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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a member of the waste community.
  • I'm a member of the waste community.
  • I'm a member of the waste community.
  • I'm a member of the waste community.
  • I'm a member of the waste community.
Bills: HF25 , HF1 , HF428
Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords: pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • to addressing waste Fraud and Abuse<00:10:06.760><c> in</c><00:10:06.920><c> our</c><00:10:07.640><c
  • We actually changed waste and abuse and changed it to misuse because waste, I think, is subjective, frankly
  • I actually changed waste and abuse and changed it to misuse because waste, I think, is subjective, frankly
  • um ours mine's probably more than waste um ours mine's probably more than others<00:36:14.760><c> uh
  • definitions for abuse and waste were definitions for abuse and waste were eliminated<00:37:03.319><c>
Bills: HF1 , HF779 , HF1034
Committee: House Education Finance
Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/10/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mattresses are one of the most challenging items in the waste stream.
  • </c> challenging items in the waste stream. challenging items in the waste stream.
  • Or as stretched thin waste systems.
  • </c> landfills and incinerators. landfills and incinerators.
  • So, gets through the entire waste cycle.
Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • As local governments, we're responsible for solid waste collection and management in our jurisdictions
  • or household hazardous waste.
  • used... ...PV modules not identified as hazardous waste and treated as universal waste from state hazardous
  • Waste Management Authority, Dr.
  • Green Building Council California, Zero Waste Marin, Zero Waste San Diego, and Zero Waste Sonoma in support
Summary: The committee heard a series of environmental safety and toxic materials measures, with several bills moving forward on unanimous or near-unanimous votes to Appropriations. Early in the meeting, the consent calendar was approved, including AB 372, AB 455, AB 1096, AB 1102, and AB 754. AB 362 by Assembly Member Ramos, which would recognize tribal beneficial uses of water and strengthen consultation and protection for tribal water uses, drew strong support from tribes and environmental groups. Water agencies and local government representatives opposed unless amended, raising concerns about CEQA requirements, co-management language, and conflicts with existing water law. The bill advanced to Appropriations, with some members voting aye and others not voting or absent. AB 728 by Assembly Member Lee would require age verification for the sale of certain anti-aging skin care products to minors. The author and a youth witness described social media-driven use of adult skin products by children and alleged skin damage, while supporters argued age checks are a reasonable consumer protection. Dermatologists and retailers opposed the bill, saying it could restrict legitimate acne and other medical uses of over-the-counter products, create compliance problems, and lacked a clear scientific basis. The committee discussed possible ambiguity in the bill’s definition of anti-aging products, but the measure still passed to Appropriations. AB 532 on low-income water rate assistance, AB 773 on copper-based anti-fouling paint, AB 998 on household hazardous waste disposal of vape pens, AB 1031 on geothermal hazardous waste fees, and AB 864 on solar panel hazardous waste and recycling all received strong support and advanced to Appropriations. Supporters for AB 532 emphasized water affordability and local program authority; AB 773 supporters said conflicting state water and pesticide rules are creating confusion for harbors and cities; AB 998 was presented as a practical way to let schools and local facilities dispose of confiscated vape devices safely; AB 1031 was framed as reducing DTSC fee burdens on geothermal development in Imperial County; and AB 864 would ease recycling and reuse of end-of-life solar panels. The committee also began hearing AB 1264 on ultra-processed foods in school meals, with the author and supporters arguing it would phase out the most harmful ultra-processed foods from school meals by 2032, but the transcript cuts off before the full discussion and any action on that bill.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)

Resources, Recreation and Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if overflow with this plastic waste.
  • Um, and at the same time, we have the New Hampshire solid waste management plan, which hopes to cut waste
  • </c><04:46:15.840><c> waste</c> we have the New Hampshire solid waste we have the New Hampshire solid
  • </c> into the landfills or gets incinerated into the landfills or gets incinerated and<04:57:57.360><
  • </c> terms of waste disposal and human. terms of waste disposal and human.
Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development
Summary: The committee first took up HB 163FN, dealing with requiring current, verifiable evidence of a species’ presence before land-use restrictions are imposed for habitat protection. Members discussed an amendment that had been worked on with agencies and stakeholder groups. Fish and Game testified that, while the amendment improved the bill, the agency still opposed it because of concerns about citizen science, how the proposal would apply to public versus private property, and how the transition to DES would work. Representative Darby argued the amendment was ambiguous, lacked a full hearing, and did not clearly address record verification or private-property access issues. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, with a minority report noted. The committee then moved to HB 1752FN, which would create a chain of custody for timber and carbon credits. Representative Davis presented an amendment saying it would help law enforcement investigate timber theft and add transparency to New Hampshire’s carbon registry by identifying buyers of carbon credits. Supporters said the change would impose little burden and align with practices in other states. Opponents, including Representative Darby, Representative Vale, and the state forester from DNCR, said the carbon market is complex, the amendment was not fully vetted, and a hearing with all stakeholders was needed; they also raised fiscal-note concerns. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, again with a minority report. Finally, the committee opened a hearing on HB 1019, which would add an active water treatment professional to the state water well board. Representative Peter Petrino and Representative Wendy Thomas said the board should include expertise on contamination risks and treatment technologies, citing concerns about arsenic, radon, and PFAS in private wells. The chairman of the Water Well Board testified in opposition to the bill as drafted, saying the board supports the general idea of licensing water filtration work but does not currently have authority or rules to oversee that field and believes the proposal would put “the cart before the horse.” Members questioned whether the board’s current mandate even covers filtration systems, and the discussion ended with those concerns unresolved.
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources and Environment May 19th, 2026

Natural Resources & Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Why are we burying carbon dioxide waste? You ever asked yourself that?
  • hazardous waste injection well could be located within their parish?
  • In 1984, they wanted to put a hazardous waste incinerator in St. Helena.
  • And we did a fight in a half, and we kept that hazardous waste incinerator out.
  • Waste stream management is something I’m extremely concerned about.
Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'm asking for it, encouraging a solid yes vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further remarks.
  • It's estimated it's going to cost $1,000 now for Washington State to incinerate them.
  • This is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
  • I'm trying to recover cost to the state to ensure that this money is not completely wasted.
  • There was flexibility to ensure the money was not wasted.
Bills: HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2681 , SB5467 , SB5820 , SB5863 , SB5892 , SCR8406 , HB2487 , HB2711 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5995 , SB6278
Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, SB 5467, water-sewer district, water sewer district, surplus property, public property sale, local government
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I just didn’t know if you had any opinions on anaerobic digestion, and that’s food waste.
  • So I just didn’t know if you had any opinions on anaerobic digestion, and that’s food waste.
  • Further, it would also take no action to shut down incinerators beyond ending subsidies for them.
  • High-level radioactive waste stays toxic literally for hundreds of thousands of years.
  • We still have the casks of nuclear waste sitting in Vernon and I believe probably down on the Cape as
Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a wide range of energy bills, with much of the discussion focused on offshore wind, battery storage, solar, nuclear study proposals, and a bill to redefine clean energy. Several Barnstable-area legislators and witnesses raised concerns about offshore wind transmission infrastructure near neighborhoods, beaches, and drinking water supplies, and supported bills to create a special commission and increase local input and oversight. In contrast, environmental, consumer, labor, and clean energy groups strongly backed offshore wind expansion bills, arguing that offshore wind lowers long-term costs, improves winter reliability, reduces fossil fuel dependence, supports jobs and local supply chains, and should include wildlife protections, labor standards, and community benefits. Some witnesses and committee members noted that parts of the offshore wind legislation overlap with the Governor’s energy affordability bill, and asked for clarification on which provisions were new versus duplicative. The committee also heard testimony on battery storage and solar legislation. Two student witnesses and several industry representatives supported a bill to study grid battery storage, saying storage can reduce outages, lower peak prices, and improve grid resilience during extreme weather. Witnesses from solar and storage companies supported a broader clean energy transition bill that would expand storage procurement, create a retail-style storage program for distributed batteries, set a 10-gigawatt solar target by 2035, and streamline siting and interconnection. Committee members pressed witnesses on whether these provisions were already included in the Governor’s affordability bill and asked for a section-by-section breakdown of what was new. One witness also urged allowing developers to bond interconnection payments to reduce financing costs. Another major topic was a bill defining clean energy, especially whether existing pumped-storage hydropower should qualify for subsidies or be excluded. Supporters of the bill argued that existing pumped storage should not receive additional ratepayer subsidies because it is already built, can have environmental impacts on rivers and ecosystems, and could cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Opponents said pumped storage is an important reliability resource and should remain eligible. The committee also heard testimony on nuclear-energy study bills: some witnesses supported creating a commission to examine nuclear power as a reliable, carbon-free option, while others opposed nuclear study bills and argued that nuclear is costly, unsafe, and inconsistent with the state’s clean energy goals. No votes were taken during the hearing.
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

State Government Finance and Policy

FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee substitute for House Bill 1609, a bill to be entitled an act relating to waste incineration
  • It was waste incinerators. It was single-use plastics. And, you know, this is not a good bill.
