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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- There's been a loss of mental health support as adjustment counselors and guidance counselors have been
- The Chapter 70 inflation adjustment would be an extra $100,000 for Lunenburg.
- Let's adjust Chapter 70 so it properly accounts for increased costs at the local level.
- And this year, UMass introduced, if you make $75,000 adjusted gross income...
- UMass introduced, if you make $75,000 adjusted gross income or less, you can go for free.
Summary:
The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides.
Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm open to work with the sponsor and both sides of the aisle if we need to adjust that a little
- But to be fair, it's a two-way cost-of-living adjustment.
- I'm going to adjust my testimony out of respect for your agenda. Mr.
- There is an opportunity for scope of practice adjustments in the HIV space.
- There is an opportunity for scope of practice adjustments in the HIV space.
Bills:
SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
Summary:
The committee began with Senate Bill 1272, which would provide $5 million for the City of Douglas as a state match for the Douglas Port of Entry project. The chair adopted a Livingston amendment changing the funding source from the General Fund to the Water Supply Development Revolving Fund. Senator Gowen, Douglas Mayor Jose Grijalva, and city staff testified that the project could unlock $678 million in federal funding, create jobs, improve trade and national security, and generate future tax revenue. The bill passed 15-0 with three present and one not voting.
Senate Bill 1503 was then amended with a strike-everything to expand the state death benefit for first responders to include pilots employed by law enforcement agencies, retroactive to January 1, 2026, and subject to voter approval. Senator Gowen and DPS Director Colonel Jeffrey Glover said the change would ensure the family of a DPS aviation supervisor killed in a helicopter crash would qualify for the benefit. The committee approved the bill 18-0 with one not voting.
Senate Bill 1274 was converted by strike-everything amendment into a timeshare salesperson licensing measure, creating a separate license and training path focused on timeshare sales. Supporters said the change would better prepare salespeople and streamline licensing, while the sponsor said it would make government more efficient. The bill passed 17-1 with one not voting. Senate Bill 1286, dealing with veterinary telemedicine, was also approved after negotiated changes extended most telemedicine prescription periods to 30 days, kept antimicrobials at 14 days with no renewal, and allowed longer flea-and-tick prescriptions; supporters said it would help rural and disabled pet owners. It passed 18-0 with one not voting.
The committee next considered Senate Bill 1519 on off-highway vehicles. A hostile strike-everything amendment proposing paid family and medical leave failed 7-11 with one not voting. The committee then adopted a Lopez amendment and advanced the underlying bill, which raises the OHV weight threshold from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds and adjusts registration and funding provisions. Supporters said it reflects newer enclosed and electric vehicles and helps trail funding, while opponents warned of trail damage and said the issue should wait for the study committee. The bill passed 10-7 with one present and one not voting. Senate Bill 1618, which updates the Military Affairs Commission, expands its membership and duties, and creates a military affairs fund, drew mixed testimony about whether it would strengthen Arizona’s ability to attract and retain military missions or shift the commission away from its traditional support role; it passed 10-6 with two present and one not voting. Finally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 1020, which would send to voters a CPI-based annual adjustment to legislative salaries, passed 9-8 with one present and one not voting after members debated legislative compensation, citizen-legislator concerns, and whether the change would broaden access to public service.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, this adjustment reflects the time it took to go through the RFP process and get the program going
- Providers and the department have both asked for this adjustment so that the data can be collected over
- So adjusting the report due date ensures the legislature receives a complete and meaningful evaluation
- Uh, this adjustment<00:00:53.520>
reflects <00:00:54.000>the <00:00:54.239>time < - >
date <00:01:43.119>ensures adjusting the report due date ensures adjusting the report
Keywords:
pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- may accelerate or may adjustments may accelerate or may accelerate<00:22:11.200>
provider <00: - And so we adjust and we end up here. This is how we got here.
- <00:27:07.440>
This <00:27:07.600>is <00:27:07.760>how adjust and we end up - This is how adjust and we end up here.
