Transcript Highlights:

• Um, the ones that are not supporting this bill and that are making it hard.
• </c><00:16:52.240><c> Um</c> that support this bill to keep going.
• Um that support this bill to keep going.
• </c><00:16:53.680><c> this</c> the ones that are not supporting this the ones that are not supporting
• </c><00:17:29.919><c> With</c> super super supportive of that. With super super supportive of that.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The conference committee first took up HB 496 HD2 SD1 on mamaki tea. Members described the agreed conference draft as prohibiting misleading use of Hawaiian words, imagery, place names, and motifs on tea packaging unless all tea or dried leaves were grown, harvested, and dried in Hawaii. The bill also included an appropriation for a measurement standards inspector position at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, with $65,000 in each of FY 2026 and FY 2027. The House and Senate managers recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted by unanimous votes from the members present, with some members excused. The committee then recessed and reconvened several times to manage a larger agenda of conference bills, moving some items to later times and rooms. Among the measures adopted were HB 862, addressing school transportation shortages by allowing certain nontraditional vehicles under safety conditions; HB 667, retitled the Microchip Identification Act, requiring DOT and counties to scan deceased cats and dogs for microchips and notify animal services; HB 958, regulating electric bicycles and other micromobility devices with safety, labeling, registration, and age requirements; HB 934, relating to broadband and the digital equity office, with appropriations and positions; HB 960, raising DOT capital advancement contract thresholds and annual caps; HB 697, updating automated speed enforcement rules and appropriating $2 million; and SB 26, creating an affordable housing land inventory task force with a $250,000 appropriation. Each of these measures was adopted with amendments by conference vote, with some members excused and several brief recesses taken for quorum or agenda management. Not all bills were resolved. HB 732, relating to the film industry tax credit cap, was deferred after conferees said they had not reached agreement, despite comments supporting the industry and local workers. HB 437, concerning an office in the Philippines under DBED, was also deferred for lack of agreement. The committee adjourned after stating that the remaining measures on the agenda would be deferred indefinitely.

Transcript Highlights:

• No profanity or uncivil behavior.
• So I ask for your support.
• testimony support uh testimony support<00:49:22.079><c> and</c><00:49:22.240><c> support</c><00:49:22.559
• Next, we have testimony in support from the Hawaii State Department of Health, Behavioral Health Administration
• So I stand in support and on our... our Judiciary to be supported thanks our Judiciary to be supported

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 4000, the Judiciary’s biennium budget bill for FY 2026-2027. Judiciary Director of Policy and Planning Brandon Kimura testified in strong support, outlining operating requests of about $6.17 million in FY 26 and $6.25 million in FY 27, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $9.9 million in capital improvements. He described funding needs for specialty courts, preparations for the Wahiawa District Court, an additional district court judge and staff for Kona, cybersecurity upgrades, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, statewide priority items, and restoration of several essential staff positions. He also said the Judiciary was seeking an additional $2 million for the Children’s Justice Center relocation lump sum because updated estimates had risen to about $8 million. The committee also discussed potential impacts from uncertain federal funding and asked for written follow-up on those risks and on the capital request, including coordination with Budget and Finance. Several organizations and individuals testified in support of the Judiciary budget, including the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, and legal service providers. Mioko Eto asked for an additional $1 million for civil legal service providers, explaining that the current funding is spread across multiple providers and that the need remains high. David Copper of Legal Aid supported the request, citing statewide demand, 105 staff, 7,100 cases closed in the past year, and 15,000 calls received, while noting that many people seeking help cannot be served because of capacity limits. He also said recent federal funding disruptions and proposed cuts could affect legal services and related programs. Committee members asked about the Criminal Justice Research Institute’s mission; Kimura said its primary statutory role is to build a database focused on pre-trial reporting and data analysis, though it is also working on probation and mental health-related projects. No vote or final action on HB 4000 was taken in the hearing excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:10:02.480><c> for</c> to see um some bipartisan support for to see um some bipartisan support
• Thank you for allowing me to support and voice my support for House File 4123 and 4616.
• </c> grow the economy, and support grow the economy, and support sustainable<00:40:43.440><c> revenue
• Deans and behavior supports have been cut from the elementary schools.
• </c> influence on people's behavior. influence on people's behavior.

