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• The House will attend to announcements. Representative Moffett is recognized for an announcement.
• ,</c> as you know, when you come to the House, as you know, when you come to the House, you<00:07:34.840
• So, Larry, you say you're leaving the House. Maybe. Well, I know that feeling.
• </c> came to the house. came to the house.
• </c> you say you're leaving the house. Maybe. you say you're leaving the house. Maybe.

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Summary: The House meeting consisted of announcements and a series of tributes honoring Representative Larry Gagne, a Vietnam-era Navy veteran and longtime member of the Veterans Committee. Representative Moffett introduced the recognition, describing the VA Vietnam-era veterans award and noting Gagne’s service, including his Navy enlistment in 1961, his role in the honor guard for Alan B. Shepard, and his service aboard the USS Noah, which recovered John Glenn after his 1962 spaceflight. Gagne was escorted to the front of the chamber and applauded by members. Former Speaker Steve Shurtleff also spoke in tribute, recalling his long acquaintance with Gagne dating back to police training and their later work together in the House, especially on the Criminal Justice Committee. He emphasized bipartisan cooperation, saying criminal justice should not be partisan, and praised Gagne as a friend and effective legislator. Shurtleff also noted Gagne’s later service on the State and Federal Veterans Affairs Committee and thanked Chair Moffett, saying they could disagree without being disagreeable. Gagne then responded briefly, joking about his long tenure and recalling shared memories from the police academy, including a graduation snowball fight and finding an old photo of himself and Shurtleff. He said he planned to run again, reflected on both good and difficult times in the House, and closed by stressing respect across party lines and the importance of getting along. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the session.

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• Jared Gardner, Bicycle Coalition, and members of the Judiciary House Committee.
• They talked to uh in halfway houses.
• Voting on Senate Concurrent Resolution 58, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1.
• Voting on Senate Concurrent Resolution 58, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1.
• Voting on Senate Concurrent Resolution 58, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1.

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard several Senate concurrent resolutions. SCR 11, urging Congress to amend the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, drew support from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and Pride at Work Hawaii, both of which backed the measure as a statement of equality and protection for LGBTQIA+ people. A member also reminded testifiers to keep signs and statements relevant to the measure. SCR 22, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the restoration of Ahu and Aliʻa, had no testimony. SCR 58, calling for a progressive enforcement framework for parking violations in DLNR boating and ocean recreation lots, drew strong support from multiple testifiers who argued that towing is overly punitive, costly, and unfair to beach and harbor users; they favored warnings or smaller citations instead of towing and raised concerns about signage, contract oversight, and the cost of proposed enforcement technology. One member asked about whether DLNR could use HPD or other officers for citations, and the discussion focused on staffing and enforcement authority. The committee then heard SCR 60 SD1, requesting an update on the “Breaking Cycles” study on alternative rehabilitation and restorative justice models on Oahu. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was not present, but the Corrections Reform Working Group strongly supported the resolution, saying the study reflects extensive community outreach and should not be shelved. Testifiers urged the committee to use the report to examine alternatives to a new jail, including diversion, pre-trial reform, probation reform, and renovations to existing facilities, and one testifier suggested amendments to add experts in those areas and technical assistance from the Prison Policy Initiative. Another testifier described Maui’s use of wraparound reentry services, prosecutorial discretion, and programming as an example of reducing incarceration without expanding jail capacity. SCR 184, asking the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to examine anti-discrimination laws as applied to algorithmic and automated decision systems, had no in-person testimony, with the chair noting one support and one comment submitted. The final measure, SCR 89 SD1, which would create an advisory committee under the Hawaii correctional system oversight commission to develop recommendations on alternative rehabilitation and restorative justice models on Oahu, also had no testimony from the department, but the Corrections Reform Working Group supported it as a way to ensure community input into jail planning. A later testifier echoed concerns about building a large new jail and urged the committee to consider alternatives to incarceration and to include people with expertise in diversion, pre-trial reform, and probation reform. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Will the House please come to order, and members kindly take their seats? Good afternoon.
• Members, we received a request to read a House concurrent resolution that the House and Senate adopted
• I would like to welcome uh my sons to the State House today.
• </c> So, the question is, shall the House So, the question is, shall the House concur<00:18:59.280><c
• Yes, I invite the House.

