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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- They have very large energy needs, but they ebb and flow.
- So it'll ebb and flow depending on what time of day solar will flow into the grid.
- So we'll it's that eb and flow<06:00:12.958>
depending <06:00:13.360>on <06:00:13.600>- depending on what time of day solar flow depending on what time of day solar will<06:00:15.600>
flow - And if you're will flow into the grid.
- depending on what time of day solar flow depending on what time of day solar will<06:00:15.600>
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 5th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- we wanted to look into, such as, I'll pick one, Operation Lone Star, relatively new, lot of money flowing
- In fact, the LBB reports that as a. of November 2024, $85.5 billion of pandemic related. aid now flows
- It actually flows to the school finance formula because there are some school districts... primarily
- So it really ebbs and flows depending on how much statutorily required work we have. Okay.
- So, the next section we're going to talk about federal funding flows from COVID response money.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- How would you do the kind of testing to determine what the effect of the flow might be, and how would
- water levels, where the contamination is, and pump their proposed well and see if they're altering the flow
- water levels, where the contamination is, and pump their proposed well and see if they're altering the flow
- water levels, where the contamination is, and pump their proposed well and see if they're altering the flow
- , you know, especially during water flows, you know, especially during um<01:29:41.480>
high <01
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- DHS doing to respond to the federal government at this point, or plan to do to allow that money to flow
- <00:21:50.480>
that <00:21:50.720>money <00:21:50.960>to <00:21:51.200>flow - do to get to allow that money to flow do to get to allow that money to flow through?
- passed by the legislature and signed into law rather than ignoring them and allowing fraud just to flow
- as the money just flowed out the door? as the money just flowed out the door?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- from positive to negative, these are relatively small net numbers compared to all the full kind of flow
- <00:36:37.119>
of <00:36:37.440>people all the the full kind of flow of people all - the the full kind of flow of people in<00:36:37.839>
and <00:36:38.000>out <00:36:38.160 - 51:42.079>
does <00:51:42.319>and <00:51:42.559>that <00:51:42.720>the flows - that the south does and that the flows that the south does and that the southwest<00:51:43.520>
does
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- $600,000 in monies owed to me by the state of New Hampshire and pending Medicaid, which makes cash flow
- $600,000 in monies owed to me by the state of New Hampshire and pending Medicaid, which makes cash flow
- There was a very severe cash flow issue right there.
- <01:14:48.320>
And <01:14:48.640>you cash flow issue right there. - And you cash flow issue right there.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- that actually helps in my other jurisdiction, in the prisons, because those are the people who are flowing
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of <00:39:06.240>prison <00:39:06.880>to <00:39:07.119>the flowing - in and out of prison to the flowing in and out of prison to the state<00:39:07.520>
hospital < - c><00:39:38.079>
in <00:39:38.240>and <00:39:38.400>out that these folks are flowing - in and out that these folks are flowing in and out of<00:39:38.800>
out <00:39:39.040>of
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 2095, which would provide supplemental appropriations for the Judiciary for the 2025-2027 biennium. Judiciary Administrative Director Brandon Kimura testified in strong support and outlined a request for about $6.4 million in supplemental operating funds, plus four permanent full-time position conversions. He grouped the request into security, services to court users, and staffing needs, including $3.25 million for supplemental armed private security at judiciary facilities statewide, nearly $200,000 for cybersecurity staffing and support, restoration of funding for substance use treatment purchase-of-service contracts, restoration of funding for the Office of Public Guardian on Kauaʻi, salary commission funding, a Kona court operations position, and two Court-Appointed Special Advocates positions converted from temporary to permanent. He also described five capital improvement requests totaling $55.4 million, led by $30 million for construction of a new South Kohala courthouse, $1.2 million each for air conditioning upgrades in Hilo and Kauaʻi, $15 million for elevator upgrades at Kahumanu Hale, and $8 million in lump-sum bond funds for emerging projects.
