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• or to chooses to add additional mandates or to mandate<01:04:49.279> the<01:04:49.400> three
• It's about getting rid of mandates.
• It's about getting rid of mandates.
• mandates but mandates breed skepticism mandates but mandates breed skepticism good<02:09:35.920>
• Number one, this bill is not about vaccine mandates, whether you should mandate or not.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• bill and and eliminate parking mandates. bill and and eliminate parking mandates.
• this issue, we have to stop mandating this issue, we have to stop mandating costs<01:25:00.800><
• And so when the government mandates large lots, it mandates higher prices.
• > it<01:46:52.400> mandates<01:46:52.800> higher mandates large lots, it mandates
• mandate.

Bills: HB1721, HB1714, HB1718, HB1732, HB1740, HB1777, HB1842, HB1919, HB1701, HB1923, HB1741, HB1734, HB1739

Keywords: housing, expedited permits, insurance, indemnification, construction, affordable housing, executive compensation, Hawaii housing finance, legislative approval, low-income housing, moderate-income housing, mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, TOD, county powers, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, HHFDC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, DHHL, affordable housing credits

Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• I'll focus my comments on the treatment-mandated felony part of the law.
• I'll focus my comments on the treatment-mandated felony part of the law, but more details about each
• So, diving into the treatment-mandated felony aspect of the law, Prop 36 created a treatment-mandated
• When a person is charged with a treatment-mandated drug offense, they must be allowed to participate
• That's on top of all of the resentencing and other mandates that we have to do.

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Proposition 36 and its implementation, with judicial and budget officials describing it as a major shift from misdemeanor to felony processing for repeat drug possession and certain theft offenses. Witnesses explained that the law creates a treatment-mandated felony process that can lead to dismissal if a defendant completes treatment, but also requires evaluations, court monitoring, and potentially long, open-ended supervision. Judicial representatives said the new law is already generating large numbers of filings, creating workload, staffing, courtroom, and facility pressures, and that access to treatment beds, housing, and evaluation capacity is limiting participation. Several speakers emphasized that collaborative courts are effective but are not a perfect fit for Prop. 36 because those programs are typically probation-based and serve different risk/need populations. Court officials from San Bernardino and Orange counties said the impacts vary by county but are severe, with some counties seeing hundreds or more filings in a short period and others moving more slowly to build treatment infrastructure first. They argued that Prop. 36 is effectively an unfunded mandate unless the state provides more resources for judges, staff, facilities, treatment, housing, and supervision. The Legislative Analyst’s Office noted that Prop. 36 will reduce the Proposition 47 savings that fund mental health and substance use treatment grants, but said the near-term reduction is relatively modest and that the full effect will take time to appear because of the way those savings are calculated. Members of the committee repeatedly raised concerns that the state is underfunding the courts and counties needed to carry out the new law. The committee also reviewed the Governor’s proposed trial court operations budget, including a partial restoration of a prior $97 million cut and additional ongoing funding. Judicial branch officials said the restoration helped avoid furloughs, hiring freezes, and service reductions, and supported cybersecurity, technology, staffing, and records management. The LAO recommended that the Legislature seek more detail on how midyear restorations are handled and consider clarifying language for transferring unspent trial court trust fund monies to the General Fund. Finance said the flexibility in the ongoing funding was intentional and would be taken back for consideration. In a separate item, the committee heard testimony on a $6.3 million increase for Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal appointed counsel programs. Judicial officials and appellate project representatives said the system is facing a crisis because indigent appeals have risen sharply while the number of panel attorneys has fallen, leaving many cases waiting months for counsel. They argued the proposed increase would help but is still below what is needed to recruit and retain attorneys and prevent delays that affect criminal, juvenile, and child welfare cases. The committee also discussed the Tracy courthouse project in San Joaquin County, where local officials said reopening a courthouse closed since 2011 is necessary to serve a growing population and relieve overcrowding elsewhere. The LAO and Finance both noted the project is next in line under the facilities plan, though LAO suggested the Legislature could consider whether other facility priorities should come first.

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• IN 2020 THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION MANDATED INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE
• Alvarez: IT IS ONLY ALLOWED AS FDOT MANDATES FOLLOWING THOSE REGULATIONS. >> Rep.
• EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN THEIR MANUALS IT DOES NOT GET MANDATED BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAWS ON IT.
• Alvarez: AGAIN, FDOT DOES NOT MANDATE IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO LAW TO MANDATE IT.
• THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T MANDATE IT. TO PUT THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT ON THOSE ROADS.

