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• Sometimes it's the nature of the facility itself.
• Sometimes it's the nature of the facility itself.
• As it relates to facilities, I would agree with you.
• or State Department of Corrections facilities.
• around, we're very understaffed at these facilities.

Summary: The Justice Budget Committee heard detailed presentations from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on staffing, services, and budget needs. DJJ Secretary Hall emphasized that the agency’s main public safety strategy is education, along with prevention and recidivism reduction. He described major staffing improvements after pay increases for probation, detention, residential care, and prevention workers, and outlined DJJ’s mental health, aftercare, and education continuum, including the Florida Scholars Academy and Florida Youth College. He said the new statewide education model is showing early gains in progress monitoring, high school graduation, and postsecondary enrollment, while also noting ongoing operational issues such as IT connectivity, rural staffing gaps, and the need for geographic pay adjustments for teachers. He also discussed detention center replacement plans in Hillsborough, Broward, and Palm Beach, and said DJJ would transition the Broward JAC to a security contractor after the sheriff’s office pulls sworn officers from the site. Members asked about campus performance differences, teacher pay, detention education quality, and concerns about the rollout and leadership of the Scholars Academy. Hall said some campuses face rural access and infrastructure problems, but the blended learning model provides continuity when internet or staffing issues arise. He defended the superintendent’s qualifications and said early problems with inappropriate online content were addressed. Representative Porras raised concerns about educational quality and the superintendent’s past disciplinary history, while Representative Barrera urged more mentorship and fatherhood-focused programming in juvenile facilities. DOC Secretary Dixon said the prison system is under pressure from rising inmate populations, staffing shortages, and overtime costs. He argued that the system needs funded posts for every functioning housing unit, noting that the department has added housing units without enough staff and now relies heavily on overtime, mobile officer deployments, and shift conversions to keep facilities operating safely. He highlighted that many officers are new, that outside-hospital transports have risen sharply, and that mental health units require additional staffing. DOC’s mental health chief described a large and growing treatment system with outpatient, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and court-ordered services, saying about a quarter of the prison population has a diagnosed mental illness. Community corrections staff described treatment programs, employment specialists, mobile probation and reentry units, and a new mental health first aid training initiative. Reentry staff reported expanded substance abuse, education, CTE, chaplaincy, and digital learning programs, including Edovo and a forthcoming Work Bay platform. No votes were taken.

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• Madam Chair, Senate File 1503 would eliminate facility fees and facility fees allow systems to add on
• has banned facility fees for preventative care, Ohio has banned facility fees for telehealth services
• fees Colorado has banned all facility fees Colorado has banned facility<00:07:10.000> fees<00
• range of fees and then the facility range of fees and then the facility contact<00:07:40.039>
• <00:08:15.159> the and never even enter a facility the and never even enter a facility the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• our Woodburry water treatment facility our Woodburry water treatment facility Water<00:01:59.520
• <00:20:28.679> in multi-purpose athletic facilities in multi-purpose athletic facilities in
• so we think that's what this facility so we think that's what this facility could<00:35:00.560><
• terms of uh putting this facility terms of uh putting this facility together together together uh
• designed as a five 110,000 foot facility designed as a five 110,000 foot facility uh<01:04:15.160

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Just by having rules of the facility?
• just by having rules of in the facility just by having rules of the<00:10:26.720> facility<00
• <01:09:46.679> to return shakb Correctional Facility to return shakb Correctional Facility
• transgender women and men's facilities transgender women and men's facilities over<01:19:16.320>
• c><01:42:08.520> agency both either the facility or the agency both either the facility or the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• facility.
• facility in New Hampshire?
• c><02:15:06.239> that<02:15:06.480> in facility of a facility with that in facility of
• In cooperation with an eligible facility, the health care provider at an eligible facility.
• facility remains in non-compliance. facility remains in non-compliance.

Keywords: 12:30pm HB 421 2:00pm HB 701 3:00pm HB 377 4:00pm HB 712, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference first took up House Bill 421FN, concerning notice of tax-exempt status filing procedures by town officials. Members reviewed the Senate changes and focused on whether the amended language would require multiple mailings to charitable organizations. House conferees said the Senate wording appeared to create more than one mailing and asked for clarification; Senate members explained the intent was to reduce clerk workload by posting forms and sending a follow-up notice only to organizations that failed to file after the deadline. After a brief caucus, the House concluded there were too many unresolved changes to work out in conference and moved to non-concur with the Senate amendment. The House motion to non-concur passed unanimously, 4-0, and the committee agreed to place the conference report on the House consent calendar. The chair then closed the committee of conference on House Bill 421FN. The transcript then shifted to a separate committee of conference on another bill, where members discussed revisions involving direct supervision at an eligible facility, federalwide assurance requirements, and immunity language. Testimony focused on whether the bill should require supervision at a specific facility or allow broader supervision arrangements, whether rulemaking should define direct supervision, and whether the immunity provision should cover reckless as well as willful misconduct. No final vote or action on that second bill was reached in the portion provided.

