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• And sometimes you go and think, I just got to change this little bit of code.
• No, it's the waterfall effect that you run into with customization code.
• We don't have insight to go and change their code. So it's getting those vendors on board as well.
• We use CIP codes and talk of that, but they don't necessarily relate to the cost of the program.
• And then our last meeting likely would be some point probably after Labor Day in middle of September.

Keywords: 908, all

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• When we had an intern from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, that intern worked with
• When we had an intern from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, that intern worked with
• The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. That intern worked with us for three months.
• are not currently included under title are not currently included under title 42<00:33:43.279> code
• of um federal regulations 42 code of um federal regulations 410.78A<00:33:47.600> thus<00:33:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing opened with SB 1442, which would update the statute governing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and clarify its role as the state Medicaid provider of intensive mental health services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. The Department of Health testified in strong support, saying the current statute is outdated and warning against any unfunded mandate because the division relies on federal funding and faces uncertainty about future resources. Written testimony from several organizations also supported the bill. The committees took no immediate action and said they would hold decision-making until later. The hearing then moved to SB 479 on ABLE savings accounts. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center supported the measure, arguing that ABLE accounts help people with disabilities save money without losing benefits and that the state needs more outreach and staffing to expand participation. A testifier with a disability said the bill would help people keep Social Security and housing stability. The chair indicated an intention to move the bill forward, and asked about funding; the discussion settled on a requested appropriation of about $75,000 for incentives. Next, SB 1245 on reimbursement of pharmacists drew broad support from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, rural pharmacies, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and others, who said the bill would improve access to care, especially on neighbor islands and in rural communities, and help pharmacies participate in 340B-related services. The Insurance Division and HMSA raised concerns about bill language, saying it could be read to cover pharmacists outside an insurer’s network and that the scope of reimbursable services needed clarification; the pharmacists’ association said the bill is intended to apply only to in-network pharmacists and should continue to reference existing scope-of-practice law. The hearing also took up SB 1279, which would allow pharmacists to authorize medications via telehealth under certain circumstances. The State Board of Pharmacy opposed the bill, citing patient safety, a pilot project with reported errors, concerns about controlled substances and unregulated technicians, and the view that in-person pharmacist services are safer and already available on the affected islands. Several pharmacies and health care groups supported the measure as a way to preserve 340B access and improve service on Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, while some local pharmacies said they already provide in-person service and opposed remote dispensing. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• that that much um it's it's not really that that much um it's it's not really that that much uh of a labor
• when you're enjoying it uh of a labor when you're enjoying it uh of a labor when you're enjoying it
• currently if you have a small estate and currently if you have a small estate and currently in the code
• it's not in excess of in the code it's not in excess of in the code it's not in excess of 25,000 um
• that have a formula are in our codes that have a formula are in our codes that have a formula that is

Keywords: sessions, 2025-R, 1, 219

Transcript Highlights:

• What was important to me was that this increase was not based on the zip code where that child lived.
• It does only if they live in the right zip code.
• I also want to thank all the advocacy groups, the industry associations, labor unions, and government
• Assembly Bill 4015 by Assembly Member Katz, New Jersey School Code Act, adopts the New Jersey age-appropriate
• design code and requires certain online service providers to implement certain measures ... ...and requires

Keywords: 1146, all

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• So if you take that times 718 clients, we're looking at $1.8 million in direct labor costs alone.
• business owners who do their own websites and don't use an agency like us don't have access to the code
• You literally have to go into the code and change lines by hand. And the sad part is...
• So we design websites, so we have access to the code, and we have a checklist that has over 150 items
• We wanted code level and they wanted the overlay put on it. As Sandy talked about, she is great.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's currently China, federal code.
• A patron code.
• A patron code. So that's what that be? A patron code.
• That is that access to that patron code.
• What if I had that person's patron code? What could I find out with it?

