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• cleor I think I'm just confused I think cleor I think I'm just confused I think I'm<00:02:13.800
• I think it's six of our agencies.
• really have a think I don't think they really have a real<00:17:14.959> world<00:17:15.240>
• statement included in your bill I think statement included in your bill I think uh<00:21:41.360>
• I think we all do. I don't think there's much debate there.

Bills: HF1, HF2

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• I think they've been happy to have us, and I think it's increased our ability to sort of cross-train
• I think this is a wait-and-see.
• /c><00:28:30.240> talking<00:28:30.480> about think I think we're still talking about think
• I think she does.
• I think she does.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Um, but I think, to the extent, I think, similar to um what the airlines are saying, I think um it can't
• And I think<00:13:28.880> you<00:13:29.040> know think you know think you know defeating
• I think another really billion.
• I think DoD is talking about it. I think Chadbuck HFA is talking about it.
• Next is Tam Hunt from Think Pig LLC. Next is Tam Hunt from Think Pig LLC.

Bills: SB2709, SB3154

Keywords: biosecurity, Department of Agriculture, quarantine, Akamai Arrival Program, importation regulations, pests control, plant health, animal health, compliance mechanisms, environmental review, transportation projects, NEPA, state sovereignty, federal compliance, streamlining, Hawaii Department of Transportation, 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing began with SB 2709, which would require the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to establish rules to enforce the Okami arrival program and strengthen quarantine enforcement for plants, non-domestic animals, and microorganisms. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the bill, as did DAB, saying it would improve biosecurity and make some provisions mandatory rather than optional. Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines supported the goal but raised concerns about language changing inspections from “may” to “shall” for aircraft, warning of possible federal preemption and operational conflicts unless the bill is clarified to align with federal aviation safety, security, and operational requirements. Committee members questioned DAB about inspection timing, scope, and compliance; DAB said the measure is intended to increase enforcement, improve form completion rates toward a 90% goal, and expand beyond airlines to other entry modes, while also noting plans to restore detector dog use and improve software/AI tools for processing forms. Decision-making on SB 2709 was deferred to February 17 at 3:02 p.m. in Room CR229. The committees then took up SB 3154, an administration measure authorizing the Department of Transportation to assume certain National Environmental Policy Act responsibilities for highway, rail, public transportation, and multimodal projects, with the aim of streamlining environmental review. DOT supported the bill and explained that it would allow the department to work directly with federal resource agencies such as U.S. Fish and Wildlife and SHPO rather than routing everything through federal highways. After brief discussion, the Committee on Transportation voted to pass SB 3154 with technical amendments, and the AEN committee followed with the same recommendation; the measure was adopted with five votes in favor. A later portion of the transcript shifted to SB 2374 on the blue economy. DBED said it supported the concept but noted that it already sits on many working groups and would need resources if a new working group is created. DBED suggested the committee could instead request research through a letter or memo, and said agencies including ADC, HTDC, and Agriculture had already begun internal discussions. Testimony in support came from IMUA Alliance, Hawaii Food Policy, and others, emphasizing the potential for blue economy ventures to support survivors, align with climate and cultural goals, and create economic opportunity. No final vote on SB 2374 appears in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• I think it’s necessary.
• But I think it's important.
• Think about soccer. Think about hockey. Think about baseball.
• I think I misspoke earlier.
• And I think they tried.

Bills: SB17, SB1569, SB2420, HB5138, HJR161, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HCR76, HCR127

Keywords: foreign ownership, real property, national security, criminal penalties, civil penalties, personal information, higher education, privacy protection, governing board, institutional security, software applications, mobile devices, age verification, parental consent, data protection, app store regulation, HJR 161, Texas constitutional amendment, voting rights, non-citizen voting

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.

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• <00:37:28.440> that discretion uh however we do think that discretion uh however we do think
• so I I think so I I think you'll<01:31:44.080> if<01:31:44.239> you<01:31:44.760><
• Square I think the goal here is Square I think the goal here is deterrence<01:40:06.320> and<01
• <01:41:08.000> you think about that chair noaty I think you think about that chair noaty I
• <01:43:59.880> this um or retaliation do you think this um or retaliation do you think this

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I think that's the best way to go.
• I think that's the best way to go.
• I don't think most workers do.
• I think this is a solution looking for a problem, and I think what reaction could there be?
• So no, I don't think so.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You'd think it's a us. Thank you, Chair.
• So, I think we have a quorum, members, you know. I think we've moved that. All right.
• I think we have one more, testifier? I think we have one more, Madam<00:37:09.200> Chair.
• I think he had an advanced degree in it.
• I think he had an psychology major.

