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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Mar 7, 2025 @ 10:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- are the foundation for resilient agricultural<00:19:16.240>
system <00:19:16.640>yet <00 - So not just the food hubs, but also this kind of healthy soils work, because it's really foundational
- So not just the food hubs, but also this kind of healthy soils work, because it's really foundational
- Healthy soils work because it's really foundational to all of that development work.
- Tom Yamachika, Tax Foundation of Hawaii.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Greg Hearner on behalf of the Eric Paredes Save a Life Foundation in full support of the bill, and just
- And the success of the broader crisis continuum depends on getting these foundational pieces right.
- I've also been asked to offer support from CASRA, the Miles Hall Foundation, California Coalition for
- CASRA, the Miles Hall Foundation, California Coalition for Behavioral Health, and Smart Justice.
- Shana England with the California Community Foundation in strong support.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (09/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the notion of something in the order of a $5 base foundational contribution that came out of the
- And so the notion of something in the order of a $5 base foundational contribution that came out of the
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contribution contribute foundational contribution contribute foundational contribution - foundational opportunity grant concept. foundational opportunity grant concept.
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Summary:
The Education Funding Committee Subcommittee on Adequacy and Funding Sources opened its second meeting by reviewing four retained bills assigned to it: HB 651, HB 772, HB 491, and HB 734. The chair said the goal was to compare the bills across the board, consider whether any one of them should be the committee’s recommended vehicle, and then vote on a recommendation to the full committee. He noted the bills would move out before November 21 and be taken up on the House floor in January, while related LSRs were also being developed for the coming session.
Representative Ames argued that HB 651 should be the main vehicle because it would substantially raise the adequacy base and adjust differential aid categories to better reflect real school costs, including poverty, special education, and English learner needs. He described the bill as building on court guidance and said the current funding formula is far below actual district needs. He also supported HB 491 as a study vehicle to examine revenue options, saying the legislature needs informed choices about how to pay for the changes. Representative Damon strongly backed HB 651 and HB 491, citing constitutional obligations, the Conval and Rand rulings, and large projected funding increases for districts such as Claremont, Windham, and communities in the chair’s district if HB 651 had passed earlier.
Representative Fellows said he has an LSR similar to HB 491 that would study existing and new revenue options using criteria such as revenue potential, administrative cost, affected groups, implementation timeline, and implementation cost, with input from revenue administration and outside agencies. Representative Papich Muller emphasized constitutional separation-of-powers concerns, reading Article 83 and saying he was not comfortable with the broad claim that “cherish” clearly mandates a specific spending level, though he said he intends to follow Supreme Court guidance. Representative Ricky read testimony from a local school board member arguing that the state already imposes many mandates on schools while providing the least funding in the country, and that HB 651 would help restore meaningful local control. No final vote or action was taken in the portion provided, though the chair had indicated the subcommittee would vote before adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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Keywords:
apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, June 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
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for communities, and lays the foundation for communities, and lays the foundation - This is foundational. It is fundamental to the American system of government.
- This is foundational. It is advocating. This is foundational.
- It's going to be the gain of the Pacific Legal Foundation.
- But I'd like to say Legal Foundation.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (05/06/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- As you'll see, Senate Bill 154 just amends the existing statute to add the Snow Traveler Foundation to
- to the list of Traveler Foundation to the list of charities<00:05:35.280>
that <00:05:35.520>< - So, you know, the foundation works to fill that void when they do their work.
- Uh, do we have somebody from the Snow Traveler Foundation? I do not.
- I'm on the foundation myself. There you go. Uh, have a question. Yes, sir.
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on three transportation bills. SB 154 would add the Snow Traveler Foundation to the list of charitable organizations authorized to offer multi-use decal plates through the existing Department of Safety program. Senator David Roford said the bill would create a non-tax funding source for snowmobile trail maintenance, especially after flood damage, and Dan Gold of the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association said the foundation would accept tax-deductible donations for projects such as upgraded trail signage. He explained that the association’s 96 volunteer clubs maintain about 7,000 miles of trails and that the sign program is costly. No opposition was presented, and the hearing was closed after questions from members about the foundation’s status and fundraising goals.
