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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 6

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gilman, a bill to establish a regulatory structure for direct primary care. Some good legislation.
  • Gilman, a bill to establish a regulatory<00:56:56.079> structure<00:56:56.559> for<00:56
  • Representative Nado talked about some of the governance and oversight structure.
  • Representative Nado talked about some of the governance and oversight structure.
  • It also provides new licensing structure It also provides new licensing structure for<01:19:04.800
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House took up House File 719, the capital investment/bonding bill, and members spent much of the debate praising committee staff and describing the bill as a bipartisan product shaped by statewide bonding tours and negotiations. Supporters highlighted major infrastructure and public facility projects, including water and sewer work, transportation projects, housing, natural resources, and specific local needs such as Grand Marais, the Manomomen County hospital/nursing home, and airport tower funding. Several members emphasized that the bill was a “Team House” effort and argued that infrastructure funding should not be treated as partisan. During debate, members also focused on the bill’s water infrastructure investments and the need for broader, dedicated funding to address lead pipes, PFAS contamination, and rising wastewater costs. Representative Lee noted that more than $400 million in the package went to water infrastructure, while other speakers pointed to transportation funding and a one-time reduction in tab fees as important elements of the bill. Representative Franson and others urged support, saying the package reflected statewide needs and was a down payment on larger asset-preservation needs. The House adopted three technical amendments to House File 719, then gave the bill its third reading. After floor discussion, Representative Niska moved to lay House File 719 on the table, and the motion prevailed, tabling the bill. The chamber then moved on to House File 2484, the cash portion of the infrastructure package, where members again described the measure as a small but important funding bill and discussed a Lower Sioux Indian Community Dakota language item and the limited size of each caucus’s cash allocation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/29/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • “Budget structures in this way have tangible impacts on communities.
  • Representative Gillette: For debate right now, 4138, I did not see any material differences or structural
  • For nearly a decade, this trust fund has been operating at a structural deficit.
  • We're not making structural changes.
  • We also had, and she changed it, a tiered plan structure, again, to help guide employees into...
Summary: The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing. The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Looking at this bill, we have major concerns about some of the structural challenges in this bill.
  • <00:21:09.520> Um, structural challenges in this bill.
  • Um, structural challenges in this bill.
  • um the way this bill is structured. um the way this bill is structured.
  • > we<00:21:54.880> found Another structural issue that we found Another structural issue
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 4466, the sub health supplemental budget bill, and moved it to the Ways and Means Committee after a walkthrough of the fiscal spreadsheet and the DE1 amendment. Nonpartisan staff explained that the bill produces general fund savings of about $2.4 million in FY27 for the 2026-27 biennium and about $97.7 million in the next biennium, with most savings tied to HR1-related Medical Assistance changes affecting adults without children. The Department of Health provisions were described as largely cost-neutral, with some increases for implementation, data, and IT work. Staff then reviewed the DE1, which combines several bills into four articles. The bill includes health licensing board changes, Department of Health provisions such as all-payer claims database fees, newborn screening fee exceptions, loan forgiveness and scholarship program extensions, workforce shortage grant changes, and reciprocal licensure and mortuary science provisions. The federal conformity article makes changes related to MA work and community engagement requirements, six-month renewals, retroactive eligibility limits, contact information updates, cost sharing for MA expansion enrollees, and related provider tax and disability-notice provisions. Article 4 and Article 5 were described as forecast adjustments for DHS and the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Public testimony focused largely on the federal conformity and eligibility provisions. Legal aid testified that the work requirements and retroactive eligibility changes would be confusing, could expand requirements beyond intended groups, and would increase uncompensated care. The Minnesota Hospital Association said shortening retroactive eligibility would increase uncompensated care and strain hospital finances, and Unidos Minnesota criticized the immigrant eligibility changes as harmful to lawfully present immigrants and Native communities. Blood Cancer United supported the all-payer claims database provisions and urged attention to fertility coverage. Representative Elkins offered an amendment to add $55,000 for the Department of Health to include denied-claims data in the all-payer claims database; Department of Health staff said the idea was useful and provided a one-time setup cost, but the amendment was not acted on in the portion of the transcript provided.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Higher Education Institutions Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that there's a lot of talk about different grading structures in different parts of the state,
  • We have them go through structures, machines, materials, and circuits.
  • We're integrating their support structure within our accounting framework.
  • But with that structure in place, we've also seen it as a proactive approach, where a district needs
  • I think we have some structures in place to address access for rural communities.
