Video & Transcript Research : 'classification'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- homes on lease land are legally treated as personal property, as I mentioned before, and this classification
- and<00:43:06.480>
this as I mentioned before and this as I mentioned before and this classification - >
also <00:43:07.680>blocks <00:43:08.160>access <00:43:08.560>to classification - also blocks access to classification also blocks access to traditional<00:43:09.359>
markets.
Keywords:
HF4234, Minnesota private activity bonds, tax-exempt bonds, bond cap, aggregate bond limitation, residential rental projects, multifamily housing, affordable housing finance, housing bonds, public finance, bond allocation, private activity bond cap, Minnesota Statutes 474A.02, tax committee, natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2026-03-11
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- And each of those impacts voters differently depending upon the property classification.
- the<00:51:36.720>
property depending upon the property depending upon the property classification - . classification. classification.
Keywords:
municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- information, and I'll speak to those in turn as a threshold matter so folks understand how these classifications
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how <01:08:19.040>these folks understand how these folks understand how these classifications - <01:08:20.560>
Um, <01:08:20.960>it's <01:08:21.199>worth classifications work - Um, it's worth classifications work.
Keywords:
judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost.
The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response.
Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- delivered by providers or within programs designed as high risk consistent with federal risk classification
- federal<01:27:48.320>
risk consistent with federal risk consistent with federal risk classification - .<01:27:49.760>
It <01:27:50.000>allows <01:27:50.320>the classification. - It allows the classification.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know if that's perhaps where you're thinking about with the question of the economic classification
- :18:34.880>
of <00:18:35.200>the <00:18:35.520>economic <00:18:36.240>classification - question of the economic classification question of the economic classification of<00:18:38.240>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- typically we're going to be following the Fair Labor Standards Act to determine, you know, the classification
- c> the<01:00:12.559>
the determine, you know, the the determine, you know, the the classification - <01:00:15.440>
Um, <01:00:15.839>so <01:00:16.000>I classification of the employee - Um, so I classification of the employee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF2312, the higher education finance bill, passes out of committee 4/21/25
Transcript Highlights:
- On page 35 of the bill, under the classification of data section on line 28, the following language has
- versus that, but I am kind of... 35 of the bill um it's under the 35 of the bill um it's under the classification
- 26.080>
data <01:12:26.480>section <01:12:27.440>on <01:12:27.760>line classification - of data section on line classification of data section on line um<01:12:29.000>
28.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 2312 and first adopted the DE1 amendment, after which the amended bill was discussed. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through the spreadsheet and explained the bill’s higher education budget changes, including increases for state grants and tribal college assistance, unchanged funding for several existing programs, and reductions or eliminations for items such as state work study, summer academic enrichment, student loan counseling, concurrent enrollment, and the student parent support initiative. Staff also noted transfers to special revenue funds, the cancellation and reappropriation of ALS research funding, and a new licensing/registration revenue item. The committee was told the bill met the committee’s zero target overall, with a net general fund change of zero relative to the February forecast, while also adding some non-general fund expenditures for program licensing and registration.
Members asked several questions about the transfers and specific line items, including whether any new special revenue accounts were being created, the foster care wraparound services line, and the treatment of the University of Minnesota and Centric Care partnership. Staff explained that the transfers generally did not create new accounts, that some items were not in the base, and that the U of M/Centric Care partnership was a one-time appropriation in the prior bill but was now being built into the base at a different amount. The University of Minnesota section also included new or continued funding for medical school development, health training restoration, emergency assistance grants, ALS research, and a weather resiliency program, while the Mayo Foundation section eliminated funding for Mayo Medical School and the Mayo family medicine residency program.
The policy portion of the DE1 was then introduced. It included a maximum tuition and fee amount for state grants, direct appropriation of emergency assistance grants to Minnesota State, a juvenile justice appropriation for Metropolitan State University, and the ALS research reappropriation to the University of Minnesota. It also contained repealers for unfunded programs, including a delayed repealer for the student parent support initiative. In the higher education policy article, the bill would allow Minnesota State to offer applied doctoral degrees in cybersecurity, make technical changes to hunger-free campus and sexual misconduct procedures, extend pregnant and parenting student protections to private institutions, allow OHE to retain up to 10% of certain competitive grants for administration, consolidate reports, change the state grant formula so negative FAFSA contributions count as zero, and reduce the state grant lifetime credit cap from 180 to 120 credits. The Northstar Promise provisions would limit tuition and fees to resident rates and require MnState, and request the University of Minnesota, to ensure eligible students receive the benefit.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The taxable property classification in the bill is 4c(12) in 273.13.
