Transcript Highlights:

• The actual CTE request was for $18 million, and it was for Jeffrey Ringe, and they voted not to match
• Milford was actually the backup school should Jeffrey Ringe vote down.
• It's happened in the past, and what I think happens is that Jeffrey Ringe gets to go one more bite at
• Milford was actually the backup school should Jeffrey Ringe vote down.
• Milford was actually the backup school should Jeffrey Ringe vote down.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a public hearing and work session on House Bill 25/25A, the capital improvements budget. Representative David Mills introduced HB 25A, which makes appropriations for capital improvements for the biennium and extends certain lapses from prior appropriations, noting it is based on Governor Ayotte’s budget. The hearing then focused on requests to add or restore funding for several projects, including community college capital needs, Veterans Home ADA and safety upgrades, career and technical education renovations in Milford, and airport infrastructure funding. Shannon Reed of the Community College System of New Hampshire asked for an additional $2.6 million for IT infrastructure, critical maintenance, and energy management systems, citing failing boilers, roof work, cybersecurity needs, and a recent costly water damage incident at Lakes Region Community College. John Graham, representing the New Hampshire Veterans Home, requested $1.5 million for ADA compliance and safety improvements such as floor replacement and wider doors, saying the work would help the home before an upcoming VA inspection and protect federal funding. Lance Whitehead testified for Milford CTE, asking the committee to keep $9.9 million in the budget for a scaled-down renovation; members discussed the town’s failed vote, the need for local matching funds, and the possibility of another vote next year. Tim Thompson of Concord and Margaret Burns of NHMA urged restoration of airport matching funds, arguing that about $3.6 million in state money would leverage roughly $62 million to $65 million in federal FAA funds for safety and infrastructure projects. Trisha Lambert and Andrew Pomroy of the Bureau of Aeronautics and airport management association explained the airport program, the 12 federally funded airports, and how projects are selected through airport master plans and a capital improvement program. After public testimony, the committee closed the hearing on HB 25A. In the work session that followed, staff distributed supporting documents, including cost breakdowns and comparison sheets. The chair indicated the committee would work from the governor’s $143 million capital budget as a baseline and proposed reducing it by about $10 million, largely by removing the Milford CTE item because both towns had voted it down and would not have another vote for a year. The chair said the goal was to bring the overall budget to about $133 million and then repurpose the remaining funds through straw polls and further committee action.

Transcript Highlights:

• Secretary will ring the bell. Secretary will read.
• Secretary will ring the bell. Secretary will read.
• Secretary will ring the bell. Senator Gianaris. Mr.
• Secretary will ring the bell. Senator Gianaris: Mr.
• The Secretary will ring the bell.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met on June 3, 2026, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through a long list of discharge motions and substitutions to place many bills on the third reading calendar. The chamber also adopted Resolution J.2314 honoring the New York chapter of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, with remarks emphasizing domestic workers’ role in care work, labor organizing, and protections such as paid sick leave and family leave. Another adopted resolution, J.2298, mourned labor and social justice advocate Minerva Solla, with senators highlighting her work with 1199, the Young Lords, Puerto Rican solidarity efforts, and women’s organizing. A third resolution recognized Olympic curler Daniel Casper for representing the United States at the 2026 Winter Games. The Senate then confirmed a large slate of judicial and executive nominations. It accepted the Judiciary Committee report and confirmed four interim Supreme Court justices, seven Court of Claims judges, and 21 reappointments/extensions by a vote of 44-12. The Finance Committee report was also accepted, and the Senate confirmed a broad set of appointments to state boards and authorities, including the MTA, State Commission of Correction, Power Authority, NYSERDA, Financial Control Board, public health councils, SUNY and Cornell boards, gaming and bridge authorities, and others. One notable confirmation was Alexander Dockery to the State Commission of Correction; supporters called it the first time a formerly incarcerated person had been confirmed to that commission, while Senator Murray criticized the practice of voting on large nomination blocks rather than individually. The chamber then took up and passed many bills, mostly by wide margins, covering labor, health, education, transportation, public service, criminal justice, municipal, tax, insurance, and environmental topics. Several members explained their votes on major measures: Senator Ramos supported a bill modernizing temporary disability benefits and another protecting construction workers from lost pay when jobs are canceled; Senator Baskin spoke about a correction bill tied to the death of India Cummings; Senator Skoufis described a family-court custody bill intended to prioritize child safety; Senator Mayer backed a proposal to reimburse parents of medically fragile children for providing care; and Senator Hinchey defended a bill requiring employers to report AI-related job impacts, while Senator Borrello opposed it as burdensome. Most bills were passed, some were laid aside, and the session concluded with multiple roll-call votes and confirmations before adjournment-related business.

