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MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Labor 26-06-18

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • They say, oh, all LifePoint facilities are going to do this.
  • And then, you know, Marquette is the regional facility for the Upper Peninsula.
  • And then, you know, Marquette is the regional facility for the Upper Peninsula.
  • If you leave the bedside to go to teach, yes, you're helping the future generation.
  • One night, I was in a facility working in a lockdown unit. It was a dementia unit, 46 patients.
Committee: Senate Labor
Summary: The Senate Committee on Labor met with a quorum, adopted the June 4 minutes, and then took up Senate Bill 948, the Workplace Employees Boundaries Act (WEB Act), after adopting an S-1 substitute by a 4-1 vote. Senator Geis presented the bill as a Michigan “right to disconnect” measure that would generally bar employers from requiring employees to access or respond to work communications outside usual work hours, allow employees to set availability hours, prohibit retaliation, direct LEO to write rules, and provide complaint and enforcement procedures with exceptions for emergencies and existing collective bargaining agreements. In questioning, Senator Albert raised concerns about how the bill would apply in small businesses and practical situations like staffing calls, school notifications, and emergency-like circumstances; Geis said the bill was meant to protect non-work time while preserving emergency carve-outs and informational messages. NFIB’s Amanda Fisher opposed the bill, arguing it was too broad, difficult to define across industries and schedules, potentially duplicative of existing wage-and-hour law, and likely to create confusion and reduce flexibility, especially for small employers. The committee then shifted to testimony on health care workforce and labor disputes. Nurses from Teamsters Local 332 described a 291-day strike at Henry Ford/Genesis over safe staffing, return-to-work terms, and alleged union-busting, saying the hospital’s staffing levels and use of replacement workers threatened patient safety and could displace experienced specialty nurses. Michigan Nurses Association president Aaron McCormick and Marquette RN union president Christina Hanson said Michigan’s problem is not a shortage of licensed nurses but of nurses willing to stay in overworked, hostile workplaces; they cited retaliation, slow grievance/arbitration processes, hospital consolidation, rural OB closures, and unsafe staffing ratios as drivers of burnout and departures. They urged stronger protections and faster dispute resolution, especially given the limited effectiveness of the NLRB and delays in labor processes. Additional testimony came from UAW Local 4911’s Kim Wheeler, who said UMH Sparrow was outsourcing two low-paid support groups—patient transport/housekeeping and food and nutrition—despite their importance to hospital operations and despite a recently ratified contract, and asked for transparency and limits on corporate outsourcing. Don Hill of SEIU Health Care Michigan described chronic understaffing in nursing homes, mandatory overtime, burnout, retaliation fears, and the need for enforceable patient-to-staff ratios and stronger wage support; he also noted that home care workers are negotiating first contracts after restored bargaining rights. The committee took no vote on SB 948 beyond adopting the substitute, heard extensive testimony, and adjourned without further business.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said it is also important that the facilities stay up and running, and that means staff in those facilities
  • to</c><00:35:50.359><c> take</c> means staff in those facilities to take means staff in those facilities
  • </c><01:04:28.160><c> predict</c> has found that 89% of facilities predict has found that 89% of facilities
  • Bill to bring critical funding to nursing homes in Minnesota and assist living facilities.
  • closed, and we had to merge into one large facility.
Bills: HF1419 , HF500
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hospitals, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, adult family homes, and ambulatory surgical facilities
  • You send a message: this is a facility first, room and around the dining table.
  • You send a message: this is a facility first, a home second.
  • A general doctor means physician.
  • And inter-facility transports are a big part of that rural health care service.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 13, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • so all of our juveniles who have mental health problems are taken to a hospital or receiving facility
  • It's law enforcement in the Baker Act implementing Baker Act procedures and receiving facilities and
  • But this is designed for us to truly understand and know what's going on and give the general public
  • a way to be able to Truly understand and know what's going on and give the general public a way to be
  • So that would be CSU's, detox facilities, and short-term residential treatment facilities.
Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee met to review implementation of House Bill 7021, the recent overhaul of Florida’s Baker Act and Marchman Act, and to hear from DCF Assistant Secretary Erica Floyd Thomas about how the department is using the $50 million appropriation tied to the bill. Representative Maney, the bill sponsor, gave a lengthy background on why he pursued the reforms and emphasized that the goal was to improve access, reduce unnecessary crisis interventions, and give agencies the resources needed to carry out their responsibilities. He and the chair both noted that the bill was the product of many years of work and broad bipartisan support. DCF reported several early outcomes and implementation steps, including a statewide reduction in Baker Act initiations over the past five years, strong diversion rates from crisis through 988, mobile response teams, care coordination, and forensic multidisciplinary teams, and the creation of new tools such as a Baker Act dashboard and the first annual Marchman Act report. The department described key statutory changes: law enforcement discretion in initiating Baker Acts, a single-petition process, remote appearances, stronger discharge planning, interim services, updated parent notification and hold-period rules, an ombudsman office for children’s behavioral health, and regional collaboratives to identify local service gaps. DCF said it has updated manuals, FAQs, trainings, and rules, and that the managing entities have begun contracting for services. Members asked about how the $50 million was allocated, why much of it went to crisis capacity rather than outpatient care, how much has been spent so far, whether administrative costs are capped, and how the department will measure success. DCF said most of the money was used to preserve and expand crisis beds, detox beds, CSU beds, short-term residential treatment, discharge planning, and outpatient supports, with $1.3 million for the ombudsman and regional collaboratives and $48.3 million to managing entities. The assistant secretary said the department tracks readmissions, utilization, provider capacity, and monthly and quarterly reports from managing entities, but it is still early to see full effects because contracts were only recently executed. Members also raised concerns about children, families, veterans, workforce shortages, transparency, and gaps for hard-to-place individuals, including those with developmental disabilities or dementia. The meeting ended with no formal action beyond adjournment after questions were completed.
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Economic Development and Workforce Services Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an Associate General Counsel with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.
  • I'm an Associate General Counsel with the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, and I am
  • We've also worked with Savage on a new Tuila facility as well.
  • Generations.
  • However, it is high-leverage work with generational impact.
Keywords: 985, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/29/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi.
  • health inpatient facilities, and outpatient treatment center licenses.
  • behavioral health residential facilities, so we're living homes, behavioral health inpatient facilities
  • These folks are going to be generally independent.
  • We'll have a general discussion about timeliness.
Keywords: 1182, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • in general as belonging to just<00:19:58.160><c> guns.
  • </c><00:40:09.040><c> Logan</c> I'm sorry, we have Major General Logan I'm sorry, we have Major General
  • , Chair. um brigadier general &gt;&gt; Hello, Chair. um brigadier general retired<00:40:20.000><c> Neil
  • The department stands on its general.
  • of General Walter Ross for Department of Defense.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 3040, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Supporters, including Moms Demand Action and a crime-victim advocate, argued the office would improve data collection, research, and coordination to help reduce gun violence. Opponents, including several gun-rights advocates, said the proposal was duplicative, lacked oversight, and would exclude the firearms community. The chair noted 41 testimonies in support and 77 in opposition, but no vote was taken on the bill in the portion provided. The committee then moved through a series of decision-making items and adopted the chair’s recommendations on several measures. SB 17 on wildfire mitigation passed with amendments from multiple agencies and a report date shifted to the 2028 session. SB 2730 on criminal justice reform passed with a defective effective date amendment, SB 2749 on sentencing passed with a defective effective date, SB 2688 on compassionate release passed with amendments narrowing eligibility and adding notification and funding language, and SB 2798 on law enforcement passed with a defective effective date to make the agricultural enforcement pilot program permanent. SB 2645, a short-form bill, was amended to insert substantive provisions and recommitted to the committee. SB 2383, which would have provided a $15,000 retention bonus for sworn law enforcement officers, was reconsidered and held in committee because it was identified as a duplicate. The committee also passed SB 2575, relating to firearms, with amendments adopting a proposed SD1 that would establish minimum mandatory prison terms for certain class A firearm felonies and add clarifying language. SB 2720, which would create a Hawaii firearm injury restitution fund funded by firearm manufacturer licenses, also passed with amendments clarifying the fund’s scope and eligible injuries. Later, the committee began hearing SB 3107 on parole eligibility. The Office of the Public Defender and the Hawaii Paroling Authority supported language allowing the parole board to waive certain program requirements, while the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission opposed the bill, warning it could keep people incarcerated longer if program access remains limited. The Department of Corrections said it is working on classification changes and a pilot project to move inmates through the system faster.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 24th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The striking amendment also eliminates the requirement that facilities report... ...also eliminates the
  • requirement that facilities report on a subunit basis the emissions within their facilities.
