Transcript Highlights:

• in place to look at some of the diet-related medical claims, diet-related pharmacy claims.
• ,</c> some of the diet related medical claims, some of the diet related medical claims, diet<00:27:15.840
• ><c> related</c><00:27:16.240><c> pharmacy</c><00:27:16.720><c> claims.
• </c><00:27:17.840><c> Uh</c><00:27:18.080><c> and</c> diet related pharmacy claims.
• Uh and diet related pharmacy claims.

Committee: Joint State Government

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These claims are exaggerated. The data are clear.
• Pharmacies cannot claim that a compounded drug is FDA approved, cannot make unsupported claims, and cannot
• And the claim is that your bill is not explicitly really...
• The claim is that your bill is not explicitly calling that out.
• Are you claiming that bill requires that? No. Only the sending, not the display.

Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on privacy, accessibility, labor, and public safety. AB 1798 by Assemblymember Wilson would bar life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information, including direct-to-consumer test results, in underwriting. Supporters argued the bill would protect privacy and encourage genetic testing, while insurers opposed it as unnecessary and said genetic data should be treated like other predictive health information. The bill passed the committee on a 7-0 vote and was held open for absent members. AB 2190 by Assemblymember Wallace would create website accessibility standards based on WCAG guidelines and add affirmative defenses intended to reduce serial litigation while improving access for people with disabilities. Disability advocates supported the measure as a needed civil-rights update, while business groups warned it could increase liability and create unclear compliance obligations. The bill passed 9-0 and was sent to Appropriations. AB 2721 by Assemblymember Carrillo would require hotels to post notice when they know or should know that U.S. Customs and Border Protection or ICE are using the premises, with supporters saying workers and guests deserve transparency and safety. Hotel and business groups opposed it, citing privacy, liability, and concerns about interfering with federal operations. The committee voted 6-2 to pass the bill to Appropriations, with the roll left open. AB 2027 by Assemblymember Ward would restrict employers from using worker data to train AI systems that replace workers and limit sharing of worker data for automation; labor groups supported it and business and public-sector groups opposed it as too broad. The bill passed 7-2 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The committee also heard AB 1837 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, which would extend and tighten privacy rules for transit agencies’ use of forward-facing cameras to enforce bus-lane violations; supporters said the cameras improve transit flow and safety, and the bill was presented with amendments, though no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• a consumer's entire digital twin, preventing companies from retaining detailed profiles under the claim
• a consumer's entire digital twin, preventing companies from retaining detailed profiles under the claim
• Part one deals with intersectionality of discrimination claims, and we feel that this bill would simply
• Thank you. discrimination claims and we feel that discrimination claims and we feel that this<01:11:10.000
• that they made and in some sort of claim that they made and so<01:18:44.719><c> uh</c><01:18:44.880>

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures. HB 1957, relating to safe entryways, would create enforcement procedures in large cities to prevent personal property from blocking private doorways or entrances. The Department of the Attorney General supported the concept but recommended moving the offense to the criminal code, adding clearer definitions to avoid vagueness, and including notice, inventory, storage, and property-disposition procedures to address constitutional concerns. No other testimony was offered and no questions were raised. HB 25003/HB 253, relating to fireworks, would expand civil asset forfeiture for certain fireworks offenses, revise the definition of aerial device, and clarify air-delivery offenses. The Attorney General supported the bill but suggested removing the 25-pound weight threshold to avoid unequal treatment of similar offenses. The Department of Law Enforcement also supported the measure, saying it would improve clarity for evolving fireworks investigations and prosecutions. The committee took no action during testimony. HB 2137, relating to artificial intelligence, would prohibit certain harmful uses of realistic AI-generated digital imitations, require disclosures, and create civil remedies and fines. The Commission on the Status of Women supported the bill, while the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women opposed it on First Amendment grounds. The Motion Picture Association, Recording Industry Association of America, and SAG-AFTRA also opposed the bill but said they preferred a different framework, the federal “No Fakes” model, and were willing to work with the committee on amendments. The Attorney General had suggested constitutional amendments, which the chair said would be considered later. The committee also heard HB 2198 on prediction markets, with the Honolulu prosecutor strongly supporting inclusion of prediction markets in the gambling definition because of concerns about speculative betting on events and national security-related outcomes. HB 1511 on consumer protection drew support from the Office of Consumer Protection and the Insurance Division, with OCP proposing clearer disclosure for license and registration renewal solicitations. HB 1897 on condominium alternative dispute resolution received supportive comments from the Real Estate Commission and CI. HB 1642 on crypto kiosks drew strong support from OCP and AARP Hawaii for a ban on kiosks accepting U.S. currency, but opposition from Hill Ventures, which argued for regulation and guardrails instead of a ban. HB 1753 on social media account deletion received supportive comments from DCCA on clarifying deletion of unique identifiers and inferences. HB 1654 on anonymous complaints against public employees drew strong opposition from the Attorney General over implementation and due process concerns, while the Government Employees Association supported it as a way to screen baseless complaints; the committee then moved on to HB 1659 on collective bargaining, with testimony beginning as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Curran: Just to clarify, my claim is not that the jurisdiction of Public Safety or the
• </c><00:42:02.560><c> is</c> Curran um just to clarify so my claim is Curran um just to clarify so my
• claim is not<00:42:03.599><c> that</c><00:42:04.599><c> the</c><00:42:04.839><c> jurisdiction</c><00
• </c><00:42:13.880><c> is</c><00:42:14.079><c> that</c><00:42:14.319><c> the</c> conceptually my claim
• is that the conceptually my claim is that the Minnesota<00:42:15.040><c> Department</c><00:42:15.440

