Transcript Highlights:

• a couple of items in our testimony that you all have before us that we touch on that we think can speed
• We think that will speed the process up and still give local communities and the public an opportunity
• Yet the current regulatory and permitting structure is not designed to move at the speed that Texas growth
• To the speed at which Moore Air Base can come online, partly they have no infrastructure at Moore Air
• To the speed at which more airbase can come online, partly they have no infrastructure at more airbase

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It will make our roads faster, not in terms of speed, but faster in terms of pass-through, more efficient
• It will make our roads faster, not in terms of speed, but faster in terms of pass-through, more efficient
• not<00:35:41.040> in<00:35:41.280> terms<00:35:41.440> of<00:35:41.599> speed
• <00:35:42.240> but<00:35:42.560> faster<00:35:42.960> in term not in terms of speed
• but faster in term not in terms of speed but faster in terms<00:35:43.359> of<00:35:43.599>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the administrative lift for the agency and the speed of cash out the door would have been faster and
• So the administrative lift for the agency and the speed of cash out the door would have been faster and
• administrative lift for the agency<01:05:51.920> and<01:05:52.160> the<01:05:52.400> speed
• of<01:05:52.880> cash<01:05:53.520> out<01:05:53.760> the agency and the speed
• of cash out the agency and the speed of cash out the door<01:05:55.200> would<01:05:55.520>

Bills: SF2434

Keywords: housing, development fund, affordable housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, expenditure provisions

Transcript Highlights:

• God bless you all, and God speed. Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to my colleagues.
• God bless you all, and God speed. speed. speed.
• take up this special order calendar, we got to ask, why are we continuing to move forward at full speed

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But this is a way of speeding this process up to get it done. Thank you. >> Okay.
• But this is a way of speeding this process up to get it done. Thank you.
• is<00:16:25.600> a<00:16:25.759> way<00:16:25.839> of<00:16:26.000> speeding
• But this is a way of speeding this year.
• But this is a way of speeding this process<00:16:27.040> up<00:16:27.600> to<00:16:27.920

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration. Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.

Transcript Highlights:

• The same with the radio advertisement, having to have clear volume and speed that can be easily understood
• The same with the radio advertisement, having to have clear volume and speed that can be easily understood
• and<01:10:02.640> u<01:10:02.960> volume<01:10:03.280> and<01:10:03.520> speed
• to have clear and u volume and speed to have clear and u volume and speed that<01:10:03.920>

Bills: HF3698, HF4243, HF4239, HF4241, HF4242, HF4240

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee

Transcript Highlights:

• The program helps speed up treatment development for nearly 15 million children living with rare diseases
• <00:25:46.960> The<00:25:47.200> program<00:25:47.760> helps<00:25:48.159> speed
• The program helps speed voucher program.
• The program helps speed up<00:25:48.720> treatment<00:25:49.440> development<00:25:49.919
• When we too bear witness to the strength of heaven revealed in the light of the sun, in the speed of

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 366, Senator Wald Striker, Motor Vehicles Intelligence Speed Assistance System Pilot Program
• As amended, this bill establishes the intelligence speed assistant system pilot program to be administered
• committee amendment. this bill establishes the intelligence this bill establishes the intelligence speed
• 43.840> system<01:35:44.239> pilot<01:35:44.800> program<01:35:45.520> to speed
• assistant system pilot program to speed assistant system pilot program to be<01:35:45.920> administered

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School. The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles. Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment. One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.

Transcript Highlights:

• So we actually have a great speed of deployment of housing infrastructure bond resources to make them
• Um, Two Harbors is getting up to speed. Ely's got some. We're trying to get eyeballs.
• Um, Two Harbors is getting up<00:43:39.119> to<00:43:39.280> speed.
• <00:43:40.640> We're<00:43:40.880> trying up to speed. El's got some.
• We're trying up to speed. El's got some.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• It sees a rise in temperature and it increases fan speed and chilled water amounts to, um, try to keep
• temperature and it it sees a rise in temperature and it increases<00:59:11.640> fan<00:59:11.920> speed
• <00:59:12.320> and<00:59:12.480> um,<00:59:12.680> chilled increases fan speed
• and um, chilled increases fan speed and um, chilled water<00:59:13.840> chilled<00:59:14.040>
• Yes. >> Drive can also monitor for speed to make sure that they're not running around like that. >> That's

