Transcript Highlights:

• </c> There's even a larger gap for services There's even a larger gap for services for<00:05:10.800><
• It can take people's lives.
• It can take it can ruin people's lives. It can take people's<00:18:34.480><c> lives.
• </c><00:18:35.120><c> Um</c> people's lives. Um people's lives.
• </c> and risk their lives. and risk their lives.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So those are all live in that division. That is our largest division. That service to the boards.
• </c> making specific to military service making specific to military service members<00:49:10.520><c>
• <03:07:57.000><c> without</c><03:07:57.319><c> a</c> services without a services without a license<03
• These are important services that are provided primarily case management services, helping individuals
• These are important services that are provided primarily case management services, helping individuals

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an orientation-style overview from the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC), led by Executive Director Deana Jurus and staff. They described the office’s mission to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and the public trust, and outlined the agency structure: enforcement, licensing and board administration, operations, legal counsel, board counsel, and the hearings bureau. OPLC said it currently supports 57 boards, including seven advisory boards, and has about 104 filled positions out of 120 authorized. They also noted new voluntary certifications for doulas, lactation consultants, and community health workers that are in rulemaking. A substantial portion of the discussion focused on how boards and staff divide responsibilities under RSA 310:4. Staff explained that the office handles application processing, complaint intake and initial review, records retention, 91-A requests, and rule drafting, while boards make final decisions on licensure criteria, complaint dismissals or investigations, disciplinary actions, and some hearing matters. They also described the rule structure by chapter number ranges and the distinction between full licensing boards and advisory boards. The committee asked about complaint notifications, and OPLC said it is tightening policies so complainants are told whether a matter is closed or moving forward. The licensing process was discussed in detail, especially for nursing. Bethany Katrell explained that applicants apply through an online portal, may receive approval to sit for exams, can work under provisional authority in some cases, and then receive full licensure after exam results and criminal background checks are complete. OPLC said the portal now reduces back-and-forth paperwork and that, as of the latest biweekly report, 87% of applications were decided within the statutory 90-day period and 57% within 14 days. Members also raised questions about why some professions require board approval before taking an exam, and OPLC said that requirement varies by statute or board rule. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.

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• This amendment protects services. The blind get their services. The deaf get their services.
• </c> services. The deaf get their services. services. The deaf get their services.
• </c> Why would a young transitioned Why would a young transitioned individual<03:30:18.000><c> want</
• </c> the lives lost, not just in combat. the lives lost, not just in combat.
• It takes away personal freedoms and does not live up to the live free or die spirit.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Utility gas services increased by 11.7% compared to the previous year.
• But a contraction in professional scientific and technical services.
• , social services, and we're all having to backfill that.
• Thank you for your work, your service, your excellent Partnership.
• services.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Paul Estock, I'm a staff attorney with Legislative counsel Service, um.
• Water is to live for, yeah, water is life.
• Are we not live at this point? We're live with their kids.
• We'll be back live again. Mr. Chair.
• All right, are we live again? Yeah, OK, great.

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> another Cooperative so Minnesota Service another Cooperative so Minnesota Service cooperatives<00
• You have little technical changes, and Human Services is the same.
• The consent to special education services is not, um, general consent to any special education services
• </c><01:20:14.760><c> skill</c> Workforce and life transition skill Workforce and life transition skill
• ><c> cost</c><01:20:16.760><c> to</c><01:20:16.920><c> the</c> services available at no cost to the services

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They probably will need special education services their whole lives and then they will transfer to our
• lives and their children's<01:24:44.600><c> lives</c><01:24:44.760><c> has</c><01:24:44.920><c> been
• > and</c> education services their whole lives and education services their whole lives and then<01:25
• </c><01:31:26.000><c> and</c> years to get any kinds of services and years to get any kinds of services
• </c> determined by administrative Services determined by administrative Services okay<04:46:10.520><c

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

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• So why am I being charged more money than somebody who is living here and demanding more city services
• And I, as far as I understand your question, if somebody was living in... not using a lot of city services
• > services?
• </c> demanding more city services? demanding more city services?
• I live in Amherst. Mr.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase. Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase. Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> of this body trampling the Civil Service of this body trampling the Civil Service laws<00:29:06.960
• </c> constitutional or in the Civil Service constitutional or in the Civil Service uh<00:45:39.559><c
• </c><01:11:05.719><c> have</c> federal crime far too many lives have federal crime far too many lives
• But the Thelma I knew was a tireless advocate for conservative causes who lived a life of dedicated service
• </c> Speaker our greatest living Speaker our greatest living threat<03:59:42.840><c> is</c><03:59:43.199

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The employee had a break in service.
• in one and a half years more career service credit than was due.
• Chair, that concludes the findings for Transformation and Shared Services. Mr.
• James Caldwell, Chief Fiscal Officer, Shared Administrative Services.
• Courtney Trailer, Chief of Staff, Shared Administrative Services. Thank you.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-STATE AGENCIES