Bills: HF4621, HF4123, HF4616, HF1183

Keywords: child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes, 1183

Transcript Highlights:

• My name is Yvette Buller, and I'm here in support of House Bill 288.
• We provide financial support and emotional support to families losing pregnancies and then children one
• We provide financial support and emotional support to families losing pregnancies and then children one
• Emma Perkue are here in support. I wish you to speak.
• I'm here today to ask that you support HB 930.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes. The committee first heard HB 971, which would equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; supporters said independent clinics are disadvantaged by a large payment disparity, and the bill was reported favorable without objection. The committee also recognized visiting Alpha Phi Alpha members and other guests during personal privilege remarks. Members then considered HB 414, which would bar hiring certain health care workers and direct support professionals with serious disqualifying convictions from other states and address background-check issues for therapeutic group homes. After adopting three amendment sets, the bill was reported as amended. HB 740, creating an independent review process for Medicaid behavioral health claim disputes in the coordinated system of care, was amended to clarify applicability and CSOC definitions and then reported as amended. HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation, drew emotional testimony from affected parents and advocates; the committee reported it favorable. The committee also advanced several more bills: HB 405, updating the name of the national acupuncture certifying body, was reported favorable; HB 786, prohibiting extrapolation in certain managed-care claims recoupments, was reported favorable; HB 1095, allowing alternative backup power sources for nursing homes, was reported favorable; HB 403, raising the cottage food gross-sales cap, was amended from $50,000 to $150,000 and then reported favorable; HB 930, modernizing cosmetic-product regulation and creating a small-producer exemption, was reported favorable; HB 557, defining long-term pharmacies for policy purposes, was reported favorable; HB 779, on expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted diseases, was reported favorable; HB 915, setting utilization-management timelines and standards, was reported favorable; HB 546, expanding criteria for peace officers to take someone into protective custody during a mental health crisis, was reported favorable; HB 796, creating a chiropractic preceptorship program, was reported favorable; and HB 933, authorizing commemorative birth certificates, was reported favorable. The final major item was HB 1041, a “no-mandate” bill barring discrimination based on medical intervention status. The sponsor and Surgeon General said it was aimed at healthy, asymptomatic individuals and not at public health quarantine powers, but Senator Boudreaux objected to exemptions for schools and hospitals and offered an amendment to restore broader coverage. That amendment failed on a roll-call vote, and the bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended, with no final committee disposition shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• I support regulation.
• I support keeping the products out of the hands of children, and I support the enforcement of bad actors
• But like them, I support age restrictions on purchases. a ban on synthetic cannabinoids, and I support
• I support just enforcement of just laws.
• And I am going to continue to support it.

Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB5, SB11, SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> it could indic it could support it could indic it could support and<00:42:16.560><c> I'm</c><00:
• </c> authenticated and properly supported. authenticated and properly supported.
• I want to see the records because that's what supports the report.
• And then then what supports the report.
• </c><01:04:37.359><c> That's</c> contributed to his behavior. That's contributed to his behavior.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission met on November 18, 2025, approved the October 14 minutes, and then took up five motions in ethics matters 24LEC3 and 24LEC6. Those motions included a renewed motion to dismiss and motion to quash by Representative Daniel Gberg, a renewed motion to compel/sanctions and continuance request by Mr. Jenkins, and competing motions in limine concerning evidence and redaction of deposition transcripts. Vice Chair Mike Schaw was appointed hearing officer for the motion practice, and the commission agreed to hear the motions one at a time in open session. Representative Chris Lily joined later by Zoom. Counsel for Representative Gberg argued the remaining allegations were minor, that the commission lacked key exculpatory materials such as an alleged LRC report, policies, procedures, and training materials, and that the record did not support the ethics charges. She also argued the case had been broadened by extraneous allegations and that the respondent had been unfairly prejudiced. Enforcement counsel responded that he had produced all materials in his possession, that any LRC materials were not in the commission’s custody, and that the commission’s probable-cause findings were based on sworn testimony and affidavits already in the record. He argued the motions to dismiss and for summary judgment should be denied because genuine issues of material fact remained and the commission had already found probable cause on three ethics violations. Commission members questioned both sides about the alleged LRC report and whether it was part of the commission’s record. The chair stated the commission had not relied on any LRC report and had not withheld anything, while another member emphasized that the proceeding concerned alleged violations of the ethics code, not LRC sexual-harassment policy. A commissioner also noted the unusual structure of the proceeding and questioned whether the complaints, taken as true, stated a basis for dismissal. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the standard for dismissal and summary judgment, with no final ruling on the motions captured in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> peer-based recovery support services, peer-based recovery support services, connection<01:10:15.040
• </c><01:10:25.360><c> recovery</c> and build more supportive recovery and build more supportive recovery
• </c> but I I I really So, I fully support but I I I really So, I fully support this<02:00:14.480><c>
• </c> highly support it. highly support it.
• </c> members, I I rise in support of this. members, I I rise in support of this.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• BUT WE HAVE SMALL FARMERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT SUPPORTING NOT JUST THE FARMING INDUSTRY BUT AGRO
• THIS YEAR WE HAD 934 PARTICIPANTS FROM 30 STATES AND CANADA EVERGLADES CONSERVATION AND SUPPORTED BY
• IN RECENT YEARS LEGISLATURE HAS PROVIDED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR HABITAT RESTORATION AND TO SUPPORT
• AND DIVING BEHAVIOR CAN LEAD TO VARIATION BETWEEN THE SURVEYS.
• THE NEW AREA HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ATTRACTING AND SUPPORTING MANATEES DURING COLD WEATHER.

