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• The wind starts coming from the south.
• So you want more supply so that you can bring the cost of insurance down.
• Ernest Thomas was hunted down by a mob of a thousand men and shot more than 400 times.
• This is not how it usually goes down. So let him finish his next three years.
• They happened down the street from that airport.

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several introductions recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and professional groups in the gallery. The chamber then took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee confirming 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted by a vote of 36-0. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and funding. The bulk of the meeting was spent on special-order bills, many of them open-government sunset review measures and policy bills. The Senate passed bills preserving or updating public records exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; a commercial driving schools bill; a human trafficking training requirement for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; a nature-based coastal resiliency bill with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve; a chiropractic patient-funds bill; specialty license plate legislation; a one-time waiver for late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation changes; the Florida Farm Bill with amendments protecting Everglades lands and technical corrections; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders; disability presumption clarifications for firefighters and law enforcement; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity changes; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and a blue envelope program; public post-secondary safety policy requirements; and a bill allowing licensed agents to market health care sharing ministries. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. Members debated a number of measures, especially the health care sharing ministries bill, where opponents raised consumer-protection and commission concerns and supporters argued for free speech, religious liberty, and expanded consumer choice; it passed 32-5. Other debated bills included the autism law enforcement bill, the school athletics bill addressing coach support for student-athletes, and the Farm Bill, where senators discussed surplus land safeguards and biosolids timing. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, often 37-0 or 38-0, with a few closer votes such as the patriotic displays bill (36-2) and the health care sharing ministries bill (32-5).

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• :02:41.400> surrounded<00:02:41.879> by<00:02:42.040> bitter<00:02:42.319> winds
• the soul is surrounded by bitter winds the soul is surrounded by bitter winds and<00:02:42.959><
• And in the midst of biting winds and words, help us remember it is love of neighbor that helps us weather
• 03:16.200> us<00:03:16.400> remember<00:03:16.799> it<00:03:16.920> is winds
• and words help us remember it is winds and words help us remember it is love<00:03:17.360> of

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:35:10.079> having<00:35:10.240> the<00:35:10.480> lender<00:35:10.800> wind
• <00:35:11.119> up payments than having the lender wind up payments than having the lender
• wind up with<00:35:11.359> the<00:35:11.520> house.
• <00:49:22.400> memories of Lake Superior, passing down memories of Lake Superior, passing
• down memories from<00:49:22.960> one<00:49:23.200> generation<00:49:23.599> to<00

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The body then moved through routine business including committee reports, second readings, first readings of a large batch of House files, and receipt of Senate File 3958 for comparison with a House companion. Several noncontroversial motions were adopted without objection, including referral and re-referral motions later in the day. The chamber then took up a series of bills, many of them veterans, commerce, mortgage, liquor, elections, and financial institutions measures. House File 3544, a veterans housekeeping bill updating state law to conform with federal standards and clarifying benefit forfeiture language, passed 133-0. House File 3467, authorizing MDVA to use nonmonetary support to collaborate on veteran services such as food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention, also passed 133-0. House File 3437, clarifying that certain mortgage lending protections apply to consumer home loans rather than commercial loans, passed 133-0. House File 3479, clarifying homeowners’ rights to postpone foreclosure sales in several edge cases, passed 128-5. The annual liquor bill, Senate File 2511, drew the most discussion. Members described provisions addressing the so-called “Granny Happy Hour” in senior facilities, University of Minnesota liquor-related flexibility, and other local liquor-law changes. An author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 129-1. House File 4118, allowing state-chartered credit unions to use private deposit share insurance subject to state oversight, passed 131-2. House File 4241, a local government/elections omnibus addressing disclosure rules, Hennepin County medical examiner appointment procedures, and Rochester School Board election structure, passed 124-9. House File 3699, changing a license plate contest to feature the Lake Superior agate and requiring a Minnesota artist, passed 110-22. Later, the House adopted motions to send House File 4668, an Explore Minnesota film tax credit bill, and House File 4319, a Lake City port authority bill affecting local taxing authority, to the Taxes Committee. The chamber also approved a motion to recall House File 1234, the payment transparency bill, from Ways and Means and place it on the General Register after a zero-cost fiscal note was reported.

