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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- 00:36:22.079><c> going</c> would actually support this going would actually support this going further
- It pays to fund the managed care organizations, supports critical services like behavioral health, substance
- </c> that supports our hospitals. So, Mr. that supports our hospitals. So, Mr.
- And the last thing I'll say, support.
- So to answer your question, uh, I... uh and you um do you support uh and you um do you support or<02:
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 291, which would update religious land-use and property tax exemption rules for church-owned parsonages, parish houses, and similar properties. Senator Tim Lang, speaking for the sponsor, said the bill was intended to address situations where former parsonages are no longer occupied by clergy and are instead used for church-related purposes such as housing staff, religious education, or congregate living tied to ministry, including addiction recovery. He emphasized that the bill was not meant to create commercial rental housing and that it also preserves reasonable zoning and environmental regulations.
Committee members pressed the sponsor on how the bill would be applied, especially the meaning of “religious purposes,” the six-unit limit, the “same lot” language, and whether churches could use the exemption to rent units for revenue. The sponsor said the six-unit cap was added to prevent large-scale commercial rental use, that congregate housing would be limited and defined, and that the bill was meant to cover uses like substance abuse recovery, homes for unwed mothers, and religious education, but not apartments converted for ordinary rental. He also said churches would still file annual exemption paperwork and towns could challenge claims they believed were commercial. Questions also raised concerns about whether the bill treated religious and nonreligious housing trusts differently; the sponsor responded that the bill was aimed at church-owned property used in pursuit of a religious mission.
Several witnesses testified in support. Representative Mark Pearson, an active clergyman, said the bill would not remove additional property from the tax rolls because clergy housing allowances typically lead clergy to buy taxable homes elsewhere, while the church-owned parsonage remains exempt. Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire supported the bill as a modest expansion that could help create more attainable housing by allowing better use of existing religious land and structures, though he noted his organization would support even broader use. The hearing ended without a vote or final action, and the chair closed questions after the testimony.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- In support of the 10-year plan, each district now shall have in place and provide.
- It clicked, and we had absolute community support. So, there's a lot of variables.
- It clicked, and we had absolute community support. So, there's a lot of variables.
- It clicked, and we had absolute community support. So, there's a lot of variables.
- The taxpayers are not unreasonable, and that's why I support this bill.
Committee:
House Education Funding
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/22/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- 31.079><c> soil</c><00:43:31.520><c> food</c> In the environment, things like soil, food, and also behavioral
- position Minnesota to be AI-enabled for our economy, really to foster an environment that's going to support
- environment<01:09:05.759><c> that's</c><01:09:05.920><c> going</c><01:09:06.120><c> to</c><01:09:06.359><c> support
- </c><01:09:07.159><c> uh</c> environment that's going to support uh environment that's going to support
- know the other states that were listed on your presentation, I assume when you say AI ecosystem and support
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- ><03:45:10.960><c> support</c><03:45:11.399><c> online</c> they've identified their support online they've
- So he has asked me to support it.
- </c><04:55:29.878><c> it</c> so um he's he has asked me to support it so um he's he has asked me to support
- </c> know I I really can't support know I I really can't support it<05:14:38.558><c> anybody</c><05:14
- </c><05:15:50.280><c> this</c> be supporting this be supporting this bill<05:15:52.760><c> representative
Summary:
The Transportation Committee opened with an announcement correcting the public hearing list: House Bill 209 was mistakenly listed as a continued hearing, but the chair said that hearing had already been closed and would not be reopened. The committee then moved to House Bill 305, which would allow municipalities to install and use speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement. The prime sponsor, Rep. Jones, said the bill was intended as a tool to address police staffing shortages and erratic driving, and emphasized that municipalities would pay the costs, work with DOT and the Department of Safety, and retain full control without using third-party vendors. He said the bill was meant to target speeding, red-light violations, and similar conduct, with enforcement handled locally and subject to state and federal law.