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• than domiciliary facilities.
• than domiciliary facilities.
• than domiciliary facilities.
• and domiciliary facilities.
• and domiciliary facilities.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Digging in a little bit on the Kauai facility, the new medical facility, or potentially new—where are
• Aging facilities, those kinds of things — those costs are gigantic for those facilities as compared to
• Aging facilities, those kinds of things — those costs are gigantic for those facilities as compared to
• Aging facilities, those kinds of things — those costs are gigantic for those facilities as compared to
• Aging facilities, those kinds of things — those costs are gigantic for those facilities as compared to

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.

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• the cost of bringing that facility to Delaware between the facility itself and the other ratepayers.
• Curtailment, if the facility chooses the ramp.
• When can the facility begin operation?
• Almost no facilities run like that.
• Not that it would sweep in a bunch of Amazon facilities across the state or a bunch of Walmart facilities

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.

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• 3 is a progress report on the facility upgrades including a list of facilities requiring upgrades preliminary
• or a waste energy facility.
• So any any existing facility or any facility that's already in operation and has been in continuous operation
• When we talked about existing facilities.
• It said those would be OK, what about if it's an existing facility that was an incineration facility

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• This clarifies that the school facilities authority is responsible for projects and facilities for pre-kindergarten
• development agencies to develop pre-kindergarten facilities.
• This clarifies that the school facilities authority is responsible for projects and facilities for pre-kindergarten
• school facilities school facilities Authority<00:04:03.239> approv<00:04:03.720> for
• <00:13:28.600> and Development on school facilities and Development on school facilities and

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <00:10:02.320> committee through the joint facilities committee through the joint facilities
• parties on the joint facilities parties on the joint facilities committee<00:10:28.399> and
• any restrictions um from the facilities any restrictions um from the facilities committee<00:15:
• office and the joint facilities office and the joint facilities committee,<00:17:44.080> um,<
• at the member of the facilities at the member of the facilities committee<00:19:23.840> that's

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then moved into a work session on its remaining bills. The main discussion centered on House Bill 477, which would establish a commission to study safety and security procedures at the New Hampshire State House. Members debated whether a new commission was needed, with several speakers arguing that security is already being reviewed through the bipartisan Joint Facilities Committee and existing security staff, including an outside consultant’s review. Others raised concerns that members do not always know how to report safety or behavioral issues and suggested better communication to the full membership about who to contact and what information can be shared. The House clerk then explained the structure and authority of the Joint Facilities Committee under RSA 17-E, noting that it is a bipartisan legislative committee made up only of elected officials, with publicly listed members, defined duties, and the ability to meet in nonpublic session on sensitive matters such as security. The clerk said members can bring concerns to the committee, its chair, or their caucus leadership, and that some safety briefings are already given to all members when appropriate. Several members said they preferred keeping security matters limited to a need-to-know basis and opposed creating a new commission that could force public discussion of sensitive procedures. The committee then voted on HB 477. Representative Sheen moved ITL, Representative Turkot seconded, and the motion passed 12-0, with Representative Wall voting no. The bill was sent to consent. After that, the committee began discussion of House Bill 314, which would prohibit the use of federal, state, or local funds for lobbying activities, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

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• If the facility fails to follow all the requirements, facilities are barred from participating. in and
• State policies that pay the same for poorly staffed facilities. as well as staff facilities, encourage
• , and age facility takes more money.
• That cost report for facilities is actual cost.
• So, it's that facility cost.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Renovation of the existing 39,608 square feet facility in lieu of new construction of a replacement facility
• will remove the facilities from the facilities assessment database.
• Is that the facility at the high school or is that an old facility?
• Is this one facility with two schools in it?
• We currently operate two facilities, so we would be merging those two facilities, um, together into one

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• SCS COC funding, and staff will remove the facility from the facilities assessment database.
• into the new facility?
• I'm very conservative with facilities.
• I think that older facilities don't necessarily need to be demolished.
• I think it would be a lovely idea to have your community own this facility.

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• um charged for facility fees and where. um charged for facility fees and where.
• substantial costs for these facil substantial costs for these facil facility<01:27:43.920> fees
• they in cover all of the facility fees. they in cover all of the facility fees.
• I I don't like facility fees.
• facility fees. facility fees.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• facility.
• facility.
• <00:15:19.920> thank Correctional fac facilities thank Correctional fac facilities thank you
• 00:24:48.440> to from a male Correctional Facility to from a male Correctional Facility to Shaka
• <00:25:24.399> at male facility to the females facility at male facility to the females facility