Bills: HF414 , HF768 , HF359

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: data practices, filing fee, government transparency, complaints, public access, free speech, human rights, censorship, protected speech, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, real property, partition, eminent domain, transfer on death deeds, property rights, 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• President, and he kept it pretty clean, Mr. President.
• The elephant in the room is that area needs to be cleaned up.
• I would like to see that area cleaned up before we invest $92 million in bonds first.
• You remember how clean we played.
• Great first half, great clean first half. We smoked them in the first half.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So they were cleaning. My aunties were cleaning and I was playing.
• And of course, Lahina cleaning the tomb.
• <00:42:12.480><c> cleaning</c><00:42:12.720><c> and</c><00:42:12.880><c> I</c> cleaning.
• My aunties were cleaning and I cleaning.
• My aunties were cleaning and I was<00:42:13.200><c> playing.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard multiple gubernatorial nominations to island burial councils, with testimony focused on the importance of filling vacancies so the councils can reach quorum and fulfill their kuleana to protect iwi kūpuna and burial sites. For GM 674, Kavuna Khalipi was introduced as OHA’s nominee for the Molokaʻi burial council, with OHA, SHPD, and several community members testifying in support and describing her cultural grounding, community service, and experience in mālama ʻāina. Testifiers also stressed that burial councils are essential for protecting ancestral remains and that prolonged vacancies have left sacred sites vulnerable. Khalipi herself said she was honored to serve but expressed concern about accepting the appointment without quorum, saying she did not want to waste a term if the council could not function effectively. The chair explained the Senate advice-and-consent process and the consequences of inaction, and after discussion Khalipi asked to pull her nomination from the committee. The chair then deferred decision-making on GM 674 until April 10 at 1 p.m. to clarify the process and avoid unintended rejection. The committee then heard testimony on GM 676, Dane Maxwell for the Maui and Lānaʻi burial council, GM 677, Noani Parisa, GM 678, Caroline Hartman, and GM 679, Benedict Duman. Supporters, including SHPD and OHA, highlighted each nominee’s cultural knowledge, preservation work, genealogy, and experience with burial or historic preservation matters. Testimony repeatedly linked the nominations to the need for functioning burial councils, especially in light of the 2023 Maui fires and long-standing vacancies. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated votes would be taken at the end of the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're regulated by ADEM, the Clean Water Act, the Army Corps, not to mention the PSC.
• regulated</c><00:13:07.560><c> by</c><00:13:07.800><c> ADEM,</c><00:13:08.280><c> the</c><00:13:08.400><c> Clean
• </c><00:13:08.640><c> Water</c> We're regulated by ADEM, the Clean Water We're regulated by ADEM, the
• Clean Water Act,<00:13:09.200><c> the</c><00:13:09.280><c> Army</c><00:13:09.520><c> Corps,</c><00:13
• </c> It's going to clean roll. Senator Butler. Senator Cornley. Senator Chesteen. Senator Coleman.

