Transcript Highlights:

• Maybe fiscal staff could direct me where I might find that. Maybe Mr. Enman or Mr. Mr.
• No further discussion, although the staff will take the roll. Senator Marty, no.
• </c> reckoned pass and instructed the staff reckoned pass and instructed the staff etc.<02:13:30.239>
• Uh staff will take the role. etc. Uh staff will take the role.
• Thank you, Senator Wicklund, and all the staff surrounding you and your staff upstairs as well.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So they have guides that they're providing, and we tend to direct the school staff to them.
• They have guides that they're providing, and we tend to direct the school staff to them.
• so that those staff can then support all the districts within the SAU.
• So is there some kind of support administrative staff do you need the business office?
• </c><02:20:03.680><c> do</c> kind of support administrative staff do kind of support administrative staff

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to begin work on HB 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and more broadly to study special education aid/differentiated aid and related costing issues. The chair said the group was starting early because the issue has been debated for years without resolution, local districts are being forced to absorb prorated costs, and the committee wants to send the Department of Education and HHS Medicaid a clear request for data and recommendations before retained bills return in the fall. A committee clerk was also selected, with Representative Reverend volunteering to take notes for the meeting. Members reviewed background materials on special education enrollment, high-cost students, and possible funding formulas, including data on students in high-cost brackets and prior ideas such as category-based funding and caseload-based approaches. The chair also referenced research on other states, including Arkansas, which uses a different special education funding structure and audits IEPs. The committee emphasized that it was focused on the funding mechanics and costs, not on questioning whether services should be provided. Henry Lipman of HHS explained how Medicaid-to-schools currently works in New Hampshire. He said 172 school districts participate, but utilization dropped during the pandemic and remains below historical levels, in part because districts need the capacity to bill Medicaid. Under the current system, schools receive reimbursement based on half of the Medicaid fee schedule, with the school district effectively providing the state share. He said the federal government is requiring a shift by July 1, 2026, to a true certified public expenditure model based on actual costs, which should allow schools to recover 50% of their true costs and some administrative overhead. The department has received a roughly $2.5 million grant to hire a vendor and support districts through the transition, and an RFP and stakeholder meetings are underway. Committee members asked about how costs would be determined, whether the new system would use actual district-specific costs rather than averages, and how the department would support districts that do not currently participate. Lipman said the cost model would be based on each district’s own reasonable costs, subject to audit standards, and that the department expects to provide templates and technical assistance through the vendor because its staff is limited. He also said about one in four New Hampshire children are enrolled in Medicaid, that child enrollment has been relatively stable, and that continuous coverage rules should reduce churn. No votes or formal actions on HB 742 were taken during the meeting beyond organizing the subcommittee and beginning testimony and discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh we actually some layoffs in staff.
• But I I would I would take a look staff.
• The whole LBA staff he's been excellent.
• The whole LBA staff has<01:46:56.239><c> been</c><01:46:56.520><c> excellent.
• We've already identified the person who's going to fill it from inside our staff.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 4059 as amended is sent to the floor with staff instructed to make technical and conforming
• /c><00:03:19.000><c> the</c><00:03:19.120><c> floor</c><00:03:19.480><c> with</c><00:03:19.680><c> staff
• </c> amended is sent to the floor with staff amended is sent to the floor with staff instructed<00:03

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This first photo is all of the students cheering on all of the teachers and staff of Mountain Home School
• This is a mixture of our... ...base personnel, our military, our civilians, our families, our staff,
• It doesn't really cost, per se, but it does take training for staff members to employ certain strategies
• and for the office staff to be helpful to military-connected students.

