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• additional 14 staff and a supervisor that we would need to incorporate it, it would certainly elevate identification
• 43.680><c> um</c> it would it would certainly elevate um it would it would certainly elevate um identification
• <c> those</c><04:34:46.160><c> needs</c><04:34:46.400><c> and</c><04:34:46.719><c> trying</c> identification
• of those needs and trying identification of those needs and trying to<04:34:47.119><c> meet</c><04:34

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The identification that many inmates require a higher level of care than is possible at a correctional
• Um<00:09:54.640><c> the</c><00:09:54.959><c> identification</c><00:09:55.440><c> that</c><00:09:55.760
• ><c> many</c><00:09:56.000><c> inmates</c> Um the identification that many inmates Um the identification

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The working group on restrictive housing met with a quorum present, approved the August 21, 2025 minutes, and adopted a procedure to take public testimony on each agenda item with a two-minute limit per testifier, with some flexibility for follow-up questions. The main presentation came from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on restrictive housing policies and a recent outside assessment of mental health care practices at HSCF and OOTC. DCR said the assessment found strengths such as consistent medication administration and staff commitment, but also identified major problems including outdated workflows, staffing shortages, inadequate physical plant conditions, overuse of suicide/safety watch for personal safety issues, and a need for more individualized treatment plans. DCR described several corrective steps already underway: filling a long-vacant high-level mental health administrator position, adjusting evening medication passes, working with DOH on transfer and referral workflows, planning a new electronic medical records system and revised screening tools, and pursuing additional training for ACOs and mental health staff. For OOTC, DCR said the facility is overcrowded and decrepit, needs a better screening tool, and requires more mental health-specific training and staffing. For HCF, DCR said the layout limits confidential assessments and provider access, and that the proposed consolidated healthcare unit would add 43 beds, private exam rooms, and a de-escalation room. DCR also said the new unit could serve acute and chronic suicide/safety watch needs and possibly some inmates with dementia, Alzheimer’s, or significant cognitive impairment. The discussion then focused on Act 292, which DCR said is difficult to implement as written. DCR said the bill aligns with DOJ, NCCHC, and ACA guidance in defining restrictive housing, limiting duration, requiring reviews, identifying vulnerable populations, and using step-down units, but raised two major concerns: a requirement to refer vulnerable people to DOH for confinement, and a requirement for clinical assessments every 12 hours by a provider. Members responded that the law should be matched with funding and staffing, and asked what resources are needed. DCR said it submitted a request for 35 positions at a cost of about $8.6 million, and also said funding may be needed for community-based beds and contracted medical services. Members also asked about the current MOA/MOU between DOH and DCR, the working group membership, and the timeline for revisions. DCR said the group includes DCR, DOH, and governor’s office medical advisors, that a first draft is complete, and that the revised agreement should be in place by the end of the year. On staffing, DCR said ACO recruitment classes increased from five to eight, vacancy rates dropped from 34% to 24%, but OOTC still faces a projected $7.1 million shortfall and heavy overtime costs, forcing post closures and program reductions. The meeting ended with continued discussion of screening tools, including DCR’s explanation that current broad questions may over-identify people with substance-use-related symptoms as having serious mental illness, and that a more discrete tool is needed to better identify those with acute needs.

Transcript Highlights:

• down this effort because they found that a warning label that said glyphosate may cause cancer to be false
• that said glyphosate may cause cancer to that said glyphosate may cause cancer to be<00:26:14.000><c> false
• 26:15.120><c> So</c><00:26:15.279><c> I</c><00:26:15.520><c> think</c><00:26:15.600><c> that</c> be false
• So I think that be false and misleading.
• Because under the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act, if a company uses unfair, false, or deceptive marketing

Keywords: 958, all

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• It extends the offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee to include roasted coffee and imposes
• First to testify on this measure is the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. offense of false labeling of
• Hawaii offense of false labeling of Hawaii grown<00:27:32.720><c> coffee</c><00:27:33.440><c> to</c>
• Um, and that was a false alarm, so we're going to continue onto our agenda and hope that no other alarm
• Um, and that was a false alarm, so we're going to continue onto our agenda and hope that no other alarm

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• :21:48.159><c> to</c> Would the local officer be required to approach and ask the officer for identification
• I'm not a fan of that, with no plates, nothing, no identification because I think in that scenario that
• Thank you. no plates, nothing, no identification no plates, nothing, no identification because<00:24:
• They would ask for identification to issue a civil citation during the performance of their law enforcement

