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• the legislature, you and I, passed legislation that required the Department of Energy and Natural Resources
• Yeah, and I agree with your comments about it being a cost-benefit analysis. I agree with you.
• Article 9, Section 1 of the Louisiana Constitution states that the natural resources of the state...
• The Department of Conservation and Energy has the resources and the expertise that parishes do not.
• So I take his our lands and our rights and our resources.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• county-based purchasing or, in lieu of that, insisting that the working group, DHS, does a cost-benefit analysis
• county-based purchasing or, in lieu of that, insisting that the working group, DHS, does a cost-benefit analysis
• county-based purchasing or, in lieu of that, insisting that the working group, DHS, does a cost-benefit analysis
• Group DHS does a cost-benefit analysis of the existing county-based purchasing system, specifically creating
• overengineer things like that and end up with measurement burdens that aren't feasible, that take a lot of resources

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I would have to defer to Department of Transportation as to their, uh, analysis of that and, uh, what
• 34.200> and<00:20:34.799> uh<00:20:35.000> what<00:20:35.159> their uh analysis
• of that and uh what their uh analysis of that and uh what their research<00:20:35.760> has<00
• state clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources
• state clinical counseling services that are separate and distinct from the existing mental health resources

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on House Bill 1064, which would implement recommendations from the Fire Safety Research Institute’s Maui wildfire report, clarify the role of the State Fire Marshal, and appropriate funds. Testimony was generally supportive from DLNR, the Climate Advisory Team, the State Fire Council, Hawaiʻi Electric, the Attorney General’s office, the Honu Fire Department, AARP, the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council, and others. Governor Green’s office said it supported the bill but wanted the office of the State Fire Marshal placed under the Department of Defense rather than the governor’s office, citing constitutional and administrative concerns. Members also questioned the State Fire Council about the selection process for the fire marshal and about defensible space and wildfire resilience in different communities. After discussion, the committees deferred decision-making on HB 1064 to Friday, March 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 225 for the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, with the same recommendation from the other committee. The hearing then moved to House Bill 697, which would expand who may review automated speed enforcement images. HDOT supported the bill but said it would prefer funding from the Highway Special Fund or the automated speed enforcement special fund rather than general revenues. Opposition testimony from the ACLU raised privacy concerns, argued the bill blurs the line between law enforcement and infrastructure management, and said DOT staff lack the mandate and expertise for the task. Judiciary said it would need additional capacity to process citations and hearings, and noted the program’s likely workload and costs were still uncertain. The committees then took up House Bill 277 on vehicular pursuit policy. The Attorney General and the Law Enforcement Standards Board urged the committees to defer the bill and let the board develop policy first, while Hawaii County Police opposed the measure as unnecessary, confusing, and too restrictive of officer discretion. Honolulu Police Department and the Policing Project supported the bill, arguing that clearer statewide standards and transparency are needed because pursuits can cause serious injuries or deaths and existing policies are inconsistent or not public. The Policing Project said the bill could be improved with amendments on serious crimes, but supported legislative action to set statewide standards while still involving the board. No final vote or action on HB 277 was taken in the portion provided.

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• you all should have before you is essentially what HB 215 was, except that this is narrowing the analysis
• from all solid waste facilities, which is what it was before, which would have required a greater analysis
• Which would have required a greater analysis for permitting of those facilities, and now it is applying
• And um so the analysis on this bill, this bill funds and equips the local government records manager
• And um so the analysis on this bill, this bill funds and equips the local government records manager

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened a work session on 17 retained bills and moved through several measures, often with motions to ought to pass or inexpedient to legislate. House Bill 54, allowing alternative treatment centers to operate for profit, was supported as a way to improve efficiency and potentially lower costs for medical cannabis users, and it was recommended OTP by a 9-0 vote. House Bill 97, an appropriation for wastewater infrastructure, drew mixed views: supporters said the Senate’s reduced funding still met the bill’s intent, while opponents argued the funding was inadequate for critical infrastructure needs; the committee voted 5-4 to ITL. House Bill 111, extending the Right to Know Ombudsman and exempting certain assistance from unauthorized practice of law, was recommended ITL 9-0. House Bill 197, concerning state payment of a portion of local retirement contributions, was discussed as a recurring issue; members noted an amendment could fund it starting in fiscal 2027, but the committee ultimately voted 5-4 to recommend the bill itself rather than ITL. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a harms-and-benefits report, was amended to narrow its scope to future privately owned landfills only; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 9-0. House Bill 216, on workers’ compensation credit toward retirement service, was ITL’d 9-0 after the sponsor said the proposal was too open-ended and could affect unknown numbers of people.

