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• That would be super helpful. I definitely will.
• That would be super helpful. I definitely will.
• That would be super helpful. I definitely will.
• That would be super helpful. I definitely will.
• That would be super helpful. I definitely will.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint AEN-PSM hearing on February 7, 2025 focused primarily on three agriculture-related measures and one animal welfare bill, with additional discussion of pesticide drift monitoring, coffee labeling, and a gas-pump labeling bill. SB 762 would create an Agricultural Crimes Council and authorize agricultural crime investigators; testimony from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Law Enforcement, the Attorney General’s office, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Hawaii Farmers Union, and several members of the public was generally supportive, with repeated calls for stronger enforcement, community involvement, and in some cases allowing investigators to be armed. Some testifiers also urged changes to the appointment process for council members, preferring neighborhood boards or local officials over gubernatorial appointments. The committee discussed combining related agricultural crime bills and noted concerns about investigator safety in remote areas. SB 763 would establish an agriculture enforcement program within the Department of Law Enforcement and a special fund. Testimony was strongly supportive from state agencies and farm groups, with speakers emphasizing the need for more effective response to agricultural theft, poaching, and related crimes. Several public testifiers linked the bill to broader community safety and asked for clearer funding, training, coordination, performance metrics, and technology use. The committee also heard SB 1022, which would prohibit leaving pets in dangerous conditions in vehicles and allow officers, firefighters, animal control, and in some cases private citizens to rescue animals; the Attorney General said existing cruelty statutes may already cover the conduct and suggested amendments, while HPD opposed the bill. Members asked about liability for rescuers and whether the proposal might affect property-crime enforcement. The committee also heard SB 1304 on pesticide drift monitoring funding, with the Department of Agriculture supporting the measure and explaining it was needed to complete a required project under an EPA-related agreement. A Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action representative raised concerns about the methodology of prior studies, and a public testifier described a recent odor incident near a roadway and school. SB 1015, requiring labels on gas dispensing equipment warning about fossil fuel impacts, drew support from the Department of Agriculture and the Public Utilities Commission but opposition from the Hawaii Energy Marketers Association. SB 500 on coffee labeling and regional origin was also heard, with the Department of Agriculture in support. In decision-making, the committees adopted recommendations to pass SB 762 with amendments, SB 763 with amendments, SB 1022 with technical amendments, SB 1304 with technical amendments, and SB 1015 as is; SB 500 was not acted on in the portion provided.

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• and help one another. Thank you. and help one another. Thank you.
• How does that help military or how does that help economic activity, Mr.
• How does it help?
• we probably don't need help. we probably don't need help.
• We're helping just helping renters.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This way the state can have more knowledge on how to help our community.
• Everybody wants to do what they can to help people in need.
• And you so desperately wanted to help those people.
• everyone, to help people.
• I took an oath to help everyone. And that day I will never forget.

Summary: The Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee met on April 22, established a quorum, and adopted its 2023-24 committee rules. The hearing then considered five bills focused on aging, long-term care, immigrant seniors, nutrition, and emergency preparedness. AB 450 would create a task force to study the needs of undocumented Californians age 55 and older; supporters from CHIRLA and other advocates described barriers to housing, health care, retirement, and digital access, while members raised questions about eligibility and process. The bill was approved on a due pass motion and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. AB 508 would require residential care facilities for the elderly to disclose staffing information upon request at admission and when rates increase. The author and supporters argued that staffing levels are closely tied to quality of care and that families need transparency to make informed choices; a witness described her father’s death in an understaffed facility. Assisted living industry representatives opposed the bill as burdensome but said they were continuing discussions with the author. The committee adopted amendments and passed the bill to Appropriations. AB 1476 would allow senior congregate meal programs to continue offering to-go meals, a practice expanded during the pandemic. Supporters said the option improved access for homebound and food-insecure seniors and helped bring people into senior centers; there was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 1068 would create a working group on evacuation and sheltering needs for older adults and people with disabilities in long-term care during disasters, and AB 1069 would ensure area agencies on aging and aging/disability resource programs have access to emergency shelters to provide services. Both measures drew broad support from aging, disability, and advocacy groups, with testimony citing recent fires and evacuations, and both were approved and re-referred to the Committee on Emergency Management. The committee also left rolls open for additional members to add votes before adjournment.

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• Help America Vote Act of 2002. Help America Vote Act of 2002.
• Confusion at the polls helps no one.
• It creates at the polls helps no one.
• <00:39:40.000> them the voters need to know that help them the voters need to know that help
• is helpful in in better defining. is helpful in in better defining.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They're very knowledgeable and very helpful, and we would not have.
• That's Anaya's bill will help work with that.
• Supervisory hours to help keep residency.
• And also, I'd be happy to help arrange that.
• Where to help entities go to get to their next steps.

