Transcript Highlights:

• So I would hope that you would incorporate this Section 13 into Senate Bill 249, remove the threat of
• 13 of the committee of section 13 of the committee of conference<00:33:21.120><c> amendment</c><00:33
• </c> that you would incorporate this section that you would incorporate this section 13<00:34:12.839>
• Senator Ros... so in section B, lines eight and nine, where the parent can give consent for this actual
• Section B, lines eight and nine, where the parent can give consent for this actual representation is

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• > workday um just to be compliant with workday um just to be compliant with this<00:41:08.240><c> section
• c> way</c><00:41:09.440><c> things</c><00:41:09.680><c> should</c><00:41:10.000><c> work</c> this section
• The way things should work this section.
• </c> statutes uh section 124D.128. statutes uh section 124D.128.
• </c> rights under sections rights under sections 1228.4<00:59:32.319><c> and</c><00:59:32.559><c> 41.

Bills: HF630 , HF1435 , HF1607

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: short-call substitute, substitute teacher, substitute teaching license, pilot program, teacher shortage, education workforce, school district, charter school, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, background check, paraprofessional, education support personnel, temporary license, substitute training, retaliation, teacher pay, daily substitute pay, Minnesota education law, education innovation

Transcript Highlights:

• This is not a replace-all; it's just replacing section one.
• One, it's—I think it adds a men's rea to the first section, and then the initial bill strikes the two
• , so I think my understanding was this bill was, by striking that section, really intended to address
• , so I think my understanding was this bill was, by striking that section, really intended to address
• , so I think my understanding was this bill was, by striking that section, really intended to address

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the three sections of the three section the three sections of the amendment<01:39:33.760><c> act</c>
• And then when someone said, "Well, what about section three?" they added section three.
• </c> those sitting in sections five and four. those sitting in sections five and four.
• </c><05:31:56.400><c> They</c><05:31:56.798><c> added</c><05:31:57.760><c> section</c> about section
• They added section about section three?" They added section three.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we just hired our new ecological review section supervisor in the program.
• Uh, we just hired our new ecological review section supervisor in the program.
• Uh, we just hired our new ecological review section supervisor in the program.
• </c><01:12:43.440><c> So</c> into their endangered section. So into their endangered section.
• I think one uh needs needs 6 in section I think one uh needs needs some<01:41:19.840><c> rework.

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• On the back, the blue and the highlighted blue section is the only change we're trying to make.
• On the back, the blue and the highlighted blue section is the only change we're trying to make.
• </c> understanding as described in in section understanding as described in in section two.<01:11:20.000
• Um, also with that same section, to Yep.
• It's the section section section 50714<03:11:31.840><c> the</c> 50714 the 50714 the right.<03:11:34.000

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 141, which would create a narrow exception to New Hampshire’s three-year deadline for motions for a new trial when a petitioner has newly discovered evidence, new forensic testing, or new scientific understanding. The prime sponsor’s representative and advocates from the Innocence Project and New England Innocence Project argued the bill is needed to help wrongfully convicted people access the courts, noting that exonerations often take many years and that outdated forensic science has contributed to wrongful convictions. The chair also said he had drafted a proposed amendment for committee review, but it had not yet been formally submitted. Witnesses supporting the bill emphasized that the measure would not guarantee relief, only allow a petition to be filed and reviewed under existing standards. They discussed examples such as arson science, explaining that some convictions were based on forensic methods later shown to be unreliable. Committee members asked about the scope of habeas corpus, whether the bill would create a new cause of action, and whether additional screening or pleading requirements should be added. The supporters said they would be open to requiring a petitioner to plead innocence, but opposed adding more burdensome preliminary procedures or counsel requirements at the filing stage. Thomas Farardi, from the Attorney General’s Office, testified in opposition or with caution, saying the bill was a “solution looking for a problem” because existing habeas corpus and coram nobis procedures already provide avenues for relief, and prosecutors can act when credible new evidence arises. He argued the current draft could invite additional litigation and create a new cause of action, and said he favored more screening before cases proceed. The discussion also touched on whether the statute applies in criminal cases, the current three-year limitation in RSA 526:4, and questions about posthumous petitions and petitions by deported individuals. No vote or executive action was taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><02:40:44.160><c> on</c> title and an Administration section on title and an Administration section
• emergency response programming within the emergency planning zone, as authorized under RSA 107-B, Section
• emergency response programming within the emergency planning zone, as authorized under RSA 107-B, Section
• 3 to support preparedness 107-b Section 3 to support preparedness efforts<02:50:06.319><c> Regulatory
• </c> 2-p section 2-p section 12-d<03:08:00.239><c> in</c><03:08:00.760><c> conclusion</c><03:08:01.760

