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• UP OF CHILD WORKFORCE WELFARE PROFESSIONAL TO IDENTIFY CURRENT GAPS IN CHILD WELFARE POLICY, AND PROVIDE
• THIS IS A SHIFT ALLOCATION PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE FLORIDA FINANCIAL HOUSE WE CORPORATION TO THIS IS
• THE BILL MAKES A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR RURAL ROADS WHILE PROVIDING NEW FUNDING FOR SCRAP AND
• IT REQUIRES VISIT FORGE AND PROVIDE MARKETING ASSISTANCE TO SMALL RURAL AND AGRO TOURISM BUSINESS.
• THIS WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, SIGNIFICANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• THE PROPOSED BILL PROVIDES FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON THE PETITION FORM AS
• IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE LEGISLATION, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES ARE PROVIDED.
• THEY ARE PROVIDING INFORMATION AND IT IS BEING MAILED BACK TO THEIR SUPERVISOR.
• WE SEE A LOT LESS FRAUD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IDENTITY THEFT IN THIS AMENDMENT IT DOES PROVIDE IT WOULD
• IN PREPARATION AND PROVIDED SUGGESTIONS TO THE SENATE AND WE COPIED ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c><00:07:23.520><c> personal</c> The first is funding to provide personal The first is funding to provide
• </c><00:07:46.639><c> this</c> work with a vendor to uh provide this work with a vendor to uh provide
• The court provides service. If they're The court provides service.
• So we do provide that information.
• </c> also know that DHS provided also know that DHS provided reports<01:35:56.880><c> with</c><01:35:

Bills: HF3874 , HF3875 , HF3378

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house

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• </c><00:59:33.480><c> an</c> families it just simply provides an families it just simply provides an
• </c><01:08:12.559><c> teachers</c> students parents can provide teachers students parents can provide
• </c> need to help provide students with need to help provide students with consistent<01:08:37.279><c
• We provide technical assistance.
• We provide technical assistance.

Bills: HF1124 , HF1457 , HF1803

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination

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• </c> statute this program currently provides statute this program currently provides important<00:15:
• care in times of immediate need provided care in times of immediate need and<00:26:55.720><c> provided
• </c><00:28:36.799><c> thoughts</c> opportunity today to provide thoughts opportunity today to provide
• </c><00:45:49.200><c> for</c> joined together with that to provide for joined together with that to provide
• I see this bill as opening doors that would provide more services in our districts.

Bills: HF56 , HF780

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• I'll provide our comments on the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
• Medical provider fraud in the workers' compensation system.
• This proposal provides broad spending authority without sufficient legislative oversight.
• If this weren't provided now, these are 2026-27 costs.
• Are you planning to come before that policy committee to provide any updates on this?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Madame Chair, if you permit, she will provide more information regarding this request.
• Madame Chair, if you permit, she will provide more information regarding this request.
• Um, I tax them and provide that burden.
• I'll also mention that you provided, or the bar provided, a kind of written discussion of the proposal
• um or the bar mention that you provided um or the bar provided<00:50:01.440><c> a</c><00:50:01.680><

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> great dissatisfaction with providers great dissatisfaction with providers across<00:04:33.199><c
• For rural providers, small providers, it's even more significant than that.
• For rural providers, small providers, it's even more significant than that.
• You know, just like provider driven.
• It's not just providers. Communities have to be at risk as well.

Committee: House Health Services

Keywords: 00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call 01:38 - Discussion of 26RS SCR 9 22:00 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SCR 9 23:15 - Discussion of 26RS SJR 23 33:20 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS SJR 23 35:18 - Adjournment, 958, all

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• the services are licensed and that those who are listed as providing services are actually providing
• It provides a collaborative care approach, which is a way that we can provide mental health services
• Options and providers are telling people that the option is an exception.
• And this amendment, again, pushes that off and back onto providers.
• Other compensation options don't even come close to what to the current provider.

