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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- All<00:32:14.799><c> right,</c><00:32:15.200><c> I'm</c><00:32:15.440><c> going</c><00:32:15.600><c>
- 32:16.960><c> Bill</c><00:32:17.279><c> 279</c><00:32:18.159><c> and</c><00:32:18.399><c> welcome</c>
- </c><00:32:34.320><c> proposes</c><00:32:34.880><c> a</c><00:32:35.120><c> study</c><00:32:35.440><c>
- </c><00:32:43.039><c> of</c><00:32:43.120><c> the</c><00:32:43.279><c> things</c><00:32:43.760><c> that
- a</c><00:32:46.080><c> series</c><00:32:46.720><c> of</c><00:32:47.039><c> or</c><00:32:47.279><c> a<
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Anonymous threat reporting 3/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And<00:32:02.320><c> so</c><00:32:02.640><c> we</c><00:32:02.960><c> had</c><00:32:03.200><c> another
- This is like the<00:32:04.720><c> third</c><00:32:05.200><c> bill</c><00:32:05.440><c> that</c><00:32
- </c><00:32:09.039><c> We</c><00:32:09.279><c> had</c><00:32:09.360><c> some</c><00:32:09.600><c> com<
- So my hope<00:32:16.399><c> would</c><00:32:16.559><c> be</c><00:32:16.720><c> that</c><00:32:16.880>
- ><c> think</c><00:32:25.120><c> one</c><00:32:25.360><c> of</c><00:32:25.519><c> my</c><00:32:25.760>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And, um, I think<00:32:47.440><c> I'd</c><00:32:47.840><c> start</c><00:32:48.080><c> with</c><00:32:
- </c><00:32:49.279><c> I</c><00:32:49.519><c> think</c><00:32:49.600><c> Senator</c><00:32:49.919><c>
- Um, but we're<00:32:53.840><c> all</c><00:32:54.000><c> doing</c><00:32:54.159><c> it</c><00:32:54.399
- 32:55.519><c> and</c><00:32:55.760><c> we</c><00:32:56.000><c> want</c><00:32:56.480><c> uh</c><00:32
- </c><00:32:57.919><c> to</c><00:32:58.159><c> remember</c><00:32:58.399><c> her</c><00:32:58.640><c>
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (10-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> to</c><00:32:06.320><c> just</c><00:32:06.480><c> say</c><00:32:06.720><c> like</c><00:32:07.039
- ><c> initial</c><00:32:09.679><c> results</c><00:32:10.000><c> as</c><00:32:10.159><c> far</c><00:32:
- Um,<00:32:16.720><c> I'm</c><00:32:17.120><c> curious</c><00:32:17.440><c> about</c><00:32:17.919><c>
- ><00:32:19.200><c> got</c><00:32:19.279><c> a</c><00:32:19.519><c> good</c><00:32:19.679><c> proof</c
- Whether that<00:32:35.039><c> is</c><00:32:35.200><c> senior</c><00:32:35.519><c> or</c><00:32:35.760
Summary:
The Make America Healthy Kentucky Task Force met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then heard a presentation on the state’s “food is medicine” efforts. Chair Funky Fromm opened by describing a recent foot injury from a road hazard and used it to emphasize the importance of infrastructure, nutrition, sleep, and activity as part of a broader wellness culture. The main witnesses were Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell, Holly Harris of Appalachian Regional Health Care (ARH), and Jim Muser of the Kentucky Hospital Association.
Shell and Harris described a partnership between the Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Hospital Association, and hospitals such as ARH to connect local farmers with hospital cafeterias, farmers markets, CSA-style subscription food boxes, and medically tailored meals. Harris said ARH serves a large region with 14 hospitals, more than 95 clinics, about 6,700 employees, and 1,300 medical staff, and that the system began by improving employee food options because hospital workers often have limited access to healthy meals during shifts. They reported examples such as a local-protein burger, parking-lot farmers markets, subsidized CSA boxes for employees, and plans for container gardens at some hospitals.
The witnesses said the program is intended to improve health outcomes, reduce readmissions, support chronic disease management, and also increase rural prosperity by expanding demand for Kentucky farm products. Shell said more than 40 hospitals had already been onboarded into the food-is-medicine program, with measurable outcomes being studied through pilots such as one at Russell County Hospital. He also noted that some systems, including CHI St. Joseph Health, Taylor Regional, and UK King’s Daughters, have formally embedded food-as-medicine goals into strategic plans.
