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• included patients in rural communities, those without broadband access, kupuna who are not well computer
• 43.800> and<00:35:43.960> the<00:35:44.160> disabled<00:35:44.800> who computer
• Versed and the disabled who computer Versed and the disabled who experience<00:35:46.079> difficulty
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Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Health Committee held its first hearing of 2025, with Chair Greg Takayama and Vice Chair Representative Leoy opening the meeting and outlining housekeeping rules, including a two-minute limit for testifiers and Zoom etiquette. The committee first heard HB 303 on health care preceptors. The Department of Health, Department of Taxation, University of Hawaiʻi, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, and several health care organizations supported the bill, saying the existing preceptor tax credit program has been successful and that expanding eligibility to additional professions and students would help address workforce shortages. In response to questions, the Department of Health said the annual tax credit cap is $1.5 million, about 650 to 670 credits are currently used each year, and the bill applies only to unpaid preceptors. The committee then moved on to HB 441, which would raise cigarette taxes. The Attorney General, Department of Health, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, Hawaii Public Health Institute, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, and others supported the measure as a way to reduce smoking, especially among youth, and to support tobacco control and cancer-related programs. Opponents, including the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and the Cigar Association of Hawaii, argued the tax is regressive and unreliable as a revenue source. The Department of Health noted the last cigarette tax increase was in 2011, and one witness urged a larger increase than proposed. No vote was taken on either bill in the portion of the hearing provided. The committee also heard HB 557 on telehealth. The Department of Health supported the bill so long as it did not displace executive budget priorities, and the Hawaii State Health Planning and Development Agency and Hawaii Primary Care Association supported it. HPCA said the bill would conform state insurance law to recent Medicare changes expanding audio-only telehealth coverage beyond mental health services, and it emphasized access for rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities. HMSA opposed the bill as written, saying it strayed from the intent of Act 107 and that audio-only telehealth should remain limited because of quality-of-care concerns, though it supported continued access and asked for a different amendment approach. A telehealth provider also testified that payment disparities limit provider expansion and that audio-only access remains important for patients with serious illness. The hearing ended in the excerpt before any committee action or vote on HB 557.

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• It returns our process to one based on science and facts rather than politics.
• Engineers and EPA to publish a revised compensatory mitigation rule that incorporates advances in science
• Engineers and EPA to publish a revised compensatory mitigation rule that incorporates advances in science
• we expect them to show up for work, not get paid from home, and not be accessible by phone or by computer
• And by phone or by computer or by email.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 11, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• This is my second time on Resources, and I'm a retired science teacher, so it seemed like a good fit.
• CPUs of computers to Dune um I will tell CPUs of computers to Dune um I will tell of<03:11:37.720>
• Um, there's a whole body of science called rotational physics or rotational dynamics, but if you have
• Um, there's a whole body of science called rotational physics or rotational dynamics, but if you have
• Um, there's a whole body of science called rotational physics or rotational dynamics, but if you have

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting was an orientation for the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, led by Chair Bob Harb. He reviewed committee procedures, including pink cards for witnesses, blue sheets for counts, use of drawers in the committee room, scheduling practices, and how bills would be posted and distributed. Members briefly introduced themselves and explained why they wanted to serve on the committee, with several citing interests in conservation, water quality, outdoor recreation, land use, and related local issues. The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1113, relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor. Representative Ré Colcombe, the sponsor, explained that the bill would allow local OHV/UTV access across a short section of state road in Windsor so residents on divided portions of town could travel legally between areas. He said the town selectmen were already allowing OHRV use on town roads, the route was paved, traffic impacts were expected to be minimal, and local police had no objections. He also said the town would hold public hearings and notify abutters as required, and that if the select board ultimately opposed the proposal he would recommend killing the bill. Members asked about the legal authority for the change, speed limits, traffic volume, winter maintenance, and whether the Department of Transportation or select board had to approve the route. Colcombe said the town must hold a public hearing and that the change would need to be incorporated into RSA 258:10, section 4. He said the road is maintained by the town in winter and by the state in summer. An opponent, Anne Davis, testified that she opposed the bill, saying ATV use should be treated as a tool for forest management rather than recreation, that law enforcement capacity in Windsor was a concern, and that she believed affected residents should be fully notified before any approval. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• . >> I just renewed my MLB subscription so I can watch on the computer.
• can<00:10:47.760> watch<00:10:48.000> on<00:10:48.160> the<00:10:48.320> computer
• /c><00:10:48.720> So<00:10:48.959> you'll<00:10:49.200> be can watch on the computer
• So you'll be can watch on the computer.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There are, however, a few cooperatives like the computer regions and a few others that are in that definition
• :56.240> cooperatives<00:09:56.880> like<00:09:57.120> the<00:09:57.440> computer
• a few cooperatives like the computer a few cooperatives like the computer regions<00:09:58.240><

