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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • But they forgot one fatal flaw: that the AG is adversarial by nature. care of a kid in Hawaii for $150
  • c><00:51:33.760> they<00:51:33.920> forgot<00:51:34.319> one<00:51:34.559> fatal
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1552, which would make the attorney general the interim chief election officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying it could create a conflict of interest if the attorney general were both the state’s lawyer and the chief elections officer in any related litigation. The League of Women Voters supported having some interim backup for the office, but said it was not necessarily advocating that the attorney general fill the role. Several other testifiers, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, opposed the bill, arguing the current law already provides for a prompt commission appointment and warning about partisan bias and concentration of power. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said an interim mechanism is needed to ensure election certification in a crisis. The chair also asked whether any statutory acting capacity already exists, and the attorney general said none was known. The committee then took up House Bill 2125, which would bar corporations operating under state law from engaging in election activity. The attorney general opposed the bill, citing Citizens United and arguing that corporations have First Amendment-protected political speech rights and that the bill would likely be unconstitutional. Indivisible Hawaii supported the measure, saying it would keep elections focused on the will of the people rather than corporate influence. Libertarian Party testimony was mixed: one witness supported the goal of reducing corruption but warned the bill could suppress organized dissent and sweep too broadly by treating many associations as corporations. The bill’s introducer asked whether the legislature could still enact it as a policy matter, but the attorney general maintained federal constitutional law would control. No vote was taken on either bill during the portion of the hearing provided. The committee also heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment, which would set procedures and compensation for people whose convictions are reversed or vacated on grounds consistent with innocence and whose charges are dismissed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the bill’s intent but objected to language assigning it responsibility for helping released individuals secure housing, identification, health coverage, and other reentry needs, saying it no longer has jurisdiction after release and suggesting the courts or a community-based contractor handle that role. The Office of the Public Defender strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the harm of wrongful conviction and the need for compensation, case management, and medical coverage after release. No action or vote was reported on this measure in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • rate is roughly four times the national average and almost six times the rate of all construction fatalities
  • rate is roughly four times the national average and almost six times the rate of all construction fatalities
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/06/25

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • that mental health issues, including substance use disorders, as a cause of pregnancy-associated fatalities
  • that mental health issues, including substance use disorders, as a cause of pregnancy-associated fatalities
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary (02/09/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • not given the option of ending this not given the option of ending this potentially<03:36:35.840> fatal
  • /c><03:36:36.239> pregnancy<03:36:37.439> coming<03:36:37.680> in potentially fatal
  • pregnancy coming in potentially fatal pregnancy coming in with<03:36:38.080> bleeding<03:36:38.479
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • together with the highway safety office because, considering that we're seeing so many traffic-related fatalities
  • together with the highway safety office because, considering that we're seeing so many traffic-related fatalities
  • together with the highway safety office because, considering that we're seeing so many traffic-related fatalities
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Judiciary (04/09/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, this will only apply to fatal<03:39:41.359> deaths<03:39:41.600> that<03:39:41.760>
  • are<03:39:41.840> being<03:39:42.000> filed fatal deaths that are being filed fatal
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 146, which would remove the requirement that a medical examiner physically view a body before issuing a cremation certificate. The prime sponsor, Sen. Suprentice, and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jenny Duval explained that the bill would not change the death certificate process or the existing waiting period before cremation; it would only eliminate the in-person viewing step. They said the current review of death certificates already catches the vast majority of cases that should be reported to the medical examiner, and that the physical view changes outcomes in less than 1% of cremation cases. The witnesses emphasized that the bill is intended to improve efficiency and reduce delays for families and funeral homes, while freeing deputy medical examiners to focus on homicides, suicides, accidents, and unexpected natural deaths. Dr. Duval cited an example where review of a death certificate, not the body, uncovered a long-ago strangulation-related homicide, arguing that the key safeguard is review of records and cause of death, not the physical view. She also said the change would save travel time and some costs for the department. Committee members asked about how death certificates list primary and contributing causes of death, whether the low percentage of findings means the current process has a deterrent effect, why cremation is treated differently from burial, and whether identification concerns are adequately addressed. The sponsors responded that identification is handled earlier by hospitals, families, and funeral directors, and that any questionable identification would already fall under medical examiner jurisdiction. They also said the bill would not alter the two-day cremation delay or other existing safeguards. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Transportation (04/08/2025)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, he covers all fatal crashes and reviews all of those. He works out of the DMV.
