Transcript Highlights:

• </c> And we're ahead of schedule. Actually, ahead of schedule.
• Um, and that's difficult to do when you're also scheduling hearings and conferences and processing cases
• Um and that's difficult to do when you're<01:27:27.679><c> also</c><01:27:27.920><c> scheduling</c><01
• :27:28.320><c> hearings</c><01:27:28.719><c> and</c> you're also scheduling hearings and you're also
• scheduling hearings and conferences<01:27:29.440><c> and</c><01:27:29.920><c> processing</c><01:27:30.480

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• where he slipped deeper into drugs despite my piece of the court declaring that he was self-dosing schedule
• court declaring that he was piece of the court declaring that he was self-dosing<00:37:58.800><c> schedule
• one drugs like DMT, self-dosing schedule one drugs like DMT, psilocybin,<00:38:01.280><c> LSD,</c><00
• </c><00:59:52.160><c> in</c><00:59:52.480><c> court</c><00:59:53.040><c> for</c> custody hearing scheduled
• in court for custody hearing scheduled in court for the<00:59:53.440><c> parents</c><00:59:53.680><c

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Governor’s Message 767, the nomination of Kanoi AD Jackson to serve as circuit court judge for the Third Circuit. The chair announced that the committee would not vote on the governor’s message or two judge nominations until Tuesday, April 15, but planned to vote that day on two Defender Council items. Testimony on Jackson’s nomination was limited to two minutes per speaker, and the hearing was conducted partly by Zoom. Supporters emphasized Jackson’s qualifications, work ethic, judicial temperament, and community ties. Testifiers included the West Hawaii Bar Association, family members, a retired teacher, retired Judge Robert Kim, and the Hawaii State Bar Association. The West Hawaii Bar Association said Jackson received high marks from its review process and that the Third Circuit needed a permanent judge for stability. Judge Kim and others praised her preparation, intelligence, humility, and experience as a prosecutor and litigator. Jackson also spoke in her own behalf, acknowledging that her background is primarily criminal rather than civil, but saying she is committed to learning the civil docket and serving the community if confirmed. Members questioned the Hawaii State Bar Association about the basis for its support, including how many members responded and whether concerns were raised about Jackson’s lack of civil experience. HSBA said it uses a confidential review process, receives both positive and negative comments, and does not track votes or percentages, but its board voted to support her. Judge Kim responded that judges can learn new areas of law, that civil dockets can be managed with benchbooks and help from other judges, and that Jackson’s trial experience would serve her well. No vote was taken on Jackson’s nomination during this hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• it allows the responsible party and the party that needs to be restored to come up with a payment schedule
• agreement, and as long as the responsible party is meeting their obligations under that scheduled payment
• up with restored to homeless uh to come up with a<01:49:50.280><c> payment</c><01:49:50.800><c> schedule
• agreement and as long a payment schedule agreement and as long as<01:49:53.599><c> the</c><01:49:53.800
• payments they would not be scheduled payments they would not be subject<01:49:59.280><c> to</c><01:49

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• members or a public health nurse talked to them in the clinic or in the community and helped them schedule
• members or a public health nurse talked to them in the clinic or in the community and helped them schedule
• The first appointment was scheduled for September 6th.
• for September 6th the was scheduled for September 6th the morning<00:52:54.920><c> of</c><00:52:55.119
• Senator Abeler: Dermatologist, driving in, well, just kind of schedule.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I am one of the people who are on the records disposition panel, so all of the records retention schedules
• from agencies cross my desk, and I review and approve agency's retention schedules.
• Chair. records retention schedules from records retention schedules from agencies<01:24:30.920><c> cross
• </c><01:24:35.520><c> and</c> approve agency's retention schedules and approve agency's retention schedules
• Official records may only be destroyed pursuant to that retention schedule, and even then the government

Bills: HF25 , HF1 , HF428

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices

Transcript Highlights:

• the gap, ensuring that many more Minnesota students, regardless of where they live or the class schedule
• </c><00:19:49.280><c> that</c><00:19:49.400><c> they're</c> uh or the class schedule that they're uh
• or the class schedule that they're able<00:19:49.720><c> to</c><00:19:49.799><c> sign</c><00:19:50.000
• We'll say a little bit about it in a few, but to give you coming attractions, we do have a schedule for
• what is put forward when the schedule what is put forward when the contract<01:17:01.520><c> is</c><

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you all right, we're going to stay on schedule here and we'll move to one-minute closing statements
• Thank you all right, we're going to stay on schedule here and we'll move to one-minute closing statements
• Thank you all right, we're going to stay on schedule here and we'll move to one-minute closing statements
• Thank you all right, we're going to stay on schedule here and we'll move to one-minute closing statements
• here and we'll move to stay on schedule here and we'll move to<00:28:51.880><c> one</c><00:28:52.240

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , then the town space within the schedule, then the town gets<01:47:49.199><c> a</c><01:47:49.360><c>
• So, there's nothing listed online in my committee for me to schedule anything for.
• So, that means now it's already too late for me to schedule anything for next week, right?
• We're going to have to schedule something for that.
• to schedule.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have today scheduled a work session on House Bill 71, so that's on the docket for Division 3
• We'll come back at 1:00, as scheduled and duly noticed, a work session on House Bill 71.
• We'll come back at 1:00, as scheduled and duly noticed, a work session on House Bill 71.
• We'll come back at 1:00, as scheduled and duly noticed, a work session on House Bill 71.
• We can get it scheduled in on the wall inside, right to the left of Janet and by the copier.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session continued its review of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid budget and related policy issues, with CFO Nathan White and Medicaid Director Henry Litman presenting updated materials. The discussion focused on a crosswalk between the adjusted FY 2025 Medicaid budget and the governor’s FY 2026 recommendation, plus handouts showing service additions, eligibility changes, dental rates, and other Medicaid changes since 2019. The department also said it would provide a clearer breakdown of the pharmacy cost-sharing item by general, federal, and other funds. Members asked detailed questions about the Medicaid enhancement tax, the 80% plan, and how funds are allocated between hospital payments, directed payments, and DSH uncompensated care. The department explained that the MET is being used more toward rates and directed payments to better align with federal matching rules, while DSH remains important for uncompensated care. They also noted that a pending Senate Bill 249 would keep the 80% structure and move to Senate Finance. On the trigger law, the department identified the governing provision as Chapter 342:12, Laws of 2018, and explained that if the federal match for Medicaid expansion falls below 90%, the state must notify legislative leaders and participants and the program would sunset after 180 days unless the legislature acts. The committee also reviewed current Medicaid expansion enrollment and program trends. Officials said enrollment was just under 59,000 as of March 3, with about 87,000 people enrolled over the past year and more than a quarter-million residents having used the program over its lifetime. They said enrollment has fallen from a post-pandemic high of nearly 97,000 and may eventually settle in the low 50,000s. Finally, the department discussed federal DSH funding risk, saying New Hampshire could face a significant reduction if Congress does not extend current protections, which is part of why the state has shifted more funding toward payment rates and directed payments.

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, our next one's not scheduled. Thank you for coming. 11:15.
• Well, our next one's not scheduled. Thank you for coming. 11:15.
• schedule um that they issued and the and schedule um that they issued and the and the<03:33:43.279><c
• </c><04:41:54.280><c> that</c> retention schedule that retention schedule that exists<04:41:56.718><c
• </c> process is when the retention schedule process is when the retention schedule arrives<04:42:23.040

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.

