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• And it establishes criminal offenses for improper facial coverings and lack of visual identification,
• No law enforcement officer shall intentionally wear a facial covering that conceals or obscures a law
• </c><00:32:28.440><c> and</c> use of facial coverage coverings and use of facial coverage coverings and
• Okay, we'll just leave that one as add a positive definition of mask or facial covering.
• Okay, we'll just leave that one as add a positive definition of mask or facial covering.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a large decision-making agenda and adopted most measures, often with technical or clarifying amendments. Bills addressed wildlife habitat conservation plans, civil identification cards for 16- and 17-year-olds, electronic and mail voting for associations, remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, traffic safety around stationary vehicles and pickup truck passengers, expedited permitting for housing for people with disabilities, rainwater catchment systems, EMS advisory committee membership, social media account deletion, limits on immigration-enforcement cooperation, prompt payment rules for professional solicitors, fetal death vital statistics, protections for gender-affirming care, passenger ropeways, law-enforcement facial coverings and immigration-related detention, domestic violence, health care facility access, guardianship record sealing, child protective proceedings, remote driver’s license hearings, disposable vaping products, dog attacks, insurance premium increase explanations, the DOE harm-to-student registry, Hawaiian Homes lease succession, EMS law modernization, hoisting machine regulation, release on recognizance, language interpretation rules, civil asset forfeiture for fireworks offenses, and assisted community treatment. Several bills were deferred, including HB 1897, HB 1957, HB 2121, and HB 2324, while HB 1957 was deferred indefinitely. Most measures were adopted without recorded opposition, though HB 1875 and HB 1961 drew no votes from Vice Chair Gabbard, and HB 2413 was adopted with reservations. A number of bills received substantive amendment instructions. HB 1682 was amended with committee report language noting concerns about departing from the model act. HB 1768 and HB 1886 were revised to narrow or clarify immigration-enforcement restrictions and law-enforcement identification and facial-covering provisions, including plainclothes and undercover exceptions, a narrower civil immigration arrest/detention offense, and savings clauses. HB 2540 received extensive amendments to convert policy language into mandatory terms, refine facial-covering and identification rules, align criminal and policy exemptions, narrow immigration-related offenses, and clarify the definition of law enforcement agency. HB 2413 was amended to define violent offenses, change written findings to oral findings on the record, limit reconsideration of bail, and restrict who may request sanctions or financial conditions. Other amendments included technical fixes, bad-date corrections, severability clauses, and chapter-consistency changes. The committee also heard a joint Education/Judiciary item, SCR 105 and SR 99, urging the Department of Education to provide students information on pre-registering to vote before reaching voting age. Testimony was reported in support from the Department of Education, Office of Elections, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and the League of Women Voters. With no opposition or further discussion, the committee voted to pass both resolutions with technical, non-substantive amendments (SD1).

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• But smaller businesses and medium-sized businesses that are pass-through entities, they're basically
• And then what's now happening is that we have to put on regulations regarding the energy use of entities
• And then what's now happening is that we have to put on regulations regarding the energy use of entities
• And then what's now happening is that we have to put on regulations regarding the energy use of entities
• It covered all of our state services, didn't have any cuts to services, didn't have any tax increases

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: Senate and House Republican leaders held a media availability in Olympia as the 2026 session entered its final full week, focusing heavily on affordability, taxes, and the state operating budget. Senators Braun and Gildon, along with House Republicans Connors and Abbarno, criticized the House and Senate budget proposals as spending billions more than forecast revenue, relying on one-time money, the rainy day fund, and what they called unrealistic assumptions. They argued the budgets would worsen a future deficit and said Democrats were prioritizing special interests over fiscal restraint. A major topic was the proposed income tax on high earners, which Republicans said would likely expand over time and drive businesses and wealthy residents out of Washington. They also discussed other tax proposals they said would hurt affordability, including changes affecting data centers, nicotine products, prescription drug warehousing, retail bags, and bottles. House Republicans said they were working with some Democrats to oppose the income tax and urged the governor to veto it if it reaches his desk. They also said the budget process has excluded Republican input and relied on closed-door negotiations. Republicans also raised several policy issues they said were stalled or killed this session, including juvenile rehabilitation reform, child endangerment and fatality reporting, tort reform, and housing and energy policy. They criticized the House for not advancing measures they said would help with child safety, juvenile justice, housing supply, and energy diversity, and they opposed a data center tax/clawback bill they said could discourage investment and jobs, especially in rural communities. In response to questions, Braun said he planned to raise the income tax, the budget, juvenile rehabilitation, child endangerment, and tort reform in an upcoming meeting with the governor. No votes were taken during the availability.

