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• Lyft is a technology platform connecting independent drivers and riders through an online marketplace
• Lyft is a technology platform connecting independent drivers and riders through an online marketplace
• Lyft is a technology<00:15:49.280> platform<00:15:49.880> connecting technology platform
• And the transfer of enforcement was to DOT, correct?
• And but the transfer of enforcement PUC.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

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• Navigating transfer credits from multiple institutions can be challenging.
• Transfer equivalency system.
• It's a transfer equivalent service, and it's really up to them.
• The technology is already there.
• But this technology is out there that this can all be coordinated.

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• under the educational adequacy category to 10 percent, making conforming amendments, and making a transfer
• environmental product declarations, creating the Environmental Product Declaration Fund, making a transfer
• environmental product declarations, creating the Environmental Product Declaration Fund, making a transfer
• with the county assessor. ...requiring an affidavit to be filed with the county assessor for the transfer
• of certain real property, excluding certain real property transfers from the requirement to file an

Keywords: 996, all

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• clean energy technology.
• However, there are many problems with this technology. Thank you.
• It's not all that new technology. The U.S.
• That's what this technology does.
• Appropriations, Transportation, Technology.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• of transferred increment.
• <01:06:10.160> Uh temporary transfer authorization. Uh temporary transfer authorization.
• ><01:06:29.359> on<01:06:29.599> transferred investment earnings on transferred investment
• Section 18 is from Senator transfer.
• shortline railroad credit transfer shortline railroad credit transfer uh<01:28:26.560> the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• transferred to the special revenue fund. transferred to the special revenue fund.
• <00:27:00.559> to appropriations are all transferred to appropriations are all transferred
• Section 7 is another part of that same bill and same program transfer.
• Section 7 is another part of that same bill and same program transfer.
• 1462 and relates to the um uh transfer 1462 and relates to the um uh transfer for<00:47:58.560><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Technologies to protect the quality and Technologies to protect the quality and quantity<00:13:41.240
• to the DNR does eventual transfer to the DNR does require<00:26:04.760> County<00:26:05.039><
• out, so they don't want to give away their technology.
• out, so they don't want to give away their technology.
• out, so they don't want to give away their technology.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• technology if you guys have questions. technology if you guys have questions.
• <00:15:15.760> and our office of enterprise technology and our office of enterprise technology
• > other data transferring them from other data transferring them from other programs<00:42:32.480
• <01:00:16.720> revolution technological revolution technological revolution to<01:00:18.640>
• <01:09:15.120> Um success intervention technology. Um success intervention technology.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• is add $15 million in fiscal 2027 from the general fund to the Office of Inspector General for Technology
• This first one, technology modernization to improve data sharing between agencies, I mean that alone,
• > that<00:02:29.599> I'm So, Representative Clayborn, I have been working hard on technology
• I have been working hard on technology I have been working hard on technology modernization,<00:
• <00:43:32.640> responsibilities<00:43:33.520> in transferring responsibilities in transferring

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Chair and members, from a technical perspective, the transfer of North Star Promise dollars into the
• commercialization, so transferring research to companies and some facts and figures in 2024.
• commercialization, so transferring research to companies.
• through largely through technology through largely through technology commercialization<01:14:24.400
• <01:25:41.520> among allowing easier credit transfers among allowing easier credit transfers

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Higher Ed Finance and Policy Committee met to begin a budget overview for higher education. The chair noted quorum, committee member introductions, and that Democratic members were absent. The chair also said the Office of Higher Education would not be appearing for the planned budget deep dive, so nonpartisan fiscal staff would present instead. Ken Savory, the committee’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst, introduced a presentation on the higher education finance structure and timeline. Savory explained the state budget cycle, the difference between direct appropriations, statutory appropriations, open appropriations, base funding, tails, and one-time appropriations, and how those concepts apply to higher education. He described the committee’s usual budget areas: the Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State, the University of Minnesota, and the Mayo Foundation. He also reviewed historical spending charts showing higher education’s share of the general fund over time, the 2/3-1/3 funding policy in statute, and how tuition and general fund support have shifted. He noted that the FY 26-27 base for the Office of Higher Education area is about $725 million, including roughly $450 million for the State Grant program and about $99 million for North Star Promise. Members asked about comparing the current budget to earlier biennia, and staff responded that they would need to calculate the percentage difference. The chair then summarized prior budget growth, saying the previous budget was about $650 million over base and the current budget/tail was about $450 million over base. Staff also reviewed the 2024 omnibus higher education bill, including a roughly $5 million reduction to North Star Promise that was redirected to the Fostering Independence Grant program and a $500,000 appropriation for Minnesota State’s Kids on Campus program. The committee did not take any formal votes or actions during this portion of the meeting.

