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• </c> behavior and Our obligation to provide behavior and Our obligation to provide professional<00:14
• Mars providing an opportunity for Mars providing an opportunity for individuals<00:50:08.920><c> such
• However, the reality is that harsh sentencing does not provide true justice.
• </c> the petitioner and a medical provider the petitioner and a medical provider and<06:16:08.958><c>
• Although federal law provides for a means of release from firearms, I'm quoting the ATF.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> figure out how to provide figure out how to provide law<00:11:14.079><c> uh</c><00:11:14.320><c>
• <00:13:58.279><c> this</c><00:13:58.519><c> structure</c> provided this structure provided this structure
• Some associations have amended the declaration, but their developer provided a...
• </c> Declaration but their developer provided Declaration but their developer provided a<00:25:26.919
• </c> to base on our research um to provide to base on our research um to provide some<02:01:15.760><c

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> world-renowned resort that provides world-renowned resort that provides guests<01:04:28.480><c>
• c> misleading</c><04:15:37.359><c> information</c> are providing uh misleading information are providing
• :01.279><c> for</c> provides essential flexibility for provides essential flexibility for institutions
• </c> educational opportunities by providing educational opportunities by providing them<04:25:25.439>
• :09.360><c> and</c><07:30:09.520><c> the</c> National Action Network and the National Action Network

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 7, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• </c> goal of this legislation is to provide goal of this legislation is to provide predictability<00:
• You provide some benefits.
• They run a provide some benefits.
• provide are quite distinct.
• provide are quite distinct.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• These provisions will enhance public safety, hold offenders accountable, and provide law enforcement
• These provisions will enhance public safety, hold offenders accountable, and provide law enforcement
• This measure will help dismantle trafficking networks and provide justice for victims.
• </c><00:35:02.760><c> new</c> serious crimes providing new serious crimes providing new investigative
• </c> allow researchers the ability to provide allow researchers the ability to provide more<00:43:05.920

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Copies have been provided for you to look at. Thank you.
• Provides veterans with additional protection under state law.
• Provides veterans with additional protection under state law.
• Provides veterans this bill fixes that.
• </c> remote supervision authority, provides remote supervision authority, provides broader<00:25:28.720

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• to provide that information.
• to provide that information.
• to provide that information.
• to provide that information.
• to provide that information.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 146, which would remove the requirement that a medical examiner physically view a body before issuing a cremation certificate. The prime sponsor, Sen. Suprentice, and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jenny Duval explained that the bill would not change the death certificate process or the existing waiting period before cremation; it would only eliminate the in-person viewing step. They said the current review of death certificates already catches the vast majority of cases that should be reported to the medical examiner, and that the physical view changes outcomes in less than 1% of cremation cases. The witnesses emphasized that the bill is intended to improve efficiency and reduce delays for families and funeral homes, while freeing deputy medical examiners to focus on homicides, suicides, accidents, and unexpected natural deaths. Dr. Duval cited an example where review of a death certificate, not the body, uncovered a long-ago strangulation-related homicide, arguing that the key safeguard is review of records and cause of death, not the physical view. She also said the change would save travel time and some costs for the department. Committee members asked about how death certificates list primary and contributing causes of death, whether the low percentage of findings means the current process has a deterrent effect, why cremation is treated differently from burial, and whether identification concerns are adequately addressed. The sponsors responded that identification is handled earlier by hospitals, families, and funeral directors, and that any questionable identification would already fall under medical examiner jurisdiction. They also said the bill would not alter the two-day cremation delay or other existing safeguards. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• </c> largest employers and service providers largest employers and service providers in<00:38:47.680>
• built so um I can provide you with the built so um I can provide you with the with<01:29:13.920><c> the
• </c> that island so uh there is um a network that island so uh there is um a network there<01:53:32.000
• I'll check on that without procurement to see if we can actually give it to another provider. provider
• </c> um give it to a different provider um give it to a different provider completely<02:05:04.880><c