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the minutes from January 22, 2026, after a motion and second, with no opposition. The committee then heard a presentation on military-connected students from Dominic Hagan of Mountain Home Air Force Base and Dr. Spencer Barzzi of the Idaho State Department of Education. The presenters described Idaho’s Purple Star School designation, which recognizes schools that support military families, noting Stevenson Elementary in Mountain Home as the state’s first Purple Star school. They also discussed the Military Interstate Children’s Compact (MC3), which helps military students transfer credits, maintain graduation progress, and navigate enrollment and placement issues when families move. Dr. Barzzi also reviewed Idaho’s military student identifier and the State Department of Education’s website resources, explaining that these tools were developed in response to a 2023 study that found military-family resources were not always easy to access. Committee members asked how many military-connected students are in Idaho and whether the program is limited to base schools. The presenters said there are about 3,500 military-connected students in the state, concentrated near Mountain Home but also present in Kuna and Boise, and that Purple Star support can be offered in any school, not just those on base. No further action was taken, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• This first photo is all of the students cheering on all of the teachers and staff of Mountain Home School
• This is a mixture of our base personnel, our military, our civilians, our families, our staff, and our
• It doesn't really cost, per se, but it does take training for staff members to employ certain strategies
• and for the office staff to be helpful to military-connected students.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Razo asked I thank the staff of the committee for working with them on the amendments, as well
• We've had a concerns position and have worked with with the author, Senator DeRozo and her staff and
• I would like to state on the record that the committee staff, I would like to thank our committee staff

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• as amended, be recommended and be re-referred to the Senate Finance Committee, and that nonpartisan staff
• Senate Finance Committee and that a Senate Finance Committee and that a nonpartisan<00:03:08.800><c> staff
• be</c><00:03:09.360><c> allowed</c><00:03:09.680><c> to</c><00:03:09.840><c> make</c> nonpartisan staff
• be allowed to make nonpartisan staff be allowed to make technical<00:03:10.560><c> changes.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I intend to be respectful of all members, staff, witnesses, and visitors, and we would respectfully request
• with populations under 3.3 million to exempt up to 10 positions, including their top deputies and staff
• In office, members know how hard it is to attract and retain staff. ...public safety workers.
• Yes. ...scratched out to "employee" and "adequate staff," and then it underlines...

Bills: HB2814 , HB4477 , HB5084 , HB5108 , HB5127 , HB5383 , HB5611 , HB5663 , HB5664 , SB1563 , HB2668 , HB3841 , HB4114

Committee: House S/C on County & Regional Government

Keywords: juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death

Transcript Highlights:

• motion to move Senate File 3045 as amended to the general register with the instruction for nonpartisan staff
• instruction general register with the instruction for<00:02:46.560><c> nonpartisan</c><00:02:47.360><c> staff
• </c><00:02:47.680><c> to</c><00:02:47.840><c> make</c><00:02:48.080><c> any</c> for nonpartisan staff
• to make any for nonpartisan staff to make any technical<00:02:48.879><c> changes</c><00:02:49.280><c

Bills: SF3045 , HF2783 , HF1943

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: omnibus, state government, local government, elections, campaign finance, voter registration, absentee voting, election administration, electronic rosters, lobbying, lobbyist disclosure, state budget, appropriations, biennial budget, Minnesota Secretary of State, Minnesota Management and Budget, state personnel, civil service, affirmative action, disability employment

Transcript Highlights:

• I know this has been difficult, but I wanted to start by thanking our nonpartisan staff, Johanny, for
• I want to thank the partisan staff from Tom Brennan for all the work that is done and also Megan Rosberg
• If you're in a nursing home, we wanted to make sure that the staff who are working in that nursing home
• Be re-referred to the Ways and Means Committee, and I would direct non-partisan staff to make any technical

Transcript Highlights:

• For the staff and the inmates, it's crucial to have connectivity to the outside world.
• </c> staff and let you know. staff and let you know.
• support program staff members shall peer support program staff members shall not<01:42:54.920><c> be
• </c> program staff member. program staff member.
• We heard from a staff attorney of Vermont Legal Aid.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> our health and health staffs. our health and health staffs.
• , our executive branch our our staff, our executive branch staff<01:08:10.799><c> um</c><01:08:10.960
• </c> teacher staff, teacher pay, staff pay. teacher staff, teacher pay, staff pay.
• </c><02:23:49.439><c> staff</c> all legislators and leaderships. staff all legislators and leaderships
• as clerk staff in capital annex as well as clerk staff in capital annex room<02:23:54.080><c> 113</c

Bills: SB141 , SB124 , SB56 , SJR116 , SB94 , SB37 , SB127 , SB197 , SB66 , SB70 , SB133 , SB160 , SB214 , SB312 , SB52 , SJR62 , SJR75