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• You'd have two state mandates that would be conflicting.
• with the new mandate.
• be permitting um you would be mandating be permitting um you would be mandating that<00:36:19.599
• have two state mandates that would be<00:37:49.359> conflicting.
• with the new mandate. with the new mandate. All<00:38:13.040> right. All right.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• One, creating a treatment mandated felony offense for repeat drug possession.
• I'll focus my comments on the treatment-mandated felony part of the law, but more details about each
• So diving into the treatment mandated felony aspect of the law.
• Prop 36 created a treatment mandated felony offense for drug possession.
• When a person is charged with a treatment mandated drug offense, they must be allowed to participate

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Same massive unfunded mandates, mandates, mandates, small<00:10:08.000> commercial<00:10:09.200
• It's to pass those mandates onto our local counties without funding, unfunded mandates.
• It's to pass those mandates Medicaid.
• unfunded mandates. unfunded mandates.
• parties when it comes to these mandates parties when it comes to these mandates and<00:16:02.680

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• >> I'm not saying to mandate putting it in the lease.
• >> I'm not saying to mandate putting it in the lease.
• >> I'm not saying to mandate putting it in the lease.
• >> I'm not saying to mandate putting it in the lease.
• I'm not saying to mandate putting it in the lease.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It also mandates to teach about the law. It also mandates the<00:11:42.480> law.
• <01:10:19.760> of you do support a top- down mandate of you do support a top- down mandate
• court's um alcohol mandated treatment. court's um alcohol mandated treatment.
• Uh, it's another mandate on our communities. It's a mandate on our schools.
• it's another mandate on our communities. it's another mandate on our communities.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We had most of our elementary people trained prior to the mandates; however, the mandates have changed
• the growing burden of State mandated the growing burden of State mandated policies<01:08:13.640>
• lot about the requirements and mandates lot about the requirements and mandates and<01:12:16.199
• <01:18:28.199> on<01:18:28.320> our<01:18:28.560> small mandate on our small mandate
• underfunded or unfunded mandates underfunded or unfunded mandates restricted<01:48:06.960> managerial

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• caused by heavily mandated caused by heavily mandated policies and<00:16:04.959> by<00:16
• You're going to hear about mandates. You're going to hear about mandates that have costs.
• You're going to hear about mandates. You're going to hear about mandates that have costs.
• You're going to hear about mandates. You're going to hear about mandates that have costs.
• We can do that to address the mandates.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 3900 proposed a Minnesota constitutional amendment to increase the share of permanent school trust fund earnings distributed to school districts, with the stated goal of providing more per-pupil funding without raising income or property taxes. Representative Igo, the bill’s author, described the history of the school trust lands and said the change would raise the payout from about 2.5% to 4.5%, producing additional unrestricted money for schools at no cost to taxpayers. He also read the proposed ballot question into the record, which would ask voters whether to amend the constitution to increase funding from the permanent school fund effective July 1, 2027. The House adopted amendment A7, offered by Representative Long, which he said was a technical change to align the bill with Senate language and provide administrative funding for the State Board of Investment. Representative Igo agreed it was a good technical fix. After the amendment was adopted, the bill was given third reading and debated on the floor. Several members spoke in support, including Representatives O’Driscoll, Scraba, Mueller, Bennett, Jordan, and Bakeberg. Supporters emphasized that the proposal would send more money to schools on a per-pupil basis, provide flexible local funding, and help districts facing budget pressures, staffing cuts, and other mandates. Some speakers also highlighted the historical purpose of school trust lands, the role of the State Board of Investment, and the need for better stewardship and government-to-government relationships with tribal nations where trust lands are located. The transcript ends during floor debate and does not include a final vote on passage.

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• This is a mandate.<00:32:06.720> It<00:32:06.960> mandates<00:32:07.360> that<00
• :32:07.519> the<00:32:07.760> PSSE mandate.
• It mandates that the PSSE mandate.
• it nor the Public Service Commission mandate access to that pole or create a taking.
• :52.960> mandate<00:47:53.599> access<00:47:53.920> to service commission mandate

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met in August with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes without objection. The committee then reviewed several regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection, and heard brief explanations from agency representatives on each item. The Board of Pharmacy regulations would clarify what registered and certified pharmacy technicians may do under supervision and what certified technicians may not do, while updating registration applications. The Board of Cosmetology package included changes to executive director authority, licensure and reciprocity rules, school requirements, training hours, instructor ratios, sanitation and disease-related rules, complaint procedures, and permit terms; members asked about straight razor language and the increase in student-to-instructor ratios, and the board explained that cosmetologists are not permitted to use straight razors and that the higher ratio was intended to give schools flexibility, especially for part-time students and schools with wait lists. The Occupational Therapy emergency compact regulation added four compact rules adopted in April 2025, and Senator West raised a technical question about certification requirements under House Bill 6; the agency said it had been instructed to file the regulation as submitted. The Department for Fish and Wildlife Resources presented a package covering wildlife management area rules, a northern pintail bag limit increase, reportable disease reporting, and a repeal tied to boat registration fees. After a brief explanation of the new wildlife disease reporting rule, the agency requested and received a deferral of 301 KAR 2:031 to avoid a gap while replacement language is finalized. The Economic Development Finance Authority explained an emergency regulation for the Kentucky Entertainment Incentive Program, saying it was needed because the program had become oversubscribed and because administration was shifting to a new film office and council; members also asked about certification issues under House Bill 6, and the agency said it had filed the regulation as directed. The Department of Workplace Standards emergency PPE regulation was also discussed, with members asking about HB 6 certification language, and the agency gave the same response. The Department of Insurance regulation would create a $10,000 registration fee and a $1,000 annual licensing fee for pharmacy benefit manager licenses, with an agency amendment exempting PBMs that solely serve workers’ compensation plans. Members asked how many PBMs would be affected and why workers’ compensation PBMs were carved out; the agency said there were 70 registered PBMs total, four solely workers’ comp, and that workers’ comp rates are set by statute and could not absorb the fee. Finally, the Public Service Commission’s pole attachment regulation was summarized as a broadband-expansion measure that speeds application review, increases the number of poles allowed in a single application, and shortens dispute timelines; the commission explained it grew out of earlier legislative direction and subsequent emergency amendments, and the committee adopted the staff amendment.

