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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • care assistance program. That's fine. care assistance program. That's fine.
  • government programs. government programs.
  • state programs aren't doing so hot. state programs aren't doing so hot.
  • visit and a program integrity visit. visit and a program integrity visit.
  • the term programs a lot. the term programs a lot.
Bills: HF3542, HF3819
Summary: The committee took up House File 3542, authored by Representative Hudson, and first adopted the February 25 minutes. Hudson explained that the bill, as amended in a DE1, would require agencies to disclose to the public, legislators, or the press the existence of certain investigations only after the subject has been notified and the agency has decided to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments. He said the amendment was intended to avoid tipping off subjects before notification while still increasing transparency about investigations involving public funds. A separate A3 amendment was withdrawn after the DE1 was adopted. Several members questioned the bill’s scope and timing, asking what “existence of an investigation” meant and whether the proposal would disclose information before findings were complete. Hudson clarified that the bill was aimed at identifying who is being investigated, not revealing investigative details. The committee then heard extensive public testimony from child care providers and advocates, who opposed the bill and argued it would expose providers to harassment, threats, and stigma before any findings were made. Testifiers described recent threats, ICE-related disruptions, audits, overpayment findings, and the burden of CCAP compliance, saying the bill would punish providers for paperwork errors and worsen safety concerns, especially for Somali and other providers of color. A board member of the Minnesota Child Care Association also opposed the bill, saying providers had been chilled from speaking publicly because of death threats and harassment, and warning that disclosure of investigations could intensify that climate. In response, Hudson said the bill was not about targeting child care providers generally and was limited to confirmed ongoing investigations after notice to the subject. The committee then heard from Inspector General Keys, who explained that CCAP investigations are administrative, not criminal, and are based on evidence of repeated errors or financial misconduct rather than intentional fraud. He said the office looks for patterns beyond simple mistakes and that the bill’s notice requirement would not impede investigations. The discussion ended amid a brief procedural dispute over comments directed at Hudson, after which the chair returned to the bill and the Inspector General’s testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In a nutshell, the program should continue because, one, the low and moderate or LMI income CSG program
  • This is a really strong program.
  • So the main difference, as has been discussed in the legacy program—which is not the program we have
  • The combination of the uncapped program and the price in the original Program caused a lot of energy
  • program short.
Bills: HF2103, HF2793
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of course, I don't personally know what programs these Commissions might have programs that people are
  • These changes would have to do with any sorts of grants or programs.
  • Programs from these three entities.
  • They were with this program.
  • The town in Iowa had a program called Grandpa and Grandma for Rent.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, the choosing childbirth program was enacted in 2017.
  • So, that was a reset of the old 2017 program.
  • program, not the new program.
  • under the 2024 program.
  • So, this is a program That is working.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Feb 17th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • to cover previously established cost providers, excuse me, associated with the Choosing Childbirth Program
  • These programs are going to be administered under the Oklahoma State Department of Health based on the
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • represent 20 member programs statewide represent 20 member programs statewide who<00:16:04.720> are
  • Honestly, this whole program needs an overhaul.
  • <00:32:12.399> a violence intervention programming a violence intervention programming a pathway
  • >> Cameron [clears throat] Herd, program >> Cameron [clears throat] Herd, program director
  • So that will be one pilot program.