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• the United States span more than 70 years, built on shared values of democracy, human rights, and mutual
• United States spanned more than 7 to 7 years, built on share values of democracy, human rights, and mutual

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate took up final passage of two emergency bills establishing sick leave banks for Massachusetts Department of Transportation employees Daniel Yender (H. 4104) and Mark Kratman (H. 4161). Standing votes were required to adopt the emergency preambles, and both preambles were adopted with three affirmative votes and none opposed. The bills were then passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor for approval. The chamber also suspended rules to advance H. 972, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Lynnfield Center Water District in Lynnfield, ordering it to a third reading. In addition, several House petitions were received and referred to committees under Joint Rule 12. Members adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Nicholas "Nick" George of Beverly, a Korean War Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient, and observed a moment of silence. The Senate also welcomed Newport High School student Madeline Jackman and American Red Cross representatives, who were present in connection with a bill to require CPR certification for graduation, and received a visit from the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States, who spoke about Nepal-Massachusetts ties and the Nepalese community in the Commonwealth.

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• provide mutual aid um for that purpose. provide mutual aid um for that purpose.
• at the Four Seasons Mall site will help at the Four Seasons Mall site will help address<01:23:30.000
• And this would really help them.
• Uh and this would really<01:34:56.240> help<01:34:56.560> them.
• <01:34:57.400> Um really help them. Um really help them.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They show up wanting to help. They just want to help. They're called to serve.
• They help us with it, yes sir. That works. We help them, yes sir. Okay.
• a little help.
• Does that help?
• Can you help us?

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• They helped to defend it.
• Kansas innovators help fuel our economy.
• From the They helped to defend it.
• honored and operated on this mutual honored and operated on this mutual trust.<02:08:15.599>
• 02:27:34.800> working Democratic priorities will help working Democratic priorities will help

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• March 31st or at a later date mutually March 31st or at a later date mutually agreed. agreed. agreed
• stories uh that I think are most helpful stories uh that I think are most helpful to<00:21:34.240
• is ever going to help is ever going to help invest<00:46:05.200> in<00:46:05.520> some
• <01:15:39.679> for how they want to develop more help for how they want to develop more help
• particular kind of program um and help particular kind of program um and help invest<01:26:40.159

Keywords: 1183, house

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• two are are are not mutually exclusive. two are are are not mutually exclusive.
• How to help them? Yeah.
• How to help them? Yeah.
• <02:33:51.439> to<02:33:51.680> help left in the house, how to help to help left in
• the house, how to help to help them.<02:33:52.640> Yeah.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Children and Family Law Committee met on April 15, 2025, and opened a hearing on Senate Bill 269, which would remove references to “bride and groom” and replace them with “applicants” in the Vital Records Act. The bill was described by the sponsor’s designee as a housekeeping update requested by the Secretary of State to modernize and standardize the language in light of same-sex marriage and to make the statute gender-neutral. Members asked whether the change would affect the substance of marriage law, marriage ceremonies, age and residence requirements, or open the door to polygamy; the response was that it would not change the law, would still apply to two adults, and would not supersede New Hampshire’s ban on polygamy. Some members noted the bill had passed the Senate unanimously and 18-0, while others questioned whether the change was necessary given existing forms and statutes, and whether it could create confusion with other laws such as alimony or divorce paperwork. The discussion became lengthy and somewhat informal, with members debating whether the terminology update was merely clerical or whether it should be postponed for more information from the Secretary of State’s office. Several members expressed frustration that no representative from that office was present. One member, speaking as a family law attorney, argued the bill was redundant because similar information already appears on vital statistics forms and could potentially create unintended issues; others countered that the Legislature should keep statutes consistent with current law and modern terminology. The committee also briefly discussed how marriage certificates and licenses are labeled and how same-sex couples are designated under current law. After a Republican caucus break, the chair called for a nonbinding thumb vote on whether to postpone the bill. The committee voted to come back to the bill later, and the hearing on SB 269 was closed and postponed to a later executive session date. The chair then shifted to other committee business, including preparations for a later discussion with Chief Administrative Justice Ellen Kristo and a family court subcommittee exercise, but no further action was taken on SB 269 during this segment.