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• lots of Technology even before the<00:37:18.160> um<00:37:18.359> covid<00:37:18.839><
• <01:04:40.200> to of Grant programs through transfers to of Grant programs through transfers
• <01:04:46.119> both<01:04:46.440> administrator<01:04:47.440> and transfer both
• administrator and transfer both administrator and paraprofessional<01:04:48.480> licensing<01:
• transfer actually includes both the transfer actually includes both the staff<01:26:14.880> member

Keywords: 1183, house

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• blockchain and financial technologies blockchain and financial technologies during<01:13:31.360>
• Today, when a vehicle is transferred between family members and there's no loan attached, most people
• That reflects the reality that it's just a family transfer.
• <01:29:21.199> So<01:29:22.080> this<01:29:22.320> bill transferring these cars
• So this bill transferring these cars.

Keywords: 916, all

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• This is the third-party delivery for transferring them to TDLR. I move passage.
• HB 3395 by Van Deaver, relating to authorizing a beneficiary designation that transfers a manufactured
• SB 2361 by Kolkhorst, relating to the transfer of the University of Houston Victoria to the Texas A&M
• Members, this is our bill we passed yesterday transferring the University of Houston Victoria to the
• disclosure requirements applicable to the transfer of certain interests of real property.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation and pledges, received Senate messages, and adopted several procedural motions allowing committees to meet during the session and postponing or scheduling certain committee hearings. Members also observed a memorial recognition for Wood County Deputy Sheriff Melissa Pollard, who died in the line of duty, and adopted a resolution honoring her service. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 897 recognizing May 6, 2025 as Golf Day in Texas and House Resolution 1063 recognizing Dallas Housing Coalition Advocacy Day; additional recognitions highlighted Mental Health Awareness Month and tardive dyskinesia awareness, The Woodlands’ 50th anniversary, Alzheimer’s advocacy, student athlete Gator Young, an intern in Rep. Leo-Wilson’s office, and educator Jessica Lopez. The House spent much of the day on third-reading consideration of a long calendar of bills. Among the measures passed were HB 24 on zoning protest procedures, HB 3800 creating a health care workforce advisory board, HB 42 on higher education appropriations, HB 129 restricting contracts with foreign adversary companies, HB 677 on county elections administrator political activity, HB 668 on license-to-carry renewal procedures, HB 2128 directing a rural firefighting study, HB 2038 expanding physician licensing options, HB 2316 on election result reporting, HB 3686 on retired peace officer ID cards, HB 2563 creating a prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool, HB 1160 increasing penalties for assaults on utility workers, HB 3883 on major events funding, HB 2788 protecting fraud-detection information, HB 2663 on inactive well plugging extensions, HB 3305 extending a county health provider participation program, HB 3474 on pension reporting, HB 1105 expanding tuition exemptions for certain paramedics, HB 3490 on closed meetings with internal auditors, HB 3597 on child care facility notice thresholds, HB 1295 on health literacy planning, HB 3512 on AI training for government employees, HB 3783 on court-ordered counseling, HB 2017 on intoxication manslaughter penalties, HB 3010 on rural disaster recovery, HB 3112 on cybersecurity-related public information and meetings, HB 4215 on delivery network companies, HB 3223 on construction claims limitation periods, HB 3464 on controlled substances in correctional facilities, HB 3120 on residential child detention facilities, HB 4214 on public information, HB 481 on trade secret sealing, HB 4783 on opioid antagonist program reporting, HB 4063 on unilateral memoranda of contract, HB 2783 on county employee deferred compensation, HB 5085 on seed banks, HB 2510 on assisted living facility operations, HB 3426 on digital driver’s licenses, HB 4361 on emergency notifications at higher education institutions, HB 1169 on oil and gas infrastructure protection, HB 2516 on Medicare supplement eligibility for Texans under 65, HB 3560 on hospital staff background checks, HB 3860 on occupational licenses for inmates, HB 3146 on SOAH hearings, HB 184 on loan repayment for border prosecution attorneys, HB 198 on firefighter cancer screenings, HB 247 on border security infrastructure taxation, HB 367 on excused absences for students with severe illnesses, HB 449 on deepfake sexually explicit images, HB 1778 on human trafficking and related offenses, HB 514 on maternal health workforce outreach, HB 632 on pharmacy regulation, HB 2582 on victim parole information, HB 766 on precinct chair ballot applications, HB 2715 on suspension/removal of officials, HB 2712 on water and sewer utility test years, HB 3069 on transmission projects, HB 3505 on health provider participation districts, HB 1269 on plant disease and pest prevention grants, HB 4224 on access to health care records, HB 5032 on historical documents in the Capitol complex, HB 2240 on void marriages, HB 5180 on diploma designation, HB 3348 on health provider participation programs, HB 4668 on PUC authority to retain assistance, HB 4665 on child care training providers, HB 3395 on beneficiary designation for manufactured homes, HB 3157 on interim electric utility rates, HB 4395 on electronic submission of public securities records, HB 4325 on bribery civil penalties, HB 4386 on annuity replacement transactions, HB 4273 on Medicaid fraud-related unlawful acts, HB 2760 on judicial review of unemployment decisions, HB 2820 on charitable bingo operating capital, HB 1828 on legislative leave for correctional officers, and a series of Senate bills including SB 2349, SB 1268, SB 610, SB 1577, SB 1369, SB 2032, SB 1057, SB 1044, SB 922, SB 1759, SB 1143, SB 1506, SB 1403, SB 2361, SB 870, SB 372, and SB 72. Several bills drew debate or amendments, including HB 24, where a germane point of order was sustained against an amendment, and HB 198, HB 3348, and SB 2361, which were amended before passage. Most measures passed by wide margins, though some drew notable opposition, including HB 3883, HB 514, HB 1295, HB 184, SB 1143, and others. The House also postponed further consideration of HB 4700 until the end of the day and HB 24 until 1 p.m., and it granted permission for committees to meet during the House session and for the Calendars Committee to meet that morning.