Bills: HB381 , HB259 , HB393 , HB399 , SB358 , SB362 , SB363 , SB348 , SB187

Committee: Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Keywords: 923, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We don't think that fires nor exceptional events will get us to clean air, and we would prefer to see
• Regarding event submissions, ADEQ currently has the authority under the Clean Air Act and a current process
• So we should be looking at how to maybe clean up this water and have it available with all the other
• I think what we're talking about is spending state resources to do a study, perhaps on how to clean up
• I think what we're talking about is spending state resources to do a study, perhaps on how to clean up

Committee: Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 27 and March 3, 2026, then heard House Bill 2013, which would require ADEQ to submit an exceptional event demonstration to EPA when a wildfire on federally managed land affects Arizona air quality. The sponsor said the bill would help Arizona’s ozone/nonattainment situation by ensuring wildfire-related exceedances are excluded from official counts. Sierra Club opposed the mandate as duplicative and costly, and ADEQ said it was neutral but concerned about requiring submissions that may not meet EPA’s regulatory-significance standard and could take about 200 staff hours each. HB 2013 received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-3 vote. The committee also approved House Bill 2156, appropriating $250,000 to the Livestock Compensation Fund, after testimony from opponents raising transparency, conflict-of-interest, and funding concerns; supporters argued ranchers need help with depredation losses. HB 2156 passed 5-3. House Bill 2113, which would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when a proposed residential rate increase is 100% or more, drew testimony from the sponsor about rural customers facing large increases and from RUCO saying it lacked the staff and budget to take on the added workload. The chair and sponsor discussed adding an appropriation or lowering the threshold, but no amendment was ready. Opponents argued the bill would divert RUCO from larger cases, while supporters emphasized protecting rural ratepayers. The committee gave HB 2113 a do-pass recommendation, 6-2. House Concurrent Memorial 2011, urging Congress to delist the Mexican gray wolf and return management to states and local authorities, was supported by the sponsor and ranching-focused testimony citing livestock losses, while opponents said the species remains endangered and recovery should stay science-based. HCM 2011 passed 5-3. The committee then considered House Bill 2026, which would let ADWR evaluate water availability for certain developments by looking only at the proposed source or sources, even if water is commingled in a delivery system. ADWR was neutral but warned that commingled systems make it difficult to track actual water use and could weaken groundwater safeguards; opponents said the bill could enable double counting or more pumping. HB 2026 received a do-pass recommendation, 5-3. House Bill 2056, which appropriates $100,000 for a feasibility study of brackish groundwater desalination sites, was supported by the sponsor as a way to explore additional water supplies; ADWR was neutral but said the study would be new for the agency and that brackish water is still regulated as groundwater. HB 2056 passed 5-3. House Bill 2098, modernizing Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority bonding and financing authority, drew support from Pinal County representatives and passed unanimously, 8-0. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 2057, supporting a geothermal permitting roadmap and coordination among agencies, was backed by industry advocates as a way to unlock Arizona’s geothermal potential and also passed unanimously, 8-0.

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, the old definition, I think we all know where we're at on this clean energy kind of process moving
• So there was a robust discussion in the Senate hearing on this of what's renewable and what's clean and
• But we recognize that nuclear is clean, but not renewable. ...by definition.
• A power campus can sign a PPA today with a customer seeking clean nuclear power in the long term, but
• A power campus can sign a PPA today with a customer seeking clean nuclear power in the long term, but

