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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Mar 19th, 2025

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • You sit over there and teach math class every three days a week. teach math class every three days a
  • feel that they would recoup all of the money that they put into this within 30 years, which is a Standard
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Leg Committee Meeting - 2025-03-12

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'd like to give a little background on our standard processes to understand how this occurred.
  • Students here to teach us a thing or two because we have plenty to learn indeed. Ms.
  • If I'm a painter and I want to do exhibitions and I want to show my work, or maybe I want to teach classes
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a teacher, I can't help but wonder what we're teaching our kids.
  • We both teach fourth grade now.
  • We hold ourselves to the highest standard, and we have systems in place.
  • We hold ourselves to the highest standard, and we have systems in place to catch problems.
  • There are no standards.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 452, a right-to-repair bill for agricultural equipment. Farm Bureau and several manufacturers’ representatives opposed the bill, arguing that existing memorandums of understanding already provide farmers access to parts, diagnostics, and repair information, and warning that broader software access could increase emissions tampering and safety risks. Supporters, including repair advocates, a legislator, and a farmer representative, argued that the MOUs are not binding, that farmers need enforceable repair rights to avoid costly delays during critical harvest periods, and that owners should be able to repair equipment they bought without dealer lock-in. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on bills to limit or eliminate “grab-and-go” alcohol sales at large venues, including House Bill 325 and Senate Bill 225. Union workers from Fenway Park and the TD Garden described self-checkout alcohol kiosks as creating public safety and compliance problems, including underage access, over-serving, theft, and difficulty monitoring intoxication in crowded settings. They said workers are often understaffed and bear discipline when violations occur. In contrast, the Boston Red Sox and Aramark defended the supervised self-checkout model, saying it speeds service, is widely used, and operates with multiple layers of supervision, training, and regulatory oversight; they said they had not received violation notices and that any incidents are isolated. Senator Edwards also testified in support of House Bill 369, aimed at restricting marketing of certain harsh cosmetic products to children, and in support of the grab-and-go bill. She argued that children should not be targeted with products containing toxic chemicals and that alcohol service should remain supervised by trained staff to protect consumers and jobs. Senator Collins and other legislators also spoke in favor of restricting grab-and-go alcohol service, citing concerns about underage drinking and overconsumption. The hearing additionally included a separate bill on Sunday morning alcohol service, with Representatives Scanlon and Lewis arguing for allowing sales beginning at 8 a.m. on Sundays rather than 10 a.m., but that bill was only discussed briefly and no action was taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Things, for example, like standardizing the intake process across regional centers.
  • The standardized respite support tool and procedures will also offer consistency.
  • They should teach you a lesson.
  • You know, what's your... be standard. You need.
  • And so that's behind the standardized IPP that the department And so that's behind the standardized IPP
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on developmental services, rehabilitation, and related supports, with no votes taken. The first major topic was the Master Plan for Developmental Services. Administration officials described a year-long, community-driven process that included a steering committee, work groups, and statewide engagement sessions, and said the final draft would be released that Friday with about 170 recommendations. The Department of Developmental Services said the plan would inform future work, but did not offer a detailed implementation roadmap. The LAO said the plan contains significant policy and budget implications, may require statutory changes, and needs further analysis to turn recommendations into actionable proposals. Advocates and regional center representatives urged the Legislature and administration to avoid letting the plan sit on a shelf, called for prioritization and ongoing stakeholder oversight, and emphasized the need to address equity, workforce, service coordination, and cross-system collaboration. The chair said he wanted to work with the LAO on trailer bill language and future reporting to create a clearer path forward. The second topic was the Office of Employment First and competitive integrated employment. Administration witnesses said California has ended subminimum wage under SB 639, but that moving people into competitive integrated employment remains a major priority. They described existing efforts such as DDS’s coordinated career pathways pilot, paid internships, job development services, benefits counseling, and DOR’s career counseling and referral services, along with pilot projects in San Diego and Orange County. The State Council on Developmental Disabilities and advocates argued that employment outcomes have remained stuck at roughly 15% and that a dedicated Employment First Office is needed to coordinate across agencies, align goals, and improve outcomes. The LAO recommended regular legislative oversight on people transitioning out of subminimum wage and asked for technical assistance on coordinated career pathways. The chair criticized the administration’s decision to effectively eliminate funding for the office, requested a detailed implementation timeline and quarterly transition reports, and said the committee would continue pressing for the office to be implemented. The final issue was respite services, utilization trends, and access. DDS reported that in-home respite use and spending have risen sharply over several years, with about 150,000 people using respite in 2023-24 and expenditures reaching about $1 billion. Officials said access depends on families knowing the service exists, service coordinators identifying need, and having enough providers, especially in rural and linguistically diverse communities. The San Diego Regional Center said utilization generally mirrors statewide trends, but access is stronger in some areas, such as Imperial County, where families often prefer family-directed or agency-supported models that allow them to hire trusted workers. Committee members emphasized the importance of respite for family health and caregiver well-being, asked whether service coordinators are asking practical questions about sleep and stress, and discussed the need for better identification of complex behavioral and medical needs. DDS said a standardized family support tool and updated IPP process are intended to improve consistency, transparency, and person-centered assessment for respite and related services.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you believe we should pursue recklessness standard or annoying standard and the pros and cons?
