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• Our staffing team received over 41,500 41,500 41,500 applications, applications, applications, including
• including over 8,000 uh applications including over 8,000 uh applications submitted<00:03:13.280
• applications that we're getting?
• you to review applications.
• reviewing applications and screening. reviewing applications and screening.

Bills: SB1, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB16, SB17, SB20, SB22, SB28, SB29, SB36, SB41, SB45, SB77, SB85, SB87, SB96, SB98, SB110, SB126, SB139, SB143, SB164, SB167, SB171, SB186, SB188, SB195, SB197, SB198, SB204, SB205, SB206, SB207, SB209, SB210, SB211, SB217, SB219, SB220, SB225, SB231, SB237, SB238, SB241, SB244, SB246, SB247, SB272, SB294, SB315, SB346, SB364, SB366, SB367, SB386, SB392, SB403, SB415, SB427, SB431, SB437, SB457, SB459, SB469, SB471, SB478, SB484, SB489, SB502, SB503, SB507, SB508, SB510, SB516, SB517, SB518, SB519, SB521, SB535, SB543, SB550, SB564, SB568, SB570, SB575, SB577, SB578, SB590, SB607, SB616, SB621, SB634, SB644, SB647, SB649, SB652, SB655, SB656, SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

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• application, where we divide that out and do...
• Predominantly one application, the Connect ND application, where we divide that out and do an allocation-style
• I would say, and most complex applications remain.
• I also called out a web application firewall service.
• Is there anything that's applicable to what you're doing?

Summary: The Information Technology Committee approved the March 26 minutes and received a series of reports from NDIT on major IT projects, the annual report, mainframe modernization, and cybersecurity services. The project portfolio was reported at 116 major projects with a baseline cost of $546 million, overall under budget but modestly behind schedule. Several projects that had been in variance status last quarter were said to have closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning. New startup reports were mostly HHS efforts tied to refugee data management, technical debt cleanup, and legacy application decommissioning, while closeouts included HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT projects with mixed budget and schedule results. In the annual report discussion, NDIT described its service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management reporting, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how revenues and grants flow through the service fund, how NDIT charges agencies for services, and whether customer satisfaction or CSAT scores are tracked and could be reported more regularly. NDIT said it does track service-team CSAT and survey data, and committee members encouraged more regular reporting of those metrics. The committee also discussed application portfolio management, statewide IT planning, and whether agencies should slow new system replacements while the state pursues an ERP system. The mainframe update focused on the state’s ongoing effort to retire legacy systems by about 2030. NDIT and HHS said the work is being managed as a tech-debt program, but progress is slowed by data cleanup, integration complexity, staff retirements, vendor capacity, and federal requirements. Members asked whether there is a coordinated commitment and whether additional vendor support or consultants are needed; NDIT said it is working jointly with HHS and is seeking an RFP to help accelerate modernization. The cybersecurity presentation then shifted to statewide maturity assessments and services. NDIT said it provides endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that assessments are based on CIS controls. Members raised concerns about low participation in the self-assessment process, the lack of mandatory reporting or audit authority, and whether insurance incentives through Enderf or possible State Auditor involvement could improve compliance. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• the governor to ask that an application the governor to ask that an application go<01:33:31.600>
• applications apply to this. applications apply to this.
• <01:39:50.520> And applicant nor the victim. And applicant nor the victim.
• The applicant would appear.
• The applicant would appear.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year. The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight. The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.