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard House File 3492, which would create a $25 million grant program for school safety and security improvements, funded by a reduction in a prior appropriation for the Northern Lights Express rail project. The bill would allow grants of up to $500,000 through the Department of Education for school districts, charter schools, cooperative units, tribal contract schools, and nonpublic schools. Staff explained that the bill uses the language of clause 7 of the safe schools revenue statute, focusing on facility security enhancements such as laminated glass, public announcement systems, emergency communication devices, and related equipment and modifications. Testifiers and members generally supported the goal of improving school safety, but there was disagreement about the bill’s scope. Supporters, including a superintendent and a nonpublic school principal, said the bill would help pay for one-time hardening costs like secure entrances, door locks, redesigned offices, and other physical security upgrades, and argued that all schools and students should be eligible. Several members raised concerns that the bill is too narrow and too competitive, could disadvantage districts without grant writers, and should also allow broader uses such as counselors, social workers, SROs, or mental health supports. Others said the bill should prioritize physical security and that one-time dollars are best used for one-time facility improvements. No vote was taken. The chair indicated the bill would be laid over, and the discussion ended with the author saying the proposal is not a fix-all but a starting point for school safety investments.

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• All 5,000 of our people log on to that computer every day. Our people’s staffs were getting raised.
• We make substantially more money because every return that comes in is being audited by the computer.
• The computer is not necessarily, if you did old-school AI, very automated.
• That's a very modern computer system that's delivering those types of things.

Summary: The subcommittee met to review agency vacancy reports and agency-requested budget reductions, with Chair Lopez framing the discussion around stewardship of taxpayer dollars, agency efficiency, and whether long-vacant positions should be cut or repurposed. Members were given vacancy summaries and asked to focus on how agencies are functioning with current staffing, which positions are mission critical, and whether some vacancies reflect market pay issues, re-engineering of work, or true excess capacity. The chair also noted that agency heads had been asked to provide follow-up information on current openings, average vacancy duration, mission-critical roles, and reasons for vacancies. The Department of Revenue was the first major agency reviewed because it had the largest number of vacancies. Its leadership said vacancies had improved from pandemic-era highs due to market pay adjustments, but that some areas—especially general tax and audit—still had long-term openings. The department explained that some positions are intentionally frozen while work is restructured, that it hires above minimum salary in some cases to stay competitive, and that it is using automation and process changes to reduce backlogs. Members raised concerns about vacancies outside Leon County, out-of-state auditor positions, salary compression, and whether the department should provide a list of frozen positions and the salaries actually needed to recruit. The Department of Financial Services said its long vacancies were concentrated in risk management, law enforcement, and the general counsel’s office, where salaries and competition from private employers and other agencies make hiring difficult. DFS said it was using outside vendors in some areas, had reduced vacancies in its general counsel office significantly, and was willing to identify positions that could be cut, including some from treasury and OAT. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation reported progress in lowering vacancies through statewide recruiting, centralized legal hiring, automation in service operations, and leadership changes in alcoholic beverages and tobacco; it said one recommended cut could be achieved by combining two half-time positions. The Florida Lottery reported a low vacancy rate, said all positions were critical, and explained its longer onboarding time due to extensive background checks; members discussed sales reps, incentives, and the agency’s field-office structure. The Office of Financial Regulation said many of its vacancies were already in the hiring pipeline, with recent vacancies tied to promotions, a death, and internal moves, and noted that it often serves as a training ground for federal agencies. The Office of Insurance Regulation, which had a high vacancy rate concentrated in Leon County, said it had been reducing vacancies from a much higher level and was still working through hiring and administrative constraints.