Committee members raised questions about how citations would work, who would be held responsible in multi-driver or rental-car situations, whether due process would be affected, and whether cameras could identify the driver rather than just the vehicle. The sponsor and supporting witness Edward H. of Keene said municipalities would determine procedures, that an officer would still have to review and issue any summons, and that the bill was meant to be a limited enforcement tool rather than a catch-all. Edward H. also described the bill as adding guardrails such as a needs analysis, coordination with DOT, annual reporting, and public records of detections and fines. The Department of Transportation testified neutrally, saying it had no position on the bill and noting that current state systems include speed feedback signs, bridge security cameras, toll cameras that capture plates only, and traffic-signal detection cameras that do not record video. No vote was taken.
The committee then held a brief hearing on House Bill 368, which would prohibit smoking tobacco products or e-cigarettes in a motor vehicle when a child under 16 is present and impose a $100 secondary fine. Rep. Miller introduced the bill in the sponsor’s absence, and there was no public testimony for or against it. The chair closed the hearing. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 390, which would add retired fire apparatus to the antique vehicle exemption so old fire trucks can be registered and used in parades without being stripped of their equipment. Rep. Parson explained that a strict reading of current law had led DMV to reject some antique fire engine registrations, and said the bill would fix that while preserving the ban on commercial use and on impersonating emergency vehicles. Members asked about the relationship to existing laws on emergency-vehicle impersonation, and the sponsor said the bill would not affect those laws. The hearing remained open as the transcript ended.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-20 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> shelters asking for financial support, shelters asking for financial support, or<01:35:20.880><
- </c> continuum for permanent supportive continuum for permanent supportive housing,<01:48:40.040><c>
- So this permanent supportive housing section allows for supportive housing by an eligible household as
- I came around to supporting this.
- I came around to supporting this.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:07:51.279><c> everything</c> technology systems to support everything technology systems to support
- necessarily signing on to those tiered levels of support.
- </c><01:32:38.960><c> and</c> would be no increase to support and would be no increase to support and
- </c> business recruitment business support business recruitment business support Workforce<02:17:03.840
- We replaced the cab and shored up the iron supports.
Summary:
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work.
Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow.
Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money.
On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/03/2026)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> far more than support our game species. far more than support our game species.
- There's lots and lots of reasons why I think this is important to support, but I strongly support the
- So, we're here in support.
- </c> behalf of our members, again, we support behalf of our members, again, we support this<03:58:57.840
- ><c> law</c> Financial support for the law Financial support for the law enforcement<04:10:26.960><c>
Committee:
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Carvana does support this bill.
- We fully support this bill.
- We fully support this. If you have any questions, let me know. We fully support this.
- We fully support this. If you vehicles. We fully support this.
- </c> So, I'm I I will fully support this. So, I'm I I will fully support this.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um so, MPPOA supports this bill, the Chiefs Association supports this bill, the sheriffs support this
- So, thank you very much for your<00:46:21.200><c> support.</c> your support. your support.
- And I ask you to support take action. And I ask you to support this<01:13:20.160><c> bill.
- </c> bipartisan support. bipartisan support.
- </c> encourage members support. Thank you. encourage members support. Thank you.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We fully support this bill.
- We fully support this. If you have any questions, let me know. We fully support this.
- We fully support this. If you vehicles. We fully support this.
- </c> So, I'm I I will fully support this. So, I'm I I will fully support this.
- </c> ask you to support SB 641. Thank you. ask you to support SB 641. Thank you.
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on Senate Bill 401, which DHHS described as a cleanup bill. Testimony from the department explained that the bill would repeal obsolete reporting requirements tied to a repealed municipal reimbursement program and to the now-repealed commission on demographic trends. No one testified in opposition, and the committee voted 12-0 ought to pass, placing the bill on the consent calendar.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 402, which would eliminate certain non-compete agreements for physician associates going forward. Senator Gray introduced the bill, and a representative of the New Hampshire Society of Physician Associates said it would improve workforce recruitment and access to care without changing scope of practice or affecting existing agreements. Committee members asked about the length of current restrictions and whether the change would make New Hampshire more attractive to PAs. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and sent the bill to the consent calendar.
Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 426, which would repeal the permissible fireworks committee. Senator Uler and the deputy state fire marshal said the committee’s original purpose had been overtaken by later changes adopting federal fireworks standards, and that the fire marshal now has the necessary authority. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar.
Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 469, a DMV modernization bill allowing electronic signatures in place of wet signatures for certain motor vehicle title and registration processes. Senator Lang, Carvana, the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, Copart, and DMV staff all supported the measure, saying it would reduce delays, errors, and paperwork burdens. Members asked about AI, consumer protections, costs, and how electronic signatures would work in practice, including in cases involving deceased owners. The transcript cuts off during that hearing before any committee action on SB 469.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/26/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> bill does not have stakeholder support. bill does not have stakeholder support.
- So thank you so much for your support and please sign on to my bill if you support it. Thank you.
- So thank you so much for your support and please sign on to my bill if you support it. Thank you.
- So thank you so much for your support and please sign on to my bill if you support it. Thank you.
- </c> that, I hope members can support this. that, I hope members can support this.
Bills:
SF1750 , HF2700 , HF1606 , HF3356 , HF3946 , HF3970 , HF3658 , HF3875 , HF2627 , SF856 , HF1268 , HF1338
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> was one in support, two opposed. was one in support, two opposed.
- And I urge you to support everyone. And I urge you to support HB1678. HB1678. HB1678.
- I support HB 1600.
- I support HB 1600.
- And I speak in support of coalition. And I speak in support of HB1600. HB1600. HB1600.
Committee:
House Election Law
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill also provides support to the This bill also provides support to the department.<01:45:52.719
- </c> they need to have that technical support they need to have that technical support within<01:46:36.400
- </c> supporting that within your community. supporting that within your community.
- </c> We don't know how we're going to support We don't know how we're going to support these<01:59:48.400
- </c> more support. more support. um<02:13:22.079><c> they</c><02:13:22.639><c> need</c><02:13:22.960>
Committee:
House Education Funding
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislature can support this by ensuring districts, The legislature can support this by ensuring
- But if the evidence is overwhelmingly supportive...
- I think they need the support.
- Again, we support economic growth.
- I haven't seen any studies from them that support that.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on high-capacity groundwater wells proposed in Anderson, Henderson, and Houston counties, with members framing the issue as one of local water supply, fairness, and the need to modernize groundwater law while protecting private property rights. Opening remarks focused on the scale of the proposed Redtown Ranch and Pine Bliss projects, the potential export of tens of thousands of acre-feet of groundwater annually, and concerns that the applications lacked sufficient technical detail and could harm nearby landowners, cities, agriculture, and manufacturing. Members also noted the broader context of the recent flooding tragedy in central Texas and the Legislature’s intent to address water-related loss of life in the upcoming special session.
Witnesses from the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts and the Texas Water Development Board explained the current groundwater management framework. They described groundwater conservation districts as the state’s preferred management method, the role of groundwater management areas and desired future conditions, and how the Water Development Board uses those conditions to calculate modeled available groundwater. They emphasized that districts rely on local data, monitoring wells, and planning processes, but that information is often more limited in areas without a district, where the rule of capture applies. Members pressed witnesses on recharge rates, export permits, subsidence, the effect of pumping on nearby wells, the age and real-time availability of model data, and whether the proposed project would exceed modeled available groundwater in some counties.
TCEQ explained its limited oversight role over groundwater conservation districts, including inquiries, compliance actions, and, in extreme cases, dissolution authority. Water Development Board staff also outlined funding programs, saying the New Water Supply for Texas Fund is limited to projects such as brackish desalination, reuse, ASR, and other new-supply projects, and does not fund fresh groundwater exports alone. They said the project at issue had not applied for board funding. A water lawyer then testified on the rule of capture, ownership in place, and district regulation, arguing that districts must use permitting and other tools to manage production within modeled available groundwater and that the Legislature could consider additional authority over groundwater exports under current law.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1, HB 2 (06/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- House members in support of that increase? Yes. Members, are you in support? Okay, very good.
