Transcript Highlights:

• And it makes the liability consistent with the first responder standard of gross negligence, which equates
• This bill relates to medical school admissions, coursework, academic standards, and employment decisions
• What they're already doing in most of the medical schools with regard to the 50% standard, right?
• All right, that might, you know, I, I, I appreciate the changes you've made in terms of the Uh, standardization

Committee: Senate Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:

• The committee substitute revises the bill's language to conform with Legislative council drafting standards
• It's not a standardized thing. That's correct, yes. Meaning it should be market.
• periods of more than 30 years, which means they could not pay off their unfunded liabilities within a standard
• And so I think this, this makes it even much harder and raises that standard to a point where the citizens

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:

• The committee substitute revises the bill's language to conform. with legislative council drafting standards
• It's not a standardized thing. That's correct, yes.
• periods of more than 30 years which means they could not pay off their unfunded liability within a standard
• And so I think this makes it even much harder and raises that standard to a point where the citizens

Bills: HB3015 , HB3521 , HB5632 , HJR182 , SJR57

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: healthcare, direct primary care, insurance deductibles, Texas Health Benefit Plans, telemedicine, police retirement, disability pension, municipalities, law enforcement, retirement benefits, retirement, beneficiary, Employees Retirement System of Texas, divorce decree, beneficiary designation, Veterans' Land Board, general obligation bonds, constitutional amendment, veterans, housing assistance

Transcript Highlights:

• housing or housing project found in section 356D-11, HRS, and all other references to it with a standardized
• /c><00:07:35.360><c> a</c> all other references to it with a all other references to it with a standardized
• <00:07:36.000><c> definition</c><00:07:36.400><c> under</c><00:07:36.720><c> section</c> standardized
• definition under section standardized definition under section 356D-1. 356D-1. 356D-1.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, so that would be one standard already in existence when it comes to responding to a request for records
• And so if you want that gold standard, I believe that it authorizes that there is a must after, I believe
• And so if you want that gold standard, I believe that it authorizes that there is a must after, I believe
• And so if you want that gold standard, I believe that it authorizes that there is a must after, I believe

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Housing Committee opened with a public hearing on HB 196, which would repeal the Housing Champion program. Representative Matt Drew, the prime sponsor, argued the program is an unnecessary and poorly targeted subsidy, saying it rewards municipalities after projects are completed and may not be limited to new housing production. He questioned the transparency of the program, cited difficulty finding required annual reports, and noted a fiscal note suggesting the state could recover up to $3 million if obligations are terminated. Committee members and witnesses debated whether the program’s criteria amount to political favoritism or a standard grant process; supporters said the rubric is specific and that municipalities are evaluated against objective requirements. Representative Priest, Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire, and Karen Benfield of Stay Work Play New Hampshire all opposed repeal, saying the program encourages local zoning and regulatory changes, helps smaller communities participate, and supports housing supply and young people’s ability to stay in the state. The hearing on HB 196 was then closed. The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1405, a bill establishing an affordable housing guarantee program within the Housing Finance Authority. Prime sponsor Representative Chris Muns said the bill would reduce lender risk by guaranteeing up to 80% of principal on qualifying loans for affordable housing, with a cap of $30 million per lender per year and $300 million outstanding at any time. He described the measure as a low-cost public-private partnership backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and said it was identical to a prior Senate bill that had received unanimous bipartisan committee support before dying later in the process. He framed the bill as one part of a broader housing package aimed at financing, infrastructure, workforce, zoning reform, and other housing-related issues. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal actions were opening and closing the public hearing on HB 196 and opening the public hearing on HB 1405, with testimony continuing on HB 1405 at the end of the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> standard reverse warrants do not meet. standard reverse warrants do not meet.
• standard? standard?
• We um standards that the law requires.
• But then, he said, the committee gets into a standard like a reasonable person standard, which is left
• c> standard</c><01:45:51.119><c> what's</c> reasonable person standard what's reasonable person standard

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:10:34.000><c> board</c> way the workforce standards board way the workforce standards board statute
• boards employment standards.
• </c> of the nursing home workforce standards of the nursing home workforce standards boards Article 1
• , section 4 is a employment standards employment standards um<00:49:01.200><c> would</c><00:49:01.520
• Sections 12, 13, and 24 standards.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our office has a statutory charge to promote the highest attainable standards of treatment, efficiency
• We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
• We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
• We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
• We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• SB 170 is an attempt to standardize assessing for multifamily buildings, especially for the stock of
• The Assessing Standards Board had already recommended and agreed that this approach is a good one.
• </c> involved with the assessing Standards involved with the assessing Standards Board<00:50:53.960><
• The current standard requires an audit, as you heard, if revenues exceed $250,000.
• The current standard requires an audit, as you heard, if revenues exceed $250,000.