Transcript Highlights:

• I also think that voters don't want politicians who are just going to put their finger in the wind and
• > do<00:18:12.080> what's<00:18:12.280> ever<00:18:12.760> popular in the wind
• and do what's ever popular in the wind and do what's ever popular in<00:18:13.520> any<00:18:
• The court struck it down.
• the court Struck it down the legislature Drew<00:25:32.320> 135<00:25:33.120> so<00:25

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House DFL leaders announced that they had reached a power-sharing agreement with Republicans to organize the Minnesota House and begin the session. They said the deal seats Rep. Brad Tabke, sends election contests to the Ethics Committee, requires 68 votes to create a vacancy, and provides for Republican committee chairs while moving to co-chairs and equal membership once the chamber is tied. They also said the agreement includes limits on the speakership, shared control of rules and conference committees, and a GOP chair for the Oversight Committee; members were to be present in the chamber that day to establish a quorum, with committees starting work Monday. Leaders framed the agreement as protecting the will of voters in Shakopee and statewide, and said Democrats had denied quorum to stop what they described as an attempted Republican power grab. They said the deal was essentially the same as an earlier offer, including conceding the speakership, and thanked negotiators from both parties. In response to questions, they said the breakthrough came after the Minnesota Supreme Court’s quorum ruling and that Republicans had not been ready to seat Tabke or share power before then. During the question-and-answer portion, leaders described the agreement as constraining the speaker’s powers, requiring bipartisan support for bills leaving committee and for floor action, and limiting unilateral procedural control. They said the arrangement would force both sides to be present and negotiate, with no bill reaching the floor without bipartisan cooperation. They also said the House would proceed that afternoon with the election of Speaker Lisa Demuth, followed by implementation of the power-sharing agreement, and that they expected the session to move forward under the new framework.

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• below nome's plans have stopped the down below nome's plans have stopped the Delta<00:24:02.039>
• <02:12:55.840> P neighborhoods and and burns down P neighborhoods and and burns down P Pacific
• But in truth, not a lot has ever trickled down onto most folks' kitchen tables.
• insulin for seniors to $35 a month down insulin for seniors to $35 a month down from<02:20:47.720
• It had been put down to 60. Didn't hurt that Mrs.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, January 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:29:53.600> to $8,000 a month down to $8,000 a month down to $1,965<00:29:55.360> a<
• But it really does come down to the decisions that we make as people.
• That was an important accomplishment, and we're shutting down Red Hill forever, for good, so that it
• Red Hill forever for good so that down Red Hill forever for good so that it<00:39:18.160> never
• also deployed 80 wild fire and 16 wind also deployed 80 wild fire and 16 wind sensors<00:46:15.400

Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all

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• Moving down to 235, year for two years.
• Moving down to operating adjustment.
• But this this is Water will shut down.
• <00:51:41.520> Please Wind. Welcome to the committee. Please Wind.
• I'm Hannah Wind with Kosen Madam Chair.

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The conference committee met late on Friday evening to discuss the Public Safety and Judiciary budget agreement, beginning with a brief exchange among members about concerns that the executive branch had been delaying the committee’s work by waiting to approve legislative decisions. Members emphasized that the legislature should retain its independence while still allowing normal collaboration with the governor’s office. The committee then moved through several outstanding policy items and adopted them without opposition, including the A38 amendment addressing data-sharing concerns involving disability-related information, a study of firefighting services by the state fire marshal, and an A46 amendment governing access to unredacted portable recording system data in collision investigations, with guardrails on disclosure and use. The committee next reviewed the spreadsheet and budget targets. Fiscal staff explained the judiciary side of the agreement, including funding for court operating costs, a one-time Justice Partner Access Program appropriation, forensic exam rate increases, guardian ad litem funding, public defense, human rights, the competency attainment board, the cannabis expungement board, and fee increases for civil filings and motions. On the public safety side, staff described the target as well as the discretionary items funded, including nonprofit security grants, BCA staffing changes, fire marshal initiatives, a 10-year arson statute of limitations, prosecutor training grants, legal representation for children, E911 funding for critical infrastructure, Philando Castile Training Fund support, corrections-related savings from the Stillwater phased closure and sentence-to-serve elimination, a mandatory minimums task force, a victims of crime account transfer, a decommissioning study, in-service use-of-force training, and extensions of several expiring appropriations. The committee also noted a correction to a spreadsheet label related to the Stillwater closure item. After the spreadsheet walkthrough, the committee took testimony from Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and State Court Administrator Jeff Shorban on behalf of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Hudson thanked the committee for its work and said the agreement covers some unavoidable costs, including insurance, lease expenses, forensic examiner pay, and the new access system, but argued it does not adequately address the judiciary’s most urgent problem: staffing and judicial compensation. She said court employees are leaving for better-paying jobs, judicial salaries are frozen for two years, and applicant pools for judgeships have declined, especially in greater Minnesota. She also said the judicial branch was not meaningfully consulted on the budget target and urged lawmakers to recognize the courts as a constitutional obligation rather than a discretionary program.