Bills: HF2080, HF356, HF1968, HF228, HF569, HF603, HF692, HF1455, HF2224, HF1361

Keywords: contamination, water supply, municipal bonds, environmental mitigation, city funding, Sauk Rapids, PFAS contamination, drinking water, pollution control, bond issuance, Cokato, capital investment, school infrastructure, state bonds, HF228, Lakes Area Police Commission, Lindstrom, Chisago City, regional training facility, public safety facility

Transcript Highlights:

• I think I think we may be able to 6 p.m.
• think I think we why that is, but but I think I think we can't<01:09:14.960> be<01:09:15.199>
• I think I think that would be cycle.
• So, I I I think I think gallery? Okay.
• I I think I think Okay. Yes, I will.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.

Transcript Highlights:

• remember what you think that was. remember what you think that was.
• I think >> What do you think about that?
• the I think earlier you know I think the I think committees<01:23:11.520> and<01:23:11.840>
• get off their computers and outdoors. get off their computers and outdoors.
• And I think that's it. And I think that's it. Thank<05:24:09.440> you.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, I think that no, I wasn't thinking virtual.
• So, I think that no, I wasn't thinking virtual.
• I think I think that would be a meeting.
• I think I think you are a good that.
• think that I think that's a big >> I think that I think that's a big question<03:57:49.199>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I think, Mr.
• Um and I think for those product. Um and I think for those reasons,<00:44:22.160> Mr.
• And I think this really goes, Mr. And I think this really goes, Mr.
• Well, I think I heard the answer there. Well, I think I heard the answer there.
• And I think, Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I think so.
• I don't think so. I don't think so.
• I don't think so. I don't regulations. I don't think so. I don't think<04:16:51.439> so.
• > think so.
• Um I think um think so.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I don't think this is limited to that. I think this is broader. Uh, Mr.
• this is not limited to that I think this is not limited to that I think<00:32:46.880> this<00
• taking down the goals because I think taking down the goals because I think the<00:43:25.359>
• And I think it's a terrible shame.
• That was the thinking behind it.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and first honored Nancy Crawford with a resolution recognizing her 46 years of state service, including 20 years as Senator Pam Beidle’s chief of staff. Senator Beidle then spoke at length about her own retirement plans and public service, reflecting on her career in the House and Senate, her work on the Finance Committee, and thanking her staff and colleagues. The chamber unanimously journalized the remarks. The Senate then moved into business on House and Senate messages, including House Bill 139 and Senate Bill 311, and adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 1532, the Utility Relief/Reducing Energy Load for Inflation measure. The report was described as a broad energy and utility package that had already passed the Senate 38-4 and was said to address short-, medium-, and long-term issues, including rate relief, in-state generation, data center policy, consumer transparency, and low-income utility assistance. During debate on the conference report, the majority leader explained several changes from prior versions: no legislative ban on forecast test years, instead deferring to the Public Service Commission; removal of gas programs from Empower to avoid inequities across service territories; modest opening of the retail supply market with guardrails; and rejection of some floor amendments, including a gas line extension provision and a study amendment. The minority leader argued the bill offered only limited relief, focused too much on talking points and short-term savings, and said many bipartisan amendments were not retained. The majority leader responded that the bill would save ratepayers real dollars through provisions on utility adders, executive bonuses, FERC-related returns, and new generation, and urged adoption of the conference report.

Transcript Highlights:

• because I think the data has been clear. because I think the data has been clear.
• I think maybe so. had that opportunity. I think maybe so.
• I think the work has been good. I'm go. I think the work has been good.
• I think some of you heard it.
• thinking about cost rather than benefit. thinking about cost rather than benefit.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:07:01.039> important And I think it's incredibly important And I think it's incredibly
• I don't think leaving affordable food.
• And I think they think if they keep on saying that it's not going to cost anything, then people will
• Think about this bit of math.
• So, think about this.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• First was his family, and when you think of his family you always should think of his wife Lou, and they
• of his family you always when you think of his family you always should<00:42:39.920> think<00
• government efficiency, I'm thinking government efficiency, I'm thinking about<00:47:09.920> the
• the substance of this bill, but I think the substance of this bill, but I think we<05:22:48.718>
• It's based on the idea or was I think It's based on the idea or was I think largely<07:33:09.920

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• but to encourage presidents to think but to encourage presidents to think twice<00:09:40.560>
• I think that is important.
• I think that's reckless. I think that's completely irresponsible. I think that's reckless.
• I think that is reckless. these things. I think that is reckless.
• Think about that.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Despite being up for more than 40 hours straight, and I think that's light, I think it was over 60 hours
• I think back to last recent memory.
• that's light, I straight, and I think that's light, I think<00:06:36.479> it<00:06:36.639>
• Think about that: 89%.
• When I think of strength, I think of Colleen.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Yeah, I think it does. >> Okay. Yeah, I think it does.
• think I'm hearing and see if I'm close. think I'm hearing and see if I'm close.
• I think True.
• >> I think so.
• I I think >> I think that would be good.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• No, I I think I think at the end >> Yeah.
• enrollment I I think I think there was enrollment I I think I think there was probably<01:21:38.800
• I think we >> I think we did a good job.
• I think I think you facilities, right?
• But I think I think we haven't for.

Keywords: 912, senate, all