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• ,<00:48:30.240> what<00:48:30.480> facilities affects your facilities, what facilities
• affects your facilities, what facilities we're<00:48:31.040> going<00:48:31.119> to<00
• So, before we can remove the car rental facility, we have to build a new car rental facility.
• The economic impact of the new facility The economic impact of the new facility will<01:15:08.159
• <01:15:29.520> will visitors a year and the facility will visitors a year and the facility

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development and Tourism met to hear presentations on a proposed downtown Lexington Arts Center. Visit Lex opened by framing the projects as regional economic development efforts that could support tourism, quality of life, and workforce attraction and retention. NextStage Development Corp. and ATG Entertainment then described a proposed $120 million project featuring a 2,500-seat performing arts center and a 20,000-square-foot visual arts gallery, with plans for up to 180 events a year, over 300,000 annual visitors, and an opening target of 2029. The presenters said the project would be funded through a $30 million state request, $30 million from ATG Entertainment, and $60 million raised by the nonprofit through philanthropy and other financing sources. They cited a feasibility study by Sound Diplomacy and compared the proposal to the Durham Performing Arts Center, arguing that similar venues have driven downtown revitalization, tourism, and economic activity in other cities. They also said the venue would include community access, school partnerships, subsidized tickets, and revenue returned to the nonprofit for grants and arts programming. Members asked about the total cost, the funding mix, whether the city of Lexington would contribute, and the building’s design. The presenters said they are in contact with city officials and are seeking city support, but have not yet hired an architect or begun conceptual design. They said the design process will involve community input and should fit Lexington’s historic downtown character. Representative Whitten asked whether the project would compete with Louisville; the presenters responded that their market analysis suggests the venue would serve audiences from Lexington, eastern Kentucky, and surrounding areas who are unlikely to travel to Louisville or Cincinnati, making the project complementary rather than competitive.

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• Facilities that are operated by nonprofits might be reviewed in this, but it would only be those that
• And I appreciate your concerns. facilities that are operated by non-prolations. your concerns, facilities
• Senate Bill 405 by Senator Talbot, relative to nursing facilities, to provide for a statewide quality
• oversight initiative for nursing facilities; to provide for goals and strategies; to provide for the
• It establishes a statewide quality oversight initiative for our nursing facilities.

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 26 for what was described as the last meeting of the legislative session. H.R. 318 was voluntarily deferred without discussion. The committee first took up H.R. 298, which would have directed the Louisiana Department of Health, with the legislative auditor, to study LDH’s relationships with certain nonprofits, foundations, professional associations, and other nongovernmental entities. The author presented amendments narrowing the definitions, but LDH testified the language was still too broad, would still require substantial review of contracts, memberships, conferences, and related interactions, and would still carry a significant fiscal note. Members raised concerns that hospitals, provider associations, nonprofit care facilities, and other stakeholders could be swept in. The author then voluntarily deferred the resolution, and the committee agreed without objection. The committee then heard Senate Bill 405, which establishes a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities, directs LDH to work with facilities on care standards and remediation for lower-rated homes, and requires reporting and transparency for families. The bill drew broad support from members and stakeholders, including nursing home and senior advocacy groups, and was reported favorably without objection. House Resolution 290, which asked LDH to study a possible correlation between gender-affirming hormone therapy medications and psychosis or related psychiatric conditions in people 26 and younger, prompted questions about the purpose of the study and concerns that it could affect broader policy debates. The author, a licensed clinical social worker, said the request was intended to examine whether medications were being used too quickly and what effects they might have on adolescent mental health; after discussion, the author voluntarily deferred the resolution, and the committee agreed. Finally, the committee considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, urging LDH and commercial insurers to increase reimbursement rates for behavioral health crisis centers operating under a crisis receiving center license. Testimony focused on the Bridge Center for Hope, described as the state’s only Level 3 crisis receiving center, and the need to revisit Medicaid reimbursement for the first 23 hours of crisis care. With no questions or objections, the resolution was adopted. The meeting ended with members thanking the chair and staff, and the committee adjourned for the year.