  • It provides for... ...the EITE facility.
  • Separately, under existing law, facilities have to report their greenhouse gas emissions to Ecology.
  • "Yes, so the reference is to the general provision in the Climate Commitment Act that allows Ecology
Summary: The Environment and Energy committee met to executive three bills. SB 6291 would extend from two to four years the period a non-certified person may review designs and inspect on-site wastewater treatment systems under supervision of a certified individual; the committee adopted a striking amendment making a technical correction to the definition of an on-site wastewater treatment system and then passed the bill 18-0 with three excused. ESB 6246 concerns no-cost allowance allocations for emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the Climate Commitment Act; the striking amendment added an Ecology-contracted independent third-party report due in 2028 on emissions and job leakage, revised reporting and disclosure provisions, required unaffiliated licensed professional engineers for certain assessments, and clarified penalty language. Members discussed leakage, third-party review, and costs to industry, and the bill passed 11-7 with three excused after the amendment was adopted. The committee also took up ESSB 5975, which sets lead standards for certain cookware and adjusts the Safer Products for Washington process. Members described the bill as the result of multiple years of negotiation balancing public health concerns about lead exposure with industry concerns, and noted the striking amendment set specific 2030 and 2034 standards for pots and pans. After brief supportive discussion, the committee adopted the striker and passed the bill 18-0 with three excused.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's located on the general office campus of the DOT.
  • These are 24-hour facilities.
  • We provide a lot of general technical assistance.
  • Facility in Albuquerque.
  • So there could be improved facilities.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2367 will require state-run health care facilities to report on a quarterly basis.
  • all three facilities had increased.
  • AB 2367 requires state-run health care facilities to report quarterly, by facility, information regarding
  • For years, our facilities have been short-staffed. Vacancies go unfilled.
  • outsourcing is quite intricate and difficult to understand because it is not a statewide problem; it is a facility-by-facility
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public employment. AB 1601, by Assemblymember Rogers, would give Sonoma County flexibility to work with its retirement board and actuaries on a possible retiree cost-of-living adjustment; supporters said Sonoma is the only 1937 Act county system without an automatic COLA and that retirees have gone since 2008 without an increase, while no opposition testified. The bill passed on a do-pass vote and was placed on the floor. AB 1729, by Assemblymember Lee, would update state telework policy by requiring written telework plans, adding more structure before return-to-office decisions, and restoring public reporting on telework savings. Supporters, including SEIU Local 1000, the Association of California State Supervisors, and many state workers, argued telework improves productivity, reduces emissions and commute costs, and could save the state about $225 million annually; there was no opposition. The committee approved the bill 6-0 and re-referred it to Appropriations. AB 1630, by Assemblymember Colosa, would allow union representatives to invite bargaining-unit members to observe meet-and-confer sessions, including remotely, to increase transparency and engagement. UC and CSU opposed the measure, saying observer rules should be negotiated at the table and warning the bill lacked clear limits on the number of observers and could create logistical and security problems. The bill passed 5-0 with one member not voting and was sent to Appropriations. AB 1750, also by Assemblymember Colosa, would require school employees who exhaust sick leave and are absent due to illness or injury to receive full salary for an additional five months. CTA supported the bill as a needed safety net for teachers and classified staff, while school districts and administrators opposed it over cost, staffing, and student stability concerns, saying it could encourage longer absences and strain already tight budgets. The committee passed the bill 5-0 and sent it to Higher Education. AB 1896, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would bar people who participated in immigration enforcement from holding California public employment, with supporters framing it as a response to ICE and Border Patrol actions and opponents warning it was overbroad and could exclude otherwise qualified applicants from law enforcement jobs; the bill passed 5-1 and was referred to Public Safety.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/16/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when you think about our nursing facilities, our child care facilities, our food, right, we do food
  • </c> organizations and Healthcare facilities organizations and Healthcare facilities to<00:27:59.159>
  • And we also have, you know, our eligibility criteria are as generous or more generous with respect to
  • </c><01:08:41.239><c> respect</c> generous or more generous with respect generous or more generous with
  • /c><02:23:29.760><c> compliant</c> facility and is the facility compliant facility and is the facility
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's true in general of independent living facilities across the Commonwealth.