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• So the entity, the private entity that has agreed to allow their location to be used as a polling place
• So you'll note that the language says that the range of time that's covered under the liability coverage
• Would it be the private entity who's just got insurance coverage from the state?
• Or would the private entity who's just got insurance coverage from the state, or would it be the state

Keywords: 989, all

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• have a mission that is statewide, and because of Extension, our research network through all the entities
• we have a mission that is statewide and because of extension our research network through all the entities
• we have Extension, our research network, through all the entities we have, through our weather network
• If we look at the data center as an entire entity, what would be the water budget?
• Yeah, it's a different entity. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Senator Lewick. Okay.

Keywords: 908, all

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• And a number of others, but those are the primary entities.
• </c> smaller businesses uh larger entities smaller businesses uh larger entities usually<02:03:58.599
• Next, under G2 throughout the bill, change from covered offense to covered sexual offense throughout
• </c> throughout the bill change from covered throughout the bill change from covered offense<02:23:37.880
• uh to covered sexual offense uh to covered sexual offense<02:23:41.960><c> uh</c><02:23:42.680><c> throughout

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• I'm concerned that the the entities?
• be our local health that entity be our local health officials?
• </c><01:33:00.719><c> by,</c> that covered by, that covered by, um,<01:33:03.600><c> the</c><01:33:03.840
• </c><01:42:07.280><c> in</c> to do surgery when you're covered in to do surgery when you're covered in
• </c> authority of a natural person or entity. authority of a natural person or entity.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So, clean energy is built into the 10-year energy plan, and I would assume that would cover that for
• <00:27:33.360><c> assume</c><00:27:33.600><c> that</c><00:27:33.840><c> would</c><00:27:34.080><c> cover
• assume that would cover that for for<00:27:35.360><c> all</c><00:27:35.600><c> cases.
• </c> way um that that uh the program covers way um that that uh the program covers the<00:57:01.280><
• like this um that have been entities like this um that have been created<01:27:48.320><c> by</c><01:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:50:38.680><c> suicide</c> duty death benefit uh to cover suicide duty death benefit uh to cover
• Crime victim services funding covers advocacy and direct service for sexual assault, domestic abuse,
• And so with the 2% in statute, I can tell just from implementing the YIP program that 2% never covered
• what it cost to actually never covered what it cost to actually do<01:03:41.640><c> Grant</c><01:03:
• in the bonding ones that are covered in the bonding request<01:20:38.760><c> that</c><01:20:38.840><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with diesel fuel combine getting covered with diesel fuel grease<00:26:25.120><c> and</c><00:26:25.440
• Passed laws restricting ownership of land by citizens or entities from foreign adversaries, which has
• A foreign entity controlling your food supply will control your nation.
• whoever those adversaries may entities whoever those adversaries may in<00:45:39.119><c> the</c><00:
• ><c> your</c><00:45:47.920><c> food</c> Uh foreign entity controlling your food Uh foreign entity controlling

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• , such as nonprofits interested entities, such as nonprofits and<00:05:01.000><c> DNR,</c><00:05:01.960
• It's kind of like the legislatively named entities, advance payments are always a red flag for us as
• We did not, you know, audit LSARD SAM's as another legislative entity.
• Uh, we try to maintain our independence and not review the actions of other legislative entities.
• all of those how we were covering all of those grants.

Bills: HF3564

Keywords: Greater Minnesota, regional parks, trails, grants, local government, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Our role is to coordinate the process, working with committee staff and state entities to process and
• </c><00:04:58.600><c> to</c> committee staff and state entities to committee staff and state entities
• </c><00:30:35.720><c> of</c> retirement Association which covers of retirement Association which covers
• That is a completely different entity. It's overseen by PERA.
• </c> recommendations by the agency or entity recommendations by the agency or entity that<01:04:33.440

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Would a school be allowed to say someone couldn't wear a head covering?
• I mean, that says no head coverings.
• There are people going to be wearing head coverings. And they want to test.
• And have you carve out responsibility from them and cover up what's going on.
• laws, but not necessarily other laws that regulate the internal workings of government entities.

Bills: S0212, S0218, S0442, S0460, S0532, S0554, S0644, S0686, S0692, S1054, S1106, S1128, S1134, S1138, S1338, S1434, S1506, S1620, S1748

Keywords: sexual offender, sexual predator, sex offender registry, child protection, residency restriction, loitering, proximity restriction, public swimming pool, school safety, child care facility, day care center, park, playground, conditional release, probation, community control, warrantless arrest, background check, registry screening, minor victims