- and sprawling fraud schemes by adjusting and sprawling fraud schemes by adjusting the<00:34:54.560
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- update um two through four are meant to update um the<00:48:19.599>
public <00:48:19.920>adjust - <00:48:20.319>
or <00:48:20.400>the <00:48:20.560>adjuster <00:48:20.960> - and the public adjust or the adjuster and the public adjust or the adjuster and the<00:48:21.280>
- said the proposed amendments to HB 2282 are meant to better align sections 2 through 4 with the adjuster
- <01:37:12.719>
for it will be um it will be adjusted for it will be um it will be adjusted
Keywords:
natural hair braiding, registration, Barbering and Cosmetology Licensing Act, public health, sanitation, cumulative voting, associations, unit owners, board of directors, elections, Hawaii Revised Statutes, condominium, association meetings, electronic voting, proxy voting, mail voting, insurance, premium increase, policy cancellation, licensing
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 1697, which would exempt natural hair braiders from licensing requirements under certain conditions. The DCCA Board of Barbering and Cosmetology said it recognizes braiding as within the scope of cosmetology practice but warned that a broad exemption could create consumer protection gaps, especially around sanitation training, tool use, and enforcement. Supporters from the Institute for Justice and the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii argued the current licensing regime is overly burdensome and unrelated to braiding, citing the 1,250-hour training requirement, high tuition costs, barriers for low-income entrepreneurs, and the fact that many other states already exempt braiders. Committee members asked whether a standalone sanitation course or similar training could address the board’s concerns, and the board said it would bring that idea back for discussion. The committee also noted 16 written testimonies in support and 2 in opposition.
The committee then took up HB 1678, relating to condominium and planned community association elections using cumulative voting. Supporters, including the Hawaii State Association of Parliamentarians, said the bill would clarify that cumulative voting applies to all candidates, including write-ins, and would help resolve confusion in association elections. One testifier urged the committee to remove proxy voting, calling it an abuse of power in some associations, while another asked whether cumulative voting and proxies could be manipulated to stack votes. In response, the parliamentarian explained that cumulative voting and proxy voting are different, that proxies simply allow someone to vote on another’s behalf, and that existing deadlines and counting procedures reduce opportunities for abuse. Testimony also emphasized that electronic or mail voting can be secure and efficient, and that the bill would make the process clearer and more democratic.
Finally, the committee heard testimony on HB 1679, which would clarify an association board’s authority over electronic meetings, electronic voting, voting without a meeting, and mail voting without a meeting. Supporters said the measure would clean up statutory language, make electronic voting optional, and fix problems created by a 2024 change that made written-consent timing rules difficult to use for association actions. They also said the bill would clarify that proxies are only used at meetings, not for actions taken without a meeting. One opponent argued the bill needs further amendment because electronic voting is not well defined and could be abused, and questioned the neutrality of parliamentarians testifying on condominium bills. No votes were taken on any of the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Many local restaurants are trying to do things like adjust hours, cut back on their menus just to keep
- hours,<00:51:18.240>
cut <00:51:18.400>back <00:51:18.559>on things like adjust - hours, cut back on things like adjust hours, cut back on their<00:51:18.880>
menus <00:51:19.200 - is in this paragraph three adjusted is in this paragraph three there.<01:18:36.239>
There's <01 - This past fall, Manchester Health<01:32:54.639>
Department <01:32:55.040>adjusted <01:32
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So it explains that it will be the seasonal tax base adjustment factor that is in section two of the
- will be the seasonal tax base adjustment will be the seasonal tax base adjustment factor<00:15:34.360
- I'm all for looking at our budget and seeing where we could maybe make some adjustments, but I don't
- but I don't think we should adjustments but I don't think we should make<00:58:34.559>
any <00 - Just a few notes: after better understanding the intent in section one around the adjustments for the
Keywords:
HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-08 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Even with the price of gas that we pay today, which seems high, still on an inflation-adjusted basis,
- <01:22:09.600>
by being [clears throat] in uh adjusted by being [clears throat] in uh adjusted - this summer of um basically adjustment this summer of um basically 1.4<01:42:25.520>
4 <01:42: - when you are arguably 1.6 billion or 2 billion over where you ought to be on your budget when you adjust
- when you adjust for inflation from<02:03:57.760>
co <02:03:58.000>times <02:03:58.320><
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is in inflation-adjusted dollars, and that was in 2014.
- The numbers that these are are 2017 inflation-adjusted numbers.
- that these are 2017 inflation adjusted that these are 2017 inflation adjusted numbers.<01:41:12.320
- yes so it's it's adjusted for inflation. yes so it's it's adjusted for inflation.
