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• Schumacher moves that the report of the Conference Committee on House File 2115 be adopted and that the
• We were able to keep a majority of what we had sent over into conference committee.
• From the Republican side, we had Rasmussen and also Ebbler on the conference committee.
• conference.
• Further discussion on the conference committee report.

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• You get your logo on the conference information.
• And I should also say that this isn't an open registration conference.
• And just like this conference that Anelli mentioned, it's cost $8,000 a tent.
• We might need to send some of our people to a conference.
• No conferences. No, I'm going to be at region. I'll be at region 4 too, Amanda.

Keywords: 914, all

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• missed an opportunity in this particular bill, and we're hoping to potentially bring it out of conference
• It is our hope that we can look at those issues when we bring it into conference.
• It may spend more than we'd like, but this bill does get us to conference committee.
• I look forward to the opportunity to continue this conversation in the conference committee.
• We have a stronger position going into conference, and so I would like to take that stronger position

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• requesting a committee of conference? requesting a committee of conference?
• <00:14:08.200> The appoint a committee of conference.
• The appoint a committee of conference.
• committee of conference be appointed. committee of conference be appointed.
• . conference. conference.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional performance by four Vermont music therapists, followed by remarks recognizing music therapy as an evidence-based profession and welcoming the performers to the chamber. The body then handled several referral and procedural matters: Senate Bills 212 and 328, and Senate Bill 325 after an Environment Committee report, were referred to Ways and Means under House Rule 35A because of revenue impacts. The House also read HCR 263, congratulating the 2026 Mount Mansfield Union High School Division 1 championship girls basketball team, and members offered brief congratulations and announcements, including a birthday greeting for the Chief of Staff, notice of an art social, and a reminder about the House Adjournment Pool benefiting Good Samaritan Haven. The House voted to move Senate Bill 206, relating to licensure of early childhood educators, from Government Operations and Military Affairs to Human Services. It then took up House Bill 951, the state budget bill, suspended rules to consider it immediately, and voted not to concur with the Senate’s proposal of amendment. The House requested a committee of conference and appointed Representatives Shay, Feltes, and Lumley to serve on the House side, then suspended rules again to message its action to the Senate forthwith. In the orders of the day, the House passed House Bill 902 on amendments to the City of Barre charter, and passed Senate Bills 142, 179, 227, 230, and 298 in concurrence with proposals of amendment. Action on Senate Bill 223, relating to water quality, was postponed for two legislative days. The House then considered Senate Bill 327 on economic development, hearing detailed testimony from the Commerce and Economic Development, Ways and Means, and Appropriations committees. The bill would support small businesses, repeal the VEGI sunset, create hospitality and culinary workforce initiatives, revise the Rural Industrial Development Grant Program, authorize cash rounding when pennies are unavailable, and establish a C-PACE financing program. Ways and Means offered nine amendments, including changes to VEGI limits, grant language, rounding notice provisions, and C-PACE timing and tax clarifications; the House adopted the amendments and proposed the bill back to the Senate as amended.

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• Uh, we were able to get with LCS Legislative Council Service to get uh this conference committee report
• So what remains in this conference committee report that will be the 2025. Uh, tax omnibus bill.
• Can I get a motion on the conference committee report?
• I motion to approve the conference create a report. Second, we have a motion by Chairwoman Hamblin.
• This conference committee report passes. We have done our work here in this conference committee.

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• number of conference reports that are there.
• , followed by Senate Bills in Conference.
• , followed by Senate Bill's in Conference.
• So then the next category is House Bills in Conference, followed by Senate Bills in Conference.
• So on today's calendar, first conference report, page two, the conference report has been received for

Keywords: March 14, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• You'd go into conference committee.
• So anyway, we're going to conference on it if we remove it either way.
• So it will go to conference. You can easily add it back in, and I will be watching it.
• Chair, can we take it out and then conference on it? I mean, we can do that.
• Representative Mitzhaw will be in the conference committee.

Bills: SB2399

Keywords: mental health, psychiatric treatment, reimbursement, medical assistance, legislative report, 908, all

