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• Individual conduct warrants it.
• exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, sexual assault, molestation of a child, sexual conduct
• Public safety is strongest when courts can respond to real conduct and demonstrate change.
• These concerns include alleged violations of the Rangers' own code of conduct, due process rights, and
• I'm aware of law enforcement records that raise additional concerns regarding integrity and past conduct

Bills: SB1048, SB1071, SB1092, SB1314, SB1391, SB1400, SB1401, SB1452

Keywords: juvenile services, Coconino county, rehabilitation, detox center, financial appropriation, Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, appropriations, salary increase, corrections, public safety

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• And it is the initiative that created the independent authority of the State Auditor's Office to conduct
• Also, if staff are out conducting inspections, they are able to hand out their card or information.
• month average, and that requires at least, from our interpretation, at least three surveys to be conducted
• These responsibilities include conducting an annual survey of state agencies on their privacy practices
• To better understand OPDP's impact on state agencies, the audit team conducted a survey of state agency

Summary: The committee met on December 3, 2025, with a quorum present and approved the September 17 minutes. Members first voted to suspend the 2026 JLARC lodging tax expenditure report for one year, based on staff’s explanation that the report is self-reported, not verified, and less useful than State Auditor accountability audits; the motion passed. The committee also approved renaming the JLARC I-900 subcommittee to the “Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits,” while keeping the opening script noting that the performance audit process exists under Initiative 900. The committee then heard follow-up updates on two prior performance audits. The Department of Health presented a draft strategic management plan in response to findings on hospital inspections, complaints, adverse event review, and hospital data access. JLARC staff reiterated that 72% of hospital inspections were late, that DOH did not verify third-party inspection standards or review adverse event reports, and that complaint data suggested possible language-access barriers. DOH said it concurred with the recommendations, had improved on-time inspection compliance to about 49%, planned annual updates starting in July 2026, and would work on accreditation oversight, complaint-language access, and data accessibility, though members pressed for firmer deadlines and questioned the three-year timeline for language access improvements. The Liquor and Cannabis Board also reported on its cannabis market study recommendation. JLARC staff said the agency’s data were incomplete and unreliable, limiting oversight of production, recalls, tax collection, and diversion. LCB said it had improved its current CCRS system but still relied on self-reported data, and it presented a decision package for a new traceability system estimated at about $9 million over three fiscal years. LCB described a plant-tagging and serialization approach tied to production, processing, testing, and retail, but acknowledged it did not currently have sufficient staff to fully implement the system without additional funding. The committee also received briefings on JLARC’s recommendation-tracking tools and the 2024 public records reporting summary, including a high-level review of agency response rates, request volumes, costs, and litigation. Finally, JLARC presented the proposed final report on the Office of Privacy and Data Protection, concluding that OPDP meets its statutory responsibilities and has high user satisfaction, but that its mandate should be updated to better match its current capacity and focus; the committee adopted the report for distribution. The meeting then moved into the 2025 tax preference performance reviews, where JLARC staff summarized nine reviews and noted that the Citizens Commission on Tax Preference and Performance Measurement endorsed all 17 legislative auditor recommendations, with comments on seven. Early reviews discussed included natural gas transportation fuel preferences, travel agent and tour operator B&O rates, nonprofit low-income housing development, multipurpose senior centers, disabled veteran adaptive housing, and trade convention attendance, with staff and commissioners generally recommending continuation of some preferences, modification of others, and improved objectives or performance measures where needed.