Transcript Highlights:

• That would cover seven investigators, one attorney, and one support staff from the Federal Department
• The goal is to continue refining the program to support patients.
• Coordinating vocational rehabilitation services and supports.
• As I'm reading more of the section, though, it talks about behavior that is deficient.
• Unexcused absences can be related to poverty and other support needs that the family has.

Bills: HF2354, HF1672, HF2389, HF2870, HF2743, HF1918, HF2551, HF1671

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis

Transcript Highlights:

• We provide financial support and emotional support to families losing pregnancies and then children one
• We provide financial support and emotional support to families losing pregnancies and then children one
• Emma Perkue are here in support. If you wish to speak...
• I'm here today to ask that you support HB 930.
• Kevin Cobb are here in support, not wishing to speak.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 and approved the minutes from the prior week before taking up a series of House bills, many of them with testimony from sponsors, agency officials, and stakeholders. Early action included HB 971, which would direct LDH to equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent rural health clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; the sponsor described a significant payment disparity and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also deferred HB 1030 and HB 796 until the following week before moving to other items on the agenda. Several bills dealing with Medicaid and provider regulation were advanced. HB 414, as amended, closes a loophole so health care providers cannot hire unlicensed workers with certain serious out-of-state convictions; amendments addressed effective dates, FBI background-check issues for therapeutic group homes, and delays for direct support professional applicants caused by minor record issues. HB 740, as amended, creates an independent review process for Medicaid claims disputes in the coordinated system of care for behavioral health providers, with amendments clarifying applicability dates and program definitions. HB 786, which prohibits extrapolation in managed care claims recoupments and requires recovery to be based on actual overpayments or underpayments, was also reported favorably. HB 915 set timelines and accountability standards for prior authorization and utilization management in Medicaid managed care and was reported favorably after testimony about delays in care. The committee also heard and passed several bills affecting health professions and facilities. HB 405 simply updates the name of the national acupuncture certification body. HB 1095 allows nursing homes to use alternative power sources while keeping existing generator and fuel requirements. HB 557 defines long-term care pharmacies for policy purposes. HB 779 authorizes expedited partner therapy prescriptions for certain sexually transmitted diseases. HB 933 creates an optional commemorative birth certificate, with part of the fee going to the Office of Women’s Health. HB 796, carried by another representative for the author, establishes a chiropractic preceptorship program with on-site supervision requirements and was reported favorably after questions about student training and patient safety. The committee also heard emotionally charged testimony on HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation and patient communication. Several witnesses described the distress caused by current coding language, and supporters said the change would make records more compassionate and understandable; the bill was reported favorably. HB 403 increased the cottage food gross-sales cap, and after testimony from small producers and the committee’s discussion of other states’ higher limits, an amendment raised the cap to $150,000 before the bill was reported favorably. HB 930 modernizes cosmetic-product regulation and creates a small home-based producer exemption under a wholesale-sales threshold; it was also reported favorably. Finally, HB 1041, a no-mandate bill restricting discrimination based on medical intervention status, prompted extended debate over exemptions for schools, hospitals, and other entities, with one amendment failing on a roll-call vote and the discussion continuing over the scope of the bill and federal funding concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• For some, it's about fostering friendly and supportive relationships between people and avoiding violence
• But quite honestly, the bottom line is we're recognizing there's a change in driver behavior and it's
• recognizing there's a change in is we're recognizing there's a change in driver<00:04:17.199><c> behavior
• > and</c><00:04:18.400><c> it's</c><00:04:18.720><c> not</c><00:04:19.040><c> getting</c> driver behavior
• and it's not getting driver behavior and it's not getting safer.<00:04:19.759><c> It's</c><00:04:20.079

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> long-term services and supports. long-term services and supports.
• </c> uh services and support coordinator. uh services and support coordinator.
• </c> support individuals with disabilities. support individuals with disabilities.
• Maybe they uh have intensive medical needs that require nursing or um intensive uh behavioral support
• </c><00:50:12.400><c> prevent</c> behavioral support needs to help prevent behavioral support needs to