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found. Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program. The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.

Transcript Highlights:

• , the airport patrol section, and our cell block.
• , the airport patrol section, and our cell block.
• Patrol section and our cell block Patrol section and our cell block particularly<00:10:52.560><c> with
• , I'm getting calls by people that, you know, are qualified and wanting to join that section.
• </c><00:38:35.520><c> will</c> agricultural uh crime section will agricultural uh crime section will

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance received an informational briefing from the Department of Law Enforcement on its priorities following the January 1 transfer of law enforcement assets into the department, including the sheriff’s division, narcotics enforcement, criminal investigations, homeland security, and the inspector general’s office. DLE said its goals are to improve public safety, accountability, communications, training, and standards. The department outlined planned initiatives such as stronger federal partnerships, narcotics and gun-violence enforcement, an agricultural crime unit, traffic and commercial vehicle enforcement, an explosive/fireworks enforcement section, gun buybacks, new police facilities in the airport area, Aahu, and the leeward side, a state training center, upgraded law-enforcement IT, and efforts to narrow salary gaps with county departments to improve recruitment. A major portion of the discussion focused on illegal fireworks enforcement after the recent explosion tragedy. DLE said its current task force is small and relies on ad hoc support from HPD, the Attorney General’s office, criminal investigations, and sheriffs, which is not sustainable. The department requested eight FTEs for the effort—one administrator, two clerical staff, and six investigators—plus funding for a laboratory, equipment, storage, disposal, vehicles, safety gear, and a criminalist. DLE said the explosive enforcement section would use an existing facility and that the initial lab startup cost is about $2 million. Members asked for follow-up materials, and DLE said it would send the explosive enforcement forms and additional details to the Finance and Judiciary chairs. Members also questioned staffing vacancies, interagency coordination, and whether new specialized units could be filled. DLE said it has about 119 vacancies and that recruitment is hindered by a roughly $28,000 starting pay gap with county police departments; academy classes are down to about 12 to 14 recruits. The department said it is streamlining hiring, using QR-code recruitment, and hopes specialized units will attract applicants. On coordination, DLE said it works closely with HPD and other agencies on operations such as fireworks enforcement and public events, and that DOCARE remains a case-by-case partner but is not currently moving into DLE. The committee also received updates on the Silver Alert program, which is nearing rollout with county MOUs and a coordinator expected later in the month, the special duty officer program, which is being moved to a web-based vendor-managed system at no cost to the department, and the SaferWatch school safety system, which is being deployed statewide with annual software costs of $3,500 per school in the first year and $2,500 thereafter. No votes or formal actions were taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to just lift up two pieces of legislation that are on the outside section.
• I respectfully request your support of these outside sections.
• I respectfully request your support of this outside section.
• According to Section 17 of Chapter 11 of the General Laws, our office is actually under statute able
• Chairman, but I'm hopeful that you can take a look at this as a potential outside section.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The hearing opened the FY27 budget process with remarks from the Senate and House Ways and Means chairs and testimony from Governor Healey and Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz. The chairs emphasized fiscal caution amid choppy revenue growth, rising health care and education costs, and federal uncertainty, while the governor framed House 2 as a $62.8 billion budget that grows spending by about 1% without new taxes or fees and aims to protect core services while advancing affordability. The administration said the budget uses efficiencies, program integrity, and Fair Share surtax revenue to support education, transportation, housing, child care, health care, and public safety, and it also filed a supplemental Fair Share bill using surplus FY25 funds. Much of the questioning focused on the federal “OB3” tax law and the administration’s separate proposal to delay or phase in certain corporate tax changes, especially research and experimental deductions, to avoid in-year budget shocks. Members also pressed the administration on Fair Share allocations, with the governor and secretary explaining that operating-budget surtax spending is weighted more toward education while supplemental spending is more transportation-focused, and that combined spending is roughly balanced overall. The administration highlighted Chapter 70 aid, special education circuit breaker funding, rural school aid, local aid, child care, the MBTA deficit, regional transit authorities, and a new HHS transportation line item as part of the broader transportation strategy. Several members raised concerns about Chapter 70 equity, rural districts, municipal overrides, out-migration, housing affordability, public housing repairs, and the MBTA Communities Act. The governor and secretary said they are open to further discussion on school funding formulas, PILOT, and municipal aid, and stressed housing production, energy affordability, and workforce development as key responses to out-migration. On energy, the governor defended an all-of-the-above approach, including renewables, gas, and exploration of nuclear, while saying she would continue pushing utilities and regulators to reduce ratepayer costs. The governor also said fire safety grants would not be withheld for noncompliance with the MBTA Communities Act, and members discussed public safety, housing, and local grant impacts in that context. Other topics included the Bright Act and higher education capital investments, with the administration saying it is preparing to support campus infrastructure across the public higher education system and that the bill is intended to strengthen Massachusetts’ competitiveness and retain graduates. Members also questioned cuts to the PCA program and EAEDC, and the governor responded that the state’s PCA program remains strong but is under pressure from large federal health care reductions. No votes were taken; the session was a hearing on the governor’s budget proposal and related policy bills, with the administration taking questions and offering explanations of its recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to just lift up two pieces of legislation that are on the outside section.
• I respectfully request your support of these outside sections.
• I respectfully request your support of this outside section.
• Chairman, but I'm hopeful that you can take a look at this as a potential outside section.
• Chapter 11, Section 17 of the Massachusetts General Laws, and at least switch DCF to EEC, so that we