Summary: The committee reconvened and first reconsidered House Bill 1612, the aerospace medical and mental health support center bill. Senator Cleary offered an amendment to reduce the general fund appropriation from $500,000 to $250,000 and require the university or project sponsors to find the remaining funding from other sources. The amendment passed, and the bill was then recommended do pass as amended, with members citing concerns about university funding, but others supporting the project as a one-time seed investment. The committee also discussed a possible future FMAP increase beginning October 1, 2026, which could reduce general fund costs by roughly $9 million, though members noted the figures were still preliminary and could be addressed later if needed. The committee then returned to Human Services budget items, including early childhood and child care funding, a community cultural center grant, and several other adjustments. Members discussed reducing the “best in class” amount, changes to child care grants and quality/infrastructure funding, and clarifying that prior child care assistance appropriations were in fact being spent. They also agreed to reduce the 1915(i) Medicaid waiver line by $2 million, with the understanding that the entitlement would still be funded as needed. The committee also considered taking guardianship funding out of House Bill 1012 because a separate bill, Senate Bill 2029, would move that funding elsewhere; members agreed that removing it from the budget could help the overall bill and could be restored if the separate bill failed. Several study amendments were discussed. Senator Cleary proposed adding a maternal health study related to prenatal services, doulas, midwives, and Medicaid, and members expressed support. The committee also discussed a software/case-management study proposal, but the department said it had not requested it and would not support it as presented, so members leaned against advancing it unless the department first evaluated it. Another amendment would authorize the department to work with the city of Grafton on a long-term plan for the LSTC campus and require a report back to the legislature; members supported that as legislative intent. The committee also agreed to remove a truancy study section for later conference discussion, and it reviewed other possible study ideas, including assistive technology, before adjourning to await updated long sheets and bill text.

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• >> THE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT WILL COME TO ORDER.
• CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO NOMINATE SENATOR BRODER TO CHAIR THE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL
• PROVISO BACK OF BILL, IMPLEMENTING BILL AND CONFERENCE PROJECTS.
• WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THE CONFERENCE MEMBERS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
• IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, SENATOR TRUENOW MOVES WE ADJOURN.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I'd like to move Joint Conference Committee No. 1 to House Bill 69.
• We brought that up in the joint conference committee.
• We went down and conference committee.
• The body across conference committee.
• Chief clerk will please call the roll. voting on joint conference committee voting on joint conference

Keywords: 916, all

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• . >> Welcome to the conference committee hearing or meeting. We're reconvening. Here we are.
• We agreed to a conference draft one, which is basically House Draft 1 with a clean date.
• <00:47:53.840> committee um our conference committee um our conference committee and<00:47
• So, it's a Senate Bill 2727 as draft one proposed conference draft.
• proposed uh conference draft. proposed uh conference draft.

Bills: SCR96, SCR164, SCR172, SCR166, SCR182, SCR7, SCR59, SCR58, SCR60, SCR89, SCR184, SCR11, HB2296, HB2315, HB2343

Keywords: electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience, energy analysis, cost reduction, financial risk, Hawaii PUC, energy self-sufficiency, natural gas, energy transition, ratepayer protection

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• Uh there'll be separate uh conference Uh there'll be separate uh conference committee<00:01:23.440
• There was a decision by the conference There was a decision by the conference committee<00:16:44.360
• becomes in front of the conference becomes in front of the conference committee<00:46:26.040>
• conference committee. conference committee.
• to the legislators on this conference to the legislators on this conference committee committee

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year. The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight. The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.

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• FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AND WE HAVE FIVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA BUT FOR MEMBERS ATTENDING MY CONFERENCE
• IT'S DRIVEN BY A SERIES OF REVENUE DRIVERS WHICH ARE COMING FROM THE NATIONAL FLORIDA ECONOMIC CONFERENCES
• WELL AS A LOT OF POPULATION DATA AND A SERIES OF BUDGET DRIVERS WHICH IS A MIXTURE OF ESTIMATING CONFERENCES
• THEN FINALLY AS THE LAST SERIES OF THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCES IS CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS.
• THAT IS DRIVEN BY ESTIMATING CONFERENCE RESULTS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We saw in conference committees even with one-party control those conference committees over the last
• this year with, you know, conference this year with, you know, conference committees<00:08:57.600
• Um we saw<00:09:14.399> in<00:09:14.560> conference<00:09:14.959> committees<00:
• 09:15.360> even<00:09:15.600> with saw in conference committees even with saw in conference
• one party control those conference one party control those conference committees<00:09:17.920>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Conference Committee reports. Conference Committee report.
• Conference Committee reports. Conference Committee report.
• Senate file number conference.
• <00:11:51.200> committee signatures on the conference committee signatures on the conference
• <00:58:02.720> this programs in a press conference this programs in a press conference this

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic
• I move to nominate Representative Schof to chair the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference
• I move to nominate Representative Schof to chair the House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference
• We look forward to working with you and the rest of the conference committee over the next few days to
• Anyone wishing to address the conference committee? All right, seeing none.