Keywords: 908, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Roadmap to Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention 3/9/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh a structure<01:04:54.799> would<01:04:55.119> would<01:04:55.520> need<01:04:
  • 55.680> to<01:04:55.839> be<01:04:55.920> in structure would would need to be in
  • structure would would need to be in place.<01:04:57.359> years<01:04:57.760> and<01:04
  • how could we change the<01:16:17.040> incentive<01:16:17.520> structures<01:16:18.400><
  • c> from<01:16:18.719> the the incentive structures from the the incentive structures from
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: Judge Tim O’Malley, Minnesota’s director of program integrity, presented a roadmap to program integrity and fraud prevention built around nine areas for improvement, including leadership and culture, stronger program controls, better coordination among agencies and prosecutors, training, technology modernization, independent oversight, stakeholder engagement, and expanded resources. He said long-standing vulnerabilities in state programs have been exploited by organized criminals, and argued the state must shift from reactive enforcement to front-end prevention, faster detection, and recovery of improper payments. He emphasized that modern data sharing and analytics are especially urgent, and said oversight and accountability are essential for lasting change. Fay Bernstein, a long-time DHS employee, testified that she experienced retaliation after raising contract compliance concerns years ago. She said she was removed from the building, barred from DHS property, investigated for months, and accused of racism and threatening leadership, which she denied. Bernstein argued DHS leadership lacks a fraud-prevention mindset and said the department’s culture punishes employees who speak up, while serious program failures have harmed vulnerable Minnesotans. She called for major leadership changes and firings at DHS. Members questioned O’Malley about whether fraud was driven more by sophisticated criminals or by weaknesses in state systems. He said the vulnerabilities have existed for a long time and organized criminal groups are taking advantage of them, especially where data sharing is weak. Members also pressed him on whistleblower protections and retaliation; O’Malley said he should have included the legislature among places employees can report concerns, and said complaints should be thoroughly investigated with accurate information and appropriate consequences for supervisors who fail to act, ranging from coaching to termination depending on the case. No votes or formal actions were taken in this portion of the meeting.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • When do you anticipate coming up with your rule process for your fee structure? Mr.
  • I don't know if that is the rule process where we are going to define the fee structure.
  • If we control the access to the permit, we can create a different leverage point and just structure a
  • I'd be really interested in seeing, like, what your recommendations are on a fee structure.
  • Because right now a lot of it is incident command structure trainings like we talked about earlier.
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Environment Department on PFAS contamination in private wells in La Cienega, Santa Fe County. Staff said the plume likely came from historic use of firefighting foam associated with airport and National Guard fire-training activities, with possible additional contribution from septic systems and consumer products. They described the contamination as affecting about 200 private wells, the short-term response of providing residential filters through a $2 million legislative appropriation, and ongoing work to define the plume’s full extent, identify responsible parties, and consider longer-term regional water solutions. Members asked about filter costs, replacement schedules, disposal of used cartridges, follow-up testing, health studies, and whether cleanup or containment had begun; the department said cleanup would follow once the plume is fully mapped and that DOH is soliciting interest in a blood study. The committee also discussed the need to track disposal of PFAS filters and the possibility of broader statewide capacity for similar work. The committee then took up abandoned uranium mine cleanup. NMED and EMNRD staff reviewed the new uranium mine reclamation program created by HB 164, the state dashboard tracking sites, and the FY26 appropriation of $20 million for neglected contaminated sites, of which $12 million is being used for neglected uranium mines and the remainder for other contaminated sites. They said six contractors were hired, three priority sites in Grant County are moving forward quickly, and additional sites are being prepared for possible FY27 work. Members pressed for details on how funds are spent, why the revolving fund remains unfunded, how federal, state, tribal, and landowner requirements are coordinated, where contaminated material will be moved, and whether cleanup could also address homes built with contaminated materials. Staff said the work is governed by multiple regulatory layers, that the state is seeking an additional $25 million for FY27-FY28 plus a time extension, and that partnerships with tribes would require longer-term agreements. The committee also discussed federal cleanup efforts and the new Good Samaritan law, with members urging stronger advocacy for New Mexico sites, including tribal lands, and asking whether the Attorney General should pursue legal action against federal parties responsible for legacy contamination. Staff explained that some sites are already covered by settlement funds tied to responsible parties, while neglected sites are those with no responsible party and no other cleanup program. The committee then heard from EMNRD on Class VI carbon sequestration primacy. Staff said New Mexico currently has no operating Class VI wells, about 27 Class II acid-gas injection wells are operating, and only a small number might be candidates for conversion. They explained that the state’s primacy application would require more public outreach than federal rules alone, and that cost estimates for post-injection site care are based on long planning horizons, with some costs borne by operators and some by the state after closure. No votes were taken on the substantive items discussed; the committee approved the prior meeting minutes and took a brief recess between presentations.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Jul 17th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • over by Coyote Canyon that have the same structure.
  • It's no longer controlling the structure, controlling the institution.
  • So when I talk about systemic and structural racism, we have to get to the roots.
  • We're losing other structures because there's no water suppression out there.
