Transcript Highlights:

• a Resilient Mass plan, which is our hazard mitigation plan, that really did a lot of science and research
• I could just note it in terms of the Clean Water Trust, you know, prior research that you cycle, and
• I could just note it in terms of the Clean Water Trust, you know, prior research that you cycle, and
• then there's as the Lieutenant Governor alluded to The Clean Water Trust, you know, prior research set
• and hybrid climate solutions and work closely with the Stone Living Lab to implement nature-based research

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on the Healey-Driscoll administration’s Mass Ready Act, a $3 billion environmental bond bill. Administration officials said the bill would fund climate resilience, clean water, land conservation, parks, PFAS remediation, food security infrastructure, and coastal and inland flood protection, while also streamlining permitting for housing, restoration, and other resilience projects. They emphasized that the bond authorizes spending but does not itself obligate it, and said the proposal includes deauthorizations as housekeeping. Committee members asked about the new Resilience Revolving Fund, flood and drought management, MVP funding, land acquisition, Chapter 61 right-of-first-refusal changes, salt marsh carbon sequestration, and how the bill would help smaller municipalities and offset expected federal funding losses. Officials said the revolving fund would be managed through EEA and the Clean Water Trust, with criteria aimed at directing aid to communities most in need, and noted that drought issues would continue to be handled through existing DEP and drought commission tools. Several committee members and witnesses discussed specific policy provisions, including flood disclosure requirements for homebuyers and renters, expanded authority for regional planning and small-town access to grants, and permitting reforms that would exempt or expedite certain environmental restoration and priority housing projects from more time-consuming review processes. Administration witnesses defended the reforms as a way to achieve the same environmental outcomes faster and with more certainty, while some advocates argued the bill should go further, especially on Chapter 91 and restoration permitting. The administration also described investments in DCR facilities, water and wastewater systems, open space, agricultural easements, and a new focus on blue carbon and salt marsh restoration. Public testimony largely supported the bill. Mass Audubon, the Trustees of Reservations, the Environmental League of Massachusetts, The Nature Conservancy, MAPC, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, municipal officials, and others praised the bill’s resilience, conservation, and water infrastructure investments. Some witnesses urged additional funding for land protection, coastal resilience, buyouts, and restoration, and several called for stronger or simpler permitting reforms. Municipal witnesses from Boston, Beckett, Beverly, Conway, and regional planning organizations stressed the need for flexible financing, especially for small and rural communities facing costly infrastructure and climate adaptation projects. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the committee heard testimony and asked questions before moving on to additional panels.

Transcript Highlights:

• Nicole Smarillo, and I'm the director of data, research, and policy at Think Small.
• In addition to those additional conversations, what we know from research is actually what's most important
• Yes, that's what I was referencing is that research shows us that that is truly what makes a difference
• 11.839><c> that</c><00:53:11.920><c> that</c><00:53:12.240><c> is</c><00:53:12.319><c> truly</c> research
• shows us that that is truly research shows us that that is truly what<00:53:12.880><c> makes</c><00:

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This accelerator program would establish a collaborative hub that pulls together research, industry leaders
• to develop next-generation energy technologies and fund research into the shared interest of these manufacturers
• 08:33.839><c> that</c><00:08:34.000><c> pulls</c><00:08:34.240><c> together</c><00:08:34.560><c> research
• </c> hub that pulls together research hub that pulls together research industry<00:08:35.839><c> leaders
• generation energy technologies um and generation energy technologies um and fund<00:08:40.240><c> research

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• When I was asked to relocate to Austin 12 years ago, I researched Austin in terms of how suitable it
• My research was favorable, and I relocated here to head the intellectual property department at a local
• Researchers are today not required and are financially and legally disincentivized to test on female
• But research in pediatrics showed that transgender youth denied restroom access experienced significantly
• I helped distribute research papers to legislators and was actively involved on the ground advocating

Bills: SB7 , SB14 , SB 7 , SB 14

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

Transcript Highlights:

• My colleague David Arbit, Minnesota Realtors' director of research, is our data expert.
• While David's relatively new to our organization, he's not new to market data research and analysis,
• David Arbit, director of research with the Minnesota State Association.
• ><c> with</c><00:02:43.480><c> the</c><00:02:43.640><c> Minnesota</c><00:02:44.120><c> State</c> research
• with the Minnesota State research with the Minnesota State Association<00:02:45.280><c> uh</c><00:02

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We share many of the same research outcomes the Attorney General's Office alluded to.
• There's research showing that in states that have legalized sports gambling, you have many more people
• ><01:01:11.799><c> and</c><01:01:12.799><c> uh</c><01:01:13.000><c> there's</c><01:01:13.280><c> research
• </c> and gambling and uh there's research and gambling and uh there's research showing<01:01:14.079><
• in opposition of this bill, given the commission's previous gender impact statement and current research

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures on the 1 p.m. agenda. SB 817, relating to out-of-state offices, drew support from DBEDT and several community groups, with questions focused on the requested funding, staffing level, whether the office would expand broadly, and whether the Philippines was being singled out. SB 1578, relating to international affairs, received support from DBEDT and the Attorney General, with the chair noting the bill was intended to help DBEDT analyze Hawaii’s international partnerships and plan next steps. SB 1639, establishing Hawaii Beach Day, had limited testimony and was moved along without substantive debate. SB 582, relating to DBEDT, was also heard with support from state agencies and a few individuals, and was described as a vehicle for organizational and funding changes affecting the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, including moving some positions and programming to general funds and narrowing the works-of-art special fund's uses. The committees then took up recommendations. All three measures were advanced with amendments: SB 817 was amended to include technical changes and a defective effective date of July 1, 2025; SB 1578 was amended to address the Attorney General’s concerns, make the commission subject to Senate confirmation, and add technical changes and a defective date; and SB 582 was amended to incorporate provisions from SB 1577, clarify SFCA authority over performing arts, shift SFCA positions and programming to general funds, restrict the works-of-art special fund, and add a defective date. Each committee voted to adopt the chair’s recommendations, with no reservations or no votes noted in the Transportation and Culture and the Arts committee and only Senator Dela Cruz voting no on SB 817 there; in the Economic Development and Tourism committee, SB 817 passed with Senator Kim in reservation and Senator Awa voting no, while SB 1578 and SB 582 passed with Senator Awa voting no. The later 10:00 a.m. agenda hearing focused on SB 1589, relating to the stadium development special fund, and SB 1629, relating to taxation. On SB 1589, the Attorney General asked for clarification of section 3, particularly the proviso about remaining monies lapsing to the general fund if the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is terminated before completion; the interim stadium manager explained the bill would allow spending of $49.5 million already in the special fund for consultant, construction management, quality assurance, and contingency costs. On SB 1629, testimony was sharply divided: supporters, including film industry and business representatives, said the measure would support local film production, restore prior GET treatment, and help attract studio development; opponents argued the bill was vague, overly favorable to a specific project, and lacked oversight and accountability. The hearing ended with extensive questioning about whether the bill was effectively tailored to a particular studio project and how it related to other film tax credit measures, but no final committee action on SB 1589 or SB 1629 was included in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• /c><00:42:50.640><c> the</c><00:42:50.720><c> most</c><00:42:51.000><c> in</c><00:42:51.200><c> researching
• </c><00:42:51.680><c> this</c> concerns me the most in researching this concerns me the most in researching
• project that one of the superintendents had started, the project that I looked at because I did research
• project that one of the superintendents had started, the project that I looked at because I did research
• Because I did research on the actual project, which is Portrait of a Learner.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Paul Plant Growth Research Facility was a definitive success, completed on time and on budget, and that
• plant conservatory now protects one of the region's most diverse botanical collections and supports research
• Paul Plant Growth Research Facility was a definitive success, completed on time and on budget, and that
• plant conservatory now protects one of the region's most diverse botanical collections and supports research
• Paul campus center will be a vibrant hub needed to continue attracting and keeping our top researchers

Bills: HF4710 , HF4055 , HF3848 , HF3989 , HF4599 , HF3767 , HF3592 , HF3575 , HF3574 , HF3543 , HF4606 , HF4489 , HF3891 , HF3438 , HF3811 , HF3400