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• progress in the automobile industry to increase fuel economy, even though. technological progress in
• So it treats both of those technologies. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Paulino. Okay.
• For example, EEA could choose to transfer some of this money to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
• For example, EEA could choose to transfer some of this money to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
• And it wasn't just about bringing new technologies to help solve this climate crisis.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing opened with remarks from the co-chairs explaining committee procedures, testimony limits, submission instructions, and the new deadlines for acting on House and Senate bills. The committee then heard testimony on several bills related to agriculture, land use, environment, housing, transportation, and taxation, with legislators often taken out of turn. No votes were taken during the hearing. The first major topic was H. 3206, a bill to allow fossil fuel-free 529 college savings plans to qualify for the state tax deduction if MEFA does not offer a comparable option. Representative Steve Owens said the bill would not force MEFA or Fidelity to change existing plans, but would create a definition for fossil fuel-free funds and extend the deduction to qualifying out-of-state plans. The committee also heard strong local testimony on a Belmont home-rule petition, H. 3970, to change tax treatment for the Belmont Country Club under Chapter 61B. Belmont residents and officials argued the private golf course receives an unfair tax break that shifts costs to other taxpayers, while Senator Brownsberger and Representative Rogers supported the measure as a way to help the town recover revenue. Committee members asked about town meeting support, the club’s lack of payment in lieu of taxes, and the size of the tax savings. The committee next heard testimony on a vehicle miles traveled tax proposal, S. 1925, from Senator Barrett and economists Gilbert Metcalf and Christopher Knittel. They argued that declining gas-tax revenue and rising fuel efficiency, especially with electric vehicles, require a more stable transportation funding source; they also said a VMT tax could be designed to be revenue-neutral and mildly progressive, though members raised concerns about administration, fairness, EV disincentives, and the possibility of annual tax shocks. The largest block of testimony focused on the Ahead Act, H. 3194/S. 1973, which would double the deed excise fee and dedicate the new revenue to affordable housing and climate adaptation. Supporters from MACDC, MAPC, FICC, Boston Climate Action Network, CLF, 350 Mass, CHAPA, and a tenant advocate said the bill could generate about $300 million annually for housing production, vouchers, weatherization, resilience, and environmental justice communities, and that it links two urgent crises with a stable funding stream. The committee also heard testimony on the Conservation Land Tax Credit bills, H. 3147/S. 2083, which would raise the annual cap on the credit from $2 million to $5 million for three years and then sunset back down. Conservation groups and a landowner said the program has conserved thousands of acres and that the higher cap would reduce delays and help meet state conservation goals. Finally, the committee took testimony on the Fairness for Farm Workers bills, S. 2011/H. 3107 and S. 2012, which would extend overtime, minimum wage, breaks, and paid time off protections to farm workers and include a refundable tax credit to help farmers offset overtime costs. Senator Gomez and advocates described the bills as overdue civil rights and public health measures, citing low wages, long hours, dangerous conditions, and the racial history behind farm labor exclusions. The hearing also included testimony on H. 3240, a bill to give municipalities a local option vacancy tax on chronically vacant shopping malls, with the sponsor arguing it would help towns address blight, encourage redevelopment, and potentially create housing and tax revenue.