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, January 29, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee. The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• Uh, it prohibits real-time and remote biometric identifications for public surveillance without a warrant
• , that is a deceptive or malicious deep fake, but there's also real-time and remote biometric identification
• <03:23:51.840><c> biometric</c> real time and remote biometric real time and remote biometric identification
• <c> um,</c><03:23:53.760><c> with</c><03:23:53.920><c> the</c><03:23:54.080><c> exception</c> identification
• , um, with the exception identification, um, with the exception of<03:23:54.479><c> with</c><03:23:54.640

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So yes, we do work on eligibility identification when it seems warranted, but we're also very conscious
• So yes, we do work on eligibility identification when it seems warranted, but we're also very conscious
• that so yes we do work on pull off from that so yes we do work on eligibility<01:31:31.920><c> identification
• </c><01:31:32.920><c> when</c><01:31:33.080><c> it</c><01:31:33.199><c> seems</c> eligibility identification
• when it seems eligibility identification when it seems warranted<01:31:34.800><c> but</c><01:31:34.920

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from Charlotte Harding of the Conservation Land Stewardship Program, who explained that the office protects the state’s interests in conservation lands by monitoring conservation easements and related stewardship obligations. She described the program’s funding sources: a land conservation endowment held at the State Treasury and administered by the Council on Resources and Development, plus transfers from Fish and Game for easements not covered by the endowment. Members discussed how the endowment is funded when new easements are created, the program’s staffing, the loss of a state vehicle, and the need to increase in-state travel so staff can use personal vehicles for field monitoring. Harding said the office has two full-time positions and a seasonal employee, that the work is mostly monitoring rather than hands-on land management, and that enforcement issues are referred to the grantee agencies or, if needed, to the Council on Resources and Development. She also noted that the office works directly with landowners to resolve smaller issues and that stewardship has become a greater focus in the conservation community because ongoing oversight requires funding. Members asked about examples of properties under the program, including LCIP lands such as Musquash Headwaters, Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp, and Nash Stream, and the committee did not take a motion before moving on. The committee then heard from Paul Breen and Susie Anzelone of the Pease Development Authority regarding the Division of Ports and Harbors operating budget. They explained that the authority provides finance, legal, environmental, and engineering support to the division, which operates New Hampshire’s only deep-water berth at Market Street, as well as facilities in Hampton, Rye, the Portsmouth Fish Pier, and navigational waters in the Piscataqua and Great Bay. They described the authority’s history after the closure of Pease Air Force Base, the transfer of roughly 2,400 acres, and the creation of a self-sustaining enterprise fund tied to airport and port operations. They emphasized that the division does not draw on the general fund because revenues from wharfage, dockage, parking, registration, and mooring fees cover operating costs, with any surplus retained for capital improvements and replacement. Members questioned several budget lines, including a sharp increase in overtime and workers’ compensation. Breen said overtime is driven largely by security needs at the deep-water port and fluctuates with vessel traffic, such as salt shipments, while workers’ comp is a DAS-set cost and not something the division controls. He said the budget is conservative and that if revenues fall short, capital projects would be the first items scaled back. The discussion also covered fee-setting, with Breen saying rates are reviewed against the local market and infrastructure constraints, and that some smaller facility fees had recently been increased after being stagnant for years.

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• fraud hotline complaints, claims data mining, and patterns identified through provider audits, civil false
• provider patterns identified through provider audits,<01:40:02.800><c> civil</c><01:40:03.280><c> false
• claims</c><01:40:04.000><c> cases</c><01:40:04.400><c> and</c><01:40:04.639><c> law</c> audits, civil false
• claims cases and law audits, civil false claims cases and law enforcement<01:40:05.600><c> investigations

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Now, this occurs when an applicant or an employer knowingly makes a false statement or representation
• <01:22:26.000><c> knowingly</c><01:22:26.560><c> makes</c><01:22:26.800><c> a</c><01:22:27.040><c> false
• </c> employer knowingly makes a false employer knowingly makes a false statement<01:22:27.760><c> or<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Chair, committee members, I find that to be false.
• find</c><01:26:25.880><c> that</c><01:26:26.000><c> to</c><01:26:26.080><c> be</c><01:26:26.320><c> false
• <01:26:27.199><c> that</c><01:26:27.400><c> we're</c><01:26:28.080><c> we</c> um I find that to be false
• that we're we um I find that to be false that we're we don't<01:26:28.600><c> there's</c><01:26:28.760

Bills: HF1621, HF1701, HF1796, HF1676, HF40, HF1428, HF1540

Keywords: HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy

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• November 5th, a well-known Hindu and ISKCON religious monk named Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested under false
• 03:55:19.359><c> was</c><03:55:19.600><c> arrested</c><03:55:20.479><c> under</c><03:55:20.880><c> false
• </c> Dash was arrested under false Dash was arrested under false accusation<03:55:23.279><c> and</c><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Then, after a few false starts, in the summer of 2023 I took Biology 1 at North Hennepin Community College
• then</c><01:18:19.480><c> after</c><01:18:19.679><c> a</c><01:18:19.760><c> few</c><01:18:19.920><c> false
• </c> odd jobs um and then after a few false odd jobs um and then after a few false starts<01:18:20.840

