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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (01/23/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • the budget proc during the budget during the budget proc during the budget hearings<00:14:51.920><c>
  • Um, and then again, you later on, you and I had a conversation because during the budgeting process you
  • And those things went on and on.
  • Moving on to tab 8, 26013. This is the Judicial Council with a revised budget. This was the Bucky.
  • > active</c> the state side, on the on the active the state side, on the on the active employee<00:54
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on January 23, 2026, approved the December 19, 2025 minutes, and adopted the remaining items on the consent calendar after noting several withdrawals. The committee then took up Department of Safety item FIS 26007, which involved Homeland Security/FEMA grant funding for equipment and UAS-related activities. Senators asked whether any of the funding would support federal civil immigration enforcement or shared operations with federal agencies, and about privacy protections for drone data. The department said the grant is governed by federal parameters, that the state uses the remaining 20 percent after federally directed uses, and that privacy law in this area is evolving. The item was adopted on an 8-2 vote. The committee next considered Department of Environmental Services item 26003, which had been withdrawn by the Senate. A senator said concerns about using the funds for a different project had been resolved after speaking with the commissioner, and the item was adopted without further debate. The committee then moved to Department of Health and Human Services item 260005, a request for about $700,000 in remaining ARPA-related funds for the Hampstead children’s facility project. Commissioners explained that the project had been funded in stages because the original appropriation was based on estimates and bid assumptions, and that the remaining money would cover alternates and finish the project without using general funds. Senators raised concerns about repeated requests for additional money, the adequacy of security, site-selection costs, and why the project had not been fully funded at the outset. The department said the project had been intentionally structured to proceed in phases and that required security would be provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (03/13/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • on on this this discussions we have on on this this topic<00:59:45.440><c> what</c><00:59:45.599><c>
  • LBA says on its own website that fiscal transparency is key to a healthy democracy and public scrutiny
  • LBA says on its own website that fiscal transparency is key to a healthy democracy and public scrutiny
  • LBA says on its own website that fiscal transparency is key to a healthy democracy and public scrutiny
  • I ask for your support governor's budget I ask for your support on<02:50:37.880><c> a</c><02:50:38.000
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (04/21/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • proposed budget uh reductions in staff on page six.
  • 00:57:03.720><c> One</c> budget in House Bill One budget in House Bill One that<00:57:06.559><c> I</c
  • The House budget for this, it's on the compare page number 396. The House budget was $1.7 million.
  • One thing that's been, I think, probably on the forefront of our minds as we've navigated this budget
  • Get you back on track, hopefully. 2627 budget included staffing and 2627 budget included staffing and
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (04/17/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's been requests to increase individual budget amounts based on the expenditures that are occurring
  • that was no longer part of planning on that was no longer part of our<00:19:52.280><c> budget</c><00
  • This paying double time is kind of throws the budget off a bit on agreement.
  • bit throws the budget off a bit on on on on<00:25:48.160><c> agreement.
  • How much of your budget have you potentially expended to date and on what?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee first approved the March 20 minutes and then adopted the remainder of the consent calendar, after removing two items for separate discussion. On item 26071, members questioned a $95,000 DoubleTree Manchester contract for a two-day conference. Department staff said the hotel was the only bidder, the conference typically draws more than 500 attendees, most of the cost is food offset by registration fees, and attendees pay their own lodging except for presenters. The committee then approved the item. On item 26068, members asked for clearer reporting on remaining federal funds in continuing items. DHHS said about $10.3 million remained as of February 28, 2026, and agreed to provide the original award amounts and a reconciliation later. The committee approved the item. The committee then took up a DHHS transfer item for the developmental disability system, where officials said projected costs had risen because of delayed pandemic-era billings, new individuals entering the system, and higher individual service budgets. They said the budget was built on older assumptions, that carryforward funds had fallen from about $94 million to $72 million, and that the transfer would not affect lapse because it shifts general funds while federal Medicaid funds are accepted in return. The item was adopted. The committee also approved a hiring request and then a late Corrections item tied to overtime and recruitment. Corrections officials said the department is about 50% staffed for corrections officers, typical overtime is an eight-hour shift, inmate populations are beginning to rise again, and the department is using academy blitzes, out-of-state recruiting, targeted advertising, and a $10,000 sign-on bonus paid after academy completion and one year of service. Senator Gray said the late item was intended to help reduce a larger request expected in June, and the committee adopted the item. Finally, members questioned DHHS item 26074 on the New Hampshire Care Connection system and its interoperability with provider and managed care systems. DHHS said the system already has SMART on FHIR integration, single sign-on, and deeper integration options, and that managed care organizations are working with the contractor on use cases and data exchange. Officials said the project has been multi-phase, including the 988 crisis-response migration, privacy/security work, a provider network of more than 100 organizations, and a searchable resource portal managed by Granite United Way. They said the closed-referral solution is funded largely with Medicaid federal funds and is planned to continue in the base budget, not the rural health grant. The discussion ended without further action noted in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance (02/02/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, in the final budget, the following wording was added, and this wording can be found on pages 149,
  • c> through</c> &gt;&gt; in the budget those sections one through &gt;&gt; in the budget those sections
  • </c><00:09:44.800><c> The</c><00:09:45.120><c> largest</c><00:09:45.600><c> one</c> funding in our budget
  • The largest one funding in our budget.
  • Those of us that sit on fiscal... every month we see all these grants coming through, and the LBA keeps
Committee: House Finance
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/05/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, again, so in the budget process, and I think LBA spoke to this previously, but again, the governor's
  • It's one line. Supposed to be humorous. Only one line.