Transcript Highlights:

• Because the issue is I have to put the schedule in for next week.
• I have to the schedule in for next week.
• schedule for Wednesday or Friday next<01:34:16.960><c> week.
• Uh, next is what does our schedule look like?
• And, uh, but I don't know what their schedule is.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Then we had scheduled to do executive sessions on HR 35, HP 1721, HB 1539 FN, HB 1475 FN, HB 1743 FN,
• </c><00:06:33.360><c> to</c><00:06:33.600><c> do</c><00:06:33.919><c> executive</c> then we had scheduled
• to do executive then we had scheduled to do executive sessions<00:06:35.520><c> on</c><00:06:36.240>
• </c> that they were scheduled for this week. that they were scheduled for this week.
• Okay, it is exactly 1:00, and in the interest of staying on schedule and accommodating the schedules

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think we've gone through about nine with more scheduled to go at this point.
• And the hope of the Scheduled to go at this point.
• And I don't know what the scheduling has looked like at this point in time.
• I think we're still working through that, and we do have another meeting scheduled next month.
• Sounds like we're at—we know we've got a couple more hearings we need to schedule.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission opened an informal discussion focused on developing recommendations for its September report on correctional consolidation and cooperation. Chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger emphasized that the group is still in an information-gathering phase, but should begin putting ideas on the table, including possible written recommendations, further hearings, and additional facility tours. Members discussed whether the commission should seek more input from frontline stakeholders such as sheriffs, probation, parole, reentry centers, unions, and the judiciary, and whether recommendations should be organized around specific issue areas like medical costs, programming, reentry, and facility operations. A major theme was the need for a more integrated and consistent correctional system. Participants raised concerns about fragmentation across DOC, county sheriffs, probation, and parole, and suggested exploring step-down pathways, minimum security, pre-release, day reporting, and regional reentry hubs to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism. Several speakers stressed the importance of uniform standards, evidence-based programming, better data on outcomes and spending, and clearer alignment between custody conditions and rehabilitation goals. There was also discussion of looking to other states and international models, as well as revisiting older reports and plans, including the 2009 commission report and the 2010 corrections master plan. Facility-specific issues were also raised, including the need to examine women’s facilities such as Framingham, Bridgewater, and restrictive housing practices in light of suicide concerns and mental health needs. Members discussed the relationship between correctional custody and behavioral health, the role of the judiciary in sentencing and reentry planning, and whether judges should be better informed about available programming and step-down options. There was broad agreement that collaboration, transparency, and accountability should be strengthened, with some members urging that recommendations be based on firsthand facts and data rather than opinion alone. The meeting also included presentation of a written set of eight high-level recommendations compiled by advocacy and legal organizations, which focused on clearer and more consistent programming, equitable application of rules, and reducing punitive conditions that function like solitary confinement. The chairs said the document would be shared with members and posted online. No formal votes were taken during the discussion, and the meeting ended with plans to continue the conversation at a future session, including possible follow-up on reentry centers, restrictive housing, and other systemwide reforms.

Transcript Highlights:

• get into July, immediately into strategic planning retreats in July, but could not coordinate the schedule
• We hope to do it a little sooner, but schedules are pushing it into early fall.
• Committee, we're roughly scheduled for a break.
• times in different classrooms and that sort of stuff, a scheduler piece, those different programs.
• The Ad Astra, that's the facilities and classroom management software to help with the scheduling of

Committee: Joint Higher Education Institutions Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These include students completing vaccine schedules or waiting required intervals, as well as those facing
• The Research Advisory Panel currently evaluates research using Schedule I and Schedule II controlled
• The Research Advisory Panel currently evaluates research using Schedule I and Schedule II controlled
• But it continues to be a scheduled drug in the United States.

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• are grand injuries compensated on the are grand injuries compensated on the same<00:53:02.160><c> schedule
• 02.880><c> is</c><00:53:03.040><c> it</c><00:53:03.200><c> a</c><00:53:03.440><c> different</c> same schedule
• or is it a different same schedule or is it a different schedule?
• schedule? schedule?