Members and witnesses also discussed barriers, especially the lack of reimbursement, fragmented short-term funding, and regulatory or purchasing hurdles that make it difficult for small farmers to participate. Shell said the goal is to make the model scalable and easier for hospitals and farmers to navigate, while Harris emphasized that ARH has been funding its efforts without reimbursement because of its mission. No votes or formal policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- .<00:32:01.039><c> I</c><00:32:01.360><c> think</c><00:32:01.440><c> it</c><00:32:01.679><c> was</c><
- </c><00:32:04.240><c> But</c><00:32:04.480><c> you</c><00:32:04.720><c> know</c><00:32:05.120><c> that
- ><c> a</c><00:32:08.240><c> lot</c><00:32:08.320><c> of</c><00:32:08.559><c> on</c><00:32:08.799><c>
- the</c><00:32:08.960><c> coast</c><00:32:10.240><c> are</c><00:32:10.559><c> not</c><00:32:10.799><c>
- So, I'm not exactly<00:32:28.799><c> sure</c><00:32:29.039><c> what</c><00:32:29.200><c> I</c><00:32:
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Judiciary (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- c> we</c><00:32:25.679><c> put</c><00:32:25.880><c> those</c><00:32:26.120><c> Protections</c><00:32:
- c> they</c><00:32:31.799><c> are</c><00:32:31.960><c> not</c><00:32:32.240><c> in</c><00:32:32.399><c
- <00:32:42.919><c> seeing</c><00:32:43.240><c> none</c><00:32:43.519><c> Mr</c><00:32:43.720><c> clerk
- <00:32:47.480><c> you</c><00:32:47.880><c> um</c><00:32:48.080><c> I</c><00:32:48.200><c> I</c><00:32
- working</c><00:32:49.720><c> together</c><00:32:50.120><c> uh</c><00:32:50.240><c> ladies</c><00:32:
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:02
HB 446: 00:01:44
HB 456: 00:07:08
Discussion in Opposition to HB 456: 00:15:20
HB 10: 00:26:18
HB 96: 00:36:54
HB 399: 00:56:31
HB 465: 01:03:04, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 446, as amended by committee substitute, which would expand third-degree assault protections to cover judges and justices of the Court of Justice and public transportation drivers. Supporters said the bill responds to violence and threats against judges and would extend protections already given to other public servants. Members generally supported the bill, though several suggested broadening it further to include circuit clerks or all officers of the court. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 446 on an 18-0 vote.
The committee then considered House Bill 456, a DUI-related cleanup bill sponsored by Representative Patrick Flanery and presented by County Attorney Joe Ross. The bill would add fentanyl, Flexeril, and clopene to the per se DUI list, treat driving on a suspended license as an aggravating circumstance, revise implied-consent notice language, and make changes to ignition interlock rules, including suspension periods and fees. Representative Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, warning that some interlock violations and fees could unfairly extend suspensions and discourage participation, while members and the sponsor said the bill would strengthen DUI enforcement and that non-listed substances could still support DUI charges under other provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 456 by a 16-0 vote with one pass.
