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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/12/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- in front of that electrical box is a pallet standing in about 3 inches of water, and I just can't imagine
- water and I standing in about 3 Ines of water and I just<00:31:26.320><c> can't</c><00:31:26.559><c> imagine
- walking</c><00:31:27.240><c> out</c><00:31:27.399><c> out</c><00:31:27.519><c> of</c> just can't imagine
- walking out out of just can't imagine walking out out of that<00:31:27.919><c> pallet</c><00:31:28.200
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine a computer where their only driving force, or their only driving motive, is increasing profit
- disagree<00:28:41.240><c> with</c><00:28:41.360><c> you</c><00:28:41.559><c> there</c><00:28:42.000><c> imagine
- </c><00:28:42.360><c> a</c> disagree with you there imagine a disagree with you there imagine a computer
Committee:
Senate Labor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- 42.359><c> way</c><00:51:42.799><c> possible</c> Commissioner Brown said that when DCF was first imagined
- ><c> first</c> specifically um so when DCF um was first specifically um so when DCF um was first imagined
- 36.920><c> 2023</c><00:52:37.720><c> the</c><00:52:37.880><c> legislature</c><00:52:38.880><c> uh</c> imagined
- in 2023 the legislature uh imagined in 2023 the legislature uh appropriated<00:52:39.720><c> about</
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just there's almost nothing I can't imagine going wrong.
- 55.320><c> can't</c> it's just there's almost nothing I can't it's just there's almost nothing I can't imagine
- ><c> know</c><01:41:56.520><c> anything</c><01:41:56.800><c> going</c><01:41:57.040><c> wrong</c> imagine
- you know anything going wrong imagine you know anything going wrong I've<01:41:57.560><c> had</c><01
Committee:
Senate Transportation
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Fri Jan 31, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- That was in 2016, so you can only imagine what it would be in 2025. for there's a few questions in there
- million that was in 2016 so you<00:22:40.960><c> can</c><00:22:41.080><c> only</c><00:22:41.360><c> imagine
- c> it</c><00:22:41.960><c> would</c><00:22:42.120><c> be</c><00:22:42.320><c> in</c> you can only imagine
- what it would be in you can only imagine what it would be in in in in 2025<00:22:44.679><c> uh</c><00
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 410, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ biennium operating budget. OHA asked for a modest increase over its base budget, including $1.2 million to fund 13 new full-time positions for a strategy and implementation team tied to its long-term plan, with emphasis on housing, education, health, and economic resilience. OHA also described a broader effort to work directly with executive branch departments to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiians. Testimony was largely supportive, with several individuals speaking in favor and one testifier expressing strong frustration about Native Hawaiian rights and access to resources. The chair noted there were 38 additional written/supporting testimonies and three in opposition. Members asked about OHA’s funding sources and public land trust revenues; OHA said it is not receiving the full 20 percent share, described a public land trust working group and system issues, and said a related bill would seek funding to begin an inventory. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then considered House Bill 304, which would make the Hawaiian version of a law binding when the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian and later translated into English. The Judiciary supported the bill, saying it reinforces Hawaiian as an official language and looks to the original language for legislative intent. The Attorney General supported the intent but recommended narrowing the bill with a proviso to avoid ambiguities, limiting it to laws originally drafted in Hawaiian that were not later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Public testimony was generally supportive, though one speaker raised broader sovereignty concerns. Members questioned how many laws would be affected and whether the proposed amendment would undercut the bill; the Attorney General said the amendment was meant to address uncertainty in interpretation. No final action was reported.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 603, which would direct OHA to administer a Native Hawaiian business marketing program to promote Native Hawaiian-owned businesses through marketing and technical assistance. OHA supported the concept, saying a label or branding program could help consumers identify and support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, but requested that funding be redirected to a working group to study program design, implementation, enforcement, and long-term viability. The chair noted four supportive testimonies had been received, and a member asked OHA to confirm that its programs serve all Hawaiians, not only those eligible for homelands; OHA said it serves all Hawaiians in the state. The transcript ends before any vote or further action on HB 603.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 01/30/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- I would imagine, Senator Dames, that part of the reason, or probably the main reason, you'd like to see