Several organizations testified in support, including Parents and Children Together and the True Cost Coalition. Supporters emphasized the importance of the purchase-of-service funding for domestic violence and substance use treatment services and said the restoration would return funding to pre-COVID levels and help providers maintain capacity. Kimura explained that the Judiciary often shifts funds among contracts during the year to avoid service interruptions, but that the reduced funding has caused delays and operational problems for providers and probationers.
Members asked detailed questions about the capital projects and operating requests. Representative Shimizu asked for more information on the lump-sum bond funds and the elevator project, and Kimura explained that the Kahumanu Hale request covers four remaining elevator shafts after earlier funding addressed the first five elevators. Representative Cochran asked about the absence of Maui County projects, and Kimura said the Judiciary is still planning for its older Maui facilities with DAGS. Chair Tarnas questioned the need for armed private guards and discussed whether court security should be prioritized within the Department of Law Enforcement; Kimura said the Judiciary needs additional personnel now and has not asked DLE to deprioritize other missions, though the chair suggested further coordination between the agencies. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The money that's collected locally in my bill and in Representative Spillsbury's bill, HB 1800, flows
- <01:25:36.719>
is <01:25:37.040>not u flows to the state immediately. is not u flows - And we also have, as select boards, we're concerned about our cash flow disruptions, which could occur
- /c><01:44:25.520>
about <01:44:25.679>our <01:44:25.920>cash <01:44:26.159>flow - we're concerned about our cash flow we're concerned about our cash flow disruptions<01:44:27.119
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Consensus Forecasting Group (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Because the scenarios for those three scenarios in U.S. wages and salary were very similar, it flows
- <00:53:21.760>
It <00:53:22.000>flows salary were very similar. - It flows salary were very similar.
- It flows through<00:53:22.559>
and <00:53:22.720>we <00:53:22.880>get <00:53:23.040 - through to Kentucky salary which flows through to Kentucky wages<00:58:43.839>
and <00:58:44.000
Summary:
The meeting focused on reaching consensus on official Kentucky revenue estimates for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, using updated S&P Global economic forecasts compared with the September presentation. Staff explained that the updated forecast relied partly on alternative data because of the federal government shutdown, and they walked through changes in national and Kentucky economic assumptions across control, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios. The control forecast was described as slightly more optimistic in the near term but more cautious in fiscal 2027 and 2028, with GDP growth revised up for the current year and down somewhat in the outer years. The pessimistic scenario now assumed a two-quarter recession beginning in the current quarter, while the optimistic scenario was given a higher probability weight than before.
The presenters highlighted several Kentucky-relevant variables that changed since September, including weaker manufacturing employment, weaker housing starts, weaker consumer sentiment, and lower expected non-farm employment in fiscal 2026. At the same time, wage and salary disbursements were revised upward in fiscal 2027, reflecting higher disposable income from tax changes, and real consumer spending was expected to be stronger in the near term. They also discussed assumptions about tariffs, business profits, the Federal Reserve, unemployment, oil prices, retail sales, vehicle sales, exports, and consumer sentiment, noting that some indicators were little changed while others shifted materially. Consumer sentiment was attributed to affordability concerns, tariff impacts, and a general sense of malaise, but was expected to improve in later years from a low base.
