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• Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
• This bill was laid out at the last hearing.
• Hearing none, so moved.
• Hearing none, so ordered.
• Hearing none, so ordered.

Bills: SB1998, SB646, SB2786, SB2076, SB2615, SB1961, SB1418, SB2647, SB1322, SB2788

Keywords: pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction

Keywords: HI House YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-cQIaxAdQ0, 2026-07-02T01:22:37+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, House Agenda: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_WAL-AGR_02-11-22_.pdf Followed by AGR/ECD Joint hearing @ 9:45AM: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_AGR-ECD_02-11-22_.pdf Followed by AGR Hearing @ 10AM: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_AGR_02-04-22_.PDF, 910, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Keywords: HI House YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmuNJZNrdyw, 2026-07-02T01:22:36+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, House Agendas: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_WAL-EEP_02-08-22_.PDF Followed by EEP/WAL hearing @ 8:40AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_EEP-WAL_02-08-22_.PDF Followed by WAL hearing @ 9:00AM https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Session2022/hearingnotices/HEARING_WAL_02-08-22_.PDF, 910, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Transcript Highlights:

• instrument fitters and dispensers.
• advisory board and the hearing instrument fitters advisory board.
• instruments for minors.
• Hearing none, it is so ordered.
• Hearing none, it is so ordered.

Bills: HB136, HB451, SB425, SB466, SB905, SB1986, SB2311, SB2450, SB2805, SB2826, SB2919, SB3001

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.

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• issues, some of which you might hear issues, some of which you might hear today,<00:31:11.600>
• <00:48:26.880> um<00:48:27.440> that that we're hearing um that that we're hearing
• So, if I'm hearing right, thing on them.
• I didn't hear a lot of this is about the kids.
• Where are we hearing this from? Where are we hearing this from?

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the application for the charter school, as long as it's complete, they're going to hold a public hearing
• the application for the charter school, as long as it's complete, they're going to hold a public hearing
• you know does this fit the needs hearing you know does this fit the needs of<00:20:01.600> the
• <00:24:23.360> didn't<00:24:23.520> get<00:24:23.679> to<00:24:23.760> hear
• I I didn't get to hear the first round. I I didn't get to hear the first round.

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• HB67 has a public hearing. He'll speak a little bit, and then we'll start the public hearing.
• When time we have to do... yeah, we have a public hearing to do.
• Okay, we're gonna start the public hearing. Clerk, you're going to have three minutes.

Bills: HB141, HB161, HB231, HB67

Keywords: HB141, Alabama, state employees, salary deductions, payroll deduction, State Comptroller, membership dues, voluntary contributions, insurance premiums, financial instruments, employee associations, state payroll, Code of Alabama 1975, Section 36-1-4.3, public employees, union dues, benefits administration, payroll withholding, financial products, deferred compensation

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• Uh, I'll functionally have to have the hearing twice. So I'd, I'd like to discuss the, the issues.
• Hearing and seeing none. It is so ordered. Uh, members, um, uh, next week again pending.
• Hearing and seeing none, the committee stands in recess subject to call to the chair.

Bills: SB 1150, SB 763, SB 1061, SB 1146, SB 1198

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

Transcript Highlights:

• Thank you so much. hear from our people that yeah hear from our people that yeah caregiving<00:12:00.240
• I appreciate you hearing this bill today. Mahalo.
• I appreciate you hearing that testimony.
• Tom we are not hearing you. I don't know Tom we are not hearing you.
• by hearing bills. by hearing bills.

