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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SJR5, SJR27, SB4, SB6, SB7, SB9, SB13, SB15, SB23, SB27, SB30, SB40, SB57, SB66, SB140, SB268, SB293, SB331, SB413, SB437, SB447, SB457, SB467, SB506, SB510, SB512, SB568, SB571, SB650, SB710, SB763, SB785, SB800, SB850, SB863, SB865, SB904, SB905, SB973, SB974, SB1191, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1494, SB1504, SB1522, SB1540, SB1567, SB1579, SB1580, SB1610, SB1660, SB1723, SB1760, SB1838, SB1923, SB1946, SB1957, SB1964, SB2018, SB2024, SB2121, SB2167, SB2217, SB2221, SB2321, SB2337, SB2368, SB2373, SB2407, SB2431, SB2477, SB2587, SB2615, SB2753, SB2807, SB2900, SB2965, SB2972, SB2986, SB3039, SB3047, SB3059, SB3070, SB1, SB8, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB21, SB30, SB37, SB260, SB268, SB331, SB379, SB441, SB447, SB457, SB509, SB650, SB763, SB1198, SB1405, SB1506, SB1566, SB1610, SB1637, SB1660, SB1833, SB2018, SB2024, SB2155, SB2217, SB2308, SB2337, SB2601, SB2753, SB2778, SB2878, SB2900, SB3059, HB4, HB145, HB300, HB493, HB2011, HB2067, HB2516, HB2525, HB2885, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3595, HB5138, HB5246, HB796, HB1523, HB5294, HB748, HB3395, HB180, HB3171, HB4690, HB146, HB5596, HB5694, HB1135, HB3225, HB186, HB1449, HB3793, HB112, HB104, HB4233, HB1094, HB3336, HB3520, HB3320, HB5663, HB2731, HB2399, HB111, HB3483, HB4580, HB3748, HB632, HB4730, HB127, HB5690, HB5689, HB3385, HB4359, HB5381, HB20, HB123, HB549, HB5606, HB2594, HB1057, HB3664, HCR141, HCR40, HCR59, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1367, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3036, SB3057, SB3043, SB3063, SB3035, SB203, SB2688, SB2522, SB2459, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2928, SB2566, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1944, SB1232, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB2683, SB1319, SB3045, SB3071, HB20, HB127, HB549, HB1094, HB2594, HB2731, HB4233, HB4690, SR625, HCR167, SJR5, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB23, SB40, SB13, SB15, SB30, SB268, SB331, SB447, SB457, SB568, SB650, SB763, SB1540, SB1610, SB1660, SB2018, SB2024, SB2217, SB2337, SB2753, SB2900, SB2972, SB3059, HB4, HB145, HB493, HB2067, HB2516, HB2885, HB2974, HB3071, HB3372, HB3556, HB3595, HB5138
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-06-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, at the appropriate time, if I may be permitted to insert the names into the journal, please
  • President, at the appropriate time, if I may be permitted to insert the names into the journal, please
  • if<00:02:23.360> I<00:02:23.440> may<00:02:23.599> be<00:02:23.760> permitted
  • <00:02:24.080> to<00:02:24.239> insert time, I if I may be permitted to insert time
  • , I if I may be permitted to insert the<00:02:24.720> names<00:02:24.959> into<00:02:25.200
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (02/03/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:59:03.040> under<00:59:03.359> federal supervisors not permitted under federal
  • supervisors not permitted under federal law.<00:59:04.240> Um<00:59:04.640> managers<00
  • Uh, federally chartered credit unions are permitted to compensate only one board member under federal
  • > credit<01:32:12.639> union<01:32:12.880> board models, uh, permit credit union
  • board models, uh, permit credit union board member<01:32:13.440> compensation<01:32:14.080>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance May 14th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • in its market analysis and Western's early childhood facility.
  • I'm the Associate Vice President for Facilities and Operations at Western.
  • and then we ask them to show us their permits.