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• which we're not arguing the standards which we're not arguing the standards.<03:14:03.040><c> Um,</c
• Um, but today what we're standards.
• ,</c> agree that we want the high standards, agree that we want the high standards, but<03:15:04.319>
• </c> the the high standards that are there. the the high standards that are there.
• </c> repeal our energy efficiency standards repeal our energy efficiency standards in<04:15:21.520><c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• another set of eyes looks at what you are doing and determines whether you are meeting national standards
• If the state becomes an accreditor of itself, they're going to look at their state standards.
• If the state becomes an accreditor of itself, they're going to look at their state standards, and they're

Keywords: 964, all

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• Senator McNurney, SB 813, California's AI Standards and Safety Commission. Action due pass.
• Senator Padilla, SB 58, air quality standard hydrogen sulfide. The action is due pass.
• Standard hydrogen sulfide. The action is due pass.

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met in a vote-only suspense file hearing with no public testimony. The chair explained that measures would be taken up alphabetically, with some bills amended before voting and addendum analyses to follow on the committee website. A quorum was present, and the committee then moved through a long list of Senate bills covering topics such as battery recycling, property tax exemptions, rail safety, military protective orders, affordable housing and youth housing bonds, workers’ compensation, metal shredding facilities, elections, family research centers, electrical rates and political influence, AI standards, student health, air quality, abandoned electrical infrastructure, disaster preparedness, contracts bid preferences, presidential election qualifications, unlicensed contractor work, alcohol and drug programs, generative AI, kratom and nitrous oxide, unmanned aircraft, adoptees’ birth certificates, body-worn cameras, physician discipline, and deprivation of constitutional rights. Several bills were amended before passage, including measures on railroads, military protective orders, housing bonds, workers’ compensation, metal shredding facilities, youth housing, property taxation, kratom/nitrous oxide, adoptees’ birth certificates, and constitutional rights. The committee repeatedly substituted prior roll-call votes for similar measures, resulting in many bills passing on unanimous 7-0 votes or 5-2 votes with Republicans voting no. SB 691 on body-worn cameras passed on a 6-0 vote, and SB 742 on abandoned electrical facilities was approved after a brief roll-call correction. Overall, the committee advanced all measures heard that day and adjourned after the chair noted it was their last meeting presiding over Appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• Better rate structures, clearer documentation standards, stronger guardrails around high-cost plans,
• ,</c><00:08:55.440><c> stronger</c> documentation standards, stronger documentation standards, stronger
• There's no standardized setting approval process currently.
• There's no standardized they operate.
• </c> also under all of the other standards also under all of the other standards that that that um<01

Bills: HF1767 , HF2068 , HF4725 , HF4637 , HF4638

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: human services, community support, integrated care, disability services, stakeholder consultation, homeless youth, grants, funding, Minnesota, mental health, substance use disorder, education, workforce development, licensure, direct care services, healthcare, long-term care, personal care assistants, employment support, medical assistance

Transcript Highlights:

• So just as we did in the 20th century, we believe this moment calls for 21st century labor standards
• And while these and safety standards.
• to meet the century labor standards to meet the needs<01:13:29.679><c> of</c><01:13:29.840><c> a</c>
• </c><01:19:18.960><c> There</c><01:19:19.120><c> are</c> meaningful consent standards.
• There are meaningful consent standards.

Bills: HF1316 , HF4369

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees

Transcript Highlights:

• But I I appreciate standard of proof.
• It lowers the standard of current law.
• Representative, I believe the standard is may and so the expectation is...
• So when you standard of evidence, right?
• :14.720><c> evidence,</c> lower the standard of evidence, lower the standard of evidence, innocent<00

Bills: HF2354 , HF3621 , HF3429 , HF3483

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> compliance with national standards. compliance with national standards.
• We also note that the bill changes prevailing medical standards, plural, to prevailing medical standards
• And we also note that it uses a clear and convincing evidentiary standard, which is a legal standard
• We also note that the bill changes prevailing medical standards, plural, to prevailing medical standards
• And we also note that it uses a clear and convincing evidentiary standard, which is a legal standard

Bills: SB2936 , SB2850 , SB2851 , SB2521

Committee: House Health

Keywords: accessible parking, disability, kupuna, public accommodations, small business exemptions, Hawaii Revised Statutes, parking permit, blind, deaf, accessibility, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, emergency services, commercial driver's license, first responders, public safety, authorized emergency vehicle