Transcript Highlights:

• We ask our colleagues to come down and join. We are starting as a subcommittee.
• We ask our colleagues to come down and join the hearing.
• Thousand Oaks had City Hall shut down for, I think, five or six days.
• And while those are great and we've invested... ...solar and wind.
• We're going to ask Senator Richardson to make her way down.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So uh thank you for forth down the line.
• I saw blue tarps blowing in the wind loose next to a storm drain.
• So, they would like to put down summer. So, they would like to put down less<00:55:54.079> salt.
• point where we're starting to put down point where we're starting to put down more<01:03:42.720>
• They headed down to the exact dollar: $1,595,307.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• on the dais from my right: Minority Leader Brad Jones, Assistant Minority Leader Kim Ferguson, and down
• instrumental to adoption, partially by lowering the price tag of solar and also by serving as the down
• instrumental to adoption, partially by lowering the price tag of solar and also by serving as the down
• I guess because developers have chosen to put a lot of solar down there.
• When forests are cut down, land surfaces and the climate become drier and warmer.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused broadly on solar policy and several related bills, especially S. 2269, S. 2270, H. 3520, H. 3521, and related measures on distributed energy resources, municipal solar caps, permitting reform, and tax credits. Testimony from the Air Force supported S. 2232, which would exempt federal military installations from renewable energy production caps and net metering limits to support energy resilience at bases like Hanscom. Most other witnesses argued that Massachusetts needs to speed up rooftop, municipal, and community solar deployment to address high electricity prices, federal tax credit rollbacks, grid reliability, and climate goals. A major theme was streamlining permitting through automated or “smart” solar permitting, including a statewide platform managed by DOER. Permit Power, SEIA, Vote Solar, 350 Mass, and others said current local permitting is fragmented and costly, and that instant permitting could reduce soft costs and speed installations. Several witnesses also urged changes to interconnection rules, including flexible interconnection, remote inspections, and faster utility approval timelines. Some speakers raised concerns about small towns lacking staff to meet short deadlines and suggested a state-hosted platform to reduce the burden on municipalities. Another major topic was lifting caps on solar deployment. Municipal officials from Lexington and Cambridge said the 10-megawatt municipal cap and regional caps are blocking shovel-ready projects and should be removed, including for behind-the-meter municipal solar and MBTA-community housing. Other witnesses described additional limits on project size, net metering, and residential tax credits, and called for making the state residential solar credit refundable and larger. Several speakers also supported virtual power plants, distributed energy resource targets, solar canopies, microgrids, and expanded access for affordable housing, tenants, and low- and moderate-income customers. No votes were taken. Committee members asked questions about permitting timelines, grid modernization, the rationale for caps, balcony solar, and interconnection delays, and witnesses said they would follow up with additional information where needed. The hearing ended with broad support from industry, municipal, environmental, and advocacy groups for advancing the solar and distributed energy bills, while some witnesses opposed provisions they viewed as overly restrictive, such as mandatory SMART participation for all solar projects.

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• We've met in Lander, Newcastle, Casper, Cheyenne, and last week we were on the Wind River Indian Reservation
• week we<00:03:47.440> were<00:03:47.519> on<00:03:47.680> the<00:03:47.760> Wind
• 00:03:48.080> River<00:03:48.319> Indian<00:03:48.720> Reserve we were on the Wind
• River Indian Reserve we were on the Wind River Indian Reserve ation. ation. ation.
• :10:17.200> Fund<00:10:18.240> uh<00:10:18.399> come<00:10:18.560> and Wind

Bills: HB0015, HB0017, HB0019

Keywords: right to repair, digital electronics, consumer protection, embedded software, manufacturers, repair providers, tools and documentation, anti-theft measures, blockchain, financial technology, digital innovation, economic development, select committee, trespass, hunting, land use, public access, wildlife, 916, all

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• And I think that um the best thing to be done, whatever jurisdiction it winds up in, this one or the
• And I think that um the best thing to be done, whatever jurisdiction it winds up in, this one or the
• <00:11:29.920> up<00:11:30.080> in, whatever jurisdiction it winds up in, whatever
• If we go too far one way, we start shutting down the system, and we start impacting access.
• If we go too far one way, we start shutting down the system, and we start impacting access.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As we drove down yesterday... I asked Christie to make a list of people that I knew.
• I could go on all day, but I want to wind down. I know our time is precious.
• And I'll wind down with this. I'm going to date myself and Christy a little bit.
• I tried to write down one time what I was going to say about Gage. Huge failure.
• He comes back down, tells his teammate, "Hey, take a picture of me."