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then heard audit reports from Tom Bullington. For the Department of Public Safety FY24 audit, two findings were presented: a duplicate vendor payment of nearly $3,700 that was later recouped, and a $2.5 million collateral deficiency tied to bank deposits that exceeded FDIC coverage because securities were not properly pledged to the State Police. Agency representatives from Arkansas State Police and the Department of Public Safety answered questions, and members discussed how the collateral requirement works before the report was filed without objection. The committee then reviewed the Department of Transformation and Shared Services FY24 audit, which contained five findings. These included an $800 career service overpayment caused by incorrect rehire data, delayed deactivation and inaccurate listing of fixed assets including stolen cameras, a double count of more than $940,000 in year-end cash records, $10.3 million in health claims that should have been recorded as fiscal year 2024 payables, and repeated deficiencies in vehicle mileage logs. Agency officials said the stolen cameras were recovered through restitution, and they described corrective steps for asset tracking, cash reporting, and vehicle logs. Members asked detailed questions about the vehicle log issues and the planned statewide GPS/telematics rollout. Shared Administrative Services said it is negotiating a vendor contract, expects to implement the system first in its own department, and aims to use GPS, geofencing, alerts, and WEX fuel-card data to improve oversight while preserving privacy. The committee also discussed possible future vehicle sharing across agencies, but no action was taken beyond filing the report. The meeting adjourned after announcing the next meeting date.

Transcript Highlights:

• traffic, supports jobs, and gives each community the character and energy that makes people want to live
• things happening, that being part of a community means something that makes people really want to live
• Engage with the stakeholders who would live under them.
• Representative Uyterhoeven continued: ...is used to make decisions about people's lives.
• We represent 25,000 human service workers and educators in Massachusetts.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Keywords: 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Anyone would be happy to live in these factory-built housing units.
• The other piece is where I live and represent in the 36th Assembly District.
• Although I currently live in Redding, I was born and raised in Altadena, lived the first half of my life
• And so I still live in that house today, four modules stitched together.
• Three years ago, he was living under a bridge, homeless, and high on meth.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:33:52.399><c> And</c><00:33:52.640><c> I</c> transitioning to a winter peak.
• And I transitioning to a winter peak.
• Do you actually mean, though, that we're transitioning to a winter peak or a summer peak?
• We transitioned to a summer peak mostly due to air conditioning load.
• We transitioned to a summer peak mostly due to air conditioning load.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We do not discriminate, and we know we are providing essential services.
• This makes families live in fear, and when they live in fear, students don't come to class.
• Al Grant on behalf of the California Alliance of Child and Family Services in support.
• Grant, with the California Alliance of Child and Family Services, in support.
• living wage or in poverty, and it just doesn't make sense.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• He serves as the leading voice for financial services policy.
• As you can see, Daisy is pretty convincing and engaging, likely enabling by AI, live face filters, or
• For God's sakes of living, this can't be that hard, you know.
• Once they get listed for breaking the law, they are radioactive waste in financial services.
• This is a cancerous tumor in our financial services system. have good doctors here.

Committee: Senate Aging (Special) Committee

Keywords: Chinese Communist Party, retirement security, investment risks, SEC enforcement, Bipartisan action

Summary: The meeting primarily addressed concerns regarding the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American investments and the financial security of retirees. The chair discussed legislation aimed at ensuring the protection of American investors against the risks posed by Chinese companies. There was a consensus among the members regarding the necessity to enforce existing policies that require compliance from foreign companies wishing to trade on American exchanges. The discussion included testimony from various stakeholders highlighting the urgent need to limit exposure to the CCP in retirement portfolios. Additionally, there were calls for increased accountability of regulatory bodies such as the SEC to better shield American investors from potential loss.

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• So it's a transitioning district in areas, always rural and other areas, and it's a beautiful piece of
• And I've lived in Florida my whole life, but I have more retirees in the Villages and in that part of
• And last we have Chief Dan Singleton, Investigative Services, Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
• And consumer services if they have gas pumps.
• Thank you for your service, all of you, and what you do for our communities.