Finally, the committee began hearing House Bill 10, relating to the rights of real property owners, sponsored by Representatives Maryanne Proctor and Emily Callaway, with testimony from a Pacific Legal Foundation representative and a Boone County Sheriff’s Office staff attorney. The sponsors said the bill is intended to address squatting by defining squatters and improving property-owner remedies, and noted support from sheriffs and realtors. The transcript cuts off before the bill’s full presentation or any committee action on HB 10.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- that bill<00:32:03.080><c> but</c><00:32:03.639><c> yes</c><00:32:04.000><c> we</c><00:32:04.200><c>
- ask for<00:32:12.279><c> for</c><00:32:12.480><c> more</c><00:32:13.399><c> at</c><00:32:13.559><c>
- the</c><00:32:13.639><c> outset</c><00:32:14.080><c> as</c><00:32:14.240><c> part</c><00:32:14.399><c
- </c><00:32:18.200><c> um</c><00:32:18.440><c> you</c><00:32:18.559><c> know</c><00:32:19.320><c> and<
- to</c><00:32:38.000><c> um</c><00:32:38.679><c> dilute</c><00:32:39.080><c> that</c><00:32:39.240><c>
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The committee heard several election-related bills first. SB 51, a comprehensive public financing bill for candidates, drew strong support in testimony but also concerns from the Campaign Spending Commission that the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund has only about $2.2 million, far short of what would be needed, and that the program could not realistically start in 2026 because of staffing and system changes; the commission asked for a start date no earlier than 2028. SB 118, which would create a full-time investigator position at the Campaign Spending Commission, was supported by the commission, which said it has lacked staff growth since 1995 and that an investigator is needed to handle investigations instead of having the commission’s attorney do that work. SB 255, a housekeeping bill on excess cash campaign contributions, was supported by the commission and several county officials and would require excess cash contributions over the limit to be returned within 30 days or turned over to the Hawaii Election Campaign Fund. SB 345, which would expand the current partial public financing program, was supported by the commission but drew questions because it would still allow private fundraising; the commission said that under its assumptions the bill would provide more total public funds than SB 51, with a maximum of a little over $20 million versus a little over $15 million for SB 51. Testimony counts were reported as 125 support/48 oppose for SB 51, 26 support/0 oppose for SB 118, 30 support/49 oppose for SB 255, and 30 support/49 oppose for SB 345.
The committee then discussed SB 176 on recount thresholds. The Office of Elections said it would stand on written testimony, and the East Hawaii Republican Party was listed but not present. The Office of Elections explained in response to questions that the bill’s recount trigger would be based on the final election-day count, not the early 6 a.m. tabulation, because the initial count is not complete until later in the day and cured ballots are counted later; the office said it does not want to begin recounts before all election-day ballots are counted. The reported testimony count was 4 support, 50 oppose, and 2 comments.
Finally, the committee heard SB 260, the Judiciary’s biennial budget bill. Judiciary staff requested about $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027 for operations, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $11.9 million for capital improvements. The Judiciary said the request would support specialty courts such as Women’s Court, Truancy Court, and DWI Court, a new Wahiawa District Court unit, an additional district court judge in Kona, cybersecurity, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, and facility projects including South Kohala design work and a Kauai chiller replacement. Civil legal services providers, including Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, the Legal Clinic, Kuikahi Mediation Center, the Domestic Violence Action Center, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and the Hawaii Access to Justice Commission, all supported the bill but asked for an additional $1 million for the civil legal services line item, saying demand is high and the funding is spread across more providers than before. The Judiciary clarified that some of its requested positions would support Wahiawa and Women’s Court, and that the civil legal services funding goes to organizations serving low-income residents on issues such as immigration, domestic violence, evictions, and foreclosures. The committee also briefly took up SB 279 on fentanyl possession thresholds, where the prosecuting attorney’s office supported the bill and said fentanyl is already driving overdose deaths and that the proposed thresholds target distribution-level quantities rather than personal use.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- > there's</c><00:32:25.000><c> no</c><00:32:26.000><c> I</c><00:32:26.039><c> mean</c><00:32:26.279><
- to</c><00:32:30.679><c> locate</c><00:32:31.000><c> them</c><00:32:31.240><c> so</c><00:32:31.480><c
- ><c> that</c><00:32:32.399><c> I</c><00:32:32.519><c> think</c><00:32:32.639><c> we</c><00:32:32.760>
- we should look into<00:32:33.600><c> thank</c><00:32:33.760><c> you</c><00:32:33.880><c> Mr</c><00:32
- thank you<00:32:37.360><c> any</c><00:32:37.559><c> other</c><00:32:37.840><c> comments</c><00:32:38.840
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/18/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- I think<00:32:02.560><c> omnibus</c><00:32:02.960><c> bills</c><00:32:03.240><c> can</c><00:32:03.520
- <00:32:04.960><c> and</c><00:32:05.080><c> I</c><00:32:05.120><c> don't</c><00:32:05.280><c> like</c>
- </c><00:32:06.320><c> say,</c><00:32:06.840><c> "We're</c><00:32:06.920><c> not</c><00:32:07.120><c>
- Um, because<00:32:09.520><c> if</c><00:32:09.640><c> we</c><00:32:09.800><c> pass</c><00:32:10.160><c
- We'll get<00:32:13.080><c> towards</c><00:32:13.360><c> the</c><00:32:13.440><c> end</c><00:32:13.560
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- :00.240><c> so</c><00:32:00.519><c> I</c><00:32:00.760><c> I'm</c><00:32:00.880><c> trying</c><00:32:
- 32:02.320><c> want</c><00:32:02.440><c> to</c><00:32:02.639><c> ask</c><00:32:03.000><c> because</c><
- > we</c><00:32:06.399><c> were</c><00:32:06.559><c> to</c><00:32:06.760><c> ask</c><00:32:07.279><c>
- 32:11.919><c> issue</c><00:32:12.279><c> that</c><00:32:12.399><c> you're</c><00:32:12.720><c> having
- :16.639><c> see</c><00:32:17.039><c> the</c><00:32:17.200><c> need</c><00:32:17.720><c> and</c><00:32
Summary:
The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects.
Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST.
Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:32:02.480><c> Um,</c><00:32:02.880><c> and</c><00:32:03.080><c> the</c><00:32:03.360><c> and<
- 00:32:04.960><c> the</c><00:32:05.200><c> the</c><00:32:05.440><c> TIF</c><00:32:05.680><c> district<
- um,<00:32:08.560><c> the</c><00:32:08.640><c> original</c><00:32:08.960><c> purpose</c><00:32:09.360>
- </c><00:32:13.640><c> course</c><00:32:14.200><c> and</c><00:32:14.360><c> wound</c><00:32:14.600><c>
- And so then<00:32:15.240><c> the</c><00:32:15.560><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> jurisdiction</c><00:32
Committee:
Senate Taxes
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- to one detainee<01:32:40.560><c> I'm</c><01:32:40.719><c> more</c><01:32:41.040><c> bu</c><01:32:41.239
- here<01:32:44.520><c> so</c><01:32:44.760><c> I</c><01:32:44.840><c> only</c><01:32:45.080><c> have<
- 01:32:49.119><c> or</c><01:32:49.320><c> two</c><01:32:49.520><c> people</c><01:32:49.800><c> call</c
- </c><01:32:51.880><c> send</c><01:32:52.080><c> a</c><01:32:52.199><c> resource</c><01:32:52.560><c>
- ><01:32:54.760><c> it's</c><01:32:54.840><c> a</c><01:32:54.960><c> minimum</c><01:32:55.280><c> of</
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- :32:10.320><c> You</c><00:32:10.480><c> say</c><00:32:10.640><c> that's</c><00:32:10.799><c> your</c>
- </c><00:32:13.360><c> So</c><00:32:13.760><c> I</c><00:32:13.919><c> do</c><00:32:14.080><c> the</c><
- So I do the cold brew<00:32:14.720><c> and</c><00:32:14.880><c> then</c><00:32:15.039><c> I</c><00:32
- in it.<00:32:17.519><c> So</c><00:32:17.679><c> there's</c><00:32:17.919><c> 30</c><00:32:18.159><c>
- I I can't<00:32:27.120><c> I</c><00:32:27.360><c> can't</c><00:32:27.519><c> eat</c><00:32:27.760><c>
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , saddened and<00:32:04.120><c> I</c><00:32:04.200><c> think</c><00:32:04.400><c> at</c><00:32:04.480
- :10.080><c> brought</c><00:32:10.280><c> up</c><00:32:10.360><c> to</c><00:32:10.440><c> the</c><00:32
- Chair I<00:32:13.880><c> would</c><00:32:14.040><c> like</c><00:32:14.200><c> to</c><00:32:14.320><c>
- her opinion<00:32:18.200><c> and</c><00:32:18.320><c> to</c><00:32:18.440><c> ask</c><00:32:18.680><c
- </c> I<00:32:28.840><c> think</c><00:32:29.000><c> we</c><00:32:29.120><c> should</c><00:32:29.960><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> fa,</c><00:32:22.320><c> and</c><00:32:22.559><c> most</c><00:32:22.799><c> especially</c><00:32
- Intelligent<00:32:27.679><c> speed</c><00:32:28.000><c> assist</c><00:32:28.320><c> is</c><00:32:28.480
- ><00:32:36.240><c> much</c><00:32:36.480><c> for</c><00:32:37.279><c> uh</c><00:32:37.440><c> being</
- The eyes are eight.<01:32:09.280><c> The</c><01:32:09.440><c> nays</c><01:32:09.760><c> are</c><01:32
- >> Oh,<01:32:16.719><c> you</c><01:32:16.880><c> were</c><01:32:17.040><c> on</c><01:32:17.120>
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
intelligent speed assistance, transportation, speeding offenses, public safety, license restrictions, speed control, pedestrian safety, traffic safety, roadway improvements, nonmotorized transportation, crosswalks, sidewalks, bike lanes, complete streets, Vision Zero, Toward Zero Deaths, MnDOT, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, local road authority
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- Tim Madden, representing the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, in respectful
- an architectural studies student at Sacramento State University associated with the student IADA chapter
- Janice Plessis, current secretary of CLCID, past president of ASID's California Capital Chapter, and
- current chapter president for the NKBA chapter here in Sacramento.