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: capital investment, water infrastructure, sewer systems, public funding, municipal development, Eveleth, wastewater treatment, state bonds, environmental compliance, infrastructure, bonds, economic development, local government, transportation, intersection improvements, Lake Elmo, HF4599, St. Joseph, Minnesota bonding bill, bond proceeds fund

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't I there's little nuances to it that I would have to go and research for you.
• I don't I there's little nuances to it that I would have to go and research for you.
• I don't I there's little nuances to it that I would have to go and research for you.
• I don't I there's little nuances to it that I would have to go and research for you.
• I don't, there's little nuances to it that I would have to go and research for you.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I own a legal research and government affairs business here in St.
• Of all my years here, it's the only law I've ever researched that has never changed since 1905.
• There's been a lot of research that shows that on the fire grounds there are hundreds, if not thousands
• In 2022, the International Agency for Research in Cancer, the IARC, classified firefighting as a Group
• in Cancer, the IARC, classified Research in Cancer, the IARC, classified firefighting<00:53:54.160><

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He's been here about 10 years, but in a short research last night, I found just in the 50th volume of
• And he wrote that a recurring lesson in his research is that regulatory analysis works best when it's
• He has developed a methodology for actually making meaningful research and quantitative analysis on how
• So, that all the research time is right.
• So, that all the research it's<01:24:58.480><c> not</c><01:24:58.640><c> that</c><01:24:58.760><c> it's

Bills: SF856 , HF4482 , HF3672 , HF1234 , HF4591 , HF3554 , HF936

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, HF4482, Minnesota Historical Society, state historic sites, historic site management, historic preservation, county historical society, local historical society, municipality, county government, admission fees, grants-in-aid, site operations, site maintenance

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, I've spent a couple stints with the Energy Committee as minority research.
• 02:20.080><c> first</c><00:02:20.239><c> year</c><00:02:20.400><c> as</c><00:02:20.480><c> a</c> research
• This is my first year as a research.
• Uh, co-chairs, members, Mike Molzan, DFL committee administrator. >> Bob with the House Research Department
• &gt;&gt; Bob with the House Research Department. &gt;&gt; Bob with the House Research Department.

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Corpus Christi, and the Heart Research Institute.
• what this bill does is a small part of the puzzle, if you will, trying to incentivize continued research
• And you are representing the Texas Taxpayer and Research Association? Yes, I am.
• You are with the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, and you are here for the bill.
• The next speaker calls On behalf of Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, you're for the bill.

Bills: HB19 , HB30 , HB851 , HB1663 , HB1681 , HB1769 , HB1937 , HB1979 , HB2428 , HB2433 , HB2825 , HB3159 , HB3424 , HB3486 , HB3487 , HB3504 , HB3605 , HB3879 , HB3994 , HB4382 , HB4752 , HB5444 , HB5446 , HB5447 , HB3199 , HB4847 , HB19

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice

Transcript Highlights:

• Manganese is monitored as an unregulated contaminant because of emerging research showing its risk to
• Manganese is monitored as an unregulated contaminant because of emerging research showing its risk to
• Manganese is monitored as an unregulated contaminant because of emerging research showing its risk to
• Manganese is monitored as an unregulated contaminant because of emerging research showing its risk to
• </c> contaminant because of emerging research contaminant because of emerging research showing<00:25:

Bills: HF343 , HF446 , HF448 , HF674 , HF811 , HF832 , HF1661 , HF1528 , HF1536 , HF1541 , HF1670 , HF1438 , HF1714 , HF1748 , HF1835 , HF1904 , HF1929 , HF1942

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: HF343, Chisago County, Shorewood Park Sanitary Sewer District, Rush Lake, sewer extension, wastewater infrastructure, sanitary sewer, treatment pond, sewage treatment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, local infrastructure, municipal utilities, water quality, sanitation, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, HF446

Transcript Highlights:

• Mary Davis from the House Research Department.
• Davis<00:07:02.919><c> from</c><00:07:03.080><c> the</c><00:07:03.240><c> house</c><00:07:03.440><c> research
• </c> Davis from the house research Davis from the house research Department<00:07:05.960><c> um</c><00
• Is that mean they are going to have to do their own research on everything that the HOA put together,
• Is that mean they are going to have to do their own research on everything that the HOA put together,