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• That that is part of this resources.
• resources to hire a<01:06:21.760> school<01:06:22.080> resource<01:06:22.600> officer
• a school resource officer a school resource officer or<01:06:24.880> somebody<01:06:25.400
• sending around the House Fiscal Analysis sending around the House Fiscal Analysis spreadsheet<01
• the resources they need. the resources they need.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So what I'm trying to convey is that our actuarial resources are a bit limited at the moment.
• a copy of the letter in front of me, but part of the letter has asked us to include them in our analysis
• don't really see a lot of connection other than the fact that perhaps their staff may be a good resource
• don't really see a lot of connection other than the fact that perhaps their staff may be a good resource

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. Staff then provided an Attorney General update on pension-related litigation, including the newly filed Dawson class action challenging Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034, the concluded Dolan case, and the Fowler case, where the trial court orally ruled for plaintiffs on interest calculations and potential disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still pending. Committee members emphasized the need for ongoing monitoring and regular reporting on the Dawson case because of its potential impact on the committee and retirement systems. An actuarial update followed, noting that June will include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate information, along with commentary on the demographic experience study. Staff said actuarial resources are limited and asked that any additional actuarial agenda items be scheduled for July or later. The committee also discussed the draft interim work plan and agreed to move the OSA annual update to July. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on Plan 1 COLA policy. Retiree representatives urged the committee to keep working on both immediate ad hoc COLA relief and a longer-term ongoing COLA solution. Members discussed a possible budget proviso requiring legislators to consider a COLA each budget cycle, and staff was asked to develop proposals for further discussion. The committee also agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS/PEACERS request involving animal control technicians, and to include an introductory Plan 3 briefing, with possible comparison to Plan 2, on the June agenda. Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling, including removing letters from the public website to better protect privacy while still making records available upon request. The committee approved the revised June agenda and adjourned.

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• in the zero-hour phi-ed, in the community gardens, these were designed this year with a lot more resource
• We had some positions funded through last biennium, and then we have been allocating resources to make
• This is just really quickly to kind of walk through what we call root cause, or the root cause analysis
• So I'm going to walk through... ...some upcoming resources and also some initiatives to assist in getting
• And then we're currently working through the human resource process to develop the job descriptions and

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 18 minutes, and then received a series of updates on health-related projects and Department of Health and Human Services budget matters. Representatives from CHI St. Alexius in Bismarck and Williston, and Altru in Grand Forks, reported progress on behavioral health expansion projects, including demolition and construction milestones, updated timelines, funding status, staffing plans, and barriers such as an unbudgeted air handler replacement in Williston. Members asked about original completion dates, use of telehealth, recruitment of psychiatrists and other staff, and whether the new beds might reduce the need for patients to travel to Jamestown State Hospital. The projects were described as on track overall, with completion expected in 2027 for the larger builds and earlier openings for some phases in Williston. The committee then heard from HHS leadership on technical line-item transfers and the Salaries and Wages Block Grant. Donna Ockland explained that recent transfers were administrative corrections to place spending in the proper budget lines and did not involve new spending, and she reviewed FTE counts and vacancies across the department. Questions focused on behavioral health staffing changes and the use of consultants in the Rural Health Transformation Program. Pat Rainer outlined the rural health program’s first-year grants and priorities, including workforce retention, rural rotations and housing, community wellness initiatives, behavioral health promotion, safety net services, hospital equipment, suicide prevention training, technology, and EMS support. He said North Dakota’s plan was drawing positive national attention, but the department still needed to obligate roughly $199 million by September and was working with CMS on timing and compliance. The committee also received an update on certified community behavioral health clinics from Elena Zeller. She said North Dakota had been accepted as a demonstration state, with certification efforts underway in Williston, North Central, Fargo, and Dickinson. Members asked about care coordination, service growth, staffing, and whether certification would expand to all clinics; the department said it was still collecting baseline data and evaluating impacts before making future recommendations. Finally, Rebecca Askins reviewed SNAP payment error rates, explaining that the 2025 rate was finalized at 9.89 percent and that the department is working on training, system changes, and quality assurance steps to get below 6 percent. Members pressed on the causes of monthly variability, the performance of the SPACES system, and accountability for ongoing errors, and the department said it expects improvement over the next 6 to 12 months.