Summary: The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to organize the conference and begin budget negotiations. Members unanimously adopted motions naming Representative Schof as chair and Senator DeSigley as vice chair. The committee was presented with the initial side-by-side comparison of the TED budget materials, including spreadsheets, projects, proviso, back of the bill, implementing bill, and conforming bill, along with a House offer to the Senate. The House explained that gray rows on the spreadsheet indicate items already agreed to, while black-highlighted rows show changes in the House offer intended to move closer to Senate positions. The Senate chair said the first offer would take time to review and that the Senate team would study it and respond soon. No public comment was offered. Members were reminded that the committee was on one-hour notice for the next meeting, and the conference adjourned without objection.

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• Madam Speaker, the Senate has adopted the report of the conference committee and Gross Substitute Senate
• I'm requesting a no vote on the conference committee.
• I was appointed by this body to be on the conference committee.
• I was appointed by this body to be on the conference committee the last time.
• I did feel like my voice was not considered in the conference process.

Summary: The House suspended Rule 14C to continue working past 10 p.m. and then received several Senate messages announcing action on multiple bills, including the Governor’s signing of Substitute Senate Bill 5408, Gross Substitute House Bill 1296, and Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5083. The Senate also adopted the conference committee report on Gross Substitute Senate Bill 5041 and concurred in House amendments to Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5263 and Substitute Senate Bill 54, passing those bills as amended. The main floor action involved a motion to grant the Senate’s request for a conference on engrossed House Bill 1217. Representative Fitzgibbon urged approval so the bill could move toward resolution, while Representative Lowe opposed the motion, saying the prior conference process had not adequately included his voice and that a bipartisan approach was needed. A roll call vote was taken and the motion passed. After adopting the motion, the Speaker appointed Representatives Fitzgibbon, Peterson, and Lowe as conferees on House Bill 1217. The House then adjourned until 11 a.m. Saturday, April 26.

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• We reconvening our conference<00:04:49.520> committee<00:04:49.880> on<00:04:50.000>
• this<00:04:50.200> Thursday, conference committee on this Thursday, conference committee
• We are on our 10:30 a.m. agenda, and it is exactly 10:30, and we are in Conference Room 224.
• Tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 224. Okay. All right.
• Can we roll this over to 10:45 a.m. tomorrow in Conference Room 224?

Bills: HB2241, HB1163, HB1514, HB1696, HB2021, SB2135, SB2466, SB2727, SB3082, SB3097, SB2861, SCR100, SB3096, SB99, SB2138, HB2289, HB2319, HB1711, HB2270, SB3138, SB3076, HB1642, HB2338, HB2171, HB1785, SB2881, HB2505, SB2552, HB1518, HB1815, SB3125, SB3234, SCR162, SB2614, SB3118, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB2158, HB1718, HB2207, HB1801, SB3229, SB2338, SB3069, SB2600, HB2300, HB1800, HB1960, SB2999, SB2060, SB2866, SB2239, HB1741, HB1713, HB2023, HB2417, SB2877, SB2598, SB2921, SB2645, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2329, HB2339, HB1838, HB1509, HB1661, HB2271, HB2272, HB2344, HB1888, HB1707, SB2340, HB2474, HB1576, HB1853, HB1804, HB1854, HB2095, HB2050, HB472, SB3215, SB2247, SB2400, HB1618, HB1802, HB1969, HB1541, HB2310, HB2498, HB2443, HB2218, HB649, HB2104, HB1710, SB2802, HB1973, HB1974, HB1894, HB1891, HB1890, SB177, SB2101, SB3320, SB2487, HB2429, HB1870, HB1839, HB2583, HB1391, HB2094, SB2671, SB2673, SB2892, SB2057, SB3245, HB306, HB2592, SB3157, SB3204, SB3324, SB2580, SB2074, SB411, SB3025, SB2934, SB2567, SB2125, SB3238, SB2367, SB2599, SB3007, SB2001, SB2756, SB3029

Keywords: renewable energy, income tax credit, solar energy, wind energy, low-income households, energy policy, commercial drivers license, non-domiciled, federal regulations, commercial learner's permit, citizenship, lawful residency, Department of Transportation, workers' compensation, vocational rehabilitation, injury recovery, employment services, return to work, commercial driving, driver's license

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• This is our Thursday, February 20, 2025, 9:30 a.m. agenda in Conference Room 229 at the Hawaii State
• <00:04:28.639> in<00:04:28.880> conference<00:04:29.280> room The next measure
• . in conference room 2025 at 9:30 a.m. in conference room 229<00:07:56.720> uh<00:07:56.879>
• Tuesday February 25th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. in<00:08:25.159> conference<00:08:25.560> room
• in conference room in conference room 229<00:08:28.479> and<00:08:28.680> the<00:08:28.879