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• Applications opened last fall and we received, I think, a record-breaking 1,000 eligible applications
• We did have applications from 85 counties, and we are looking at all of those applications right now
• <00:20:25.480> open for the full Grant uh applications open for the full Grant uh applications
• record break 1,00 eligible applications record break 1,00 eligible applications uh<00:20:31.640>
• of those um all of those applications of those um all of those applications right<00:20:44.039><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• in the fall of 2022, even though those applicants were rated as recommended for admission.
• in the fall of 2022, even though those applicants were rated as recommended for admission, including
• Last year, 77% of community college applicants were admitted.
• But we are not satisfied with a system where too many students never reach the application stage.
• Our focus is clear to increase transfer enrollment, approve credit applicability, implement as Thank

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We appreciate that the bill does not fully go back to pre-2010 when applicants...
• I mean, just to fill out the federal application—I brought it with me.
• This is the federal application.
• I mean, just to fill out the federal application—I brought it with me.
• This is the federal application.

Bills: SB1021, SB1144, SB1164, SB1178, SB1181, SB1241, SB1247, SB1286, SB1415, SCR1011

Keywords: health profession, regulatory boards, criminal activity, notification, auditor general, investigations, veterinary technicians, certification, education alternative, Arizona Revised Statutes, veterinary education, ALTCS, providers, ownership change, healthcare, Arizona Long Term Care System, naturopathic physician, naturopathic medicine, naturopathic doctor, naturopathic physicians medical board

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• may not withhold 2018-38 applications may not withhold 2018-38 applications from<00:12:03.360>
• They could reach out to HHFDC to process the application.
• or coming to HHFDC to process the application.
• is that an application may not be accepted for processing.
• It'll just be held until certain concerns are addressed. application I will note that most application

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most witnesses supporting bills aimed at expanding affordable housing tools and financing. SB 1169, creating a Community Land Trust Equity pilot program, drew support from HHFDC and Nahal UI, which said revolving funds would help community land trusts build permanently affordable housing more efficiently. SB 1200, establishing a workforce housing regulatory sandbox within HHFDC, also received support from HHFDC and others, though HHFDC noted concerns about whether the measure could be read to preempt county permitting and zoning powers. SB 511, which would require county legislative bodies rather than HHFDC to approve certain housing project exemptions, prompted HHFDC to suggest revised language and a possible processing deadline for applications; the discussion focused on avoiding indefinite delays and clarifying county and state roles. SB 1283, creating an emergency home loan assistance revolving fund, was introduced with comments from the Department of Budget and Finance and HHFDC. SB 612, on rent-to-build equity agreements for exempt housing projects, drew support and questions about how many affected projects are rentals versus for-sale units. SB 944, extending and expanding low-income housing tax credit provisions, received support from Sugar Creek Capital, Hawaii Housing, and the Chamber of Commerce, while the Tax Foundation raised a technical concern about inconsistent use of the term “taxpayer.” HPHA-supported bills SB 1413 and SB 1412 were also heard, along with SB 1632, which would direct DBEDT to develop a comprehensive action plan for a local housing market; testimony on that measure was strongly supportive but included calls to examine constitutional and legal issues and broader market-structure concerns. The committee also began discussion of SB 1033 and noted it was closely related to SB 1131, with the chair indicating an inclination to move only one of the two similar tax proposals forward.