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• Two, provide and uh plan and respond to disasters, whether they're man-made or natural, and 3, provide
• to provide those kinds of services.
• So the more of this we can provide at a lower cost.
• You have to provide more information.
• I do know some of the crypto ATM providers are now requiring.

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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• the same amount not necessarily provide the same amount of<00:14:47.680><c> time</c><00:14:48.680><c
• just providing comments yeah thank<00:16:04.480><c> you</c><00:16:04.560><c> for</c><00:16:04.680><c
• Federal law provides the protections, and that federal law applies to covered entities doing business
• Provide you some procedural ways that we handle the families when they come in, and also provide you
• </c><00:40:48.359><c> Cremation</c> contracts to provide Cremation contracts to provide Cremation Services

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held its first hearing of the 2025 session and reviewed several measures. SB 102 would restrict third-party restaurant reservation services from listing or selling reservations without a written agreement from the restaurant; the Attorney General recommended amendments to strengthen the bill against First Amendment and Contracts Clause challenges, and the Hawaii Restaurant Association strongly supported it, saying restaurants should control who represents them. The committee also heard SB 137 on electric utility mergers and acquisitions, with support from Ulupono Initiative and IBW Local 1260. Supporters said the bill would preserve state policy protections, including renewable energy and rate-making goals, and protect workers; IBW also suggested amendments, including a severability clause. The committee discussed a possible alternative approach from the PUC involving solicitation of bids from non-investor-owned utilities, and Ulupono said it would consider that idea but was concerned about preserving time for co-op formation. Members then heard SB 142, which would require insurers paying claims by check to send them by certified mail with restricted delivery and return receipt. The Insurance Division stood on its written testimony, while the Hawaiian Insurers Council, State Farm, NAMIC, and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association opposed the bill. A senator questioned whether the measure was too prescriptive and could create problems for claimants displaced by disasters; the response was that insurers and claimants usually remain in contact and that other payment methods may already be available depending on the carrier. SB 157 would ban algorithmic price setting in Hawaii’s rental market and require a public education program; the committee noted written testimony in support and comment, but no oral testimony was taken before moving on. SB 158 would create a state-owned bank implementation board within DCCA; DCCA’s financial institutions division, the Budget and Finance Department, and the Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments, while the Hawaii Bankers Association opposed and the Hawaii Credit Union League commented. The committee also heard SB 318, which would require DCCA to adopt privacy rules for direct-to-consumer genetic testing and specify whether genetic information may be used for investigative genetic genealogy. The Office of Consumer Protection and Andrew Crossland opposed the bill, saying federal law and existing state protections already cover much of the area and that rulemaking would be a better way to address it; members raised concerns about federal changes and the need for state protections, but OCP said the bill was not the best approach. SB 332 would prohibit bundling foreclosed homes at public sale and delay finality of sales; L. Strong and written testimony supported it, citing Lahaina’s post-fire foreclosure risks and warning of investors profiting from the disaster. The final measure, SB 525, would require written notice and consent before mortuaries, cemeteries, or pre-need funeral authorities sell or recycle precious metals recovered after cremation. DCCA’s consumer protection and licensing divisions offered comments, while the Hawaii Funeral and Cemetery Association opposed the bill, saying it was surprised by the measure and was unaware of current consumer problems in the industry.

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• House Bill 929, what it does is it allows a patient to negotiate with their provider.
• are provided and say, can I negotiate a lower price than what you have?
• So the provider is incentivized because they get paid on the date of service.
• And so the provider is allowed to negotiate. ...that claim.
• and the carrier and then also between your insurance provider and yourself.

Committee: Senate Commerce and Human Resources

Keywords: 989, all

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• It provides statutory safe harbor for parents and guardians.
• They still are seeking health care from a licensed health care provider in the community.
• They don't even have to be like a health care provider.
• So for example, to just go back to the example that you've provided, if a child is diabetic and they
• are requiring a certain medication that their life depends on and that parent is not providing that,

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: 989, all

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• THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
• I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO OUR COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE
• PROGRAM THAT MAY HELP PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
• THIS PROVIDES A VISUAL OF THE FACILITIES AROUND THE STATE.
• THAT IS A LOT OF NUMBERS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL. FOLLOW UP? >> YES.

