Transcript Highlights:

• For example, within the last year, a rooftop unit at Lakes Region Community College shut down, froze,
• I think many of you have been up to the culinary space at Lakes Region Community College.
• </c><00:12:28.160><c> Region</c> building a boiler at Lakes Region building a boiler at Lakes Region
• </c><00:13:13.600><c> Region</c> $500,000 for nhci and Lakes Region $500,000 for nhci and Lakes Region
• Region Community College it's a at Lakes Region Community College it's a commercial<00:13:50.920><c>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have CA Hospital in Detroit Lakes, and we’ve talked, you know, some of that about workforce shortage
• We have CA Hospital in Detroit Lakes, and we’ve talked, you know, some of that about workforce shortage
• clinics that you have in Morehead Lakes clinics that you have in Morehead and<01:04:20.760><c> even<
• I know that we're talking right now that there are some needs in Detroit Lakes that we're looking to
• </c><01:11:48.040><c> that</c> are some needs in Detroit Lakes that are some needs in Detroit Lakes that

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's Lake of the Ozarks Day here at the Capitol, so please, in between the votes, in and out of the chamber
• , please welcome our guests from the Lake of the Ozarks in the rotunda.
• It's Lake of the Ozarks Day here at the Capitol.
• So please, in between the votes, in and out of the chamber, please welcome our guests from the Lake of
• Lake of the Ozarks stays out in the rotunda. There is pizza. Go see those fine folks.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My name is Barbara Posthumous, Associate Superintendent and CFO of Lake Washington School District. districts
• My name is Barbara Posthumous, Associate Superintendent and CFO of Lake Washington School District.
• Barbara Posthumus, Associate Superintendent and CFO of Lake Washington School District.
• I'm a technical support specialist at Lake Washington School District.
• I'm a technical support specialist at Lake Washington School District, and I currently live in Longview

Bills: HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2160 , HB2179

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: retirement, lump sum payment, financial security, pension reform, monthly benefits, retirement system, investment earnings, trust funds, public pensions, financial management, education, benefits, school employees, membership eligibility, employment, public employees, port workers, federal retirement plan, pension, 904

Transcript Highlights:

• treatment plant that people want to make sure the water is safe and the return of the water to the lake
• treatment plant that people want to make sure the water is safe and the return of the water to the lake
• treatment plant that people want to make sure the water is safe and the return of the water to the lake
• treatment plant that people want to make sure the water is safe and the return of the water to the lake
• treatment plant that people want to make sure the water is safe and the return of the water to the lake

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Although purported to complement the Lake and Riley Act, this resolution instead could conflict with
• The Lake and Riley Act expands mandatory immigration detention in a federal detention center. for certain
• So if a person subject to Lake and Riley is arrested for a felony intent on Texas, they wouldn't be released

Bills: SB9 , SB1047 , SB1048 , SJR17 , SJR49 , SB40 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB 9 , SB 40 , SJR 1

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

Transcript Highlights:

• And maybe it’s a home on New Found Lake.
• in a house in uh Manchester Lake in a house in uh Manchester probably<00:29:18.799><c> has</c><00:29
• And maybe they're now, and when I Lake.
• but I don't have lakefront from a lake but I don't have lakefront property.<00:56:10.640><c> Um,</c>
• I wasn't on the lake.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• but this is going to be about a $130 million phase one project to reintroduce freshwater out of the lake
• Think about Wax Lake Outlet is actually one of the areas building some landforms.
• Think about Wax Lake Outlet is actually one of the areas building some landforms.
• you know, they're turning loose water from Toledo Bend that they should be able to reserve for the lake
• So, and I know, you know, we have the East Grand Lake kind of drama of, you know, doing the cuts.

Bills: HR1 , HB96 , HB345 , HB360 , HB401 , HB592 , HB703 , HB723 , HB729 , HB776 , HB838 , HB844 , HB882 , HB885 , HB888 , HB966

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Keywords: coastal protection, restoration, flood management, public hearings, environmental compliance, drag racing, public roads, vehicle impoundment, law enforcement, penalties, rail infrastructure, ports, Class II railroads, Class III railroads, transportation, memorial highway, Louisiana, commemoration, signage, memorial bridge