  • Uh, he covers all fatal crashes and reviews all of those. He works out of the DMV.
  • Uh, he covers all fatal crashes and reviews all of those. He works out of the DMV.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • He tracks all of our legislation for us.
  • He tracks all of our legislation for us.
  • He tracks all of our legislation for us.
  • He tracks all of our legislation for us.
  • <04:44:32.040> is three-tier system product tracking is three-tier system product tracking
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 20, March 5, 2026-AM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill.
Keywords: 916, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/18/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, they testified that it can turn an altercation into a fatality, that there are less lethal alternatives
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary (02/04/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I started my nursing career path in 2018 and was on track to receive my nursing degree in spring of 2022
  • nursing career path in 2018 and<00:45:36.800> was<00:45:36.960> on<00:45:37.119> track
  • And both of these, 72A and 73A, have the same fatal flaw.
  • And both of these, 72A and 73A, have the same fatal flaw. an agenda?
  • And both of these, 72A and 73A, have the same fatal flaw. >> Yes, Representative For. >> Well, this is
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 2 - 03/24/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And for every one Minnesotan who dies from an overdose, nearly 15 are treated for a non-fatal overdose
  • general, we're able to track them down. general, we're able to track them down.
  • > these<02:42:36.040> short Providers were not tracking these short Providers were not
  • tracking these short breaks<02:42:36.560> to<02:42:36.680> the<02:42:36.800> minute<
  • With the new paid break requirements, it's also become very difficult to track classroom time versus
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • users for over three and a half decades, provide to prevent accidental opioid overdoses from becoming fatal
  • users for over three and a half decades, provide to prevent accidental opioid overdoses from becoming fatal
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2246, which would expand public financial disclosure requirements. The State Ethics Commission strongly supported the bill, saying broader disclosure could help restore public trust and potentially deter corruption, and it offered a clarifying amendment to make clear the requirement applies to board and commission members rather than all employees of listed agencies. Several organizations and individuals also testified in support. A committee member asked about the amendment, and the commission explained it was intended as a clarification rather than a substantive change. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2250, which would add homeless facilities to the locations covered by the drug-free-zone offense for promoting controlled substances. The Public Defender opposed the measure, arguing that many homeless facilities are unmarked and not easily identifiable, creating notice, fairness, and due process concerns and risking arbitrary enforcement. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying it targets distributors rather than users, that notice can be proven through evidence, and that the law is aimed at protecting vulnerable people in shelters and similar facilities. In questioning, senators asked how homeless facilities would be identified and whether the bill would cover all shelter models; the prosecutor said the definition is cross-referenced in statute and must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii and other groups testified in opposition, while several service and advocacy groups testified in support. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2325, which would allow courts to review and potentially reduce sentences for certain juvenile offenders after 15 years if the person is not a danger to the community. Judiciary staff said the court supports the bill’s intent but noted Hawaii’s indeterminate sentencing structure leaves no alternative sentence for a court to reduce to, suggesting the measure may need structural sentencing changes or could instead be directed to the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Public defender representatives and youth-justice advocates supported the bill, emphasizing rehabilitation, adolescent brain development, trauma, and the need for a meaningful opportunity for release. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Health's most recent information, Minnesota had 678 opioid overdose deaths in 2024 and 3,451 non-fatal
  • And when no one was responding to us as we were waiting for that surgery, they went and tracked folks
  • /c><01:21:29.360> they<01:21:29.600> went<01:21:29.679> and<01:21:29.920> tracked
  • that surgery, they went and tracked that surgery, they went and tracked folks<01:21:30.560> down
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-LBT, WAM-TCA, WAM-HHS Informational Briefings 01-16-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But if you keep track, then you know which ones are effective, and you don't do that.
  • <00:32:08.559> then kind of new but if you keep track then kind of new but if you keep track
  • expanding it yes so I mean we keep track expanding it yes so I mean we keep track of<00:32:16.639
  • The UI Hawaiʻi project is on track if the project team keeps doing great things.
  • , program tracking, and reporting.
Keywords: 912, senate, all