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• Discrimination by counties and special districts at school and park facilities.
• Have equal access to facilities.
• In many places across the state, school districts that rent out their facilities—oftentimes gyms used
• However, for school facilities being rented out to third-party clubs, there is no requirement that it
• Yeah, and just a clarification for school facilities: they already have the law for their own students

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Some may have a job while others may be in a hospital or a care facility. Sorry.
• care facility. care facility.
• Um, was related to the visiting of primarily congregate care facilities that foster youth are staying
• Um, was related to the visiting of primarily congregate care facilities that foster youth are staying
• not chosen to try to inspect a facility not chosen to try to inspect a facility without<01:12:34.640

Bills: HF3901, HF962, HF4428, HF4478, HF1775

Keywords: foster care, ombudsperson, investigative powers, children's rights, complaint process, HF4428, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, community engagement, work requirement, work mandate, employment requirement, community service, 80 hours, half-time student, income threshold, federal minimum wage, eligibility verification, benefit suspension, benefit termination

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• And the other is from the community solar facility to collect your subscription fee to the facility.
• They'll forward the subscriber fee, then they will pay it to the community solar facility.
• We're proud to actually have developed the first community energy facilities project that came online
• We think it will make getting subscribers into community solar facilities easier for customers.
• And that has been addressed through an escrow fund that is paid for by the facility developers, not by

Bills: SB9

Keywords: wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands, Delaware, environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon sink, permitting process

Summary: The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action. The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee. At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.

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• very... ...with dignity in their own homes and keeping them at home instead of having to be in a facility
• But it is, like I said, a non-skilled in-home care, non-facility-based service.
• That's why I want to be clear that this isn't repealing CON as facility-based or ambulatory surgery centers
• But it is, like I said, a non-skilled in-home care, non-facility-based service.
• That's why I want to be clear that this isn't repealing CON as facility-based or ambulatory surgery centers

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• Next up, PCB JUB 26 - 02, Correctional Facilities Financing and capital improvements by Chairman Maney
• cash payments or bond proceeds to address the capital improvement funding for the correctional facilities
• It also provides bonding authority to be used for new correctional facility construction and establishes
• OR CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OR BY TELEHEALTH AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT.
• Facilities require a unique net of resources and create additional challenges for our hospital.

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• We also require capital outlay to repair and maintain safe and healthy residential facilities.
• The moderate risk capital request is just over $12.7 million for secure facilities.
• Some of which diagnosis happens with the residents of the facility.
• We don't have any facilities that can withstand a Category 2.
• Since I've been here, I have had the chance to tour many, many facilities already.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• AND IN INSTANCES WHERE A FACILITY IS USED AS A HOUSING LOCATION AT THE END OF THE MISSION IT GIVES US
• IF WE COME IN AS I STATED EARLIER WITH THE SHELTERING, THE NON CONGREGANTS SHELTERING THAN ANY FACILITIES
• AGAIN, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC FACILITIES.
• AS PART OF OUR FACILITY WOULD NOT ONLY HAVE THE MANUFACTURING COMPLEX WITH BUILDINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED
• AGAIN, WE WOULD LOVE TO HOST YOU AT ANY OF OUR FACILITIES AT ANY TIME TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THESE UNIQUE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Then we will have our finance and facilities chair from the board, Tim Hips, and Vice Chancellor of Facilities
• Then we will have our finance and facilities chair from the board, Tim Hips, and Vice Chancellor of Facilities
• The Finance and Facilities Committee is charged with oversight of all systemwide financial, fiscal, facilities
• management having very nice facilities management having very nice facilities again<00:36:43.560
• <01:32:34.719> are internships and more our facilities are internships and more our facilities

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to be able to go into the facility to be able to go into the facility to<00:25:10.760> be
• That's the one that's the largest detention facility in the United States, and she was there for the
• That's the one that's the largest detention facility in the United States, and she was there for the
• That's the one that's the largest<00:26:41.000> detention<00:26:41.440> facility<00:26:
• 42.040> in<00:26:42.160> the<00:26:42.280> United largest detention facility in

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The meeting focused on the detention of Andrea Pedro Francisco, a 23-year-old Burnsville resident and Minnesota constituent who was detained by ICE and transferred from Camp East Montana in El Paso to the El Paso Processing and Detention Center while awaiting surgery for a large ovarian cyst. Senator Lindsey Port, Congresswoman Angie Craig, and Senator Alese Matson argued that she has been denied adequate medical care, receiving only Tylenol and constipation medication despite an emergency room confirming she needs surgery. They said the delay could lead to severe pain, bleeding, loss of fertility, infection, or death, and repeatedly called for her immediate release on humanitarian parole. Pastor Ellery Deikman described visiting Andrea in detention with other clergy and her lawyer, saying she appeared thin, in pain, and deeply distressed, though she brightened when told people in Minnesota were praying for her. He and others framed her situation as a humanitarian and human rights issue, criticizing the detention system as punitive and for-profit. Senator Matson, who is also a physician, explained that the standard treatment for a cyst of this size would be surgery and that waiting is medically dangerous. Participants also said Andrea had been in detention for close to 80 days, had limited access to legal and medical records, and had been separated from family and faith community. The speakers tied Andrea’s case to broader concerns about immigration enforcement under the current administration, saying detentions and arrests have increased sharply and that many detainees have no criminal record. Vicki Schmidt of Abriendo Fronteras said detention numbers and costs have risen, conditions are often inhumane, and many people are being held in for-profit facilities. She and others urged support for HR 7335, the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act, and called on DHS to grant Andrea parole immediately. In the question-and-answer portion, the physician-senator reiterated that surgery is the only treatment, that the condition could worsen at any time, and that prior practice generally allowed asylum seekers to remain in the community while their cases proceeded if they were not a danger.