  • I absolutely believe a recklessness standard is superior to a knowing standard.
  • So that kind of standard is hardly a day in the park for litigants.
  • What would you propose the new standard be then?
  • hasn't had to follow any standard with the protections of 230?
Summary: The committee meeting focused on the pressing issues surrounding child safety online, with a particular emphasis on recent legislative efforts aimed at curbing child sexual exploitation and harmful content accessible through social media platforms. Senators engaged in a heated discussion regarding the implications of Big Tech's lobbying efforts against vital bills such as the Stop CSAM Act and the Kids Online Safety Act. Noteworthy testimonies highlighted real-life impacts of online dangers, including tragic cases of child exploitation and drug-related fatalities linked to social media interactions. The bipartisan nature of the committee's commitment to address these issues showcased a collective determination to make the digital environment safer for the younger generation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • portion of our electrical needs as we continue our journey on the pathway to meeting our 2040 energy standard
  • today is for some structural updates to the facility, but obviously we follow proper accounting standards
  • And then we're going to send them to school and teach them that, no, actually, he owes you a debt because
  • They're not very thrilled with that definition, but anyway, the noise standard is designed for a factor
  • Typically for a wind project, it was a 1,000-foot setback that was standard, and now it's risen to 1,500
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • What I’ve learned, how can you teach an old dog new tricks? You can.
  • As you have heard and are aware, as an LMHC, I am held to the same rigorous standards...
  • education, and ethical standards as my LCSW sisters and brothers.
  • And I treat patients at that hospital and teach at Harvard Medical School.
  • And I treat patients at that hospital and teach at Harvard Medical School.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-2026 session on bills dealing with involuntary commitment and access to addiction treatment, especially proposals to move Section 35 civil commitments away from jails and prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by DPH or DMH. Chairs Velis and Domb framed the hearing as a discussion of how to support people in crisis with compassion, while also warning against using involuntary commitment as a way to remove unhoused people from public view. The hearing also touched on related concerns about discharge practices, treatment capacity, and the need for a broader continuum of care. Testimony split largely along two themes. Addiction researcher Keith Humphreys argued that many people enter treatment under pressure, that involuntary treatment can be ethically justified in the face of overdose risk, but that it should not be mandated unless high-quality services exist first; he emphasized the need for inpatient care when someone is a grave danger, followed by case management and outpatient support. MAMH’s Kate Alicante supported the bill, saying Massachusetts is the only state that commits people with substance use conditions to jails or prisons and that carceral settings add trauma and stigma; she pointed to prior legislative steps, including the Section 35 commission and the planned closure of DOC’s MESAC facility, as evidence that the Commonwealth is moving toward health-based settings. A major portion of the hearing focused on Stony Brook, a sheriff-run stabilization and treatment center in Hampden County. Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald, several committee members, and multiple people in recovery described the facility as humane, well-run, and effective, with longer stays, medical monitoring, medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and warm handoffs to aftercare. Several witnesses said Stony Brook saved their lives or helped family members recover, and they argued that the sheriff’s office model should be expanded rather than eliminated. Others, including family members and advocates, countered that even a well-run correctional setting remains stigmatizing and that people should not be treated in facilities run by sheriffs or corrections when they have committed no crime. No vote was taken. The hearing concluded with continued testimony, including Senator Friedman’s support for Section 35 as a civil commitment tool but not in a criminal justice setting, and her separate support for a bill to speed inpatient mental health treatment.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • K through 12 library standards have not been updated since 2010.
