Transcript Highlights:

• multif family will be a significant step multif family will be a significant step back<01:44:00.480
• Um, and think that the best next step Um, and think that the best next step really<01:54:48.639>
• I'll let everybody step through this as well.
• I'll let everybody step through this as well.
• stepping out to introduce bills. stepping out to introduce bills.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• should not be allowed to take one step should not be allowed to take one step onto<00:46:51.559>
• Speaker, we have worked for years to make sure the immigrant community can step up and report crimes,
• Speaker, we have worked for years to make sure the immigrant community can step up and report crimes,
• Speaker, we have worked for years to make sure the immigrant community can step up and report crimes,
• The Biden-Harris administration's war on women must come to an end, and this bill is one step toward

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That has some other steps to it, and that would all be on the part of DHS.
• But these are steps that are already being taken.
• <01:18:27.679> that<01:18:28.000> then extra steps that then extra steps that then
• DHS is already doing some of these steps DHS is already doing some of these steps in<01:18:44.239
• So there are some steps our systems.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session opened on February 13, 2026, with the chair outlining the committee’s advisory role and the possible motions available under House Rule 45. The committee then took up House Bill 1569, concerning the Philbrook Center/state hospital campus property, and heard extensive testimony from Commissioner Charlie Arlinghouse. He explained that the property is currently one parcel and state law prevents subdivision unless a separate Senate bill, identified as SB 572, is enacted to fix the legal issue. He said HB 2 directed the sale of the property but did not address subdivision or marketing details, and he characterized the $5 million revenue estimate as speculative. He also said the state would first offer the property to the city or county, which he viewed as the most practical buyer and potential partner for any subdivision work. Members asked whether the building should be retained for transitional housing or sold, what would happen after July 1, 2026, and whether other vacant state buildings could absorb the current occupants. Arlinghouse said there are no firm plans for the building if it is not sold, and that HHS would remain until a sale occurs. He described the building as not especially historic or attractive and noted plumbing issues, while also acknowledging HHS’s view that it could serve as transitional housing. He said there is no reserve stock of office space, that the state already rents substantial office space in Concord, and that some nearby state buildings are either under renovation or only partially usable. He also said the Executive Council would have to approve any sale and that moving costs are usually not budgeted in advance, leaving the using agency to absorb them. Several members raised concerns about relying on asset sales to balance the budget, citing past examples where projected real estate revenue did not materialize on schedule. Arlinghouse agreed that one-time revenue should generally be used for one-time expenses, but said the state sometimes has legitimate reasons to sell assets and that such decisions depend on the state’s needs. He estimated the state rents roughly 100,000 square feet of office space in Concord at about $25 per square foot, and said he would provide a more exact figure later. In response to a question about whether the state should include a right of first refusal if the property is later resold, he said that idea had not been considered but could make sense, especially if the buyer is the city or county. No votes were taken during this portion of the work session.

Transcript Highlights:

• The schools step back, or when BCBH takes over in an episode of treatment, the schools are stepping back
• The schools step back, or when BCBH takes over in an episode of treatment, the schools are stepping back
• placement the schools step back or when placement the schools step back or when bcbh<01:27:18.320>
• <01:27:20.639> back treatment the schools are stepping back treatment the schools are stepping
• Obviously, we have to rely on data, but where do we think the step-down pieces are?

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

Transcript Highlights:

• Coach Smith, would you step up a step Coach Smith, would you step up a step front? There you go.
• So, it eliminates that uh step. So, it eliminates that uh step.
• King spoke on the steps of the Capitol 1965 at the end of steps of the Capitol 1965 at the end of steps
• Uh this is our first step in establishing the bourbon first step in establishing the bourbon first step
• I always take a step back. I always take a step back.