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• We need to explore new approaches to placement like transitional housing, internally conducted site searches
• We need to explore and execute new ways to conduct this program because this program is broken and it
• The team also participates in weekly coordination meetings with Liberty, conducts quarterly reviews and
• It conducted a formal program review of Liberty Health Care in February of 2025 and has determined that
• it will conduct formal program reviews on a going-forward basis every two years.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit Committee held an oversight hearing on the state auditor’s October 2024 report on California’s Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) for sexually violent predators. Members and witnesses discussed public safety, the long delays in finding community housing, the role of local housing committees, and the Department of State Hospitals’ oversight of Liberty Healthcare, which operates much of the program. Several legislators from rural and high-desert districts said their communities have been disproportionately affected by placements and questioned why many placements end up in remote areas. State Auditor Grant Parks said the audit found that CONREP participants were convicted of new offenses less often than sexually violent predators who were unconditionally released, but that 18 of 56 participants had been revoked and returned to state hospitals for noncompliance. He said it took an average of 17 months to place current participants in the community, with 20 additional people awaiting placement for an average of 20 months, and that the program incurred significant pre-placement costs. Parks also said local officials were often unclear about their role, DSH had not given clear guidance at the time of the audit, and California lacks a transitional housing option used in some other states. He reported that DSH had implemented four of the five audit recommendations, while declining the recommendation to explore state-owned transitional housing. DSH Director Stephanie Clendendon and Liberty representative Ken Carabello defended the program as a court-ordered, highly supervised treatment model intended to reduce reoffending and support reintegration. They said DSH is actively involved in placement review, that Liberty searches countywide under statutory restrictions, and that community feedback and court approval are part of the process. DSH said it has now implemented guidance for housing committee designees, formal program reviews, an outcome tracker, and an analysis of whether to separate some Liberty services into different contracts. DSH continued to oppose transitional housing, arguing it would not solve the core siting and statutory problems and would add cost. Several members remained critical, arguing the program is broken, costly, and unfairly concentrated in certain communities, and some called for major statutory changes or suspension of the program.

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• UNM is conducting, and Sarah can talk about this, the third-party evaluation.
• The Certification Board is also empowered to conduct investigations, including administering oaths, subpoenaing
• Standards and Training Council's members filed a citizen's complaint regarding Secretary Bowie and his conduct
• . filed a citizen's complaint regarding Secretary Bowie and his conduct with regards to being a secretary
• Aren't meant to be police officers, and if that conduct is evident, they should lose their license and

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• Folks will be coming in and out, including myself, but we will conduct our business as efficiently as
• and I know there have been issues and instances where law enforcement vehicles have been used to conduct
• and I know there have been issues and instances where they have used law enforcement vehicles to conduct
• So imagine conducting counterterrorism operations overseas, clearing buildings, maneuvering through hostile
• Business of insurance is routinely conducted online today, whether it involves applying for an insurance

Summary: The committee heard and laid out a series of criminal justice bills, with public and invited testimony on restitution, juvenile justice, child abuse reporting, public-safety protections, organ trafficking, property fraud, disaster-response worker protections, fentanyl exposure, emergency data disclosure, insurance-fraud investigations, blood warrant execution, human smuggling, and TJJD advocacy access. Several measures drew support from prosecutors, clerks, law enforcement, utility companies, and victims who described real-world harms and delays in current law; opposition or caution came from civil-rights and advocacy groups on bills involving expanded criminal liability, data disclosure, and juvenile-facility access. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with the committee later voting out SB 127 favorably and placing it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1666 would streamline restitution payments for parole or mandatory supervision cases by requiring TDCJ to include victim information when forwarding payments, shortening the period before unclaimed funds go to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund, and clarifying confidentiality and contact procedures; county clerks supported it as an efficiency measure. SB 2776 would let TJJD disclose certain information, with written consent, to support the Credible Messengers Program, and SB 127 would extend limitations periods for failure-to-report child abuse and concealment offenses, with testimony emphasizing delayed discovery of abuse and the need for accountability. SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting or interfering with peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers, and SB 456 would raise penalties for organ purchasing/trafficking and create a more specific criminal framework for the offense; both drew strong support from law enforcement and victims. The committee also heard SB 2611 on real property theft and deed fraud, which would create separate offenses for real property theft and fraud, add a ten-year limitations period, require criminal judgments to be filed in county property records, and expand restitution and title-clearing remedies. Witnesses described forged deeds, stolen church and family properties, and long, costly efforts to restore title; county clerks and prosecutors said the bill would help victims and streamline civil remedies. SB 482 would increase penalties for offenses against utility workers during declared disasters or evacuation orders, prompted by reports of threats and assaults during Hurricane Beryl; utility representatives said the bill is needed to keep mutual-aid crews coming to Texas. SB 1234 would add fentanyl to the endangerment statute for vulnerable people, while SB 816 would allow providers to disclose electronic data in immediate life-threatening situations; both drew support from prosecutors and criticism from civil-rights advocates concerned about overbreadth and liability protections.