Committee: House Utilities

Summary: The Committee on Utilities heard testimony first on House Bill 2807, which would lower Missouri’s renewable energy standard from 15% to 7.5% and add nuclear generation as an eligible source, with the sponsor saying the goal is to give utilities more flexibility and support dispatchable power. The sponsor and several witnesses discussed a Senate companion and committee substitute that would clarify the bill to apply only to new nuclear and, in the Senate version, add battery storage credits. Support came from Renew Missouri, Ameren Missouri, Missouri Farm Bureau, and Associated Industries of Missouri, who emphasized grid reliability, dispatchable generation, and the need to adapt to growing energy demand. Opposition from the Consumers Council of Missouri focused on ratepayer impacts, warning that the bill could increase the RESRAM surcharge and urging explicit language to prevent nuclear costs from being passed through to consumers. The committee then heard House Bill 2598, a more complex proposal to create a Missouri Advanced Nuclear Office and a grant program to help finance a “power campus” pairing a natural gas plant with a small modular nuclear reactor. The sponsor and supporters described the bill as a way to attract large data centers, provide near-term power, and use gas plant profits to help fund future nuclear development, while also positioning Missouri to compete with other states and federal nuclear incentives. Witnesses from Bridge to Nuclear and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce supported the concept as innovative and pro-reliability, though committee members repeatedly questioned why the state should put general revenue at risk, how profits and grants would be structured, and whether private markets could do the work without state involvement. Opposition to HB 2598 came from a consumer advocate and an environmental/community witness, who criticized the bill’s potential effects on electric rates, transparency, water use, and local communities affected by data centers. They objected to confidential grant applications and argued that the proposal would further favor large corporations over residents. No votes were taken on either bill during the hearing. Before adjournment, the chair announced that a committee substitute for Representative Banderman’s solar bill would be heard at a later, committee-only session, with the public allowed to attend but not testify.

Transcript Highlights:

• In most cases, they just didn't see a sign and they get turned around, and we get them cleaned up and
• So that municipal water system in the Delta area had begun cleaning their screens every two months, every
• At Hoover Dam, it is cheaper for them to replace their cooling pipes than it is to clean them.
• You get to a point where you're just constantly cleaning or Environmental issues, you get to a point
• where you're just constantly cleaning or just replacing equipment because it's cheaper.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They sell that company to North Star Clean Energy out of Michigan.
• have a decommissioning plan, because will utility-scale solar be our generation of strip mines to clean
• You mentioned making sure they're cleaned up. You mentioned quite a few of these.
• fourth-generation farmer, former Iowa state legislator, and I am currently the regional policy manager for the Clean
• Again, Scott Swain, today representing Clean Grid Alliance. I know you heard from Whalen earlier.

Summary: The House Utilities Committee resumed and then concluded a hearing on HB 2402 and HB 2816, both dealing with utility-scale solar development. The chair asked witnesses to testify for informational purposes where they supported some provisions but opposed others, and the discussion centered on setback distances, taxation, cropland conversion caps, local control, and decommissioning/oversight. Several witnesses described concerns about large solar projects encircling farms, impacts on neighbors, glare, fire risk, wetlands, and property values, while others emphasized the need for reasonable statewide standards and the importance of preserving Chapter 100 agreements and county flexibility. Testimony from landowners and advocacy groups largely urged stronger protections: higher setbacks, more local authority, lower caps on cropland conversion, and higher tax rates than the bill’s proposed $2,500 per megawatt. Some witnesses argued solar should be taxed as commercial property rather than agricultural land, while others raised constitutional concerns about changing agricultural assessment. A county commissioner described local regulations his county adopted, including road agreements, decommissioning bonds, hydraulic studies, and buffering, and said counties need clearer rules, especially where there is no zoning. Industry and utility representatives said the bills were generally workable but wanted further discussion on setbacks and tax treatment. They argued tax comparisons should account for the full package of taxes and incentives, not just nameplate taxes, and said higher taxes can raise electricity costs for customers. Ameren Missouri said most of the bill was acceptable, but cautioned about how real property would be assessed and noted its current and planned solar buildout. The committee took no vote; after hearing the final witness, the chair closed testimony on HB 2402 and HB 2816 and adjourned the committee.

Transcript Highlights:

• With Senator Hatcher coming in, let's get a clean roll. >> Senator Butler. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Senator Chestine
• So your bill would be just a clean bill.
• So your bill would be just a clean bill. Okay. Yeah.
• We have to get it cleaned up. Yeah.
• would</c><00:14:39.120><c> be</c><00:14:39.279><c> just</c><00:14:39.360><c> a</c><00:14:39.600><c> clean

Bills: SB66 , SB74 , SB72 , SB149 , SB168 , SB66 , SB74 , SB72 , SB149 , SB168

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: University of Montevallo, trustees, board governance, terms of office, quorum, education, teacher support, loan assistance, acute shortage, Alabama teachers, higher education, adult learners, grant program, education funding, eligibility requirements, teacher certification, military veterans, temporary teaching certificate, workforce development, K-12 education