Bills: HB2488, HB2456

Keywords: disability, communication access, deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, healthcare, sign language interpreters, auxiliary aids, weight loss, GLP-1 drugs, obesity, Medicaid, healthcare costs, 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HP 1972, which would create a nonrefundable family caregiver tax credit, and on a related tax measure to increase the existing dependent care tax credit. Supporters of HP 1972, including AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and others, said unpaid caregivers are essential to keeping kūpuna and other loved ones at home and described significant out-of-pocket costs. The Department of Taxation and the Tax Foundation raised technical concerns, including the need to avoid overlap with existing credits and to prevent double-dipping. The department said taxpayers can claim credits to the extent allowed, but recommended explicit language barring the same costs from being claimed under more than one credit. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the chair moved the bill along after questions. The committee then heard HP 1975, which would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kūpuna. AARP, Catholic Charities Hawaii, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the program permanent, saying it helps low-income older adults avoid eviction and homelessness and allows them to remain in affordable housing. Catholic Charities described clients who were paying unsustainable shares of income for rent before receiving the supplement. Members also shared a constituent example of an elderly retiree who needed the subsidy to stay housed. Written support was noted from additional organizations and individuals. Next, the committee took up HB 1706, which would expand Medicaid prospective payment reimbursement to include mental health services furnished in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics by mental health professionals under supervision. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the bill, and DHS said it appreciated the intent to address workforce shortages and expand training, but cautioned that unlicensed professionals cannot currently bill Medicaid and that a state plan amendment would be needed, with limited precedent for approval. Members asked about the likelihood and timing of federal approval and whether the bill could help rural areas; DHS said approval is uncertain and the process can take time, though it saw possible alignment with the state’s rural health transformation efforts. The committee also discussed HB 546, a three-year health coverage continuity pilot program for people losing Medicaid coverage. DHS, the Attorney General’s office, DCCA, Catholic Charities, the University of Hawaii, and others testified, with DHS warning that federal changes could increase uninsured rates and that the state may need to act quickly. Catholic Charities and others emphasized the risk to Medicaid recipients, including homeless and near-elderly residents, while DHS explained the state’s existing premium assistance program for certain immigrants and compared it to the proposed pilot. The excerpt ends during discussion of that comparison, with no vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll hear from you. Ms. Evans, welcome. Introduce yourself. Go ahead.
• Seeing and hearing now public testimony is closed.
• Hearing none.

Bills: HB 220, HB 783, HB 2240, HB 3336, HB 4202, HB 4449, HB 4904, HB 3441, HB 4284

Keywords: sexual assault, healthcare facilities, forensic examination, survivor support, emergency contraceptive, online impersonation, civil liability, social media, identity theft, defamation, counseling damages, injunctive relief, public health, safety regulations, community health, state standards, healthcare access, HB 3336, alcoholic beverage tax credit, spent grain

Transcript Highlights:

• While Senate Bill. 704, which you heard last week, focused on hearing instrument fitters and dispensers
• Advisory Board and the Hearing Instrument Fitters Advisory Board.
• instruments for minors.
• instruments for minors.
• Hearing none, it's so ordered.

Bills: HB136, HB451, SB425, SB466, SB905, SB1986, SB2311, SB2450, SB2805, SB2826, SB2919, SB3001, HB136

Keywords: Medicaid, lactation, healthcare, consultation, reimbursement, maternal health, infant care, commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, please reserve your questions until we finish hearing from the... entirety of the panel.
• I thought it was important to hear Senator Middleton's bill.
• Members, can you hear me there? Okay.
• If anyone else in the room in this room in Part one can hear me well, you can hear me clearly.
• I think I can hear you. I may, if you'd recognize me, on 1198.

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

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• but I've yet to have actually backed the committee substitute from. 30 We actually have to have the hearing
• Okay, um, Senator, uh, Senator Hancock recommends that the bill be reported. 123 hearing and seeing none
• Hearing and seeing none, the committee stands in recess, subject to call of the chair.

Bills: SB1150, SB763, SB1061, SB1146, SB1198, HB279, HB310

Keywords: concrete plants, environmental regulation, permit process, air quality, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, SB 1061, uranium mining, production area authorization, TCEQ, Water Code, groundwater, groundwater conservation district, restoration table value, restoration values, contested case hearing, Chapter 2001, mineral rights, surface owners, notice requirements, environmental permitting

Transcript Highlights:

• The comment period for today's agenda items will... ...of this hearing.
• But yet they only have a newspaper that publishes the hearings' notices once a week.
• The chair hears none. The bill is left pending. All right, are you ready? You ready? Others?
• The chair hears none. The bill is left pending.
• Hearing none... The committee stands adjourned, subject to the call of the chair.

Bills: HB3557, HB5578, SB973, SB974, SB2068, SB2073

Keywords: ad valorem tax, property tax, incomplete structure, human occupancy, tax exemption, HB 5578, Texas Tax Code, Section 6.062, appraisal district, county appraisal district, chief appraiser, budget hearing, public notice, notice of hearing, newspaper publication, website notice, social media notice, online newspaper, county government, property appraisal

Transcript Highlights:

• You may hear testimony claiming this bill's requirements are more stringent than requirements in this
• Um, and so I, I hear what you're saying and I agree with what a lot of you're saying.
• Hearing none, the chair recognizes Mr. Tepper to close on the bill. Thank you, Chairman.
• The chair hears none, and the bill is left pending. Members, that concludes today's agenda.
• Hearing none, the committee stands adjourned, subject to the call of the chair.