  • I think what John is saying, we have general authority over 93A enforcement or can enforce under 93A,
  • Two, on the disclosure statements, there's a description of physical facilities.
  • Attorney General.
  • Right now, it's too generic. It's too broad.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The commission met to review its draft final report on continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), with most of the discussion focused on whether recommendations required unanimous consensus and how to handle disagreements in the report. Members agreed that consensus meant no stated opposition, and several participants argued that unresolved issues should still be described in the report rather than omitted. The chairs said the report would include agreed-upon recommendations, note areas without consensus, and preserve written comments or dissent letters submitted by members. The draft report’s findings and slides were reviewed charge by charge, including CCRC definitions, financial condition, entrance fee refunds, regulatory oversight, advertising practices, and closure/change-of-ownership procedures. Members suggested several factual and wording edits, including clarifying financial data sources, correcting a presenter’s name, refining language about entrance fee use and refund timing, and revising statements about Attorney General authority and CCRC advertising. There was also discussion about the need to distinguish nonprofit and for-profit CCRCs and to better explain how different care levels and licensing structures are described. On recommendations, the commission kept the proposal to advance the disclosure bill (S. 478) and update the consumer guide, but removed a recommendation for annual open board meetings after objections that it was inadequate. The group spent considerable time debating whether to recommend resident representation on CCRC boards, timely refund requirements for entrance fees, and possible state registration or definition changes for CCRCs, but no consensus was reached on those items. The chairs said the final report would be completed by the statutory August 1 deadline, with final written comments due before then and the report and meeting materials posted on the legislature website.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/26/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:03:09.000><c> court</c> your attention to the general court your attention to the general court
  • state general funds.
  • state general funds.
  • </c> 2022 uh on the federal and a general 2022 uh on the federal and a general fund<01:04:25.039><c>
  • </c> we've seen an increase in in general we've seen an increase in in general fund<01:05:27.640><c>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Division 3 House Finance Committee opened a work session and announced scheduling updates, including a second Medicaid work session on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. and a reminder that recommendations or budget amendments must be moved to the full finance committee by the end of March. Members were told no motions, roll calls, or votes would be taken, and the chair also reviewed upcoming meeting dates and weather-related cancellation procedures. The day’s presentation was a budget work session on the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), with officials Marie Nunan and Nathan White introducing the agency’s budget materials and mission. DCYF’s presentation focused on its core mandates and recent operational changes. Officials described child protective services, juvenile justice services, and the Sununu Youth Services Center, then highlighted workforce improvements, including reduced vacancy rates for assessment caseworkers, juvenile justice officers, and youth counselors. They attributed the staffing gains to legislative pay raises, mass recruitment posting changes, a more stable and trauma-informed model at SYC, and broader flexibility after prior budget cuts and hiring freezes. Members asked about full-time versus part-time staffing, and DCYF said most positions discussed were full-time, with some harder-to-fill part-time youth counselor roles at SYC. The committee also discussed DCYF’s emphasis on serving families earlier through its Community Navigator hotline referrals and community-based voluntary services, which are intended to connect families to supports before abuse or neglect escalates. Officials said the Community Navigator program had received 807 referrals since August 2023. On juvenile justice, DCYF described its assessment and diversion process and said it had reduced juvenile probation involvement by 30% from 2019 to 2023; members were directed to slide 17 for 2024 data, and officials said the trend continued toward fewer in-home juvenile justice cases. The agency also reported progress in kinship care, saying initial out-of-home placements with kin now occur 74% of the time and that kinship placements are associated with more reunification. Officials said kinship caregivers are being licensed and paid similarly to foster parents, and that the legislature’s kinship law has helped. Finally, DCYF outlined transition-age youth supports, including the HOPE program, Youth Villages LifeSet, and housing vouchers. No votes or formal actions were taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund and $1 billion ongoing for a non-Proposition 98 General Fund to support
  • That also brings back money into the General Fund.
