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• The Vikings, Hilo High School, the Titans, Wa Intermediate, and Hilo Intermediate.
• <00:22:09.440> uh, Enchanted Lake Intermediate School. uh, Enchanted Lake Intermediate School
• school and it has been the intermediate school and it has been the intermediate<00:27:57.039> school
• <00:32:58.799> He Intermediate School for 15 years. He Intermediate School for 15 years.
• his time at Wua High and Intermediate his time at Wua High and Intermediate School,<00:33:10.720

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• We put those people into a sober living facility home, but it's a home environment.
• If you agree to go to Firstep, which is strictly a sober living facility, but it's residential.
• We brought revocation hearings back in-house.
• We will adopt permanent rules to expedite action on parole revocations for nonviolent offenses.
• of corrections case manager in that facility.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Well, I don't know anything about sanitation facilities.
• They already have inspectors that go into facilities.
• They already have inspectors that go into facilities.
• There are no minimum standards for these facilities statewide.
• We estimated it was a million dollars a year in one facility.

Bills: HB165, HB175, HB198, HB272, HB457, HB488, HB566, HB603, HB763, HB902, HB909, HB971, HB981, HB1066, HB1125, HB1154, HB1231

Keywords: HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans

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• One was an intermediate care facility. What is an intermediate? Is that defined anywhere?
• <01:49:42.800> care<01:49:42.960> facilities talks about intermediate care facilities
• talks about intermediate care facilities and<01:49:43.679> rehab<01:49:44.080> facilities<
• Intermediate care facilities and rehab facilities and rehab hospitals therefore need to be able to uh
• Intermediate care facilities and rehab facilities and rehab hospitals therefore need to be able to make

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• Expanding medication-assisted treatment programs in correctional facilities.
• Requiring correctional facilities to track and report data on medication-assisted treatment, providing
• child care facilities to register with the department, providing for revocation or suspension of licenses
• , sanctions, and penalties for facilities that are not in compliance. the department, providing for revocation
• or suspension of licenses, sanctions, and penalties for facilities that are not in compliance.

Bills: HB2139, HB1892, HB1893, HB1890, HB2335, HB2468, HB2091, HB2092, HB1878, HB2297, HB2127, HB1785, HB2345, HB2344, HB1780, HB1891, HB2398, HB1764, HB2564, HB1783, HB2567, HB1934, HB1778, HB1781, HB2621, HB2019, HB1803, HB2454, HB1811, HB1943, HB1589, HB1607, HB1851, HB2490, HB2546, HB2568, HB1972, HB2391, HB2575, HB1896, HB2399, HB2004, HB1894, HB2397, HB2498, HB2560, HB2310, HB2214, HB2167, HB2197, HB2116, HB1879, HB1596, HB2096, HB2298, HB2343, HB2566, HB1518, HB2044, HB2336, HB1603, HB1718, HB1740, HB1616, HB2171, HB2022, HB2347, HB1882, HB1708, HB2086, HB2154, HB2027, HB2179, HB1620, HB1913, HB2159, HB1597, HB2121, HB1864, HB2305, HB2576, HB1713, HB1729, HB1756, HB2122, HB2559, HB1743, HB1733, HB1868, HB1723, HB1711, HB1812, HB2515, HB1724, HB1604, HB2270, HB1722, HB1727, HB1920, HB1593

Keywords: invasive species, Queensland longhorn beetle, agriculture, environmental impact, University of Hawaii, Board of Education, Hawaii public schools, teacher representative, nonvoting member, bargaining unit 5, HSTA, teachers union, education governance, school board, executive session, collective bargaining, public school teacher, policy-making body, student representative, military representative

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• This is relating to administrative driver's license revocation.
• And so if you take a million facilities.
• like enter one of our port facilities. like enter one of our port facilities.
• , facilities, facilities, >> including<00:32:10.880> the<00:32:11.120> pilots,<00
• We built the facilities to do a luau.

Bills: HB1709, HB2195, HB2023, HB2031, HB2033, HB1937, HB2586, HB2575, HB2038, HB2030

Keywords: water carriers, transportation, public utility, Department of Transportation, liability, agricultural rates, certificates of convenience, cruise ship, passenger head fee, harbor, capital improvement, funding, environmental impact, active intelligent speed assistance, intelligent speed assistance, speed limiter, speed limiting device, speed governor, vehicle telematics, traffic safety

Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.

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• They want to build a two-story health facility with a 17-space parking lot on their campus.
• care facilities, qualified health centers, and any other emerging providers statewide.
• care facilities, qualified health centers, and any other emerging providers statewide.
• This is for an 18-bed female reentry facility located in Jonesboro.
• We'll get you that for all of our facilities, all seven. Great. Thank you.