SB 271 would expand eligibility for veteran license plates to include veterans with a general discharge under honorable conditions. The sponsor’s representative said the change would recognize service members who are already eligible for many veterans benefits but are excluded from plates under current law. Supporters included Phil Grizzo, who argued that general discharges often reflect service that was otherwise honorable, and Kevin Grady of the State Veterans Advisory Committee, which said it strongly supported the bill and was also considering broader statutory cleanup to standardize the definition of veteran across state law. Committee members asked whether the change should be limited to plates or applied more broadly, but the sponsor said broader changes would be a separate policy question. The public hearing was then closed.
SB 273, titled “Cheryl’s Law,” would update New Hampshire’s move-over requirements for motorists approaching stopped or standing vehicles on the roadside, including stranded vehicles and those with warning signals. Senator Donovan Fenton said the bill was intended to save lives and honor Staff Sergeant Jesse Cheryl and Brigadier General John Pogo, both of whom died in roadside incidents. He said the measure would require drivers to slow down, change lanes if safe, and move over for roadside vehicles, with the intent of education rather than punishment. Committee members asked about enforcement, the lack of a fiscal note, whether the bill applied statewide, and whether the language could be read as weakening the move-over requirement; the sponsor said it applied to all roads, did not change fines, and was meant to clarify and broaden safety obligations. The hearing continued with additional questions, and the sponsor said state police and other safety stakeholders supported the approach.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans Broadband and Rural Development - 03/12/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a foundation investment to maintain and build forward and be ongoing.
- This is a foundation investment to maintain and build forward and be ongoing.
- have an opportunity to build on this strength by transforming agricultural feedstocks into the foundation
- have an opportunity to build on this strength by transforming agricultural feedstocks into the foundation
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
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- and free training uh for foundational and free training uh for those<00:53:03.200>
working <00 - That training would be that foundational training, and that's very much still conceptual, but I know
- So the really by providing that foundation and having DHS provide it, you know, it gives centers less
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Last year, our campus collectively established three goals to be the foundation for our next strategic
- It's the foundation of supporting higher education in Texas, and it's critical that we keep pace with
- I serve on the National Science Foundation Board as well as the Texas Space Commission Board.
- Our core missions are tied into the foundations of our education, clinical, and research enterprises.
- The foundation has identified Stephen F.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Aging and Independence Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Aging and Independence
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, Chapter 197 laid a new foundation.
- As I said at the beginning of my testimony, it is a foundation. What needs to happen next?
- But a foundation is only a beginning.
Summary:
The Committee on Aging and Independence heard testimony on a package of long-term care and elder care bills focused on building on the state’s 2024 long-term care reform law (Chapter 197). Richard Moore of Dignity Alliance urged favorable action on the bills as a “long-term care 2.0” effort, arguing they would strengthen the workforce, protect residents’ rights, improve clinical quality, and increase transparency and sustainability in nursing homes and other facilities. He also raised concerns about staffing funds not reaching direct care workers and suggested further oversight of how appropriated money is spent.
Patricia Crispy of the American Nurses Association testified in support of House Bill 766, which would require at least one registered nurse with full voting rights on the board of directors or trustees of every acute care hospital and nursing home. She and the bill’s sponsor, Representative Vanado, said nurses’ clinical expertise and 24/7 presence make them valuable contributors to governance and patient safety. Committee members asked whether the bill would cover assisted living and how many facilities already have nurse board members; the witness said she would provide more data and clarify the assisted living question.