  • We are looking to start a wind program in the correctional facilities.
  • Several years ago, we had a wind program at the facility in Clayton.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Multiple of the facilities along the border GSA it's a unique facility they don't run that it's not a
  • warehouse it's not a data center it's not an office space it's a very unique facility we've given more
  • and those that are run by it and the CBP facilities that they do CBP runs entirely some of their facilities
  • We don't have detention facilities, so a lot of times they're taken somewhere else.
  • And in the meantime, none of them were permitted to make a phone call.
Summary: The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:11:24.800> Um healthcare facilities. Um healthcare facilities.
  • to support the healthc care facilities to support the healthc care facilities and<00:17:23.039><
  • > movement permitting non-infected farms movement permitting non-infected farms movement during
  • Our commercial facilities, it's a Plan.
  • I can't speak to the IT facilities.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee met to adopt the minutes of the second meeting by voice vote, then heard an update focused on disaster preparedness, resiliency, response, and coordination among state agencies and partners. The chair emphasized avoiding duplication of resources and highlighted the importance of agriculture-related response issues, including animal evacuation, feed distribution, and the role of extension services during disasters. The Department for Public Health was invited to explain its role in emergency planning and response. Public Health described its Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch as the lead coordinating agency for Emergency Support Function 8, covering health and medical services under Kentucky’s emergency operations framework. Testimony outlined its broad responsibilities, including support for hospitals, morgues, local health departments, behavioral health, crisis counseling, suspicious package testing, disease outbreaks, and coordination with emergency management, EMS, transportation, and nonprofit and private partners. Officials also described the agency’s risk-assessment process, training and exercise programs, and deployed assets such as PPE caches, deployable communications, a federal medical station, a mobile treatment center, and alternate care support used in events like the eastern Kentucky floods and COVID-19. The agency also discussed funding through federal cooperative agreements for public health emergency preparedness and hospital preparedness, noting that these programs have evolved since 9/11 and have been shaped by major disasters and emerging threats. Officials said Kentucky’s funding has declined over time and that current awards are partially funded for the first time in the program’s history. They expressed support for efficiency if federal programs are consolidated, but cautioned that combining programs could risk further funding losses.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • hospital district to lease all or part of its property, including the hospital system, buildings, and facilities
  • During the other five periods, however, a retail fireworks permit holder must obtain approval from the
  • open in other parts of the state, but we were closed in their county because their county had not permitted
  • We remit tens of thousands of dollars in fees and building permits for stands and stores per year to
  • from 2 years to 1 year, removing outdated bond requirements for directors, expanding the types of facilities
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill contemplates that for surrounding landowners, the original recreational facilities, even in
  • Recreational and continue to operate as a residential facility.
  • Courts often permit youth to return home following individualized assessment, structured supervision,
  • It preserves final permitting decisions, approvals, and denials.
  • But this would not stifle the ability for the city or county to issue a permit for that event.
Summary: The committee first considered CS/SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all amendment narrowed eligibility to certain contaminated or brownfield properties in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, added adjacency and density/intensity limits, and excluded agricultural land, park land, land outside the urban growth boundary, and land near military installations. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote, with limited support and opposition noted in waived appearance forms. Members then took up CS/CS/SB 212 on sexual offenders and sexual predators. The strike-all added public swimming pools and related child-centered locations to residency and presence restrictions. Testimony was sharply divided: proponents argued the bill would help protect children and law enforcement, while opponents, including treatment experts and homelessness advocates, said there was no empirical evidence the restrictions reduce abuse and warned of retroactive punishment and increased homelessness. The amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 8-1. The committee also approved CS/CS/SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after an amendment allowing certain enclaves adjacent to interstates to be developed for commercial, industrial, or single-family residential uses and clarifying exclusions for protected areas. Opponents argued it would weaken zoning and comprehensive plans, while supporters framed it as a property-rights measure; the bill was reported favorably 10-0. SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, a technical update to nonprofit law modeled on prior for-profit corporate revisions, also passed unanimously after supportive waived testimony. Later, the committee approved SB 1338 on charitable giving, which creates a donor remedy for endowment restrictions and limits state reporting burdens on certain regulated or exempt organizations; members discussed cy pres and the sponsor said further changes would be worked out later. CS/SB 532 on court fees was amended to let clerks retain all collections above revenue projections rather than half, with supporters saying clerks have been underfunded for years; it passed 10-0. The committee also favorably reported SB 218 on land use regulations, which restores normal land-use authority to counties not affected by recent hurricanes, and CS/SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability, which creates a presumption against liability for entities that comply with cybersecurity frameworks and reporting requirements; the cybersecurity bill drew concerns about retroactivity and the adequacy of compliance incentives but passed 9-2.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:04:38.080> permit<00:04:38.400> for<00:04:38.639> a permit, we issue that permit
  • a permit to a large water user? a permit to a large water user?