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• As we drove down yesterday... I asked Christy to make a list of people that I knew.
• She began to write, and there's three pages, and she hadn't slowed down.
• Gage was a good man, a Christian, and a good SEAL, and I could go on all day, but I want to wind down
• And I'll wind down with this. I'm going to date myself, Christy, and Chet here a little bit.
• So he runs up, comes back down, and tells his teammate, "Hey, take a picture of me."

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Small businesses are going down.
• They filed that amendment, and we obviously voted it down.
• I don't down payment toward equity act. This down payment toward equity act.
• And I will not stop until our it down.
• > a the building and they wind up with a the building and they wind up with a voucher<05:01:30.560

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 8, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The other is, um, I I think we should also begin to look at Um, clean up of wind and solar installations
• we should have somebody come and talk to us about the modular reactors, uh, and going back with the wind
• because we're having water issues, and they're taking the water out to make the concrete to set the wind
• Settling down, um.
• And my question, you know, comes down to a fairness deal is should a young man go to prison longer than

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• people that that we're down here working. for.
• . down here?
• In other words, you really don't want them down here, or do you really? We want them down here.
• But to come down here, you can spend a day or two to come down here. It's real easy.
• And if I, he was paid more than $700 a month, if I sent him down to come down and testify and stuff,

Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB3, SB6, SB15, SB35, SB290, SB706, SB842, SB917, SB1281, SB1451, SB1902, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB19, SB388, SR261, SR265, SR276, SR277, SR281, SR286, SR293, SCR5, SCR13, SB2425, SB2880, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB388, SB412, SB495, SB2425, SB2880

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• I've got a few slides that break this down.
• I break down this Pablo Vargas: Queue in the next couple slides.
• the road or 50 years down the road?
• Have you gone down that path? Witness: Yes.
• We cannot slow the process down.

Summary: The Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss data centers and their impact on Texas's energy infrastructure. The meeting featured testimony from key representatives of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and ERCOT, who outlined the evolving landscape of energy generation and the challenges posed by the rapid growth of data centers. Notably, ERCOT reported over 450,000 MW of generation resources planned for connection, with a significant portion attributed to data centers, which now represent around 87% of new large load interconnection requests. The committee explored proposed changes to the interconnection process, including a new 'batch study' approach aimed at streamlining the approval of multiple projects simultaneously. This change is intended to address the challenges of managing numerous simultaneous requests and to provide more certainty for developers regarding their energy needs. Testimonies emphasized the importance of ensuring that the costs of infrastructure upgrades are borne by the data centers rather than residential ratepayers, with discussions around the financial commitments required from developers. Several data center developers also provided testimony, highlighting the economic benefits of their projects, including job creation and increased local revenues. They expressed concerns about the potential for a moratorium on future growth due to the new interconnection rules and emphasized the need for a collaborative approach to address water usage and environmental impacts. The committee plans to continue discussions on these topics in future hearings, with a focus on balancing economic growth with energy reliability and resource management.

Transcript Highlights:

• I've got a few slides that break this down.
• So you can see that in increasing order going down the slide.
• the road or 50 years down the road?
• Have you gone down that path? Panel Member: Yes.
• We cannot slow the process down.

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• Um, please mark down my no votes for SCR 45, SR 44, SCR 189, and SR 179 with respect to the Judiciary
• Um please mark down<00:08:38.760> my<00:08:38.919> no<00:08:39.200> votes<00:08:
• my no votes for SCR 45, SR 44, SCR down my no votes for SCR 45, SR 44, SCR 189,<00:08:44.680> and
• I ask that you pray for no rain and no wind, and we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.
• Aloha. rain and no wind and we look forward to rain and no wind and we look forward to seeing<00:18:01.960

Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592

Keywords: Kalaupapa, Kalawao, Molokai, Maui County, county consolidation, Hansen's disease, leprosy, Department of Health, DOH, patient residents, former patients, public health, transition planning, jurisdiction transfer, county governance, historical preservation, cultural preservation, environmental remediation, community input, Kalaupapa Settlement