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1871, establishing a maternal health monitoring pilot program, drew support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii State Commission on Status of Women, and the Hawaii affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, with testimony urging provider-neutral language so midwives and other qualified providers would not be excluded. HB 1977, requiring a maternal and infant health information mobile app, received support from ACNM and Philips, which said similar apps in other states improved awareness of services and helped families navigate care; a member asked the Department of Health about implementation time. HB 1858, relating to certificates of fetal deaths, was supported by the Department of Health and clinicians, who said the current statute is outdated and inconsistent with CDC guidance; the department and a physician testified that the bill should shift documentation responsibilities to physicians and APRNs, and members discussed optional versus mandatory issuance language and whether the bill would improve data on home births and transfers. The committee also heard HB 1591, expanding definitions for preceptor and volunteer-based clinical training to improve income tax credits. The Department of Health supported the measure but preferred a similar, broader bill; Taxation suggested clarifying terms; the University of Hawaii and the State Center for Nursing supported it. ACNM asked that midwifery preceptors and Hawaii-based students enrolled in mainland programs be included, while the Hawaii Public Health Institute supported expansion of the program as a workforce solution. HB 1574, on the health care education loan repayment program, also drew broad support, including from the governor, SHPDA, OHA, and health organizations, but ACNM raised concerns that the bill’s 30% Medicaid-client threshold could exclude many providers and limit participation. For HB 1575, creating a feasibility committee on Parkinson’s patient air transport, the Department of Health supported the intent but said transportation is more likely an insurance or benefit issue and suggested redirecting funds to Parkinson’s research; the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Hawaii Parkinson Association supported the bill, citing inter-island travel barriers and high costs for patients and caregivers. HB 1854, establishing certification of community behavioral health clinics, was supported by the Department of Health and DHS, which said certification would help clinics qualify for enhanced Medicaid reimbursement and expand access; the Attorney General’s office raised a legal concern about the special fund language and recommended a purpose section, and the committee discussed whether the fund would be self-sustaining and noted a possible amendment to change membership language and reduce the board size if the amendment moved forward.

Transcript Highlights:

• Their opposition to this bill, if they were successful, would actually cut the standard deduction in
• Threshold and reverting back to the time-tested standard of 20,000 transactions.
• Malliotakis: We increased the state and local tax deduction, the standard deduction, and the child tax
• &gt;&gt; WE INCREASED THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION, THE STANDARD DEDUCTION, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT
• Speaker, the facts are clear: over 93% of my constituents claim the standard deduction.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But if you just want to go with that standard.
• It's a useful, standardized data collection.
• We approve training programs and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• I have just one question regarding jail standards.
• Is there anything regarding jail standards?

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This measure establishes statewide uniform standards to promote agricultural tourism activities in the
• We we understand that we want standards.
• </c><00:25:22.560><c> Um</c><00:25:22.840><c> and</c><00:25:22.960><c> we</c> standards for agritourism
• Um and we standards for agritourism.
• It requires the counties to regulate and enforce standards for the use of rainwater catchment systems

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, with most measures drawing either support or comments rather than opposition. HB 2395, relating to taking marine deposits for research, education, management, or propagation, received support from the University of Hawaii and DLNR. HB 2585, relating to agricultural tourism, drew broad support for its intent to keep agritourism secondary to farming, but agencies and farm groups raised concerns about enforcement, county authority, and the rebuttable presumption language. Testifiers included OPSD, the Agribusiness Development Corporation, Hawaii Farm Bureau, a small farm operator, and others, with some urging clearer definitions, simpler registration, and protections for bona fide farms and hosted farm stays. HB 1728, on rainwater catchment systems, was supported in principle by DLNR, which cited drought conditions and said it deferred to counties and the Department of Health on safety and regulation. HB 1881, which would prohibit passenger ropeways on mountain lands, drew strong support from community testifiers who said it would help prevent development disguised as agritourism and protect forests and country lands. HB 1990, establishing penalties and possible foreclosure for unresolved zoning violations, received comments from the Attorney General recommending removal of AG references and more county-centered enforcement, while the Hawaii Association of Realtors warned the 30-day timeline could create problems for absent or unaware homeowners. The committee also heard HB 1712, which would expand and make permanent certain seats on the State Building Code Council. The Plumbers and Fitters union supported the bill, but BIA Hawaii requested amendments to add “licensed contractor” language, and architects and other professionals opposed the measure, arguing that increasing the council from 12 to 15 voting members would make it less efficient and harder to reach quorum. Finally, HB 2151, relating to hempcrete, was supported by a Kauai workforce development advocate and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, who said hempcrete could support agriculture, manufacturing, and affordable housing while reducing carbon and reliance on imported materials. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> that is uh an ongoing piece the standard that is uh an ongoing piece the standard budget<00:43:51.839
• So the University standard everywhere.
• But going back to that constitutional standard of what we're supposed to do, uh to me, the amendment
• regardless of whether we that standard regardless of whether we like<01:11:09.040><c> the</c><01:11:
• </c><01:11:17.040><c> of</c> back to that constitutional standard of back to that constitutional standard

Keywords: 916, all