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• We then make some awards as we receive those applications.
• One where an application is under process and one where we don't have an application yet.
• We give our applicants about 45 days to complete an application.
• It took them a while to get their applications together.
• It's a significant increase in the number of applications that we receive—quality applications.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• For water utilities and then these are all new applications or there are they. re-applications?
• So new applications for For a rate case, for example, an electric utility that must come in every four
• And there's an application.
• And when a, when the PUC determines that the rate that was incorporated in their application.
• Acquire an application.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Uh NHBA practical application.
• , receive a building permit application, receive a building permit application, there<00:26:16.480
• Applicable code. Yeah. Page three. one. Applicable code. Yeah. Page three.
• applicable, license or certification. applicable, license or certification.
• c> applicable municipal amendments, the applicable municipal amendments, the approved<01:09:54.719>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• >> Through you, Madam President, there were a number of applicants who were concerned of whether they
• >> No, there is no application for on-site consumption.
• >> , MUCH MADAM PRESIDENT, NO, THERE IS NO APPLICATION FOR ON SITE CONSUMPTION.
• There have been applications, and they both opted out.
• THERE HAVE BEEN APPLICATIONS, AND THEY BOTH OPTED OUT.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate first handled routine business, approving the prior journal and taking up several messages and motions. A Rules Committee report was accepted on Senate Print 915, a Cannabis Law bill, and the chamber then moved to debate that measure on the controversial calendar. The bill was described by supporters as clarifying how distances are measured for adult-use cannabis dispensaries near schools and houses of worship, with the sponsor saying it would create statewide consistency and provide clearer direction to the Office of Cannabis Management. Opponents argued it would weaken protections for children and churches, reward agency mistakes, and allow dispensaries to be sited closer to school property than intended. After extended debate, the Senate passed the bill 36-23. The cannabis debate centered on whether the bill merely clarifies legislative intent or substantively changes the law. Supporters said the current language left measurement methods undefined and that the bill would help legal dispensaries, reduce confusion, and push back illicit stores. Opponents said the original law already protected school grounds and houses of worship, and that the new language would allow dispensaries to abut school playgrounds, fields, or church-related property in some cases. Several senators also raised concerns about youth exposure, public consumption, local zoning, and the performance of the Office of Cannabis Management. After the vote, the Senate returned to the calendar and passed additional measures, including Calendar 121 (Public Authorities Law), Calendar 170 (Public Health Law), and Calendar 190 (Labor Law), each by comfortable margins. The chamber also adopted a resolution package honoring Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School’s boys cross country team and girls field hockey team for state championships, with Senator Tedisco introducing the guests. Later, the Senate passed Senate Print 6990A, the Civil Voice Law, which requires state agencies to conduct exit interviews for employees who resign or retire. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability, morale, and retention by standardizing a way to hear from departing workers. The bill received affirmative explanations of vote from Senator Jackson and others, and the Senate continued through the calendar after its passage.

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• ,<00:30:47.720> provide to review clemency applications, provide to review clemency applications
• Despite making huge 164 applications.
• <00:39:18.320> would even though I know the applicant would even though I know the applicant
• uh method and uh at grant an application uh method and uh at grant an application um<00:49:06.600
• I just explained um and the applicant I just explained um and the applicant provides<01:00:57.400

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• related to the application, any notices of deficiency, and the responses that We received from the applicants
• It'll also help the permittees to see where their applications are in the process.
• Some of the delays come from the applicants' side too.
• And that notice will be a notice of the application and point to folks toward our webpage.
• They can be general or they can be specifically related to that permit application.

Keywords: 914, all

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• THAT GIVES THAT APPLICANT THE ABILITY TO SAY I WANT YOU TO TAKE A CHANCE ON ME.
• MY FIRST QUESTIONS ARE IN REGARDS TO THE JOB APPLICATION PORTION THE PROHIBITION ON JOB APPLICATIONS
• McClain: THEY WOULD MARK ONE OF THE OTHER ON THE APPLICATION.
• Arrington: WOULD THERE BE A PENALTY IF AN APPLICANT CHECKED OFF THE WRONG BOX SO TO SPEAK ON A JOB APPLICATION
• IT MAKES IT SEEM WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING APPLICANTS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Um to financial market applications.
• regulated applications for industries. regulated applications for industries.
• . applications. applications.
• security standpoint these applications security standpoint these applications are<01:19:34.000><
• these innovated kind of applications these innovated kind of applications that<01:59:06.800>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The commission met with a quorum, approved the agenda, and approved the November 12 minutes after a motion, second, and unanimous voice/online consent. The chair said the meeting would include two presentations—one from Noah Herman of Fortress Global and one from John Kicko and team from Hedera—followed by discussion of the commission’s next steps and public comment. The chair also noted he was still seeking a clerk for note-taking. Herman’s presentation focused on stablecoins, blockchain use cases, and operational considerations for states and other institutions. He described Fortress as an enterprise crypto-wallet and treasury platform serving corporates, governments, and nonprofits, and used examples such as Save the Children and a large global commodities firm to illustrate custody and treasury management on blockchain rails. He said stablecoins are designed to maintain a U.S. dollar peg, are increasingly backed by treasuries and subject to greater transparency, and are being adopted by major firms and payment companies because they can improve speed, reduce cost, and simplify payments. He also highlighted market growth, including claims that stablecoins now represent a significant share of on-chain activity and are a major holder of U.S. Treasuries. He identified custody as a key issue for state and institutional use, outlining qualified custody, managed custody, and self-custody models. He said the main practical challenge for the commodities client was moving funds safely and quickly across global time zones and that blockchain rails could solve problems that traditional banking rails could not. He framed the broader trend as one of accelerating institutional adoption, citing recent acquisitions and product launches by Visa, Stripe, Citi, and PayPal as evidence that stablecoin infrastructure is becoming mainstream.