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Government Operations held an informational briefing with the State Procurement Office on its small business procurement program. SPO staff described the program’s purpose as expanding access to state contracting for small businesses, including veteran-, Native Hawaiian-, and women-owned firms, and said they are seeking to make the current five-year initiative permanent before it ends in June 2027. They reported outreach efforts, a new website and newsletter, statewide surveys, draft administrative rules, and a 38% increase in small business registrations in the HANS database. They also explained that the program is intended to support outreach, education, certification, compliance, and a statewide database to connect agencies with qualified small businesses. Committee members focused heavily on whether the program is producing measurable contract awards, not just registrations. The chair and senators questioned the definition of “small business,” noting that SPO currently relies on SBA standards in HANS and is considering a Hawaii-specific definition based on employees, revenue, and Hawaii residency. Members raised concerns that the data showed only a small number of registered businesses receiving awards and that the database does not yet track awards well enough to evaluate performance. SPO responded that the database has had funding gaps, that the position was only filled in February 2025, and that the agency is still building the system and rules needed to track outcomes accurately. A major theme was how to make the program more effective for very small or “micro” businesses and how to reduce the complexity of state procurement. Members discussed the difference between set-asides and bid preferences, with SPO explaining that set-asides are generally tied to RFPs and preferences to IFBs. The committee suggested that future rules should make participation easier, provide more training and hand-holding, and possibly create pathways for micro businesses or groups of small businesses to bid together. No votes or formal actions were taken; the briefing ended with the committee asking SPO to provide more performance data and clearer information on outreach results and database contents.

Transcript Highlights:

• the information that the area agencies collect at intake and eligibility, how that can be used to speed
• 27:53.040> um<01:27:53.440> starting<01:27:54.320> sooner That can be used to speed
• be<01:30:28.639> used<01:30:29.520> um<01:30:29.600> to<01:30:29.920> speed
• <01:30:30.159> up<01:30:30.320> the that can be used um to speed up the that can be
• used um to speed up the process<01:30:30.960> for<01:30:31.280> a<01:30:31.600> a

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved the draft minutes from September 26. Senator Gray then raised the idea of creating a continuing subcommittee or recurring agenda item on palliative care and hospice, noting that the issues are evolving and suggesting the committee revisit the idea in coming months. The bulk of the meeting focused on Department of Health and Human Services updates. Officials described contingency planning for SNAP amid the federal shutdown, including a USDA notice that November benefits may not be fully funded, letters to participants warning of possible delays, and coordination with the New Hampshire Food Bank and local pantries. They said New Hampshire serves about 42,000 SNAP households, with average benefits around $300 a month, and that the department is also preparing to transfer funds for a special fiscal committee meeting. WIC was discussed separately: officials said WIC benefits had been extended through November 7 using additional USDA funds, but that some community agency-based WIC services may need to pause while money is redirected to food benefits. Officials also outlined New Hampshire’s rural health transformation grant application under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill, describing a potential five-year, up-to-$1 billion opportunity focused on critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, and EMS. Members asked about transportation, workforce, and nursing retention; officials said transportation is included in the proposal, housing is not, and workforce supports may include lower tuition or awards but not loan repayment or traditional scholarships. They also said the final application would be submitted in early November and that priorities would be adjusted depending on the eventual federal award. Finally, Medicaid director Henry Lipman gave a quarterly postpartum coverage update. He said postpartum coverage is now nearly universal nationwide, and in New Hampshire 2,351 women had used the benefit through May 2025. He reported that mental health services were the most frequently used postpartum service, followed by preventive care, substance use disorder treatment, and cardiovascular-related care, and noted that Medicaid women have experienced a disproportionate share of maternal deaths. Committee members asked about rural distribution and the share of women receiving mental health services, and Lipman said the department would follow up with additional data. The meeting then moved into the annual update on New Hampshire’s 10-year mental health plan, with staff describing progress toward a more integrated continuum of care and improved data infrastructure.