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• The House will attend to a prayer by House Chaplain, Reverend Kevin Tremblay.
• </c> unless otherwise ordered by the house. unless otherwise ordered by the house.
• </c> because we want to build more houses. because we want to build more houses.
• </c> housing subdivisions. housing subdivisions.
• </c> printed in House Record 16 on page 44. printed in House Record 16 on page 44.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I mean, most, if you're doing a remodel on your house, you might miss it by six months.
• I believe that this committee in the House made it better and more functional.
• Certainly had some good things in it, and I will say that I believe that this committee in the House
• Ensuring that we can bring those finances in-house makes sure that those costs are not being carried
• House Bill 3824 requires the adoption of fire safety standards.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So mass shelters, temporary housing placement, and discusses where key people in places such as emergency
• Somebody asked somebody to come and check my house out.

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Okay, so we will take up House Bill...
• , House Bill 880 is voluntarily deferred.
• We decided to create a database in-house.
• Vote yes is to report House Bill 1221 favorably.
• leaves us Representative Lyons, House Bill 869.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• They're saying, the state is telling us to put this type of housing in, but we have zero farm workers
• or different types of housing and now the cities are getting pushback or different types of housing.
• Care shifts due to work, housing, life changes, and their children's ages.
• We're a Bay Area organization that, among other things, provides transitional housing services.
• When young people are ready for housing instability, they... That kind of delay matters.

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• leadership for sustainability, environmental protection, and advancing climate-smart transit and housing
• The facility houses a state-of-the-art intensive care unit and specialized medical facilities dedicated
• House Resolution 106 by Assembly Member Elhawary relative to High School Voter Education Week.
• House Resolution 106. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 126. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 137.
• If this House stands adjourned until Monday, April 27th, at 1 p.m., quorum call is lifted, and we are

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• I also run the Housing Rights Legal Clinic at the University of San Diego Law School.
• Thank you. ...the Housing Rights Legal Clinic at the University of San Diego Law School.
• Housing construction costs continue to rise.
• One of those options could be to turn existing properties owned by local education agencies into housing
• Hi, I'm Allison Snow, City of Lemon Grove, and as I said before, I run the Housing Rights Legal Clinic

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Committees: House Water, Parks and Wildlife , House Water, Parks, and Wildlife

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• for a motion on House substitute for House Committee substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049.
• I move that the House substitute for House Committee substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049 be third
• The gentleman from Warren has moved that House substitute for House Committee substitute for House Bills
• You have third read and passed House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and
• House Committee Substitute for House Bill 3005 and House Bill 1881 will move to the formal calendar.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the previous day’s journal, and a long series of special guest introductions. Guests included the Tipton Lady Cardinals girls basketball state champions, FCCLA and FBLA students from several districts, legislative interns and family members, Missouri Rural Water Association members for Water Advocacy Day, Kansas City University medical students, and legislative assistants, who were formally recognized for their work supporting the chamber. The chamber then took up committee reports and moved several measures. House Substitute for House Committee Substitute for House Bills 3068 and 3049, a broad public-safety vehicle containing multiple provisions, drew debate over its contents, including concerns about anti-trans language and a challenge that it was overly broad, but it passed 117-10 with 17 present. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 914, dealing with lateral field soil analysis/perk testing, passed 108-34 with one present. Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1142, a Secretary of State business filing measure for series LLCs, passed 142-0. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 1758, a daylight-saving-time trigger bill. Supporters argued it would protect Missouri from neighboring states forcing a switch to permanent standard time, preserve tourism and outdoor recreation, and reduce health and safety problems associated with changing clocks. Opponents argued Missouri should instead adopt permanent standard time, citing research on circadian rhythm, health effects, school bus safety, and the state’s prior 1974 experience with permanent daylight saving time. The discussion was extensive and bipartisan in tone, but the transcript ends before any final vote on HB 1758 is recorded.