Transcript Highlights:

• those people have to be Licensed through us just in order to be in the back or in the cage or the ring
• And then if they don't win, they get in the boxing ring and they box for three minutes, and then it just

Keywords: 914, all

Transcript Highlights:

• access for veterans, stable housing initiative, and the Gold Star and Blue Star memorial plaque in the Ring
• access for veterans, stable housing initiative, and the Gold Star and Blue Star memorial plaque in the Ring
• access for veterans, stable housing initiative, and the Gold Star and Blue Star memorial plaque in the Ring
• access for veterans, stable housing initiative, and the Gold Star and Blue Star memorial plaque in the Ring
• access for veterans, stable housing initiative, and the Gold Star and Blue Star memorial plaque in the Ring

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Does that name ring a bell? I'm sorry, what? Are you familiar with Mr. Stu Peters?
• Maybe, but it doesn't ring a bell at this point. You're under oath.
• on Epstein's plane and who helped him build this international human trafficking... sex trafficking ring
• Rings in this country which dovetail with the Foreign Terrorist Organization activity.
• That they're ready to find leads that lead to child trafficking rings and other things.

Transcript Highlights:

• You know, I understand that these petty theft rings like this have become a problem.
• They've been ringing The bell has been ringing for about five minutes, so they're probably waiting on

Bills: HB4125, HB2951, HB3082, HB4142, HB4106, HB1752, HB3268

Keywords: firearm rights restoration, nonviolent felons, Oklahoma firearm laws, gun ownership, pardon, expungement, public safety, transportation of inmates, Department of Corrections, correctional facilities, sentencing, health records, firefighters, sex offenders, employment restrictions, Oklahoma laws, bomb, explosive device, incendiary device, simulated bomb

Transcript Highlights:

• SENATOR SIMON WHAT IS THAT RING YOU ARE WEARING? SENATOR SIMON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
• THIS IS A 1999 WIRE TO WIRE UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RING. OKAY. .
• SENATOR SIMON ONE MORE BILL AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THE RING.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, Representative Castle Ring, did I?” Representative Kessler Ring replied, “Yes.”
• Representative Castle Ring, did I?”
• Representative Kessler Ring replied yes, and the Chair thanked her.
• Uh, Representative Castle Ring, did I?”
• Representative Kessler Ring replied yes.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, Miss Billbyvan, in order, the objection that'll be the word, 'ringing the bill.'
• There's a stra moves bill be of in in order that objection be order ringing the bell.
• Ringing of the bill.
• That'll ring the bell.

Bills: HB3407, HB1242, HJR1081, HB3443, HB3781, HB1939, HB4237, HB3430, HB3321, HB3905, HB3329, HB4253, HB4421, HB4311, HJR1046, HB2015, HB3244, HB4265, HB3941, HB4203, HB2941, HB3695, HB3380, HB3132, HB3673, HB3134, HB3383, HB4490, HB4058

Keywords: property rights, abandoned homes, manufactured homes, notification, salvage, real estate, Oklahoma Tax Commission, landowner liability, redemption, HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, agriculture

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a little reluctant to do it because the comments of Representative Walner ring very true to me, and
• the comments of Representative<01:51:46.480> Walner<01:51:47.440> uh<01:51:48.159> ring
• <01:51:48.480> very<01:51:48.800> true Representative Walner uh ring very true Representative
• Walner uh ring very true to<01:51:49.199> me<01:51:50.080> and<01:51:50.639> it

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on March 21, 2025, accepted the February 21 minutes, and approved a shortened consent calendar after removing Department of Safety item 2565 for separate discussion. That item concerned drone/UAS detection for special events and critical infrastructure. Department staff said the system would help locate drones and operators and support enforcement around temporary flight restrictions, but members pressed them on privacy versus security, and the department acknowledged the issue was primarily about security. The committee ultimately approved the item after discussion. Members also approved Department of Transportation item 2572 after a question about whether increased transfer requests would affect paving; DOT said the paving program would continue as normal. Judicial Council items 2566 and 2567 were also approved without discussion. During informational items, members asked for follow-up on Fish and Game’s Hike Safe card revenues versus search-and-rescue costs, and on DHHS reporting issues, including nursing home bed counts and declining community mental health center client numbers; DHHS said it would verify the bed-count methodology and provide a written update on the mental health data. The committee then entered non-public session to discuss an ongoing legal matter and related funding process. After returning, it considered a request under RSA 21-M:11 for an additional $5 million general fund appropriation for fiscal year 2025. Several members said they would have preferred the full $15 million request, but supported the smaller amount as a temporary step during the budget process, with expectations of monthly reporting back to the committee. The motion to approve $5 million passed 6-3. The committee set its next meeting for Friday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll see you at the bull ring. Fifty minutes out to the floor. Any other announcements?
• Don't be crashing dinner at the bull ring.