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• Establishes an AG are not make study to be conducted by Florida A&M university subject to appropriation
• I mean, you mentioned something in terms of from an annual basis, 10 to 25% of inspections are conducted
• or or or that the inspections are conducted on 10 to 25% of the system.
• it or not doing it, but it it certainly helps us from a search and rescue standpoint if they are conducting
• That reads each enus for entity shall conduct an operation and maintenance inspection of all permitted

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• But without this resolution, the energy office, can I conduct and do something like this to that extent
• But without this resolution, the energy office, can I conduct and do something like this to that extent
• But without this resolution, the energy office, can I conduct and do something like this to that extent
• But without this resolution, the energy office, can I conduct and do something like this to that extent
• But without this resolution, the energy office, can I conduct and do something like this to that extent

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Committee on Transportation, Culture, and the Arts heard several resolutions, with most public testimony focused on Senate Concurrent Resolution 159 and Senate Resolution 129, which urge continued U.S. support for the Ukrainian military. Testimony on those measures was largely opposed, with witnesses arguing Hawaii should prioritize local needs such as homelessness, infrastructure, and cost of living over additional aid to Ukraine; one support testimony was noted from the Democratic Party of Hawaii. Despite the opposition, both committees recommended passage with technical, nonsubstantive amendments, and the recommendations were adopted. The committees also considered transportation-related resolutions. Senate Concurrent Resolution 182 and Senate Resolution 152 would initiate a summer streets pilot program, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 200 and Senate Resolution 180 would ask AMPO to coordinate a transportation management training program. Testimony on the summer streets proposal included support and opposition, with one witness saying community input should be gathered through existing district and community meetings rather than creating a pilot. The training-program measure drew opposition from a witness who argued it would add unnecessary bureaucracy. Both pairs were recommended for passage, with the summer streets resolutions passed unamended and the training-program resolutions passed with technical amendments. In the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee, Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 and Senate Resolution 14, concerning relocation of the Pearl City post office to Navy property, were recommended for passage with technical amendments. The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 136 and Senate Resolution 150, which call for a geothermal energy working group. Supporters included the State Energy Office, PUC, consumer advocate, and others, though the energy office asked to move the report deadline to 2027. Opponents raised concerns about cost, health impacts, environmental risks, and Native Hawaiian representation. The chair proposed amendments to add a Native Hawaiian member, the consumer advocate, and the House and Senate energy committee chairs, clarify participation by utility, geothermal, and nonprofit representatives, and extend the report deadline to 2027. The resolutions were then recommended for passage with amendments, and all recommendations were adopted before adjournment.

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• There's rules of evidence that allow similar similar prior bad conduct into evidence in criminal cases
• impossible under 7, 6, 6, 0.2 2 subsection 5, no medical malpractice section proceed without an attorney conducting
• Sources like aquifers and lakes, which supply 90% of Florida drinking water studies conducted by the
• And this practice currently is being conducted without the consent of the people.
• There's been plenty of independent testing that has been done on this many conducting taking samples

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• CDPH is actively responding by conducting enhanced surveillance for any changes in the virus genetics
• epi) capacity as well, and the funding allowed normal public health operations to continue while conducting
• County used their Future of Public Health (FOPH) funded staff to respond to the H5N1 avian flu by conducting
• Their staff also conducted outreach efforts, including door-to-door education and testing in neighborhoods
• Berkeley conducted its CHA With a focus on engaging underrepresented and hard-to-reach populations.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Gabbard has conducted dozens of office meetings with senators.
• on raising concerns around... just illegal and unconstitutional programs that our government was conducting
• Did you attempt to weigh Postol's claims against the significant evidence and assessments already conducted
• evidence and assessments already conducted by the IC? Yes, I did. Okay, thank you.
• In a different capacity as a member of the Hawaii National Guard, I've gone and conducted training missions

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• Currently, counties are responsible for conducting IHSS assessments, but they don't share in the cost
• As the agenda also notes, the counties conduct assessments using standardized and state-provided tools
• These measures will help the department understand... ...and sets a basic code of conduct.
• I'm sorry, there was an extension to conduct the audit, correct? Yes.
• Of the 15% that didn't conduct the electronic visit verification, what was the barrier there?

