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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- >> I'm Mark Lindcott. And instead of direct deputy director Marian Higa, we have Dr.
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- Um, the green section are those, as Mark said, who have been acquitted and committed.
Summary:
The briefing focused on the Hawaii State Hospital’s overcrowding, construction defects in the new addition, and how Act 26 and related court-ordered processes are affecting admissions and discharges. The chair said the hospital has become increasingly forensic-focused, has lost beds after the closure of Kahimohala, and may face further costs and possible litigation over the defective addition. Hospital and Department of Health officials said they are working with the attorney general and contractors on repairs, and that the hospital is currently using all 292 licensed beds, including 13 waiver beds, while average daily census last fiscal year was 376.
Officials explained that the high census is driven by both increased admissions and discharge barriers. They said the loss of Kahimohala returned patients to the state hospital, and that Act 26-related petty misdemeanor cases are contributing to admissions. They also said limited lower-level placement options delay discharges. Hospital staff reported that many patients are repeat admissions, about 22% were unhoused before admission, and a significant share are in categories such as fitness-to-proceed evaluations and conditional-release violations. They said these groups could potentially be reduced if evaluations were done elsewhere and if more community or supportive housing were available.
The chair and senators questioned whether some fitness-to-proceed detainees need to be held at the state hospital at all, and whether the Clark consent order requires transfer to the hospital. The attorney general’s office said the Clark injunction does not govern unfitness-to-proceed cases; instead, the requirement comes from state statute, and the statute could be changed. Director Johnson said DCR cannot keep such detainees because the court orders them into the custody of the Department of Health, and the department cannot provide the needed therapeutic level of care in a correctional setting. The discussion also emphasized co-occurring substance use and mental illness, especially among petty misdemeanor defendants, and the need for supportive housing and a decompression plan to reduce readmissions and free beds for civil commitments.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 8, 2025, 9:00 AM HST - Day 47
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Quinnlan: I'd just like to note that the underground injection control line marks the
- Representative Quinnlan: The underground injection control line marks the border of viable and nonviable
- Representative Quinnlan: I'd just like to note that the underground injection control line marks the
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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 23, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Mark, for bringing that. Thank you, Mark, for bringing that. Mark is back with us.
- So, Mark, would you call the roll, please? I'd be happy to. Representative Campbell. Here.
- Question mark. One I might view as what Roman at number one And I I don't mind that, frankly.
- Question mark. One for primacy? Question mark.
- Mark, we're voting on Senate Joint Resolution Number 1 as amended. Please call the roll.
Bills:
SJ0001
Keywords:
mineral leasing, federal lands, Wyoming, energy policy, local control, federalism, 916, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark McDonald, on behalf of a number of local community college districts, including Contra Costa, Foothill-De
- Chair and members, Mark McDonald... Thank you.
- Chair and members, Mark McDonald, on behalf of a number of local community college districts—Los Angeles
- Mark McDonald, on behalf of the San Diego and Los Angeles Community College districts, also on behalf
- Thank you, Chair, members, Mark McDonald, on behalf of the San Diego and Los Angeles Community College
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- textbook rental, submits the following report: The committee recommends that the bill do pass, signed Mark
- textbook rental, submits the following report: The committee recommends that the bill do pass, signed Mark
- Signed, Mark Finchem, Chairman. The Committee of the Whole.
- Signed, Mark Finchem, Chairman, Committee of the Whole. Senator Finchem, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Signed, Mark Finchem, Shawnna Bolick, Analise Ortiz, Jeff Weninger, John Gillette, and Lydia Hernandez
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The driver's license is already marked with the one-year expiration date.
- This mark is easy to identify. and other agencies all have access to the necessary information.
- The marking of the driver's license is like pulling a fire alarm and not expecting any damage.
- The cashier sees the mark and panics. She stares at the kid. Are they in danger?
- imperative for the safety of Texas, has come at a cost of over. over $11 billion, that $11 billion mark
Bills:
HB1455, HB1777, HB2101, HB2136, HB2609, HB3142, HB3552, HB3846, HB4155, HB4514, HB4879, HB4995, HB5014, HB5139, HB5228, HB5436, HCR40
Keywords:
mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- First up, Mark Delagall, Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, waiving in opposition.
- First up, Mark Delagall, Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, waiving in opposition.
- I'll mark it down as an opponent. You're recognized.
- I'll mark it down as an opponent. You're recognized.
- I'm hearing the voice of Mark Legata, his family.
Summary:
The subcommittee first heard HB 6507, a claims bill for Marcus Button, who suffered severe permanent injuries in a 2006 school bus crash. Representative Andrade explained that a jury awarded Button more than $2 million in 2009, but only a small amount was paid under sovereign immunity limits. He said Pasco County later reached a settlement with Button, but believed it lacked legal authority to pay without legislative approval. The bill would give the county that authority. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill passed unanimously, 18-0.
