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• Some are in progress now, but ... >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> Okay.
• Some are in progress now, but >> Yeah. Some are in progress now, but >> Okay.
• But my son and daughter-in-law monitor it very well, down to even the shows they can watch on TV, which
• But my son and daughter-in-law monitor it very well, down to even the shows they can watch on TV, which
• <00:20:33.919> things vigilant and watching monitoring things vigilant and watching monitoring

Bills: HB161

Keywords: building codes, standardization, commercial construction, architectural services, energy conservation, federal compliance, local governance, 923, senate, all

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• These positions will expand the agency's capacity to effectively monitor providers and other entities
• capacity to effectively monitor capacity to effectively monitor providers<00:20:17.679> and
• <00:23:22.480> through oversight as the oig progresses through oversight as the oig progresses
• , progress reports, a lot of investment in oversight.
• assessment um mandatory monitoring progress<00:52:37.799> reports<00:52:38.520> a<00:52

Bills: HF1470, HF1310, HF1837

Keywords: opioids, substance use, addiction recovery, mental health, state cabinet, HF1310, Office of Cannabis Management, cannabis, marijuana, tribal consultation, government-to-government relationship, Minnesota tribes, Tribal governments, state government, consultation, rulemaking, Indian affairs, cannabis regulation, tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relations

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• of the systems, but there's not a concentrated understanding of how the systems work and also to monitor
• kind of needs for and also um to monitor kind of needs for modernizing<00:03:06.640> and<00:03
• the would have that ability to focus on the oversight<00:03:18.880> and<00:03:19.000> monitoring
• of um efforts oversight and monitoring of um efforts by<00:03:21.600> counties<00:03:22.560><
• <00:21:57.160> in progress in progress in making<00:21:58.800> sure<00:21:59.000> our

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• defining and monitoring the problem. defining and monitoring the problem.
• Uh, our first year $20 per student."
• We each student would need access for.
• Chair. understand that many students do come understand that many students do come from<01:39:28.639>
• income or the same kind of demo student income or the same kind of demo student that<01:48:34.719

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, we students and students behavior.
• So, um, we are making sure that we're taking documentation and we are monitoring when students are in
• > in we are monitoring when students are in we are monitoring when students are in there<00:05:35.919
• As the state's protection advocacy agency, MDLC monitors schools that serve students with disabilities
• Our students need a range students are.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• that we made for um you know, progress that we made for um you know, on<00:23:27.760> this<00
• They buy these things, they don't monitor.
• <01:16:02.080> It's these things they don't monitor.
• It's these things they don't monitor.
• , saying, you know, as the years progress, saying, you know, as the years progress, there's<01:52

Bills: HB2611, HB2102, HB1710, HB1868, HB1920, HB1812, HB1733, HB1715, HB1723, HB1724, HB1727, HB1711

Keywords: HB2611, Hawaii antitrust, rental housing, rent price-fixing, algorithmic pricing, algorithmic rent-setting, property management software, pricing algorithms, rent coordination, price-fixing, collusion, cartel, multifamily housing, landlord software, occupancy levels, lease terms, Attorney General, public education program, consumer protection, housing affordability

Summary: The committee first took up HB 2611, which would prohibit algorithmic price-setting in Hawaii’s rental market, require public education by the Attorney General, and establish fines and penalties. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying its language was too unclear and could expose landlords and agents to criminal and civil liability for ordinary rent-setting practices based on public information or assistance from property professionals. Members asked about antitrust standards, tacit agreement, and whether using county-published affordable-rent schedules would be unlawful; the AG said that would not be unlawful if based on public information and without collusion. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting support from the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Realtors with comments, 50501 Hawaii and General Strike Hawaii, Haloha Project, 13 individuals, and one opponent. The committee then heard HB 2102, which clarifies that residential projects involving ground disturbance in high-risk areas remain subject to state historic preservation review and removes an exemption for lands presumed nominally sensitive. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and the Department of Planning and Permitting supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity and ensure review focuses on projects most likely to affect historic properties or iwi kupuna, while also urging language refinements to better define sensitive sandy-soil areas and balance preservation with housing timelines. NAP Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing it would undo progress made last session and that the current process already includes protections for inadvertent discoveries and efficiency for lower-risk areas. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported HB 2102, explaining it was responding to beneficiary complaints about late-added language in last year’s law and saying the nominally sensitive-area language should be removed because it was adopted without sufficient stakeholder input and could be harmful to iwi kupuna protections. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and several individuals also supported the bill. Committee discussion focused on how “nominally sensitive” areas are determined, whether project proponents could self-certify areas as exempt, and how high-density residential projects should be treated; SHPD said it uses survey and monitoring data to map sensitivity, that highly sensitive areas like Kīauea are not nominally sensitive, and that some high-density projects should remain exempt if they do not involve new ground disturbance. The hearing included no final vote in the portion provided, but the chair noted 48 individuals in support and continued questioning on the bill’s definitions and implementation.

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• So I want to say thank you to the administration for progress made.
• hit counties particularly hard, and so I want to say thank you to the administration for making progress
• It's not everything that counties are asked for, but we have seen progress in May revision.
• revision does still dismantle health care in California in a very inhumane way, even for all the progress
• I'm a high school student from the Bay Area.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It involves students across Texas all year long.
• It involves about 70,000 students across the state. State for Texas History Day.
• And we even have a poster competition that the younger students do.
• So this is how we get students to be involved with history.
• It focuses on college-age students and their love of Texas history.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So, a graduated student...
• Progressive means that rates rise as income rises; the tax burden increases as incomes rise.
• We jumped 18 spots from 27th to 8th in terms of the most progressive tax systems among the states.
• I like how you have progressive and regressive listed here.
• I inquired of NCSL, which is the national organization that monitors state governments.

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• And unfortunately, I was not able to monitor those.
• And unfortunately, I was not able to monitor those.
• deposits are being made. that we're monitoring and making sure those deposits are being made.
• It was my monitor. Oh, that's okay. That's fine. All right, go ahead. I'm sorry.
• It looks like you're making progress. We have made significant progress.

Summary: The committee began with approval of the prior meeting minutes and then received updates on delinquent private water and sewer reports. Staff reported that 19 of 43 original entities for the 2022 reporting year had had turnback reinstated, while 24 remained in escrow; for the 2023 reporting year, 59 of 64 entities had filed, leaving five still outstanding. The committee also heard that Adona had come into substantial compliance with municipal accounting law, and it voted to file that report and discontinue withholding turnback. It then voted to start the 60-day clock and file the report for Gum Springs after hearing repeated findings involving budgeting, disbursements, payroll, and Act 833 funds, with city officials saying they had begun correcting records and were seeking help from the Municipal League and a city attorney. Fargo was deferred because the mayor was absent due to illness. The committee next considered Denning, where staff described repeated and serious accounting problems over 2022-2024, including unauthorized payments, missing documentation, weak payroll controls, and improper handling of funds. The mayor and recorder-treasurer said prior records were disorganized and that they were now working with an attorney, CPA help, and new software; the committee voted to start the 60-day clock and file the report. Green Forest’s report, involving a fixed-asset listing issue after the mayor’s death, was filed. Several private water and sewer reports were either filed or deferred depending on whether responses had been received, and the committee announced its March meeting would be held in Room 149 because of renovations. The committee then reviewed a series of referred reports involving alleged financial irregularities. In Elaine, the fire chief’s questionable purchases were referred and filed. In Strong, staff described undeposited garbage-bag receipts, improper payments for private dumpster service and other expenditures, payroll tax penalties, and deficit fund balances; the mayor said controls had been improved, but the committee deferred the report to March. The Faulkner County Fair Association report found undocumented cash withdrawals, questionable disbursements, and inadequately documented cash payments to a carnival vendor; the committee filed it. Brooklyn’s report involved a fraudulent direct-deposit change, and Mineral Springs’ report involved transfers from the cemetery fund, employee loans, overpayments, and travel reimbursement issues; both were filed. Additional reports included Rondo, where the recorder-treasurer explained missing computers and fuel purchases tied to personal vehicles, and the committee filed the report; Waldo, where the mayor had been overpaid due to extra biweekly payments, which was filed; Columbia County, where a floodplain management contract lacked an authorizing ordinance, which was filed; and several private water-system reports, some filed and others deferred for lack of responses. Carlisle’s report showed large but improving misstatements in financial records, and the committee filed it after hearing that new software and training had reduced prior problems. Caddo Valley’s report prompted a lengthy discussion about CDs and interest recognition; staff explained that principal balances should be reflected as city assets and interest should be recorded when earned or reported by the bank, and the report was filed. Prairie County’s budget overrun and road-fund issues were discussed at length, with the judge explaining equipment and weather-related costs and staff clarifying the distinction between road funds and locally approved sales-tax uses; the report was filed. Finally, the committee deferred a Cross County Rural Water Association matter after learning it had not filed with Legislative Audit since 2002-2003 despite receiving significant state funding, and members expressed concern about the long gap in filings.

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• Our undocumented students, student parents, international students, and foster students will bear the
• Our undocumented students, student parents, international students, and foster students will bear the
• I have ...income students, student parents, and nontraditional students across our higher education system
• to 321,000 students. in terms of intent from students. to 321,000 students in terms of intent from students
• students in 2223 to roughly 116,000 students in 23, 24.

Summary: The committee heard the May Revision presentation for the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, with public comment focused heavily on K-12 priorities such as universal school meals, kitchen infrastructure, food service and custodial support, youth leadership grants, Special Olympics funding, English learner support, universal pre-K, literacy investments, and concerns about community college funding shifts. Speakers also urged support for expanded learning, teacher recruitment and training, and maintaining or increasing funding for community colleges and student support programs. Finance and the LAO then reviewed the Proposition 98 outlook. Finance said the May Revision lowers the 2025-26 Prop. 98 guarantee to $114.6 billion, about $4.3 billion below January, due mainly to lower revenue estimates, with smaller effects from attendance and property tax changes. The administration also described rebenching for universal transitional kindergarten and a one-time rebench tied to Los Angeles fire-related property tax losses, along with changes to the Public School System Stabilization Account, deferrals, and updated COLA assumptions. The LAO said the budget relies too much on deferrals and one-time funds, creates a structural shortfall, and should instead align ongoing spending with the guarantee and preserve a reserve buffer. Members questioned the TK rebench and the shift of funding from community colleges to K-12, asking why it was being applied retroactively and how colleges would be held harmless. Finance said the changes align funding with where TK costs are being incurred and that reappropriation funding and other adjustments would offset impacts on community colleges. The LAO argued the historical split formula is outdated and should be abandoned in favor of budgeting around current priorities rather than fixed percentages. Members also raised concerns about draining the rainy day reserve and using deferrals, while the LAO said preserving reserves would better protect against future volatility. The committee then moved to specific K-12 and education proposals. Finance outlined May Revision changes including state operations adjustments for the Department of Education, technical trailer bill changes, a $100 million student teacher stipend program administered by Kern County, and updates to the charter school facility grant program. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposed increases for expanded learning, literacy coaches, and the student teacher stipend as currently structured, while supporting the minimum grant increase for expanded learning. Members expressed support for teacher recruitment efforts but questioned whether one-time funding can sustain ongoing programs and whether the student teacher stipend should be targeted to shortage areas or low-income communities.

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• This conference report relates to the Department of Medical Assistance Services, remote monitoring.
• The report relates to the Department of Medical Assistance Services, remote monitoring services through
• The compromise with the Senate expands coverage for remote patient monitoring for high-risk pregnant
• House Bill 994 relates to photo speed monitoring devices, placement, and operation.
• This is legislation related to photo speed monitoring devices, placement, and operation.

Keywords: March 13, 2026 - Regular Session Part 2, 976, house, all

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• students?
• students?
• students?
• being commuter students college students being commuter students um<01:08:43.520> there<01:08
• and uh and student uh graduate students and uh and student athletes.<01:17:51.280> Uh<01:17:51.760

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committees heard testimony on HB 1872, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program to help early childhood providers participate in approved apprenticeship programs, require annual reporting, and appropriate funds. Testifiers in support included the University of Hawaiʻi, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the City and County of Honolulu, Commit to Keiki, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, the Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks, Parents for Public Schools of Hawaiʻi, and Kīʻoka Family Learning Centers. Supporters said the bill would reduce financial barriers, strengthen recruitment and retention, improve compensation and career pathways, and help address child care shortages and workforce instability. The committee then voted to pass HB 1872 with amendments, including an HD1 and a defective date to allow further discussion. The committee next took up HB 2489, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi to establish a bachelor’s degree program in American Sign Language interpretation, with a longer-term plan for a master’s program. Testimony in support came from the Disability Communication Access Board and the University of Hawaiʻi, and members also heard detailed support from DECAP and other advocates describing a statewide shortage of ASL interpreters, long waiting lists for ASL courses, and the need for locally trained interpreters who understand Hawaiʻi’s cultural and community needs. Witnesses said the shortage affects schools, courts, hospitals, emergency services, and other settings, and that the program could be expanded through articulation with other campuses. The committee voted to pass HB 2489 with amendments, again using an HD1 and defective date. After those two measures, the committee moved to HB 441 on campus safety, which would require students, including transfer students, to complete training on federal laws and university policies regarding sexual misconduct before initial registration and would change how often training is provided to students and employees. The University of Hawaiʻi stood on its written testimony, while supporters including IMUA Alliance and other testifiers urged passage, citing survivor experiences, national best practices, and the need for prevention before harm occurs. No vote on HB 441 was reached in the portion provided.

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• to keep students and staff safe. to keep students and staff safe.
• facing our students. facing our students.
• <00:21:33.320> is for our staff and for our students is for our staff and for our students
• ><00:26:37.520> schools mindful of student safety, schools mindful of student safety, schools
• <00:40:03.240> would conditions where their students would conditions where their students

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• walked in on female band students and began to drop his clothes.
• Outside of classroom instruction, teachers also also have responsibilities to monitor student behavior
• I have seen a lot of students using the bathrooms to skip class, vape, etc., when I'm on bathroom monitoring
• I am a cashier, and I was a student.
• To have a male student use...

Bills: SB7, SB14, SB 7, SB 14

Keywords: gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects

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• Um, I would like to welcome into the House the principal and students from Waipahu High School.
• If you could stand as I introduce you: Principal Zachary Sheets, students Caleb Daguio, Kisha Arellano
• <00:25:46.120> Caleb<00:25:46.520> Daguio, students Caleb Daguio, students Caleb Daguio
• LifeSmarts teaches students critical life skills needed to succeed in a modern global marketplace.
• ,<00:31:37.080> our<00:31:37.200> principal<00:31:37.920> our our students,

Bills: HR204, SB2925, SB2798, SB2320, SB2800, SB1230, SB2706, SB3233, SB2405, SB3320, SB2543, SB3097, SB3096, SB3140, SB2593, SB2567, SB2466, SB2140, SB2088, SB3090, SB608, SB2795, SB3294, SB3263, SB3001, SB2907, SB3251, SB2074, SB2360, SB2354, SB2908, SB2353, SB3045, SB2047, SB3254, SB3246, SB3133, SB2425, SB2671, SB3229, SB2969, SB1166, SB896, SB2391, SB2125, SB3118, SB3325, SB2613, SB2614, SB494, SB2376, SB3326, SB2001, SB2599, SB3048, SB3169, SB2002, SB3247, SB3253, SB2155, SB2192, SB3187, SB2190, SB2398, SB2424, SB3028, SB2338, SB3219, SB2981, HCR14

Keywords: H.R. 204, House Resolution, Hawaii LifeSmarts, LifeSmarts State Competition, student competition, academic recognition, congratulatory resolution, Iolani School, Kalani High School, Waipahu High School, personal finance, consumer rights, health and safety, technology education, environmental education, National Consumers League, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Credit Union League, youth achievement, high school teams

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• > Link,<00:21:24.160> Atlas We have students Nikki Link, Atlas We have students Nikki Link
• These students have represent many facets of our community, including student leadership, and I would
• students from Ka'ala Elementary School. students from Ka'ala Elementary School.
• > many These students have represent many These students have represent many facets<00:22:46.240
• , build relationships with students, build relationships with students, family,<00:33:17.880>

Bills: HR204, SB2925, SB2798, SB2320, SB2800, SB1230, SB2706, SB3233, SB2405, SB3320, SB2543, SB3097, SB3096, SB3140, SB2593, SB2567, SB2466, SB2140, SB2088, SB3090, SB608, SB2795, SB3294, SB3263, SB3001, SB2907, SB3251, SB2074, SB2360, SB2354, SB2908, SB2353, SB3045, SB2047, SB3254, SB3246, SB3133, SB2425, SB2671, SB3229, SB2969, SB1166, SB896, SB2391, SB2125, SB3118, SB3325, SB2613, SB2614, SB494, SB2376, SB3326, SB2001, SB2599, SB3048, SB3169, SB2002, SB3247, SB3253, SB2155, SB2192, SB3187, SB2190, SB2398, SB2424, SB3028, SB2338, SB3219, SB2981, HCR14

Keywords: H.R. 204, House Resolution, Hawaii LifeSmarts, LifeSmarts State Competition, student competition, academic recognition, congratulatory resolution, Iolani School, Kalani High School, Waipahu High School, personal finance, consumer rights, health and safety, technology education, environmental education, National Consumers League, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Credit Union League, youth achievement, high school teams

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• these these uh gang members monitoring these these uh gang members monitoring these<00:54:22.480
• Those are all at-risk students.
• Those are all at-risk students.
• > graduated students students have already graduated students students have already graduated with
• You know, who's monitoring these people?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That has made a lot of progress. That has made a lot of progress.
• The Legislature will have the opportunity to monitor the evolution of this market and to make sure that
• The new RO must have an independent market monitor.
• So I really do believe that we will have the opportunity to monitor the market.
• We're making progress. That's a good answer. Okay. All right. All right. We're making progress.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy convened with a quorum and first heard SB 254, a major utility affordability and wildfire package authored by Senator Becker and coauthored by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris. The bill was described as combining wildfire mitigation reforms, $6 billion in securitized financing for future fire-mitigation capital spending, a public ownership/transmission financing program, tighter scrutiny of utility profits, clean energy permitting streamlining, stronger customer connection timelines, and a successor wildfire fund/continuation account to replace the current fund. Supporters, including the Governor’s office, TURN, labor, clean energy groups, utilities, and public advocates, said the measure would lower bills, stabilize utilities, protect fire victims, and reduce wildfire-related bankruptcy risk. Opponents and some local government groups raised concerns about affordability impacts, the volumetric wildfire fee, strict liability, and provisions they said could affect local control. After discussion, the committee approved SB 254 on a 16-0 vote and sent it to the floor. The committee then held an informational hearing on AB 825, which would enable California to participate in a West-wide electricity market. The authors said the proposal could save ratepayers up to $1 billion annually, improve reliability by allowing California to draw on a larger regional supply, reduce curtailment of renewable power, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Support came from environmental organizations, labor, utilities, community choice aggregators, large energy users, and the Public Advocates Office, all emphasizing cost savings, reliability, and cleaner energy integration. TURN opposed the measure, warning that last-minute amendments removed safeguards against subsidizing out-of-state fossil generation and could expose California ratepayers to unwanted costs. Members questioned governance, exit rights, CPUC oversight, and local control, and the authors responded that the bill includes multiple safeguards, legislative reporting, the ability to exit without penalty, and continued local consultation. No vote was taken because the hearing was informational only.

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• This bill also builds on the progress we have already made.
• Many rare diseases are genetic, progressive, and life-threatening, with early onset and rapid progression
• Many rare diseases are genetic, progressive, and life-threatening with early onset and rapid progression
• The infusion slows the progression of my disease.
• The fusion flowed the progression of my disease.

Keywords: 988, house, all