Committee: House Housing Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• well as veterinary student internships and externships, and opportunities to collaborate better for research
• A few years ago, researching this project, I heard and learned that the career of being a veterinarian
• in<00:25:08.480><c> a</c><00:25:08.760><c> variety</c><00:25:09.120><c> of</c><00:25:09.240><c> research
• </c><00:25:09.679><c> capacities</c><00:25:10.200><c> last</c> In a variety of research capacities.
• </c> Day students family history researchers Day students family history researchers but<01:31:05.600

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Researchers from the University of Oregon found that legalization of mobile sports betting heightens
• an increase in domestic violence when an NFL home team experiences an upset loss, and research from UCLA
• by Wagers made in the legal US market by 2030<00:13:08.040><c> longitudinal</c><00:13:08.720><c> research
• </c><00:13:09.079><c> from</c><00:13:09.240><c> Southern</c> 2030 longitudinal research from Southern
• 2030 longitudinal research from Southern Methodist<00:13:10.120><c> University</c><00:13:10.680><c>

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have Land Use Research Foundation in support.
• There's no working group, so please research that.
• We put in a UIPA please research that.
• I want to just research more about what the implications are. Okay. Thanks. Good.
• ><02:34:47.480><c> the</c> research more about what the research more about what the implications<02:

Bills: SB2613 , SB2543 , SB2398 , SB2046 , SB2800 , SB2818 , SB2973 , SB2367 , SB2907 , SB3067 , SB3053 , SB2944 , SB2074 , SB2596

Committee: House Water & Land

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2613, SD1, HD1, relating to public school land transfer. The Attorney General’s office and the Department of Education supported the bill’s technical cleanup of Act 307, but strongly opposed a new provision that would convey school parcels containing public and school library facilities to the Hawaii State Public Library System. They argued the added transfer language conflicted with Act 307’s purpose of consolidating school land for more efficient school operations, and said existing law already allows co-located library use through rights of entry, licenses, or other agreements. The library system supported the bill and said it was trying to resolve longstanding operational conflicts on shared school-campus libraries, especially where public access, construction, and campus safety issues arise. Members questioned whether the Board of Education should simply mediate the dispute, whether the bill was the right solution, and whether a formal memorandum of agreement might be a better approach than a land transfer. The library system described years of difficulty coordinating with DOE on projects and said it needed a clearer process to complete work and spend CIP funds. Discussion also touched on a Kauai parcel in the bill, identified as a tennis court, and whether resurfacing could be completed before any transfer. The Attorney General indicated that if the goal is to preserve library uses while keeping title with the state, DLNR or another documented arrangement may be more appropriate than transferring fee title to the library system. The committee then heard SB 2543 SD2 HD1, relating to state construction projects. DAGS supported the measure, and the Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund and Hawaii Building Construction Trade Council strongly supported it, saying the bill would help spot-check high-cost projects and reduce waste from overruns and delays. One testifier opposed the bill, arguing the proposed construction manager role was too limited and that DAGS needed more training, decentralized authority, and better internal decision-making rather than a new layer of oversight. Supporters said the bill was intended as a pilot program to address repeated cost overruns and improve accountability on state construction projects.

Transcript Highlights:

• This administration has slashed employment levels for the National Weather Service, firing researchers
• </c><00:25:37.760><c> and</c> Weather Service, firing researchers and Weather Service, firing researchers
• Alex's brain tissue was donated to help advance ALS research.
• Under her leadership, President Winterstein prioritized students, led the state in research, and advanced
• , and advanced Iowa the state in research, and advanced Iowa State's<00:35:32.000><c> incredible</c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• She said they also work in research and provide data to inform the conversations happening here today
• <00:03:30.680><c> uh</c> communities soon we also work in uh communities soon we also work in uh research
• 33.879><c> we</c><00:03:34.280><c> provide</c><00:03:35.319><c> data</c><00:03:36.319><c> to</c> research
• and uh we provide data to research and uh we provide data to inform<00:03:37.040><c> the</c><00:03:37.200
• You know, I love that you’re maximizing the research you’re given.

Committee: Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all