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• The goal of this change is to help provide immediate relief.
• The amendments provide $800 million in compliance support for industry to provide that immediate near-term
• So, for example, I'll just provide an example, maybe easier to look at.
• Is there anyone else who wishes to provide public comment?
• Is there anyone else who wishes to provide public comment?

Summary: The joint hearing focused on CARB’s proposed April amendments to California’s cap-and-invest regulations, adopted under AB 1207 and SB 840. Committee members repeatedly framed the issue as a balance between climate ambition, affordability, leakage prevention, and the Legislature’s budget priorities. Several senators argued the proposal would weaken the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), reduce funding for transit, affordable housing, drinking water, wildfire prevention, and other programs, and potentially undermine the Legislature’s intent in last year’s reauthorization. Others emphasized that the program’s core purpose is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and that any changes should preserve the cap’s integrity and the state’s climate targets. CARB Chair Lauren Sanchez said the amendments were designed to implement legislative direction while responding to public comment and economic uncertainty. She described four main changes: increasing electric bill credits, expanding the manufacturing decarbonization incentive (MDI) to $4 billion, adding about $800 million in additional compliance support for industry, and removing post-2030 allowance allocations from the current rulemaking. CARB said the proposal would still maintain declining caps aligned with 2030 and 2045 targets, provide near-term affordability relief, and support businesses and jobs while reducing emissions. In response to questions, CARB said the MDI has guardrails, is limited to emissions-reducing projects, and would require reporting and repayment if projects do not materialize. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the amendments are significant and could affect several legislative priorities. LAO highlighted that the MDI would add allowances above the cap, creating uncertainty about environmental ambition and 2030 compliance, while also shifting more allowances to industry and fewer to the GGRF. LAO said the proposal could significantly reduce GGRF revenues and noted that, if revenues fall to CARB’s estimated level, some tiered programs could go unfunded. The Department of Finance explained that GGRF revenue estimates are updated three times a year and are difficult to predict because they depend on auction outcomes and market conditions. Senators pressed both agencies on whether the proposal would raise consumer costs, whether industry savings would be passed through, and whether the Legislature should receive updated revenue estimates before voting on the budget.

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• to come into the state and provide these services.
• But again, you have to have the community providers out there.
• Our community-based providers, this is a big part of what we do.
• So our community-based providers are a big piece of that.
• So what we're doing, Arkansas is really good right now in providing, attempting to provide things to

Keywords: 1204, all

Summary: The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then approved Representative Bentley’s appointment to the Child Maltreatment Oversight Committee. Members then received the Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review annual report, which covered unexpected child deaths in 2023. Reviewers said 170 non-natural deaths were identified, but 22 could not be reviewed because of criminal investigations, prosecutions, or missing records. Of the 148 reviewed deaths, 69 were accidents, 14 suicides, 18 homicides, and 47 were undetermined causes, including sudden unexpected infant death. Members asked how the report’s recommendations could be used, and presenters said the report is intended as a prevention tool for agencies, nonprofits, and others; they also noted that child abuse prevention grant applications are being shaped by the report’s recommendations and offered to share the RFP with the committee. A question about suicide and homicide data by age was answered by pointing members to the age breakdown in the report, with most of those deaths concentrated among 15- to 17-year-olds. The committee then took up HCR 1010 and a broader discussion of juvenile justice reform. Representative Shepard said the resolution was meant to confront data on juvenile incarceration and the cost of the system, while Senator Irvin, Judge Troy Braswell, Judge Kathy Hess, and AOC Juvenile Division Director Burke Steen described years of reform efforts built around validated risk assessments, diversion, and community-based services. They said Arkansas adopted tools such as SAVRY, the MAYSI, and substance-abuse screening to individualize juvenile court responses, and they emphasized that the goal is to keep children at home and in their communities when safe to do so. Members discussed the need for more mental health and substance-abuse services, better school collaboration, and the role of school safety dashboards and FINS/truancy cases in identifying problems earlier. Judges and staff said the reforms have reduced delinquency filings, DYS commitments, and revocations, while increasing diversions, though they noted data gaps in some counties and the need for better reporting. They also stressed that some serious offenses still require detention or commitment, and that judges must balance public safety with rehabilitation. Representative Barnes and others asked whether the numbers might be worse without judicial discretion and community programs, and the presenters agreed that individualized decision-making and graduated sanctions matter. Representative Inatt asked about tracking youth with disabilities, and the presenters said that specific diagnoses are not currently tracked but that national court data efforts may soon add behavioral-health data points. The committee then heard from DYS Director Michael Crump, who provided detailed data on DYS commitments, secure and community-based placements, detention-center use, demographics, offense levels, average length of stay, education outcomes, recidivism, dual DCFS/DYS custody, costs, and interagency coordination. He said commitments fell sharply during COVID, have since risen and then begun to decline, and that the system is working to reduce detention use, improve education and treatment, and expand community-based providers statewide.