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• Birch help me if I Um, I might have Ms.
• the sunset in this bill, which helps the sunset in this bill, which helps ensure<00:52:31.080>
• <00:52:33.760> address communities helping address communities helping address homelessness
• with a lot of public lands to help with a lot of public lands to help reduce<00:52:40.960> those
• , helps build relationships transitions, helps build relationships between<01:00:05.840> parents

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But I think a lot of times it helps in efficiency, it helps in direction, it helps in collaboration because
• > direction<01:17:32.480> it efficiency it helps in direction it efficiency it helps in
• So, does that help? Thank you.
• So, does that help? Thank a problem. So, does that help? Thank you.
• care because our elders helped my mom. care because our elders helped my mom.

Keywords: 916, all

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• > is mutual um, what is mutual um, what is it?
• I think it will be really helpful to put that in statute.
• Again, helping election night go smoother.
• And finally, um we help speed that up.
• These changes will help communications.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And instead of planning her graduation, I've been working to help ensure this doesn't happen to another
• Do you need help? Are you sure? Do you need help? I hope not. Okay.
• She did help me on the House side, though. All right, we have no amendments.
• It is part of that because criminal justice debt is not a mutual contract that's being broken.
• So the difference is that on a medical issue, you did mutually enter into a contract, right?

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• However, we can certainly push to help that move along faster.
• How can we get help? How can we get support?
• You know, we should do what we can to help, help jumpstart and show good faith.
• I think that information will be very helpful in helping to inform our conceptual site model and what
• I can kill the video and see if that helps a little bit better without the video. ...doesn't help at

Keywords: 996, all

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• Now that is a Mutual Insurance Company.
• the primary carriers and helping the market.
• the primary carriers and helping the market.
• I guess if that helps at all. Yeah.
• guess if that helps at all. guess if that helps at all.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Basabe came to me and said, "I need help," and I said yes.
• The toolbox and helping to lower their insurance rates.
• Then my next question goes to the mutual agreements.
• We will say it was mutual combat.
• Need to try to help people and not harm them.

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• This bill will help that.
• It doesn't help anyone except the gas station.
• Help me understand, though, for those examples—give me a...
• SHRM's research shows that AI helps organizations identify more diverse candidates.
• CHP helps our operations. We provide radar feedback signs.

Summary: The committee heard several bills and took up multiple votes. AB 576, dealing with updates to California’s charitable fundraising platform registry after AB 488, was presented as a technical fix to help charities and platforms more quickly update eligible listings; there was no opposition testimony, and the measure was later moved on a due pass basis. AB 1160, on law enforcement drone programs, was presented with proposed amendments requiring U.S.-based data storage and limits on sharing or selling collected data; supporters said it would protect sensitive drone-collected information while preserving affordable drone use, while there was no opposition testimony, and it was also later passed out on a due pass as amended basis. AB 75, which would require insurers to give notice before collecting aerial images of homes and provide homeowners access to those images, drew support from the Department of Insurance and consumer advocates, while insurers opposed it unless amended, arguing aerial imaging is a cost-saving inspection tool and that the bill could worsen availability and affordability; the bill was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open for absent members. The committee spent the most time on AB 325, which would address algorithmic price-fixing and collusion. The author and supporters argued that competitors using the same pricing software or algorithm to set prices can function as collusion even when the agreement is hidden behind code, and cited examples involving housing, frozen potatoes, gas pricing, and other industries. Opponents, including apartment, business, hospital, retail, chamber, and tech groups, said the bill was too broad, could sweep in lawful software and public-data market research, and might chill legitimate pricing tools, especially for small businesses and housing providers. Committee members raised concerns about clarity, intent standards, and whether the bill should focus more narrowly on nonpublic competitor data; despite those concerns, AB 325 was moved to Appropriations on a due pass basis, with the roll held open. Later, AB 1221 was presented as a workplace surveillance bill that would prohibit certain invasive or discriminatory surveillance tools, require notice to workers, limit sharing of worker data, and require corroborating evidence before discipline based on surveillance outputs. Labor and consumer groups supported the bill, saying modern surveillance technologies can track speech, movement, emotion, and other sensitive traits and can be biased or abusive. The Security Industry Association opposed it, warning that the bill’s broad definitions could restrict legitimate security systems, emergency sharing with first responders, and employer responses to misconduct or unsafe behavior. The transcript cuts off before any final vote on AB 1221 is shown.

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• INSURANCE COMPANIES USE AI TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE PRODUCTS AND HELP POLICYHOLDERS AVOID BEING DEFRAUDED
• AND HELP WRITE THE PRODUCTS FROM UNDERWRITING PERSPECTIVES.
• INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE USING AI TO HELP DEVELOP THOSE PRODUCTS.
• I HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL. >> Chair Yeager: THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. >> Mr.
• >> Ranking Member Chambliss: THAT WAS HELPFUL.