  • Countries, other countries treat teaching especially as a respective competitive career.
  • The work that the Trevor Project does has become a national standard.
  • This bill takes me all the way back to my classroom teaching days in elementary school.
  • I could have a comparable standard of living. in Oregon or New York.
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EDT-HRE, HRE Public Hearings 03-13-2025

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:22:00.880><c> position</c> go go into a position teaching position go go into a position teaching
  • </c> graduate but may elect to not teach graduate but may elect to not teach right<01:22:09.120><c> away
  • </c> elect not to jump into the teaching elect not to jump into the teaching profession<01:22:18.320>
  • They don't teach right when they graduate, correct? Yeah.
  • They have to teach; they have to stay and teach.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism and Higher Education heard HB 1494, relating to sports facilities. Testimony was largely in opposition to the bill as drafted from the Stadium Authority, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, with several other written comments also opposing; each asked that if the measure advances, Senate language from related stadium bills be incorporated instead. The University of Hawaiʻi testified in support of the Nāʻid project and said it wants the project delivered at Halawa so the university can have a football facility, though members pressed the university on whether it was effectively supporting both the project and the bill’s current approach. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on the stadium project’s financing, schedule, and oversight. DAGS and Public Works discussed a consultant contract that had grown to about $28 million and an audit that recovered $441,000 after improper travel and expense reimbursements, including first-class airfare and other personal expenses; officials said the audit exposed weak internal controls and led to revised reimbursement policies. Members questioned whether the problems would have been found without media reporting and whether stronger oversight should have been in place earlier. The committee also discussed the current Ching Field setup for UH football, with witnesses describing it as less than ideal and temporary until the new stadium is built. Stadium Authority representatives said the current preferred offeror is Aloha Halawa Development Partners, negotiations have recently accelerated, and the goal remains a contract this summer and a fall 2028 opening. They said the state is committed to $350 million in general obligation bonds, with the overall project expected to cost more, and that the developer is exploring other financing sources such as TIF or CFD while the state and city work to expedite permits and demolition. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 024 Feb 6th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> the</c><01:34:51.520><c> next</c> teaching and mentoring the next teaching and mentoring the next
  • </c> allowed when there's objective standards allowed when there's objective standards that<03:31:44.880
  • </c><03:31:52.479><c> It</c> design and development standards. It design and development standards.
  • When we added the renewable standards to the energy codes, costs went up.
  • </c> public input on the objective standards public input on the objective standards that<04:35:58.160
Keywords: 981, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • > consistent anti-doping standards, consistent anti-doping standards, increases<03:10:53.760><c> drug
  • The standards for professional boxers.
  • or state highway paving standards.
  • state highway paving standards.
  • And I urge my 21st century standards.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But God, we also pray that you teach us how to love each other better. We pray for President Trump.
  • for teacher salary increases, which includes $200 million for teachers with at least 10 years of teaching
  • including security infrastructure improvements and upgrades necessary to meet state and federal standards
  • So we are actively making sure that for those sections of land that look like they meet the standards
  • that we have, that we are actually. sections of land that look like they meet the standards that we
Summary: The Senate took up the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27, with Chair Hooper and the appropriations chairs walking through the $114.5 billion budget. Major highlights included pay increases for state law enforcement, firefighters, park rangers, and correctional officers; funding for teacher salary increases and K-12 enrollment stabilization; workforce and university funding in higher education; major Medicaid, nursing home, waiver, and opioid-related investments in health and human services; corrections and prison-capacity funding; transportation, housing, and emergency management spending; and large environmental appropriations for Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, and water quality projects. Members then asked detailed questions about specific items. Senators pressed on the Hamilton Center at UF, the difference between assistant state attorney and public defender pay, declining student enrollment funding, private school scholarship vouchers, mental health funding in schools, the lack of preeminence funding, APD’s iBudget waiver wait list and provider rates, ADAP premium assistance and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, prison staffing and air conditioning, Florida Forever land-buying versus easements, SNAP and Sun Bucks funding, Hope Florida, election audit funding, and the IDD managed care program. Chairs generally explained the negotiated compromises, noted where funding was flat or omitted, and in several cases said items would be revisited next year or depended on agency implementation. Several senators used debate to praise the budget while also criticizing major policy choices. Leader Berman argued the state should have expanded Medicaid, invested more in public schools instead of vouchers, and accepted federal summer EBT funds. Other senators highlighted local wins such as Biscayne Bay restoration, Tri-Rail, housing assistance, ADAP funding, and declining enrollment support. The transcript ends with debate remarks thanking Chair Hooper for his work on the budget; no final vote is shown in the excerpt.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:36 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • As somebody who used to teach public speaking, I'm very grateful for the time limit.
