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• I'm proud to present AB 2551, a bill that requires health plans and insurers to collect and publicly
• I'm proud to present AB 2551, a bill that requires health plans and insurers to collect and publicly
• A bill that requires health plans and insurers to collect and publicly share data on how many people
• Requiring that insurers must let builders count repairs against their self-insured retention so long
• Requiring that insurers must let builders count repairs against their self-insured retention so long

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• So, I guess if they don't have that private insurance, they wouldn't be eligible for medical assistance
• ,</c><00:37:36.000><c> they</c> personal private health insurance, they personal private health insurance
• So, I guess if they don't have that<00:37:56.079><c> private</c><00:37:56.400><c> insurance,</c><00:37
• :56.880><c> they</c><00:37:57.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:57.280><c> be</c> that private insurance, they
• wouldn't be that private insurance, they wouldn't be eligible<00:37:57.599><c> for</c><00:37:57.760>

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• Uh, is it the proper insurance? What do these liability provisions mean?
• Do we have proper D&O insurance? Are the policy limits proper?
• </c> like liability insurance. like liability insurance.
• </c><01:21:02.680><c> What</c><01:21:02.840><c> do</c> Uh is it the proper insurance?
• What do Uh is it the proper insurance?

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee first took up decision-making on two judicial nominations heard the previous day. Governor’s Message 796, naming Annalisa En Bernard Lee as Circuit Court Judge for the Second Circuit (Maui County), and Governor’s Message 797, naming Michael K. Soong as Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Circuit (Kauai), were both recommended for consent and adopted by unanimous roll-call votes. The committee then heard testimony on Governor’s Message 801, the nomination of Vladimir P. Devens as Chief Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. Support came from the Governor’s office, Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm, Honolulu Managing Director Michael Formby, the Hawaii Association for Justice, United Public Workers, HGEA/AFL-CIO, the Hawaii Filipino Lawyers Association, labor and trade unions, retired Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald, retired judges, bar and court officials, and many other individuals and organizations. Supporters emphasized Devens’ legal experience, work ethic, labor-law background, community ties, mentorship, and ability to manage the judiciary and address the appellate backlog. A few speakers opposed the nomination, including Chuck Freedman, who raised concerns about union influence and potential conflicts, and others who submitted opposition testimony. Devens also testified, describing his Honolulu upbringing, education at UC Berkeley, six years with the police department, and more than 30 years in private practice before joining the Supreme Court. He said the chief justice role is primarily an administrative one, highlighted his experience with bar and judicial administration committees, and identified reducing the appellate backlog as a major priority. No vote was taken on GM 801 during this portion of the hearing.

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• Olsson with the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, the trade association for the nonprofit health insurance
• </c> saying their medical insurance closed. saying their medical insurance closed.
• you<00:51:12.880><c> you</c><00:51:13.200><c> do</c><00:51:13.359><c> have</c><00:51:13.599><c> insurance
• </c><00:51:14.400><c> And</c> you you do have insurance, right?"
• And you you do have insurance, right?"

Bills: HF4421 , HF1937 , HF4675 , HF4715 , HF4684

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

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• We found a therapist that takes our insurance, but is a 20-minute drive in light traffic away.
• 00:10:23.920><c> our</c> We found a therapist that takes our We found a therapist that takes our insurance
• , but is a 20-minute drive in insurance, but is a 20-minute drive in light<00:10:26.800><c> traffic</
• and is relatively close to our insurance and is relatively close to our<00:10:34.920><c> home</c><00
• Availability, proximity, insurance, and scheduling are major barriers for parents.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• builders, workman's comp we have home builders, workman's comp we have home builders, workman's comp insurance
• , everybody else that, you insurance, everybody else that, you insurance, everybody else that, you know
• So for us to workman's come insurance. So for us to workman's come insurance.
• uses excise tax, income tax but also it uses excise tax, income tax but also it uses excise tax, insurance
• premium tax and utility taxes. insurance premium tax and utility taxes. insurance premium tax and utility

Bills: HB 10 , HB 12 , HB 147 , HB 1522 , HB 422 , HB 675 , HB 204 , HB 748 , HB 912

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to dig a little bit deeper into that and have more of a conversation on insurance mandates
• We're going to dig a little bit deeper into that and have more of a conversation on insurance mandates
• We're going to dig a little bit deeper into that and have more of a conversation on insurance mandates
• mandates and what those look Insurance mandates and what those look like<00:01:53.719><c> in</c><00:
• They're liable for those damages, so liquor retailers are required to purchase insurance for that.