  • Lost a lot of lumber, a lot of animals, structures, fencing. They need water.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Two things to note: these projections for fiscal year 26 and 27 do not include the structural changes
  • so both the uh budget for the structure so both the uh budget for the medical<01:28:28.840> school
  • and the way we have ourselves structured and the way we have ourselves structured if<01:29:18.600
  • That structural deficit will increase year after year.
  • Thank you, Chair. ...up to the 72, that structural deficit will increase year after year.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not really good at reading the structure of the format, but it's basically each sober living house
  • I'm not really good at reading the structure of the format, but it's basically each sober living house
  • I'm not really good at reading the structure of the format, but it's basically each sober living house
  • I'm not really good at reading the structure of the format, but it's basically each sober living house
  • <00:44:06.000> is underlying language and the structure is underlying language and the structure
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • stabilizes existing capacity, incentivizes new family care providers, and begins rebalancing that tax structure
  • > that<00:05:31.759> has<00:05:31.960> been<00:05:32.400> that That tax structure
  • You said that since it's not structured as a credit, and I don't pretend to be a tax expert, I've never
  • You said that since it's not structured as a credit, and I don't pretend to be a tax expert, I've never
  • are doing it well and have a structured are doing it well and have a structured system<01:13:53.520
Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 01/28/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • cover<00:09:20.959> the<00:09:21.959> um<00:09:22.959> the<00:09:23.079> structural
  • <00:09:23.880> deficit<00:09:24.880> the cover the um the structural deficit the cover
  • the um the structural deficit the operations<00:09:26.240> of<00:09:26.560> of<00:09:26.680
  • They had to build their own bridge structure, and it was really expensive.
  • <00:37:40.480> asset<00:37:40.800> preservation structures asset preservation structures
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/14/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • But it is, I think, again, an indication of the type of structure that we can put in place that, uh,
  • But it is, I think, again, an indication of the type of structure that we can put in place that, uh,
  • But it is, I think, again, an indication of the type of structure that we can put in place that, uh,
  • But it is, I think, again, an indication of the type of structure that we can put in place that, uh,
  • But it is, I think, again, an indication of the type of structure that we can put in place that, uh,
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/27/2026)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a very understandable structured process that provides fairness to both sides or to maybe all
  • :39.439> provides structured process that provides structured process that provides fairness<04
  • places where there's this structured places where there's this structured administrative<04:10:03.520
  • uh there is a very highly structured uh there is a very highly structured process<04:10:11.680><
  • Therefore, the current structures for these first responders remain entirely unchanged.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first reviewed House Bill 1150, which would require disclosure of complaints to public employees within five business days. Members said the sponsor was still working on an amendment, so the bill was held for another week with the understanding it would be executed next week if no amendment was ready. The chair also outlined the committee’s schedule, including upcoming floor reports and the goal of finishing the remaining committee bills on time. The committee then took up House Bill 1168, concerning employer documentation requirements. Supporters argued the bill would give employers more time to gather payroll records, especially when claims arise years later, and said the current system should be adjusted for fairness to businesses. Opponents, including several members, said payroll records are usually electronic and should be produced quickly so workers waiting on wages are not delayed. The Department of Labor deputy commissioner testified that employers can already request extensions and that further extensions could still be requested under the current process. The committee voted 11-9 to ought to pass HB 1168. Next, House Bill 1250, dealing with notice, documentation, and job reinstatement requirements for leave related to childbirth, postpartum care, and pediatric appointments, was considered. Members said the statute was newly enacted, had been carefully negotiated, and should be allowed to work before being revised. The committee voted 20-0 to recommend inexpedient to legislate, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1043, which would allow private employers to adopt their own minimum pay policies for report-to-work situations instead of being bound by the current two-hour minimum, so long as the policy is established in advance. The sponsor said the bill would modernize an outdated law and preserve the current default if no policy is adopted. Members raised questions about collective bargaining agreements and whether the bill could weaken existing worker protections, while the sponsor and supporters said it was intended to provide flexibility rather than a mandate. The hearing continued with questions and discussion, but no final vote was taken in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • seaw walls and raising built structures seaw walls and raising built structures as<01:24:55.280>
  • I've worked as a structural lifting contractor in this state.
  • So that's where the fee structure idea came from. Representative Nab, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • I think it's just time for us to find some fee structure and a way to address these dams.
  • I think it's just time for us to find some fee structure and a way to address these dams.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases. Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version. Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568. The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (04/21/2026)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The two primary penalties are monetary penalties, and that is the structure set forth at 281-A:7.
  • <00:17:27.360> that<00:17:27.520> is apply and that is the structure that is apply
  • It can be, but that's the existing structure right now even absent a leasing arrangement.
  • <01:29:56.680> that<01:29:56.880> the version is structured that the version is structured
  • So that's the way that it's structured, right? So the 15% or whatever goes to service staff.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 037 Feb 20th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • when it comes to our structural when it comes to our structural challenges challenges challenges
  • structure for this program program program is<01:17:06.719> definitely<01:17:07.360> it's<
  • But here's my question, because I'm like, we're in a structural deficit.