Bills: HB 1535, HB 123, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HB 24, HJR 138, HB 3800, HB 42, HB 129, HB 677, HB 668, HB 2128, HB 2038, HB 2316, HB 3686, HB 2563, HB 1160, HB 3883, HB 2788, HB 2663, HB 3305, HB 3474, HB 1105, HB 3490, HB 3597, HB 1295, HB 3512, HB 3783, HB 2017, HB 3010, HB 3112, HB 4215, HB 3223, HB 3464, HB 3120, HB 4214, HB 4081, HB 4783, HB 4063, HB 2783, HB 5085, HB 2510, HB 3426, HB 4361, HB 1169, HB 2516, HB 4700, HB 3560, HB 3860, HB 3146, HB 184, HB 198, HB 247, HB 367, HB 449, HB 1778, HB 514, HB 632, HB 2582, HB 766, HB 2715, HB 2712, HB 3069, HB 3505, HB 1269, HB 4224, HB 5032, HB 2240, HB 5180, HB 3348, HB 4668, HB 4665, HB 3395, HB 3157, HB 4395, HB 4325, HB 4386, HB 4273, HB 2760, HB 2820, HB 1828, HB 1579, SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 2034, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, SB 72, SB 1583, SB 2314, SB 1267, SB 1273, SB 765, SB 552, HB 2145, HJR 112, HB 1804, HJR 110, HB 1194, HB 1531, HB 5008, HB 3421, SCR 27, HB 5398, HB 1407, HB 426, HB 1535, HB 123, HB 1773, HB 1871, HB 2035, HB 2448, HB 2492, HB 1411, HB 4753, HB 4666, HB 4529, HB 1499, HB 1610, HB 2028, HB 1506, HB 886, HB 3546, HB 796, HB 223, HB 1475, HB 3556, HB 4638, HB 111, HB 180, HB 342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB 610, HB 1277, HB 1615, HB 1620, HB 5342, HB 4885, HB 4751, HB 4689, HB 4530, HB 4488, HB 2149, HB 2041, HB 2071, HB 1813, HB 2282, HB 2248, HB 2243, HB 2522, HB 2310, HB 2513, HB 2300, HB 1902, HB 3719, HB 4284, HB 4327, HB 3743, HB 3778, HB 3801, HB 5153, HB 5147, HB 4877, HB 4850, HB 3158, HB 3261, HB 3005, HB 3033, HB 3138, HB 3099, HB 2849, HB 2967, HB 3488, HB 3477, HB 3466, HB 3396, HB 3469, HB 2594, HB 2776, HB 2564, HB 2298, HB 5331, HB 5646, HB 5247, HB 5323, HB 2015, HB 4384, HB 3896, HB 4014, HB 3627, HB 3594, HB 2524, HB 510, HB 561, HB 5111, HB 5446, HB 1181, HB 3963, HB 2785, HB 1661, HB 2460, HCR 98, HCR 92, HCR 126

Keywords: Trinity River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, board of directors, governor appointment, public water authority, regional water authority, water resources, local government, natural resources, board training, ethics, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, complaint procedures, public comment, director removal, governance reform

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• We have expansions in care, what we call step-up, step-down beds.
• We have expansions in care, what we call step-up, step-down beds.
• We have expansions in care, what we call step-up, step-down beds.
• : um, we are about to publish the system of care for healthy aging plan, which will lay out um the steps
• Healthy aging plan, which will lay out um the steps and how we're moving forward next in the system of

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Flash flood emergencies are that step above.
• Senator, I'm sorry for interrupting, but I go a step further.
• We're talking about next steps: what do we need to do now?
• On your slide, you see various steps in this process, and I'd like to walk you through those steps because
• Our current project was going to take great steps towards that.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The agency has to step up. The fifth one, DHS said that liens share will protect the children.
• The agency has to step up. The fifth one, DHS said that liens share will protect the children.
• <00:40:39.800> forward proposed $6 million is a step forward proposed $6 million is a step
• would like Minnesota to be the stepping would like Minnesota to be the stepping stone<00:48:39.240
• Rolling back this progress through a 2% rate cap would be a step in the wrong direction.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I do think it's taken a really big step in the right direction.
• <00:32:26.399> in think it's taken a really big step in think it's taken a really big step
• Those provisions are in this bill and on their last step toward actually finally becoming law.
• Let's take a step in the right to do.
• So we just appreciate them stepping forward and doing this. we appreciate regions stepping up and we