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• <00:07:34.280> as praised by proponents of the Mandate as praised by proponents of the Mandate
• Employers have been hit with numerous mandates over the past two years, and each new mandate has required
• Employers have been hit with numerous mandates over the past two years, and each new mandate has required
• As the law stands, the cost to provide paid leave is an unfunded mandate for school districts.
• The financial impact of this mandate is also a serious concern.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• officer is this an effort to mandate officer is this an effort to mandate that<01:48:19.719>
• seems to me that this bill is a mandate seems to me that this bill is a mandate that<02:04:11.400
• the next question is as a mandate the next question is as a mandate for for for what<02:04:54.840
• just about trying to mandate just about trying to mandate communication<02:05:41.280> that
• clear about that if we're not mandating clear about that if we're not mandating that<02:06:19.280

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So for us, this is really more or less an unfunded mandate.
• any kind of ongoing funding supply for the mandate.
• I’m not mandating CPR training. That’s already the law.
• I'm not mandating CPR training. That's already the law.
• Another concern that I have is that this is an unfunded mandate. So with that, I vote no.

Bills: SB1009

Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, AED training, high school curriculum, public school, safety training, emergency response, 1182, all

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• This is where mandated reporters come in. Mandated reporters play a critical role.
• Robust training for mandated reporters is essential; however, after reviewing the state's mandated reporter
• on this is where mandated reporters come in<00:11:21.839> mandated<00:11:22.360> reporters
• them originated from mandated them originated from mandated reporters<00:11:46.959> robust
• training for mandated reporters robust training for mandated reporters<00:11:49.120> is<00:11

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• Don't just simply mandate, but instead that's what we see over and over again.
• Uh, if you years ago earned sick and safe time was passed, an unfunded mandate down to all employers
• Earned sick and safe time is a unfunded mandate that has caused rising costs in Minnesota.
• time was passed, an unfunded mandate time was passed, an unfunded mandate down<00:50:24.480>
• Further discussion to the bill. unfunded mandate passed on to every unfunded mandate passed on to every

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3900, a constitutional amendment related to state government and school trust lands. Members from both parties praised the work on the bill and said the conference committee returned a clean version of the House-passed measure. The report was adopted without opposition, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 134-0 roll call. The chamber then took up Senate File 4282, a forecast-adjustments bill covering K-12 education, human services, children and families, and transportation. Representative Youakim explained that the conference report restored all four forecast articles plus several no-cost education items, including school fund transfers, utility-payment authority, a paraprofessional licensing clarification, a grant extension, and school trust lands language. Representative Mueller moved to refuse adoption, arguing the report had become a catchall and omitted agreed-upon literacy language; that motion failed 62-72. The House then adopted the conference report, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 94-37 vote. Next, the House concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4138, the social media bill aimed at restricting addictive social media harms for minors. The Senate had removed House “threat alert” language, and the author said that was the only substantive difference. Supporters said the bill would protect kids online and require parental permission for social media accounts for children 15 and under. The House concurred and repassed the bill as amended by the Senate on a 131-2 vote. The House then began consideration of Senate File 2373, a labor and industry bill exempting minor league baseball players from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Through a series of amendments, members added provisions on rural cancer research, disability services and employment access, unemployment insurance for certain laid-off Iron Range miners, and agricultural funding items such as depredation, local foods, down payment assistance, and meat processing grants. One proposed amendment to remove the double-fencing requirement for farmed cervidae was strongly opposed as a threat to deer health and was defeated 61-72. The transcript ends during debate on that amendment, before final disposition of the bill is shown.

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• The cases for the mandate stems mandate.
• Mandates like the ethnic studies mandate steal time from students with prescribed and forced curriculum
• Mandates like the ethnic studies<00:04:03.120> mandate<00:04:03.880> steal<00:04:04.280
• mandate from the state. I'm not at all mandate from the state.
• We do not need a state mandate.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.

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• And the Constitution requires that whenever we have a mandate, we reimburse.
• This is sort of a general issue now with local government mandates overall.
• And the Constitution requires that whenever we have a mandate we reimburse.
• This is not a mandate.
• So it's not as if the nonprofit is getting to mandate that.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• counseling and those would be mandated counseling and those would be mandated rather<00:26:48.559
• And that's why we have practically mandated almost everybody to be a mandated reporter.
• almost everybody to be a mandated almost everybody to be a mandated reporter.<00:59:19.920> But
• It was all in folders in the school office. upon mandate reporters or anonymous upon mandate reporters
• <01:22:24.000> reporters their teachers are mandated reporters their teachers are mandated

Keywords: 912, senate, all