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• United States Code, of the rules submitted by the Department of Energy relating to energy conservation
• Army, where he became recognized as one of the Army's top three Morse code operators.
• He became a Morse code instructor and rose to the rank of staff sergeant.
• And uh in my view uh much of zip codes.
• . slave labor really penny wage nations. slave labor really where<04:20:45.520> people<04:20:45.840

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

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• The amendment is coded A1.
• The amendment is coded coded coded DEA<00:02:33.599> 1615. DEA 1615. DEA 1615.
• The amendment is coded A16. amended. The amendment is coded A16.
• The amendment is coded A7. I amended. The amendment is coded A7.
• The amendment is coded A17. The amendment is coded A17.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Penal Code and also to allow for fines Penal Code and also to allow for fines of<00:17:15.199> more
• Next up, we have Jay Bhai, Department of Labor providing comments.
• ><00:21:30.960> um<00:21:31.200> Department<00:21:31.440> of<00:21:31.679> Labor
• Jay Bhai um Department of Labor Jay Bhai um Department of Labor providing<00:21:32.559> comments
• <00:21:33.600> Department<00:21:33.919> of<00:21:34.159> Labor.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint HHS, Agriculture, Environment, Energy, and Intergovernmental Affairs hearing focused first on SB 2262, a pollution and illegal dumping measure. The Department of Health said it stood on its written testimony, and public testimony included support from CARES with suggested amendments to involve the counties in standardized response planning and to address pollution caused by individuals. Members questioned the bill’s fines, where they would go, and how the department would handle carcasses and illegal dumping enforcement. DOH said administrative fines go to the general fund, criminal fines are collected by the Attorney General, carcasses are generally buried by the landowner under existing rules, and DOH mainly regulates solid waste and coordinates with counties and other agencies when violations arise. After discussion, the chair recommended SB 2262 be passed with substantial amendments. The proposed amendments would add DLNR to the task force, deposit all fines into a special fund to support enforcement, allow fines below $5,000 for littering and higher fines for excessive or chronic illegal dumping, and include a January 30, 2050 effective date. The committee adopted the recommendation, with members voting aye. The hearing then moved to the HHS calendar. On SB 2087, relating to health insurance, agencies including DHS, DCCA, the Attorney General, and Labor stood on written testimony, while several advocacy and medical groups testified in support. One Medicaid recipient opposed the bill, arguing the coverage should be immediate rather than phased in over three years. Angela Melody Young supported the bill but urged amendments to prioritize people with disabilities, kupuna, and mothers. Members questioned whether the rural health transformation program could support the bill’s deductible structure; the Department of Human Services said it was unlikely CMS would allow that level of coverage, though rural funds might help in other ways. The committee then moved on to SB 2089, which would expand services eligible for Medicaid prospective payment system reimbursement, hearing support from OHA, DHS, and others, along with testimony about mental health access and training. The transcript also began SB 2106, relating to health and eating disorder prevention, with a student testifying in support and citing youth eating disorder harms, but the discussion was cut off before any action on that bill.