Bills: HB111, HB108, HB145, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HB63, HB64, HB165, HB184, HB200, HB4, HB7, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB88, HB96, HB166, HB285, HB295, HB306, SB29, SB37, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

Transcript Highlights:

• Clerk, please ring the bell. Speaker: Show Representative Hunter voting aye. Show Mr.
• Clerk, please ring the bell. 35 36 37 All right, can we have order please? Chair recognizes Mr.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I dreamed of getting a PhD ring. My friends got a high school ring.
• It was a big deal in high school getting a high school ring, but I said, no, I'm going to wait till I
• > ring<01:44:15.320> it<01:44:15.440> was<01:44:15.560> a<01:44:15.679>
• school ring it was a big deal in high<01:44:16.440> school<01:44:16.639> getting<01:44
• school getting a high school ring high school getting a high school ring but<01:44:18.360> I<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and first considered two concurrent resolutions. SCR 76, sponsored by Sen. Amanda Bledsoe, would create a Kentucky School for the Deaf Governance Task Force to examine the school’s future governance and its relationship with the Kentucky Department of Education. Bledsoe described the school’s long history and said the task force would give the small deaf-school community more voice. The committee adopted the resolution unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then took up SCR 131, sponsored by Sen. Max Wise, to continue the Efficient and Effective Districts Task Force from 2024. Wise said the prior task force met about 10 times and focused on student achievement and district policy, and the new version would continue that work as a legislature-only task force. The resolution passed unanimously with favorable expression. Members next considered HB 240 on primary school promotion. Rep. Truitt explained that the bill would require students who are not ready in kindergarten to repeat kindergarten, while a committee substitute softened the approach by allowing a school to hold a child back in kindergarten but requiring action in first grade. He said the bill aligns with existing reading-screening efforts and is intended to strengthen early literacy foundations. The committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill unanimously with favorable expression; Sen. Williams briefly explained his support as favoring performance-based advancement. The committee also approved HB 298, which would change the identification of schools for comprehensive support and improvement from every three years to annually, require KDE recommendations during management audits, add professional development in reading and math, and require effective instructional resources. The committee substitute also allowed districts with multiple CSI schools to contract for a turnaround vendor. The bill additionally carried employee-misconduct provisions from prior sessions, including disclosure requirements for applicants; the only change discussed was removing the word “investigation” from one disclosure section. HB 298 passed unanimously with favorable expression, and the committee also adopted a title amendment. Finally, the committee heard HB 424 on employment at public postsecondary institutions. Rep. Tipton said the bill would require performance and productivity reviews for faculty at least every four years, clarify appointment and removal authority for presidents at certain institutions, and expand “cause” for dismissal to include failure to meet performance and productivity requirements. Dr. Ray Horton, speaking for faculty groups, proposed a small substitute that would tie any performance measures to existing employment contracts to preserve academic integrity and avoid unintended changes to tenure processes. Members discussed how tenure works at Kentucky universities, and the committee was still in the middle of considering the proposed substitute when the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Castle Ring, yes. Rep. Weber, yes. Rep. McCay, yes. Rep. Woods, yes. Rep. Tea, yes. Rep.
• Castle Ring, yes. McGrath, yes. Rep. Castle Ring, yes.
• Castle<00:19:53.039> Ring,<00:19:53.440> yes.<00:19:54.400> Rep.
• Castle Ring, yes. Rep. Weber, uh, no. Castle Ring, yes. Rep. Weber, uh, no.
• Does Leot ring a bell to before. Does Leot ring a bell to anybody? anybody? anybody?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A special hello to Violet Chin, youth governor, Kayla Ring, Youth Chief Justice. Thank you.
• Chin, Youth Governor; Kayla Ring, Youth Chief Justice; Molly Stout, Youth Secretary of State; Luca Ramos

Summary: The Assembly met for a floor session marked largely by ceremonial and procedural business. After a quorum call, the body opened with Valentine’s Day remarks, a prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by guest introductions recognizing California YMCA Youth and Government participants from several delegations, including Glendora High School, Crenshaw YMCA, Wilmington YMCA, and Mid Valley YMCA. On the daily file, most items were passed, retained, or continued without controversy. The only recorded vote was on the consent calendar, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 107 honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was adopted 63-0. The chamber also approved a request to allow certain members to speak on adjournments in memory. Several members then offered adjournment tributes: Assembly Member Gibson honored James Armstrong, a veteran and community leader in Carson and Watts; Assembly Member Rubio remembered actor-comedian Thomas Kent Carter (TK Carter); and Assembly Member Boerner honored Dave Hodges, founder of the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. The Assembly then announced there would be no session on President’s Day, with the next floor session scheduled for Tuesday, February 17 at 1 p.m., and adjourned accordingly.