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• don't have online privileges; they don't even own a... online privileges; they don't even own a computer
• But many times, they don't have access to a computer to be able to do it.
• Access to a computer to be able to do it!
• What we used to do by paper is now done by computers. Even down to...

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• Not everybody may have access to a computer to check that deal.
• We have to consider access to a computer to use all the entities, the dozens of entities that do this
• Most of the people end up going to the public library to use the computer systems that are there during

Bills: SB 36, HB 1065, HB2929, HB2956, HB3009, HB3420, HB3626, HB3649, HB4956, HB4993, HB5293, HB5308, HB5528, HCR118, SB36, HB4023

Keywords: transportation, regional authorities, mobility, infrastructure, sales tax, employee classification, private security, misclassification, workforce regulations, Texas Workforce Commission, autism, peace officers, training program, law enforcement, intervention, communication, developmental disability, family violence, central database, criminal offense

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• same staff are generally entry-level, they're going to be younger, and they're walking around with computers
• These are people who are trained to care for others, and they are spending their time in front of computer
• because people are in this business to help others, yet they're spending their time in front of computer

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• Your computer.
• As they prepare to come to the testifying table, do you need to hook up your computers as well, Ms.
• Do you have to hook up your computer? No? Okay.

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• A lot of that is AI, data center, cloud computing, all of those things.
• And I'm hesitant to even use the word computing and AI because I think the war is really on all large
• We've talked a lot about AI data centers and compute.
• We've talked a lot about AI data centers and compute. semiconductors and microchips.
• We've talked a lot about AI data centers and compute.

Summary: The committee met at the Coteau Freedom Mine in Mercer County, approved the June 2 minutes, and heard an overview of the mine from Coteau Properties president Andrew Hawbaker. He described the Freedom Mine as the largest lignite mine in the United States, supplying coal to Dakota Gasification, Antelope Valley Station, and Leland Olds Station. He emphasized the mine’s scale, safety record, reclamation work, workforce needs, community involvement, and economic impact, including payroll, taxes, royalties, scholarships, and local hiring. Members asked about how long land stays in production, how quickly it returns to agriculture after reclamation, labor shortages, and how mining affects groundwater and water wells. Hawbaker said most tracts are mined for about three to five years, reclamation is coordinated with landowners, and the company continues to struggle to find electricians, welders, mechanics, operators, and engineers. The committee then heard from Public Service Commission Chairman Randy Christman on coal mining reclamation and permitting. He reviewed North Dakota’s coal mining history, the state’s reclamation laws, federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act primacy, bonding, permit renewals and revisions, prohibited mining areas, inspection and enforcement, and contemporaneous reclamation requirements. Christman stressed that North Dakota’s program is professional and thorough, with frequent inspections, financial assurance, and a 10-year revegetation monitoring period before bond release. He also discussed federal coal ownership issues that can delay mine plans, the treatment of prime farmland, and how reclamation differs for wind and pipelines. In response to questions, he said one challenge is sometimes releasing land too soon before long-term compaction issues are fully understood, and he noted that data centers do not currently have a comparable reclamation model because they typically own the land. In the afternoon, the committee received an update from Lignite Energy Council president Jonathan Fortner on the lignite industry. He said North Dakota’s lignite sector supports five commercial power plants, four mines, about 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, and more than $5.5 billion in economic activity, while helping keep the state’s electricity rates among the lowest in the nation. Fortner reviewed coal severance and conversion tax revenues, the lignite research fund, federal regulatory rollbacks, carbon capture policy, and the industry’s legal costs fighting federal rules. He also highlighted a study on large-load development, saying new data centers and critical mineral processing facilities could create major local tax revenue and help justify new baseload generation. Members asked whether new gas pipelines would crowd out coal plant development and whether the economic study included jobs and broader local impacts; Fortner said the industry sees room for both and that the study did include construction, operations, jobs, and tax effects.