Bills: SB2444 , SB2446 , SB2450 , SB2453 , SB2461 , SB2457 , SB2462 , SB2313 , SB2528 , SB2532 , SB2571 , SB2678 , SB2529

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: real property, exemption, attachment, execution, consumer protection, financial security, inflation adjustment, head of family, senior citizens, Intermediate Court of Appeals, judges, Hawaii judiciary, court membership, legal system, presidential preference primary, elections, political parties, Hawaii voting, 2028 election, voting

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 2444 would raise the real property exemption amount for attachment or execution, which the Attorney General said could create vague retroactivity language and litigation risk; the committee noted the exemption had last been adjusted around 1978. SB 2446 would add a seventh associate judge to the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Judiciary staff testified in opposition, saying recent internal restructuring and a pending vacancy had improved output and that it would be prudent to wait and see the effect before adding another judge. The Public Defender supported the goal of faster appellate resolution but said it would defer to the court’s assessment and had no objection to revisiting the issue later. The committee also discussed current appellate timelines, with staff saying at least 225 days is built into the process before a case reaches a merit panel, and that a two-year delay from panel assignment was realistic under the current structure. The committee then heard SB 2450, which would establish a presidential preference primary for the 2028 cycle. The Chief Election Officer said the election would cost about $4 million, less if combined with the regular primary. Several opponents argued the bill would add bureaucracy, duplicate or undermine party-run processes, and waste taxpayer money; one speaker estimated the total cost could be closer to $6 million when county costs are included. Supporters and committee members discussed that the measure would not require parties to use the results and that Hawaii remains one of the few states still using caucuses. The committee also asked whether counties could staff the election and whether the results would be useful given Hawaii’s current primary timing. SB 2453 would require the Office of Elections to include a notice with each ballot that a digital and printed voter information guide is available, with the notice in 32-point font as a separate insert. The Chief Election Officer said the insert would cost about $90,000 and asked for an effective date of January 1, 2027 because mailing preparations for the primary would already be underway. The Disability and Communications Access Board, League of Women Voters, National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, and others supported the bill. The committee also began hearing SB 2461, which would have the Office of Elections prepare a questionnaire for candidates and publish responses online and in the voter guide; the Chief Election Officer said the office did not think it should be the agency to shape campaign questions, though he said it could work if the questions were specified in statute. Finally, the committee heard SB 2457, which would require a criminal conviction before seized property could be forfeited. The Attorney General and Honolulu Police Department opposed the bill, arguing it would prolong cases, increase storage costs, and make forfeiture less effective against crime, especially where owners flee, die, or hide assets through shell companies. The Public Defender strongly supported the measure, saying forfeiture should be tied to convictions and that people challenging forfeiture often lack counsel. The Honolulu Prosecutor also opposed the bill, but said it supported transparency, due process, and even a right to counsel; it argued conviction-only forfeiture would fail in cases involving fugitives, deceased suspects, or hidden ownership structures. The committee questioned what would happen to property if an owner could not be found, and the prosecutor said the outcome would depend on the type of property and could involve abandonment or interpleader proceedings.

Transcript Highlights:

• We eventually moved to small loans, and the pawn industry was scheduled for last in 2019 to transition
• We eventually moved to small loans, and the pawn industry was scheduled for last in 2019 to transition
• We eventually moved to small loans, and the pawn industry was scheduled for last in 2019 to transition
• We have a meeting scheduled for today at 12:30 to talk about all the questions that came out of senator's
• We have a meeting scheduled for today at 12:30 to talk about all the questions that came out of senator's

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 22 January, 2026; 8:00 AM, 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, the time being 1:45, the scheduled time for our whole committee work session on the two portraits
• We have it in our schedule that we can exec, and we certainly can do that.
• :26:00.080><c> exec</c><01:26:01.120><c> um</c><01:26:01.360><c> and</c><01:26:01.679><c> we</c> schedule
• that we can exec um and we schedule that we can exec um and we certainly<01:26:02.320><c> can</c><01
• The speaker said they had other things scheduled that day and was hoping to watch the meeting later if

