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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- An entire, you know, major lead line, and so The intent of this is that all these things will be worked
- same time we want to know what those milestones are so We don't under-build also, and under-building leads
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill proposes an expansion of preventative detention that can lead to unjust outcomes for individuals
- that things like justice reinvestment strategies, which will allow us to address the root causes that lead
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Sers, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? >> Thank you.
- It all sort of leads back to what Representative Pearson said a minute ago.
- </c> the Senate and rules, but perhaps lead the Senate and rules, but perhaps lead the<01:50:28.320><
- </c> Firearms have become one of the leading Firearms have become one of the leading causes<04:36:21.680
- Um, gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in the United States.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- to the one positive as which one leads to the one positive as you<00:50:33.599><c> go.
- </c><01:55:07.119><c> to</c><01:55:07.280><c> my</c> EPA and this is going to lead to my EPA and this
- role because right now uh has the lead role because right now uh the<01:57:44.000><c> fed</c><01:57:
- Are you expecting this additional cost to lead to improvements in their performance?
- Are you expecting this additional cost to lead to improvements in their performance? Thank you, Mr.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- to thank our other committee members, including my vice chair, Senator Balden, and the Republican lead
- this committee as it it first leading this committee as it it first started<00:59:21.280><c> uh,</c>
- </c><00:59:43.280><c> Um,</c><00:59:43.839><c> I</c> Republican lead, Senator Lucero.
- Um, I Republican lead, Senator Lucero.
- Competition generally leads to it.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Generally, switching something on overnight leads to much more confusion and consternation from uh maybe
- </c><00:31:48.200><c> to</c><00:31:48.320><c> much</c> something on overnight leads to much something
- on overnight leads to much more<00:31:48.760><c> confusion</c><00:31:49.480><c> and</c><00:31:49.880
- c><01:15:24.280><c> the</c><01:15:24.400><c> Center</c><01:15:24.720><c> for</c> co-founded and co-lead
- the Center for co-founded and co-lead the Center for Nursing<01:15:25.280><c> Equity</c><01:15:25.640
Keywords:
workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Thu Feb 19, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause<00:21:20.240><c>
- </c><00:21:42.320><c> This</c> that can lead to cardiac events.
- This that can lead to cardiac events.
- There was a handful of women leading HPA, and they were in agreement with us.
- There was a handful of women leading HPA, and they were in agreement with us.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 2485, which would require cardiovascular screening for student athletes. The Department of Education and Department of Health said they support the bill’s intent but noted that many screenings are already part of existing school-entry and well-child exams. The Attorney General’s office asked for clarifying language on who performs the screenings, where results go, how “positive findings” are defined, how referrals would work, and whether funding would be appropriated if DOE must hire health professionals. The American Heart Association strongly supported the bill, citing the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes and arguing that sports physicals are an effective opportunity for early detection. No vote was taken, and the committee moved on after testimony.
The committee then heard HB 89, concerning a school psychologist working group and possible licensing or credentialing of school psychologists. The Department of Education and Board of Psychology supported the measure. The Hawaii Psychological Association said it supports licensing school psychologists but asked to be included in the working group, arguing it is an important stakeholder. The Hawaii Association of School Psychologists opposed including HPA, saying the issue is between school psychologists and DCCA and that HPA is not part of their organization. Testimony and discussion focused on the long-running disagreement over whether school psychologists should be regulated under the Board of Psychology or another mechanism, and on title protection and scope of practice. No action was reported during this portion.
The committee also took up HB 2445, relating to standardized emergency responses for immigration enforcement at or near schools. The Department of Education said it already issued internal law-enforcement guidance and questioned whether the bill was necessary, while also raising concerns about the bill’s 1,000-foot buffer language and the limits of school authority over activity off campus. The Board of Education echoed those concerns and suggested the bill may need clearer definitions. Supporters, including the White Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and an attorney testifying on Know Your Rights training, argued that recent federal changes have increased ICE activity near schools and that a law is needed to ensure clear, public protocols, staff training, and family protections. A student testifier said the measure was a top priority of the state student council. The transcript ends during testimony, with no vote or final committee action shown.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Many of you know John from the many years he spent leading Kentucky's economic development efforts
- </c><00:02:48.800><c> It's</c><00:02:49.040><c> been</c> lead us in the energy space.
- It's been lead us in the energy space.
- As I said, we'll procure those long-lead investments and then we'll announce the project.
- </c> infrastructure, ordering long lead infrastructure, ordering long lead equipment<00:15:07.120><c>
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10
Approval of Minutes 00:01:19
Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39
Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects.
A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts.
Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 3/17/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of recent changes to the model Business Corporation Act as well as developments in Delaware, the leading
- of recent changes to the model Business Corporation Act as well as developments in Delaware, the leading
- We talked a little bit earlier about our nation-leading child tax credit.
- We talked a little bit earlier about our nation-leading child tax credit.