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• We do have a computer lab for all our students, which has about six computers.
• We can also set up computers if any of the students need to do any project exams or anything like that
• There's also a computer in there so the student can do their homework.
• Additionally, in our computer lab, we have a coffee maker that brews coffee.
• We have all of these in our computer programs where anyone can go in to...

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• of computer programs continues to increase.
• And it's only going to get more amazing as the sophistication of computer programs continues to increase
• I know this is a, you know, Representative Chair Tolson mentioned some of what the computers can do now
• <01:01:37.480> can<01:01:37.640> do the uh some of what the computers can do the uh
• some of what the computers can do now<01:01:38.160> related<01:01:38.480> to<01:01:38.640

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Whereas on page 16, lines 4 through 8 is duplicative of the definition of a computer-generated image
• I don't have the book in front of me, which we can grab if we want, but it talks about computer-generated
• question, but based on the testimony from Miss Callas, you know, our statute already addresses a computer-generated
• that<00:46:29.920> AI<00:46:30.560> and<00:46:30.800> a<00:46:31.040> computer
• I I'm not sure that AI and a computer I I'm not sure that AI and a computer generated<00:46:32.560

Bills: HB0083, HB0102, HB0178

Keywords: subpoena, legislative authority, penalty, compliance, law enforcement, artificial intelligence, synthetic sexual material, child protection, self-harm, criminal liability, public employment, labor organization, dues withdrawal, collective bargaining, public funding, 916, all

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• A very difficult computation.
• In addition to that, um, my predecessors negotiated what was called an excess sales tax computation,
• and then capital um of computation and then capital um of $1,500,000<01:19:41.440> again<01:19
• and Miss Esmer is still computation and Miss Esmer is still here.<01:20:07.040> She<01:20:07.280
• to run it. uh but it has to do computer to run it. uh but it has to do with<01:20:13.760> a<01

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Every four years, they would be replacing most of the computer equipment in these data centers.
• Every four years, they would be replacing most of the computer equipment in these data centers.
• Every four years, they would be replacing most of the computer equipment in these data centers.
• Every four years, they would be replacing most of the computer equipment in these data centers.
• Every four years, they would be replacing most of the computer equipment in these data centers.

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• Our new partnerships in nuclear fusion and quantum computing, and in AI and drug discovery, hold the
• OUR NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN NUCLEAR FUSION AND QUANTUM COMPUTING, AND IN AI AND DRUG DISCOVERY, HOLDING THE

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• have successfully completed major milestones in transitioning the current unemployment insurance computer
• have successfully completed major milestones and transitioning the current unemployment insurance computer

Keywords: 1204, all

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• But when you get into the intricacies of this advanced, all this computer stuff, I think it's going to
• the study, the depth of the inspection of the vehicle, whether it's the electronics and plug the computer

Keywords: 996, all

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• And as we go along, remember that lapse, um, in some of these departments, if I have a computer system
• , I've got out to bid a computer system, and that computer system is approved before the end of the fiscal
• system, I've got out to bid a computer system, I've got out to bid and<00:37:50.400> that<00:
• 37:50.720> computer<00:37:51.119> system<00:37:51.440> is<00:37:51.680> approved
• and that computer system is approved and that computer system is approved before<00:37:52.400>

Keywords: 1189, house, all