  • That also brings back money into the General Fund.
  • The request is for $703,000 General Fund in 2026–27 and $733,000 General Fund in 2027–28 to fund four
  • So this request is not General Fund. So none of this money is General Fund?
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • You all mentioned that we did have a hearing on February 26 regarding the facilities.
  • But the governor's budget doesn't meet the facility needs of the courthouses.
  • So we are aware of the judicial branch's needs as it relates to the facility needs.
  • Judicial branch needs as it relates to the facility needs and their trial court operations.
  • So you just dropped on the facility improvement list. Oh, yes. I'm teasing you.
Summary: The committee heard budget and workload presentations from the Office of the State Public Defender, legal aid organizations, and the Judicial Branch. OSPD requested permanent funding for positions that had been temporarily funded to implement the Racial Justice Act, explaining that the work has become ongoing and now includes additional Supreme Court briefing, habeas proceedings, investigations, expert analysis, and data requests. The State Public Defender also presented the AB 625 public defense workload report, which found statewide staffing shortages, caseloads above recommended standards, and major gaps in investigators and support staff. Senators asked about racial bias claims, the volume of data requests, and the impact of Prop. 36, and OSPD said it would provide additional written information. The legal aid panel asked for a $50 million increase to the Equal Access Fund, $20 million to restart homelessness prevention services, and $10 million for health care access work, while also supporting Access to Justice Commission requests for loan repayment assistance, immigrant family preparedness services, and innovation grants. Witnesses described legal aid as homelessness prevention and cited examples involving eviction defense, domestic violence survivors, and immigration detention cases. Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge Sergio Tapia discussed eviction data, low tenant representation, and court pilots in Compton and at Stanley Mosk that combine mediation, rental assistance, and legal help. Senators asked for service maps, outreach materials, and more detail on funding needs and federal funding losses. For the Judicial Branch overview, the Judicial Council and trial court representatives supported the Governor’s proposed budget, including $70 million for trial court operations, $21.7 million for employee health and retirement costs, and funding for appellate counsel, case processing, and courthouse construction. They said rising costs, staffing retention, and interpreter shortages continue to strain the courts, and described efforts to reallocate interpreter funds and recruit hard-to-find languages such as Mixteco. Senators pressed the branch and the Department of Finance on courthouse facilities, noting that the long-term need is far larger than the current budget proposal; Finance said the branch’s facility needs were estimated at about $22.5 billion over 10 years to start 68 projects and $29.4 billion to complete the remaining projects. The committee requested follow-up information on facilities, judgeships, and interpreter needs.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> that facility for a while. that facility for a while.
  • or moving them to a long-term care facility in which they get funds for that facility through other
  • </c> general funds for this?" general funds for this?"