Senator Lovely testified on two bills: Senate 479, which would expand transparency and accountability in long-term care by tightening fire safety, smoking, hearing-loss, and ownership disclosure requirements, adding advocacy groups to an advisory committee, and increasing penalties; and Senate 480/House 795, which would require single-occupancy rooms in nursing homes unless residents consent to share, to improve privacy and reduce infection spread. Deborah De Benedictus also testified in support of House 759, describing her father’s experience in assisted living and arguing for the use of cameras in elder care facilities to monitor care and deter neglect. The committee discussed privacy concerns, notification rules, and the need for honest staffing and care practices, and then adjourned without taking any recorded votes or formal actions in the transcript.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We show you registered as Neil McQueen on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation, the Texas Coastal Bend.
- chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and on behalf of yourself for the bill, is that correct?
- Chairman Landgraf and committee members, I am with the Coastal Bend Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation
Bills:
HB1730, HB1823, HB2048, HB2266, HB2440, HB3333, HB4086, HB4271, HB4413, HB4839, HB4841, HB5151
Keywords:
PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, forever chemicals, public health study, environmental regulation, drinking water, groundwater, surface water, food packaging, chemical exposure, firefighters, chemical manufacturing workers, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TCEQ, Railroad Commission of Texas, Department of State Health Services, University of Houston, occupational exposure, contaminants
NH
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This foundation. - >> An unsteady foundation. >> An unsteady foundation.
- So yeah I did I different foundation.
- What is the foundation of affirmation to make this a violation?
- What is the foundation of affirmation to make this a violation?
MN
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- Wilder Foundation was a foundation that did these grant evaluations.
- like the Wilder Foundation to make sure all of the standards are met, to questions that you've asked
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success <00:23
Keywords:
pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, tax relief fund, budget surplus, surplus revenue, tax rebate, tax refund, one-time refund, income tax, property tax, constitutional amendment, Minnesota Constitution, general fund, budget reserve, taxpayer relief
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Those heads or leadership teams reach out to the State Foundation.
- Those heads or leadership teams reach out to the State Foundation.
- Those heads or leadership teams reach out to the State Foundation.
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
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for < - That's a requirement by the NCAA to consolidate the foundation accounts.
- The foundation is working toward figuring out a structure for NIL right now.
- The foundation is working toward figuring out a structure for NIL right now.
- It's expensive real estate just sitting there to do Foundation receptions.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Janine was thrilled to pass the torch to Cassy and knows that she will build upon the strong foundation
- Janine was thrilled to pass the torch to Cassy and knows that she will build upon the strong foundation
- Janine was thrilled to pass the torch to Cassy and knows that she will build upon the strong foundation
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that build upon the strong Foundation that build upon the strong Foundation - and the Nassau County foundation and the Nassau County Economic<00:24:31.159>
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- On the slide, you can see some examples of parts of the foundation school program that effectively come
- You have a, the foundation school program is set up so that you have an entitlement per kid.
- This chart that is going around says "Foundation School Program" and other funding sources.
- My name is Cameron Abrams, and I'm a policy analyst at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- Matthew McCormick, Texas Public Policy Foundation. Thank you, Matthew.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/29/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- This contributes to weak foundations and compounding errors in later grades.
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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (11-5-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It's foundational biology. The most powerful prescription we can write isn't a prescription pad.
- It's foundational<00:19:40.240>
biology. foundational biology. foundational biology. - The nutritional<00:20:02.400>
foundation <00:20:03.200>addressing nutritional foundation - addressing nutritional foundation addressing deficiencies<00:20:04.559>
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our with the Centine Foundation, our with the Centine Foundation, our philanthrop
Summary:
The task force opened with a moment of silence for the Louisville UPS plane tragedy, approved the October 15 minutes, and reminded members to submit policy recommendations before the December 16 meeting, when the group will discuss its report to LRC. The first informational presentation, from the Department for Public Health, focused on youth vaping. Elizabeth Good and Julie Brooks cited a recent Surgeon General report warning that youth vaping can harm brain development, mental health, lungs, asthma, and hormones, and noted Kentucky survey data showing 8.7% of students reported daily vaping and 19.7% used vaping products in the prior 30 days. They described prevention and cessation resources including Catch My Breath, I Can End the Trend, Not on Tobacco, My Life, My Quit, Quitline services, and the Kentucky TRUST retailer education program, which trained 3,371 individuals in 2024 and distributed 253 Tobacco 21 toolkits.