  • Come on up.
  • Come<00:57:40.240><c> on</c><00:57:40.480><c> up.</c> Come on up. Come on up.
  • One of the things that we questions on.
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, AEN-GVO Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're going to work on that one, and we're going to defer this one indefinitely.
  • Next one. 2781.
  • Next one. 2781. With the &gt;&gt; Okay. Next one. 2781.
  • /c> lines 8 through 11 on page one in the lines 8 through 11 on page one in the preamble<00:03:53.440
  • on triple 32?
Summary: The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making. The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted. The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225. In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • to the one that's on there.
  • Can you kind of describe why we're, I mean, I think I know the answer having sat on these budget committees
  • I mean, I think I know the answer having sat on these budget committees for some time now.
  • fiscal notes based on the executive budget are detailed in Chapter 218D of NRS.
  • This includes noting on a bill if funding is included in the executive budget and not requiring a fiscal
Bills: AB49 , AB169 , AB188 , AB284 , AB296 , AB306 , AB356 , AB366 , AB467 , AB499 , AB515 , AB540 , AB542 , AB595
Committee: Senate Finance
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/29/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> budget cap on school administrative budget cap on school administrative units?
  • </c> on in with this alternative budget on in with this alternative budget procedure,<01:19:57.600><c
  • on that SAU budget of polls polls voting on that SAU budget because<01:20:55.120><c> you</c><01:20:55.360
  • </c><01:36:30.159><c> committee,</c> am on the uh school budget committee, am on the uh school budget
  • on a budget committee are that people on a budget committee are doing<01:39:16.400><c> and</c><01:39
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Secretary will read: On page 4, beginning on line 5, after IN2, strike all material through ore on
  • On page 4, beginning on line 5, after IN2, strike all material through ore on line 6.
  • I'll be brief, but I do want to add my appreciation. I was number two on this bill.
  • I worked on impact aid early on in my career and went on to Blair Elementary, which is now Michael Anderson
  • I mean, that was Cantonese, the second one. The first one was Mandarin.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ' on line 6.
  • They go to the one place that's still open on nights and weekends, their local pharmacy.
  • I'll be brief, but I do want to add my appreciation. I was number two on this bill.
  • Worked on impact aid actually early on in my career and went on to Blair Elementary, which is now Michael
  • I mean, that was Cantonese, the second one. The first one was Mandarin.
Summary: The Senate convened with all members present, heard a prayer and pledge, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through committee reports and House messages. Several bills were referred to committees, including low-income energy assistance and real property use restrictions. The chamber then took up a series of gubernatorial appointments, confirming Apollonio P. Hernandez to the University of Washington Board of Regents, Violet M. Frolov to the Central Washington University Board of Trustees, and Monica U. to the Washington Student Achievement Council, each after sponsor remarks and roll-call votes. The Senate also recessed briefly for caucuses and later resumed floor action on bills. On final passage, the Senate approved SB 6220 on nonprofit housing property tax exemptions for temporary community use, SB 5947 creating the Washington Health Care Board, ESSB 631 on safe pedestrian passage during construction, ESSB 6066 establishing crash prevention zones, SB 6044 recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, SB 5899 allowing qualified chiropractors to treat non-human animals under a licensing framework, SB 6151 dedicating environmental program fee accounts, ESSB 6200 allowing renters and mobile home occupants to install portable cooling devices with safeguards, SB 5901 adjusting school construction assistance for on-base schools, and SB 6080 governing federal detention contracts with county and municipal jails. Most of these bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 5947, SB 5924, SB 6200, and SB 6080 drew notable opposition from some senators who raised concerns about cost, scope, safety, or implementation. The Senate also adopted amendments to several measures, including technical or stakeholder-driven changes to SB 5947, ESSB 631, ESSB 6066, SB 5899, and ESSB 6200. SB 5924, expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice, passed after a lengthy debate over access to care, professional training, and the role of collaborative drug therapy agreements; supporters framed it as a response to provider shortages, while opponents argued it moved too quickly or needed more study. SB 6080, concerning jail contracts for federal detainees, saw failed amendments seeking an attorney general opinion and a good-faith extension, before passing on a 30-19 vote. The meeting ended with a personal privilege statement marking Lunar New Year and a motion to recess for lunch and caucus.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 05:20 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm getting on one hand and I'm taking away on the other hand.
  • If you look at the way the underlying bill rolls out, it does not have an impact on the current budget
  • President, that is local control one-on-one, not by the state.
  • President, where people agreed on the spending levels. Budgets passed off this floor, Mr.
  • We know everybody on this floor knows who wrote those budgets that underfunded education, and it's been
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Senate Bill 6.
  • These little ones are now the sixth generation on our farm. They're growing up with...
  • These little ones are now the sixth generation on our farm.
  • We all take on a responsibility as a parent and a grandparent, but that's our goal.
  • President, I stood on the Senate floor and I said, Mr.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Come on down. Representative Fink. Come on down.
  • But having one person on campus, and if you have one of the AED machines, then somebody has to be there
  • is trained in that but having one person on campus and if if you have one of the AED machines then that
  • Madam Chair, one last question, I guess, on that.
  • Perhaps that kid had a bad day on that one day.
Committee: Senate Education
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Don't do it on minors.
  • You've heard a lot from one of our deputies on this.
  • I'm thankful for my cat-like reflexes on that one.
  • I'm thankful for my cat-like reflexes on that one. Um, And, Mr.
  • We have one against, Afton Anaya. I promise this is my last one. It's my last one too.
Committee: House Judiciary