  • <02:22:32.560> We<02:22:32.880> are we're in a structural deficit.
  • We are we're in a structural deficit.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the February 18, 2026 journal, and received several committee and House messages. Judiciary reported juvenile parole board appointments to the consent calendar for confirmation, and Transportation and Energy reported Senate Bills 28 and 25 along with other measures. The House transmitted multiple bills to the Reviser of Statutes, and the Senate later agreed to take up a large group of House bills on special order and consent calendar. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to personal-privilege remarks recognizing visiting groups, including the Mad Moms and Mad Dads advocating for people with serious mental illness, and the Colorado Gifted and Talented Association. Members spoke about stigma and the need for mental health legislation, and about supporting gifted students and their families. These remarks were welcomed by the chair and other senators. The Senate then considered a package of supplemental appropriation bills, including House Bills 1150 through 1179, covering agency budgets, school finance adjustments, education fund uses, and capital construction transfers. The committee of the whole adopted the package on second reading, and the full Senate later adopted the committee report by a vote of 33 ayes, with one excused and one vacant seat. The bills were ordered placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage. House Bill 1151, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Corrections, drew extended debate. Supporters argued the bill was needed to cover existing obligations, avoid more costly jail backlogs, and prevent unsafe conditions, while critics said the department’s population management failures and broader sentencing policies were driving unnecessary costs and called for accountability and structural reform before more funding. Despite the debate, the bill was included in the adopted second-reading package.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then um collisions with structures.
  • >> Chair, I think that this is a major structural thing that we're doing to the counties.
  • >> Chair, I think that this is a major structural thing that we're doing to the counties.
  • <03:06:01.040> into structure does not take into structure does not take into consideration
  • <03:06:07.600> as So, I want to modify the structure as So, I want to modify the structure
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1790 HD1, which would require law enforcement and oversight agencies to collect and report data on stops, use of force, and complaints to the Hawaii Crime Lab, which would publish incident-level information and annual reports. Supporters, including the Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii Justice Rising, and the Policing Project, said the bill would improve transparency, help identify disparities, and support better policy and accountability. OHA requested amendments to ensure Hawaiians are identified as a distinct category in the data, and the University of Hawaii’s Ashley Rubin said the Crime Lab would work with agencies to make implementation as seamless as possible. The Department of Law Enforcement supported the bill’s intent but asked for a longer timeline and culturally appropriate methodology, while HPD opposed the bill as written, saying it would require too many new data points, create a significant administrative burden, and rely on subjective perceptions of race and ethnicity; HPD also noted it is piloting an e-citation system that could help with data collection. Committee members questioned HPD about current manual processes and technology options. The chair reported 18 testimonies total: 15 in support, one in opposition, and two with comments, and no vote was taken in the excerpt. The committee then heard HB 1611 HD1, which would phase down the general excise tax on groceries and nonprescription drugs until a full exemption takes effect in 2034. The Department of Taxation offered technical recommendations, including clearer definitions for groceries and nonprescription drugs and a technical change regarding the county surcharge exemption. Supporters, including the Hawaii Public Health Institute and the Hawaii Food Industry Association, argued the GET on groceries is regressive and worsens food insecurity, especially for low-income households, and said the bill would provide needed relief. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical concerns, including a possible wholesale-tax enforcement issue once the exemption is fully phased in. The excerpt ends during testimony on HB 1611, with no final committee action shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Legislative Task Force on Child Protection 8/13/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • we need to track tools and structures we need to track implementation,<01:40:33.119> including
  • demographics and operational structures demographics and operational structures than<01:46:41.360
  • So, as DCF works to structure those definitions and our ability to identify those at intake, we will
  • So I know talking specifically to Ramsey County, but um our structure is also a little bit different
  • So I know talking specifically to Ramsey County, but um our structure is also a little bit different
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Wed Jan 8, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> additional 20124 there were discovered additional 20124 there were discovered additional structural
  • <01:02:08.039> deterioration<01:02:09.039> and<01:02:09.359> exterior structural
  • deterioration and exterior structural deterioration and exterior damage<01:02:10.960> to<01:02
  • <01:22:50.320> business change in um structure business change in um structure business structure
  • of the utility right that structure of the utility right that still<01:22:53.520> may<01:22:53.760
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.(6-17-26)

Families & Children

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, what we would recommend is that our teaming structures have members that are representative of
  • Our students with autism sometimes need more structured support.
  • So, putting those structures in place to help them navigate the social expectations of working in groups
  • So a lot of these facilities are saying we cannot provide that kind of intense one-on-one structure and
  • and support that that child um structure and support that that child needs.<01:31:16.800> And
Keywords: 958, all