Summary: The committee first heard House Resolution 1, which approves the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s annual State Integrated Coastal Protection Plan for fiscal years 2026-2027. CPRA officials described the plan as about $1.54 billion, with roughly 93% directed to project implementation and construction, funded through state mineral revenue, GOMESA, BP spill dollars, surplus funds, and newly available coastal sediment funds. They outlined projects across the coast, including marsh creation, barrier island restoration, levees, pump stations, freshwater diversions, and nonstructural flood protection, and said the plan had been unanimously approved by the CPRA board after public hearings. Members asked about specific coastal and basin issues, including the Sabine River, the Chafalaya Basin, Bayou Sorrel, and tidal flooding in interior parishes. HR 1 was reported favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Bill 838, as substituted, dealing with vehicle inspection stickers and related OMV modernization. The substitute would repeal inspection requirements for assembled vehicles, keep periodic inspections for commercial and student transportation vehicles, address federal inspection requirements, allow out-of-state inspections in some cases, and create a Louisiana Vehicle Identification Program using QR codes. Members focused on privacy and enforcement questions, and OMV and state IT officials explained that the QR code would contain only the VIN and that the system would support police ticketing applications. The bill also ties implementation to the OMV modernization effort and takes effect January 1, 2027. HB 838 was reported by substitute. The committee next advanced House Bill 888 on temporary dealer plates, adopting a set of amendments that added security features, clarified timing for the new electronic issuance system, and adjusted rules for temporary tags and dealer plates. Testimony from the auto dealers’ association said the bill was intended to reduce fraud, resolve confusion over five-day versus 60-day tags, and extend certain temporary loaner tag periods from five to ten days. HB 888 was reported with amendments. The committee also heard House Bill 885 on electronic titles and lien recordation, which would allow electronic signatures, electronic lien notifications, and electronic titling/recordation for participating commercial entities, with civil immunity for good-faith actions and a severability clause. Members raised questions about fraud prevention and consumer participation, and supporters said the bill would modernize the process and align Louisiana with current industry practice. HB 885 was reported by substitute. Finally, the committee advanced House Bill 723, which allows certain two- and three-wheeled motorcycles and mopeds to proceed through a red light under specified circumstances when sensors fail to detect them. The sponsor said the measure is a safety fix for riders stuck at malfunctioning signals, and the bill was amended to clarify the vehicle types covered. The committee also considered House Bill 882 on outdoor advertising, which would increase billboard spacing on state highways from 150 feet to 1,000 feet and allow certain signs damaged by an act of God after January 1, 2010, to be rebuilt. Supporters said the bill would reduce billboard density and improve aesthetics, while opponents argued it would harm smaller operators and impose a one-size-fits-all rule. After testimony, HB 882 was amended and reported.

Transcript Highlights:

• I have had an opportunity to go Lake Havasu, which is our sort of gold star veterans treatment courts
• . ...had an opportunity to go to Lake Havasu, which is our sort of gold star veterans treatment court
• I live in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
• I am the city magistrate for the city of Lake Havasu City, and we have had a veterans treatment court
• I wonder if we could do that here in Lake Havasu City.

Committee: House House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first took up a discussion-only strike-everything amendment to HB 2211, which would make it unprofessional conduct for certain health care providers to submit offers in independent dispute resolution above 300% of Medicare or the qualified payment amount. The chair said he was not ready to move the bill because more stakeholder meetings were needed. Testimony split between insurers, who said a small number of providers were abusing the No Surprises Act and driving up costs, and provider representatives, who argued the proposal would improperly cap rates, relied on opaque insurer-set QPAs, and could threaten licensure in a billing dispute. No vote was taken on HB 2211. The committee then considered HB 4028 on accessory dwelling units. The bill would remove the 1,000-square-foot cap, change setback rules, bar municipalities from requiring an administrative use permit and certain elevation criteria, and extend the deadline for cities to adopt ADU regulations. The sponsor argued it would give homeowners more flexibility and help address housing affordability, while cities, neighborhood groups, and residents warned it would allow oversized ADUs, reduce local control, create density and safety concerns, and invite investor-driven development. After extensive debate, the committee voted 8-9 with one present, and HB 4028 failed. Next, the committee heard HB 2620, as amended, which appropriates $300,000 annually for five years from the General Fund to the Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to emergency shelters. An amendment removed age and non-congregate-setting conditions for eligibility. The sponsor and a shelter provider said the funding would help shelters better serve homeless veterans and connect them to services. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed HB 2620 on a 17-0 vote with one member not voting. The committee then considered HB 2960, as amended, which creates a veterans specialty court grant program and a dedicated fund to support local veterans treatment courts. An amendment shifted administration of the fund to the Office of the Courts and allowed support for expansion of existing programs. The sponsor, a Lake Havasu judge, and a veteran graduate testified that veterans courts reduce recidivism and save lives by linking veterans to treatment and support. The bill was still being taken up when the transcript ended, with testimony continuing from supporters including a veterans shelter founder.

Transcript Highlights:

• San Miguel County, Villanueva, Pecos, Conchas, and Story Lake.
• , our second largest lake state park, 3.7 million.
• In Quay County, out in Ute Lake State Park Country, Logan, 2.5 million.
• At Navajo Lake, rural kids aren't coming out for these jobs anymore.
• From Clayton in Union County to Fen Lake in Sandoval County, all the way down to Mesilla Valley here

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• James, Jackson, Heron Lake, Butterfield, Odin, Brown County, and Brewster.
• It was called Tally Ford in White Bear Lake in 1956. That was two years before I was born.
• <00:05:12.800><c> Ford</c><00:05:13.120><c> in</c><00:05:13.240><c> Whitebear</c><00:05:13.680><c> Lake
• </c><00:05:14.280><c> in</c> called taly Ford in Whitebear Lake in called taly Ford in Whitebear Lake
• </c> corner gas station in White Bear Lake corner gas station in White Bear Lake with<00:05:23.039><c