Bills: HB 279, HB 310, HB 365, HB 391, HB 420, HB 422, HB 638

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

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• Chair hears none, and the bill is left pending.
• However, tax rate hearing... must be held in person.
• Chair hears none. The bill is left pending.
• An individual can request a hearing after the notice has been provided.
• At the end of today's hearing. Thank you, sir.

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

Transcript Highlights:

• And so I hear what you're saying and I I agree with what a lot of you are saying.
• Clearly, he's got a vision. hear what he's trying to accomplish.
• Hearing none the chair recognizes Mr. Tepper to close on the bill. Thank you.
• The chair hears none and the bill is left pending. Members, that concludes today's.
• Hearing none, the committee Stands adjourned subject to the call of the chair. 438 439

Bills: HB279, HB310, HB365, HB391, HB420, HB422, HB638, HB279, HB310

Keywords: HB 279, uranium mining, uranium permit, production area authorization, production zone, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, contested case hearing, administrative hearing, groundwater restoration, groundwater baseline, water quality, mining permit, restoration values, natural resources, environmental regulation, in-situ uranium mining, permit amendment, public hearing

Transcript Highlights:

• One of the things that we have to do with this meeting is a presentation and a public hearing on the
• At this time, we’re normally required, I guess, to have a public hearing on the LIHEAP program, but no
• At this time, we’re normally required, I guess, to have a public hearing on the LIHEAP program, but no
• With that, that concludes our public hearing and presentation on the LIHEAP program.
• this and I for taking the time to hear this and I look<00:47:58.120> forward<00:47:58.480>

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:26 Approval of Minutes 00:02:27 LIHEAP Presentation and Public Hearing 00:02:42 Conservation Opportunities in Kentucky 00:29:52, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up a public hearing and presentation on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Shannon Hall of the Department for Community Based Services and Rick Baker of Community Action Kentucky explained that LIHEAP is a 100% federally funded block grant that helps low-income households pay heating and cooling bills, avoid utility disconnects, and support weatherization. They outlined the program’s components, eligibility limits, seasonal application periods, and recent participation figures, including tens of thousands of households served through the summer cooling, fall subsidy, winter crisis, and spring subsidy components. They also described weatherization priorities, the partnership with Kentucky Housing Corporation, and the role of Community Action agencies in administering the program statewide. Members asked about Assurance 16, the balance between need and available funding, summer cooling assistance, weatherization measurement, renter versus homeowner participation, and whether federal changes could affect LIHEAP. Hall and Baker said Assurance 16 supports energy-burden reduction through education, case management, and conservation strategies; that funding has generally been sufficient in recent years but crisis funds have sometimes been exhausted quickly in the past; and that summer assistance is primarily electric utility support. They also said weatherization uses return-on-investment testing and that Kentucky still has a large backlog of homes needing service. On federal funding, they said the recently passed federal bill did not directly cut LIHEAP, but future appropriations could still affect it, and any major reduction could leave a gap the state might need to consider filling. The committee approved the minutes and later approved the LIHEAP finding of fact; no members of the public signed up to testify. After concluding LIHEAP, the committee heard a presentation from Heather Jeff of The Nature Conservancy on conservation opportunities in Kentucky. She described the organization’s voluntary land-protection work and highlighted the Cumberland Forest project, a conservation easement on about 55,000 acres in Bell, Knox, and Leslie counties supported in part by a $3.875 million state appropriation. She also reported on mine-land reforestation, elk habitat work, and the rapid allocation of a $2 million appropriation for the Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund. Jeff emphasized the economic value of conservation for tourism, hunting and fishing, agriculture, forestry, bourbon, and flood protection, and said the group is finalizing a Kentucky conservation needs assessment and related feasibility research.

Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LyHWmUbsg, 2026-07-02T01:23:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Hearing Notice: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/splsession2022c/Hearing_JDC_10-19-22_DEFER.pdf, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47

Transcript Highlights:

• We'll hear from you. Ms. Evans, welcome. Introduce yourself and go ahead.
• Seeing and hearing none, public testimony is closed. Thank you. Thank you.
• Hearing none, the vote is reconsidered and the bill is now before us for favorable reporting.

Bills: HB220, HB783, HB2240, HB3336, HB4202, HB4449, HB4904, HB3441, HB4284

Keywords: sexual assault, healthcare facilities, forensic examination, survivor support, emergency contraceptive, online impersonation, civil liability, social media, identity theft, defamation, counseling damages, injunctive relief, public health, safety regulations, community health, state standards, healthcare access, HB 3336, alcoholic beverage tax credit, spent grain