Members asked follow-up questions about why the forecast worsened in later years and about the consumer sentiment assumptions. Staff responded that the forecast assumed larger take-home pay and refunds from tax withholding changes, along with some easing of tariff effects, which they believed would help offset a negative wealth effect from stock market declines. They also noted that S&P Global’s December forecast, which had already been published, was essentially consistent with the presentation and that the firm believed its earlier assumptions had tracked recent data well. No vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion was aimed at settling the revenue estimates that will underpin the upcoming branch budget bills.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
PBS Info Briefing - Thu Sept 11, 2025 @ 1:30 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- other mechanism that allows us to minimize the impact on the ground, on the street, to keep things flowing
- incident management, obviously<00:55:09.200>
the <00:55:09.440>traffic <00:55:10.000>flow - the traffic flow and gridlock uh<00:55:11.440>
that <00:55:11.680>that <00:55:12.000>- on the street uh to keep uh<00:56:14.079>
things <00:56:14.559>uh <00:56:14.720>flowing - <00:56:15.520>
um uh things uh flowing um uh things uh flowing um better<00:56:17.760> - on the street uh to keep uh<00:56:14.079>
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management on its hazard mitigation plan and recent emergency events on Oahu. Chair Dela Botti opened the meeting by explaining that the briefing was intended to review the mitigation planning process, the city’s hazard mitigation plan, and lessons learned from recent tsunami and wildfire threats, building on earlier briefings with state emergency management and transportation officials. Director Collins and hazard mitigation staff officer Ian Kio presented the plan, describing it as a five-year FEMA-required document focused on reducing long-term risk to people and property, not an operations plan for active disasters.
Kio outlined how the plan was developed over roughly 18 months with a core team, steering committee, consultant support, and public input, and said it was formally adopted by the mayor’s office and approved by FEMA in July 2025. He said the updated plan was aligned more closely with the state hazard mitigation plan, expanded to cover 15 hazards including climate change and sea level rise, and organized around hazard risk rankings and mitigation strategies. He identified the highest-risk hazards as climate change and sea level rise, floods, health risks, hurricanes, tsunamis, and wildfires, and said the plan includes short-, medium-, and long-term actions such as education, Firewise community planning, flood mapping, and major infrastructure projects like tsunami walls and street elevation work. He also emphasized that the plan will be maintained with yearly updates and ongoing public feedback.
Collins then discussed after-action findings from the July 6 Meli fire and the recent tsunami response, noting that reviews are still ongoing. He said the fire response showed strong initiative and teamwork, including police officers helping with fire suppression support and door-to-door evacuation efforts before firefighters arrived, and a staff duty officer who initiated a wireless emergency alert without waiting for higher-level direction. He said these actions reflected a culture of rapid decision-making when lives are at stake. Collins also urged residents to prepare by making family plans, gathering supplies, checking flood and tsunami risk maps, retrofitting homes, and obtaining insurance before disasters occur. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that for expenditures under a range of aid flows, including compensatory revenue, we have EUCARS
- including compensatory revenue, we flows including compensatory revenue, we have<01:01:56.720>
eupars - 56.480>
will looking to protect how the dollars will looking to protect how the dollars will flow - 01:09:58.000>
And <01:09:58.159>then <01:09:58.320>we <01:09:58.560>as flow - And then we as flow through the budgets.
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I will, I would like to take this back to see what exactly our flow process is that I can provide to
- administration, is this $40,000 is up to this, and I just need to double-check about how that money flows
- If one that has six, they'd get it times six, but the funds flow through a JATC as it does through other
- If one that has six, they'd get it times six, but the funds flow through a JATC as it does through other
- If one that has six, they'd get it times six, but the funds flow through a JATC as it does through other
Keywords:
education, special education, apprenticeship, funding, grants, intermediate school districts, teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It also helps support this effort that we are undertaking with the City of Lawrence to stop the flow
- <00:35:52.240>
of the City of Lawrence to stop the flow of the City of Lawrence to stop the - We have seen the result: blood flowing in the streets.
- <01:38:39.000>
in <01:38:39.119>the coast to coast is blood flowing in the coast to - coast is blood flowing in the streets<01:38:41.960>
be <01:38:42.159>it <01:38:42.440><
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And here's how the cash flow really works: once we're working in New Hampshire, we're going to talk to
- <00:51:30.440>
really here's how the cash flow really here's how the cash flow really works - So it's a very seamless operation in terms of the cash flow for this program.
