Transcript Highlights:

• commercial sexual activity with a child, engaging in commercial sexual activity with a child, and internet
• c><01:39:37.840> with<01:39:38.000> a<01:39:38.159> child,<01:39:38.560> internet
• sexual activity with a child, internet sexual activity with a child, internet luring<01:39:39.360

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Everything you do when you buy a house can be done through e-signature and paperwork over the internet
• paperwork done through e signature and paperwork over<00:34:01.679> the<00:34:01.919> internet
• > just<00:34:03.120> ask<00:34:03.279> you<00:34:03.360> to over the internet
• So, I just ask you to over the internet.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on Senate Bill 401, which DHHS described as a cleanup bill. Testimony from the department explained that the bill would repeal obsolete reporting requirements tied to a repealed municipal reimbursement program and to the now-repealed commission on demographic trends. No one testified in opposition, and the committee voted 12-0 ought to pass, placing the bill on the consent calendar. The committee then heard Senate Bill 402, which would eliminate certain non-compete agreements for physician associates going forward. Senator Gray introduced the bill, and a representative of the New Hampshire Society of Physician Associates said it would improve workforce recruitment and access to care without changing scope of practice or affecting existing agreements. Committee members asked about the length of current restrictions and whether the change would make New Hampshire more attractive to PAs. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and sent the bill to the consent calendar. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 426, which would repeal the permissible fireworks committee. Senator Uler and the deputy state fire marshal said the committee’s original purpose had been overtaken by later changes adopting federal fireworks standards, and that the fire marshal now has the necessary authority. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 469, a DMV modernization bill allowing electronic signatures in place of wet signatures for certain motor vehicle title and registration processes. Senator Lang, Carvana, the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, Copart, and DMV staff all supported the measure, saying it would reduce delays, errors, and paperwork burdens. Members asked about AI, consumer protections, costs, and how electronic signatures would work in practice, including in cases involving deceased owners. The transcript cuts off during that hearing before any committee action on SB 469.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, they could restrict cell phone use that has access to the internet, video games, and the judge can
• has access restrict cell phone use that has access to<01:05:42.880> the<01:05:43.039> internet
• c> video<01:05:43.839> games<01:05:44.720> and<01:05:45.039> the to the internet
• , video games and the to the internet, video games and the judge<01:05:45.599> can<01:05:45.760

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Please note the House is not responsible for any bad internet connections on the testifier's end.
• House is not responsible for<00:14:13.199> any<00:14:13.440> bad<00:14:13.680> internet
• c><00:14:14.000> connections<00:14:14.480> on<00:14:14.639> the for any bad internet
• connections on the for any bad internet connections on the testifier's<00:14:15.440> end.

Bills: HB1531

Keywords: emergency announcements, American Sign Language, accessibility, public safety, broadcast media, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1913, which would create a mental health coordinator position within the Office of Veteran Services for the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home and appropriate funds for it. Supporters said veterans, especially on the neighbor islands, need more mental health access and coordination. Several witnesses, including Sean Sonatada and Tom Driscoll, supported the intent but urged amendments to broaden the position beyond one facility and make it a statewide resource. Committee members questioned whether the bill would duplicate existing services at the veterans home and whether the position would be reimbursable through federal VA funding; testimony indicated the state would appropriate the money, while existing home services are already covered through current staff and federal reimbursement structures. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 9, which would designate Hawaii as a Purple Heart state. Testifiers generally supported the measure as a way to honor wounded veterans and their families, though one member asked what benefits the designation would confer. Witnesses clarified that the bill was mainly symbolic and did not appear to create new benefits, and one testifier noted Honolulu County had already adopted a similar Purple Heart designation. The committee then took up House Bill 1628, which would establish a compassionate release protocol for certain seriously ill or debilitated incarcerated persons. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Hawaii Paroling Authority opposed the bill, arguing that an existing administrative process already works, that the bill could improperly extend eligibility to people serving life without parole or mandatory minimum sentences, and that it lacked victim and family input and sufficient resources. In contrast, the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission strongly supported the bill, saying it would reduce the high cost of incarcerating people with complex medical needs, ease burdens on staff and the prison population, and better reflect human dignity. The commission described having seen severe suffering and deaths in custody and said compassionate release is warranted in some cases. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• services communicating emergency disasters to people in need in underserved areas that don't have internet
• c><01:39:34.159> have underserved areas that don't have underserved areas that don't have internet
• <01:39:35.920> In<01:39:36.159> addition internet access or anything.
• In addition internet access or anything.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: This joint informational briefing on Act 310 grants and aid focused on organizations describing how federal funding cuts, Medicaid/SNAP changes, and related policy shifts are affecting their services and budgets. Committee members explained there would be no Q&A, testimony would be limited to one minute, and in-person participants would be heard before Zoom callers. Members repeatedly asked testifiers to identify the amount of federal funding lost or at risk. Testimony came from a wide range of nonprofits and community providers, including Aloha Care, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Literacy, Hawaii Youth Symphony, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, the Tsunami Museum, The Kohala Center, West Hawaii Community Health Center, West Hawaii Region Hospital Foundation, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii, Dynamic Community Solutions, Feeding Hawaii Together, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Homana, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Kids Hurt Too Hawaii, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Most described reduced or threatened federal support and requested state funding to maintain services such as health care access, food security, disaster preparedness, literacy and digital inclusion, youth mentoring, arts education, housing, and climate or agricultural resilience. Several speakers emphasized direct impacts on vulnerable populations, including kūpuna, low-income families, immigrants, homeless youth, and people with disabilities. Requests ranged from relatively small planning or program grants to multi-million-dollar stabilization asks, with some organizations citing specific losses such as reduced Medicaid or USDA funding, canceled EPA or FEMA support, or expiring federal grants. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Please note that the House is not responsible for any bad internet connections or technical issues on
• <00:22:18.880> for<00:22:19.159> any<00:22:19.520> bad<00:22:19.760> internet
• not responsible for any bad internet not responsible for any bad internet connections<00:22:20.679

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that houses the state's network. network security services and tools, defends the state of Texas internet
• There is the internet now, so I don't know if you want to make them do this anymore.
• Charter schools, though, apparently have a, they're allowed to do it on the internet.
• There's an exception there that says they can do it on the internet.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But we still expect these to be available because you can just get them over the internet?
• But we still expect these to be available because you can just get them over the internet?
• c><01:06:06.319> them<01:06:06.480> over<01:06:06.640> the<01:06:06.880> internet
• just get them over the internet. just get them over the internet.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you order something over the internet, you got to check out somebody's citizenship.
• a meeting with our constituents and there'll be this one person here who found something on the internet
• 08:32:18.000> something<08:32:18.240> on<08:32:18.398> the<08:32:18.638> internet
• <08:32:18.878> and<08:32:19.120> it found something on the internet and it found something
• on the internet and it just<08:32:19.520> sounds<08:32:19.760> like<08:32:19.840> a

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, this is actually what's been unfolding on the internet for the last several days.
• This is like the real tea that is going on on the internet.
• This is like the real tea that is going on on the internet.
• This is like the real tea that is going on on the internet.
• This is like the real tea that is going on on the internet.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Today, AI searches consume nearly 10 times the electricity of standard internet searches.
• nearly 10 times the electricity of nearly 10 times the electricity of standard<03:46:36.800> internet
• searches<03:46:38.640> in<03:46:39.120> 2024<03:46:40.120> data standard internet
• searches in 2024 data standard internet searches in 2024 data centers<03:46:41.040> accounted
• privacy directive or China and their efforts through AI to dictate what can and cannot be said on the internet

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Now, interestingly enough, on quality, you can get on the internet and you can get pretty good darn information
• 33.280> the enough, on quality, you can get on the enough, on quality, you can get on the internet
• 34.159> can<01:19:34.239> get<01:19:34.400> pretty<01:19:34.560> good internet
• and you can get pretty good internet and you can get pretty good darn<01:19:35.120> information
• Essentially rolling dice weighted by internet text.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we get it on the internet now. They send it to us and we're just supposed to print it out.
• Uh, we get it on the internet now. They send it to us and we're just supposed to print it out.
• I was struck by the prior testimony addressing the same issues with internet sales, mail delivery, and
• <04:54:08.000> sales,<04:54:08.480> mail issues with internet sales, mail issues with
• internet sales, mail delivery,<04:54:09.440> and<04:54:10.000> um<04:54:10.240> those

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I have written testimony, which I will submit later today over the internet.
• I have written testimony, which I will submit later today over the internet.
• I have written testimony, which I will submit later today over the internet.
• I have written testimony, which I will submit later today over the internet.
• I have written testimony, which I will submit later today over the internet.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The Secretary has a nonsecure internet line in his office, and seemingly every day there's a new story
• <00:46:16.160> has<00:46:16.319> a<00:46:16.480> nonsecure<00:46:17.119> internet
• The Secretary has a nonsecure internet The Secretary has a nonsecure internet line<00:46:17.839>
• Number 49, H.R. 859, a bill to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected
• H.R. 859, a bill to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• people persecuted for so-called misinformation, which is just things that people disagree with on the internet
• <02:12:54.639> with<02:12:54.760> on<02:12:54.880> the<02:12:55.079> internet
• people disagree with on the internet people disagree with on the internet stuff<02:12:56.320>
• Hopefully, we'll have cell phone coverage, or we'll have Wi-Fi or Internet coverage, which again is spotty
• Hopefully, we'll have cell phone coverage, or we'll have Wi-Fi or Internet coverage, which again is spotty

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, we get it on the internet now. They send it to us and we're just supposed to print it out.
• Uh, we get it on the internet now. They send it to us and we're just supposed to print it out.
• Um, and I was struck by the prior testimony addressing the same issues with internet sales, mail delivery
• <04:54:08.000> sales,<04:54:08.480> mail issues with internet sales, mail issues with
• internet sales, mail delivery,<04:54:09.440> and<04:54:10.000> um<04:54:10.240> those

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 1281, which would establish standards and voluntary certification for agency-owned “facility comfort dogs” used by police and other public safety agencies. Representative Morton, the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to create a consistent statewide framework because different departments currently use different policies. He emphasized that the bill is meant to distinguish comfort dogs from service animals, emotional support animals, and therapy dogs, and noted that a small amendment may be needed to make that distinction clearer. He also said the bill is timely under the ADA because comfort dogs fall outside service-animal protections, but still need training standards for public safety and consistency. Committee members questioned whether the bill was too detailed and whether the legislature should be setting rules on matters like training methods, diet, and breeding. Laura Barker of Hero Pups, who helped train New Hampshire’s first police comfort dog, supported the idea of a minimum standard but said the bill should be less prescriptive and should not interfere with therapy dogs or private handlers. She explained that comfort dogs vary in temperament and deployment needs, that raw diets raise zoonotic disease concerns, and that the program should remain voluntary and not cost the state money. Detective Michelle Jones of Portsmouth Police opposed the bill as written, saying the term “facility comfort dog” is confusing, the bill is overly restrictive, and some provisions go beyond what should be mandated by statute; she suggested a more flexible, guideline-based approach and noted that departments already have their own SOPs and can enforce them internally. Justin Brassen of the Manchester Police Department also testified, describing the history of comfort dog programs in New Hampshire and the work of a prior subcommittee formed through the governor’s commission on PTSD among first responders. He said there are currently no statewide standards and that the earlier study involved police, fire, EMS, dispatch, corrections, and NAMI New Hampshire, with the goal of creating a thoughtful work product. He agreed the bill needs work and answered questions about how departments handle training and public access. By the end of the hearing, members and witnesses discussed possible amendments, and one committee member suggested the bill may be better handled through interim study because of the amount of work still needed.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's on the internet. It's pretty easy to find and you know you can read through that.
• it.<00:44:04.880> It's<00:44:05.200> on<00:44:05.440> the<00:44:05.839> internet
• It's on the internet. It's pretty it. It's on the internet.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• An image surfaces on the internet, a deepfake of you doing something highly embarrassing or something
• the flow of information to the child, something that is already an impossibility in the age of the internet
• impossibility in the age is already an impossibility in the age of<06:03:27.000> the<06:03:27.080> internet
• and<06:03:28.120> in<06:03:28.240> the<06:03:28.360> library of the internet
• and in the library of the internet and in the library context<06:03:29.240> where<06:03:29.400

Keywords: 1189, house, all