  • And um so when we evaluate permit<00:46:03.760> applications, permit applications, permit applications
  • <01:03:30.319> Permitting permit or regulate water use.
  • Permitting permit or regulate water use.
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WAM-HWN Informational Briefing 01-06-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a hospital or a medical facility on that site, as well as a resource center.
  • on that site as well as a facility on that site as well as a resource<00:30:06.600> center<00
  • With those public facilities, we want to bring it up to par so we can move that over because, as you
  • make improvements to their facilities make improvements to their facilities we're<02:34:51.399><
  • <02:35:58.920> for<02:35:59.080> Charter facilities for Charter facilities for Charter
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Hawaiian Affairs committee heard a budget presentation from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on its biennium requests for critical projects, repairs and maintenance, and operations. DHHL described its role in administering the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, noted the large beneficiary wait list, and said prior funding, including Act 279, has helped the department accelerate land development and reduce vacancies. Officials said they have about 47,219 applications involving 29,548 Native Hawaiians, roughly 28 projects underway, and that about $471 million of a $600 million appropriation has been encumbered, with the remaining lapse-fix funds expected to be resolved before the June 30, 2026 deadline. DHHL emphasized that its current request would support additional lot development and could help produce roughly 6,000 units from the existing project pipeline, with another phase of requests potentially adding about 2,000 more units. The department said it is prioritizing shovel-ready projects, accelerating lease awards and orientations, and using a mix of approaches including paper leases, rental-with-option-to-purchase, owner-builder, and loan programs. Officials also discussed a shift toward denser urban development, citing projects in West Oahu and Honolulu, and said the department is working to reduce its vacancy rate and move beneficiaries onto the land more quickly. Members questioned why Oahu, despite having the largest wait list, was receiving comparatively lower amounts, and DHHL responded that land availability and cost drive those decisions, with Oahu having limited developable land and very high acquisition costs. The department pointed to land acquisition on Kauai and other islands, and to urban high-rise projects that can yield far more units on small parcels. Members also raised long-term maintenance and wildfire risk, asking whether current acquisition and development choices account for future infrastructure costs; DHHL said maintenance is a growing concern, especially on large unused or isolated lands, and that it is pursuing Firewise planning, federal funds, and partnerships to reduce risk. The discussion also touched on mixed-use and community-led development, with DHHL explaining that it leases land to nonprofit homestead associations under general leases with milestones, business-plan requirements, and land-use restrictions to support local services and community goals.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 02/25/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • ongoing operations for a single facility ongoing operations for a single facility this<00:43:45.160
  • We can have facilities that offer jobs and that pay their fair share in taxes.
  • <01:15:48.800> across public administrative facilities across public administrative facilities
  • And water that would be proposed to be used by the facility.
  • about you know can smaller facilities about you know can smaller facilities also<01:29:24.159>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 11:05 am

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5063, to permit the county commission to appoint a county
  • This would include foster care, kinship care, or a residential placement facility.
  • Same request because I own a repair facility, a dealer, and a towing company.