Summary: The Industries and Professional Activities Subcommittee met to hear a panel on the prosecution and enforcement of illegal gaming in Florida. The chair opened with a video showing seized machines at a Florida Gaming Control Commission warehouse and described the scale of illegal operations. Panelists included the commission’s executive director, local sheriffs and police officials, and state attorneys from several counties, who described widespread illegal slot-machine locations, often in strip malls or convenience-store-type settings, and said the machines are typically used in organized criminal activity rather than legitimate amusement gaming. Witnesses repeatedly said the current penalty structure is ineffective because possession and operation of illegal slot machines are generally second-degree misdemeanors, which they described as too minor to deter operators who can quickly reopen after paying fines or completing diversion. They said enforcement is resource-intensive, requiring undercover work, search warrants, machine seizure, storage, forensic review, and long prosecutions, often while the same operators reopen elsewhere. Several panelists cited associated crimes such as robberies, firearms offenses, prostitution, drug activity, human trafficking, and at least some homicides tied to illegal gaming locations. Members also asked about the difference between legal amusement devices and illegal slot machines, online gambling, illegal horse racing, local licensing and ordinances, and whether manufacturers or distributors could be pursued. The commission and prosecutors said legal slot machines are limited to specific regulated locations and that lawful amusement machines lack a material element of chance. They said many illegal machines are imported or reworked versions of gaming devices and that upstream accountability is difficult under current law. Panelists also discussed cooperation with licensed casinos, tribal gaming entities, and local governments, noting that some local ordinances have tried to permit or limit these businesses. The main policy takeaway from the panel was a call to increase penalties, likely to felony-level offenses, and to consider stronger forfeiture and enforcement tools. No vote or formal action was taken at the meeting, and the chair adjourned after thanking the panelists.

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• Now, that reminder is especially fitting for those entrusted with public service.
• , appropriating additional monies to the Office of Information Technology Services for fiscal year 2007
• We're piecemealing together a very important service in our state.
• , to provide for volunteer election service in lieu of jury service.
• It was the longest 60 seconds of their little young lives. They went absolutely bonkers.

Summary: The Senate convened with 27 members present, heard prayer and the Pledge, approved the corrected journal, and then moved through committee reports, messages from the House, and first and second readings of several bills. Among the measures introduced or advanced were appropriations bills, child custody and visitation bills, a digital identification bill, a virtual currency kiosk fraud prevention bill, and bills on public outdoor target ranges, hearing loss screening, and small claims procedure. The chamber also re-referred or held several resolutions and bills, including SCR 125 and SR 121 for printing, and later took a short recess for caucus and announcements. On third reading, the Senate passed SB 1347, a transparency bill requiring more reporting from the Idaho Housing and Finance Association on federal housing and homelessness funds; supporters said it would improve oversight of subrecipients and outcomes, while opponents argued it duplicated existing HUD and IHFA reporting. The Senate also unanimously passed SB 1369, which rewrites Idaho’s civil venue statute and allows certain lawsuits to be filed either where the defendant resides or where the cause of action occurred, and SB 1358, which lets returning school administrators count prior administrative service toward the teacher career ladder if they meet performance requirements. SB 1379 passed 28-7 to raise the Project Choice vehicle registration fee by $5 to help recruit and retain Idaho State Police troopers, with supporters citing public safety and opponents warning about taxpayer burden and impacts on local law enforcement. The Senate then passed HB 635, requiring the Professional Standards Commission to report suspected criminal conduct in education cases to law enforcement; HB 532, standardizing identity requirements for DMV transactions; HB 520, standardizing hearing-notice requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act; and HB 541, expanding the definition of a child for electronic enticement offenses to cover some 16- and 17-year-olds when the offender is at least five years older. Later, the chamber passed HB 581, allowing the Legislature to formally notify the Supreme Court when it believes a court rule conflicts with statute or substantive rights, despite separation-of-powers concerns raised by one senator, and HB 599, changing distribution of digital curriculum funds to a needs-based process. The Senate also approved HB 544 on military leave, HB 642 on death benefits for surviving spouses and dependent children of fallen public safety officers and firefighters, HB 560 allowing county election workers to be drawn from the jury pool, HB 697 separating election-crime offenses into distinct code sections, HB 698 closing a loophole for out-of-state felony convictions, HB 503 transferring the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to the Department of Water Resources, and HB 676 on geothermal water applications, which began debate on Boise’s geothermal system before the transcript ended. Most final votes were unanimous or near-unanimous, with the main recorded opposition on SB 1347, SB 1379, and HB 581.

Transcript Highlights:

• of community service, a second offense.
• service looks like, you know, maybe they can go ahead and change their lives through that process.
• Of community service, other things that they can do.
• And you multiply that by all the other different services from the St.
• In the transition, they use the current values and plug in the appropriate years to make that transition

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have one position, our Deputy Director of Medical Services, that's already gone through JC on the
• and I said wait a second I'm in services and I said wait a second I'm in the<00:17:19.280><c> right<
• I’m the executive director of Open Democracy, and I live in Franklin, New Hampshire, where I vote.
• That said, when I was his age, I lived in California with that flag.
• </c> on the Health and Human Services on the Health and Human Services committee<04:41:55.320><c> we<

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.

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• </c> service, and your dedication to America. service, and your dedication to America.
• </c> compassion, and unwavering service. compassion, and unwavering service.
• </c> dedicated service in fire and rescue. dedicated service in fire and rescue.
• </c> the lives of our nation's heroes. the lives of our nation's heroes.
• </c> their lives to keep our capital secure. their lives to keep our capital secure.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all