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• I will move House File 4194. Representative Hicks, welcome to the Tax Committee.
• So, that being said, we now have House File 4194 to our bill.
• So, that being said, we now have House File 4194 to our bill.
• </c><00:04:18.880><c> and</c> I also want to thank the House and I also want to thank the House and Senate
• </c> House File 4194. House File 4194. Was<00:15:27.120><c> that</c><00:15:27.240><c> amended?

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Representative Hicks presented House File 4194, which would change how Rochester’s approved local option sales tax funds could be used for a regional athletics facility. Hicks argued the city’s 2023 ballot materials promised substantial community and stakeholder engagement and an indoor/outdoor community recreation complex, but that the project shifted to an outdoor-only plan without meaningful public input. She said the bill was needed to center Rochester residents’ voices and prevent a precedent of approved projects being changed after the vote. Rochester City Council President Randy Schubring opposed the bill, saying the city is following the 2023 authorization and building as much as possible within the approved funding. He said the ballot question passed with 53% support and urged the committee not to overturn local election results, while asking lawmakers to work with the city and Rochester delegation on the remaining funding shortfall. Testifier Kamau Wilkins also opposed the city’s current direction, saying voters were promised indoor recreation facilities but are now getting mostly outdoor baseball diamonds, which he described as a bait-and-switch. Several members supported Hicks’ concerns, saying legislators have a duty to ensure local sales tax projects match what voters were told. Representative Lee raised a broader issue about legislative oversight of local option sales taxes and referenced a possible St. Paul-related fix. Hicks closed by saying she supported the tax originally but no longer believes the project matches what voters approved. The committee then laid House File 4194 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill.

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• Members, we will be hearing House File 3936, and we will be laying this bill over. Mr.
• I would move that House File 3936 be referred to the general register.
• Chair Claiborn has requested House File 3936 be referred to the general register.
• </c><00:03:23.080><c> is</c> bill as it stands here in the house is bill as it stands here in the house
• </c> a yes vote on the house side. a yes vote on the house side.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 3936 was heard as an appropriation bill for public television stations serving Greater Minnesota. The author described it as a bipartisan one-time funding proposal totaling support for Pioneer Public Television, Lakeland Public Television, KSMQ, PBS North, and Prairie Public Television, and argued the stations were under financial strain after federal public broadcasting cuts and could potentially go dark without state help. Supporters emphasized the stations’ importance for children, community connection, emergency information, and representation in rural areas. Several members spoke in favor of the bill, while others said they supported the substance but opposed advancing it because of concerns that it was linked to a controversial Senate omnibus bill. The discussion focused less on the merits of public television funding and more on whether the House should move the bill forward given the Senate situation. One member requested a roll call vote, and the chair noted an understanding that the House would avoid “shenanigans” and keep the bill clean. The committee voted 13-12 in favor of the motion to refer the bill to the general register, but the chair ruled that the motion failed because the agreement required a majority of the committee to move it forward. As a result, House File 3936 remained with the committee and was not advanced.

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• Chair, since you're not a member of the committee, I will move that House File 3426 be recommended for
• Seeing none, the chair renews the motion for House File 3426 to be recommended for placement on the general

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 3426, the annual LCCMR appropriation bill funding projects from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), which is supported by state lottery proceeds and does not affect the general fund. The bill was described as containing 108 appropriations totaling $102.036 million, including 11 extensions of prior appropriations, and a new community grants program funded at $28.18 million under the constitutional limit. The author noted the bill is the second year of funding after the 2024 voter-approved amendment renewing the ENRTF and community grants program. Members discussed the bill’s scope and purpose, including projects for scientific research, PFAS mitigation and testing, rapid testing for chronic wasting disease, parks and trails, outdoor recreation, and solid waste/recycling innovation. Co-Chair Heintzeman said the bill had involved many conversations, thanked the author for working with the caucus, and noted that a missing project issue had been addressed to improve the bill’s path forward. He also said statutory changes were being made to the community grants program to reduce fraud risk and incorporate suggestions from the Office of the Legislative Auditor. Co-Chair Koznick asked about whether lottery-funded ENRTF dollars had ever been considered for proportional returns to districts, but the author said he was not aware of such discussions and emphasized that the fund benefits all Minnesotans through projects across the state. After no further questions, the chair renewed the motion to recommend House File 3426 for placement on the general register, and the committee approved it by voice vote with no opposition recorded.