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• they could spend a whole hearing on this, but it would be nice to get daily updates so there is not false
• 44.880><c> um</c> like that just so that there isn't uh um like that just so that there isn't uh um false
• 46.720><c> being</c><01:01:46.960><c> shot</c><01:01:47.240><c> around</c><01:01:47.480><c> or</c> false
• information being shot around or false information being shot around or people<01:01:47.880><c> going

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . >> Now, see, that was a false test. It was nobody wanting to ask. The board's clear.
• These fees shall not be collected from senders who provide a valid United States federally issued identification
• or a valid state-issued identification or a valid Real ID.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 4 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• Senate File 92, Wyoming False Claims Act, an act relating to civil procedure, sponsored by Senator Nethercott
• Senate File 92, Wyoming False Claims Senate File 92, Wyoming False Claims Act,<04:29:51.920><c> an</c
• One of those ways that it can do that is if you provide false documents to the government.
• available in our statutes to address that type of fraud for those particular types of activities, but a false

Keywords: 916, all

Keywords: 916, all

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• So to say that this is not providing a benefit to seniors is false.
• It would permit the false claim that males can have medical treatment to become a woman...
• It would permit the false claim that males can have medical treatment to become a woman and vice versa

Keywords: 1146, all

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• Um, I think right now we're seeing divided votes on different questions and with some sense of false
• Um, I think right now we're seeing divided votes on different questions and with some sense of false
• Um, I think right now we're seeing divided votes on different questions and with some sense of false

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Last, there's concern about creating a false sense of security.
• And the real false sense of security is silence.
• A false sense of security is silence.

Bills: SB2607, SB2031, SB2043, SB2623, SB2876, SB2396, SB2964, SB2089

Keywords: landscape architecture, licensure, educational requirements, examination, professional standards, consumer protection, junk fees, live-event tickets, short-term lodging, transparency, pricing disclosure, deceptive practices, insurance, captives, regulations, policyholders, SB2623, Hawaii pharmacy law, Board of Pharmacy, registered pharmacy technician

Summary: The committee first heard HCR 168 and HR 158, which would create a temporary working group to study utility capacity, coastline infrastructure lifespan, and the costs of needed expansions. Public Utilities Commission staff said the commission was not the right entity to direct all of the work because it lacks authority over many affected agencies. Members discussed whether the study should be limited to a coastal area or broadened to the whole island, and in decision-making the committee amended the measure to focus on the County of Honolulu, correct references to the Public Utilities Commission, and revise the working group membership to include the PUC chair, legislative designees, and directors or designees from DLNR, DOT, HIEMA, and DCCA Consumer Advocacy. The committee then passed both resolutions with amendments; the vote was adopted unanimously, with some members excused. The committee next considered HCR 145 and HR 137, which would convene a working group on climate change impacts on insurance availability and affordability. The Insurance Division stood on its written comments, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission supported the intent, and the Attorney General opposed the measure, warning that a working group could create discoverable materials that might complicate the state’s climate litigation and noting a technical ambiguity in the reference to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund administrator. After questions about discovery and the lawsuit, the committee amended the resolutions to replace the administrator reference with the chair of the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund Board of Directors, remove the Attorney General as convener while keeping the office as a member, and have the working group share findings and recommendations with the House CPC and Senate CPN committees instead of issuing a report. The committee passed the measures with amendments, with Rep. Martin voting with reservations. In the later agenda, the committee heard SB 2607, SD 1 on landscape architect licensure. The Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects supported the bill, explaining it modernizes licensure requirements to align with national standards and clarifies the profession’s design-focused role. The bill was discussed as distinguishing landscape architecture from groundskeeping and from civil engineering drainage work. No opposition was heard. The committee also heard SB 2031, SD 2 on consumer protection and price transparency for live ticket events and short-term lodging. The Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill, saying it largely mirrors an FTC rule requiring all-in pricing and would give the state enforcement authority and remedies. The Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill as drafted and sought a limited exemption for credit card issuers relying on third-party hotel information, while the Hawaii Hotel Alliance supported the measure but asked for language deeming compliance with the federal rule sufficient for short-term lodging. Committee members questioned whether those proposed exemptions would conflict with federal law or weaken state enforcement, and the discussion focused on preemption, liability, and the value of state remedies such as restitution.

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• investigative services or private security services without a current license issued by the board, and falsely
• investigative services or private security services without a current license issued by the board, and falsely
• say is that I know I agreed with what Chairman Magrum said about this information going around—this false

Keywords: 908, all