The committee then took up HB 301, which would substantially revise Florida’s sovereign immunity framework. Representative McFarland said the bill would raise liability caps for state and local governments from $200,000/$300,000 to $1 million/$3 million, with a later increase in 2030, align statutes of limitations with private suits, allow governments to settle above the caps without a claims bill, and prevent insurance policies from conditioning payment on legislative approval. She framed the bill as a way to reduce the need for the claims bill process and provide faster redress to injured people.
Testimony on HB 301 was sharply divided. Local governments, school districts, counties, cities, hospital groups, and insurance representatives opposed the bill, arguing the higher caps would sharply increase insurance and taxpayer costs, especially for small or fiscally constrained entities, and that the claims bill process and special masters provide useful review and leverage. Supporters, including the Florida Justice Association and several members, argued the current system is too slow and political, leaves seriously injured people waiting years for compensation, and should be modernized to better hold government accountable. No vote was taken on HB 301 in the portion of the meeting provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark Gonzalez. Excuse me. Hart. Harbidian. Blackie. Here. Nguyen. Here. Ramos. Sharp Collins. Here.
- Mark Gonzalez. Excuse me. Heart. Harbidian. Blackie. Here. When? Here. Ramos. Sharp Collins. Here.
- In today's political climate, intimidation does not always come in the form of a marked uniform.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair recognizes Mark Stevenson. Good morning, Dean Craddock and members of the committee.
- For the record, my name is Mark Stevenson, uh, with Belmarkt Chevrolet in New Braunfels, Texas.
- After passage of such designations, Texot is instructed to design and install road signs marking the
Keywords:
transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 3rd, 2025 at 08:30 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, I'll talk to Mark and we'll decide.
- I'll talk to Mark and we'll decide.
- Okay, put Mark down. I'll be his wingman. All right. So thank you, committee.
Keywords:
adult residential facilities, care services, Medicaid, payment rates, elderly care, health services, North Dakota, prescription drugs, drug affordability, copay assistance, copayment accumulator, deductible accumulator, out-of-pocket maximum, health insurance, health benefit plan, self-insured health plan, self-funded plan, third-party payment, manufacturer assistance, patient assistance program
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 1216, dealing with prescription drug expense co-pay accumulators in health plans, was presented by Rep. Karen Carl’s, who explained it would prevent insurers from refusing to count third-party assistance toward deductibles for patients using high-cost, non-generic drugs. An amendment was offered to clarify effective dates, including a delayed January 1, 2026 start for PERS coverage. PERS testified that the amendment would align with its calendar-year benefit structure and likely reduce the fiscal note. The amendment was adopted 16-0, and the bill was set aside for further discussion later.
House Bill 1199, creating a criminal justice data-sharing system and missing persons/missing Indigenous people task force, was introduced with a committee amendment changing the Attorney General reference to the Attorney General or designee. The committee noted the bill includes a $250,000 general fund appropriation for ongoing costs. The amendment passed 16-0, and the amended bill received a do pass recommendation by a 15-1 vote, with one no vote from Senator Magrum.
House Bill 1531, appropriating $75,000 for an irrigation expansion study by the Agriculture Commissioner, was supported as a way to update older economic-impact studies on irrigation and assess opportunities for expansion. Members discussed its relationship to broader study pauses and the history of irrigation development in the state, including Garrison Diversion and remaining authorized acres. The bill passed 16-0. The committee then discussed scheduling for the coming week, noting a heavy bill load and plans for daily morning meetings before adjourning.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Article I, IV, V Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Item 12, it's revised Rider 3 marked vehicles to remove the mark, marked requirement and add a radar
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Mobile County Legislation Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Mobile County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- We let Mark get his bill started, and we'll get going since we do know that they're coming and they'll
- Plus, we have speakers that would like to speak, so go ahead and call the meeting to order, Mark.
- Go ahead and call the meeting to order, Mark. You mind doing the opening prayer? I don't.
Bills:
SB46
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Further, a future New Glenn mission will carry the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark I crew
- Further, a future New Glenn mission will carry the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark I crew
- Further, a future New Glenn mission will carry the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark I crew
- Further, a future New Glenn mission will carry the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark I crew
- Further, a future New Glenn mission will carry the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander and the Mark I crew
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark Bender: Thank you, Madam Chair. It is Mark Bender, so close enough.
- Mark Bender: Thank you, Madam Chair. It is Mark Bender, so close enough.
- Mark Bender: Yes, it is.
- Mark Bender: Yes, it is.
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you.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force 10/8/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- >> and maybe we put that as a question mark >> and maybe we put that as a question mark
- >> If they're out, it's a question mark, then we take it out of the list.
- on the proposed out or in list, the question mark list, and we can have more discussion on that. >>
- , >> or we if we there's a question mark, >> or we if we there's a question mark, then
- And that means instead of out where it's a question mark, where you're saying yes, it's in scope.
VT
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- I hope people will mark their calendars and attend with the family. about a very exciting event that
- I hope people will mark their calendars and attend with the family.