  • adds minimum fine levels, provides for a potential year-long suspension from sporting events, and permits
  • Senate Bill 819, supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous guest introductions, including students, community leaders, food bank representatives, and visitors connected to Hunger Free West Virginia Day. A resolution recognizing March 10, 2026, as Hunger Free West Virginia Day was adopted, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 on the Southern West Virginia water crisis was referred to the Rules Committee. The chamber also heard remarks highlighting Hunger Free West Virginia’s work and a West Virginia company, Unigen, developing pharmaceutical manufacturing in the state. The Senate concurred with House amendments and passed several measures, including Senate Bill 467 on enforcement of Purple Heart parking spaces, Senate Bill 712 on cattle guards on certain public roads, and Senate Bill 781, a supplemental appropriation measure that was also made effective from passage. The chamber then adopted and passed Senate Bill 844, a large supplemental appropriation to the Department of Human Services, and Senate Bill 87, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Commerce, both effective from passage. Other third-reading bills passed included the Blue Envelope Program for drivers with autism, dementia, or intellectual and developmental disabilities; coverage for scalp cooling systems during chemotherapy; expansion of sex-offender registration to include solicitation of a minor and non-consensual disclosure of private images; child safety reporting requirements for school personnel; age-verification requirements for websites hosting harmful sexual material; free Gold Star parent vehicle registration; online training and updated standards for sanitarians; sheriff hiring authority; organ donor registration through voter registration; a Cold Case Task Force; abandoned vehicle title procedures; nutrition continuing education for physicians; special plate rules; gift card fraud offenses; protections for athletic officials; in-year school personnel movement; administrative services powers; pharmacy benefit manager regulation; vape shop regulation; reduced parole supervision fees; disability service credit for certain troopers; property valuation reporting changes; and quarterly Hope Scholarship payments. The Senate also advanced a large number of House bills and committee substitutes on second reading, including supplemental appropriations and measures on mental health examinations, dog registration rules, juvenile jurisdiction on military installations, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, a statewide prevention plan, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment levy treatment, and Commerce Department rules for microgrid districts and high-impact data centers. Several committee amendments were adopted, and many bills were advanced to third reading without objection. No executive communications were reported.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 2 defines a large hybrid environment facility as any facility in which employees work, including
  • a distribution... ...facility as any facility in which employees work, including a distribution center
  • feet is not a very large facility.
  • feet is not a very large facility. hybrid facility definition in the size, 10,000 square feet is not
  • a very large facility.
Keywords: 909, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Aug 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • They went down to get permits almost all at the same time from the state of Texas.
  • Export permits, production and export permits, okay. So production permits...
  • Would that be a permit associated with potentially production and export together?
  • That was included in our permit. Upstream from us. That's right. We would be...
  • We can set permits. And we can set fees. And we can do all those types of things.
Bills: HB24, HB27, HB24, HB27
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 03/04/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • the but uh the projects will have to get the appropriate<00:41:02.119> uh<00:41:02.319> permits
  • and Zoning Etc uh appropriate uh permits and Zoning Etc uh that<00:41:04.920> we<00:41:05.040
  • do<01:05:03.200> you<01:05:03.359> have<01:05:03.480> a<01:05:03.720> permit
  • will be things like do you have a permit will be things like do you have a permit at<01:05:04.440
  • is going to be this uh facility is going to be located<01:14:19.320> um located um located um
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Judiciary Committee Apr 1st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm just curious: cities and counties also have to approve a permit. Is that correct?
  • The same one that runs the live racetrack also runs a simulcast OTB facility in Fargo.
  • We're not there as much as we are a locked facility.
  • defense, the court facility fee.
  • Number three is the indigent defense and facility fee. Number four is a victim witness fee.