- terms<00:52:25.920>
of <00:52:26.200>the <00:52:26.599>cash <00:52:26.880>flow - /c><00:52:27.480>
this <00:52:28.000>for <00:52:28.240>this terms of the cash flow
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs.
Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled.
Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- For every dollar invested, nearly $7 flows back into our local economies.
- For every dollar invested, nearly $7 flows back into our local economies.
- For every dollar invested, nearly $7 flows back into our local economies.
- <00:48:51.400>
I flows back into our local economies. - I flows back into our local economies.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HOU-EIG, HOU DEFER, HOU DEFER, HOU Public Hearings 02-05-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, determinations are done right now are really highly site-specific depending on elevation, fire flow
- Uh, determinations are done right now are really highly site-specific depending on elevation, fire flow
- Uh, determinations are done right now are really highly site-specific depending on elevation, fire flow
- Uh, determinations are done right now are really highly site-specific depending on elevation, fire flow
- That also determines how much fire flow would be needed, how many gallons, whether it's 1,000 gallons
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on five housing-related measures. SB 2232 would create a three-year tiny home grant pilot program within HHFDC, with annual reporting to HHFDC and the Legislature; testimony was mixed, and the bill was later recommended for passage with amendments, including a full-time housing development specialist, a residential-use-only restriction for the tiny homes, and a blanked appropriation. SB 2192 would bar county down-zoning that reduces housing capacity unless equivalent capacity is added elsewhere in the county; it drew support from housing advocates and comments from planning officials, and was also recommended for passage with amendments. SB 2378 would clarify insurance requirements for single- and multifamily projects seeking expedited county permitting; engineers and housing groups supported it, while one testifier opposed it, and it was recommended for passage with a technical amendment. SB 2524 would appropriate funds to the City and County of Honolulu for housing-related departments to comply with prior acts; the Honolulu department supported it, and members asked about prior spending and funding sources. SB 2398 would require residential housing utility availability maps; the Honolulu Board of Water Supply opposed the bill as written, citing infrastructure security, accuracy, liability, and administrative burden concerns, while supporters said it would improve transparency for developers. The chair proposed amendments to make the maps broad and geographic rather than parcel-specific, remove contested-case and reliance provisions, allow disclaimer language, and change the date; the bill was then recommended for passage with amendments, with one member noting reservations. All five measures were ultimately passed out of committee with amendments, with votes recorded and some members excused.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (1-13-26) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- The scour program is assessments based upon the flow of water underneath the bridge.
- And so scour assessments is looking at the types of dirt and soil and rock that is in the area, the flow
- accountability for the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who are paying taxes that keeps our universities flowing
- that that keeps that keeps our >> that that keeps that keeps our universities<00:35:22.800>
flowing - universities flowing. universities flowing.
Keywords:
This meeting will take place Upon Adjournment of both Chambers. An exact time is not given or known at this time., 958, all
Summary:
The Government Contracts Committee met for its first 2026 meeting, approved the December 9 minutes, and reviewed 337 contracts totaling about $71.8 million. After a motion to consider the routine contract lists without objection passed, the committee pulled several items for discussion, including contracts from the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Department of Highways, the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Commission, and Kentucky State University. Most items were ultimately approved by roll call votes.
For the Council on Postsecondary Education item, members discussed why the contract was not handled through the usual Finance Cabinet bidding process. Staff explained it stemmed from House Bill 200 and the healthcare workforce incentive fund, which uses a separate competitive award process and steering committee under different statutory standards. The committee accepted that explanation and approved the contract. Department of Highways staff then explained the difference between scour assessments, which evaluate erosion and foundation risk around bridge piers, and load ratings, which assess the bridge structure itself. Members also questioned a larger engineering contract increase; staff said it reflected progression from preliminary engineering to final design on a phased project and estimated the funding split at roughly 80% federal and 20% state. Those highway contracts were approved.