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Oh, uh, section number three on page two for your testimony.
• It clarified sections of 200-14 of the HRS dealing with violations of ocean recreation laws; however,
• It clarified sections of 200-14 of the HRS dealing with violations of ocean recreation laws; however,
• Another section deals with microgrid services, another complex issue.
• :38.480><c> grid</c><00:40:38.800><c> services,</c> section deals with micro grid services, section deals

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There isn't another additional section, which was flagged by the pharmacist because there was some confusion
• On Section 8, it says a pharmacist may dispense epinephrine auto-injectors and epinephrine nasal spray
• which was flagged by additional section which was flagged by the<00:03:14.879><c> pharmacist</c><00:
• 8 it says a farm it page um on Section 8 it says a farm it adds<00:03:24.040><c> a</c><00:03:24.200>
• The section added in on behalf of the pharmacist was to make it absolutely clear.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Section 11379 of the Health and Safety Code excludes the drug that we're speaking of today.
• AB 352 adds a subdivision to Penal Code Section 422 to make criminal threats against judges and court
• Strengthening Penal Code Section 422 helps to enhance protection for judicial officers, potentially deter
• It is Section 1054 of the Penal Code, and it's also Rule 3.8 of the California Rules of Professional
• An attorney who violates this section, for instance, by disclosing to the defendant, a member of the