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 3, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- THE TEAM WORKED THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY BREAK TO ENSURE THAT MARK RUN SIX STATE ON SCHEDULE SO ONE OF
- THE THINGS IN THE REPORT IN OCTOBER WAS THE DIFFICULTY IN DEFECTS COMING OUT OF MARK 15.
- WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH MARK 15, WE ARE ON MARK 16 AND WE FINISHED A DAY EARLY.
- WITH VERY FEW DEFECTS NEEDING TO BE RETESTED IN A MARK RUN 6.1.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Sep 12th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Mark Duncan, representing District 2, San Juan County. Good to be here with you.
- In your chart, we've marked this up a little bit so we can do a better analysis.
- It increases the 10-year mark to $150, 20 years to $200, and 25 years to $275 per month.
- they don't work the full 25 years, or they just take it immediately when they hit the 10-year and 55 mark
- If we're trying to get them to extend their service another seven years to hit that 10-year mark, that's
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you are Assembly Members Papin, Jackson, Mark Gonzalez, Salache, El-Hawari, Alanis, Ortega, or—Isn't
- Menopause, which marks the end of a woman's menstrual cycle and fertility, is a normal part of aging,
- On AB 447, Mark Gonzalez, the motion is due pass as amended to the Committee on Health. Berman?
- File item number four, AB 447, Mark Gonzalez. Bains, aye. File item number five, AB 667, Solache.
- On AB 447, Mark Gonzalez, Jackson. Jackson, aye. On AB 957, Ortega, Jackson, Jackson, aye.
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a long agenda of licensing, health care, and workforce bills. Measures discussed included AB 957, which would prohibit tobacco sales in licensed pharmacies; AB 447, which would allow patients to take home certain unopened medications started in emergency rooms; AB 427, joining the Social Work Licensure Compact; AB 667, allowing interpreters for certain licensing exams; AB 742, prioritizing descendants of slaves in licensing review; AB 873, changing infection-control training timing for dental assistants; AB 360, requiring a report on menopause education for physicians; and AB 1175, modernizing CPA licensure requirements and mobility. Testimony generally emphasized public health, access to care, workforce shortages, language access, and economic opportunity, while opposition or concerns focused on implementation, worker protections, compact authority, and constitutional issues in AB 742.
Several bills drew broad support from sponsors, professional associations, and advocacy groups. AB 957 was backed by cancer and pharmacy advocates and pharmacists who said pharmacies should not sell tobacco; AB 447 was supported by emergency medicine and hospital representatives as a way to reduce waste and help patients leave with needed medication; AB 427 drew support from social work and mental health groups but concerns from AFSCME about standards and displacement; AB 667 was supported by immigrant-rights and community groups, with questions about whether translated exams would be preferable to interpreters; AB 360 received extensive support from women’s health advocates and medical groups, and opposition from CMA and ACOG was removed after amendments; and AB 1175 was supported by the Board of Accountancy and CPA groups as a way to expand the pipeline and improve mobility.
The committee took votes after quorum was established. AB 360, AB 427, AB 447, AB 667, AB 873, AB 1175, and AB 742 were all approved and sent to their next committees, with AB 742 going to Judiciary and AB 1175 to Appropriations. AB 957 was initially held on call, then later passed after additional votes were recorded. The consent calendar bills AB 375, AB 1107, and AB 1496 were also approved. Most measures passed on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with some members not voting on certain items during the roll calls.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy (06/05/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Marks informed Dr.
- Marks informed Dr.
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Summary:
The New Hampshire House Special Committee on the COVID Response Efficacy met to continue its fact-finding review of the state’s pandemic response, with the chair restating the committee’s mission and focus on federal guidance, federal funding, emergency use authorization vaccination efforts, long COVID, patient rights, and vaccination policies. The chair said the committee had previously reviewed materials about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a COVID vaccine case and CDC internal emails about vaccine risks, and introduced additional research on CDC testing and communications failures.
A large portion of the meeting was devoted to summarizing articles and a recent U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report titled *Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals*. The chair argued that CDC testing and guidance were flawed, citing delayed data publication, confusing guidance, a faulty early COVID test, missed opportunities to study silent spread, and alleged suppression of safety information. The Senate report was described as alleging that FDA and CDC officials knew their surveillance systems could mask vaccine safety signals, that officials discouraged internal analysis from being shared externally, and that newer analytical methods identified multiple statistically significant adverse-event signals. The chair also discussed the V-safe system, VAERS, and claims that federal officials downplayed or concealed adverse-event data.
Members and the chair connected these federal issues to New Hampshire, noting changes in the state’s health care landscape since the pandemic, including more urgent care facilities and satellite ERs. The chair suggested New Hampshire should develop independent scientific assessment resources to validate federal information in future emergencies. Representative Wheeler noted that the materials would be entered into the committee record and made available on the House website. No votes were taken; the committee discussed the materials, invited further questions, and indicated that a proposed committee communication would be revisited later after additional supporting information is gathered, with a goal of issuing a statement by the end of June.