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• works for both labor and management. works for both labor and management.
• codes on them. codes on them. People<00:43:17.640> steal<00:43:18.040> them.
• The amendment is coded A6.
• The amendment is coded A1.
• The amendment is coded A4.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a performance of the national anthem, then established a quorum and approved the previous day’s journal. Members handled routine business including second readings of several Senate files, first readings of House files 5067 through 5073, and messages from the Senate transmitting bills and requesting concurrence on House File 3437 and House File 1410. The House concurred in Senate amendments to HF 3437, a commerce bill with a technical cross-reference correction, and passed it 133-0. It also concurred in Senate amendments to HF 1410, a public safety bill on correctional officer procedures, and passed it 132-2 after members described the changes as clarifying and balanced for labor and management. The chamber then took up House File 3404, which increases penalties for impersonating a peace officer. The bill would raise the base offense from a gross misdemeanor to a felony, create aggravated offenses for impersonation involving unauthorized access, misleading orders, law-enforcement-style vehicles, or possession of a firearm, and add a duty for officers to identify themselves while protecting undercover work. Supporters, including the author and several members, tied the bill to the June 14, 2025 killings and said it was needed to restore public trust and protect both the public and legitimate law enforcement. The House passed HF 3404 134-0 after a moment of silence. The House also passed House File 3155, which closes a loophole in gift card fraud law by allowing prosecution based on the value stored on the card rather than just the plastic card itself. Supporters described organized retail crime schemes in which stolen gift cards are drained after activation and said the bill would help retailers, consumers, and law enforcement. The bill passed 134-0. Senate File 3958, which changes the deadline for a disaster assistance contingency account report from January 15 to January 31, also passed 134-0. Finally, the House considered House File 3875, the judiciary policy bill. An author’s amendment removed a section that had been unintentionally left in the bill, and members then discussed provisions allowing courts more flexibility in publishing notices, streamlining some notification requirements in dissolution cases, and making restitution orders permanent unless rescinded by court order. The transcript cuts off during discussion of the bill, before any final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that the labor brokers, that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
• We know that the labor brokers, that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
• trafficking that happens within labor trafficking that happens within labor and<00:14:32.399>
• right um and we know that the the labor right um and we know that the the labor Brokers<00:15:54.240
• the labor Brokers know they're<00:16:04.639> not<00:16:04.759> going<00:16:04.880>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee heard extended debate on a bill requiring cooperation with ICE and reporting related to undocumented people in certain criminal contexts. Representative Rymer argued the measure was meant to align with federal priorities focused on violent offenders and to ensure local governments respond to federal inquiries, not proactively target immigrants. He also said the bill was intended to address serious crimes and protect victims, citing examples of violent offenders and trafficking-related cases. Several members raised concerns that the bill’s language was broader than described and could affect family court matters, health care, elder care, and routine interactions with government agencies. Testifiers and members warned it could be used as leverage against undocumented people in custody, child support, domestic violence, and labor exploitation situations, and could discourage people from reporting crimes or seeking help. The sheriff’s association and county attorneys’ association letters were cited as raising due process, equal protection, civil rights, and public safety concerns. The discussion also focused on the bill’s definitions and mechanics, especially whether section three would require reporting after arrests that do not lead to charges and how county attorneys would know when to report. Representative Pinto pressed on the bill’s reference to “violent crime” and whether drug possession could be swept in, while Rymer argued the bill was narrower than critics suggested. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the exchange remained at the discussion and questioning stage.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we have an insatiable demand in this country for immigrant labor. We always have.
• In fact, all Ten Commandments appear somewhere in statutory code in all 50 states.
• duties conflict with your code of ethics.
• I'm not seeing that in the part of code that you're removing.
• If I'm looking at the consent to counseling section of code, it's a child...

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.

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• You know, Representative Mueller and I serve on the Labor and Workforce.
• Representative Mueller and I serve on the Labor and Workforce.
• Yes, we do currently issue guidance to our districts on how to code attendance.
• Districts on how to code attendance.
• I have to change all of these codes.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• types of organizations are like Fairness for Fire Victims, which apparently is managed by organized labor
• I think we saw in Santa Rosa about a 40% increase in the cost of labor. Pretty substantially.
• I think we saw in Santa Rosa about a 40% increase in the cost of labor, as well as the cost of materials
• We tried very hard to stay within the scope of Public Utility Code...
• We tried very hard to stay within the scope of Public Utility Code Section 719(c), which laid out the

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and broader options for reforming California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh trade-offs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described long delays in compensation, housing insecurity, and what they viewed as a system that protects utility shareholders more than victims. They urged greater transparency, clearer accountability for utility spending and safety performance, faster and fuller compensation for survivors, and reforms such as independent audits and better alignment of utility incentives with wildfire prevention and restitution. The second panel began with Tom Welsh of the California Earthquake Authority, who explained that the SB 254 report was intended as a broad inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations. He described the report’s process, including stakeholder submissions, workstreams, and a convergence process, and outlined the current wildfire fund structure: utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims after a covered wildfire, and the CPUC later determines prudency and possible reimbursement back to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon summarized compensation data, saying utilities paid about $38 billion between 2017 and 2024, with major shares going to injured parties, insurers, and public entities, while litigation costs and survivors’ own losses remain substantial. He noted that legal fees and delays reduce the amount survivors ultimately receive. Utility and public-interest witnesses offered differing views on the report’s pathways. PG&E’s Tyson Smith said the report shows inaction is the worst outcome and argued for community wildfire risk reduction, equitable allocation of catastrophe costs, and state-led resilience tools. LADWP’s Fernando Valero emphasized the vulnerability of municipal utilities and cities, and supported inverse condemnation reform, a state-sponsored liability insurance framework, damages and subrogation limits, and stronger insurance access. Consumer Attorneys of California’s John Fisk argued that IOU-caused fires are not natural disasters but the result of negligence and sometimes criminal conduct, and opposed reducing utility liability while supporting stronger oversight and audits. The Public Advocates Office’s Nathaniel Skinner focused on affordability, saying ratepayers already bear large and growing wildfire costs and warning against shifting more costs onto bills without measurable risk reduction and tighter accountability. Committee members then began questioning witnesses about what counts as measurable mitigation, how to define full and fair compensation, and how any fast-pay process should work.