Summary: The committee heard several public safety and criminal justice bills. AB 837 by Assemblymember Davies would add ketamine transportation to existing drug trafficking law; supporters, including district attorneys and peace officer groups, said it would address a growing and dangerous drug trend, while opponents argued increased penalties do not reduce drug supply and can worsen health harms. The bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote and sent to Appropriations. AB 352 by Assemblymember Pacheco would make threats against judges and court commissioners an aggravating factor in sentencing; judicial and law enforcement groups supported it as a response to rising threats, while ACLU and criminal justice advocates said existing law already covers threats and the bill is unnecessary. It also passed to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 938 by Assemblymember Bonta, which expands vacatur and affirmative-defense relief for survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, including for some violent offenses. Survivors and advocates testified that the bill would allow people coerced into crimes to tell their full stories and seek relief, while district attorneys and sheriffs warned it could sweep too broadly and affect public safety. The chair and several members strongly supported the measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 475 by Assemblymember Wilson would make prison work assignments voluntary and is tied to a broader effort to remove involuntary servitude language from the state constitution; supporters framed it as a rehabilitation and dignity issue, while one member objected to the premise and cited the defeat of a related ballot measure. The bill was voted out to Appropriations but left on call pending additional votes. Assemblymember Lowenthal presented AB 704, which would allow people convicted of low-level offenses before age 26 to petition to seal and destroy records after a waiting period. Supporters said the bill addresses the limits of expungement in the digital age and recognizes young adult brain development; prosecutors and police groups raised Brady/disclosure concerns and objected to treating 18- to 25-year-olds like children. The committee debated those issues at length before sending the bill to Appropriations. Lowenthal also presented AB 812, which would expand resentencing opportunities for incarcerated firefighters who serve on conservation fire crews; supporters emphasized rehabilitation, wildfire response, and reduced recidivism, and the hearing continued with support testimony and the start of opposition testimony as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• House File 1325 that removes language from the effect on more generous sick and safe time policy section
• 00:12:38.000><c> policy</c> generous sick and safe time policy generous sick and safe time policy section
• of the statute the league and section of the statute the league and cities<00:12:41.519><c> across</
• ><00:59:13.400><c> time</c><00:59:14.119><c> under</c><00:59:14.400><c> this</c><00:59:14.559><c> section
• </c><00:59:14.880><c> is</c> sick and safe time under this section is sick and safe time under this section

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1325 and adopted the author’s A2 amendment before hearing testimony. Representative Schultz presented the bill as a set of bipartisan changes to make Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law more workable for small businesses, public employers, and taxpayers, arguing the current law is an unfunded mandate that increases costs and property taxes. The bill’s supporters said it would add flexibility, including changes affecting coverage for certain workers, employer size thresholds, front-loading, weather-related exceptions, and a delay on penalties. Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach of the Department of Labor and Industry opposed the bill, saying it would exclude about 800,000 workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, from earned sick and safe time protections and create confusion and enforcement problems. She also objected to the proposed penalty delay, saying the department already uses compliance assistance and needs penalty authority for serious violations. The Minnesota Chamber supported modifications to the mandate, saying businesses—especially small ones—have struggled with compliance and that the law has had unintended effects on PTO policies and leave use. The League of Minnesota Cities supported parts of the bill, especially changes affecting more generous city leave policies and weather-event exemptions, saying current language creates confusion and can interfere with emergency staffing. Opponents from Education Minnesota, SEIU Minnesota, TakeAction Minnesota, and a nurse from Unity Hospital argued the bill would strip protections from part-time workers, minors, and workers with family caregiving needs, and would weaken a law they said has helped workers avoid discipline or lost wages when sick. Supporters from counties and an HR consultant emphasized administrative burdens, emergency staffing needs during weather events, and the difficulty of applying ESS rules to existing leave policies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was laid over for further consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• The other stuff that's in here talks about absentee, you know, and rewarding those sections, hopefully
• </c><01:15:23.840><c> hopefully</c> and rewarding those sections hopefully and rewarding those sections
• </c> some extra Clarity around that section some extra Clarity around that section that<01:23:34.360>
• So this is a wipe and replace of section one to clean up a particular issue.
• The main thing that this bill does right now is, up in that first section, it clarifies and puts it into