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy

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• It establishes a temporary Med-Quest project within the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program
• <01:02:45.079><c> assistance</c><01:02:45.599><c> program</c> insurance assistance program insurance
• The Executive Office on Aging, through our State Health Insurance Assistance Program, already has 33
• 01:04:01.240><c> our</c><01:04:01.440><c> state</c><01:04:01.680><c> health</c><01:04:02.000><c> insurance
• </c> through our state health insurance through our state health insurance assistance<01:04:03.039><c

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness met on February 6, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures. HB 44, which would appropriate funds to the Department of Human Services to work with community-based organizations on social services needs, drew broad support from nonprofit providers and coalitions that said contracts and reimbursement rates have not kept pace with the actual cost of services, leaving agencies unable to retain staff or meet demand. DHS said it supported the bill’s intent but asked for clarification because the language was broad and did not specify which organizations or how funds should be allocated. Committee members and the bill’s introducer discussed how to make the measure more specific and equitable, including whether to set a percentage increase, use a baseline date, and direct DHS to distribute funds among different program areas; the True Cost Coalition and DHS agreed to follow up in writing with proposed language and a funding number. The committee then heard HB 1349, which would authorize Medicaid/CHIP coverage for income-qualified pregnant persons and children regardless of immigration status. Supporters, including the Legal Clinic, Aloha Care, and the Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, said the bill would improve prenatal and child health, reduce the chilling effect of immigration enforcement on care-seeking, and help prevent premature or underweight births by ensuring earlier access to providers. DHS provided comments and the committee asked where the measure would fit in the budget; the department identified the relevant budget code. Written testimony in support came from multiple advocacy and health organizations and dozens of individuals. Finally, the committee heard HB 613, which would appropriate funds to DHS for emergency shelter and services for unaccompanied homeless youth. The Office of the Public Defender, the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions, the Office of Youth Services, Rise, the Hawaiʻi State LGBTQ+ Commission, and others supported the bill, emphasizing youth homelessness, the need for coordinated shelter and outreach, and the high share of LGBTQ+ youth among homeless minors. OYS asked that the committee consider funding its existing Safe Spaces pilot rather than creating a new program, while DHS said it supported the intent but wanted clarification because multiple department programs could be implicated. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair instead requested follow-up language and funding information for HB 44 and continued the measures for further consideration.

Transcript Highlights:

• You're not in the insurance business, but that's close.
• Senator Nichols: ...insurance business, but that's close.
• I don't know why we pay above the private insurance rate.
• Jeff Ormsby: ...insurance premium increases.
• So thank you for the insurance monies.

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• understand, when the fire department goes out, just like any other traffic violation, they ask for insurance
• damage, repair and remediation costs, employee displacement, labor and material shortages, increased insurance
• damage, repair and remediation costs, employee displacement, labor and material shortages, increased insurance
• And we need to understand how things like the insurance crisis are compounding these challenges, not

Bills: HR217 , HB66 , HB204 , HB208 , HB326 , HB472 , HB483 , HB484 , HB793 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1087 , HB1111 , HB1215 , SB78 , SB148

Committee: House Municipal

Keywords: rent stabilization, affordable housing, cost burdened, Louisiana housing, housing policy, emergency rental protections, Alexandria, municipal ordinances, administrative adjudication, code enforcement, housing violations, building codes, zoning, nuisance ordinances, vegetation ordinances, sewerage, drainage, licensing, permits, local government

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• . >> One of the other major issues is the automobile liability insurance changes that the Governor has
• &gt;&gt; ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUES IS THE AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE CHANGES THAT THE GOVERNOR
• Service Law. >> Lay it aside. >> Calendar 485, Senate Print 3147, Senator Cooney, an act to amend the Insurance
• committee meetings scheduled for this afternoon, and they are rescheduled as follows, as follows: Insurance