Transcript Highlights:

• transportation commitment, and these next two budgets may be our last large-scale investment in building that clean
• Foundational public health services are services that everyone needs and uses, like disease investigation and clean
• people with home heating and cooling upgrades that will offer bill savings or helping them access clean
• I'm speaking as a board member of both Puget Sound Clean Air Agency and the Puget Sound Regional Council
• I'm the executive director of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and I'm here tonight to echo many of

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee continued its public hearing on House Bill 2289, the fiscal biennial supplemental operating budget appropriations bill. The chair and vice chair explained the hearing process, limited testimony to one minute per person, and then heard extensive public comment from a wide range of advocates, local officials, service providers, and residents. No committee vote was taken during the hearing. Much of the testimony focused on opposition to proposed budget shifts involving Climate Commitment Act revenue, especially the proposed diversion of $569 million to other uses, including the Working Families Tax Credit. Environmental, public health, and local government witnesses argued those funds should remain dedicated to climate pollution reduction, wildfire resilience, clean transportation, natural climate solutions, and affordability programs. Several speakers also urged full funding for wildfire response and forest health, including the HB 1168 commitment, and opposed transfers from the Public Works Assistance Account. Other major topics included Medicaid and long-term care rates, with nursing home and assisted living providers warning that freezing or delaying rate rebasing would worsen staffing shortages and threaten access to care. Public health and health care advocates opposed cuts to foundational public health services, Apple Health expansion, and pharmacy benefit changes, while oral health advocates asked to preserve Medicaid dental funding and support Dentist Link. Testimony also supported or opposed funding for K-12 programs such as special education, the Ninth Grade Success Initiative, and homeless student stability; early learning and child care subsidies; disability services; public defense; housing and homelessness prevention; food assistance; higher education; and immigrant legal services. The committee concluded the hearing and adjourned after public testimony ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So they are, you know, helping clean up our missions by moving over to natural gas from literally burning
• So I don't have to clean it up as much to get the pipeline quality spec and they're putting it in their
• So there may be some things we need to clean up on that as well. >> I I appreciate that. I love to.
• So we're doing a lot better things for the environment in a clean, clean-burning fuel.

Transcript Highlights:

• A legitimate defamation claim is not blocked, and abusive claims of immunity are punished.
• A legitimate defamation claim is not blocked, and abusive claims of immunity are punished.
• A legitimate defamation claim is not blocked, and abusive claims of immunity are punished.
• A legitimate defamation claim is not blocked, and abusive claims of immunity are punished.
• and abusive claims claim is not blocked and abusive claims of<01:28:53.280><c> immunity</c><01:28:54.080

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We handle many civil cases, including involuntary emergency admissions, landlord-tenant law, small claims
• So I'll give that to Attorney Krian so she can distribute the clean version.
• So I'll give that to Attorney Krian so she can distribute the clean version.
• Most of the reasons people go to court—a small claim, a landlord-tenant issue, a family issue, a minor

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee on the Children and Family Law Committee met organizationally to continue work on family court issues, building on a prior special committee’s report and taking a collaborative approach with the Judiciary. The chair said the group would focus on solutions rather than rehashing public complaints, and identified three main topics for early study: specialization and training of family court judges, the extent to which judges should be bound by the rules of evidence, and whether mediation in family cases should be mandatory or voluntary and what qualifications mediators should have. A fourth concern was also raised about overlap between superior court domestic violence cases and family court custody/support matters, and whether one judge should hear both. Members discussed whether to divide into smaller subcommittees, but the prevailing view was to work as a committee of the whole at first. Most members agreed that additional public testimony was unlikely to add much, though recent concerns could still be emailed to the committee. The committee then heard from Attorney Erin Krian, general counsel for the judicial branch, and Judge Michael Mace. Krian said the judicial branch could provide additional witnesses on mediation and judicial training, including Judge Kissinger, and noted the branch was preparing materials on how other states handle the issues. Mace described the history of the Family Division and said he had reviewed older reports going back to the 1990s. He also outlined current judicial branch efforts, including expanded shadowing for new judges, monthly family-law trainings, and a year-long focus on family law topics. He reported that court rules had been updated to clarify notice requirements for minor guardianship changes, and that the branch had received positive feedback on the family access motion, which provides a statutory timeline and listed remedies for parenting-time disputes. Members also discussed prior committee work on rules of evidence and family court procedures. One member recalled recommending quiet review of any judges who appeared to apply evidence rules inconsistently, and Krian said the administrative judge can review complaints even if they come from a single person. The committee also received a status update on prior initiatives, including a federal grant for guardian ad litem services for indigent litigants in four locations, testing of redesigned court forms, and continued training improvements. The chair scheduled the next subcommittee meeting for April 1 and the full Children and Family Law Committee for April 8, with further documents from committee research and NCSL to be circulated.

