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• We have our psychiatrists, which are very limited. They do telehealth as well.
• We have our psychiatrists, which are very limited. They do telehealth as well.
• We have our psychiatrists, which are very limited. They do telehealth as well.
• We have our psychiatrists, which are very limited. They do telehealth as well.
• We have our psychiatrists, which are very limited. They do telehealth as well.

Bills: HB2614 , HB1660 , HB1704 , HB1563 , HB1573 , HB1777 , HB1749

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.

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• children with disabilities ages benefit children with disabilities ages 3<00:04:56.400><c> to</c><00
• all of the are used properly to benefit all of the RTC<00:15:49.040><c> districts.
• These requirements include, but are not limited to, indirect cost rates and exclusive use of RTC grant
• These requirements include, but are not limited to, indirect cost rates and exclusive use of RTC grant
• So let's say we limit the number of directors, and we focus more of the effort on instruction, and we

Summary: The subcommittee heard an Office of Education Accountability report on Kentucky’s early childhood regional training centers (RTCs). OEA said the centers provide valuable training, consultation, technical assistance, and materials for preschool personnel, especially for children with disabilities and at-risk students, and that the services align with state and federal requirements. However, the report found uneven student and teacher populations across regions, wide variation in per-student funding, some staffing data inaccuracies, and several fiscal oversight concerns, including inconsistent indirect cost rates, a building rental charge that may have been duplicative, and host districts recording RTC expenditures in a way that could blur them with district finances. OEA also said some documentation of progress toward goals was incomplete and that the technology lending library appeared underused. The report recommended stronger KDE oversight, uniform coding and accounting practices, review of budgets and expenditures, and an evaluation of whether the current five-center model remains the most efficient structure; OEA also suggested the General Assembly may wish to revisit KRS 157.318. Members asked about KDE’s response, whether the centers are required by federal law, how the centers operate, and whether changing the model would affect federal funding. OEA said KDE had only discussed the findings informally and had not issued a formal response, the centers are required by state law but not federal law, and changing the model would not jeopardize IDEA preschool funds. The committee accepted the report by motion. The subcommittee then approved the minutes from its July 14, 2025 meeting after initially delaying action because quorum was not yet present. After that, members turned to the Office of Education Accountability’s proposed 2026 study agenda. OEA said the three proposed topics are the annual district data profiles, facilities funding, and implementation of early literacy statutes. The district profiles would add an appendix showing the number and percentage of students moving to private school or homeschool by district and another appendix noting data-quality issues that affect comparability. OEA explained that district staffing data can undercount contract staff because those employees are not always entered into the system, and members expressed interest in tracking whether prior recommendations were implemented. One senator also raised a separate interest in reviewing whether KDE created and implemented regulations related to KFIX. The discussion remained informational, with no final vote on the study agenda shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• We ask that members of the public limit their comment to one minute each.
• In order to facilitate the hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not
• school districts lower absenteeism benefited students recovery I mean those are the two kind of clear
• might have sort of longer term delayed effects because some things don't sort of manifest their benefits
• Partnership Program, which now benefits students and families at more than 2,000 highest-need public

Committee: House Education

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• Storage is limited and everything else.
• </c><02:05:28.960><c> victims</c> restitution benefits not only victims restitution benefits not only
• Uh it doesn't seem that our limit.
• So, they are actually other benefits.
• Uh so, they far any federal benefits.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• And any benefit retirement program.
• </c><00:03:50.640><c> are</c> SEIU, but all contract benefits are SEIU, but all contract benefits are
• Thank you limiting access to capital.
• </c><01:09:45.920><c> the</c> housing now and just at least limit the housing now and just at least limit
• We have limited resources right now, and every day we do this work with heart and limited resources.

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services

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• At that point, limiting principle left.
• If they benefits of the vaccines.
• </c><04:09:28.960><c> from</c> murderer from receiving any benefit from murderer from receiving any benefit
• There are limits municipal bond bank.
• </c> collected to benefit the USA, not China. collected to benefit the USA, not China.

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• These bills seek to limit the damage posed... That are not on your agenda.
• I'm also a licensed realtor, but it doesn't just benefit me.
• The people who benefit are the lawyers. The people who pay are the taxpayers.
• The people who benefit are the lawyers. The people who pay are the taxpayers.
• This bill is obviously limited to algorithms.

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• And if we leave it the same, one side will benefit and the other one won't.
• What it says is that if a state gives a benefit, it has to make that same benefit available to US citizens
• It says we have to make the benefit available. Oklahoma law does just that.
• We passed the law explicitly stating the benefit, the state benefit.
• Did not want to subsidize benefits for people here without permission.