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• get applications.
• get applications.
• get applications.
• get applications.
• get applications.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• :14:37.760> include notably also, applications must include notably also, applications must include
• So as part of the application, the state is required to create and include in the application a rural
• So as part of the application, the state is required to create and include in the application a rural
• So as part of the application, the state is required to create and include in the application a rural
• So as part of the application, the state is required to create and include in the application a rural

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• > include Uh eligible applicants would include Uh eligible applicants would include tribal<01:
• Where are we on SNAP paper applications?
• Where are we on SNAP paper applications?
• Where are we on SNAP paper applications?
• Where are we on SNAP paper applications?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And really importantly, it goes back to the applicant.
• <01:06:56.079> to extended by the part of the applicant to extended by the part of the applicant
• > prepare<01:07:06.640> their helping applicants better prepare their helping applicants
• We also are trying to help the applicant.
• <01:28:44.000> due<01:28:44.239> to back with the applicant due to back with the applicant

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard several bills on water, land, housing, permitting, and historic preservation. For SB 746/SD2/HD1 on invasive species, DLNR and the Department of Agriculture supported the intent but warned that a bounty approach for coconut rhinoceros beetle could have unintended consequences, divert resources from biocontrol research, and be vulnerable to abuse; Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the measure. The committee also heard SB 1541 on the WoE water system, with testimony from ADC, Kunia Village Title Holding Company, and Farm Bureau in support, emphasizing the importance of the system for agriculture and the high cost of water on lands already dedicated to farming. The most extensive discussion was on SB 66, relating to building permit review and county permitting authority. DPP opposed the bill, saying the problem is not just agency review time but the broader permitting process, including applicant corrections, outside-agency review, staffing shortages, and low pay that make it hard to fill vacancies. DPP said it already meets or beats existing review deadlines for residential permits and is using tools like electronic plans and AI to help applicants submit better plans. Several supporters, including Iron Workers Local 625, an individual witness, and Hawaii Food Industry Association, backed the bill but urged a pilot program or other safeguards; some also asked for broader permit coverage beyond single-family homes. Committee members questioned DPP about whether applicant correction time should count against the clock, whether self-certification could be used, and whether the state should fund any new mandate. The committee then took up SB 26 on affordable housing, with HHFDC, OPSD, and HCDA in support and no opposition noted. Finally, on SB 1263 relating to historic preservation, HHFDC and DLNR supported the bill, while OHA offered comments and requested amendments, especially on the new risk-based review process for high-, medium-, and low-risk areas. OHA said the new procedure should be implemented carefully and allowed more time, describing it as a pilot that should be done well to be useful while still protecting cultural and historic resources. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Medicaid applications have been pending for 90 days.
• Medicaid applications have been pending for 90 days.
• process. ...this problem by creating provisional eligibility for applicants whose Medicaid applications
• Provisional eligibility for applicants whose Medicaid applications have been pending for 90 days.
• the filing of the Medicaid application the filing of the Medicaid application if<02:33:36.359>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all