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing as he is a debate student, he said it would be remiss if he did not back up his claims with evidence
• debate rounds, students are able to apply rhetorical strategies and use evidence to support their claims
• The current biennium, the total is 7,000 from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, 6,000 from Clean Water, 3,000
• The current biennium, the total is 7,000 from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, 6,000 from Clean Water, 3,000

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Section six defines high-dollar claims for claims edit purposes.
• coding validation edit review means claims over $25,000 per episode of care.
• Currently, it just says high-dollar claims.
• </c> says high dollar claims. says high dollar claims.
• </c><01:47:37.760><c> that</c> It requires reporting of claims that It requires reporting of claims that

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's clean 758. All right. Chair lays... Chair lays out House Bill 2715.
• We have a number of studies over the past five years that look at the economic impacts of clean energy
• Another study shows that clean...
• Let's clean this thing up then. Let's get back on message.
• No fancy overhaul, just smart, clean installations.

Bills: HB1951 , HB2715 , HB3092 , HB3237 , HB3278 , HB3511 , HB3592 , HB3675 , HB3778 , HB3782 , HB3826 , HB3970 , HB4016 , HB4049 , HB4341 , HB4344 , HB4406 , HB4427

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

Transcript Highlights:

• It kind of is pre-existing in terms of the Clean Water Act, but yes, I mean, it does limit treatment
• the</c><00:52:09.200><c> you</c><00:52:09.280><c> know</c><00:52:09.440><c> the</c><00:52:09.559><c> clean
• </c> terms of the the you know the clean terms of the the you know the clean Clean<00:52:10.240><c> Water
• <00:52:12.319><c> yes</c><00:52:12.559><c> I</c><00:52:12.640><c> mean</c><00:52:12.760><c> it</c> Clean
• Water Act U but but yes I mean it Clean Water Act U but but yes I mean it does<00:52:13.040><c> limit

Committee: House Water & Land

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 18, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures related to state funds, public lands, wastewater, port infrastructure, and other land and water issues. Early in the hearing, SB 1395, relating to state funds and climate mitigation financing, drew support from the Governor’s office, the Hawaii Climate Advisory Team, the State Energy Office, and others, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii urged the committee not to revert to the original version because of concerns about a special fund and compliance with state statutes. After discussion, the chair said the bill would be deferred because of budget uncertainty and the need to preserve reserves, and members agreed to that recommendation. The committee then took up SB 1393, SB 1669, SB 102, SB 1511, SB 1083, and SB 946, among others. SB 1393 and SB 1669 received support or comments from agencies including the Attorney General’s office, the State Energy Office, and other departments; SB 1669 was sent on with amendments and to Finance for further review. SB 102, concerning a third-party review process, prompted questions about who would select consultants and whether the bill would affect staffing and permitting costs; it was advanced with amendments, with one member noting reservations about the shift to private third-party review. SB 1511, SB 1083, and SB 946 also moved forward, generally with amendments or as amended, and several members noted reservations tied to budget impacts or statutory language. The committee also heard testimony on HB 1393, which involved public lands and school facilities, where the Department of Education sought a change to the deletion language and the School Facilities Authority said it stood on its written comments. For SB 146, relating to the Ali Canal, the University of Hawaiʻi and DLNR supported the measure, and a member asked about the estimated annual cost, which was described as $125,000 per year. On SB 946, members discussed whether removing the term “person” could narrow the law too much; after that discussion, the committee agreed to restore the term and proceed with an HD1. The meeting ended with the committee recessing after completing its agenda and adopting the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered.