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• it was going to not be used to expand veteran services, but that it was going to become a way of replacing
• it was going to not be used to expand veteran services, but that it was going to become a way of replacing
• it was going to not be used to expand veteran services, but that it was going to become a way of replacing
• it was going to not be used to expand veteran services, but that it was going to become a way of replacing
• it was going to not be used to expand veteran services, but that it was going to become a way of replacing

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Climate Week is not intended to replace ongoing sustainability efforts, but to strengthen them, providing
• Climate Week is not intended to replace ongoing sustainability efforts, but to strengthen them, providing
• Climate Week is not intended to<00:32:15.039> replace<00:32:15.360> ongoing<00:32:15.840
• > sustainability to replace ongoing sustainability to replace ongoing sustainability efforts,<

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint committees on Education and Higher Education first heard HCR 75 and HR 67, which ask the Department of Education and the University of Hawaiʻi to assess criteria for building an educational pipeline and curriculum for advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity. The Department of Education said it would stand on its written testimony, and UH supported the measure, noting existing community college and four-year programs related to the topic. Members asked how DOE promotes cybersecurity opportunities and whether it provides funding; DOE said schools usually connect with partners and its office works with them, but it does not have separate funding for such efforts. UH also explained that some advanced manufacturing concepts may overlap with 3D printing, material sciences, and entrepreneurship, and described P20 as a forum for aligning K-12 and higher education pathways. The committees then recessed the joint hearing and moved to the Education Committee agenda. The committee next heard HCR 46 and HR 39, which would make DOE recreational facilities available to the public during non-peak hours and non-school days. DOE said it already uses facilities agreements with insurance, liability waivers, indemnification, and certificates of insurance to protect schools. The Attorney General opposed the resolutions, warning that unrestricted public use without safeguards could create substantial liability and cost risks for the state. The measure’s introducer said the goal was to help underserved communities that lack access to public recreation spaces, and DOE said it would be open to joint-use arrangements with larger organizations but remained concerned about vandalism and liability. The committee also heard HCR 86 and HR 80 on creating an Aloha Civics working group, with DOE offering comments and Common Cause Hawaiʻi strongly supporting the idea. DOE described a civic learning and engagement task force that met with stakeholders, including UH and the PACE Commission, and produced recommendations such as building partnership inventories, integrating civic learning across grade levels, and aligning the work with DOE’s HA framework and learner outcomes. Common Cause said civic education can be implemented effectively and affordably, citing existing school projects such as ranked-choice voting and classroom constitutions. Later, the committee took up HCR 87 and HR 81, urging an annual Climate Week in public schools. DOE again stood on written comments, while the Climate Change and Health Working Group, Climate Future Forum, a student from Kaimuki High School, and other supporters argued that a dedicated week would ensure consistent climate education, build resilience, and connect climate issues to health, food security, and disaster preparedness. Supporters said existing climate-related opportunities are uneven across schools and that a formal Climate Week would create a more equitable approach. The committee then heard HCR 95 and HR 91 on informing students about changes to gun safety and storage laws; DOE asked for clarification on the measure’s intended outcome, and one individual testified in support. Finally, the committee heard HCR 104 and HR 100 on strengthening farm-to-school initiatives. DOE said it is already working to improve menus, emphasize local products, and meet with distributors to increase local procurement, while the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience offered food science, nutrition, and extension support. Climate Future Forum, the Hawaii Youth Food Council, and other supporters said farm-to-school efforts are important for student health, local farmers, and food sovereignty, noting that local food procurement in schools remains far below the state’s 30% by 2030 goal. DOE explained it is trying to provide distributors and farmers with more predictable demand and is meeting with distributors to set up next year’s supply chain.

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• programs, but also some additional new kind of specialty programs to address. lead service line replacement
• IIJA funds that we've received for drinking water SRF both in our base program lead service line replacement
• There's no corresponding lead service line replacement program. within the Clean Water SRF.
• Let's say in our drinking water SRF or our clean water SRF and if they need to replace infrastructure
• And so a lot of communities like Houston and others rely on those programs. to replace that infrastructure

Keywords: infrastructure, water supply, flood mitigation, Texas Water Fund, community projects, funding allocations

Summary: During this committee meeting, the focus was on discussing critical infrastructure funding, especially related to water supply and flood mitigation projects. Chairwoman Stepney and the Water Development Board presented extensive details regarding the Texas Water Fund, which included $1 billion appropriated to assist various financial programs and tackle pressing water and wastewater issues. Additionally, funding allocations aimed at compromising the state's flood risk and improving water conservation were hotly debated, emphasizing collaboration among committee members and the necessity of addressing community needs in such projects.

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• We've also been able to develop a replacement facility for our Cloverport Clinic.
• We've also been able to develop a replacement facility for our Cloverport Clinic.
• County we've also been able to<00:15:38.560> develop<00:15:38.880> a<00:15:39.040> replacement
• <00:15:39.600> facility<00:15:40.519> for to develop a replacement facility for to
• develop a replacement facility for our<00:15:40.880> Cloverport our Cloverport our Cloverport

Keywords: 00:00 Introductions 02:46 Roll Call 03:35 Discussion on SB 14 46:13 Vote on SB 14 48:07 Discussion on SB 17 50:38 Vote on SB 17, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Health Services opened with the chair welcoming several new members and outlining session rules: hearings would start and end on time, the committee would limit the number of bills heard each meeting, prioritize bills heard during the interim, and generally avoid using the consent calendar except in extreme circumstances. The committee then briefly considered administrative regulations, which were treated as approved if members had no questions. The main item was Senate Bill 14, a measure addressing the 340B drug discount program. The chair said the bill had already passed the Senate in a prior session and had been heard in interim, so he did not present it again. He described the bill as prohibiting drug manufacturers from discriminating against 340B covered entities by refusing 340B pricing when the same drug is offered at that price in the state. He also said the committee would not debate the federal 340B program itself, but would hear testimony on the bill. Hospital leaders and Kentucky Hospital Association representatives testified in support, arguing that 340B savings are essential to rural hospitals, oncology services, transportation support, chronic care, addiction recovery, and new service lines such as chemotherapy and hepatitis treatment. They said the program helps keep care close to home and that manufacturer restrictions on contract pharmacies have reduced access and cost hospitals millions. Opponents from BIO Kentucky and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions argued the bill would expand federal law beyond Congress’s intent, create administrative burdens, and not lower patient out-of-pocket costs. The chair repeatedly pressed opponents to address why Kentucky should be denied the same 340B pricing available in other states. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.

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• make me return to the office because I like working from home and you're not going to be able to replace
• /c><01:33:13.120> to and you're not going to be able to and you're not going to be able to replace
• :13.840> going<01:33:13.920> to<01:33:14.000> work<01:33:14.080> from replace
• me, so I'm going to work from replace me, so I'm going to work from home.<01:33:14.480> Is<01

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• >> So the amendment, although it's a replace-all, the only change is on line 29 and following that section
• Um, we've had to replace walls.
• We've had to replace first floors of buildings with the appropriate material because we supplied incorrect
• We've had to replace walls.
• Sarah Beltate: Um, we've had to replace walls.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration. Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.

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• Vertically integrated firms replace contractors, suppliers, and distributors with internal operations
• Vertically integrated firms replace<00:05:24.400> contractors,<00:05:25.039> suppliers,
• <00:05:25.520> and replace contractors, suppliers, and replace contractors, suppliers, and distributors
• many communities have experienced, once a small-town store closes, it is incredibly difficult to replace
• <00:08:50.880> The incredibly difficult to replace. The incredibly difficult to replace.

Bills: HF4080, HF3693, HF1857, HF4350

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life

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• In fact, they've been constantly having to basically replace the thing over the years.
• assessment in 2021, it looks like they're going to have to spend multiple millions of dollars to replace
• <00:36:48.720> the<00:36:48.880> thing having to uh basically replace the thing having
• to uh basically replace the thing over<00:36:49.359> the<00:36:49.520> years.
• multiple millions of dollars to replace multiple millions of dollars to replace this<00:37:00.480

Keywords: 916, all

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• It does not replace regulation or reduce PUC oversight, and it certainly doesn't mean that YB can stop
• It replaces<00:25:40.720> uncertainty<00:25:41.360> with<00:25:41.679> clear replaces
• uncertainty with clear replaces uncertainty with clear transparency It replaces uncertainty with clear
• for the purpose of consistency, I’d like to amend the definitions as proposed in this measure and replace
• ><01:44:18.719> them<01:44:19.280> with<01:44:19.520> the This measure would replace

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 1688, which would provide a general excise tax exemption for certain aircraft maintenance materials, parts, tools, and facility construction, received comments from the Department of Taxation and support from Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Kohala Coast Resort, the Activities and Attractions Association of Hawaii, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii. Testimony indicated the measure was intended to clarify an existing exemption rather than create a new one. The bulk of the hearing focused on HB 2386, which would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms and a water carrier inflationary cost index. The Department of Transportation said it would change its testimony to support the bill, citing a 2020 working group recommendation, while the PUC and DCCA offered comments. Matson, the Maritime Group, Hawaii Harbors Users Group, and Young Brothers supported the measure, arguing it would modernize regulation, improve predictability, and help maintain reliable interisland shipping. Hawaii Farm Bureau offered comments, while Hawaii Food Industry Association, Maui Brewing Company, Lani Kai Brewing Company, and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii opposed it, arguing automatic rate increases were not the solution and that underlying costs and efficiencies should be addressed first. The chair noted the bill was essentially the same as one previously considered, and asked questions about how Hawaii’s water carrier regulation compares with other states. The committee also heard HB 1691, which would allow electronic signatures for certain motor vehicle title transfers after total-loss insurance settlements and remove the notary requirement for that narrow transaction. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, Hawaii Insurers Council, Copart, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, and one individual supported it, with Copart saying the change would reduce delays and could allow a faster, largely electronic settlement process. Members asked about county impacts, and Copart said counties would only see a different form with no added cost or electronic integration. HB 1680, requiring county finance directors to notify agencies through a centralized system for vehicle transfers, drew opposition from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services and one individual in support. HB 2516, raising helmet requirements for electric foot scooters and bicycles and requiring helmets for high-speed or Class 3 electric bicycles, received support from DOT, DOH, AAA Hawaii, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. HB 193, allowing deaf vehicle owners to register a deafness designation visible to law enforcement, drew support from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services, the Hawaii Disabilities Rights Center, and an individual who suggested amendments to broaden the bill to deaf and hard of hearing individuals and adjust the proof standard. HB 2442, increasing required accessible and van-accessible parking spaces in larger parking lots, was supported by the Disability and Communication Access Board, the Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the Disability Rights Center, which said the bill would address shortages of accessible parking and may need technical amendments to align terminology with the ADA.

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• We are a Social Security replacement plan.
• We are a social security<01:46:49.680> replacement<01:46:50.200> plan<01:46:51.160>
• social security replacement plan social security replacement plan social security<01:46:52.600>
• > security we have because we are social security we have because we are social security replacement
• plan we have a 1 and 1/2% replacement plan we have a 1 and 1/2% cola<01:47:00.280> and<01:47:

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:12 Approval of Minutes: 00:01:34 Actuarial Valuation Update – KPPA: 00:02:10 Actuarial Valuation Update – TRS: 00:25:32, 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, and approval of the prior minutes. The main presentation was from KPPA officials Ryan Barrow and Erin Saratt on the annual actuarial valuations for the retirement and insurance systems. They said the systems’ funding status improved overall, with three of five insurance funds fully funded, CERS hazardous dropping from over 100% funded to 90.9% because of premium changes, and KRS receiving $650 million in supplemental funding over the biennium. They also reported strong investment returns above assumed rates, higher payroll and membership counts, and resulting actuarial losses tied to higher salaries and premiums, especially on the insurance side. Members asked several questions about what drove the actuarial losses and whether legislation affected them. KPPA said the CERS insurance loss was driven by premium increases and Senate Bill 10, while the pension-side losses were largely due to higher payroll and benefits for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. They explained that new Tier 3 employees are designed to add no additional unfunded liability, and that the state administers the systems but does not directly control all hiring. Questions also focused on retiree health premiums, which KPPA said rose about 15% for non-Medicare retirees and 38% for Medicare retirees, with the increase attributed to utilization, prescription costs, and the Inflation Reduction Act. The committee then heard from TRS Deputy Executive Secretary and General Counsel Beau Barnes on the 2025 TRS actuarial valuation. He reported that the Retirement Annuity Trust and Health Insurance Trust both received full funding, the retirement trust’s funded ratio improved to 61%, TRS 4 remains well funded with no liability, and the health insurance trust improved to 89.1%. Barnes said TRS is on track to fully fund legacy liabilities within the amortization period, with 2044 as the point when the system reflects 100% funding and 2046 as the last year needing additional dollars for the legacy liability. He also explained that lower assumed investment returns and updated mortality assumptions increased liabilities, but that TRS uses direct rate smoothing for budgeting purposes. At the end of the meeting, the chair circulated a proposed set of “do’s and don’ts of pensions,” emphasizing that future legislation should not create unfunded liabilities. Barnes also noted he would later discuss several legislative proposals for the 2026 session, but the transcript provided ends before that discussion or any votes on those proposals.

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• , and recommendations when committed individuals in MSOP petition for a reduction in custody, and replace
• 47.280> and petition for a reduction in custody and petition for a reduction in custody and replaces
• replaces replaces uh<00:18:49.760> the<00:18:50.160> special<00:18:50.559> review
• mental illness and serious mental illness, and also deleting the term out-of-home placement and replacing
• mental illness and serious mental illness, and also deleting the term out-of-home placement and replacing

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Like, how often do they have to be replaced?
• Like how how often do they have to be<00:44:06.000> replaced?
• The only things that have be replaced?
• <00:44:10.240> The to really be replaced are the pads.
• The to really be replaced are the pads.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Since then, on my block in South Minneapolis, over half the houses had people's roofs being replaced.
• half the houses had people's uh roofs half the houses had people's uh roofs being<00:03:28.800> replaced
• Often that was on the being replaced.
• On line 9.1, we soften the language that says 'ensure sufficient education' and replace that with the
• that with the with the um, and replace that with the with the term<00:46:37.280> recommend<00

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It removes the language specifying EpiPens or epinephrine injectors and replaces it with an epinephrine
• epinephrine specifying EpiPens or epinephrine injectors<00:10:34.880> and<00:10:35.200> replaces
• <00:10:35.600> it<00:10:35.839> with injectors and replaces it with injectors and replaces
• <01:35:30.239> because<01:35:30.480> of back in to get it replaced because of back
• in to get it replaced because of sepsis.<01:35:32.159> So<01:35:32.639> um<01:35:32.880

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In section one, it slightly amends the KUMC grant program by replacing a very complex formula with a
• 00:03:17.280> grant<00:03:17.760> program<00:03:18.239> by<00:03:18.640> replacing
• by replacing a very complex<00:03:20.480> formula<00:03:21.360> with<00:03:21.599>
• Susan Outlaw to replace the two people that have spoken here.
• Susan Outlaw to um replace the two Dr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They had a boiler and air handler project in 2017, and they replaced two boilers and ...
• this was in this was in 2017<00:43:42.760> uh<00:43:42.920> they<00:43:43.119> replaced
• 00:43:43.720> boilers<00:43:44.160> and Melissa Taphorn continued that in 2017 they replaced
• according to mph the agency Replacements according to mph the agency only<00:48:17.520> gets<
• These buildings will replace existing park buildings that are aging and falling apart and were not built

Bills: HF2148, HF2693, HF2542, HF1141, HF1770, HF1489, HF1709, HF244, HF1266, HF807, HF2619, HF1340

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

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• Um, and replacing that copper with modern networks reduces the risk of copper theft and enhances the
• <00:37:07.599> And wait months to have it be replaced.
• And wait months to have it be replaced.
• So we have to respectfully oppose replacing reinsurance with subsidies at this time.
• So we have to respectfully oppose replacing reinsurance with subsidies at this time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• what it does: it takes the subpoena power as originally written going to the hearing officer and replaces
• <00:42:24.880> it<00:42:25.200> with<00:42:25.880> the officer and replaces
• c><00:45:13.760> the<00:45:13.960> concept<00:45:14.319> of it just largely replaces
• the concept of it just largely replaces the concept of the<00:45:14.599> Attorney<00:45:15.040
• clarify them because I see that OS has not, you know, marked them in bold; they've just kind of replaced

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 313 and, on motion by Representative Perez, voted to retain the bill because members felt it needed further work and was not ready for final action. The motion passed 18-0, and no further action was taken on the bill. House Bill 391, an anti-SLAPP measure, was then discussed; supporters said it addressed a real problem and should move forward, while opponents raised concerns that it was too broad, could affect criminal cases, and might create procedural complications. The committee voted 18-0 to retain HB 391 as well, and it was placed on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 462, establishing a cause of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential properties. Representative McFarland moved OTP, saying the bill raised First Amendment and property-rights concerns. The motion passed 18-0, and the bill was also placed on consent. The committee then turned to House Bill 509, which would require reporting on forfeitures. Supporters argued the information was useful for future legislation, while opponents said the reporting would be costly, duplicative, and potentially split data across fiscal years. The committee voted 11-7 to recommend OTP, with a minority of members opposed. House Bill 520, authorizing Department of Education hearing officers to issue subpoenas, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued DOE needed the same tools other agencies have, while opponents said DOE already had access to needed information, the Attorney General could handle subpoenas, and the bill would create an unbalanced process and raise due process and student-record concerns. Representative Tur offered Amendment 0842H to shift subpoena power from DOE hearing officers to the Attorney General; after debate, the amendment failed 10-8. The transcript cuts off as the committee begins the roll call on the underlying bill after rejecting the amendment.

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• words waste and abuse out because we thought they were subjective, a little too subjective, and replaced
• <00:03:17.120> that a little too subjective and replace that a little too subjective and replace
• We must remove these predatory centers from our communities and replace them with health care that is
• We must remove these predatory centers from our communities and replace them with health care that is
• We must remove these predatory centers from our communities and replace them with health care that is

Bills: HF25, HF1, HF428

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

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• Evaluating and replacing government.
• Evaluating and replacing legacy<01:05:50.640> systems<01:05:51.039> with<01:05:51.200><
• Replacing a system is the single most expensive thing you can do.
• Replacing a system is the single most expensive thing you can do.
• So I think that getting into a cycle of replacing systems from a statutory basis doesn't reduce cost;

Keywords: 1189, house, all