- it</c><01:19:47.480><c> uh</c><01:19:47.600><c> I</c><01:19:47.679><c> would</c><01:19:47.840><c> imagine
- </c> of getting at it uh I would imagine of getting at it uh I would imagine Senator<01:19:48.679><c>
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
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:
- There's not a single DFL member here at the committee hearing today, so I'm trying to imagine a question
- /c><00:32:00.760><c> I'm</c><00:32:00.880><c> trying</c><00:32:01.080><c> to</c><00:32:01.200><c> imagine
- </c><00:32:01.519><c> a</c> today so I I'm trying to imagine a today so I I'm trying to imagine a question
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:
- and then a year or two later saw my financial aid getting cut by thousands of dollars, I can only imagine
- dollars</c><01:42:29.520><c> I</c><01:42:29.599><c> can</c><01:42:29.760><c> only</c><01:42:30.040><c> imagine
- </c><01:42:30.440><c> how</c><01:42:30.639><c> that</c> of dollars I can only imagine how that of dollars
- I can only imagine how that would<01:42:30.880><c> make</c><01:42:31.159><c> students</c><01:42:31.400
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Abate</c><00:46:17.720><c> these</c><00:46:17.920><c> inflationary</c> The chart that everybody has imagined
- that everybody me uh this is the chart that everybody um<00:48:05.800><c> has</c><00:48:06.000><c> imagined
- c> the</c><00:48:07.720><c> lack</c><00:48:08.000><c> of</c><00:48:08.240><c> housing</c> um has imagined
- the the lack of housing um has imagined the the lack of housing the<00:48:08.760><c> need</c><00:48:
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
HI
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Commission to Study Stable Tokens (05/13/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- And once we went effective, and you can imagine that there were many things that we had aspired to have
- reference that, you know, you had created Lake through a patchwork of regulatory licenses, and I can imagine
- licenses</c><00:32:17.200><c> and</c><00:32:17.320><c> I</c><00:32:17.400><c> can</c><00:32:17.560><c> imagine
- </c> regulatory licenses and I can imagine regulatory licenses and I can imagine and<00:32:18.480><c>
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the April 6 and May 4 minutes, with minor corrections noted to the May minutes. The main presentation came from JD of Link Network, introduced by Dan Cohen, who described Link’s work with crypto.com and other market participants on tokenized money market funds and real-time settlement for institutional clients.
JD gave a detailed history of his earlier work developing the Arca U.S. Treasury Fund and ArCoin, emphasizing that the project was built within existing SEC and 1940 Act frameworks and was intended to use blockchain technology for a traditional asset rather than create a crypto product. He said the effort involved years of discussions with the SEC, multiple custodians, and partners such as U.S. Bank, T-Zero Securities, and Tassat, and that the model eventually led to Link’s settlement system. He highlighted concerns that shaped the design, including regulatory compliance, privacy for institutional users, and the need to bridge traditional banking hours with 24/7 digital asset markets.
The presentation also described Link’s features, including segregated and bankruptcy-remote fund structures, tokenized deposit and treasury fund settlement, and “yield in transit,” which allows interest to accrue and be distributed daily down to a two-second block. JD said the platform is being expanded for use cases such as exchange liquidity, cross-border capital movement, off-exchange collateral, stablecoin bridging, treasury management, and peer-to-peer settlement. He closed by posing policy questions for the commission about the use cases for stablecoins versus tokenized money market funds in New Hampshire and whether the state could issue or administer a security-based program with appropriate compliance controls.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/14/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Your support for SF 4464 would mean more than you can imagine to Logan and to our family.
- </c><00:18:51.200><c> than</c><00:18:51.640><c> you</c><00:18:51.760><c> can</c><00:18:51.919><c> imagine
- </c><00:18:52.400><c> to</c><00:18:52.520><c> Logan</c> mean more than you can imagine to Logan mean
- more than you can imagine to Logan and<00:18:53.000><c> to</c><00:18:53.120><c> our</c><00:18:53.280>
- Imagine risking your life while serving your community only to face the possibility of losing access
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I imagine it's going up. So I'll be a no on the funding side of it.
- I can't imagine being a student, being in high school, and calling 988 and hearing, "I'm sorry, this
- And you can imagine my déjà vu when I start reading... ...under their name.
- And you can imagine my déjà vu when I start reading this bill that got introduced on the 17th at 2:49
- I imagine if they needed higher liability rates. Is that correct? Thank you, Mr. President.