- taxable<00:15:50.199>
property 29 um the taxable property 29 um the taxable property classification - 15:52.480>
is <00:15:53.079>in <00:15:53.440>four <00:15:54.440>is classification - in the bill is in four is classification in the bill is in four is 4<00:15:55.120>
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Keywords:
HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/24/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, but I think it's important that we try to find the right data protection classification for it, uh
- 21.920>
right <00:48:22.079>data <00:48:22.760>protection <00:48:23.760>classification - the right data protection classification the right data protection classification for<00:48:24.960
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 02/18/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We set compensation and classification for 40,000 state employees and manage a job posting system that
- bargaining on behalf of the state we set compensation<00:04:55.880>
and <00:04:56.120>classification - <00:04:56.800>
for compensation and classification for compensation and classification for
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HED/EDN Joint Info Briefing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So Mānoa and actually the university rethought faculty classification, so now we have faculty of practice
- :05.400>
Faculty university reth thought of Faculty university reth thought of Faculty classification - 07.400>
we <01:49:07.560>have <01:49:08.159>faculty <01:49:08.560>of classification - so now we have faculty of classification so now we have faculty of practice<01:49:09.800>
so <
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Those classifications result in the application of inappropriate requirements, creating confusion and
- profiles most importantly safety risk profiles and<01:16:38.080>
these <01:16:38.320>classifications - <01:16:39.159>
result <01:16:39.520>in <01:16:39.679>the and these classifications - result in the and these classifications result in the application<01:16:40.520>
of <01:16:40.719
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 112 May 6th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- disparities might be misused based on a person's race or their sex or their religion or similar classifications
- prohibited when it's based on protected characteristics such as race, sex, religion, or similar classifications
- :04.000>
similar as race, sex, religion, or similar as race, sex, religion, or similar classifications - <02:31:06.720>
The classifications. I listed those. The classifications. I listed those.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and conference committee permissions. It also adopted a Senate resolution recognizing the 125th anniversary of Western Colorado University (SR 8) by a 35-0 vote, with remarks highlighting the university’s history, workforce role, mountain rescue team, athletics, and ties to Gunnison and the Western Slope. The resolution was adopted and co-sponsors were added.
The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on several bills. Senate Bill 152, concerning automated vehicle identification systems, was amended on the floor with a technical correction and passed 32-3. House Bill 1322, creating civil actions related to conversion therapy efforts, prompted emotional testimony from Senator Mullica about his mother and passed 23-12. House Bill 1123, addressing sexual abuse prevention in jails, passed 27-8 after a technical amendment. House Bill 1226, reducing emissions from certain electric generating units, passed 22-13. House Bill 1076, modifying transportation statutes, passed 28-0, and House Bill 1207, requiring employer disclosure of demographic workforce data, passed 23-12.
Senate Bill 115, a postconviction relief measure for certain older incarcerated people, was amended and debated at length. Supporters described it as narrowly tailored to a small number of eligible inmates and emphasized victim-rights protections and exclusions for serious offenses; opponents remained opposed. The bill ultimately passed 18-17. The Senate then approved a Committee of the Whole report advancing Senate Bill 181 and several House bills—1338, 1344, 1336 as amended, 1227, 1314, 1028, 1282, and 1317 as amended—to third reading and final passage, and later adopted the consent-calendar bills in special orders without objection.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- , we do appreciate you attempting to work based on Senator Rhodes's question on the repricing classification
- our local jurisdictions, that would, I would imagine, have to create a new bargaining unit or classification
- 00:57:43.839>
or to create a new bargaining unit or to create a new bargaining unit or classification - classification for that. classification for that.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs held an informational briefing on violent crime clearance rates and what resources law enforcement and prosecutors need to improve them. Chair and members noted there would be no public testimony. The briefing was led by Marshall Clement of the Council of State Governments’ Justice Center, with later participation expected from state and county law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.
Clement argued that solving violent crime is a systemwide issue, not just a local police function, and said clearance rates have declined nationally over decades for homicide, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery. He said Hawaii’s reported data, limited to Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, shows overall violent crime rates are lower than the national average and have been relatively flat with a pandemic-era spike followed by declines in 2023 and 2024. He reported that Hawaii’s overall violent crime solve rate fell from about 52% in 2014 to about 40% in 2024, with 2024 rates of 50% for homicides, 48% for aggravated assaults, and 26% each for rapes and robberies. He also estimated unsolved cases over the past three years at about 17 homicides, 3,300 aggravated assaults, 1,200 rapes, and 1,700 robberies.