Summary: The Senate opened with routine formalities, approved the journal, welcomed a SkillsUSA student delegation, and then moved into budget and policy business. The chamber accepted a Rules Committee report and took up a supplemental budget extender, Senate Print 9963, which would extend state operations through April 22 and authorize $12.7 billion, including about $5.1 billion in new funding for Medicaid, payroll, and school aid. Senator O’Mara questioned the delay in the budget, the lack of public detail, and unresolved issues such as CLCPA changes, auto insurance, and SEQR reforms; the sponsor said negotiations were ongoing and that school aid would likely build on the executive budget. The extender passed 57-1, with Senator Weik voting no. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 1887, sponsored by Senator Brisport, memorializing the Governor to proclaim April 2026 as Arab American Heritage Month. Senators Brisport, Fahy, Salazar, and Gounardes spoke in support, emphasizing Arab Americans’ cultural, civic, and economic contributions in New York and condemning anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias. The resolution was adopted by voice vote and opened for co-sponsorship. The chamber next considered several bills on the calendar, including a bill by Senator Cleare to prohibit state-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities. Supporters framed it as a moral response to private prisons and rising federal use of detention facilities, while opponents argued it would overregulate state-chartered banks and affect private investment decisions. The bill passed 36-22. The Senate also passed a bill by Senator Krueger raising the nonprofit lobbying disclosure threshold from $5,000 to $10,000, after debate over transparency and whether the change would reduce oversight; it passed 35-23. Finally, the Senate passed Senator May’s bill on advanced transmission technologies and utility planning, after extensive debate over ratepayer costs, battery storage, and data center growth; supporters said it could lower energy costs through more efficient grid use, while opponents said it would raise rates and duplicate existing studies. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• He was mean to me in insurance one time.
• purpose of the envelope is for them to put all of their information into it, so, you know, their insurance
• an easy way to keep everything up to date, where they have real-time review to see if they have insurance
• an easy way to keep everything up to date, where they have real time review to see if they have insurance

Bills: HB506 , HB590 , HB647 , HB685 , HB692 , HB839 , HB860 , HB873 , HB887 , HB965 , HB972 , HB982 , HB1072 , HB1157

Committee: House Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1157, which would create a Louisiana State Infrastructure Bank to provide a new funding mechanism for transportation projects, including roads, bridges, rail, ports, and airports. The chairman and DOTD Secretary Glenn LaDoux said the bank would help leverage state, federal, local, and private dollars, modelled in part on programs in Florida and other states, and would be used for gap funding and faster project delivery. Members asked extensive questions about board makeup, oversight, seed funding, application priorities, and how the program would differ from capital outlay and other existing funding tools. Support testimony came from Greater New Orleans, Inc. and other groups, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then approved several mostly technical or local bills, including HB 860 allowing fillable electronic public bid forms; HB 972 naming a portion of Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish the Desert Shield Desert Storm Memorial Highway; HB 965 naming a portion of Highway 163 for Sergeant William Billy Earl Collins Jr.; HB 692 allowing local governments to use group purchasing organizations, as amended; HB 685 allowing cooperative procurement for public motor vehicles and rolling stock under FAST Act procedures, which passed after a roll call vote with one no vote; HB 982 designating portions of highways in Morehouse Parish, as amended; HB 506 creating specialty license plates, as amended; HB 839 lowering the CMAR threshold for hospital service districts from $2 million to $1 million via substitute bill; HB 647 revising the waterway assistance program and application timelines via substitute bill; and HB 887 revising construction management-at-risk procedures, as amended. Most of these measures were reported favorably or favorably as amended, with little or no opposition. The committee also received an update on the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction from Representative Chesson, who said the office will assume control of about 4,000 miles of roadway and 2,000 bridges and has been moving projects quickly using internal procurement procedures. HB 1072, which reforms the office’s powers and emergency authority, was amended to narrow emergency provisions and clarify funding and reporting language, then reported favorably as amended. The final major item was HB 873, which would fund pursuit-intervention technology and training for law enforcement through a $2 fee on driver’s licenses; the bill was presented alongside emotional testimony from the widow and daughter of Sergeant Grant Candies and from a St. John the Baptist Parish captain, who argued the fee would help agencies buy safer equipment and obtain grant support. The transcript ends during questioning on HB 873, before any final committee action on that bill is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• exactly how much funding there is, that distributes funding for enrollment, for facilities, for insurance
• exactly how much funding there is, that distributes funding for enrollment, for facilities, for insurance
• distribute funding to campuses based on facilities, utility costs, which are different by region, and insurance
• We face about $320 million in mandatory cost increases, including health premiums, insurance, utilities

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• bonding agents regulated by Article 23 of Title 10, Colorado Revised Statutes, by the Division of Insurance
• Statutes, by the Colorado Revised Statutes, by the Division<00:44:52.120><c> of</c><00:44:52.200><c> Insurance
• </c> Division of Insurance. Division of Insurance. Senator<00:44:53.840><c> Ball.