Bills:
SB1778 , SB1570 , SB134 , SB1966 , SB1636 , SB1725 , SB1726 , SB259 , SB504 , SB592 , SB2030 , SB1572 , SB843 , SB1242 , SB1255 , SB1262 , SB1264 , SB1286 , SB1581 , SB1290 , SB1316 , SB1319 , SB1369 , SB1379 , SB1381 , SB1400 , SB1427 , SB1436 , SB1461 , SB1496 , SB1509 , SB1534 , SB1553 , SB904 , SB1592 , SB1645 , SB1684 , SB1767 , SB1772 , SB1813 , SB1894 , SB1928 , SB1946 , SB1980 , SB2040 , SB2060 , SB2061
Keywords:
reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations
Summary:
The Senate first handled several gallery introductions recognizing visiting groups, including Muskogee Day, domestic violence advocates, Wagner High School leadership students, the Bixby Chamber and football team, and the Heartland Home Educators co-op. The chamber also adopted a motion to suspend debate rules for the remainder of the day so third-reading bills could be debated under shortened time limits.
Senate Bill 134, which shortens the waiting period for Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System retirees to return to public employment from one year to six months, drew questions about “double dipping,” actuarial impact, and workforce shortages. The author said the bill was requested by the Association of County Commissioners to help counties retain experienced workers, noted an actuarial estimate that the system would drop from 107% to 105% funded, and explained there were no special safeguards beyond existing limits. The bill advanced and then passed 47-0.
Senate Bill 196, a measure naming multiple bridges, highways, and interchanges for veterans, law enforcement officers, and other honorees, was presented as a personal bill by the author, including a bridge named for his grandfather. After brief questions, it advanced and passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1636, which allows immediate family members or similar individuals to request OSBI review of cold homicide cases after a local law enforcement case-file review, also advanced after questions about eligibility, timing, and workload; supporters said it would give families a path to seek answers in long-unsolved cases. It passed 47-0.
The chamber then considered Senate Bill 1725, which addresses expressive activity on higher-education campuses by allowing content-neutral security fees, limiting discipline to narrowly defined harassment, and requiring free speech training for first-year students. Debate centered on campus free speech, university accountability, and whether the bill would add costs or sufficient enforcement; it passed 40-17 and was advanced as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1726, a companion bill requiring training for graduate assistants who teach, emphasizing classroom management, academic integrity, and viewpoint neutrality, passed 41-7 and was also advanced as an emergency measure. Finally, Senate Bill 259, a long-debated water bill requiring metering or approved measuring devices for groundwater use, drew extensive discussion over costs, property rights, regional differences, and regulation of irrigators; the bill was advanced to final passage after a 34-8 vote, with debate continuing at the end of the transcript.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- so</c><00:25:49.440><c> as</c><00:25:49.679><c> you</c><00:25:49.840><c> can</c><00:25:49.919><c> imagine
- 25:50.320><c> we</c><00:25:50.559><c> sit</c><00:25:50.799><c> here,</c> >> Um so as you can imagine
- , we sit here, >> Um so as you can imagine, we sit here, we're<00:25:51.760><c> trying</c><00:25
- >> Well, could you imagine, though, the answer being that every single private property is hardened eventually
- I can imagine exempting out a small charging station if you're just going to plug it into your wall or
Bills:
HB1846 , HB2205 , HB1802 , HB1571 , HB2047 , HB2434 , HB2426 , HB2361 , HB2395 , HB1712 , HB2544 , HB1619
Committee:
House Water & Land
Keywords:
coastal erosion, shoreline properties, regional planning, mitigation districts, sediment management, environmental impact, public access, community financing, shoreline erosion, emergency permits, coastal management, erosion control, Hawaii Revised Statutes, HB1802, conservation banking, conservation bank, mitigation banking, compensatory mitigation, incidental take permit, incidental take license
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 1846, relating to shoreline mitigation districts. DLNR and the Office of Planning opposed the bill, arguing it would improperly shift regulatory roles between the agencies and prioritize private land interests over public trust and natural and historic resources. Supporters, including the Shoreline Preservation Coalition, Kahana Bay residents, and Hawaii Realtors, said regional planning is needed to address severe erosion, especially in Kahana, and that better coordination between state and county agencies could help move stalled projects forward. Testifiers emphasized that shoreline conditions vary by area and that science-based, region-specific solutions are needed.
Members asked questions about whether existing law already allows regional planning and emergency shoreline responses. DLNR said it already has authority to process regional projects and cited an existing draft EIS for Kahana Bay that would proceed through normal permitting and public hearing channels. Supporters responded that the bill would provide a clearer regional planning framework and help communities facing urgent erosion impacts. No vote was taken on HB 1846 in the portion provided.