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• <00:32:11.960> or<00:32:12.520> a that if in fact there was conduct or a that if in
• fact there was conduct or a contractual<00:32:13.240> clause<00:32:13.880> seeking<00:
• The bill allows the board to conduct additional and more frequent exams, which will give barber students
• Chair, I would add to that that the forecasts only come out twice a year during the conduction of our
• of our our time during the conduction of our our time here, here, here, it<01:07:19.560> would

Bills: HF1234, HF3528, HF3672, HF3679, HF3680, HF1944

Keywords: payment transparency, public contracts, contractor rights, government accountability, construction payments, barbering, licensing, examinations, barber schools, public safety, certifications, Barber Examiners Board, data transparency, Legislative Budget Office, state agencies, fiscal notes, public data, standard time, federal law, time zone

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• It would say that ICE agents or anyone conducting immigration enforcement cannot come into a child care
• ICE agents or anyone conducting ICE agents or anyone conducting immigration<00:30:39.640> enforcement
• rules of of the committee room conduct rules of of the committee room that<00:32:12.560> I<00
• They will provide overflow options when the room is filled, conduct behavioral analysis of individuals
• Think Small recently conducted a survey of child care programs across the seven-county metro area to

Bills: HF3415

Keywords: child care, day care, licensed child care center, license-exempt child care, immigration enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, judicial warrant, facility access, sensitive locations, immigrant families, Minnesota Statutes chapter 142B, 1183, house

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• . >> Mahalo and thank you very, very much, Senator Rhodess, for conducting this informational briefing
• Senator [snorts] Rhodess for conducting Senator [snorts] Rhodess for conducting thisformational<
• Um last month they uh conducted<00:47:09.200> a<00:47:09.520> a<00:47:09.839> a<
• a a a search warrant and out conducted a a a search warrant and out of<00:47:11.760> that<00:
• This support has included conducting legal visits at the FTC, locating individuals in custody, guiding

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the impact and legality of federal immigration enforcement efforts in Hawaii, with Chair Carl Rhodes framing it as the sixth and final interim briefing in a series on the rule of law and local effects of federal actions. He said the discussion would focus on due process concerns, questioning and detention of citizens and lawful immigrants, free speech issues, and pressure on state and local law enforcement, and noted the issues may be revisited in the 2026 regular session. There was no public testimony or committee vote; only invited speakers presented. Dr. Amy Agayani opened by arguing that immigrants are integral to Hawaii’s history, economy, and communities, and contrasted that with what she described as harmful narratives portraying immigrants as criminals. She cited figures that one in five Hawaii residents is foreign-born, that immigrants make up about 20% of the labor force and over 27% of entrepreneurs, and that roughly 40,000 people in Hawaii are undocumented, many of whom may have pathways to legal status but face language, information, and court barriers. She also said federal enforcement has expanded beyond undocumented immigrants to include citizens and lawful residents, and warned that attacks on birthright citizenship and visa categories could affect many families. Matina Mock of the legal clinic emphasized the complexity of immigration law and the severe lack of legal representation, noting a nationwide backlog of 11.3 million immigration-related applications and 3.4 million court cases, plus about 1,400 pending immigration cases in Honolulu with only two immigration judges. She said Hawaii has only six or seven nonprofit immigration legal service providers, and that represented clients are far more likely to obtain relief. Mock described a recent case involving a lawful student visa holder who was transferred among multiple federal facilities before being brought to Honolulu without clear notice, which she said illustrated due process violations. She also said ICE activity in Hawaii has sharply increased, with about 150 arrests from January to July 2025, a 380% increase over the same period in 2024, and that many detainees have no criminal record. Stephanie Haro Sevilla and another clinic fellow described 2025 enforcement as a major shift driven by a January executive order, the end of prior limits on arrests in sensitive locations, and arrest quotas they said require 3,000 arrests per day nationwide. They said this has led to arrests without warrants or probable cause, broader targeting of people with minor offenses or no criminal history, and the use of resources from other federal agencies and local law enforcement for civilian immigration enforcement. They also said the federal detention center in Honolulu is holding roughly 40 to 80 civilian detainees on any given day, often in conditions they characterized as prison-like, and warned that the current escalation could eventually affect lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The speakers urged the public to support immigrant-rights advocates and local protective policies and funding measures.