  • And by the way, I haven't even said anything about the waste incinerators.
  • management systems, the incinerator.
  • management part of the bill, the incinerator.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Senators also paid tribute to former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron with a moment of silence. The chamber then moved to special-order bills after routine announcements that no committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk. The first major bill, SB 138/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses and added warnings and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. After a brief amendment and questions about attorney rights and prior impairing-substance language, the bill passed 37-0. SB 306 on Medicaid providers followed, requiring broader provider access, including after-hours availability and more primary care access for Medicaid enrollees; it also passed 37-0. The chamber then took up the major condominium reform bill, SB 1742/HB 913, addressing post-Surfside safety, reserve funding, milestone inspections, budgeting, reserve flexibility, manager regulation, conflicts of interest, and condo sale rescission periods. Senators from both parties praised the sponsors for extensive stakeholder work and the bill passed 37-0 after multiple amendments. The final major item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendments and petition-gathering rules, with sponsors arguing the bill was needed to combat fraud in the 2024 petition process and opponents warning it would burden citizen initiatives. The Senate adopted the House bill and then considered numerous amendments on petition circulator rules, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and related enforcement provisions; several amendments were adopted, and the substitute was later withdrawn, leaving the chamber to continue on the underlying bill and remaining amendments.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (01/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does the proposed solid waste facility contribute to the state Solid Waste Management goals, and does
  • <c> hire</c> operate Solid Waste facilities to hire operate Solid Waste facilities to hire an<01:29:16.840
  • Let's be clear: one of the major players in the solid waste industry in New Hampshire has a net worth
  • </c><01:34:11.320><c> Hampshire</c> solid waste industry in New Hampshire solid waste industry in New
  • </c> need be based upon New Hampshire solid need be based upon New Hampshire solid waste<01:41:44.719
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 153, which would require two or more law enforcement officers in each county to receive animal cruelty training through the police standards system. Representative Barbara Coma, the sponsor, said the bill was prompted by problems in animal cruelty cases, especially in rural areas without animal control officers, and she described it as a limited training measure. She said an amendment was forthcoming that would add an eight-hour approved course and a two-hour refresher every three years, and she emphasized that the trained officers would serve as resources rather than being required to take action themselves. Members asked about cost, due process, overlap with animal control officers, how trained officers would be identified and notified, and whether veterinarians could fill the role. Coma responded that the bill would not be a heavy financial lift, would not interfere with animal control officers, would apply to livestock as well as companion animals, and would still require law enforcement involvement because veterinarians cannot lawfully remove animals from property. She also said the training could improve due process by helping officers better understand when animal removal is appropriate and how cases should proceed. Sheriff William Wright, speaking for the New Hampshire Sheriffs Association, testified in opposition. He said training itself was acceptable, but the bill went beyond training by creating an obligation for sheriffs and state police to respond to and potentially investigate animal cruelty cases, which he argued would be ambiguous, unfunded, and burdensome for staffing and resources. He said some sheriff’s offices do not have investigative deputies and that the bill could create liability and uncertainty about who would lead investigations. In response to questions, he said the association would likely have no objection if the bill were limited to training, but it opposed the assistance/investigation mandate as written.
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee Substitute for House Bill 1609, a bill to be entitled an act relating to waste incineration
  • It was waste incinerators. It was single-use plastics. And, you know, this is not a good bill.
  • And by the way, I haven't even said anything about the waste incinerators.
  • management systems and the incinerator.
  • But yesterday, there was a part of the bill added about waste management... ...the incinerator.
Summary: The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work. The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours. The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns. The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 28th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • for placement in a new state account that is created in the amendment for the same purposes as the waste
  • for placement in a new state account that is created in the amendment for the same purposes as the waste
  • collect unredeemed deposits and have them go towards Working Families Tax Credit or the use of the waste
  • for placement in a new state account that is created in the amendment for the same purposes as the waste
  • for placement in a new state account that is created in the amendment for the same purposes as the waste
Bills: HB2565 , HB1607 , HB2254 , HB2385 , HB2531 , HB2543
Committee: House Appropriations
Keywords: investment, gifts, grants, University of Washington, funding, higher education, recycling, waste reduction, environmental policy, sustainability, municipal regulations, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will tell you, I've had legal counsel look at this, and they believe it's solid and will prevail when
  • House Bill 5323 establishes the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee, bringing together leaders from
  • on one major goal: ensuring a more reliable, efficient power system for all Texas, reducing energy waste
  • committee will meet regularly and review the recommended ways that state programs can cut down on wasted
  • I am in strong support of joyful revival, energy efficiency, demand response, and reducing energy waste
Bills: HB842 , HB1907 , HB2844 , HB2892 , HB3439 , HB4211 , HB4536 , HB5111 , HB5138 , HB5182 , HB5247 , HB5269 , HB5323 , HB5435 , HJR201 , SB871 , HB3896 , SJR40
Committee: House State Affairs
Keywords: power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025

State Affairs

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • TWC has a strong... commitment to preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in all agency programs.
  • However, current statute does not provide a specific fraud, waste, or abuse. and abuse provision for
  • Is for the purposes of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • TCEQ is receiving this funding because they don't want waste or toxins. going into our water.
  • We don't want to, I don't want to call it say waste, but waste the resources on an investigation that
Bills: HB512 , HB2248 , HB2679 , HB2832 , HB3112 , HB3368 , HB3490 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB3666 , HB3700 , HB3711 , HB3770 , HB3963
Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords: grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP/WAL Joint Public Hearing - Tue Mar 18, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm with the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch in the Environmental Health Administration, Department
  • in the state, uh, electronic waste collection.
  • It stands in the way of meeting wastes.
  • facility that would contain lethal radioactive waste?
  • Taxpayers don't need this type of wastefulness.
Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures. SB 1602 would appropriate funds to DLNR for monitoring wells for the Koho aquifer system; DLNR and HHFDC supported it, and written testimony from several organizations and individuals was also in support. Members asked whether monitoring wells are a statewide function rather than a county function, and staff confirmed they are done statewide. The second bill was an administration measure clarifying that criminal water pollution enforcement remains with the Department of Health rather than DLNR. The Attorney General’s office said it was a cleanup clarification and that DOH has stronger enforcement powers and better testing capability; DOH and DLNR supported it, and there was no opposition noted. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1074 on environmental impact statements. The bill would let previously authorized or permitted commercial activities continue for up to one year while an agency determines whether environmental review applies after a challenge, and would allow permit renewals during that review. DLNR said it stood on written comments and suggested aligning the bill with similar House language. Supporters, including several ocean tourism and Maui business representatives, argued the bill would provide certainty and keep families and small operators working while environmental review is completed, especially in the wake of the Lahaina fires and ongoing business losses. Some supporters said the measure should be narrowed with a sunset or limited to recently renewed permits. Opponents, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could weaken HEPA/NEPA-style environmental review, especially for fisheries and other commercial activities. They said the bill could be used as a “Trojan horse” to avoid review and that DLNR could resolve the underlying disputes more quickly through settlement or existing exemption processes. No votes were taken during the hearing.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WTL-HWN-HOU Public Hearing 01-29-2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • There were two waste incinerators that would, over the course of about 80 years, burn the refuse in urban
  • Ash material from two incinerators was used to fill the seawall.
  • </c> opened at the old honolu incinerator opened at the old honolu incinerator facility<00:14:59.399>
  • But according to uh Cher kah, you know, he has really solid plans.
  • </c><02:25:10.120><c> plans</c> that you know he has really solid plans that you know he has really solid
Summary: The joint hearing of the Water and Land, Hawaiian Affairs, and Housing committees on January 29, 2025 focused on SB 534, with the chairs outlining hearing procedures, public testimony limits, and plans to allow extended presentations from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) before moving to other testifiers. The hearing was presented as a public, transparent discussion of OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai, with committee members noting that decision-making would follow if time permitted. OHA testified in strong support of SB 534. The chair of OHA’s Board of Trustees said the bill was a novel proposal for the legislature and emphasized that OHA was bringing together a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders, including representatives from construction, hospitality, education, law enforcement, civil service, and schools, as well as longtime community advocates who have opposed development in Kakaʻako Makai. OHA’s presentation reviewed the history of the area, the creation and role of HCDA, prior master plans, the 2012 land conveyance to OHA, and the argument that OHA has not been able to realize the full economic value of the lands because desired entitlements were not secured. OHA linked the bill to its constitutional mission to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians and argued that the state’s housing crisis makes additional development, including residential use, especially important. A major theme of the testimony was housing. OHA argued that Hawaiʻi faces severe affordability pressures, out-migration, and workforce shortages, and said that residential development in Kakaʻako Makai would help address those needs while also supporting the value of the trust lands. The presentation described HCDA’s authority over zoning and development in Kakaʻako, the existing reserved housing requirements, and the need for a master plan that could move forward if SB 534 becomes law. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the discussion remained in the presentation and testimony phase.