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• provide their loved ones a personal care space.
• Which would provide close to 30 megawatts total.
• And so I provided this is actually from my house.
• You said that the utility provides that.
• Our drains provide habitat.

Committee: House Water & Natural Resources Committee

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• So I'm confident in saying that our state agencies will be able to provide and continue to provide the
• But being a little different doesn't mean we don't provide. We have to provide.
• There is no option of providing or not providing re-entry services.
• So the services that the commission provides are all provided without charge.
• FY25, we provided free services to over 70,000 survivors. 407,000 unique services were provided.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

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• </c><00:01:22.960><c> suitable</c> requires employers to provide suitable requires employers to provide
• Providing a sense in the workplace.
• </c> you for the opportunity to provide you for the opportunity to provide comments<00:13:27.920><c>
• </c> would require employers to provide would require employers to provide suitable<00:13:54.560><c>
• Do have to provide this.

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c><00:17:29.240><c> some</c> written testimony I Prov provided some written testimony I Prov provided
• :20.919><c> like</c> well so examples that you provided like well so examples that you provided like
• </c> written comments but did want to provide written comments but did want to provide some<00:45:04.760
• </c> we stand on our testimony providing we stand on our testimony providing written<00:52:38.760><c>
• subsidy provided for parking and the subsidy that's provided for bus passes.

Committee: House Energy & Environmental Protection

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1077, a governor’s administration bill to increase transient accommodations tax revenue and split it between two new special funds: a climate mitigation and resiliency special fund and an economic development and revitalization special fund for tourism/resort areas. Supporters, including the Governor’s Office, recovery and resilience staff, climate and conservation groups, and several state agencies, said the bill would create a dedicated, more reliable funding stream for wildfire mitigation, coastal resilience, land clearing, infrastructure, and community-led projects. Some supporters also urged changes to the bill, including moving the fund to DLNR, adding DHHL and OHA representation, clarifying community grants, and ensuring the fund can support both state-led and community-led resilience work. The Attorney General’s office flagged a drafting issue, noting that the bill references fees deposited into the new fund even though the new chapter does not authorize fee collection, and recommended deleting that language or adding fee authority. The Climate Advisory Team representative also suggested adding DHHL to the decision-making body and requiring at-large members to have climate, resilience, conservation, or infrastructure expertise. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Kohala Coast Resort Association opposed the measure, arguing that the special fund structure does not meet statutory criteria, that the bill functions as a tax increase, and that the transient accommodations tax is not being collected equitably across all lodging types before any increase is imposed. Other opponents, including tourism and lodging interests, warned that hotels and timeshares already bear most of the tax burden and that raising the TAT could hurt an already struggling visitor industry and drive tourists away. Supporters countered that current funding is far short of what is needed and that a dedicated revenue stream is necessary to address climate impacts now. Committee members questioned why the Legislature should cede spending decisions to a separate executive-branch process, and the administration responded that the bill is intended to create a transparent, recurring mechanism for funding priorities that can be adjusted over time. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.