  • Typically, the standard retention period for Flock customers is 30 days.
  • I would hope that we would hold that standard. Unbiased news.
  • I would hope that we would hold that standard.
  • However, there are certainly standards with this.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 28th, 2026 at 02:54 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • and they provide services to schools that have chronically been underperforming based on their standardized
  • But if I'm going to teach welding, I need a welder.
  • money welding or doing a lot of these other things that it has to be somebody that really wants to teach
  • the organization hasn't moved forward because we haven't had adequate staffing, like the adequacy standard
  • oversight to make sure that the funding is being followed the way it needs to and all the adequacy standard
Keywords: 996, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Sep 2nd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Training is available to teach people to identify who may be at risk for suicide and how to link them
  • Filipino constituents, and I'm also an honorary auntie to two amazing boys, Chase and Jordan, who teach
  • entities cannot be compelled to comply with foreign subpoenas that do not meet California legal standards
  • adopted a chromium-6 MCL at 10 parts per billion, an amount five times lower than the California standard
  • EPA standard for total allowable chromium.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file. The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • DOC is called Department of Correction to teach rehabilitation and to help.
  • It also serves, I think, as the standard For protecting gender-affirming care.
  • , even low by U.S. standards, prison populations.
  • The bill will standardize it; it'll scaffold it out. What is abuse of litigation?
  • I teach on domestic abuse as a college professor.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on several Judiciary bills, with the largest portion focused on S. 1178/H. 2052 to reduce mass incarceration and end life without parole. People incarcerated at MCI Framingham, MCI Norfolk, and NCCI Gardner described personal growth, rehabilitation, restorative justice work, family separation, and the belief that parole eligibility after long sentences would better reflect public safety and human development. Speakers emphasized that life without parole removes hope and can undermine rehabilitation, while supporters argued that many lifers are older, less likely to reoffend, and could contribute positively if given a chance at parole review. Committee members did not take votes during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1139 to restore the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims involving tobacco use, with Sen. Keenan explaining that a recent SJC decision had cut off claims where the injured person did not sue within three years before death. He said the bill would restore families’ ability to seek redress in cases involving long-latency tobacco harms like COPD. Another major topic was S. 1205, which would add abusive litigation to the definition of coercive control in domestic violence law; Sen. Michael Moore said the bill would stop abusers from using repeated court filings to harass and financially burden survivors. The committee also took up S. 1114 on automatic record sealing, with Sen. Friedman and others arguing that the current petition-based process is slow, burdensome, and disproportionately harms people with criminal records, especially Black and Latino residents. Testimony also supported H. 1965/S. 1132 on compensation for wrongful conviction, with advocates and sponsors describing a faster administrative claims process, transitional support, and higher compensation without the current cap. Sen. Payano testified for S. 1241 to expand educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults, saying education reduces recidivism and improves reentry outcomes. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on S. 2522, an update to Massachusetts’ shield law for reproductive and gender-affirming care. Sen. Friedman, the Attorney General’s office, and DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said the bill is needed to strengthen protections against out-of-state legal attacks, protect patient and provider data, clarify enforcement authority, and add a state-level EMTALA-style emergency care requirement. Committee members asked detailed questions about prescription labeling, the prescription monitoring program, attorney discipline, custody and full faith and credit issues, and whether the bill’s enforcement language could create unintended limits or conflicts. The Attorney General’s office said it would provide follow-up written testimony on several technical questions.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 18th, 2026

Transportation and Defense

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if I felt comfortable about it, then I would go out and teach them.
  • And if I felt comfortable about it, then I would go out and teach them.
  • This will have no effect on who's teaching the kids.
  • This will have no effect on who's teaching the kids.
  • On who's teaching the kids, it makes no difference.