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• <01:13:36.480> the the administration is conducting the the administration is conducting the
• The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
• Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes.
• First electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote.
• Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes.

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

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• Those are the 34 artist and arts organizations that are conducting residencies across the state.
• that are conducting residencies across the<00:20:54.400> state.
• these art advisory art conduct these art advisory art acquisition<01:02:27.760> selection<01:
• residencies that run the full conducting residencies that run the full year.<01:25:42.159> So,
• We do conduct background screenings for the teaching artists as an additional safety measure.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts held an informational briefing on May 22 with the Hawaii Arts Alliance, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Chair Capella said the purpose was to better understand the organizations’ work and strengthen relationships ahead of the interim and next session. The Hawaii Arts Alliance, led by Executive Director Gay Humphrey, described its mission to enrich Hawaii’s cultural fabric through arts education, advocacy, and community engagement, and highlighted its history tied to Alfred Price, including the creation of Hawaii’s 1% for art law and the alliance’s 45 years of service. The alliance outlined its current work, including administering SFCA-funded statewide programs such as Artist in the Schools and the new folk and traditional arts program, with 34 teaching partners serving more than 100 public and charter schools and Kumu Hawaii as the single grantee for traditional weaving instruction. It also discussed Arts First Partners, the incubation of Arts at Mark’s Garage, expanded advocacy efforts supported by Creative West grants, and new multi-year philanthropic support from the Hawaii Community Foundation and Atherton Family Foundation. The alliance said it is launching statewide listening sessions and an arts advocacy training program, and noted that most SFCA funds pass through the alliance to program partners, with the organization retaining 10 to 14 percent for administration. SFCA Executive Director Karen Ewald then described the agency’s role as the state arts agency, its strategic planning process, and its main programs, including Art in Public Places, the Capital Modern museum, Artist in the Schools, apprentice mentoring grants, community arts grants, the Hawaii State Poet Laureate program, a statewide cultural extension program, and the Hawaii Open Arts Program. She said SFCA has 21 staff with one vacancy, is awaiting a federal NEA partnership agreement, and is considering new revenue streams such as a cultural trust. She also noted that the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission was recently attached to SFCA, which has improved coordination and allows SFCA to provide funding for conservation and upkeep of the King Kamehameha statues statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, with questions deferred until after the presentations.

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• Our goal is to conduct professional meetings and to have everybody's voices heard, and we ask that you
• professional meetings and to conduct professional meetings and to have<00:01:38.640> everybody's<
• Hillary Cass to conduct a study released in April 2024 of so-called gender identity services.
• Hillary Cass to conduct a study released in April 2024 of so-called gender identity services.
• commissioned Dr Hillary Cass to conduct commissioned Dr Hillary Cass to conduct a<01:21:50.600><

Bills: HF1837, HF361, HF2725, HF2566, HF2744, HF1685, HF501, HF1889, HF1389

Keywords: state policy, employment, health insurance, fossil designation, public funds, community resources, Capitol Mall, grantmaking, community vitality, livability, funding, healthy aging, aging policy, older adults, seniors, elderly, gerontology, long-term care, assisted living, nursing homes