The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Commission presented a legal services contract. Officials said the new corporation had identified legal needs, issued an RFP, and awarded four firms to create a pool of counsel to avoid conflicts as the agency now licenses racing, sports betting, and charitable gaming. They also said an emergency contract was needed after a temporary restraining order was issued in litigation involving charitable gaming machines and alleged losses to charities. The committee asked about the litigation and the affected organizations, and the contract was approved. Kentucky State University then defended a marketing/enrollment contract despite financial concerns, saying the work was intended to raise awareness of the university, improve enrollment, and support financial stability. University officials also said they were tightening student payment enforcement and collection practices, including payment plans and holding students accountable for balances. That contract was also approved.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, yes, the rest of this all starts to flow and makes sense.
- mixed-use housing project in the Housing Accountability Act, which many of our state streamlining laws flow
- mixed-use housing project in the Housing Accountability Act, which many of our state streamlining laws flow
- mixed-use housing project in the Housing Accountability Act, which many of our state streamlining laws flow
- ethics and fiscal... ...had a report that basically said a number of things, and they again, they flow
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 753, which would modernize California’s shopping cart recovery rules by allowing cities and counties to return abandoned carts directly to retailers, recover documented retrieval costs, and avoid the current impound-and-wait process. The author and supporters, including San Jose officials and the League of California Cities, said the bill would help clear streets, sidewalks, and waterways and reduce local costs. Grocers and retailers opposed the measure unless amended, arguing it would turn cart retrieval into a new cost burden and could create incentives for cities to charge too much for stolen property. After extensive discussion about notice periods, cost caps, and local ordinances, the committee adopted amendments and passed the bill 6-0 as amended.
The committee then took up SB 445, which would speed up permitting and approvals needed for high-speed rail by requiring early engagement, setting rules for third-party coordination, and creating a dispute-resolution process. The author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier, broader transit proposal and was intended to reduce delays caused by utilities, local governments, and other entities. Supporters said permitting bottlenecks add major costs and delays to infrastructure projects, while opponents from utilities, cities, counties, telecoms, and special districts raised concerns about safety, reliability, affordability, and the need to review the pending amendments. The bill passed 8-1 to the Utilities and Energy Committee.
The committee also heard SB 9, a narrower housing bill focused on accessory dwelling units. The author explained that it would require local ADU ordinances to be submitted to HCD for review and would make state standards control if a local agency fails to submit a compliant ordinance or respond to HCD findings. Supporters from housing and YIMBY groups said the bill would improve enforcement of state ADU law and prevent local barriers from slowing housing production. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 6-0. The committee then began hearing SB 79, which would allow more housing near major transit stops; the author and supporters framed it as a response to the housing shortage and transit underuse, and the hearing continued with extensive support testimony as the transcript ended.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- splits and revenues that occur with those to maintain the balance we need while allowing the surplus to flow
- 00:34:49.359>
over <00:34:49.520>to <00:34:49.760>the allowing the surplus to flow - over to the allowing the surplus to flow over to the general<00:34:50.240>
fund. - So municipalities are going to see increased revenue flowing into their coffers because we did increase
- So municipalities are going to see increased revenue flowing into their coffers because we did increase
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The flow of this money is correct. And that was my testimony on the auditor.
- to provide the committee with an overview of the HECTRA Bond Indenture, including its covenants and flow
- talking about the amount related to what the indenture controls, but I wanted to mention that the flow
- county's municipal advisor, has been asked to provide testimony on HECTRA's master trust, indenture flow
- The toll revenues flow through this master trust indenture, and in that, approximately a billion of the
Bills:
HB2065, HB2462, HB2621, HB3187, HB3539, HB3563, HB3726, HB4164, HB4207, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB4429, HB5597
Keywords:
commercial vehicles, parking regulations, residential areas, local governance, land use, traffic safety, high occupancy vehicle lane, pregnant operators, transportation, parental rights, motor vehicle regulations, live video feed, state agency, transparency, public safety, regional transportation, mobility program, sales tax, public infrastructure, local government