Summary: The committee first considered SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all amendment narrowed eligibility criteria, including environmental and adjacency requirements, density and intensity limits, and exclusions for certain lands and military areas. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill then passed favorably on an 8-0 vote, with testimony both for and against from advocacy groups. Members then heard several bills related to criminal justice, land use, and local government operations. SB 212 on sexual offenders and sexual predators was amended to add public swimming pools and related restricted-location provisions; the committee heard extensive opposition testimony arguing the bill lacked empirical support and could worsen homelessness and burden families, while supporters said it would reduce temptation and improve safety. The amended bill passed 8-1. SB 686 on agricultural enclaves also received a strike-all amendment clarifying development allowances near interstates and protected-area non-preemption; after opposition from a county Republican committee and support from housing and business groups, it passed 10-0. SB 554 updating nonprofit corporation law, SB 1338 on charitable giving and endowment restrictions, SB 532 on court fee retention by clerks, and SB 218 on land use regulations after hurricanes all passed favorably, each with little or no opposition. The committee also approved SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability after debate over whether the bill created enough compliance incentives and whether its liability presumption should apply retroactively; supporters said it would encourage adoption of cybersecurity frameworks, while opponents warned it could weaken local standards and create litigation issues. The bill passed 9-2. SB 1138 on qualified contractors was amended to preserve local government authority while allowing licensed professionals to conduct limited pre-application reviews, and it passed 11-0. Finally, SJR 1104 on religious expression in public schools passed 8-3 after extensive public testimony and debate, with supporters saying it would enshrine existing protections in the Constitution and opponents warning it would favor majority religions and increase bullying and litigation. The committee then took up SB 1106 on requiring state agencies and instructional materials to use “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank,” with the sponsor arguing it reflected historical truth and opponents saying it erased Palestinian identity and inserted the state into an international naming dispute; the transcript ends during public testimony on that bill before any vote is shown.

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• Usually, local entities have more pulse of what's going on than the state.
• So the subscriptions often cover these other services, and EWA within these apps can be used with or
• So the subscriptions often cover these other services, and EWA within these apps can be used with or
• There is a section that covers overdraft fees if it’s the company’s fault and they took it out early.
• Vice Chairman, it was my understanding that the entire state is covered by a CON.

Bills: HB2118, HB2181, HB2308, HB2309, HB2402, HB2476, HB2682, HB2698, HB2875, HB2877, HB2903, HB2910

Keywords: mobile food vendors, licensure, food safety, statewide regulations, health standards, zoning, temporary vendors, HB2181, death certificate, death certificates, vital records, funeral establishment, funeral home, human remains, medical certification of death, death registration, state registrar, local registrar, county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner

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• So go ahead, and then we’ll cover your A3 after the bill explanation. Very good.
• </c><00:02:34.160><c> your</c><00:02:34.640><c> um</c> go ahead and then we'll cover your um go ahead
• and then we'll cover your um after<00:02:34.959><c> the</c><00:02:35.120><c> bill</c><00:02:35.360><
• c> explanation,</c><00:02:35.840><c> we'll</c><00:02:36.000><c> cover</c> after the bill explanation,
• we'll cover after the bill explanation, we'll cover the<00:02:36.319><c> A3.

Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

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• Senate Bill 1 was a separate entity.
• It can also be covered under Section 504, which is a medical.
• We're just, we're covering as we can.
• It's just the increase in the GR transfer that we would need to cover that.
• This is a separate constitutional entity.

Summary: The committee first heard the Office of the Governor’s FY 2027 budget request from Adam Gresham. He explained the office’s staffing and noted a $500,000 core reduction, along with a reallocation of three positions and about $168,000 from the governor’s office to the mansion operating fund to better reflect where those employees work. Members asked about the National Guard emergency line, which Gresham said had already spent about $63,457 in FY 2026 and could be used again for disaster activations, though he did not expect to use the full $4 million. He also said the agricultural resiliency transfer fund had not been used and had no current transfer plans. Several members commented on the size of the governor’s cut and whether the judiciary and other offices were also being asked to reduce budgets. No votes were taken. The committee then moved to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Childhood and early childhood-related budget items. DESE staff described funding for the Office of Childhood, MoQPK child care provider grants, LEA pre-K grants, early childhood special education, Parents as Teachers, First Steps, preschool coordination, after-school programs, and child care subsidy. Members asked extensively about the MoQPK grants, including why Head Start providers were eligible, how curriculum approval works, and what safeguards exist against fraud or improper payments. DESE said it conducts physical inspections, desk reviews, payment-system checks, and investigations as needed, and that it had not had findings in this area. Some members questioned whether DESE or DSS was the right home for early childhood programs, while others defended the partnership and the role of early educators in identifying child needs. A major portion of the discussion focused on early childhood special education and the child care subsidy program. DESE explained that First Steps serves children birth to age three, while early childhood special education covers ages three to five and is driven by IEP eligibility; members asked for more data on diagnoses, trends, and how many children come off IEPs. The committee also discussed the child care subsidy budget and the governor’s proposed shift to paying providers based on authorization and at the beginning of the month. DESE said the change is being piloted, that a wait list is expected to begin around March 1, and that a May rollout is being considered, but only if software testing and fiscal projections show the system is sustainable. Members expressed frustration that promised changes had been delayed and that providers had been told different timelines, while DESE said the delay was driven by software issues, fiscal caution, and the need to avoid repeating prior payment problems. The hearing ended with the committee in recess before later resuming discussion of the subsidy program; no final votes or actions were taken in the portion provided.