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• , and then the final item in the budget is the extension of the appropriation that we received to conduct
• , and then the final item in the budget is the extension of the appropriation that we received to conduct
• The extension of the appropriation that we received to conduct the study into the single egress stairway
• This funding will help ensure DLI has the resources to handle increased complaints, to conduct complex
• This funding will help ensure DLI has the resources to handle increased complaints, to conduct complex

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a study of the carrying capacity
• a study of the carrying to conduct a study of the carrying capacity<00:04:06.000> of<00:04:06.319
• I operate a small business conducting eFoil and wing foil lessons on Oahu.
• I operate a small business conducting I operate a small business conducting efoil<00:32:03.159><
• It requires OPSD to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Water and Land Committee heard several measures related to DLNR, coastal management, and public lands. SB 561, which appropriates funds for conservation enforcement equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, drew broad support from DLNR and multiple organizations, with the chair noting 18 supporters and no opposition. SB 465 would require DLNR to study the carrying capacity of Kīkiʻola Small Boat Harbor on Kauaʻi and report to the Legislature; DLNR supported the intent but suggested the study be timed with an ongoing $41 million capital improvement project. Senator Kouchi explained the bill was meant to close a permit loophole that has allowed operators to increase passenger capacity without additional approval, while one testifier opposed the measure as unnecessary and late. Supporters included county and community representatives, while some written testimony opposed it. The committee also heard SB 1456, which broadens the definition of beach restoration to include work on eroded beaches and degraded dune systems, including sand management, native vegetation, and removal of abandoned materials. DLNR, the University of Hawaiʻi, and other testifiers supported the measure as an administrative update. SB 1460 would require BLNR lease extensions to use updated forms reflecting current leasing practices; DLNR supported it as an administrative bill. SB 1517 would authorize public land leases for recreational residential use by public lottery limited to county residents. DLNR supported the bill, and Chipper Wiman and others testified that it would help preserve Kauaʻi’s historic recreational cabins and create fairness for local families; the committee also heard concerns about older cabins, market-based auction prices, and the need to keep these leases affordable for residents. The committee then heard SB 1511, which would prohibit vessels longer than 75 feet from entering Honoliʻi Bay, with an exemption for government vessels; DLNR and at least one additional testifier supported it. SB 1019 would allow the Ocean Stewardship Special Fund to be used for beach restoration planning and grants to nonprofits for cleanup, but DLNR said that purpose fit better under the separate Beach Restoration Special Fund, and the Ocean Tourism Coalition opposed the bill on that basis. Finally, SB 1457 would authorize DLNR to issue interim rules on commercial and recreational water sports equipment use for up to two years; DLNR described it as an adaptive-management tool for changing conditions, while multiple water-sports operators and residents opposed it, arguing it would reduce public participation, expand agency power, and target the foiling community. The hearing closed with the chair noting heavy opposition to SB 1457, including 88 written testimonies against it and only a few in support.

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• It authorizes and directs the Department of Public Service to conduct a study on the deployment of energy
• Number 1227A, sponsored by Senator May, authorizes and directs the Department of Public Service to conduct

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications met for its first March meeting, chaired by Senator Kevin Parker. Members discussed a short agenda of energy-related bills focused on grid modernization, interconnection studies, geothermal development, microgrids for extreme weather resilience, and a proposed Grid Modernization Commission. Senators Mattera and Walczyk were absent but had voting sheets submitted; Senator Kavanagh joined later in the meeting. The committee advanced several measures: S.1227A, directing the Department of Public Service to study deployment of the energy interconnection process into the electrical grid, was moved to third reading; S.2708, advancing grid enhancement technologies, was also sent to third reading. S.2486A, creating geothermal energy generation facilities, was advanced to the Finance Committee, as was S.4205 on microgrids for extreme weather and public security, and S.4590 establishing the New York State Grid Modernization Commission. During the votes, some members were recorded as voting without recommendation, including Senator Walczyk on multiple bills and Senator Hinchey on the geothermal bill. No testimony or substantive debate was presented beyond brief procedural questions, and the meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.