Bills: HB1546
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2083, which would add homeless shelters to Hawaii’s drug-free/safe-zone protections. The City and County prosecutor’s office strongly supported the bill, saying service providers asked for the change because drug activity near shelters can undermine recovery efforts. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, focusing on a possible notice problem because many shelters are not readily identifiable and the bill’s 750-foot distance requirement could be difficult to apply. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii also opposed the bill, arguing it would expand criminalization of poverty and drug use and that drug-free zone laws are ineffective and disproportionately harmful. The prosecutor’s office said it would do more research on the notice concern. The committee then moved on without taking a vote in the transcript provided. The committee next discussed HB 2087, which would change the treatment of abuse of family or household member cases by ending the deferred-acceptance pilot and returning to the prior statute. The prosecutor’s office supported the bill, saying the pilot had not reduced backlog as intended and that domestic violence cases should remain petty misdemeanors without deferral. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Public Defender’s Office both opposed HB 2087, instead urging extension of the pilot for another five years so the legislature can better evaluate how deferred acceptance is working. They said deferrals can be a useful incentive for behavior change and that more data is needed before ending the program. Committee members questioned the prosecutor about why Hawaii should differ from other counties and whether repeat offenders could keep receiving deferrals; the prosecutor said the deferral is available only once and reiterated support for returning to the old statute. The committee then heard HB 2096 on aggravated circumstances in child protective proceedings. The family court and Attorney General’s Office supported the bill, saying current law limits aggravated-circumstances findings to the early return hearing, which can prevent findings in the most serious abuse cases when key evidence is not yet available. They said the bill would allow such findings later in the case and, with proposed amendments, would let the court consolidate aggravated-circumstances and termination-of-parental-rights hearings to reduce delay and appeals. The Libertarian Party of Hawaii opposed the measure, arguing it would expand state power in family matters and could worsen outcomes for parents and children. Committee questions focused on the amended language, including what “another court of competent jurisdiction” means and whether a charge alone would be enough; the judiciary responded that criminal courts are included, but a hearing and opportunity to defend would still be required. Finally, the committee took up HB 1959, another domestic violence measure. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Public Defender’s Office, the Crime Victim Compensation Commission, the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and county prosecuting offices testified in support. Supporters said the bill would extend the pilot program while keeping deferred acceptance of guilty pleas in place, giving more time to evaluate whether the program is working and whether a more formal diversion model should be developed. The coalition also suggested technical fixes to ensure judiciary data reporting continues and that the deferred-acceptance statute is not inadvertently repealed. No vote or final action was taken in the transcript before the committee moved on to the next bill.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 78, Forest Health Grant Program.
  • Is that is there I into this program."
  • <00:21:30.799> and fact that it's a cost share program and fact that it's a cost share program
  • It's private-sector participation in these programs.
  • It's private-sector participation in these programs.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:43:17.839> are people who run the SRF programs are people who run the SRF programs are
  • <00:49:59.520> in two-page description of our program in two-page description of our program
  • been experiencing in the rehab program been experiencing in the rehab program is<00:52:27.760>
  • River benefiting uh groundbased program. River benefiting uh groundbased program.
  • development commission program development commission program >> followup >> followup
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • concerns about the Legacy program.
  • The program should continue because, one, the low- and moderate-income, or LMI, income CSG program is
  • The program is not the program of 12 years ago.
  • The program is not the program of 12 years ago.
  • We do not stop the program today.
Bills: HF2103, HF2793
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're working on a proposal to the reenlistment bonus programs.
  • I'll stand for any questions. uh the real reinlistment bonus programs. uh the real reinlistment bonus
  • programs.
  • Moving on from that, the last appropriation within this bill is the forest management water research program
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 23, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first bill for our consideration is Senate File 14, literacy position for K through 3 reading program
  • It appropriates $240,000 from the public school foundation program account to the Department of Education
  • 00.879> to<00:01:01.199> the<00:01:01.520> deployment<00:01:01.920> of program
  • account to the deployment of program account to the deployment of educ<00:01:02.559> uh<00:01
  • However, you all as part of the program.
Bills: SF0014, SF0053
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My mother is a longtime educator, currently the certified teacher running the First Start program in
  • What this bill does, it's an existing program that we have with the Alabama Student Grant Program administered
  • .. participation in the program from 40% to 20%.
  • veterans to participate in the scholarship program.
  • This is a voluntary program; nobody has to do it.
Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 11, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill today that we're going to take a look at is Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program
  • Program. And I've asked uh members of Program.
  • intervention um literacy program. intervention um literacy program.
  • We just haven’t, you know, used this and filled the program. And I don’t know, I could be wrong.
  • Madam Chairman, for Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program, do pass amended.
Bills: SF0014, SF0018