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with Senate Bill 197, which would remove supervision of the legislative facilities committee nurse from the Department of Health and Human Services and instead place the nurse under the Board of Nursing’s scope of practice and the Nurse Practice Act. Ryan Maliti introduced the bill for Senator Pearl, and John Williams of DHHS explained that the current statutory language is outdated, dating back to 1995, and improperly gives medical supervisory authority to a non-clinician. He said the change would align the statute with current practice and that the department, the Joint Legislative Committee’s chief operating officer, and the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification were all comfortable with the language. Committee members asked about the need for the change and confirmed the old supervisory language was no longer being meaningfully used. The chair closed the hearing on SB 197, noting there may be additional amendments before final action. The committee then heard Senate Bill 186, which would authorize the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and display a portrait of former Senator Jeb Bradley in the State House. Max Taylor, speaking for Senator Rashardi, described Bradley’s long public service and urged the committee to move the bill. Members asked whether the portrait was completed, where it would be displayed, and how size and placement would be determined. Taylor said the portrait had not yet been commissioned but would be paid for by Bradley, and that the exact location had not been set. Committee members and staff noted that the Joint Historical Committee is already working on portrait placement and space issues, and that the bill may need to be coordinated with broader updates to the statutes governing portraits and memorials. The committee also heard Senate Bill 200, introduced by Senator Reardon, to allow the Joint Legislative Historical Committee to accept and hang a portrait of former Senator Sylvia Larson. Reardon and Donna Susi, who painted the portrait and had served as Larson’s chief of staff, gave strong testimony about Larson’s legislative record, leadership as Senate President, and bipartisan service. Members asked about the portrait’s status, size, and where it would be displayed; witnesses said the portrait was completed, framed, and currently stored in a box pending approval, and that the committee would decide placement. In the later work session, the chair used the two portrait bills to discuss broader problems in the statutes and the Joint Historical Committee’s responsibilities, including possible size limits, placement rules, and whether New Hampshire should adopt practices used in other states such as waiting periods or moratoriums on portraits. No votes were taken during the work session, but members discussed using the bills as vehicles for larger statutory cleanup.

Transcript Highlights:

• follow-up question with what Senator Moriwaki pointed out, and that is one of the reasons I have scheduled
• deputy as to what avenues you have dealt with with DHRD on recruitment. ...one of the reasons I have scheduled
• we also let the applicants know, if you're interested in this line of work, call these people and schedule
• 00:15:06.519><c> these</c><00:15:06.680><c> people</c><00:15:07.000><c> and</c><00:15:07.120><c> schedule
• </c><00:15:07.480><c> the</c> call these people and schedule the call these people and schedule the interview

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Health, Human Services, and Labor and Technology committee heard testimony on SB 447, a Department of Health pilot program related to recruitment, and SB 1043, a tax measure. On SB 447, the Department of Health said the pilot had streamlined hiring by delaying minimum-qualification review until later in the process, while the Department of Human Resources Development objected that parts of the bill could conflict with civil service rules, due process rights, and equal pay requirements. Several labor and employee groups testified, with some supporting the pilot as a way to address vacancies and others warning about merit-system concerns. The committee later voted to pass SB 447 as is. On SB 1043, testimony was mixed but largely focused on the bill’s tax changes, especially the proposed increase to the general excise tax and exemptions or credits for lower-income households. Supporters, including labor groups and housing/worker advocates, argued the bill would reduce burdens on working families, help with food insecurity, and keep residents in Hawaiʻi. Opponents, including the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi and some community witnesses, said the general excise tax is regressive and would raise costs across the state. The committee voted to advance SB 1043 with substantial amendments, deleting most of the bill except section two and setting a far-future effective date, while noting the fiscal impact had not been provided. The committee also deferred SB 633 and later deferred SB 1633 for further decision-making, scheduling continued consideration for February 12, 2025, in Room 225. The hearing included standard instructions on one-minute testimony, written testimony, and Zoom procedures, and the committee adjourned after taking the above actions.

Transcript Highlights:

• I will head out of the House office buildings and we are in a pretty tight schedule.