- So that is inflation adjusted terms.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- When you adjust for Medicaid enrollees, we've got Missouri and Arkansas.
- ><00:32:43.440>
we've <00:32:43.600>got adjust for Medicaid enrollies, we've got adjust - The first one was the change to DWRS inflationary adjustments.
- This change of inflationary adjustments.
- <01:24:54.080>
would for that or whether adjustments would for that or whether adjustments
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/27/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The first is an operating adjustment for funding the cost of the agency, recognizing that costs have
- <00:43:31.480>
for first is an operating adjustment for first is an operating adjustment for - to the closed landfill to adjustment to the closed landfill to make<00:58:03.240>
sure <00:58: - uh it doesn't cover all of adjustment uh it doesn't cover all of our<01:46:55.800>
costs <01:46 - Chair, Senator Green, we just have the one small operating adjustment as our budget recommendation from
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:45:42.240>
A <00:45:42.480>rate <00:45:42.720>adjustment <00:45:43.119>- A rate adjustment was to cover costs.
- We adjust it to arrive at a proxy for cost.
- We adjust it to arrive at a proxy for cost.
- it to to arrive at a proxy for we adjust it to to arrive at a proxy for cost.<01:32:04.880>
So
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 10/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and by adjusting the coverage because they're not taking claims.
- "<00:30:41.919>
Um, <00:30:42.960>and <00:30:43.520>by <00:30:43.840>adjusting - Um, and by adjusting the coverage one."
- Um, and by adjusting the coverage because<00:30:45.279>
they're <00:30:45.600>not <00:30 - or adjustments for required coverage<00:30:54.720>
on <00:30:56.080>uh <00:30:56.240>
Summary:
The task force met on October 22, 2025, with a quorum present and several members participating remotely. Members approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Michelle Urick of the Legislative Coordinating Commission then gave an administrative update on proxy voting and the task force’s operating procedures. She said the enabling statute only authorizes the officially appointed member to act and vote, so proxy voting is not allowed, and votes must be cast in person at the meeting where the item is considered. She also said members may submit written positions, but not vote before or after a meeting. In response to concerns about attendance for future votes, the chair said the January meetings would be rescheduled if possible using a Doodle poll so more members could be present in person. The group also agreed to treat the revised document as operating procedures rather than a formal charter, with no separate adoption action needed at that time.
The task force then moved into testimony on homeowners and commercial property insurance. Paul Edgar of Minnesota Realtors said rising insurance costs are adding to housing affordability pressures, citing an increase in the monthly principal, interest, taxes, and insurance payment on a median-priced Minnesota home from $1,622 in 2021 to $2,642 in September 2025. He said higher insurance costs and limited coverage can affect buyers’ financing, especially for condominiums and townhomes, and urged continued work on liability and insurance-related laws that may discourage condo development. He also referenced prior bipartisan reforms to Minnesota’s condominium construction defects law and said his organization supports further improvements to encourage more condo production.
Keenan Ravery of the Minnesota Mortgage Association focused on how insurance requirements affect mortgage lending. He explained that lenders require insurance both at origination and throughout the life of the loan, with standards aimed at protecting collateral rather than providing full homeowners coverage. He said replacement-cost coverage has long been the norm, but recent issues with roofs, deductibles, HO-6 policies, and force-placed insurance have become pain points for consumers and lenders. He said his association is working with national trade groups on reforms that could allow more flexibility in coverage types and deductibles, and he expressed hope that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency may announce policy changes in the coming months or by early 2026. No votes or substantive policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and agreeing to pursue scheduling adjustments for January.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/27/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- They made a one-time adjustment that was sort of a catch-up all in fiscal year 25, and that affected
- They made a one-time adjustment tax.
- So you can see that on the far-right column were the programs which received a small adjustment.
- . adjustment. adjustment.
- However, they have been adjusted downwards to reflect the new amount in the February forecast.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We have salary adjustments—other salary adjustment requests, yes, in our request.
- We have salary adjustments—other salary adjustment requests, yes, in our request.
- Uh, general fund adjustment for, I believe, six employees. Why?
- Uh, general fund adjustment for, I believe, six employees. Why?
- Is that why the second year there's already the CB adjustment? It's a BU13. Okay, next.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You see the compensation package on page 10, and you see on page 11 some adjustments that have been made
- And you see on page 11 some adjustments that have been made to the final recommendation.