Transcript Highlights:

• Colorado has a labor shortage issue right now, not a job shortage issue.
• It has a labor shortage issue.
• Having a labor shortage issue means that we need more workers out in the private sector.
• for members so that you can get going, uh, the start time tomorrow will be 9:00 a.m., and the dress code
• tomorrow will be 9:00 a.m. and the time tomorrow will be 9:00 a.m. and the dress<01:10:22.400> code

Keywords: Continuation of today's legislative session, beginning at 7:45 pm., 981, all

Bills: HR46, HR47, HR48, HR49, HR50, HR51, HR52, HR53, HR54, HR55, HR56, HR57, HCR31, HB20, HB21, HB166, HB494, HB710, HB795, HB985, HB986, HB987, HB988, HB989, HB990, HB991, HB992, HB993, HB994, HB995, HB996, HB997, HB998, HR42, HR43, HR44, HR45, HCR22, HCR23, HCR24, HCR25, HCR26, HCR27, HCR28, HCR29, HCR30, SCR13, HB894, HB983, HB984, SB19, SB23, SB26, SB30, SB39, SB45, SB46, SB50, SB51, SB55, SB69, SB71, SB73, SB84, SB85, SB89, SB96, SB98, SB101, SB110, SB148, SB150, SB160, SB164, SB303, SB340, HB28, HB36, HB50, HB52, HB56, HB62, HB68, HB92, HB110, HB117, HB119, HB124, HB140, HB147, HB160, HB171, HB174, HB182, HB193, HB196, HB198, HB203, HB228, HB234, HB237, HB260, HB268, HB271, HB285, HB289, HB316, HB351, HB393, HB400, HB413, HB446, HB469, HB486, HB534, HB551, HB552, HB574, HB576, HB634, HB649, HB677, HB735, HB739, HB779, HB784, HB796, HB807, HB842, HB850, HB919, HB474, HB487, HB503, HB606, HB633, HB707, HB720, HB728, HB733, HB846, HB852, HB856, HB868, HB875, HB129, HB130, HB287, HB489, HB545, HB553, HB555, HB570, HB854, HB952, HB221, HB148, HB331, HB149, HB901

Keywords: HR 46, House Resolution 46, water well drillers, water wells, well drilling, driller licensure, licensing requirements, Department of Conservation and Energy, R.S. 38:3098.1, LAC 46.LXXXIX.507, professional references, two years drilling experience, workforce development, barriers to entry, water infrastructure, natural resources, groundwater, public health, state water resources, occupational licensing

Transcript Highlights:

• That's a tool that is done actually a fair amount in the insurance code.
• There are various entities that are declared to be exempt from the insurance code in general, but to
• <00:32:45.840> There<00:32:46.080> are<00:32:46.240> various in the insurance code
• There are various in the insurance code.
• uh to be exempt from the insurance code uh to be exempt from the insurance code in<00:32:58.080>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• We were able to bring in a Department of Labor grant for a million dollars to do workforce development
• <01:00:09.319> Grant<01:00:10.160> uh bring in a Department of Labor Grant uh bring
• in a Department of Labor Grant uh for<01:00:10.440> a<01:00:10.520> million<01:00:10.880
• for oil, when we put gas in my car, I’m paying for oil, but oil, well, it’s subsidized by the tax code
• <01:44:16.280> if<01:44:16.440> I'm Subsidized by the tax code, if I'm not mistaken

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <02:23:36.840> um from their NAICS code um from their NAICS code um if<02:23:38.120> that
• The NAICS codes are kind of far and wide, but when you look at the 1,500, generally those are NAICS codes
• <02:34:24.360> that generally those are NAICS codes that generally those are NAICS codes that
• <02:50:56.880> classification, the NAICS code classification, the NAICS code classification
• So, is that that code in there as well.

Keywords: 916, all

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• The majority of the committee on labor, The majority of the committee on labor, industrial,<04:51:44.000
• Speaker, this bill came to the labor committee as a request to address a problem in wage claims.
• ><05:07:31.280> with labor committee is charged with labor committee is charged with representing
• House Labor Committee and said this that House Labor Committee and said this that we<05:14:09.600>
• 03109, which is a New Hampshire zip code?

Keywords: 1189, house, all