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• President, your Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology, having had under consideration
• President, your Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology, having had under consideration
• No, the safest place for a transfer to occur is when they're in custody.
• But the safest place for a transfer to occur is statistically when they're already in custody.
• Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology will meet at 8 a.m. in Senate hearing room 109 tomorrow

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Line 20 is a transfer of... you'll see there for 2627 and 2829 in you'll see there for 2627 and 2829
• <00:05:41.800> of Um, line 20 is a transfer of money in fiscal year 25, $175,000, moving it
• . $160,000 to complete that transfer.
• And this proposal stops that transfer after fiscal year 25, so there'll be a savings of $200,000 per
• > allow<00:24:40.080> the some transfers to allow the some transfers to allow the appropriations

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Whenever you're transferring ownership, and this might have been one for him.
• and also affect the transfer of the information.
• Then, during the transfer, is there a hold harmless agreement to the new owner under this litigation?
• transfer, where the parties say, okay.
• House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

Bills: HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734

Keywords: child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation

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• Because a company transferred over there.
• Technology or other needs within the Literacy Center. So it's more than just people. Thank you, Mr.
• There are other new, developing, and emerging technologies that can use existing technology to further
• I love PSFA, or that can be used for the new technology, new innovative stuff.
• If you're at home desperately ill, and you have, again, a rural school and you don't have bus transfer

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• maybe that's something that the students can do a partnership with, which has the bioremediation technology
• which has the bio remediation technology which has the bio remediation technology invented<00:04
• <00:16:44.319> to lands uh are deemed transferred to lands uh are deemed transferred to adjacent
• The only thing is the roadway was owned by the association and wanted to transfer the roadway to the
• <01:15:54.760> um development of tools and Technology um development of tools and Technology

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees first heard SB 1146, which would appropriate funds to the University of Hawaiʻi to develop an action plan and pre-engineering concept plan for debris management and water quality control in the Ala Wai Watershed. Testimony was largely supportive from DLNR, a UH student, and a special improvement district representative, while one speaker suggested the work should be coordinated with existing efforts to avoid duplication. Committee discussion focused on the multi-jurisdictional nature of the watershed, existing debris-trap work that captures only about 20 to 30 percent of debris, the role of the university in capstone projects and recommendations, and the relationship to the existing Geni project and other community efforts. Members also asked about costs, tracking progress, and the difference between water-quality improvements and the larger debris problem. The committees then voted to pass SB 1146 with amendments, including blanking out the appropriation and deferring the effective date to July 31, 2050. The motion passed in both committees, with votes recorded in support and no opposition noted during the decision-making. The committees also heard SB 321, which would deem certain fee simple privately owned lands transferred to adjacent property owners or community associations if specified conditions are met. Testimony was in support from several individuals, but members raised concerns about the lack of input from counties and the state, and about how the bill might affect roads already used by the public or maintained by local governments. After discussion, the committees voted to advance SB 321 unamended to the next committees, with the measure adopted in both committees despite one recorded no vote in the Water and Land committee.

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• for any state to kind of judge overall economic performance: real GDP, real personal income less transfer
• Real personal income less transfer shows some nice growth in 2024, but then really nothing much until
• Is it some other change in the way firms are doing business, some other change in technology?
• them to become cost-effective enough for businesses to actually adopt them and transmit that new technology
• attribute the majority of that to productivity gains, whether it's AI, automation, or whatever other technologies

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: At the April meeting of the Finance Advisory Committee, staff presented an updated state revenue forecast that was more cautious than January’s because of heightened economic uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict and broader national risks. The general fund’s available resources were revised down from $577 million in January to $378 million in the April forecast, with the lower estimate driven by reduced revenue projections while spending assumptions were unchanged. Staff said the outlook depends heavily on how long the Middle East conflict lasts and noted that a prolonged disruption could weaken the forecast further, while a quick resolution could improve conditions. George Hammond of the University of Arizona gave a broad economic overview, highlighting geopolitical risk, elevated oil and gasoline prices, sticky inflation, weak Arizona job growth, and uncertainty around federal policy, tariffs, immigration, and AI-related investment. He said Arizona’s recent job growth has been very weak and concentrated mainly in health services, while most other sectors lost jobs, and he attributed much of the slowdown to low hiring rather than layoffs. He also discussed population growth, noting that Arizona remains above the national average but is increasingly dependent on net migration as natural increase slows, and he warned that housing affordability remains strained even as Phoenix inflation has moderated. Panelists generally echoed the cautious outlook but pointed to some offsets. Liz St. Clair said Arizona’s near-term revenues could benefit from tourism tied to spring training and the Final Four, though higher fuel costs could dampen discretionary spending. Other panelists noted that the federal policy environment, tariffs, and immigration changes are likely to restrain growth, while productivity gains, especially from technology and AI, may help businesses maintain output. Several members also discussed housing, saying single-family permits have fallen while rental supply has improved affordability, and they raised concerns about labor-force growth, wage disparities, and the reliability of recent employment data revisions. No formal votes or actions were taken.