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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 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
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, any questions on the amendment?
  • Members, just a brief history on this.
  • Well, no, actually, she can move favorably on the amendment, so you can move favorably on the bill.
  • She did on the bill too? Okay. Well, she got you on both, my friend. All right. Any other comments?
  • Any comments on the amendment? The fund. All right. Any comments on the amendment?
Bills: SB143, SB367, SB388, SB398
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 02-05-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we are on our 301 agenda for the Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs.
  • Uh, we're going to move on to the second and last item on this agenda.
  • </c> else wishing to testify on 2671? else wishing to testify on 2671?
  • </c> move on to the second and last item on move on to the second and last item on this<00:01:29.600>
  • <00:15:00.880><c> it</c> uh be schooled on on how to do it uh be schooled on on how to do it properly
Bills: SB2671, SB2902
Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two measures. SB 2671, relating to essential permitting positions, drew no oral testimony beyond written comments from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Planning. The chair said the bill was intended to make government more efficient and reduce red tape in the permitting process. SB 2902, relating to renewable energy, received testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, Kauai Island Cooperative, Bright Saver, and 350 Hawaii. Supporters described the bill as a way to expand access to plug-in or balcony solar, lower electricity bills, improve resilience, and broaden access for renters and apartment residents. Several testifiers urged amendments to avoid limiting the measure to condominiums, to remove condominium board approval language, and to eliminate utility or PUC registration requirements. The PUC said registration could help with safety, linemen protection, and circuit hosting-capacity concerns, and noted that improper installation or oversizing could create problems. After a brief recess, the committee voted to recommend both bills for passage with amendments and deferred each to April 19, 2042. The recommendations were adopted without objection.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • I will touch on the components of the bill as it relates to being a budget implementation bill and the
  • Our cost allocation is based on the budgeted amount that it will be approved through the legislatively
  • And then will there also be kind of a similar drop on each board's budget for what you might be doing
  • board’s allocation, the cost allocations in terms of, is it based on their budget, or is it based on
  • So it’s not based on the individual board’s budget.
Bills: SB507