Bills: SB1687 , HB1687 , HB4431 , HB2894 , HB2979 , HB3262 , HB3298 , HB3369 , HB3431 , HB3462 , SB1226 , SB1876 , SB1916 , SB1920 , HB3467 , HB3498 , HB3500 , HB3521 , HB3581 , HB3650 , HB3673 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3781 , HB3800 , HB3831 , HB3834 , HB3941 , HB2749 , HB3970 , HB3972 , HB3979 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB3996 , HB4095 , HB4104 , HB4191 , HB4248 , HB4298 , HB4338 , HB4427 , HB4428 , HJR1023 , HB3660 , HB3718 , HB4326 , HB3443 , HB3880 , HB3649 , HB3000 , SB1651 , SB504 , SB372 , SB1326 , SB1633 , SB248 , SB1242 , SB1238 , SB423 , SB1989 , SB1286 , SB904 , SB1213 , SB1216 , SB1827 , SB65 , SB1390 , SB259 , SB1944 , SB540 , SB2139 , SB346 , SB1595 , SB1400 , SB1555 , SB1209 , SB2110 , SB1670 , SB1061 , SB2104 , HR1057 , SB1946 , SB1734 , SB1316 , SB1360 , SB1557 , SB1684 , SB2049 , SB1410 , SB2011 , SB1437 , SB1204 , SB1732 , SB1775 , SB2084 , SB1380 , SB1572 , SB1772 , SB1224 , SB710 , SB1338 , SB1266 , SB1303 , SB1307 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1191 , SB1983 , SB1832 , SB1448 , SB1534 , SB1593 , SB1597 , SB1630 , SB1489 , SB1726 , SB1796 , SB1806 , SB1877 , SB1451 , SB1553 , SB1632 , SB1423 , SB1425 , SB1502 , SB2180 , SB1725 , SB2182 , HB3003 , HB3004 , HB4434 , HB4324 , HB4342 , HB2137 , HB4432 , SJR50 , SJR52 , SJR53

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• </c><00:04:55.600><c> It's</c> no limit to what the state can pay.
• It's no limit to what the state can pay.
• Senate File 67 has very limited scope.
• </c> Senate File 67 has very limited scope. Senate File 67 has very limited scope.
• </c> Still has to be for public benefit. Still has to be for public benefit.

Bills: HB0122 , SF0004 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0067 , SF0070 , SF0124

Committee: House Appropriations

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• </c><02:12:22.239><c> procedural</c> education providers, limiting procedural education providers, limiting
• Um, colleagues, Senate Bill 184 is about the firefighter cancer benefits and workers' comp.
• Today is not a getting their benefits.
• </c><02:37:23.040><c> from</c> good day to take away benefits from good day to take away benefits from
• benefit.

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• By and economic benefits to Minnesota.
• </c> and lack of the benefits and lack of the benefits for<00:56:40.960><c> the</c><00:56:41.200><c>
• We’re a tied legislature, and so one of the benefits, unfortunately or fortunately, but one of the benefits
• We’re a tied legislature, and so one of the benefits, unfortunately or fortunately, but one of the benefits
• </c> at size or weight limits on that stuff. at size or weight limits on that stuff.

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• As you know, the state of Minnesota provides critical services every day for the security, benefit, and
• As you know, the state of Minnesota provides critical services every day for the security, benefit, and
• </c> of you have obligated for uh the benefit of you have obligated for uh the benefit to<00:08:35.360
• Currently, under the limits on receiving public funds statute, DHS can take action when providers have
• </c><00:37:26.400><c> on</c> agencies there have been limitations on agencies there have been limitations

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• We understand the benefit and the value of education.
• With limited boots on the ground, representatives, With limited boots on the ground, representatives,
• It's a deficit, not a benefit.
• The legal limit. He was a dreamer.
• no benefits.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, quorum call, approval of the journal, and adoption of the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B, the immigration bill, and members were told they would have one opportunity to question the sponsor on both the House version and the anticipated Senate changes. Representative McClure described the bill as a major immigration-enforcement package creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, a local law enforcement grant program, a state immigration council, and new penalties and enforcement tools. He also outlined anticipated Senate language, including stronger 287(g) participation requirements, enhanced penalties for unauthorized aliens, a mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses, and additional coordination with federal agencies. The bill drew extensive questioning from Democrats about due process, constitutional issues, school and workplace impacts, and the treatment of people whose immigration status changes over time. Members asked about birthright citizenship, TPS, asylum seekers, pretrial detention standards, the lawful basis for detaining someone based on suspected status, and whether teachers, social workers, school resource officers, and even children could be required to cooperate with immigration enforcement. McClure and Representative Garrison repeatedly said the bill would require cooperation with federal authorities, that status determinations would be handled under existing court procedures, and that the Senate death-penalty language was intended to fit within Hurst by requiring a jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was an unauthorized alien. They also said the bill did not provide DMV funding, did not address teacher shortages, and included appropriations such as $25 million for the local law enforcement participation incentive program and broader funding for enforcement and training. Several amendments were considered. Representative Chambliss offered an amendment to protect schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; supporters argued it would preserve trust in sacred and educational spaces, but the amendment failed. Representative Escamani offered an amendment to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers; supporters emphasized the educational and economic contributions of Dreamers and the hardship of higher tuition, but that amendment also failed. The debate ended with no bill vote in the excerpt, but the House completed the amendment votes and continued consideration of the immigration measure.

