Transcript Highlights:

• Yeah, so it's a definite course of action.
• Just if it's something that we need and we want, we can definitely do that.
• bill, so you just got to tweak the definition so you don't get into trouble later.
• So you've got to put in something to clarify the definition of what happens if you've got a 20° slope
• <02:07:33.559> like<02:07:33.679> for Gives two different definitions.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee held its first hearing of the 2025 session and began with housekeeping on testimony deadlines, hybrid participation rules, time management, and expectations for civility. The chair said testimony posted at least 24 hours in advance would be available to members and the public at the same time, late testimony would still be processed, and decision-making would generally be deferred to later in the day so morning hearings could adjourn before the noon floor session. The first bill heard was HB 673 on emergency management. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency administrator James Barros testified in opposition, saying the bill could undermine the executive’s unity of command during emergencies and objecting to provisions allowing the legislature to terminate a state of emergency by a two-thirds vote. Members asked about the difference between an emergency order and a state of emergency, whether other states use legislative checks and balances, and whether long-running emergencies such as COVID-19 or homelessness should have clearer end conditions. Barros said the agency, along with the Attorney General’s office and the governor’s office, would review the language and that the issue is setting conditions for when an emergency ends. The committee then heard HB 596, also on emergency management, which would clarify types of events that count as dangers and emergencies. Barros opposed the bill, saying the current list covers known hazards but should remain open-ended for future threats; he cited COVID-19 as an example of an unforeseen event and said the bill could limit flexibility. Members asked whether the list could be expanded, and Barros said the agency would look at that possibility. Testimony included support from the Grassroots Institute of Hawaii and concerns from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii about the bill’s special fund provisions; the committee also corrected testimony that had been submitted for the wrong bill. The final measure discussed was HB 1060 on emergency preparedness and the Community Readiness Center Program. Barros explained the proposal as part of HEMA’s effort to build local readiness centers and community hubs, with an initial target of 10 communities through a federal grant and a longer-term concept of roughly 100 statewide. The Climate Advisory Team supported the bill’s intent but urged that centers be developed with strong community and nonprofit involvement through the HARRP program. The Department of Taxation offered comments on the special fund, and members raised questions about cost, size, use of existing school facilities, public messaging, and equity across communities. Barros said the centers would provide backup communications, power, water, and food for a community group, would not function as general shelters, and would be designed to help communities hunker down and recover after a disaster.

Transcript Highlights:

• defines the terms air ambulance, air ambulance attendant, and air ambulance service, modifies the definition
• acting as an ambulance, and conforms statute relating to ambulance regulation to reflect the severed definitions
• defines the terms air ambulance, air ambulance attendant, and air ambulance service, modifies the definition
• acting as an ambulance, and conforms statute relating to ambulance regulation to reflect the severed definitions

Bills: HB2049, HB2178, HB2179, HB2307, HB2322

Keywords: radiation therapy, particle accelerator, critical access hospitals, patient care, rural healthcare, HB2178, Arizona, state agencies, chief medical officer, medical license, physician license, osteopathic license, licensure requirement, Title 41, Title 32, Arizona Revised Statutes, A.R.S. 41-5902, public health administration, agency leadership, state government personnel

Transcript Highlights:

• Now I did hear some of your concerns about the definition around a hedge fund, and that's why I have
• agreed to strike the title on this bill and shore up that definition primarily to make it so that hedge
• Presentative Just to clarify for the record, your definition of hedge fund when replaced will be what
• To tighten up the definition of what exactly a hedge fund is or an institutional investor, the main point

Bills: HB3041, HB4428, HB4429, HB1064, HB3265, HB3721, HB3028, HB3313, HB3588, HB3020

Keywords: credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, pecuniary factors, nonpecuniary factors, ESG, environmental social governance, social goals

Transcript Highlights:

• So, all HB 104 is doing is adding in some definition changes of a finder.
• We're adding in some definitions relating to what digital assets are.
• Representative Whitt continued: "HB 104 is adding in some definition changes of a finder.
• We're adding in some definitions relating to what digital assets are.

Bills: HB55, HB104, HB55, HB104

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

Transcript Highlights:

• making sure that the committee received as much information as possible on the different needs and definitely
• 02:31.680> different<00:02:31.920> needs<00:02:32.879> and<00:02:33.280> definitely
• on the different needs and definitely on the different needs and definitely urgent<00:02:34.080>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational briefing on Act 310, which set aside $50 million for nonprofit and community organizations facing uncertainty, especially amid federal funding disruptions. Speakers thanked Aloha United Way for handling applications, as well as the governor, lieutenant governor, House and Senate leadership, and legislative staff for helping craft the measure and review more than 200 applications totaling over $150 million in requests. They noted the funding was intended as a safety net for organizations serving at-risk populations and those that had lost federal support, with priority given to healthcare, human services, education, the arts, and food distribution. The co-chair then presented the recommended award list, describing it as aimed at programs with broad reach and high impact. The list included a large number of nonprofits and community providers across the state, such as food banks, health centers, youth and family services, domestic violence and legal aid organizations, cultural and educational groups, and hospitals. Several of the larger awards mentioned included Hui Food Bank, Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island, West Hawaii Community Health Center, The Food Basket, and multiple Maui and Oahu service organizations. After the full list was read, the chair asked for discussion or objections. Hearing none, the committee adopted the list of nonprofit awards as read. The briefing then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Updates outdated statute from the 1980s by revising terminology in definitions, which will help to reduce
• arrangements with a third-party entity may jeopardize their CCRC certificate because of an outdated definition
• SB 1522 addresses that concern. by updating the 30-year-old definition of a CCRC.
• As we dove into the issue, we discovered part of the problem lies in the definition of continuing care

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

Transcript Highlights:

• That is definitely something... ...maybe I accidentally deleted it.
• That is definitely something that must be added back in. Okay, okay. Does Mr. Chairman?
• Well, I definitely hate to cut the conversation short, but if you have to go, we can.
• Well, I definitely hate to cut the conversation short, but if you have to go, we can, I think we know

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The subcommittee met on SB 2370 with a quorum present and focused on how to handle proposed 340B-related reporting language. Members discussed three main paths: adopt the LC draft with reporting requirements for covered entities, PBMs, insurers, and manufacturers; convert only the PBM/insurer/manufacturer portions into a study; or turn the entire proposal into a study. Representative Dobervich explained that the study version would keep the same subject areas but delay initial reporting so the data could be analyzed more thoughtfully, and she noted gaps in the original amendments, including federally qualified health centers participating in 340B, 340B contract pharmacies, and a clearer plan for data analysis and administration. Testimony from HHS and the Insurance Department emphasized that collecting data is different from analyzing it and that any version would need clear authority, confidentiality protections, and a designated agency willing to collect, analyze, and publish the information. The Insurance Department said it could potentially collect data but would likely need additional budget resources for analysis, and it noted that the pending PBM bill, SB 1584, could affect what information is already available through regulation. A representative of the North Dakota Pharmacists Association said SB 1584 contains some reporting but is not as comprehensive as the proposal under discussion. Members also discussed whether the proposal belonged in an insulin bill at all, with concerns raised about germaneness and the possibility of sending the matter to the Delayed Bills Committee or placing study language elsewhere. No vote was taken. The subcommittee adjourned after members agreed to continue refining the language over the weekend and bring options back to the full committee, with several members expressing a preference for a combined version that includes both reporting and study elements.

Transcript Highlights:

• Revising the definition of criminal offense for the purpose of the Victims of Crime Act to include certain
• an application for cannabis activity licensure be completed and signed by the applicant, adding definitions
• House Bill 134, an act relating to delinquency, amending the Delinquency Act, expanding the definitions
• entity to conduct a housing study prior to submitting an application for public support, adding definitions

Transcript Highlights:

• They don't arrest anyone, but they definitely buy Netflix.
• It definitely is.
• That's a definition in the transportation code, their code.
• So there are three things in that definition, that statute definition that creates a police vehicle:
• It is the definition in the transportation code.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, this is definitely something important.
• a great question and the the definition a great question and the the definition piece<00:08:04.240
• Uh, the definition of prepared foods at the federal level for SNAP benefits is a different definition
• The definitions that are used for candy are complicated.
• items without clear, concise definitions items without clear, concise definitions means<00:41:07.520

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

Transcript Highlights:

• definitely hit that or if not before. definitely hit that or if not before.
• Um and so I I definitely think we can.
• Uh we really take a lot definitive care.
• <01:03:18.960> Uh, definitely growing in that area. Uh, definitely growing in that area.
• So um definitely on our on our well.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.