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 663, which would allow Idaho Agriculture in the Classroom to redesign its specialty license plate and shift plate design approval authority from Food Producers of Idaho to the Ag in the Classroom board of directors. Sponsor Representative Raymond and executive director Cassidy Plum said the plate generates about 75% of the program’s funding and supports teacher workshops, grants, and ag-literacy curriculum for K-12 classrooms. Testimony in support emphasized the program’s educational value and suggested involving students in the redesign. Representative Harris raised the idea that students should help design the plate, and Plum said the organization would likely include a student competition. The committee voted to send HB 663 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 628, sponsored by Representative Mendive, which revises Idaho’s driver education law. Mendive said the bill removes language limiting the parent-taught option to rural districts and also cleans up references to online course providers, allowing more districts to offer parent-led driver training if they choose. A driver education instructor, Robert Scoville, testified in opposition, arguing that removing school-based instruction would reduce safety and increase teen crash risks, citing traffic fatality and economic-loss statistics. In response, Mendive and several members argued that parents already bear much of the responsibility and that the bill expands freedom rather than forcing anyone to do anything. Committee discussion focused on whether parent-led instruction is as effective as professional driver education and whether the bill would affect safety in urban areas. Some members supported the bill as a matter of parental choice and noted that many districts already do not offer driver’s ed, while others expressed concern about unintended consequences and the value of third-party instruction. After debate, the committee voted to send HB 628 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (01/13/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I teach CPR, first aid, so I know about health and safety.
  • I teach CPR first aid, so I background.
  • </c> Adopting the state's homestead standards Adopting the state's homestead standards would<01:33:20.639
  • It's 66 years of standards. It aligns with Manchester. standards. It aligns with Manchester.
  • </c> citizens to follow the same standards citizens to follow the same standards fellow<01:34:20.320>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPN-PSM, CPN-EDT, CPN Public Hearing 02-05-2025

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish service quality standards and rules for
  • I do note that we are currently within the federal standards of providing inmate phone calls at 5.4 cents
  • Three, require safety and education programs to teach consumers the difference between the legal explosives
  • :21:55.440><c> education</c><00:21:56.039><c> program</c><00:21:56.400><c> to</c><00:21:56.600><c> teach
  • </c> safety and education program to teach safety and education program to teach consumers<00:21:57.919
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee opened by outlining testimony procedures and then heard SB 376 on tax credits, which would create a home fire safety improvement tax credit. Testimony from the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi urged that the concept would be better handled as a subsidy program and raised drafting concerns about unclear definitions and eligibility. Later, the committees agreed to pass SB 376 with amendments, including making the credit nonrefundable, clarifying third-party certification, deleting recapture-related language, and making technical changes. Members then heard SB 417, which would make unlicensed contractor work during or within five years after an emergency or disaster a class B felony. The Contractors License Board was listed for comments, and the Subcontractors Association supported the measure. The committees ultimately recommended passage with technical, non-substantive amendments and an adjusted effective date, and the measure was adopted. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on SB 782, which would require free and accessible voice communication services for incarcerated people and prohibit state agencies from profiting from those services, while also directing the PUC to set standards and providing funding for the SAVIN victim notification program. Supporters, including the Public Defender, ACLU of Hawaiʻi, Worth Rises, and others, argued the bill would reduce costs for families, improve reentry, and align adult corrections with the juvenile system. Opponents, including the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Hawaiʻi Paroling Authority, and SAVIN-related witnesses, warned that changing the funding structure could weaken victim notification and safety services. The committees deferred SB 782. The committee also heard SB 999 on fireworks, which would repeal permissible consumer fireworks uses, impose civil penalties and forfeiture remedies, and create a forfeiture special fund for safety education. The Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, while fireworks industry representatives and others opposed it, arguing prohibition would be ineffective and urging stronger enforcement and education instead. The committees deferred SB 999 for further consideration, and SB 1136 on insurance was also deferred after insurers and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs opposed it. In the later joint session with the Committee on Economic Development and Tourism, SB 744 on condominium loans was heard with support from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority and banking groups, while one testifier raised concerns that the program could function like C-PACE financing and add risky debt to condominium associations; testimony and discussion continued on that measure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <c> Childhood</c><00:10:01.600><c> Program</c><00:10:02.440><c> it</c><00:10:02.600><c> really</c> teach
  • Early Childhood Program it really teach Early Childhood Program it really just<00:10:03.040><c> allows
  • Oakland's preschool has been instrumental in teaching her healthy ways to communicate and express how
  • </c><00:57:06.920><c> her</c> been instrumental in teaching her been instrumental in teaching her healthy
  • </c><01:06:04.480><c> kids</c> gaps like hiring tutors to teach kids gaps like hiring tutors to teach