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• 01:18:31.599><c> Uh</c><01:18:33.040><c> Commissioner</c><01:18:33.679><c> DJ</c><01:18:34.160><c> Benton
• Uh Commissioner DJ Benton time is up.
• Uh Commissioner DJ Benton Court, &gt;&gt; I'm<01:18:40.160><c> going</c><01:18:40.319><c> to</c><01:18
• For the record, DJ Benton Court, I have the pleasure of serving as the commissioner of the New Hampshire

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs. Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs. Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Julian Whittington of Benton, Louisiana.
• 26:40.960><c> Julian</c><02:26:41.520><c> Whittington</c><02:26:42.000><c> of</c><02:26:42.240><c> Benton
• Julian Whittington of Benton, Mr. Julian Whittington of Benton, Louisiana.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And then finally up at five, the north terminus of the corridor at Lake Flora Road.
• Again, a double roundabout configuration at SR 3 and Lake Flora Road.
• corridor, you can see some of the properties that we have surrounded in that kind of green around the Lake
• that neighborhood, two roundabouts going in there, two roundabouts going in, also at the north at Lake
• With the opening of the cross-lake connection across I-90, over the past five years, the regional system

Bills: HB2495

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicles, streetcar operation, public safety, urban regulation, transportation, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Star Lake community, she brought decades of grassroots experience to the Navajo Montoya ticket when voters
• Mayor Rodney Head, Mayor of Bullhead City, Nancy Campbell, Lake Havasu City Councilwoman, and chairwoman
• He is a Lake Havasu City Councilman, vice mayor, excuse me. Yeah, the only one who forgot.
• We have Mayor Rodney Head, Mayor of Bullhead City, Nancy Campbell, Lake Havasu City Councilwoman, and
• He is a Lake Havasu City Councilman, Weiss Mr. David Diaz, he is a Lake Havasu City Councilman.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I know we would each probably differ with that, but it's a beautiful lake and a great source of water
• Caddo is the only natural lake in Texas.
• The district holds about 203,000 acre-feet of water rights in Lake of the Pines and provides this water
• Because of this bill, possibly, if special interest groups were opposed to the use of Lake of the Pines
• passing the great $2.5 billion water infrastructure financing bill to develop new water supply. our lake

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Lake? Yes. Senator Osgood?
• Senator Lake, Senator Osgood, Senator Pasadomal, Senator Trumbull, Senator Trumbull, Senator Harold,
• Senator Lake. Senator Osgood? Yes. Senator Pasadema? Yes. Senator Trumbull? Yes. Senator Harold?
• Senator Lake? Senator Osgood. Senator Pasadomel? Senator Trumbull? Senator Harold? Yes.
• Senator Lake? Senator Osgood? Senator Pasidomo? Senator Trumbull? Senator Harrell? Yes.

Committee: Senate Health Policy

Summary: The Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of health care, Medicaid, and patient-access measures, along with confirmation votes. The committee first reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal obligations, deleting a section affecting nursing home facility records, and setting a January 1, 2026 effective date; the bill then passed favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after Harris testified about priorities including financial accountability, managed care oversight, transparency, and quality improvement. Senators asked about audit findings and Medicaid managed care performance, and several witnesses and committee members voiced support for her appointment. The committee then advanced a series of bills, most of them with amendments, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on death certification by physician assistants and APRNs, SB 1412 on home health administration flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies by physicians, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills received support from industry, advocacy, or provider groups and were reported favorably as committee substitutes. The most debated measure was SB 1270, a broad strike-all amendment combining provisions on mRNA vaccine documentation, vaccination-status protections in the Patient Bill of Rights, medical marijuana reporting and background-screening definitions, compact language, and volunteer immunity. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the vaccine-related provisions, including concerns about discrimination, patient safety, provider discretion, and medical liability. After additional technical amendments and a time-certain motion, the bill passed favorably as a committee substitute, with Senators Davis and Osgood voting no and Senator Harrell expressing a weak yes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• On Lake Mille Lacs. We did the Duluth paper mill retrofit.
• And I want to make sure that our businesses, no matter where they are, even in Prior Lake, we want to
• And I want to make sure that our businesses, no matter where they are, even in Prior Lake, we want to
• , we want to make sure that they Lake, we want to make sure that they have<00:31:24.120><c> an</c><00
• School District, which is the Prior Lake School District, which is facing<01:15:20.600><c> $4</c><01

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Although purported to complement the Lake and Riley Act, this resolution instead conflicts with it.
• The Lake and Riley Act expands mandatory immigration detention in a federal detention center for certain
• So if a person subject to Lake and Riley is arrested for a felony in Texas, they wouldn't be released

Bills: SB 9 , SB 1047 , SB 1048 , SJR 17 , SJR 49 , SB 40 , SJR 1 , SJR 5

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

Transcript Highlights:

• As co-chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, I rise today to speak on behalf of our Great Lakes region
• </c> So, the Great Lakes Restoration So, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative,<00:26:11.840><c> or<
• We will not your hands off our lakes.
• <c> being</c><00:27:15.679><c> choked</c><00:27:16.080><c> by</c> Lakes economy is being choked by Lakes
• Lakes region, we share with Canada. And Lakes region, we share with Canada.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1012, house, all