- </c><01:53:52.679><c> up</c><01:53:52.880><c> to</c> freedom to use that 5% leading up to freedom to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It increases the penalty for blocking a freeway, a highway, transit, or a road leading to or from an
- our states work for several leading our states work for several years<01:26:41.360><c> in</c><01:26:
- Representative Lead Mher said, "Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I do have a couple of questions.
- I know some law enforcement is leading that. I think some of them were maybe even testifiers today.
- that I think some enforcements leading that I think some of<01:53:29.520><c> them</c><01:53:29.639><
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light.
- Come to acknowledge that you are the only one who can rightly lead and guide our country.
- Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light.
- Be their power and protector, leading them from darkness to light.
- Leading them from darkness to light. Father, we come to honor you this day.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- the organization through the leading the organization through the pandemic<00:42:05.400><c> when</c>
- So that my segue leads me to another infographic.
- <00:52:30.799><c> me</c><00:52:30.920><c> to</c><00:52:31.119><c> another</c> leads me to another leads
- So a law such as what we would call a three strikes law, where two shopliftings lead to misdemeanors,
- to misdemeanors but shopliftings lead to misdemeanors but you<01:24:28.159><c> get</c><01:24:28.280>
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Jackson Hayes is going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.
- And so we haven't been leading in this space.
- I hope it's because I tried to lead with fairness. I tried to lead with humility.
- And I tried to lead to— To lead with fairness.
- I tried to lead with humility, and I tried to lead with grace and forgiveness.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/25/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- the selection of and establish standards of the work of the agency inspector generals, and, third, lead
- c><00:10:50.560><c> improved</c><00:10:51.120><c> data</c><00:10:51.400><c> sharing</c> and third, lead
- improved data sharing and third, lead improved data sharing between<00:10:52.040><c> agencies</c><00
- Next we'll go to Paul Lafferty. about the level of training leading more about the level of training
- leading more patients<01:27:20.000><c> to</c><01:27:20.080><c> think</c><01:27:20.400><c> PAs</c><01:
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I work in the health economics program and lead the team that managed this report, the data collection
- economics program, work in the health economics program, um,<00:04:07.120><c> and</c><00:04:07.360><c> lead
- team</c><00:04:08.040><c> that,</c><00:04:08.560><c> uh,</c><00:04:08.720><c> managed</c> um, and lead
- the team that, uh, managed um, and lead the team that, uh, managed this,<00:04:09.840><c> uh,</c><00
- All of these things could lead to higher payment error rates.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Safety Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- These actions have heightened fears of deportation among immigrant families, leading many parents to
- These NDAs lead some agencies to destroy records.
- That's why San Francisco has taken the lead. It's why others have taken the lead. It's why L.A.
- Any lead witnesses in opposition? Can you come to the dais?
- You can come to the dais if you so choose, if you're a lead witness for opposition.
Summary:
The committee heard several public safety measures, beginning with housekeeping items and the adoption of a four-bill consent calendar. Bills on the consent calendar included AB 476 on metal theft, AB 619 on California Conservation Corps training for formerly incarcerated people, AB 1192 on child abuse or neglect reporting, and AB 1239 on human trafficking data. Several bills were pulled by the authors before hearing, and the committee also announced that AB 379 would be heard with a file notice waiver and AB 63 would be for testimony only.
The most extensive discussion was on AB 366, which would require ignition interlock devices for anyone convicted of DUI. The author, Senator Archuleta, and a MADD representative gave emotional testimony about family members killed by drunk drivers and argued the bill would save lives. Support came from law enforcement, fire, medical, auto club, and safety groups. Opposition from public defenders and criminal justice advocates focused on loss of judicial discretion, costs for low-income drivers, and concerns about vendor oversight and effectiveness. The committee voted to pass AB 366 as amended to Appropriations.
The committee also heard AB 1380, which would create a permanent pathway into firefighting careers for formerly incarcerated people who served on Cal Fire hand crews. The author and supporters said the bill would recognize service, improve reentry, and reduce recidivism; a fire labor group withdrew its opposition after amendments were discussed. The measure passed to Appropriations, though it remained on call pending one additional vote. AB 461, which would remove criminal penalties for parents of truant K-8 students and replace them with supportive responses, drew broad support from education and justice advocates but no opposition testimony; it was also passed to Appropriations and left on call pending one more vote. ACR 60, recognizing the Downey Police Department’s special-needs communication program for interactions with people with disabilities or sensory challenges, was adopted unanimously.