Keywords: 1183, house

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• An assisted living facility is a facility that provides sleeping accommodations and assisted living services
• A licensed assisted living facility is a health care facility regardless of the size of the facility
• that smaller assisted living facilities that smaller assisted living facilities are<00:08:10.800
• I mentioned the facility, right?
• Are they safe in the facilities?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• swine, sheep, and goats at facilities swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not<00:04:22.320>
• So we do not inspect the facilities. The only entity that is inspecting those facilities is USDA.
• So we do not inspect the facilities. The only entity that is inspecting those facilities is USDA.
• Facilities. So we do not inspect the facilities.
• facility. Uh, so at a custom facility. facility. Uh, so at a custom facility.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a work session and then an executive session on HB 396, which would allow processing of beef cows, swine, sheep, and goats at facilities not certified by USDA. Representative Comtois presented a revised amendment after earlier drafting issues were corrected. She explained that the amendment now limits the amenable species language to cuts of meat rather than meat food products, fixes labeling language, removes an exemption from federal law, strikes a seasonal date range, and restores a section that had been removed. She also said the amendment distinguishes between amenable and non-amenable species and keeps a registration statement acknowledging the federal-law conflict. Committee members and witnesses debated the policy. Representative Howard questioned whether the bill should educate farmers rather than legislate them and raised concerns about requiring a farmer to register as violating federal law. Representative Comtois argued the bill supports small farmers, year-round meat processing, and intrastate activity, and described problems she said had occurred at USDA facilities. Representative Miner and others expressed support for moving the amendment forward. DHHS food safety officials testified that the department has no oversight of custom exempt facilities, that USDA is the only inspector in that system, and that if the bill passed there would be very limited regulatory oversight unless there were complaints or a foodborne outbreak. They also noted the original September 1 to April 30 date range had been tied to bison because of size and temperature concerns, and said the current language appeared to address bison, elk, and red deer documentation rather than the livestock species named in the bill. The New Hampshire Farm Bureau’s policy director, Rob Johnson, said the organization had recently voted down a policy opposing state regulations that would allow uninspected meat sales at retail until federal law changes, and that he needed to consult further with leadership before taking a position on HB 396. He suggested the bill should use the term “beef cattle” for consistency with livestock statutes. In executive session, Representative Comtois moved to approve amendment 2025-3090H, Representative King seconded, and members reiterated both support and reservations. The transcript ends during executive-session discussion, with no final recorded vote on the bill shown in the excerpt.

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• district over or if it's just too far away to be a reasonable option if there aren't any treatment facilities
• those card swipes, and also requests voluntary feedback regarding the reasons for a closure of a facility

Bills: HB3329, HR1039, HR1040, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3419, HB3420, HB3706, HB3711, HB4139, HB1268, HB3660, HJR1023, HB3298, HB3056, HJR1084, HB3934, HB3919, HB4118, HB4119, HB3791, HB4260, HB4178, HB4215, HB4324, HB3270, HB4352, HB4305, HB2955, HB3315, HB3066, HB1245, HB4125, HB3075, HB3129, HB3239, HB4153, HB3265, HB4491, SB680, HB4263, HB4268, HB1675, HB3885, HB2984, HB3697, HB2959, HB3671, HB3852, HB2933, HB3057, HB3802, HB4294, HB4285, HB3708, HB3979, HB3977, HB3986, HB3985, HB3588, HB3742, HB3845, HJR1070, HB3590, HB3595, HB3391, HB3183, HB3764, HB3765, HB1002, HB4434, HJR1086, HB4060, HB3881, HB3500, HB4408, HB3648, HB3127, HB3606

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists, University of Oklahoma, gymnastics, NCAA, congratulations, sports excellence, recognition, honor, athletics, Joseph Castiglione, leadership, education, sports management, HB3413, public finance, state budget

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• We're now building a facility equal in size and scale in Tulsa. We moved. to Norman.

Bills: HB3329, HR1039, HR1040, HB3413, HB3414, HB3415, HB3416, HB3417, HB3418, HB3419, HB3420, HB3706, HB3711, HB4139, HB1268, HB3660, HJR1023, HB3298, HB3056, HJR1084, HB3934, HB3919, HB4118, HB4119, HB3791, HB4260, HB4178, HB4215, HB4324, HB3270, HB4352, HB4305, HB2955, HB3315, HB3066, HB1245, HB4125, HB3075, HB3129, HB3239, HB4153, HB3265, HB4491, SB680, HB4263, HB4268, HB1675, HB3885, HB2984, HB3697, HB2959, HB3671, HB3852, HB2933, HB3057, HB3802, HB4294, HB4285, HB3708, HB3979, HB3977, HB3986, HB3985, HB3588, HB3742, HB3845, HJR1070, HB3590, HB3595, HB3391, HB3183, HB3764, HB3765, HB1002, HB4434, HJR1086, HB4060, HB3881, HB3500, HB4408, HB3648, HB3127, HB3606

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists, University of Oklahoma, gymnastics, NCAA, congratulations, sports excellence, recognition, honor, athletics, Joseph Castiglione, leadership, education, sports management, HB3413, public finance, state budget