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• It is about 400 housing units.
• housing units, etc.?
• of the 400 housing units?
• It is about 400 housing units.
• of the 400 housing units?

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• That’s the way the House rolls. I mean, I love y’all, but June’s getting here quick.
• So if you funded the full amount that came out of a House, you would be closer to this amount.
• in the process because we knew the private sector could do this cheaper and better than we could in-house
• the difference in the increase in the contract is based on what the governor's executive budget and House
• And that's basically consistent with what came out of House Bill 1.

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Summary: The committee first received a fiscal status statement and five-year baseline budget update from the Office of Planning and Budget. Members were told there were no changes to the baseline, but several current-year items now require appropriations, including Hurricane Katrina closeout costs under GOSEP, projected Department of Corrections shortfalls for offender medical care and overtime, and a reduction in the minimum foundation program tied to February 1 student counts. After questions about how the five-year percentages and inflation assumptions were calculated, the committee adopted the fiscal status statement. The committee then approved several Facility Planning and Control items, including adding eight higher education deferred maintenance projects to the approved list under Act 751, a $412,993 change order for LSU’s Jesse Coates Building project, a report of four other change orders for informational purposes, and combining two Hornbeck water projects into a single expanded water plant and distribution project. It also approved a two-year extension of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Banner ERP consulting agreement and approved Water Sector Commission recommendations for an additional $5.5 million for the Tencel Water District Association, which included a $100,000 local commitment. A major portion of the meeting focused on a proposed tax increment financing package for a 1,000-room headquarters hotel adjacent to the New Orleans Convention Center. Witnesses described the project as a $550 million private investment supported by state and local tax dedications, with projected benefits including more convention business and improved competitiveness. Members raised concerns about the 45-year term, the use of a 1% state tax dedication, possible cannibalization of existing hotel revenue, and the return on the public incentive. After extensive questioning, the committee deferred the proposal to the next month for further review and requested additional projections. Finally, the committee reviewed contract extensions for Louisiana Economic Development’s marketing vendors and a Department of Education amendment for the Odyssey platform used in the Louisiana Gator program. The education officials explained the contract is based on a per-student amount of $143.50 and that the current amendment is needed to avoid a lapse when the existing term ends June 30. Members discussed whether an RFP should be started for future years to seek a better price, and the department said it would be able to provide academic outcome data after the current testing cycle. The meeting then adjourned.

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Summary: The Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay met on April 22 and first established a quorum, approved the January 15, 2026 minutes, and elected Representative Bacala as vice chair by acclamation after nomination by Senator Womack. The committee then took up a single substantive item: a waiver request from the City of Donaldsonville under a 2025 law allowing certain small municipalities to seek relief from the required local match for capital outlay projects. Matt Baker of the Office of Facility Planning and Control said Donaldsonville met the eligibility criteria, including a population below the statutory threshold, and recommended approval of the waiver for Project 50-M68-25-01, the Stormwater Resilience Project, Planning and Construction, tied to about $1,222,500 in state funds. Mayor Leroy Sullivan testified that the city has a high poverty rate, has already made difficult financial adjustments to complete prior water and wastewater projects, and needs the waiver to address drainage problems in an area expected to see new development, including an RPCC Westside campus. Senator Lambert moved to approve the waiver, and the committee approved it without objection. With no further business, Representative McFarland moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned.

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• Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives that when the two houses adjourn on Friday, April
• </c> rental housing. rental housing.
• </c> notice provisions, alternative housing notice provisions, alternative housing arrangements,<00:20
• </c> Madam Speaker, the Committee on House Madam Speaker, the Committee on House Human<00:27:11.040><
• </c> returned to the referred to the House returned to the referred to the House Ways<00:27:39.480><c

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• </c> supporting the development of housing supporting the development of housing and<00:06:46.160><c>
• We have a housing speed and the cost of getting housing developed.
• of getting housing speed and the cost of getting housing developed.<00:44:15.359><c> This</c><00:44:
• </c> um as you are all well aware, um housing um as you are all well aware, um housing and<00:55:59.760
• ,</c> businesses and potentially housing, businesses and potentially housing, potentially<00:56:25.440

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

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