Transcript Highlights:

• Clerk will ring the bell. All in favor, vote aye. All opposed, vote no. This is a record vote.
• Clerk will ring the bell.
• The clerk will ring the bell. Show Mr. Hunter voting aye.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• THE INAUGURAL NEW GLEN LAUNCH WILL CARRY SOME BLUE RING TECHNOLOGY.
• THE BLUE RING IS A SPACE CAP THAT FALLS IN THE IN SPACE A BUSINESS UNIT THAT HELPS US ADDRESS A COUPLE
• WE ARE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OF THE BLUE RING PATHFINDER TO PROVE OUT SOME OF OUR COMPUTATION AND COMMUNICATION

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The clerk will ring the bell and open the board. Vote yes. All those opposed, no.
• The clerk will ring the bell and open the board. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• About 130,000 students and animals walk into a ring at a local county or state level in this state.
• things we like to talk about is that you may see a 10-year-old girl leading a 1,400-pound steer in the ring
• And then that same young lady that led that steer in the ring, it doesn't end there. Mr.
• Rial alluded to that, but that ring is just a starting point.
• But the point was that it all started with a chicken or a lamb entering the ring at one of their great

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a timer that you'll see and it'll ring gently, and if not, our committee clerks will wrestle
• We have a timer that you'll see and it'll ring gently, and if not, our committee clerks will wrestle
• 07:50.080> it'll timer that you'll see and um uh it'll timer that you'll see and um uh it'll ring
• 51.520> if<00:07:51.759> not<00:07:52.000> our<00:07:52.960> committee ring
• gently and if not our committee ring gently and if not our committee clerks<00:07:53.599> will

Bills: SB2421, SB2690, SB3103, SB3137, SB3164, SB3206, SB2933, SB3133, SB3315

Keywords: cannabis, marijuana, Hawaii Cannabis Law, legalization, decriminalization, adult use, hemp, taxation, social equity, public health, primary care, health insurance, health carrier, insurance commissioner, Med-QUEST, Medicaid managed care, provider reimbursement, downcoding, prior authorization, utilization review

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1864, which would require health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services for people undergoing medically necessary treatment, drew broad support from SHIPA, the Department of Health, HMSA, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, and others. Testifiers emphasized that fertility preservation is routine coverage on the mainland and important for patients facing infertility from cancer or other treatment; one patient described incurring more than $20,000 in costs. The Insurance Division flagged possible Affordable Care Act issues, a potential conflict in the bill’s language about using patient history to determine limits, and a mismatch with state medical-necessity standards. Committee discussion also focused on whether the bill should apply to all women of childbearing age rather than a narrower age-based category. HB 2305 would require nutrition and metabolic education as part of physicians’ continuing medical education. The Hawaii Medical Board opposed the measure, arguing that CME should remain flexible and tailored to each physician’s specialty and warning that topic-specific mandates can expand over time. The Office of the Governor supported the bill, saying it would help the state’s rural health transformation application and could improve federal funding prospects, though the exact impact was unclear. Members questioned whether nutrition is already covered in medical training and whether the requirement should be limited to primary care physicians; the board said Hawaii currently has no topic-specific CME mandates and that physicians can already choose relevant courses. The committee also heard strong support for HB 1597, which would establish an Alzheimer’s disease research center at the University of Hawaii. Supporters from the university, the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and others said the center could attract federal research dollars, expand clinical trials, and help address the state’s high Alzheimer’s-related health costs. HB 2159, which appropriates funds for health care workforce development, also received broad support from the University of Hawaii, health systems, and advocacy groups, with no opposition noted. Finally, HB 2121, which would prohibit the sale and distribution of disposable electronic smoking devices, drew support from the Department of Health, youth advocates, and public health groups citing youth addiction, environmental waste, and fire hazards; the department said a separate bill, HB 1573, would be more comprehensive and better defined for enforcement and penalties. The committee ended with HB 1913, creating a veteran services mental health coordinator position at Tripler Army Medical Center, which was supported by veteran services officials and others who said veterans need better navigation and coordination for behavioral health care.