- And current chapter president for the NKBA chapter here in Sacramento, and I'm opposed. Thank you.
Committee:
House Business and Professions
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on SF1959 5/16/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I also represent the Special Forces Association Chapter 20 and the 173rd Airborne Brigade Chapter 15.
- Forces Association Chapter 20 and the Forces Association Chapter 20 and the 173rd<00:26:27.520><c> All
- </c><00:26:27.840><c> Airborne</c><00:26:28.559><c> Brigade</c><00:26:29.279><c> Chapter</c> 173rd All
- Airborne Brigade Chapter 173rd All Airborne Brigade Chapter 15. 15. 15.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/21/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the whole- and<00:32:58.360><c> they</c><00:32:58.520><c> paid</c><00:32:58.760><c> the</c><00:32
- :58.840><c> tax</c><00:32:59.240><c> based</c><00:32:59.560><c> on</c><00:32:59.640><c> what</c><00:32
- Um<01:32:08.320><c> I</c><01:32:08.400><c> believe</c><01:32:08.680><c> it</c><01:32:08.760><c> was</
- c><01:32:08.920><c> 2</c><01:32:09.160><c> years</c><01:32:09.440><c> ago</c><01:32:09.880><c> we</c>
- an<01:32:10.760><c> enormous</c><01:32:11.280><c> seizure</c><01:32:11.680><c> of</c><01:32:11.800><
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> we</c><00:32:44.760><c> can</c><00:32:44.960><c> also</c><00:32:45.200><c> get</c><00:32:45.360>
- get this report for<00:32:46.039><c> you</c><00:32:46.200><c> in</c><00:32:46.639><c> Excel</c><00:32
- c><00:32:48.519><c> great</c><00:32:49.320><c> um</c><00:32:50.120><c> you</c><00:32:50.600><c> somebody
- have<00:32:51.200><c> told</c><00:32:51.399><c> you</c><00:32:51.679><c> what</c><00:32:51.760><c> I
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Summary:
The Department of Education’s Bureau of Wellness and Nutrition presented an overview of the school meal and child nutrition programs it administers, including the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), After School Snack Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Special Milk Program. Staff explained which programs are federally funded through USDA, which have state matching funds, and how reimbursement rates are set for different programs and fiscal years. They also walked the committee through a packet showing reimbursement tables, state and federal funding totals, and eligibility data.
Members focused much of their questioning on how state and federal reimbursements work for lunch and breakfast, why lunch is shown as a state match while breakfast has meal-based breakdowns, and how the department allocates funds in the budget. The department explained that lunch uses a set state match tied to federal requirements, while breakfast reimbursement is based on meals served. They also reviewed FY 22-24 funding trends, noting higher federal spending during COVID-era waivers and lower amounts as those waivers ended. A committee member asked for the data in Excel and the department agreed to provide it.
The discussion also covered summer meal programs and the distinction between the Summer Food Service Program and Summer EBT. Staff explained that SFSP provides meals at approved open or closed sites, while Summer EBT is a separate DHHS-run benefit program that provides funds to families; the two programs coordinate through data sharing but are not the same. Members also discussed CEP, with staff explaining that New Hampshire currently has three schools participating, that the qualifying threshold was reduced from 40% to 25% identified students, and that districts must cover the non-federal share with non-federal funds. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 04/15/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
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Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development