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• Obviously, insurance. I don't think that that's a surprise to anybody in this building. Workforce.
• Obviously, insurance. I don't think that that's a surprise to anybody in this building. Workforce.
• So whether or not you include the charter schools technically, just for your own insurance in this bill
• So whether or not you include the charter schools technically, just for your own insurance in this bill

Bills: HCR26 , HB113 , HB380 , HB392 , HB476 , HB513 , HB608 , HB682 , HB905 , HB987

Committee: House Education

Keywords: human growth, development education, prenatal education, state standards, biological science, grading scale, education reform, students, public schools, academic policy, community college, technical education, pilot program, driver training, transportation, Safe Haven Law, flyers, child safety, infant relinquishment, maritime academy

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• that the trailer bill on this particular issue is as inclusive as possible, as well as possible insurance
• I know insurance rates are increasing, and how do we help fill the gap to make sure that they get the
• insurance they need, the permitting fees, right?
• not received meaningful cost adjustments in years despite rising costs in health care, benefits, insurance

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• If it's covered under somebody's private insurance, it could be private insurance.
• If it's covered under somebody's private insurance, it could be private insurance.

Bills: SB1161 , SB1215 , SB1270 , SB1400 , SB1537 , SB1538 , SB1580 , SB1584 , SB1627

Committees: House Public Safety & Law Enforcement , House House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference

Keywords: appropriation, public safety, Yuma County, funding exemption, family advocacy center, firefighters, occupational disease, workers compensation, cancer presumption, police officers, hazardous duty, SB1270, Arizona retirement system, public safety personnel, defined contribution plan, correctional officers, corrections officers, retirement contributions, supplemental contributions, retention incentive

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• access care, but it makes it harder for everyone to access care because if providers are not able to insure
• We have insurance data of thousands across the country.
• Because it's hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that gas cannot be insured.
• Because it's hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that gas cannot be insured.

Bills: SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution

Transcript Highlights:

• revenues comes from legal services for agencies and entities and dedicated fund accounts such as the insurance
• revenues comes from legal services for agencies and entities and dedicated fund accounts such as the insurance
• They do have an increase in their health insurance premiums, increases in operating expenses, a small
• So my point to that was, and there's one more for state share of group insurance for personnel of Criminal

Committee: House Appropriations

Summary: The Appropriations Committee first reviewed the Department of Justice FY 2027 budget, which was presented at $117.8 million, with most funding coming from statutory dedications and the largest program areas being criminal law/Medicaid fraud and civil law. The Attorney General described major work in Troop NOLA, Medicaid fraud, opioid and PBM litigation, and especially child exploitation and online predator investigations. She said ICAC tips are rising sharply, local law enforcement partnerships have expanded, and her office needs more analysts, more permanent positions, and more expenditure authority for the legal support fund and related programs. Members asked about case backlogs, staffing, settlement funds, and whether more resources could be directed toward outreach, mental health, and technology; the Attorney General said she wants to expand cyber capacity, training, and prevention efforts, and that some settlement recoveries are being used to support existing programs and fraud enforcement. Committee members also focused heavily on child safety, truancy, and mental health. Several representatives described local concerns about online exploitation, trafficking, self-harm, and the need for school-based training and community outreach. The Attorney General said she wants a broader prevention strategy involving parents, schools, and behavioral health resources, and she discussed using outreach models such as anti-vaping campaigns and town halls. On opioid settlement oversight, members raised concerns about the size of the funds and the need for stronger state oversight; the Attorney General agreed more structure and compliance monitoring would be useful and said drug courts and treatment programs are effective investments. The committee then moved to the judicial branch budget presentation. The judiciary requested $229.6 million in FY 2027, plus $5.6 million in one-time funding, with most of the budget coming from state general fund. The presentation highlighted increases for judge salaries, staff pay adjustments, health insurance, operating costs, and 17 unfunded positions, along with one-time requests for security and technology upgrades. Chief Justice John Weimer and other justices said the budget would help core court functions and statewide programs such as CASA, drug courts, and FINS, and they emphasized the need for better staffing and technology in the courts. A major discussion centered on truancy and the FINS program. Justice Griffin said statewide collaboration with education officials had reduced truancy and that FINS officers are trained to identify children who may be runaways or trafficking victims. The justices and members supported expanding FINS so every judicial district has coverage, and they said the program helps keep children out of deeper system involvement. Members also asked about security funding, technology improvements, and the 17 unfunded positions, which were described as mostly clerical, IT, and support roles in appellate and district courts. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• HB 2996, certificates of insurance — Finance. HB 4011, HOA's duties — Government.
• HB 4020, insurance fraud unit assessment increase — Finance.
• HB 2271, insurers covering firefighters rate deviation.
• HB 2398, watercraft insurance requirements penalties. HB 2400, motor fuel tax holiday.