Summary:
The committee heard a final wrap-up presentation from Director So Lee on the Legislative Finance Committee’s budget framework for the upcoming session. He said the state remains in a strong fiscal position, though revenue estimates are lower than earlier projections and available nonrecurring funds have declined by more than $1 billion from the prior session. He emphasized that the recommendation still preserves reserves above 30 percent and supports targeted investments in the committee’s three priorities: increasing per capita earned income through education and workforce development, improving access to high-quality health care and behavioral health, and enhancing quality of life through infrastructure, water, parks, trails, and other community amenities.
Director Lee highlighted several major funding areas, including a proposed expansion of the UNM medical education program, water projects, capital outlay for state agency assets, and use of a mix of severance tax bonds, general obligation bonds, and cash for capital needs. He also noted continued pressure from health insurance, liability, and compensation costs, and said the committee would keep using pilot programs for new initiatives. Members broadly praised the staff, interim travel, and budget analysis work.
During member comments, Senator Woods focused on school funding stability, liability costs, and fraud or waste in state agencies, arguing the state should take more claims to court to establish precedent and better protect taxpayers. Other members thanked staff and leadership for their work and collaboration. The committee then adopted the catch-up cleanup items and the overall LFC budget framework, with Senator Woods recorded in opposition, and created a technical committee with members from both chambers to resolve any final technical issues before the January session.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and then on page adjusted in any way.
- Adjust the totals and renumber as necessary.
- Adjust the totals and amendment.
- And if we go today, we save what will eventually be an inflationary adjustment.
- And if we go today, we save what will eventually be an inflationary adjustment.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (03/31/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
doesn't <00:55:56.640>actually adjusting for inflation doesn't actually adjusting for- <00:56:11.359>
each effort shall be made to adjust each effort shall be made to adjust each - the the idea was to show the adjustment the the idea was to show the adjustment for<00:56:54.079
- As you adjust it for inflation, >> right?
- I don't think we want to address the current number for adjusting that for inflation.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- 00:34:46.879>
correct Representative Earth: The only change that the amendment makes is to adjust - to the dollar 12 valuation adjustment to the dollar 12 correct<01:43:36.960>
Statewide <01:43: - It takes time to adjust to a new school, including social and emotional adjustment and getting used to
- :36:54.240>
adjustment <05:36:55.240>uh <05:36:55.400>emotional whole social adjustment - uh emotional whole social adjustment uh emotional adjustment<05:36:56.520>
just <05:36:56.718>
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar.
The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others.
HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill adjusts the Travel and Tourism Trust Fund by adding this year an additional amount equivalent
- I'm here today to voice my strong support for Senate Bill 2029, which would adjust the state's excise
- We have a chance to do something transformative here, to turn a minor tax adjustment into a long-term
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills related to advertising, economic development, tourism, digital advertising, delivery taxes, and alcohol taxation. The first panel supported H. 3249, which would create a high school trade partnership program linking public schools with private employers, especially in manufacturing, and would offer employers a tax credit for participation. Representative Soder, Uxbridge High School leaders, and others argued the bill would strengthen career pathways, build a skilled workforce, and keep students and jobs in Massachusetts.
The committee then heard testimony on H. 3031 and S. 2003 to modernize the Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund by dedicating an additional share of hotel occupancy tax revenue to tourism promotion. Tourism and hospitality representatives from Cape Cod, Southwick Zoo, and Indian Ranch said the proposal would not raise taxes but would reinvest existing visitor-generated revenue into marketing that supports jobs, local businesses, and municipal tax receipts. A tech-industry coalition opposed several digital advertising tax bills and a delivery tax bill, warning they would raise costs, create uncertainty, and burden consumers, small businesses, and delivery workers.
The largest portion of the hearing focused on S. 2029, which would raise the alcohol excise tax by 10 cents per drink and dedicate the revenue to public health programs. Public health experts, advocates, a student prevention leader, and representatives from Jane Doe, Inc. argued the tax would reduce alcohol-related harms, address decades of inflation-driven erosion in the tax, and generate substantial new funding for prevention, treatment, domestic violence services, and community schools. Committee members asked questions about the current tax structure, inflation, and how the proposal compares with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after public testimony concluded.