The next presentation came from Kentucky ABC on implementation of SB 100, which created the division of tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing. Commissioner Scotty Tracy and Jamar Carter said all retailers selling tobacco, nicotine, or vapor products must be licensed, regulations were filed October 31, 2025, and the online application portal is live. In response to questions about sales to minors, they said violations carry escalating fines for clerks and owners, with a fourth violation resulting in no license renewal for two years and unpaid fines also blocking renewal. They said complaints can be submitted through the portal, by phone, or on the ABC website, and enforcement investigates tips and may use underage compliance checks.
The committee then heard from Kim McKenna Johnson of One Cross Community Health, who argued for a “deficiency-first” and holistic approach to care centered on nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplementation. She said her clinic serves more than 7,000 patients in Taylor and Marion counties and described a model that includes primary care, behavioral health, functional medicine, addiction recovery, and chronic care. She cited Kentucky health rankings, claimed nutritional deficiencies cost the state billions, and said many children are overprescribed while undernourished. She urged broader insurance coverage for nutritional testing and supplements, rural demonstration grants, and Medicaid pilots for clinically prescribed supplements. Members asked about testing costs, dietitian support, long-term cost savings, compliance, and whether medications are often used to prevent damage from noncompliance; the presenter said the lab tests are generally covered, supplements are the main cost barrier, and seeing lab results can improve family buy-in. No votes were taken during the meeting.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (7-10-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.
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I Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. I Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. - And I want you to know that the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky, Rep.
- And I want you to know that the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky, Rep.
- And I want you to know that the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky, Rep.
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call and housekeeping, including moving standing attendees to an overflow room and asking the audience to avoid interruptions. The task force then heard testimony from Allison Adams of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who presented statewide health trend data showing Kentucky ranked 41st overall and 44th in health outcomes, with especially poor performance on premature death, chronic disease, diabetes, and vaccination rates. She emphasized that Kentucky has the highest rates of residents with multiple chronic conditions, that diabetes remains above the national average, and that childhood immunization rates have worsened. She also highlighted major provider shortages in rural areas, noting that 43 of 120 counties meet shortage criteria and that more than half of primary care providers are concentrated in Fayette and Jefferson counties. Adams urged the task force to focus on prevention, early intervention, access to care, physical activity, and healthier school and community environments, and said the foundation is prepared to share results from its demonstration projects. Task force members asked follow-up questions about the age range for chronic-condition data and whether the diabetes figure reflected type 1 or type 2 diabetes; Adams said the chronic-condition measure spans all ages and that the diabetes figure likely reflects type 2, though she offered to provide the full report. The task force then approved the minutes from the prior meeting.
The committee next turned to SNAP benefits and heard from Lisa Dennis, commissioner of the Department for Community Based Services, and Roger McCann, director of the Division of Family Support. They explained that SNAP is not only a food assistance program but also a public health and family stability tool, arguing that poor diet contributes to chronic disease and that food insecurity is linked to family stress, child welfare involvement, and neglect-related CPS referrals. They cited research showing that more generous SNAP policies are associated with fewer CPS reports, fewer substantiated reports, and fewer foster care placements, and said SNAP helps reduce risk and promote stability across vulnerable populations including children, older adults, people with disabilities, and pregnant women. They also described SNAP-Ed as the nutrition education component that teaches healthy eating, cooking on a budget, and how to use fresh produce, but warned that recent federal legislation eliminates federal funding for SNAP-Ed beginning in federal fiscal year 2026. McCann outlined the remaining SNAP outreach and employment-and-training components, noting that outreach is typically run by nonprofits with a 50% match and that employment and training funds job-skills programs to help recipients move toward better jobs and self-sufficiency. The discussion emphasized that access to nutritious food, education, and job supports are all part of improving health outcomes and reducing food insecurity.