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with a call of the Senate, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and moved to messages from the House. The chamber received several House-passed Senate files, including SF 2814 (real estate appraisers), SF 3637 (transportation), and SF 4244 (technical corrections), and took up SF 1714 on payment transparency and public contracts. The Senate concurred in the House amendments to SF 1714, advanced it to third reading, and then passed the bill 65-0. The Senate also received House amendments to SF 3432 on public safety, but instead of concurring, it voted to send the bill to a five-member conference committee. The Senate likewise agreed to a conference committee request on HF 4188, a commerce bill dealing with consumer protections for insurance and financial products. The Senate then handled additional House messages and routine business, including first reading of several House files and adoption of committee reports. A committee report on SF 453, relating to thermal energy networks as public improvements and water works, recommended amendment and passage under Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, and the report was adopted except for the referenced resolution item. The chamber also completed second readings of several Senate bills and one House bill, and approved a motion to withdraw SF 4464 from the Committee on State and Local Government and return it to the author. The main floor debate centered on HF 1141, the housing finance and policy omnibus. Senator Port described the bill as focused on affordability, including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, greater Minnesota infrastructure grants, manufactured housing protections, limits on large institutional investors buying single-family homes, and increased oversight of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. The Senate adopted several amendments, including a technical A12 amendment, A7 to dedicate $5 million of bonding to manufactured home park improvements, and A4 on manufactured housing protections such as rent receipts and longer move-out time after eviction. Senator Abler then offered A14, which would limit rent increases in certain non-market-rate, tax-credit housing for seniors to CPI-based increases; supporters framed it as a humanitarian measure for elderly residents facing steep rent hikes, while opponents raised concerns about rent control, the scope of the amendment, and the need for more detail. The transcript ends during continued debate on A14, with no final vote shown on that amendment.

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• seat for a Republican Senator to sit on the P20 Partnership and we'd be delighted to have someone step
• to have someone step into that role.<00:09:04.520> And<00:09:04.640> we<00:09:04.720><
• We train and support young folks to step into coaching roles.
• We train and support young folks to step into coaching roles.
• train and support young folks to step train and support young folks to step into<01:29:06.480>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• On Saturday morning, our son assaulted me after I stepped between him and our 5-year-old grandson.
• Our teams discussed that, but I think it's a positive step. Okay, thank you.
• I just want to commend my county for stepping up to take on this challenge.
• to lift themselves take The Next Step to lift themselves out<01:36:41.600> of<01:36:41.760>
• just heard today and um we are stepping just heard today and um we are stepping up<01:47:02.440>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill will take important steps to protect access to these critical materials.
• um this bill will take important steps um this bill will take important steps to<01:04:28.680>
• I do not like mushrooms, and if I see a morel, I step on it.
• <02:07:25.480> on<02:07:25.639> it morel I step on it morel I step on it so<02:07:28.159
• He does not really step on morels.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So kind of stepping back from this field-scale work that we're often thinking about, this information
• So just one way that our next step is to apply this multi-step process that we use with around community
• So just one way that our next step is to apply this multi-step process that we use with around community
• <00:10:02.640> process step is to apply this multi-step process step is to apply this multi-step
• We have a special guest testifier who would like to step up and say a few things.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Then they're being detained pending the next steps in the process.
• California has long stepped up when federal protection, services, and support systems fell short.
• So today I am proud to present AB 2383, which at its core is a step to advance affordability.
• AB 2225 is the first step to do that.
• And so this is something that I think is a first step. But I want to thank the author.

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services. Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously. After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.

Transcript Highlights:

• But every step forward in safety raises the same question: What do we cut to afford it?
• This omnibus is an important first step.
• an incredible step forward.
• forward that is very worthy, that is a step that we should absolutely be taking.
• but I think this bill is making a step but I think this bill is making a step forward<01:03:35.200

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:40:23.040> beyond things step beyond things step beyond first<01:40:24.800> amendment
• Um, and our neighbors stepped up eyes.
• <01:41:49.119> Community will say, "We stepped up. Community will say, "We stepped up.
• Community stepped<01:41:49.840> up.
• We brought each other's stepped up.

Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886

Keywords: municipal nondisclosure agreement, NDA, public records, transparency, local government, county, city, town, school district, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, port authority, economic development, land development, public financing, tax increment financing, TIF, abatement, municipal bonds, debt obligations

Transcript Highlights:

• <01:09:57.679> up compensation for volunteers who step up compensation for volunteers who
• years of full vesting and minor steps years of full vesting and minor steps along<01:10:09.520><
• <01:16:16.560> use a two-step process.
• Uh step one does use a two-step process.
• there's a second step present value, but there's a second step that<01:16:19.440> effectively<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Is is that kind of half a step to right?
• So we just wanted to highlight that this is a great step forward for that.
• highlight that this is a great step highlight that this is a great step forward<01:05:50.319>
• Passing this bill is just one step 2030.
• And then the next step, um, HB 2458 relating to surveillance pricing.

Bills: HB2488, HB2456

Keywords: disability, communication access, deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, healthcare, sign language interpreters, auxiliary aids, weight loss, GLP-1 drugs, obesity, Medicaid, healthcare costs, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HP 1972, which would create a nonrefundable family caregiver tax credit, and on a related tax measure to increase the existing dependent care tax credit. Supporters of HP 1972, including AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, said unpaid caregivers are essential to keeping kūpuna and other loved ones at home and described significant out-of-pocket costs. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation raised technical concerns, including the need to avoid overlap with existing credits and to prevent double-dipping. The department said taxpayers can claim credits to the extent allowed, but recommended explicit language barring the same costs from being claimed under more than one credit. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair moved the bill along after questions. The committee then heard HP 1975, which would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kūpuna. AARP, Catholic Charities Hawaii, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the program permanent, saying it helps low-income older adults avoid eviction and homelessness and allows them to remain in affordable housing. Catholic Charities described clients who were paying unsustainable shares of income for rent before receiving the supplement. Members also shared a constituent example of an elderly retiree who needed the subsidy to stay housed. Written support was noted from additional organizations and individuals. Next, the committee took up HB 1706, which would expand Medicaid prospective payment reimbursement to include mental health services furnished in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics by mental health professionals under supervision. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the bill, and DHS said it appreciated the intent to address workforce shortages and expand training, but cautioned that unlicensed professionals cannot currently bill Medicaid and that a state plan amendment would be needed, with limited precedent for approval. Members asked about the likelihood and timing of federal approval and whether the bill could help rural areas; DHS said approval is uncertain and the process can take time, though it saw possible alignment with the state’s rural health transformation efforts. The committee also discussed HB 546, a three-year health coverage continuity pilot program for people losing Medicaid coverage. DHS, the Attorney General’s office, DCCA, Catholic Charities, the University of Hawaii, and others testified, with DHS warning that federal changes could increase uninsured rates and that the state may need to act quickly. Catholic Charities and others emphasized the risk to Medicaid recipients, including homeless and near-elderly residents, while DHS explained the state’s existing premium assistance program for certain immigrants and compared it to the proposed pilot. The excerpt ends during discussion of that comparison, with no vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• And yes, we are going to step into the discussion.
• discussion and yes we are going to step discussion and yes we are going to step into<00:48:18.400
• We've continued to see other states follow in Minnesota's leadership steps.
• Colorado passed their leadership steps.
• <01:41:19.520> back, um that I think we have to step back, um that I think we have to step

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, so let me walk through the steps for registration.
• First, I’m going to start by walking through the steps that are involved for somebody who registers to
• The statutes and I think the procedures are fairly clear that there are steps along the way for both
• When those steps are not followed, or if other steps are missed, that's where you could find yourself
• are not followed or if other those steps are not followed or if other steps<01:36:58.040> are

Keywords: 1183, house