Transcript Highlights:

• Line 1.4 through 1.5 changes the definition of fraud. 1.6 to 1.8 changes the definition of waste. couple
• the definition of waste.
• He's saying he definitely doesn't want a conclusion. I don't know about any nature.
• He's saying he definitely doesn't want a conclusion. I don't know about any nature.
• We definitely don't want to add conclusion there.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I will not never know if that's what it was, but I definitely don't want to see it again.
• photos, we have definitions for what infectious and pathological waste includes.
• Uh, menstrual products and diapers don't fall under those definitions. Um, Mr.
• fall under those definitions. fall under those definitions. Um<00:31:22.200> Mr.
• There are also various definitions, like there's a definition of a generator and other terms.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And these sections modify definitions, licensing and training requirements, and guidelines related to
• This modifies the definition of neglect in chapter 260E for purposes of child maltreatment reporting
• <00:14:02.160> chapter<00:14:02.480> 260E definition of neglect in chapter 260E definition
• Expanding the definition of education and standardizing licensing visit steps and expectations.
• Expanding the definition of education and standardizing licensing visit steps and expectations.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• > beginning Expands the definition of beginning Expands the definition of beginning farmer<00:
• c><01:09:06.880> projects definitions.
• Um, specifies that projects definitions.
• <01:09:56.320> of Section six amends the definition of Section six amends the definition of
• subdivision to the dairy law definitions subdivision to the dairy law definitions to<01:10:55.360

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I definitely have concerns over safety of the players in the game and the referees.
• <00:29:27.200> um the game and the referees definitely um the game and the referees definitely
• the statutory definitions of either a<01:04:28.760> restaurant<01:04:29.359> or<01:04:
• of a theater in Minnesota Statute 340A.18B, nor would it appear to meet the standard definition of a
• standard definition of a theater<01:18:28.840> in<01:18:29.000> Minnesota<01:18:29.600

Bills: HF1262, HF1741, HF472, HF1668, HF2055, HF1786, HF1876, HF1089, HF1121, HF509, HF1545, HF2027, HF642

Keywords: food truck, liquor license, temporary license, community events, catering, municipal regulations, food hall, St. Louis Park, on-sale, intoxicating beverages, food vendors, common seating area, HF472, Mankato, Minnesota State University Mankato, MSU Mankato, Taylor Center, special liquor license, on-sale wine license, malt liquor license

Transcript Highlights:

• If there's to be a more succinct legal definition that narrows that application of contemporary local
• if there's a more succinct definition if there's a more succinct definition legal<00:13:32.920><
• definition that narrows that legal definition that narrows that application<00:13:37.079> of<
• That’s just their definition.
• I’m definitely—what about the 10-day period? I’m fine with that too, because it says mandatory.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's considered completely rural by the USDA definition.
• So we’re definitely seeing a lot of folks coming to us for help, just like all of the other people who
• So we, as I said, are very much in support of Senator Mann's bill and SF 12, and we would definitely
• So we, as I said, are very much in support of Senator Mann's bill and SF 12, and we would definitely
• <01:31:20.520> and comply with Federal definitions and comply with Federal definitions and

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These are not large awards, but they are definitely helping these students who are the very neediest
• These are not large awards, but they are definitely helping these students who are the very neediest
• are helping these students definitely are helping these students who<00:35:34.000> are<00:35:
• And so definitely we're having the resources spread among more eligible students who are enrolling.
• And so definitely we're having the resources spread among more eligible students who are enrolling.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1224 by Representative Macon-Macon: children need a care, definitions, reporting abuse, provides
• House Bill 455 by Representative Carver provides relative to the definition of first responder to include
• employees of public works departments in that definition and provides for limitations on the use of
• Speaker: House Bill 1053 by Representative Ventrella provides for alcoholic beverages definitions and
• They update the definition of a hearing aid. They put some bill of sale and contract requirements.