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• All options must include proposed statutory changes, specify data, and analysis of costs and timelines
• So that's why I'm asking the question about how are we thinking about targeting resources, revenues to
• We see this as an opportunity for additional resources, but we also know that this administration has
• So my second question is, is there a sense of these resources being able to come back...
• These things need resources.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• providing department-wide functions, such as legislative coordination, budget and planning, human resources
• And I'm hoping with these additional resources, we can even be more impactful. Thank you for that.
• So our current Consumer Affairs Resource Centers, and we do storm counseling as soon as we possibly can
• That was kind of the point I was hoping we get to: these are very highly specialized, trained resources
• Director, and the folks in workers' compensation for streamlining a process using all the online resources

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• to our capabilities, we really have to focus on turbocharging our efforts to change how we design resources
• to focus less on requirements... and have more adaptive ways to create technologies, we have to resource
• talked about, Titles 1, 3, and 7, to execute CARES Act funding. to increase production of medical resources
• programs make certain decisions, such as increasing or decreasing procurement quantities or even analysis
• aggregated or combined impact and effect and where the greatest things where we need to put our resources

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• /c><00:23:05.120> the<00:23:05.279> ballot resource on the resources on the ballot resource
• 2024 we deployed Northstar a resource 2024 we deployed Northstar a resource sharing<00:28:48.279
• We foster discussion about those resources.
• <00:37:33.760> we discussion about those resources we discussion about those resources we
• <00:52:51.599> to allocate additional resources to allocate additional resources to election

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• State Auditor, in the meantime, now is the time to present your analysis.
• Audit request 2026-107, Department of Human Resources, dental benefits procurement.
• Audit request 2026-107, Department of Human Resources, dental benefits procurement.
• I'm pleased to present an audit to evaluate the Department of Human Resources...
• We have Monica, Eric, and then we will bring up the Department of Human Resources.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• policymaking, the existing interim structure of LHHS limits the capacity required for dedicated in-depth analysis
• Transforming LHHS into a permanent full-time committee would provide the necessary and proportional time, resources
• , and staffing needed to turn analysis into concrete action, craft forward-looking solutions, and build

Keywords: 996, all

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• funding within the western side of the district rather than have that funding pooled into the massive resources
• There had been no real financial analysis, no task force, no conversations with our community.
• I did a legal analysis of this as much as I can, not being an attorney.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• additional clean firm resources additional clean firm resources including<00:21:30.880> storage
• As my Division of Energy Resources colleagues conveyed in the House, put simply, we are just going to
• with the definition of a net-metered facility. ...resources to match those potential future sources
• As my Division of Energy Resources colleagues conveyed in the House, put simply, we are just going to
• Midwest tribal energy resource Midwest tribal energy resource Association<00:42:08.520> we've

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Right now, resources obviously has and receives through the Clean Water Fund and other sources.
• Right now, resources obviously has and receives through the Clean Water Fund and other sources.
• Minnesota right bardur resources Minnesota right bardur resources obviously<00:10:15.760> has
• We have certified over nearly 1,200,000 acres on an acre basis of that funding analysis.
• Resources since its Inception<00:26:39.520> this<00:26:39.679> program<00:26:39.960>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• and the court has deemed the resource or resources beneficial.
• conservatorship related Court resources conservatorship related Court resources in<00:51:40.160>
• the resource or resources has deemed the resource or resources beneficial<00:51:49.839> measure
• department of land and natural resources department of land and natural resources department<02:
• department of land and natural resources department of land and natural resources on<02:11:05.280

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• We take our responsibility as stewards of state resources very seriously.
• <00:53:58.760> the land water and mineral resources the land water and mineral resources the
• <00:54:53.240> mdh e ecological and water resources mdh e ecological and water resources mdh
• it's considered a vital vital resource it's considered a vital vital resource for<00:58:42.119><
• Cuts again to free up existing resources Cuts again to free up existing resources we<01:20:49.000

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <01:45:32.520> and disabilities to have the resources and disabilities to have the resources
• Procurement should serve taxpayers' interests: reliable vehicles and sturdy buildings, not a siphon on resources
• Procurement should serve taxpayers' interests: reliable vehicles and sturdy buildings, not a siphon on resources
• Procurement should serve taxpayers' interests: reliable vehicles and sturdy buildings, not a siphon on resources
• limited government, reasonable expectation of privacy, and careful local stewardship of taxpayer resources

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's a big part of our resources that are just spent on those complaints, and then not resources for
• Their funding resources and resource allocation methods vary depending upon the regional structure and
• Their funding resources and resource allocation methods vary depending upon the regional structure and
• What are the resources like, please?
• Those resources have come into our system.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all