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• And then just to follow up, is there any jurisdictional issues within the tribal entities that we have
• So we created a kind of contingency fund to cover those costs.
• First, it requires commercial insurance companies and Medicaid managed care entities to maintain current
• and accurate provider directories. ...companies and Medicaid managed care entities to maintain current
• We now cover quite a few counties in the state.

Keywords: 985, all

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• And we're not, it covers all the bills for the House and the Senate are exactly the same.
• The bill creates a three-year pilot program in FY 2027 through FY 2029 for access to cover traditional
• To that point, the statute says that the state must at least cover 2%.
• The state has the authority, and I may say the duty, to cover fully inflation. We certainly may.
• Vince, thank you for a very complicated bill and for covering it.

Bills: HB4154, HB4155, HB4156, HB4157, HB4158, HB4159, HB4160, HB4161, HB4162, HB4163, HB4164, HB4165, HB4166, HB4167, HB4168, HB4169, SB1847, SB1848, SB1849, SB1850, SB1851, SB1852, SB1853, SB1854, SB1855, SB1856, SB1857, SB1858, SB1859, SB1860, SB1861, SB1862

Keywords: general appropriations act, budget, biennial budget, state spending, appropriations, fiscal year 2026, fiscal year 2027, state treasury, agency funding, operating budget, capital budget, public finance, state agencies, legislative budget, house appropriations, rules committee, HB4155, amusements, amusement industry, entertainment

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• I think we've got everybody covered. Senator Berman, I think we're good.
• But somebody with a disability who fell between those ages wasn't covered.
• But somebody with a disability who fell between those ages wasn't covered.
• make sure that somebody in the disability, in the disability, who fell between those ages wasn't covered
• So what we said is make sure that somebody... ...wasn't covered.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Today we won't be able to cover all the voices and perspectives that we should be considering.
• So for the context setting, I think the opening comments covered some of this and wanted to kind of just
• Valero, could be financially pretty solvent versus a crude oil pipeline might be owned by a specific entity
• that might not be as financially versus a crude oil pipeline might be owned by a specific entity that
• Okay, my last question to you is: Is there pressure placed on these entities to do a timely cleanup from

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• His amendment covers all visa holders because he does not understand immigration law and has...
• I think many of us would dispute that the books that would be covered by this definition would be the
• SB 2774 by Hinojosa Adams, relating to the classification of certain entities as primarily engaged in
• It was widely covered by the Dallas Morning News, and she talked pretty openly about it.
• Do you cover traffic accidents? A little bit. A little bit? OK.

Bills: HJR175, HJR88, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR9, HCR40, HB5138, SB17, HB4944, HB2284, HB3421, SB1569, SB2420, SB1968, SB2351, SB2544, SB1490, SB1349, SB1568, SB2776, HB3531, HB2149, HB4327, HB3158, HB3717, HB4520, SB888, SB552, HB3138, HB3704, HB2921, HB4853, HB4506, HB3892, HJR161, HJR175, HJR88, HB1937, HB3334, HB5444, HB5137, HB361, HB321, HB5447, HB464, HB678, HB2294, HB4172, HB3225, HB1769, HB5394, HB1837, HB1787, HB2271, HB2440, HB5134, HB5149, HB2151, HB2073, HB2186, HB2025, HB1936, HB1777, HB1663, HB 1306, HB 1290, HB1527, HB4802, HB3462, HB2963, HB2462, HB2560, HB644, HB2725, HB2621, HB2588, HB1443, HB1403, HB3032, HB1557, HB1664, HB2811, HB2088, HB2598, HB3062, HB3134, HB3940, HB4027, HB4097, HB4862, HB4170, HB4157, HB4205, HB4279, HB4377, HB4838, HB5424, HB5294, HB4870, HB4763, HB5639, HB4112, HB2275, HB1677, HB5014, HB3848, HB3797, HB3727, HB3709, HB3177, HB3057, HB4176, HB4202, HB2180, HB3528, HB3658, HB21, HB49, HB216, HB346, HB573, HB565, HB954, HB1953, HB2686, HB1441, HB2734, HB1650, HB3161, HB2876, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB 1186, HB1534, HB5506, HB5129, HB3619, HB778, HB2867, HB3221, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB4921, HB3866, HB3901, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4012, HB4491, HB4088, HB229, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40

Keywords: constitutional amendment, medium of exchange, currency rights, digital currency, financial autonomy, tax exemption, rainwater harvesting, graywater system, local government, ad valorem taxation, housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, audit requirements, affordable housing, development bonds, oil waste, gas waste, liability, treatment processes