  • </c> the game of, "Yeah, the the um general the game of, "Yeah, the the um general fund<00:41:55.560>
  • </c> out of other facilities. out of other facilities. &gt;&gt; All<00:57:23.240><c> right.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the September 19 meeting minutes and then took up a deferred University of Kentucky personal services contract amendment for guardianship services. UK officials explained that the contract covers court-appointed guardians for patients who cannot make medical decisions and are not eligible for state guardianship, with the work funded by UK Medical Center agency dollars rather than the general fund. Members questioned the large increase in the not-to-exceed amount, the number of cases, the hourly billing structure, and whether there are safeguards to prevent unnecessary costs or reimbursement issues if a patient later has resources. UK said the increase reflects shifting work from a prior firm, anticipated new cases, a move from a monthly fee to hourly billing, and the need for a second firm because one prior attorney died and another firm has had difficulty appearing in court promptly. The committee ultimately approved the contract, while Senator Thomas said he would vote aye but urged future review of attorney fee limits and broader guardianship statutes, which he described as outdated and inconsistent. The committee then deferred three Office of Energy Policy memorandum of agreement items to the November 2025 meeting without objection. After that, it approved the remaining agenda items, including the contract lists and deferred items not separately selected for review. The final major item was a University of Kentucky personal services contract related to fundraising and philanthropic outreach. UK representatives said the contract supports marketing and donor engagement efforts to grow the university’s endowment pipeline and philanthropic support. The transcript cuts off before the committee finished its questions or took final action on that item.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 25th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Transcript Highlights:
  • The continued funding for that facility.
  • General obligation bond debt service.
  • Some of our agencies include facilities.
  • So as Charles said, we don't receive any general revenue.
  • It is not general revenue. You're not having to allocate that fund.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • services, and included in that are the Monroe Water and HVAC project, the Veterans Skilled Nursing Facility
  • obligation bonds to a blend of general obligation bonds and CCA funds.
  • The four-year near general fund expenditure impact is $460,000.
  • We think that ultimately it should be a general fund obligation.
  • We think that ultimately it should be a general fund obligation.
Bills: SB6003 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB1983
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Oh, the woodworking got it for the women's facility, for the construction.
  • <00:09:52.480><c> facility</c><00:09:52.839><c> for</c><00:09:53.079><c> the</c> facility facility for
  • the facility facility for the construction<00:09:56.720><c> and</c><00:09:56.959><c> um</c><00:09:57.120
  • </c> especially DHHS but maybe it's a general especially DHHS but maybe it's a general a<00:15:34.839
  • :36.160><c> contracts</c><00:15:36.600><c> are</c> a more General thing that contracts are a more General
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Capital Project Overview Committee held an organizational meeting. Members elected Rep. Miltz as chair and later nominated Sen. Mark McConkey as vice chair, but that appointment was carried over because he was not present to accept it. Mike Edgar was nominated and accepted as clerk. The committee also adopted its procedures and guidelines, which set deadlines for agencies to submit capital project materials and establish reporting thresholds intended to keep small projects out of the quarterly report. The main discussion centered on the Department of Administrative Services’ quarterly capital budget project report for the quarter ending December 31, 2024. Staff explained that the report compiles statewide capital projects under the committee’s guidelines and includes new projects plus large DOT projects. Several members raised concerns about projects listed as on hold or lacking updates, including the Big E agricultural building rebid, a prison woodworking facility, Pease pier projects, the General Sullivan Bridge removal, Sunapee State Beach parking lot work, and a closed-loop referral contract. Members asked for better status updates, especially on projects with no agency response, and the chair said agencies could be asked to appear before the committee if needed. Members also discussed the governor’s proposal in HB 2 to change the report from quarterly to annual. Several members opposed the change, saying quarterly reporting is more useful for oversight, and suggested the committee ask Finance to remove that section or consider raising the reporting threshold instead. There was also discussion of toll credits, with staff explaining that any other use of toll credits requires committee approval, and of the Department of Corrections’ prison planning funds, including $50 million currently available for site feasibility and design work. The committee agreed to schedule its next meeting for April 14, with June 23 to be revisited later, and then adjourned by voice vote.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • the general fund.
  • Not necessarily in the FY26 general fund, but think about the FY27, FY28, and FY29 general fund budgets
  • The FY25 current fiscal year supplemental for the general fund in the last couple... for the general
  • That is a 4,000-bed facility with healthcare facilities, education facilities, and mental health facilities
  • I would move back into the general fund.
Keywords: 924, joint, all