Keywords: legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:05:00.800><c> Fair</c><00:05:01.120><c> View</c> providers and related staff.
• Fair View providers and related staff.
• We recognize that our faculty and staff have been through a long period of transition.
• They hire the doctors and then you staff.
• </c> 2500 staff. 2500 staff. um<01:04:57.200><c> with</c><01:04:57.680><c> our</c><01:04:58.000><c> Fair

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, although they have had some great success in terms of building staff for their PRTF.
• Um, although they have had some great success in terms of building staff for their PRTF.
• Um, although they have had some great success in terms of building staff for their PRTF.
• Um, although they have had some great success in terms of building staff for their PRTF.
• well if if that staff could be broken<01:00:34.000><c> out.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the draft minutes from September 26. Senator Gray then raised the idea of creating a continuing subcommittee or recurring agenda item on palliative care and hospice, noting that the issues are evolving and suggesting the committee revisit the idea in coming months. The bulk of the meeting focused on Department of Health and Human Services updates. Officials described contingency planning for SNAP amid the federal shutdown, including a USDA notice that November benefits may not be fully funded, letters to participants warning of possible delays, and coordination with the New Hampshire Food Bank and local pantries. They said New Hampshire serves about 42,000 SNAP households, with average benefits around $300 a month, and that the department is also preparing to transfer funds for a special fiscal committee meeting. WIC was discussed separately: officials said WIC benefits had been extended through November 7 using additional USDA funds, but that some community agency-based WIC services may need to pause while money is redirected to food benefits. Officials also outlined New Hampshire’s rural health transformation grant application under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill, describing a potential five-year, up-to-$1 billion opportunity focused on critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, and EMS. Members asked about transportation, workforce, and nursing retention; officials said transportation is included in the proposal, housing is not, and workforce supports may include lower tuition or awards but not loan repayment or traditional scholarships. They also said the final application would be submitted in early November and that priorities would be adjusted depending on the eventual federal award. Finally, Medicaid director Henry Lipman gave a quarterly postpartum coverage update. He said postpartum coverage is now nearly universal nationwide, and in New Hampshire 2,351 women had used the benefit through May 2025. He reported that mental health services were the most frequently used postpartum service, followed by preventive care, substance use disorder treatment, and cardiovascular-related care, and noted that Medicaid women have experienced a disproportionate share of maternal deaths. Committee members asked about rural distribution and the share of women receiving mental health services, and Lipman said the department would follow up with additional data. The meeting then moved into the annual update on New Hampshire’s 10-year mental health plan, with staff describing progress toward a more integrated continuum of care and improved data infrastructure.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> agency staff abolished. agency staff abolished.
• We used to be a staff of eight, and we are now a staff of three.
• We have three board members, myself, and two other administrative legal staff.
• </c><00:11:41.040><c> of</c> We used to be a staff of eight, and we are now a staff of three.
• Um I have a part-time staff myself.