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Committee to Study Long-Term Managed Care met to approve prior minutes and outline its schedule, with meetings set for September 24 and September 29 ahead of an October 1 report deadline. The chair said the committee would use the first two meetings to digest testimony, likely ask follow-up questions of DHS, and then work toward conclusions and a report format. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved unanimously. The main testimony came from Sharon Alexander of Amera Health, who argued in favor of moving from fee-for-service Medicaid long-term services and supports to a managed LTSS model. She described managed LTSS as a capitated, quality-driven system used in about 26 states, and said it can improve care coordination, accountability, access to home- and community-based services, and budget predictability. She cited Amera Health’s experience in Pennsylvania and Delaware, including care coordination, housing and transportation support, caregiver programs, and quality benchmarks tied to state oversight. She also said nursing facilities would remain an important option for people who need that level of care. Committee members asked about how the programs are administered, how rates are set, how care managers work, and how quality is measured. Alexander said states contract with managed care organizations at actuarially sound capitated rates, with annual contracts, reporting, and oversight. She explained that care managers typically conduct quarterly assessments and follow up after trigger events such as hospitalization, and that housing coordinators may assist with transitions to the community. On quality, she said states use CMS-related and HCBS benchmark measures covering service timeliness, care planning, transitions, and other outcomes, and that New Hampshire could build on existing metrics rather than starting from scratch. She also noted that rural areas face workforce and transportation challenges, which managed care plans try to address through technology and self-direction options.

Transcript Highlights:

• urge your support.
• I ask for your support. Further remarks?
• I'd urge its support. Further remarks?
• It's time and received unanimous support.
• I'd urge its support. Further remarks? It's been well worked. I'd urge its support.

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• reasonable basis to believe that the consumer has lawfully made available to the general public. behavior
• , location, movements, or behavior, location, movements, or identifying<00:12:00.880><c> characteristics
• Your Committee on Commerce and Economic Development respectfully requests your support on the amendment
• Development respectfully<00:24:10.800><c> requests</c><00:24:11.280><c> your</c><00:24:11.400><c> support
• </c><00:24:12.200><c> on</c> respectfully requests your support on respectfully requests your support

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I urge you all to support HF 2123.
• </c><00:56:55.760><c> Um,</c> urge you all to support HF 2123. Um, urge you all to support HF 2123.
• Let the committee to support this bill.
• If we create a market where behavior.
• If I don't pay my bad behavior.

Bills: HF4207, HF3639, HF3981, HF3064, HF2123

Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, landlord regulations, tenant rights, minor children, lease agreements, eviction, privacy protection, housing, lease termination, medical care, death, infirmity, landlord obligations, St. Paul, public housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Transcript Highlights:

• We would encourage your support of it.
• We would encourage your support of it.
• You know, because we don't, we view this as a behavior-changing...
• We want behavior changed for things to be safer. Thank you. Yes. Okay, so Mr.
• We talk about supporting our police officers; this is one way to support them with this photo radar because

Bills: SB1010, SB1024, SB1205, SB1232, SB1366, SB1552, SB1624, SCM1002, SCM1006, SCR1004

Keywords: Charlie Kirk, Loop 202, Arizona highways, transportation, renaming, roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, motor vehicle booting, private property, fees, dispute process, regulations, outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting

Transcript Highlights:

• This means we're actually seeing a change in behavior.
• And in Washington DC, they've behavior.
• I haven't heard any testimony today in support of that.
• </c><00:26:04.320><c> of</c> any testimony uh today in in support of any testimony uh today in in support
• </c> work and I won't be supporting it today. work and I won't be supporting it today.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm here in full support of 4623.
• His behavior toward female students was a... ...a little alarming.
• We thank Senator Betancourt for his leadership and urge your support.
• Through your testing, we'll provide actionable data to support improvement.
• It's to support each other's growth rather than out-compete one another.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I’m here to testify in support of H. 5171, an act relative to safer schools.
• Sometimes it could be biased, and sometimes it could be due to their behavior.
• And these problems should be planned out in the child's IEP, FBA, and behavioral intervention plans.
• So I am very in support of any CTE programs and expansion. ...to testify about H. 3895, that's an act
• So I am very in support of any CTE programs and expansion. That's good to hear.

Bills: H3895, H5157

Keywords: career education, technical training, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, pilot program, youth education, school safety, education, mental health, children, security measures, 1212, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It is criminal behavior.
• It is criminal behavior.
• It is criminal behavior.
• It is criminal behavior.
• It is criminal behavior.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all