Bills: HR252, HR253, HR254, HR255, HR256, HCR103, HCR104, HR244, HR245, HR246, HR247, HR248, HR249, HR250, HR251, HCR101, HCR102, SCR40, SCR60, SB112, SB131, SB145, SB194, SB268, SB307, SB312, SB319, SB333, SB341, SB346, SB464, SB466, SB488, SB495, SB503, SB507, SB509, HR9, HR196, HCR27, HCR28, HCR50, HCR62, HCR67, HCR71, HCR78, HCR81, SCR20, HB123, HB251, HB625, HB662, HB709, HB769, HB775, HB783, HB895, HB1011, HB1057, HB1155, HB1186, HB1224, HB1245, HB1247, HB1253, HB1254, HB1255, HB1256, SB8, SB10, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB14, SB16, SB17, SB18, SB20, SB21, SB22, SB40, SB48, SB55, SB69, SB75, SB77, SB78, SB85, SB102, SB115, SB133, SB140, SB148, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB185, SB197, SB200, SB217, SB235, SB278, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB315, SB324, SB330, SB411, SB416, SB420, SB436, SB438, SB449, SB455, SB456, SB477, SB489, SB521, SB97, SB105, HR171, HCR49, HCR65, HCR72, HR37, HCR64, HR170, HR191, HR206, HR207, HR208, HR217, HCR11, HCR53, HCR60, HCR66, HCR68, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, HCR6, HB64, HB68, HB92, HB130, HB258, HB633, HB801, HB61, HB98, HB102, HB139, HB142, HB170, HB185, HB194, HB199, HB231, HB247, HB294, HB336, HB474, HB661, HB842, HB852, HB66, HB153, HB165, HB326, HB387, HB455, HB513, HB603, HB660, HB719, HB762, HB766, HB802, HB816, HB833, HB940, HB950, HB975, HB1028, HB1039, HB1051, HB1053, HB1080, HB1201, HB1215, HB1228, HB1251, HB1252, SB1, SB23, SB32, SB42, SB43, SB46, SB51, SB110, SB113, SB150, SB154, SB161, SB218, SB220, SB221, SB253, SB289, SB310, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB502, SB26, SB28, SB29, SB30, SB41, SB44, SB64, SB84, SB87, SB93, SB98, SB107, SB118, SB142, SB192, SB195, SB199, SB219, SB222, SB234, SB241, SB255, SB275, SB277, SB292, SB294, SB306, SB314, SB482, HCR32, HB798, HB998, HB1084, HB1223, HB59, HB955, HB1191, HB1234, HB646, HB824, HB341, SB397, SB442, HB901, HB79, HR20, HR74, HB284, HB306, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB911, HB926, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB47, SB82, SB89, SB149, SB382

Keywords: consumer protection, credit card fees, cash transactions, rounding practices, transparency, low-income, economic impact, residential construction, building codes, inspection practices, housing costs, task force, HR254, House Resolution 254, Ty Hebert, Acadiana Legislative Delegation, Louisiana State University, LSU, graduation, commendation

Summary: The House met with a quorum, opened with prayer and the pledge, adopted the journal, and received a large number of Senate messages, committee reports, and bill referrals. Members also introduced several resolutions and recognized guests, including students from Allen Parish, federal appointees Brandon Beach and Paul Hollis, and other visitors. The chamber then moved through a lengthy agenda of House and Senate measures, with many bills and resolutions reported favorably, amended, or referred to committee. Among the notable floor actions, the House adopted H.R. 32 urging the Port of New Orleans to obtain backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge. It also passed bills on a wide range of topics, including local court and ordinance procedures for Alexandria, prohibiting reporting criminal fines and fees to credit bureaus, veterans’ lottery benefits, police chief residency in Tickfaw, fire marshal plan review authority, expanding the definition of first responder to include public works employees, NIL protections for student athletes, salary increases and additional positions for assistant district attorneys, limiting OMV debt referrals for unpaid reinstatement fees, watershed restoration and flood control funding, a sexual assault survivor task force, elderly consumer protection education, recreation of the Public Service Commission, Medicaid reimbursement for non-emergency medical transportation, local sales tax audit procedures, alcoholic beverage definitions for salons and similar businesses, transfer of removed monuments to state park property, hearing aid dealer regulation updates, a permit fee for small in-state distillers, expanded city court jurisdiction in Avoyelles Parish, and a narrowed version of the Alexandria administrative adjudication bill. Several measures were amended on the floor before passage, including the Alexandria ordinance bill, the sales tax audit bill, the alcohol/beverage bill, and the monument transfer bill. The House also temporarily returned some bills to the calendar for later consideration. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, though House Bill 153 on criminal court debt reporting passed with 67 yeas and 18 nays, House Bill 660 on assistant district attorney salaries passed 94-1, House Bill 719 on additional ADA positions passed 95-0, House Bill 883 on the sexual assault task force passed 86-2, House Bill 1028 on non-emergency medical transportation passed 81-15, and House Bill 1215 on monuments passed 78-14.