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• Um, before that I was in the attorney general's office prosecuting driver's license revocation cases.
• 05.440> license office prosecuting uh driver's license office prosecuting uh driver's license revocation
• 03:07.120> I<00:03:07.360> also<00:03:07.680> do<00:03:07.920> some revocation
• I also do some revocation cases.
• for time spent uh a license revocation for time spent uh during<00:32:04.640> the<00:32:04.799

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The exempt child care facilities were down by 55. What happened to a lot of the exempt facilities?
• That's because we closed three state facilities. I had the opportunity to... facilities.
• There are really two programs, and I can't believe I have to mention Intermediate Care Facilities.
• I thought we would never have a conversation with you all about Intermediate Care Facilities.
• We shut down our last Intermediate Care Facility in 2010, but again, we can stand up a small... 2010,

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• This is a surcharge on skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities based on their number
• Nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are paying the surcharge, and the revenues are appropriated
• fund and the disability health care facility fund.
• Similarly to the health care quality surcharge, which is on nursing facilities and intermediate care
• It says, second line, certain public health care facilities, the constructions.

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• Let's move on to the next measure: Senate Bill 1475, relating to special facility revenue bonds, which
• Senate Bill 597, this is relating to administrative driver license revocation, which extends the time
• Senate Bill 597, this is relating to administrative driver license revocation, which extends the time
• Senate Bill 597, this is relating to administrative driver license revocation, which extends the time
• Senate Bill 597, this is relating to administrative driver license revocation, which extends the time

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of transportation-related bills. SB 21 on water carriers would create an inflationary cost index mechanism; DOT, Agriculture, DCCA, the PUC, and several harbor and logistics interests supported it, while Pacific Transfer opposed. SB 1478 would require vessel masters to follow harbor master evacuation orders during emergencies; DOT clarified it applies only to commercial ports, with support from Hima and the Harbor Users Group and opposition from the Hailongm Association. SB 108 would authorize DOT to regulate vessel noise near commercial harbors; the White Harbor Users Group opposed, while DOT said it supported the intent but warned the bill may be preempted by federal law. SB 1475 would raise the bond ceiling for harbor improvement projects from $100 million to $600 million, and SB 1473 would cap central services assessments on DOT funds at $5 million and tie them to CPI; DOT supported both, and Budget and Finance explained the central services fee is generally a 5% deduction from special funds with some statutory exceptions. The committee also heard SB 1402 on securing mooring lines in state commercial harbors, which drew support from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii Longline Association. SB 1522 on vehicle title transfers was supported by the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services. SB 599 would require DOT or counties to scan deceased cats and dogs for microchips before disposal; DOT said it would provide scanners, the Hawaiian Humane Society and a private witness strongly supported the bill, and the committee discussed that the measure would not charge pet owners and that Oʻahu microchip rates are about 80% for dogs and 70% for cats. SB 1025 would allow service and non-service animals on mass transit under certain conditions; DHS offered comments, Maui and Honolulu opposed, while the Hawaiian Humane Society, the Environmental Caucus, and others supported it, and an opponent raised concerns about large pets, service animals, and the need for size and off-peak restrictions. Later, the committee heard SB 1096 on license plate-flipping devices, with DOT and Honolulu police supporting it. SB 384 would expand victim restitution in DUI-related negligent homicide cases to include child support for surviving minor children; DOT, MADD, and the Kiki Injury Prevention Coalition supported it, while the Public Defender opposed, arguing the restitution amounts would be unverified and better handled through civil remedies. SB 597 would extend the deadline for the administrative driver license revocation office to issue decisions, and the Attorney General, police, and Maui prosecutors supported it because of drug-testing delays, especially on neighbor islands. Finally, SB 1285 would create a lower-level impaired driving offense and authorize administrative action; the Attorney General and Public Defender both raised concerns about charging discretion and resource impacts, while county, public health, alcohol policy, and victim advocates strongly supported the bill as a life-saving measure. The transcript ends partway through testimony on SB 1285, with no final committee votes or actions recorded in the excerpt.

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• Father Jeff, by the founder of Metanoia Manor, which is a juvenile facility for juvenile females who’
• Father Jeff By the founder of Metanoia Manor, which is a juvenile facility for juvenile females who've
• So this process is what we refer to as in lieu of revocation.
• I guess there was already the ability to have an alternative to revocation. I did misspeak.
• But if their hands are tied by the law, then, you know, revocation.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• <00:19:46.720> or more affecting the school facility or more affecting the school facility
• the uh resorts and uh other facilities the uh resorts and uh other facilities around<00:40:41.520
• from representative Berg um intermediate from representative Berg um intermediate sped<02:33:04.720
• Um, let's see, the facilities piece, I touched on that a little bit.
• The facilities piece, I touched on that a little bit.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to an intermediate as we worked with them as a partner.
• prior to that, I worked in intermediate prior to that, I worked in intermediate district<00:02:05.920
• It's a Intermediate School District.
• <00:03:29.519> we intermediate to an intermediate as we intermediate to an intermediate as
• So, very much Intermediate District 917.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It has $200 million in charter funding, facilities funding, and a $300 million increase in the small
• It deals with the student union facility at the University of Texas, El Paso.
• Members, the Senate added a grandfather clause to ensure existing intermediate bulk recycling facilities
• I actually retired from Lackland Air Force Base and was a facility manager at Kelly Air Force Base, which