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• Their operations will benefit as a result.
• So those employers that want to offer benefits to their employees in terms of child care services can
• Get another 10 abatement if the majority of the expansion benefits toddlers and infants.
• And then ultimately... ...it's a revolving loan, and that's what we have to keep in mind: the benefits
• How does this benefit the local community or emergency shelter providers?

Committee: House New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

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• Assembly Bill 188 makes changes to the Public Employees' Benefits Program and Board.
• This omission risks perpetuating health care disparities in areas already struggling with limited resources
• This omission risks perpetuating health care disparities in areas already struggling with limited resources
• conference committee report adopts an amendment to clarify that this does not apply to policies of limited
• It creates a policy that benefits insurance companies, not patients.

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• He's limited protections for these kinds of crimes on college campuses.
• our governor's agenda at the time, to use our children and what was going on in our nation has for benefits
• He's limited protections for these kinds of crimes on college campuses.
• governor's agenda at the time to use our children and what was going on in our nation has for for benefits
• lived experience and, of course, limiting a child's ability to compete in sports in school.

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• We think that the state might benefit.
• The EPPs might benefit from having more of a shared understanding of what it takes to prepare teachers
• Thank you for this, thorough examination and limiting it because there's all the residency stuff that
• So Limited. So as we look at the content of these, there really needs to be a deep dive.
• We make sure that they actually benefit from the program itself.

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• On our side, we have staffing limitations. There are only two ombudsmen for DFA.
• But some of their design school, they're limited as well.
• Lastly, I want to address our concerns, issues, and limitations.
• So I think it's a lot of good stuff that's gonna benefit our community in the long run.
• We're not even in the city limits.

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

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• It gives judges the discretion to stack sentences for sexual assault charges, a power currently limited
• those two issues that my colleagues and I have, one being... ...would you be opposed to this being limited
• Under current law, prosecutors face jurisdictional limitations that can hinder efforts to bring charges
• from its justice, but that's okay because this bill is... ...never benefit from its justice, but that's
• So that kind of limits it, so you would know when to turn on a recording again, only the witness.

Bills: HB75 , HB108

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice and public safety bills, with most measures focused on tougher penalties, victim protections, and procedural changes. Bills discussed included HB 75, requiring magistrates to make written findings when denying probable cause despite believing an arrestee committed an offense; HB 413, limiting pretrial detention so it cannot exceed the maximum jail term for the charged offense, with competency-related exceptions; HB 1422, expanding sexual assault survivor protections and increasing penalties for certain sexual offenses and voyeurism; HB 2073, increasing penalties for violating protective orders or bond conditions while armed; HB 2593, raising indecent assault penalties against elderly or disabled victims; HB 108, enhancing punishment when body armor is used during violent crimes; HB 3816, expanding cruelty-to-livestock offenses to include unlawful controlled-substance administration; HB 2854, requiring parole officers to notify hospitals or law enforcement when violent parolees visit hospital premises; HB 1871, increasing punishment for attempted capital murder of a peace officer and making such offenders ineligible for parole; HB 3463, clarifying notice methods in theft-of-service cases; HB 2348, allowing video-recorded depositions of elderly or disabled witnesses; HB 2594, expanding venue options for cybercrime and digital theft prosecutions; HB 2761, clarifying that children cannot be deemed to consent to prostitution-related offenses; HB 3185, authorizing administrative subpoenas in cybercrime investigations; HB 2017, increasing penalties for certain intoxication manslaughter cases involving undocumented immigrants with prior DWI convictions; HB 2306, making certain trafficking offenses ineligible for parole; HB 1607, allowing a rear-only license plate when a vehicle lacks a front bracket; HB 1828, creating a legislative leave pool for TDCJ correctional officers; and HB 3664, requiring prospective grand jurors to complete training and proposing additional changes to grand jury procedure in a future substitute. The committee also took up HB 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which would clarify consent in sexual assault law and address intoxication-related incapacity; the committee substitute narrowed the language to situations where the perpetrator knows the other person cannot consent because of intoxication or impairment, while removing withdrawal-of-consent and “reasonably should know” language from the House version. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes adopted, including HB 3463, HB 2594, HB 3073, and HB 3073’s substitute, and most bills were left pending after no invited or public testimony or after hearing testimony. Public testimony was especially extensive on HB 3073, with survivors, advocates, and prosecutors supporting broader consent language, while some prosecutors said the substitute was an improvement but still favored the House version’s broader protections. HB 3664 drew significant opposition from district attorneys, who argued that mandatory transcription or recording of grand jury testimony would be costly, chill grand juror questioning, and complicate timely presentations; concerns were also raised about new-evidence requirements and grand jury shopping. No final votes were taken on the bills discussed in the transcript, and the committee recessed partway through to return to the floor before continuing its hearing.

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• It limits wage garnishment practices and extends protection to everyone living and working in Minnesota
• The CFPB has also instituted limits on credit card late fees and overdraft charges. for companies that
• :51.360><c> card</c><00:10:51.560><c> late</c><00:10:51.760><c> fees</c><00:10:52.000><c> and</c> limits
• on credit card late fees and limits on credit card late fees and overdraft<00:10:52.720><c> charges<
• So our ability to work across state lines and multistate litigation has produced great benefits for the