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• identified as having only administrative deficiencies if either agency grants the facility 72 hours
• identified as having only administrative deficiencies if either agency grants the facility 72 hours
• identified as having only administrative deficiency action against a contracted or licensed facility
• identified as having only administrative deficiencies if either agency grants the facility 72 hours
• operators as they relate to the locating and marking of underground facilities.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long agenda of Senate bills across elections, commerce, education, government, health and human services, judiciary, public safety, transportation, rural development, and ways and means. Many measures were described as consent or third-read consent items, including bills on campaign finance termination statements and late-report penalties, AI provenance data for media, adjuster/contractor conduct during emergencies, Industrial Commission changes, association meeting closures, banking and remittance rules, central bank digital currency, public safety parity funding, barbering and cosmetology board continuation, digital asset reserve management, contractor licensing, gaming and racing commission continuation, school AED instruction, classroom removal procedures, school safety reporting, special education complaint transparency, foreign influence and land ownership restrictions, DCS and DES process changes, health care licensing and reimbursement rules, EMS compact adoption, and multiple tax, housing, and transportation measures. Staff repeatedly summarized each bill and answered questions, with several bills noted as mirror or identical to House measures or as strike-everything amendments from committees. A few bills drew discussion. On SB 2874, staff explained that the Senate amendment would limit penalties for untimely campaign finance reports when a committee certifies it received no contributions and made no expenditures, but the sponsor did not concur. SB 1074 prompted questions about whether parental notification changed; staff said it did not and that the bill was aimed at improving communication between teachers and principals about discipline. SB 1175, requiring DCS caseworkers to photograph children at each interaction in abuse or neglect cases, drew concern about the scope of the photos, while supporters said it would improve continuity and documentation. SB 1180 also drew comment because the sponsor and committee chair disagreed over an amendment, though the bill was advanced for further work. The most extended debate came on SB 1751, which would allow death-row inmates to choose firing squad, lethal injection, or lethal gas if voters approve the related constitutional measure. One member strongly opposed the bill on moral and personal grounds, another argued it could be a more humane option if the state is going to carry out executions, and a third raised concern that it could be used against Second Amendment rights. The bill remained on the third-read consent calendar despite the objections. The caucus concluded after moving through the remaining agenda items, with no formal votes recorded in the transcript beyond committee status and consent-calendar placement.

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• The state of Arizona has failed our individuals in this position because there is not a facility that
• The state of Arizona has failed our individuals in this position because there is not a facility that
• This bill is a temporary fix until we build the facilities.
• I hope that this pushes us to build a facility in the state of Arizona that we desperately need for these
• that we've already ...the rest of the state of Arizona government to just build the fricking facilities

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions recognizing Disability Day at the Capitol, the Arizona Cattle Association, Nurse-Family Partnership nurses, Navajo Nation visitors, and others. Members also made personal privilege remarks on topics including a strike by ASU Aramark food service workers, Lent and Ramadan, and Black History Month. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 2006, a death resolution honoring Yvonne Glee Lyme Federson and her work with Childhelp, with a moment of respectful silence. The House resolved into Committee of the Whole and then Additional Committee of the Whole to consider several bills. HB 2089, HB 2177, HB 2258, HB 2322, HB 2786, and HB 2825 were all recommended do pass, with HB 2177, HB 2322, and HB 2825 amended. HB 2074, dealing with abortion-related language, drew extensive debate over a floor amendment that removed a life-of-the-mother exception; the amendment was adopted and the bill was then recommended do pass as amended. HB 2104 and HB 2105, both relating to county property tax assessment procedures and inspections, were amended to address assessor concerns and then recommended do pass as amended. After the committee reports were adopted, the House considered and passed several third-reading bills. HB 2173, HB 2203, HB 2223, and HB 2501 all passed 57-0. HB 2307, an emergency measure concerning dangerous and incompetent defendants and out-of-state treatment options, passed 37-20 but did not receive the required two-thirds vote to enact the emergency clause. The House then received announcements about upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

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• SUCH AS GOLF COURSES, TENNIS COURTS, PICKLE BALL COURTS, BALLFIELDS AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES.
• THIS ALLOWS MUTUAL PERMIT HOLDERS TO LEASE FACILITIES TO ANY PERMIT HOLDER.
• THE FAMILY AS PART OWNERS IN THE FACILITY LOCATED IN ALABAMA AND COLUMBIA FALLS.
• NOT ONLY IN THE FACILITY BUT MONTANA AS WELL.
• THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE FACILITIES.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So, as you can imagine, trying to hire teachers, getting infrastructure in place—most of our facilities
• We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED test... GED testing sites.
• We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED testing sites.
• I mean, we can't afford that type of equipment to bring that into a facility.
• How many unauthorized alien children do you have in detainment or in residential facilities?

