
- So we went to Sandbox, and we were able to pay them, and that was about $1,250.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:35:59.400><c> at</c><00:35:59.520><c> the</c> tax is a function of what you pay at the tax is
- a function of what you pay at the restaurant<00:36:00.680><c> so</c><00:36:00.920><c> inflation</c><
- </c> will be lower and we'll eventually pay will be lower and we'll eventually pay less<02:29:53.960>
- The additional debt service that the state will have to pay if we wanted to bond more.
- Yeah, see, I'm glad you were paying attention.
Summary:
The committee meeting began with an overview from the Legislative Budget Assistant Office on how Ways and Means will work with agencies and leadership during the budget and revenue-estimating process. Staff explained that the governor’s budget is still being developed, agencies are cautious about going on record early, and the committee will use worksheets and updated fiscal reports to track estimates. The presentation emphasized that the fiscal year 2025 budget status is a point-in-time snapshot and remains fluid because the annual comprehensive financial report has been delayed, which could change the beginning balances for both the general fund and education trust fund.
The budget update highlighted that the general fund is currently stronger than originally assumed, while the education trust fund is weaker. The speaker said the general fund began FY25 with a much larger balance than expected, while the education trust fund came in lower due to higher-than-budgeted adequacy spending and weaker business tax performance. Revenue trends showed the general fund slightly ahead year to date, but the education trust fund down significantly. The committee also discussed unbudgeted appropriations, including attorney general litigation, legal settlements, abandoned property claims, adequacy true-ups, and education freedom accounts, as well as the role of lapses and off-budget items in the final balance.
Members asked about the delayed liquor commission audit and whether it could affect revenue forecasts. Staff said the delay was mainly caused by the commission’s switch in point-of-sale systems and staffing losses, but did not expect major ongoing reporting issues. They also noted that liquor fund variances are more likely tied to Medicaid expansion costs than to commission operations. The governor’s office was said to be working on possible budget reductions, but no January request to the fiscal committee was expected.
Commissioner Lindsay Stepp of the Department of Revenue Administration then presented an overview of state revenue sources, focusing first on the meals and rentals tax. She explained that DRA administers 14 taxes that account for most state revenue, and that meals and rentals tax growth has slowed after strong post-pandemic gains. She described factors affecting the tax, including employment, inflation, fuel and food prices, wages, and weather, and noted that online platforms like Airbnb have improved compliance by collecting and remitting tax on behalf of hosts. Members asked about short-term rental compliance and how DRA identifies unlicensed rentals; Stepp said referrals, anonymous tips, and platform data help enforcement.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Repealing requirement to adopt a new residential energy code 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- expected next residential energy code, a Slipstream study found that energy efficiency upgrades would pay
- </c><00:03:59.280><c> for</c> efficiency upgrades would pay for efficiency upgrades would pay for themselves
- </c> as as they pay for that energy. as as they pay for that energy.
- The builders aren't paying the 20 years of utilities that homeowners are.
- The builders aren't paying the 20 years of<00:42:27.359><c> utilities</c><00:42:27.760><c> that</c><
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Enrollment-based pay had been a policy instituted by the Biden administration.
- I should have been paying attention better. Please begin.
- And in this budget, National Board certified teachers will take a pay cut.
- We've seen these dollars pay for themselves very quickly.
- Consider the analogy of a credit card bill: you can pay now or pay later, but pay later only increases
Bills:
HB2289
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, fiscal matters, state spending, general fund, supplemental budget, biennial budget, substitute bill, public defense, civil legal aid, courts, judicial branch, homelessness, supportive housing, affordable housing, behavioral health, juvenile rehabilitation, youth services, child welfare, foster care
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So they're fully paying<00:29:11.760><c> the</c><00:29:12.000><c> premium.
- The balance of that paying the premium.
- And so to ensure that $5 per pay week.
- </c><00:31:31.120><c> for</c><00:31:31.279><c> the</c> IP tax that they're paying for the IP tax that
- It barely helps at all to pay to fix roads temporarily or to be used to help get a community running
Committee:
Senate Finance
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- And does the county pay for the child custody evaluator?
- For failing to pay the child support during those 90 days.
- That a person shouldn't be jailed for not paying their child support because how are they going to pay
- And so, um, inability to pay is already an affirmative defense to failure to pay child support on the
- And I'll give you the same pay as I get. For doing this.
Bills:
HB116
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to clean up that mess to the had to pay to clean up that mess to the tune<02:02:17.360><c> of</c><02
- Two billion dollars in Trump's hands where he has to pay nothing, 0% on the loan.
- nothing, 0% on hands where he has to pay nothing, 0% on the<02:08:49.360><c> loan.
- </c> groceries and pay for their healthcare. groceries and pay for their healthcare.
- </c> members of tools and training and pay. members of tools and training and pay. that<04:10:55.600>
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HED/EDN Joint Public Hearing -Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- Whatever cost that they pay, the students who are paying full, their cost would increase, which takes
- </c> they pay the students who are are paying they pay the students who are are paying full<00:21:13.159
- What we're looking at is just what the parents are paying, so that cost that they're paying is already
- What we're looking at is just what the parents are paying, so that cost that they're paying is already
- What we're looking at is just what the parents are paying, so that cost that they're paying is already
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused.
The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger.
The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.