Members asked about victim and witness support, staffing shortages, the Denver example, whether clearance rates include cases not prosecuted, and whether HPD’s size or structure might affect solve rates. Clement said support can include victim-witness programs and coordinators that help maintain cooperation and trust, especially where clearance rates are low. He said resources, training, technology, and detective caseloads matter, citing Boston, Denver, and Omaha as cities that improved solve rates through relatively low-cost operational changes; he highlighted Denver’s increase in non-fatal shooting clearance from 39% to 65% in seven months after dedicating more resources. He said he had no research showing that breaking up a large department would improve solve rates, and noted that clearance data can include exceptional clearances such as victim noncooperation, prosecutorial declination, or a suspect’s death. No votes or formal actions were taken during the informational briefing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Commission to Study Costs of Special Education (11/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- that is similar to transportation but is kind of starting to operate in the same manner is this classification
- this to operate in the same manner is this qualifi<01:30:32.320>
this <01:30:32.639>classification - <01:30:33.199>
that <01:30:33.440>we <01:30:33.600>have qualifi this classification - that we have qualifi this classification that we have called<01:30:34.000>
contracted <01:30:34.639 - that is similar to transportation but is kind of starting to operate in the same manner is this classification
Summary:
The commission to study the cost of special education met, confirmed a quorum, introduced members and guests, and approved the minutes from the October 29 meeting. Members noted the commission’s mandate under Senate Bill 57 and emphasized the need to focus on recommendations and findings by July 1, 2026. The chair also distributed additional handouts, including materials related to the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program and administrative rules tied to differentiated aid and disability determinations.
The main discussion centered on how students qualify for differentiated aid under the EFA program. Matt Sutherton of the Children’s Scholarship Fund explained that the organization, which contracts with the state to administer EFAs, accepts either school-district/IEP documentation or a medical certification of disability (MCD) from a licensed medical professional. Members questioned how this process relates to the state’s special education rules and whether the school-district examiner standards in ED 107/1107.04 apply to EFAs. Sutherton said the MCD form, created with the department, requires the medical professional to sign that they are qualified to make the determination and to identify the disability.
Several members expressed concern that the EFA process is less rigorous than the school-district IEP process and may be inflating disability counts. One member argued that the administrative rules cited are primarily for school districts, not EFAs, and said the Department of Education may not know how many of the roughly 890 EFA students receiving differentiated aid came through school-district documentation versus the MCD pathway. Another member said the EFA system appears more generous than the school system and raised concerns about oversight, auditing, and whether the program’s data are accurate. Sutherton said the organization reviews signed documentation, credentials, and diagnosis information, and may request additional records to help adjudicate expenses. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the prior minutes.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 31 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- having to replace out in the county because they age out from the rating bureau and can't get the classification
- having to replace out in the county because they age out from the rating bureau and can't get the classification
- having to replace out in the county because they age out from the rating bureau and can't get the classification
- <03:56:29.520>
the rating bureau and can't get the rating bureau and can't get the classification - . classification. classification.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, received an invocation from Dr. Reginald Anderson, and recited the pledge of allegiance. The journal and committee reports were dispensed with by voice vote. Early in the meeting, senators also introduced guests, including Dr. Adrian Gilliam Pierre as doctor of the day and several school groups and community visitors in the galleries.
A major portion of the session was devoted to recognizing student athletes and coaches through commendation resolutions. The Senate honored the Northside High School Gators boys basketball team for winning its first Class 2A state championship, the Morton High School Panthers boys basketball team for winning the 2025 Class 4A title, East Rankin Academy teams for multiple championships, Simpson County Academy’s boys cross country team and Lily Overby, Brookhaven Academy’s fast-pitch softball team, and several other schools and programs. The chamber also recognized Mississippi artist Castro Coleman (Mr. Sipp) for his music contributions, and later introduced the Meridian High School Choir, Brookhaven Academy fifth graders, and David Hoke, who has delivered Bibles to all 50 state legislatures.
The Senate then took up nominations and approved three by advise-and-consent: Kent Gerard Nico to the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities Authority, Marcus Jones Martin to the State Tax Appeals Board, and Keith Allen Williams Jr. to the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation. After that, Senator Kirby moved to suspend the rules and take up a large block of commending resolutions, which the Senate agreed to consider together. The block included numerous resolutions honoring schools, athletes, educators, and community figures, and the Senate agreed to proceed to final passage by roll call with no objection noted.
NH
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so <00:06:40.479>you'll <00:06:40.800>for <00:06:41.039>each classifications - And so you'll for each classifications.
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why <00:06:45.199>you <00:06:45.440>have <00:06:46.080>these classification - that's why you have these classification that's why you have these charts<00:06:46.960>
here.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- supportive of this measure, which would allow us to contract with a vendor to help us review the classification
- I think many of us know that many of our classifications are outdated, and the minimum qualification
- All of our civil service classifications provide a substitution of professional experience for a degree
- by law all of our uh Civil it's required by law all of our uh Civil Service<01:06:28.319>
classifications - <01:06:29.319>
provide <01:06:29.799>a Service classifications provide a Service classifications
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- And so I heard the people that I spoke to and dealt with, the children with IEPs and the 504 classifications
- But I can't speak to if it hurts a child or not because I don't know what each classification is or what
- and they said that this classifications and they said that this is<03:43:27.760>
a <03:43:27.920 - 43:36.160>
what <03:43:36.399>each <03:43:36.720>design <03:43:37.120>classification - <03:43:37.840>
is know what each design classification is know what each design classification
MN