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President and the good senator from Vermont Seiggo, down to the purpose of this section, public safety
• President and the good senator from Vermont Seiggo, down to the purpose of this section, public safety
• of this section public safety vehicle<00:42:27.040><c> in</c><00:42:27.200><c> parentheses</c><00:42
• </c><00:42:32.000><c> 169.011</c> in section 169.011 in section 169.011 subdivision<00:42:35.119><c>
• 402 and if direct you to Mason section 402 and if you<00:57:00.000><c> look</c><00:57:00.079><c> at<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, one that in section 16 that we really clean up that language.
• Um one that in se on section 16 piece.
• And also a follow-up on that in section E on 16.
• And also a follow-up on that in section E on 16.
• </c> follow up on that uh in section E on 16. follow up on that uh in section E on 16.

Bills: HB0076 , HB0102 , HB0115

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: annexation, landowner rights, municipal law, city planning, property, local government, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, cardiac emergency, defibrillator, school safety, training, public health, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I did want to just mention that there's a section of the bill that talks about the online stuff being
• I did want to just mention that there's a section of the bill that talks about the online stuff being
• I did want to just mention that there's a section of the bill that talks about the online stuff being
• I did want to just mention that there's a section of the bill that talks about the online stuff being
• And in RSA uh uh section that language.

Committee: House Legislative Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The program is authorized under Section 203 of the Stafford Act.
• I noticed that in the funding sections there is some comments about how there's matches.
• I noticed that in the funding sections there is some comments about how there's matches.
• I noticed that in the funding sections there is some comments about how there's matches.
• I noticed that in the funding sections there is some comments about how there's matches.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on hazard mitigation planning and recent tsunami and wildfire threats. Chair Dela Buladi opened by framing the meeting around the need for iterative disaster planning and lessons learned from events such as the Lahaina wildfires, the Puna Coast earthquake/tsunami, and recent wildfire activity. The committee heard first from Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Tomage Magno, who explained the federal and local hazard mitigation planning process, including the requirement for an active five-year mitigation plan to qualify for federal disaster funds. He described the plan as a living document built from prior plans, public and agency outreach, risk and capability assessments, and ongoing updates, with county departments, state agencies, and subject matter experts participating in the process. Magno outlined several FEMA-related mitigation funding programs, including flood mitigation assistance, post-fire assistance, pre-disaster mitigation, revolving loan funds, and dam safety grants. He emphasized that the Hawaii County plan was recently approved by FEMA, that the county council approves the plan, and that the county reviews it annually with a formal revision process beginning in the fourth year. Members asked about how the plan tracks project status, how priorities and funding changes are handled, and whether federal funding programs might be affected by HR1; Magno said the county is proceeding on the assumption that funding will remain available and noted some sources have been reestablished. He also said the county encourages council participation in meetings and planning. Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen then addressed the committee on DOT’s response to a recent tsunami threat, saying the agency had about four hours to prepare before the first wave arrival and was focused on its own operational response rather than the broader statewide planning process. In response to questions, he stated that FHWA funds cannot be used for evacuation routes, which is why prior legislative funding was important. Members also discussed specific mitigation projects such as fire breaks, bridge retrofits, and the Singing Bridge, with DOT noting that work is underway and that a replacement bridge upstream is being planned to carry traffic during repairs. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• That language has been changed in eight or nine other sections of law, but this one section was missed
• </c> changed in eight or nine other sections changed in eight or nine other sections of<00:57:01.119>
• </c> of law, but this one section was missed. of law, but this one section was missed.
• </c> section. For the foregoing reasons, Mr. section. For the foregoing reasons, Mr.
• in a separate section of the fire<01:46:13.199><c> code</c><01:46:13.600><c> and</c><01:46:13.920><c

Keywords: 1189, house, all