The committee then heard AB 746 on creating an inmate cooperative program and a green reentry reserve for incarcerated workers. Supporters said it would build job skills, dignity, and reentry success; there was no opposition testimony. The bill passed to Appropriations and was left on call pending votes. Finally, AB 379 on human trafficking drew strong support from survivor advocates, law enforcement, and local officials for creating a survivor services fund and targeting buyers, but also strong opposition from survivors and civil liberties groups who warned it would criminalize vulnerable people and revive harmful loitering enforcement. The committee discussion continued with members weighing survivor support, public safety tools, and concerns about the bill’s amendments and scope.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- He said Minnesota has a history of leading in education innovations, with policies like open enrollment
- </c> go Minnesota has uh a history of leading go Minnesota has uh a history of leading in<00:51:01.319
- experience, and what I saw in real time was that these learning experiences, when they're relevant, lead
- experience, and what I saw in real time was that these learning experiences, when they're relevant, lead
- ...uh, in real time that these learning experiences, when they're relevant, lead to deep learning every
Committee:
House Education Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Public Higher Education Study Committee (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- New Hampshire has always been one of the leading exporters of college-bound students leaving this state
- </c><00:18:11.559><c> exporters</c><00:18:12.120><c> of</c> been one of the leading exporters of been
- one of the leading exporters of College<00:18:12.720><c> Bound</c><00:18:13.200><c> students</c><00:
- </c><00:59:51.440><c> in</c> accreditation that's a perfect lead in accreditation that's a perfect lead
- into to the sixth item perfect lead into to the sixth item we<00:59:57.079><c> began</c><00:59:57.680
Summary:
The Public Higher Education Study Committee held an organizational meeting and received an update from the university and community college systems on implementation of recommendations from the governor’s higher education task force. The systems said the task force report contained about 40 recommendations, and they have focused first on operational items while continuing to work on larger policy issues, including better alignment of public higher education with workforce and economic development needs. The committee also discussed reporting requirements under the amended law and whether quarterly reports are required or whether annual updates are sufficient unless the committee requests more.
A major topic was expanding Early College and dual-enrollment opportunities. The chancellors reported strong growth in Early College participation, significant student and family savings, and state scholarship support that they described as producing a strong return on investment. They said the goal is to build clearer pathways so students can earn college credit, reduce debt, and stay in New Hampshire for postsecondary education. They also noted ongoing work to simplify admissions and transfer processes, including about 100 transfer pathways between the systems, direct-admit efforts for community college and university students, and continued development of transfer equivalency tools.
Members pressed the systems and the Department of Education on direct outreach to high school students, especially juniors, so students would know they are eligible for direct admission and other opportunities. The main obstacle discussed was access to student contact information, with officials saying the issue may involve contract limits with the College Board and possibly statutory constraints on sharing data. Department of Education staff said they are meeting with the systems and vendors to determine what changes are needed. Committee members urged faster action so students and families can receive letters or other notices about in-state options, affordability programs such as Granite Guarantee, and pathways to community college and university enrollment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- requirements requiring in some cases 12-hour days, those last few days of the early voting process leading
- Again, single voting period, but the days leading up to election day.
- ...that if none of us are above the fold, if no 254 counties across the state are above the fold leading
- to determine the number of polling places that they have for the early voting period, so the days leading
- And we're going to continue to do so and continue to monitor that activity, of course, leading up to
Committee:
House Elections
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill, of which I am the lead sponsor, takes an important step toward ending...
- This bill, of which I am the lead sponsor, takes an important step toward ending the stigma surrounding
- LeBoeuf, I wanted to express special appreciation to you for leading on this effort in the House and
- LeBoeuf, we're proud of you and leading this.
- I really hope it will pass and really hope that other states will follow your lead.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on a broad set of mental health, substance use, recovery, and patients’ rights bills. Early testimony focused on H. 2227, which would replace stigmatizing substance use terminology in the General Laws, and H. 3950, which would support parents in recovery involved with DCF by requiring more individualized recovery plans, clearer benchmarks for parenting time, access to recovery coaches or counselors, family counseling after sustained recovery, and staff training on addiction and lived experience. Speakers described the bills as ways to reduce stigma, increase accountability, and improve reunification outcomes for families.
A major portion of the hearing centered on S. 1386, which would transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health. Advocates, family members, and disability groups testified that Bridgewater functions like a prison rather than a hospital, with excessive restraint, seclusion, involuntary medication, poor conditions, and racial disparities, and argued DMH should oversee a treatment setting. One DMH occupational therapist and MNA member opposed the transfer, saying the real issue is mixing forensic and continuing-care patients and that DMH should instead create designated forensic units under bills H. 228/S. 1408. Committee members asked about Bridgewater’s population, the history of DOC control, capacity, staffing, and how a transfer might be implemented.
The committee also heard testimony on modernizing the six fundamental rights for psychiatric inpatients, including expanding communication options, clarifying visitation and advocacy definitions, and improving access to gender-appropriate and culturally relevant items. Another bill, H. 2216, would require stronger oversight before antipsychotic medication is prescribed in nursing homes, prompted by concerns about inappropriate use. Finally, testimony supported H. 2240 and H. 2239 on sober homes, with supporters saying discharge and relocation policies are needed when a resident returns to active use or becomes unsafe, while preserving the recovery environment and resident rights. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.