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

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• Secondly, it ensures that hospitals and health facilities have to establish protocols around what to
• do if immigration does come into a hospital or health facility, as well as restricting access to the
• Medical facilities, clinics, hospitals, and so forth, all of them should be safe zones.
• Our union members work in licensed regulated facilities.
• Our union members work in licensed regulated facilities.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard several bills focused on AI, immigration-related health care protections, digital financial assets, and online cannabis/hemp sales. SB 69 by Senator McNerney would create an AI-focused team within the Department of Justice to build enforcement expertise on civil rights, public safety, and legal issues tied to AI. SB 81 by Senator Arreguín would codify hospital and health facility policies limiting disclosure of patient immigration status and restricting immigration enforcement access without a judicial warrant. SB 97 by Senator Grayson would update and clarify California’s digital financial assets licensing law. SB 243 by Senator Padilla would impose guardrails on AI companion chatbots, including disclosures, anti-addictive design limits, self-harm protocols, and a private right of action. SB 378 by Senator Wiener would allow civil penalties against online marketplaces that advertise illicit intoxicating hemp and unlicensed cannabis products. Testimony on SB 69 emphasized that California needs in-house AI enforcement expertise at the DOJ; supporters said AG offices generally lack tech-policy specialists, while members asked about the Attorney General’s role and noted the office was neutral. SB 81 drew broad support from nurses, immigrant advocates, hospitals, labor, and community groups, who argued that hospitals should remain safe places for care regardless of immigration status; there was no opposition. SB 97 was described as a technical cleanup bill with stakeholder consensus, and the main public comment focused on ensuring blockchain-based nonfinancial products are not unintentionally swept into the law. SB 243 generated the most debate. Supporters, including the mother of a Florida teen who died by suicide after interacting with a chatbot, urged stronger protections for minors and vulnerable users. Opponents argued the bill’s definitions were too broad and could capture general-purpose AI systems, and raised concerns about privacy, cost, and a private right of action. Committee members largely supported the bill’s intent and discussed the need for guardrails without stifling innovation. SB 378 was supported by cannabis workers, retailers, and local government representatives who said online sales of untested intoxicating hemp and illegal cannabis are harming public health and the legal market; opponents from hemp and tech groups argued the bill could sweep in lawful hemp businesses and that definitions need refinement. The committee ultimately passed SB 69, SB 81, SB 97, SB 243, and SB 378, with SB 81 and SB 243 amended, and all five bills were sent onward to their next committees.

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• Representative Schearer's bill that corrects terminology in the chapter of statutes governing nursing facility
• modifications for federal conformity, supplemental nursing services agency updates, assisted living facility
• are from House File 2407, Representative Lesnar's bill that provides residents of long-term care facilities
• <00:03:43.200> payment governing Nursing Facility payment governing Nursing Facility payment
• Agency updates assisted living facility Agency updates assisted living facility updates<00:04:22.560

Keywords: 1183, house

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• be detained to conduct the evaluation, which includes detention and transport to the appropriate facility
• It's worth mentioning that 'evaluation facility' is not defined in the statute.
• Detention facilities shall be used as temporary shelter for such persons.
• Upon arrival at an evaluation facility, the proposed client shall be informed orally and in writing by
• Under 43.111, every adult involved... voluntarily committed to an evaluation facility under the prior

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• assisted living facilities to relocate. assisted living facilities to relocate.
• living facilities. living facilities.
• living facilities living facilities by<00:24:30.920> for-profit<00:24:31.520> entities
• It's just a requirement um to have... facility um or nursing home, but now as facility um or nursing
• That's why they're going to those facilities. And to prohibit...

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• c> specific<01:23:20.320> crime Creating a new facility specific crime Creating a new facility
• <01:42:32.560> are<01:42:32.800> comprehensive, facilities are comprehensive, facilities
• A person who is physically present at a health care facility whose access to or from the facility is
• The owner of a health care facility or the building or property upon which the health care facility is
• The owner of a health care facility or the building or property upon which the health care facility is

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments. Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure. A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.