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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:07:51.120><c> While</c><00:07:51.360><c> we</c><00:07:51.919><c> definitely</c> state funded
- While we definitely state funded travel.
- John Jacob, Hawaii State Toxicologist from the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office within
- So, if there's an emergency that happened, right, we need to have that 30-day period that is referred
- Would that be a way that emergencies.
Bills:
SB2064 , SB2662 , SB2862 , SB2343 , SB2075 , SB2781 , SB2927 , SB3068 , SB3015 , SB2929 , SB2938 , SB3230 , SB3249 , SB3332 , SB3216
Committee:
Senate Government Operations
Keywords:
state architect, construction projects, design approvals, building codes, state agency oversight, government accountability, external consultants, procurement reform, cost efficiency, in-house expertise, gubernatorial appointments, senate confirmation, executive branch, accountability, civil service, SB2343, Hawaii Legislature, regular session, lengthened session, continuous legislature
Summary:
The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making.
The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted.
The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225.
In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- for how the state government funds all its operations.
- And do you... ...of funds for how the state government funds all its operations.
- And so there the agency... ...fund operations while still keeping it as low as we can.
- But really the bigger issue is why can't we fund government?
- where we were one of many investors in that investment fund.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
income tax, conformity, Arizona Revised Statutes, taxpayer, federal regulations, firefighters, occupational disease, workers compensation, cancer presumption, police officers, hazardous duty, SB1270, Arizona retirement system, public safety personnel, defined contribution plan, correctional officers, corrections officers, retirement contributions, supplemental contributions, retention incentive
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- They might not even know where the closest emergency room is.
- You need to go to this emergency room.
- I can call that emergency room and say, this is what I'm concerned about.
- You need to go to this emergency room.
- I can call that emergency room and say, this is what I'm concerned about.
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
ambulance, interfacility transport, specialty care transport, emergency medical services, EMS, registered nurse, nurse staffing, paramedic, emergency medical technician, EMT, patient transfer, hospital transfer, critical care transport, medical transport, workforce shortage, scope of practice, Department of Health, RCW 18.73, first responder, basic life support
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- not know what the disclosure is, what the basis is for um and why that would be required on a self-funded
- I don't know why a self-funded plan would need to have to do that under the law.
- I mean to say, this is all self-funded and our Alabama Department self-funded and our Alabama Department
- of Insurance does not regulate self-funded insurance plans.
- We're going to replace lines 155 through 164 on page six with the following: In emergency situations
Committee:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Keywords:
emergency vehicles, off-road vehicles, public safety, liability, regulations, background check, criminal history, biometric identifiers, fingerprints, iris scan, palm print, photograph, rap back, NGI Rap Back, ALEA, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, AJIC, Alabama Justice Information Commission, employment screening, licensing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- , and when they swept excess funds or swept funds out of the Account.
- The money that had been raised locally was swept with those funds.
- So the idea is that they're not Going to commingle those funds.
- My final question is really on the emergency provision.
- They can't get access to care unless they go to the emergency department.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Keywords:
veterinary medicine, definitions, animal husbandry, board of veterinary examiners, telemedicine, veterinarian-client relationship, animal welfare, commercial pet breeders, licensing, advertising, animal cruelty, Oklahoma Agricultural Extension, local funding, financial institutions, county extension services, state funds, wildlife conservation, hunting regulations, mountain lions, black bears
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislation also requires campgrounds to share their plans with local emergency services, emergency
- Therefore, part of the planning and the emergency management measures that we need to fund should include
- It adds interoperable emergency communication systems and coordinated emergency response.
- Infrastructure Fund.
- And where would those grant funds come from? I think the funding of this is separate.
Keywords:
emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Session (Part I)Receipt of House messages; reading and referral of bills. Sep 2nd, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- following bills will be under consideration House Bill 1 by Darby related to youth camp and campgrounds emergency
TX
TX
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's currently a short-call substitute teacher pilot, and this renames it to the short-call emergency
- </c><00:03:19.680><c> substitute</c> the short call emergency substitute the short call emergency substitute
- The investigations relate to fraud, theft, waste, and abuse or other misuse of public funds.
- The investigations relate to fraud, theft, waste, and abuse or other misuse of public funds.
- </c> abuse or other misuse of public funds. abuse or other misuse of public funds.
Bills:
HF1306
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house
HI
Bills:
HB816 , HB1535 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1562 , HB1574 , HB1591 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1871 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1969 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB2315 , HB2343 , HB2501 , HB2505 , HB1577 , HB2443 , HB2498 , HB2581 , HB2622
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
HB816, Hawaii, opioid overdose, opioid crisis, buprenorphine, naloxone, Narcan, paramedics, emergency medical services, EMS, first responders, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, withdrawal management, overdose reversal, pilot program, Department of Health, DOH, county population under 100,000, rural health
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2351 relates to protecting emergency responders and emergency response operations in Washington
- Protecting emergency responders and emergency response operations in Washington State.
- The Legislature created an account, appropriated funds, and directed Commerce to distribute the funds
- time when we had already received funding, but it was going to be delayed, and those funds really made
- Our legal assistance programs funded real burial removal... ...programs funded real burial removal. 1,000
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI regulation, algorithmic discrimination, high-risk AI, machine learning, generative AI, synthetic content, impact assessment, risk management policy, consumer protection, civil rights, discrimination, facial recognition, automated decision-making, deployers, developers, Washington RCW, Title 19 RCW, employment, housing
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 6103 relates to payments for rural emergency hospitals.
- SB 6103 relates to payments for rural emergency hospitals.
- Rural emergency hospitals are allowed to provide emergency... December 27, 2020.
- Rural emergency hospitals are allowed to provide emergency department services, observation care, and
- We have a rural emergency hospital designation by the federal government.
Bills:
SB6103
Committee:
House Appropriations
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- a separate fund, but this litigation fund was created last year, and so we support the measure from
- which would create a separate fund but this litigation fund was created last year and so we support
- They have only put funding in for 2027. Thank you. I only put funding in for 2027. Thank you. Mr.
- budget off the general fund.
- Maybe we funded it one time with general fund. We backed it out.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> challenges and finally we propos funding challenges and finally we propos funding for<00:23:05.520
- </c> procedures because on federally funded procedures because on federally funded programs<00:35:25.480
- </c><00:57:30.079><c> this</c> we're asking minnesotans to fund this we're asking minnesotans to fund
- </c> and we were never appropriated any funds and we were never appropriated any funds to<01:20:23.320
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
opioids, substance use, addiction recovery, mental health, state cabinet, HF1310, Office of Cannabis Management, cannabis, marijuana, tribal consultation, government-to-government relationship, Minnesota tribes, Tribal governments, state government, consultation, rulemaking, Indian affairs, cannabis regulation, tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relations
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation (7-17-24)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KESOq4l34uc, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:14 Call to Order and Roll Call
01:13 Kentucky State Police – Road Fund Appropriations
19:59 KY Transportation Cabinet – Federal Funds Match
50:40 Adjournment, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, we'll start with the Patient Compensation Fund.
- and what the fund is about.
- That was a fund transfer of $30 million from the general fund to the PCF.
- , we, as our general fund spending, put $106.5 million into that fund.
- Section 11, page 36, modernizes the fund language, authorizes the fund to be used for that new definition
Committee:
Senate Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It funding for any positions or whatnot.
- So if we funding uh reimburseables.
- We getting them some federal funding.
- I I think we can prisons, 100% a funds.
- </c> 1531 relating to emergency 1531 relating to emergency announcements.<02:49:48.960><c> I</c><02:49
Bills:
HB1531
Committee:
House Public Safety
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.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Sep 3rd, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB 1
TX
Bills:
SB3
Committee:
Senate Finance