Transcript Highlights:

• They are, they move at the speed of smell in general, right?
• pops up that they feel, gee, I may have a conflict with this, but they don't have their attorney on speed
• this, but they don't have their attorney this, but they don't have their attorney on<01:16:40.239> speed
• 41.199> ask<01:16:41.560> them,<01:16:42.560> read<01:16:42.880> this on speed
• dial to ask them, read this on speed dial to ask them, read this section<01:16:43.520> of<01:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, and I'm just going to speed this along and just go right to my testifiers because I could go on and
• Um, and I'm just going to speed this along and just go right to my testifiers because I could go on and
• Um, and I'm just<01:30:12.239> going<01:30:12.320> to<01:30:12.480> speed<01:30:
• this<01:30:12.880> along<01:30:13.120> and<01:30:13.280> just just going to speed
• this along and just just going to speed this along and just go<01:30:13.600> right<01:30:13.679

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, if I get a ticket for speeding, you don't take away all my rights.
• you know if I get a if I get a ticket you know if I get a if I get a ticket for<00:20:31.919> speeding
• 32.760> take<00:20:32.919> away<00:20:33.159> all<00:20:33.360> my for speeding
• you don't take away all my for speeding you don't take away all my rights<00:20:35.039> um<00
• The water gains speed and force as it races down the tow until it hits the Minnesota River floodplain

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As we know, pursuits are very dangerous to speeds, to other motorists, to innocent bystanders along the
• that are pursuing can back off and follow or be aware of where the vehicle is going at much safer speeds
• of where the vehicle is going at much of where the vehicle is going at much safer<00:58:36.840> speeds
• > creates<00:58:37.880> a<00:58:37.960> much<00:58:38.400> much safer speeds
• It creates a much much safer speeds.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The training around how agencies kind of get up to speed on that is not anything that is required in
• 59.159> to around um how agencies kind of get up to around um how agencies kind of get up to speed
• 01.320> that<01:19:01.440> is<01:19:01.639> not<01:19:01.920> anything speed
• on that uh that is not anything speed on that uh that is not anything that<01:19:02.560> is<01
• question: she had heard that there was grant money that the agency gives out to help grantees get up to speed

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The motion is any speeding to legislate on House Bill 1382, and the clerk will call the roll.
• <01:18:51.440> to the motion is any uh any speeding to the motion is any uh any speeding to
• <01:35:34.320> to role in the motion of any speed to role in the motion of any speed to legislate
• <02:04:57.920> The<02:04:58.080> motion<02:04:58.560> speed<02:04:58.800>
• The motion speed to >> the chair votes yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and Information Administration, or NTIA, did tremendous work to help connect all Americans to high-speed
• to expand affordable<04:22:46.080> and<04:22:46.399> reliable<04:22:47.199> high-speed
• affordable and reliable high-speed affordable and reliable high-speed internet<04:22:48.159>
• <04:26:29.840> access<04:26:30.399> and<04:26:30.640> to universal high-speed
• access and to universal high-speed access and to finally<04:26:31.279> close<04:26:31.920>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 28, 2025, 1012, house, all

Bills: SCR56, SCR79, SCR85, SCR120, SCR129, SCR181, SCR63, SCR112, SCR194, SCR195, SCR196, HB202, HB963, HB1050, HB1511, HB1546, HB1550, HB1553, HB1643, HB1656, HB1658, HB1664, HB1667, HB1682, HB1700, HB1721, HB1810, HB1823, HB1824, HB1878, HB1969, HB2005, HB2078, HB2152, HB2246, HB2270, HB2279, HB2289, HB2385, HB2417, HB2429, HB2503, HB2599, SB253, SB847, SB1142, SB1432, SB2043, SB2050, SB2074, SB2102, SB2135, SB2138, SB2140, SB2320, SB2340, SB2386, SB2396, SB2397, SB2398, SB2433, SB2446, SB2521, SB2544, SB2567, SB2578, SB2580, SB2595, SB2601, SB2645, SB2673, SB2706, SB2727, SB2802, SB2852, SB2892, SB2929, SB2972, SB3007, SB3069, SB3073, SB3076, SB3136, SB3138, SB3157, SB3204, SB3234, SB3247, SB3302, SB3324, SB3325, HB1815, HB2592, HCR32

Keywords: lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, community wellbeing, invasive species, octocoral, Pearl Harbor, environment, Navy responsibility, marine ecosystem, ecosystem preservation, shoreline maintenance, civil service, classification review, compensation systems, labor shortage, employee retention, department collaboration

Transcript Highlights:

• We're concerned about how that might interrupt the transition and the ease and speed at which we can
• 52.800> can<00:14:53.199> work<00:14:53.440> with<00:14:53.600> DES and speed
• at which we can work with DES and speed at which we can work with DES to<00:14:54.240> complete
• So they are just getting up to speed now on the education to get them up.
• On the state-owned trails, we have a 25 mph speed limit, which, when followed, has little to no effect

Keywords: 1189, house, all