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For example, the staff services, it's not illegal to use those staff service the fund Bond Fund for staff
• For example, the staff services, it's not illegal to use those staff service the fund Bond Fund for staff
• For example, the staff services, it's not illegal to use those staff service the fund Bond Fund for staff
• </c> it's not illegal to use those staff it's not illegal to use those staff service<01:10:58.239><c>
• </c> service the fund Bond Fund for staff service the fund Bond Fund for staff services<01:11:00.360>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard House Bill 229, which would establish a statewide speed restriction for motor vehicles under certain circumstances. Testimony on the bill was limited and came in support from the City and County of Honolulu’s transportation services, the Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization. No one testified in opposition, and there were no questions. The committees then took up House Bill 860, which would grant immunity from liability to the state or counties when they repair or maintain a street whose ownership or jurisdiction is disputed between them. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted written testimony, and the Hawaii State Association of Counties, Maui County Council Chair Alice Lee, Hawaii County Council member Heather Kimble, and the Iolani Homestead Community Association for Justice testified in support. The Ho Association for Justice opposed the bill, arguing the immunity was too broad and that the issue had already been addressed by prior legislation. In discussion, members raised concerns about liability and asked whether a different approach, such as extending the 2017 law transferring Oahu roads in limbo to the counties, would be acceptable; county representatives said that path could be considered if immunity were removed. House Bill 1161, which would authorize counties to use a road usage charge mechanism similar to the state’s, drew support from the Department of Transportation, the Energy Office, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, several county and city offices, and the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization. Rental car companies and industry groups supported the concept but asked for amendments, including a flat fee instead of a per-mile charge, relief for plug-in hybrid vehicles, and a delayed implementation date. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii also supported relief for hybrids. Members questioned the rental car representatives about the flat-fee proposal, and they said a per-mile charge would be difficult to calculate and pass on to customers. At the end of the joint agenda, the committees deferred decision-making on HB 1161 to Tuesday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m., and the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee also deferred the three measures to that date and time. The Transportation and Culture and the Arts committee then began hearing House Bill 925, which would create a Performing Arts Special Fund, and House Bill 1378, which would establish a Performing Arts Grants Program and Special Fund and revise the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ responsibilities and funding sources. HB 925 received support from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and written support or comments from DBEDT, the Hawaii Arts Alliance, and others. HB 1378 drew extensive testimony and discussion focused on preserving arts funding while addressing concerns about the use of Works of Art Special Fund dollars for positions and programming. The Governor’s office said it supported the intent but had concerns; the Attorney General warned that the bill’s cap and transfer provisions were unclear and could affect the tax-exempt status of bond-funded dollars; and the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts opposed the measure, urging an audit, tracking of deposits, and a shift of positions and programs to general funds instead of changing the law. The chair explained that the bill was intended to protect arts funding while tightening the legal guardrails around bond-financed dollars and preserving federal support, and asked testimony to focus on new points as the hearing continued.

Transcript Highlights:

• As the MOO letter highlights, we also support flexibility in how a local government could staff their
• In section two, we agree that updates should be made to the process around residential facility staff
• In section two, we agree that updates should be made to the process around residential facility staff
• As the MOO letter highlights, we also support flexibility in how a local government could staff their
• In section two, we agree that updates should be made to the process around residential facility staff

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The cost was $6,000 in district staff time.
• The cost was $6,000 in district staff time.
• </c> cost they estimated at $7,000 in staff cost they estimated at $7,000 in staff time<00:20:41.120>
• </c><00:35:52.040><c> would</c> how much time this the staff would how much time this the staff would
• </c><00:43:23.800><c> programming</c> teachers or support staff programming teachers or support staff

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So when myself and my staff started processing these, we found a few duplicates along the way.
• </c><00:34:42.800><c> started</c> So when um myself and my staff started So when um myself and my staff
• And that's why I said happy fiscal year day, because my staff and the staff of our program management
• </c><00:35:25.440><c> and</c> fiscal year day because uh my staff and fiscal year day because uh my staff
• program</c><00:35:27.119><c> management</c> the staff of our program management the staff of our program

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met with a quorum, approved the June 3, 2026 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Mike Proctor of Evolve Kentucky on electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Proctor described Evolve Kentucky as a nonprofit formed in 2016 to promote EV adoption and charger deployment, said the group has helped place more than 135 chargers at 65 locations, and reported that Kentucky EV registrations have grown rapidly but still represent about 1% of the state’s roughly 3 million vehicles. He also outlined the group’s view that EV drivers and charger operators already contribute to state revenue through annual vehicle fees, charger taxes, utility taxes, and related business taxes, and cited figures showing rising revenue collections as EV adoption increases. A major theme of the presentation was that EV owners are paying their “fair share” rather than being overcharged. Proctor said the current $126 annual EV fee is roughly comparable to the fuel tax a typical gasoline vehicle would pay, and noted that public charging can add additional tax burdens for drivers who cannot charge at home, such as those living in apartments or condos. He also argued that EVs provide broader benefits, including lower noise and air pollution, grid-stabilizing nighttime charging, tourism spending at destination chargers, and reduced road wear for passenger EVs compared with much heavier vehicles. Members questioned Proctor about whether EV owners are paying more than their fair share, how the fee compares with gasoline taxes, and whether apartment and condo residents are disproportionately affected because they rely on public chargers. Proctor responded that the fee was intended to bring EV owners into parity with gas vehicles, not to overcharge them, and said some public chargers are free while others are used by drivers who cannot charge at home. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the minutes approval.