Bills: HB5560, HB2, HB24, HB3233, HB1397, HB2067, HB3133, HB5696, HB5680, HB2885, HB3966, HB3556, HB3595, HB144, HB26, HB2038, HB521, HB4, HB 1178, HB42, HB 1211, HB783, HB3963, HB2240, HB1690, HB 1234, HB3372, HB27, HB4211, HB2243, HB2853, HB4638, HJR7, HB 100, HB 126, HB3783, HB5138, HB2512, HB5616, HB4751, SB17, SB1637, SB1833, SB2155, SB21, SB2778, SB260, SB8, SB12, SB37, SB379, SB441, SB1566, SB2878, HB4112, HB3866, HB4749, HB2844, HB150

Keywords: groundwater, civil penalties, water conservation, drought contingency, environmental protection, public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, zoning, public notice, local government, residential development

Bills: HB5560, HB2, HB24, HB3233, HB1397, HB2067, HB3133, HB5696, HB5680, HB2885, HB3966, HB3556, HB3595, HB144, HB26, HB2038, HB521, HB4, HB 1178, HB42, HB 1211, HB783, HB3963, HB2240, HB1690, HB 1234, HB3372, HB27, HB4211, HB2243, HB2853, HB4638, HJR7, HB 100, HB 126, HB3783, HB5138, HB2512, HB5616, HB4751, SB17, SB1637, SB1833, SB2155, SB21, SB2778, SB260, SB8, SB12, SB37, SB379, SB441, SB1566, SB2878, HB4112, HB3866, HB4749, HB2844, HB150

Keywords: groundwater, civil penalties, water conservation, drought contingency, environmental protection, public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, zoning, public notice, local government, residential development

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• treatment facilities. treatment facilities.
• treatment facilities are not.
• Um these facilities uh are are not.
• just as critical as residential facil just as critical as residential facil facilities<05:06:50.878
• DHS just as our residential facilities. DHS just as our residential facilities.

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• upgraded or facility improvements.
• As you know, that is an older facility.
• The facility upgraded or facility improvements.
• When you think about having over 37 facilities statewide, that means that many of these facilities Think
• to move kids to other facilities temporarily, and if one of our facilities becomes inaccessible, we

Summary: The committee met to hear an overview of the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice budget area and then received performance-measure presentations from the Department of Corrections, the Commission on Offender Review, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Staff reviewed the roughly $7.4 billion criminal justice and judiciary budget, noting major funding areas such as corrections, law enforcement, victim services, courts, and due process, along with recent investments in prison health care, security equipment, fentanyl enforcement, court staffing, and juvenile justice salaries and education programs. Secretary Dixon of the Department of Corrections described staffing and population pressures, including growth in inmate population, overtime-driven deficits, and the opening of additional housing units. He emphasized the department’s use of performance measures and highlighted reforms such as incentivized prisons, administrative management units, reentry planning, faith-based programs, and expanded education and vocational training. Members asked about teacher hiring, public defender pay parity, fentanyl funding, staffing capacity, and the role of the National Guard; Dixon said teacher vacancies had improved, public defenders had received comparable pay increases, fentanyl funding would be addressed further by FDLE, and the Guard had helped stabilize staffing. The Commission on Offender Review reported on parole, conditional release, addiction recovery supervision, and revocations, saying its recidivism/success rates had improved over a three-year measurement period. Senator Rouson pressed the commission on clemency and pardons, saying that work was omitted from the presentation and asking for backlog and case data; the commission said it did not have those figures on hand and would follow up. The committee also discussed a conditional medical release pilot study, and members questioned the report’s conclusion that no suitable elderly inmate population could be identified, asking what criteria were used and whether stakeholders were consulted. Secretary Hall of the Department of Juvenile Justice outlined the agency’s prevention-to-residential continuum and its emphasis on education, data-driven decision-making, and evidence-based programming. He said salary increases had reduced vacancies, juvenile arrests and residential commitments had fallen sharply over time, and tools such as civil citations, risk assessments, and quality-improvement reviews were being used to guide placements and services. Hall also described the department’s use of dashboards, monthly data check-ins, and the dispositional matrix to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism.

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• Out of our facilities means they are out of state in another facility being supervised, just so you understand
• The following page shows you the trending of bookings into our facilities.
• Southern tiered facilities, as well as partners at NHTI and Southern New Hampshire University.
• as in our Southern tiered facilities as in our Southern tiered facilities as well<00:56:50.799
• > of revocation reasons about revocation of revocation reasons about revocation of parole<01:01

Keywords: 1189, house, all