Keywords: 908, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

SPEED Task Force (STF) - Tue Jan 6, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:28:37.600> permitted is the building permit permitted is the building permit permitted
  • <00:29:20.320> permitted discussion on building permit permitted discussion on building permit
  • Can you guys clarify, um, rather if you guys were permitting for AR facilities, would still require,
  • <04:07:57.520> for<04:07:57.760> AR<04:07:58.239> facilities guys were permitting
  • for AR facilities guys were permitting for AR facilities um<04:07:59.760> would<04:08:00.080>
Keywords: 910, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 04/16/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the Minnesota Sports Facilities of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority<00:08:53.200>
  • <01:00:23.119> to a regional correctional facility to a regional correctional facility to
  • every one of them rely on the facilities every one of them rely on the facilities functioning<01
  • <01:27:13.920> and<01:27:14.159> its its uh facilities and its its uh facilities and
  • , a scuba instruction and ball facility, a scuba instruction and retail<01:53:50.800> facility,
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 5th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So they were training at our, near our airport, at a facility.
  • This is the building permit inspection bill. Are there amendments? None on the desk, Mr. President.
  • As we heard in committee, some local governments are already exempting work from permit requirements
  • The amendment adds the provision from the Senate bill requiring manufactured housing to be permitted
  • Our legal system would never permit them.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a brief introduction of the doctor of the day before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up several claims bills, including SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, which was described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents; the House bill was substituted and passed 34-0. SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence, was also substituted with the House version and passed 35-0. SB 42/HB 47 on specific medical diagnoses and child protective investigations passed 34-0 after supporters said it would require child protection teams to consider certain medical conditions that can mimic abuse. Later, SB 1002 on child welfare passed 37-0 after sponsors said it clarifies that parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow earlier court intervention and services, while not changing parental rights law. The Senate then considered education and health-related measures. SB 206/HB 851 on students with autism spectrum disorder was amended to the House bill and passed 35-0; the sponsor said it expands teacher preparation, requires autism-related training, creates a loan forgiveness program, and adds salary supplements for teachers with autism endorsements. SB 556/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 36-0 and would allow students with disabilities to use Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements, while also fixing a marching band credit issue. SB 688 on naturopathic medicine passed 33-3, reestablishing licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. SB 878/HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel passed 37-0 to address staffing shortages by aligning Florida more closely with federal CLIA standards. SB 914/HB 867 on dry needling by occupational therapists passed 37-0, clarifying authority for that treatment. SB 530 on state lotteries passed 36-0 with updates to operations, security, and retailer rules. SB 964/HB 6011 on financial disclosures and gifts/honoraria passed 36-0 after an amendment restored a percentage-based reporting option. The chamber also approved several government-administration and public-records measures. SB 326/HB 131 on curators of estates passed 36-0, updating probate rules for temporary court-appointed curators. SB 758/HB 625 on the Justice Administrative Commission passed 37-0 after an amendment broadened the judicial member to a judge or senior judge rather than only a circuit judge. SB 830 on public records passed 31-5, creating exemptions for the personal information of county and city managers and certain family members. The Senate also passed SB 21/HB 218 on land use regulations, which preserves hurricane-recovery restrictions in affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties, and the sponsor thanked colleagues for helping address unintended consequences from prior law. SB 354 on Blue Ribbon Projects was debated extensively over concerns about local control, conservation protections, and vague standards; after a late amendment excluding data centers from commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than passed. Finally, SB 1632/HB 1471 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles and domestic terrorist designations drew significant debate over references to Sharia law, religious freedom, notice, and due process; one amendment striking Sharia references failed, and a second amendment with broader revisions was under discussion when the transcript ended.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • If this continued while presenting testimony, you may be allowed to continue if time permits.
  • And that fund has just revenues from KÄ«lauea stages, which is a much larger facility than Diamond Head
  • So it sounds like right now your department is being funded by the Diamond Head facility?
  • oh it's by us the state no okay facility oh it's by us the state no okay then<00:48:49.839> the
  • uh the last to sanction uh to to permit uh the last four<01:11:39.840> to<01:11:40.000> be
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on. The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing. The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.