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met in decision-making session and took up a series of previously heard bills. SB 21 on water carriers was passed with amendments to make the inflationary cost-indexed adjustment mechanism permissive rather than required, along with technical changes and a non-defective effective date. SB 133 on energy was passed with amendments adopting PUC recommendations and changing the effective date to July 1, 2050. SB 391 on recycling, creating an end-of-life lithium-ion battery management working group, was passed unamended. SB 532 on DOE medication administration in public schools was passed with amendments incorporating Hawaii State Center for Nursing proposals and a defective effective date. SB 230 on wild game meat donations was passed with technical amendments and a July 1, 2050 defective date. SB 1279 on pharmacists and telehealth supervision under the 340B program was also passed with a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. SB 1494 on optional hearing aid coverage was passed with technical amendments and a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. The committee deferred action on SB 588, which would allow self-certification for certain behind-the-meter solar systems and exempt them from FEA no-rise/no-impact declarations, citing the testimony submitted. It also deferred SB 281 on telehealth conformity with federal Medicare rules and SB 49 on prior authorization data reporting, both until Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room 229. SB 838 on health insurance coverage for continuous glucose monitors was passed with amendments adopting technical changes and Department of Human Services proposals, plus a defective effective date of July 1, 2050; one member noted support but urged future consideration of including Medicaid managed care. All measures acted on were adopted without objections or reservations, with Senator Richards excused from voting on the measures discussed.

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• Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Championship<00:05:31.880
• conference. There's plenty of time. conference. There's plenty of time.
• Should the House prefer a conference committee to confer on the disagreeing votes of the two houses,
• committee to confer on the disagreeing votes of the two houses.
• Should the House prefer a conference committee to confer on the disagreeing votes of the two houses,

Keywords: House streaming session for Friday, March 27, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a prayer, quorum call, and recognition of two House resolutions honoring student achievements. One resolution congratulated the Henry E. Lackey High School boys basketball team for winning the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference title and the Maryland State Championship; the other recognized Charles County spelling bee champion Ethan Ntanga, who will represent Maryland at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The chamber also received Governor Moore’s Supplemental Budget Number Two for fiscal 2027, which was referred to Appropriations. On third reading, the House passed House Bill 843, relating to Washington County tax sale notice changes, by 125-0, and House Bill 888, relating to eligibility for a Washington County property tax credit for disabled veterans, by 124-1. The House then took up Senate Bill 5, as amended, concerning special elections to fill legislative vacancies and related constitutional questions. Members debated whether the bill’s amendments violated the single-subject rule and whether it advanced voter control or, conversely, represented a partisan power grab and a threat to minority representation. Several members explained green or red votes on those grounds. Senate Bill 5 passed the House 93-33. The House and Senate then exchanged messages on the fiscal 2027 budget bills, Senate Bill 282 and Senate Bill 284, after each chamber declined to recede from its amendments and agreed to conference committees. The House appointed conferees for both measures. The session concluded with committee and personal announcements, including upcoming committee meetings, a Jewish Caucus and Women’s Caucus lunch event, a disabilities art show reception, recognition of the doctor of the day, and a motion to recess until Monday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m.

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• To the Conference Committee on House Bill 1248, Dobervich.
• Conference Committee on each of these measures. Is there any discussion?
• To the Conference Committee on Senate Bill 2070, To the Conference Committee on Senate Bill 2070, Representative
• To the Conference Committee on Senate Bill 2297, Representative Hendricks, Representative M.
• It's not going to be going over to the Senate for a Conference Committee.

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. Representative Hoverson offered remarks recognizing World Autism Day, and the House then handled conference committee motions on several bills, including House Bills 1460 and 1248 and Senate Bills 2262, 2070, 2294, and 2297, with the Speaker appointing members to each conference committee. The chamber also set aside Senate Bill 2200 for re-referral to Appropriations and moved to amendments on Senate Bill 2128, which was the main subject of the day. Senate Bill 2128, a major criminal justice and corrections bill, drew extensive debate over truth-in-sentencing, mandatory minimums, parole, transitional facilities, work release, electronic monitoring, and the fiscal impact of longer incarceration. Division A of the amendments removed mandatory minimums for resisting arrest and felony simple assault while keeping consecutive-sentence language; supporters said this preserved judicial discretion and reduced costs, while opponents argued it weakened public safety. Division A was adopted 70-23. Division B proposed broader changes to preserve transitional programming, add penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring and escape, limit some work-release restrictions, create a parole board study, and fund electronic monitoring with a $600,000 appropriation. Supporters framed it as a compromise that balanced rehabilitation and public safety; opponents said it undercut the bill’s intent and left dangerous offenders with too much access to transitional release. Division B failed on a 46-46 tie. The House then took up the bill itself, with the Judiciary Committee reporting a do-not-pass recommendation as amended, and debate continued over whether the amended bill should advance, with members split between concerns about victims and public safety versus rehabilitation, prison capacity, and recidivism.