The committee then took up HB 2205, relating to emergency erosion mitigation. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it already has authority to issue emergency permits and had recently done so quickly for a collapsed sidewalk at Queen Surf Beach, and warning that the bill’s language could weaken Act 16 by changing a prohibition on shoreline hardening to a requirement to merely minimize it. Kahana Bay representatives and other supporters argued the bill would create a limited, regulated short-term pathway for emergency shoreline solutions while long-term plans are developed, and said current permits have expired or stalled, leaving dangerous sandbags and no practical relief. Additional testimony from a private homeowner stressed that erosion is threatening homes and that private owners are often bearing the cost of protecting public shoreline access. The discussion remained focused on balancing emergency protection, public access, and long-term shoreline management, and no final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And either of you can take it, but I imagine Representative Mohler would want to jump at it, and Chair
- And either of you can take it, but I imagine Representative Mohler would want to jump at it, and Chair
- And either of you can take it, but I imagine Representative Mohler would want to jump at it, and Chair
- program</c><00:27:38.840><c> because</c> The cuts to the program are a detriment because you can imagine
- So I mean, I could imagine that there might be an argument for, you know, there might be something related
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, criminal sexual conduct, sexual assault, peace officers, law enforcement oversight, Minnesota National Guard, U.S. armed forces, military installation, armory, air base
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/10/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- in addition to responding to Minnesota Government Data Practices Act requests, which, as you can imagine
- :40.480><c> can</c> Practice Act requests which as you can Practice Act requests which as you can imagine
- mentally</c><01:59:42.000><c> individuals</c><01:59:42.520><c> that</c><01:59:42.639><c> are</c> imagine
- mentally individuals that are imagine mentally individuals that are mentally<01:59:43.159><c> ill</c
- I want you to imagine going to work on a random Tuesday.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/17/2025)
State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So I imagine they had to adjust.
NH
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- If you imagine being 80 years old and you've been a victim of fraud, you feel deeply humiliated.
- And so if they are able to convince somebody to make that first transaction, you know, I would imagine
- :10.320><c> would</c> first transaction um you know I would first transaction um you know I would imagine
- 11.360><c> scam</c><01:12:11.760><c> would</c><01:12:12.080><c> evolve</c><01:12:12.560><c> to</c> imagine
- that their scam would evolve to imagine that their scam would evolve to have<01:12:13.120><c> them</
Committee:
Senate Commerce
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I imagine the industry will also probably be interested in it, but as a department we have not taken
- the</c><03:36:49.239><c> industry</c><03:36:49.560><c> will</c><03:36:49.760><c> also</c> whole I imagine
- the industry will also whole I imagine the industry will also probably<03:36:50.479><c> be</c><03:36
- Like the industrial scale is like imagine a Costco-size building with big chillers.
- Oh, I can't imagine we don't do that. You got to give an explanation for the reason you're...
Summary:
The discussion focused on a cannabis legalization/regulation bill and whether it should be retained for further study or moved forward. Members debated the fiscal impact, with one side emphasizing that the bill would cost about $7.1 million in the first two years before generating revenue, while supporters argued the House should make a statement in favor of legalization despite likely opposition from the Senate and governor. There was also disagreement over strategy: some said retaining the bill until closer to the next election would give the issue more visibility, while others said delaying would only avoid sending a bill the Senate was unlikely to take up anyway.
A major point of contention was whether cannabis should be regulated by a new cannabis commission or placed under the Liquor Commission. Supporters of the Liquor Commission argued it already has enforcement infrastructure, especially for age restrictions, and could handle cannabis more efficiently without creating a new bureaucracy. Opponents said cannabis is a different industry that would require specialized expertise, and they objected to expanding the Liquor Commission, which they described as unpopular and costly. The committee also discussed past versions of the bill, including concerns about limited licenses and the perception that the earlier approach favored large businesses.
Members reviewed specific provisions such as licensing fees, THC limits, and cultivation categories. One member noted a $10,000 fee for retail cannabis stores and cannabis product manufacturers authorized to perform extractions, while a smaller tier-one cultivator fee was described as a lower-cost option for small growers. There was also discussion of whether the bill would allow sales through general retail outlets or only dedicated cannabis stores, and whether plants and seeds were covered. No final vote or action was clearly recorded in the excerpt, but the main procedural question was whether to retain the bill for more work or advance it as written.