- Uh, but taking the way that the House took them all out, you did away with the IT support and everything
- With the IT support and everything else, and you got to pay the people anyway, right?
- So again, I know that I supported this position in the Senate because the ability for these guys to go
- this position in the Senate supported this position in the Senate because<02:22:22.560><c> um</c><02
Summary:
The Committee of Conference on HB 1 and HB 2 was called to order, and Legislative Budget Assistant Michael Kaine reviewed the working documents before the committee. He explained the compare report, the detailed change sheet, the HB 1 index, the HB 2 side-by-side, the surplus statement, and a revenue handout, noting that the committee would vote up or down on all detail-change items and that unresolved items on hold would be removed from the final bills. He also identified staff available to answer technical questions and noted that the committee would track the dollar impact of decisions as it proceeded.
Members then turned to the revenue outlook, with discussion focused on the gap between the House and Senate budget positions. House members said their budget guidance was based on revenue estimates that were significantly below the governor’s proposal, and they discussed whether additional revenue could close part of the gap. Department of Revenue Administration Commissioner Lindsey Stepp presented updated revenue estimates based on May data, explaining the methodology and the ranges for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. She said business taxes were the largest source of uncertainty, with estimates reflecting current economic conditions, recent revenue performance, and a range of possible growth rates.
Committee members questioned the assumptions behind the business-tax ranges, including why the low and high scenarios were set at 2% and 8% growth. Stepp said the range was based on historical performance and current economic factors such as inflation, tariffs, and business behavior, and she noted that June is a major estimate-payment month for business taxes. Members also discussed recent revenue trends, including the effect of tariffs and the possibility of federal tax policy changes affecting repatriated profits. The commissioner and House members also discussed other revenue sources, including rooms and meals and real estate transfer taxes, with the House side arguing that lower mortgage rates and home prices could increase real estate transfer revenue. No votes were taken in the portion provided, but the committee discussed possible upward adjustments to House revenue assumptions, including increases of roughly $70 million in total based on the updated outlook and additional insurance-related revenue.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- So I I support the increase in think. So I I support the increase in the<00:57:32.960><c> penalties.
- I'm going to support the bill.
- I just wanted more support the bill.
- </c><01:44:15.119><c> Uh</c> that they're supportive with it. Uh that they're supportive with it.
- </c><02:27:45.200><c> and</c> y'all probably know, is to support and y'all probably know, is to support
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I support<00:46:54.960><c> it</c><00:46:55.200><c> wholeheartedly</c> support it wholeheartedly support
- I I appreciate your support. >> thank you. I I appreciate your support.
- </c> >> I'm in support of that. >> I'm in support of that.
- So I just want to let you know I'm supporting this bill. Thank you. recognition.
- </c> just want to let you know I'm supporting just want to let you know I'm supporting this<01:59:01.199
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/28/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:02.000><c> eight</c> the general fund and that supports eight the general fund and that supports
- </c> to not fall directly into supporting to not fall directly into supporting fire<00:53:01.599><c>
- </c> from DPS however we have staff support from DPS however we have staff support that<01:25:49.760>
- Our grant programs work to reduce crime, intervention, prevention, support law enforcement, support other
- Our grant programs work to reduce crime, intervention, prevention, support law enforcement, support other
Bills:
HF2432
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> funds to support these veteran causes. funds to support these veteran causes.
- So, we we do support this support.
- </c> supports the program alto together. supports the program alto together.
- I do support the previous bill.
- I'm here in support of HB11. afternoon. I'm here in support of HB11.
Committee:
House Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Farewells - 05/18/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> can support a family. can support a family.
- </c> Senator Cohen did not support this. Senator Cohen did not support this.
- </c> did not support it. did not support it.
- </c> you to my family for all the support. you to my family for all the support.
- </c> supported me. supported me.