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Education held an informational/budget briefing with presentations from the State Library System, the School Facilities Authority, and the Department of Education. The chair opened the meeting by outlining the order of presentations and noting that members would hold questions until after all three agencies had testified. The discussion focused on each agency’s priorities for the upcoming biennium and their budget requests. State Librarian Stacy Aldridge described library usage and services, emphasizing strong demand for physical and digital materials, internet and Wi-Fi access, programs, Kanopy streaming, and PressReader. She highlighted digital literacy classes, RFID self-check and smart shelving improvements, and the role of libraries as community hubs. The library’s budget request included an additional $1.2 million for security guards, $48.484 million for FY 26-27 to support popup libraries during temporary closures and other needs, $500,000 for repair and maintenance, $2 million for Kap planning and design, and $25 million each year for lump-sum capital funding. Mallerie Fujitani said the lump-sum funding is needed to keep roughly 50 projects moving and to avoid delays in construction. School Facilities Authority Executive Director Ricky Fujitani explained the agency’s startup history and its programs for preschools, Central Maui schools, and workforce housing. He said the authority is using standardized, prefabricated, programmatic approaches to speed delivery and improve maintainability, citing prior preschool renovations as a successful model. He reported that of $389 million appropriated, $106 million was released, with $81 million for preschools, $20 million for Central Maui schools, and $5 million for workforce housing; he also noted the workforce housing program was reduced after Maui fire-related reallocations. He said the pilot workforce housing site at Mililani High School has been awarded and pointed to University of Hawaiʻi student housing projects as a model. Superintendent Hayashi then began the Department of Education presentation, introducing DOE leadership and outlining the department’s mission to support academic achievement, character development, and student well-being. He noted the department serves more than 152,000 students in 258 public schools and employs over 42,000 people, with nearly 54% of students facing significant challenges. He framed the budget request around the department’s strategic plan to prepare graduates for college, careers, or military service. The transcript ends during the DOE presentation, before any committee votes or formal actions are taken.

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• We have provided testimony and stand in support on that testimony.
• We have provided<00:02:49.519><c> testimony</c><00:02:50.080><c> and</c><00:02:50.480><c> and</c><00:
• 02:50.800><c> stand</c><00:02:51.120><c> in</c> provided testimony and and stand in provided testimony
• a little bit of I'm hoping I can provide a little bit of independent<00:10:44.240><c> perspective</c
• </c><00:32:19.360><c> this</c> Palmuna also made sure to provide this Palmuna also made sure to provide

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard HCR 96, which encourages the University of Hawaiʻi to evaluate and expand student mental health services. University of Hawaiʻi Associate Vice President Farah Marie Gomes testified in support and noted the system’s mental health and basic-needs efforts across all 10 campuses. Members discussed staffing and funding constraints, including that the system had 27 adult mental health positions, 21 filled and six vacant, with one vacancy open for about four years. The resolution was adopted unanimously, unamended. The committee then took up several gubernatorial appointments. GM 785 nominated Wendo Hensel to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), and GM 784 nominated Terry George to the same body. Both nominees testified about the value of Hawaiʻi’s participation in WICHE; Hensel emphasized the importance of sharing policy ideas and best practices, while George highlighted Hawaiʻi’s unique higher education needs and the benefits of learning from other western states. Both nominations were supported and moved forward. The committee also considered multiple appointments to the Hawaiʻi Commission for National and Community Service. Kylie Alakard described wanting to serve as a youth voice and role model, and Ray Galas spoke about his prior volunteer board experience and desire to help people connect through service. Sandra Larson said volunteerism and community service were important to her and that she wanted to give back. The committee then heard GM 771 and GM 772 for Ken Kawahara to the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi; Kawahara said he would bring business and government experience to help with internal operations, education, and strategic goals, though he acknowledged he was still learning the organization’s details. Members also began hearing GM 624 for Joshua Famuina to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents, with student caucus testimony in strong support emphasizing his attendance, communication, and engagement with students.

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• </c> positioning and lighting and provide positioning and lighting and provide tactile<01:06:28.880><
• </c><01:20:59.040><c> reasonable</c> an entity must provide reasonable an entity must provide reasonable
• Where provide reasonable accommodations.
• </c> um with the A1 amendment is to provide um with the A1 amendment is to provide some<01:26:54.000>
• </c> that industry might be able to provide that industry might be able to provide some<01:53:28.400>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: SCR56 , SCR79 , SCR85 , SCR120 , SCR129 , SCR181 , SCR63 , SCR112 , SCR194 , SCR195 , SCR196 , HB202 , HB963 , HB1050 , HB1511 , HB1546 , HB1550 , HB1553 , HB1643 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1664 , HB1667 , HB1682 , HB1700 , HB1721 , HB1810 , HB1823 , HB1824 , HB1878 , HB1969 , HB2005 , HB2078 , HB2152 , HB2246 , HB2270 , HB2279 , HB2289 , HB2385 , HB2417 , HB2429 , HB2503 , HB2599 , SB253 , SB847 , SB1142 , SB1432 , SB2043 , SB2050 , SB2074 , SB2102 , SB2135 , SB2138 , SB2140 , SB2320 , SB2340 , SB2386 , SB2396 , SB2397 , SB2398 , SB2433 , SB2446 , SB2521 , SB2544 , SB2567 , SB2578 , SB2580 , SB2595 , SB2601 , SB2645 , SB2673 , SB2706 , SB2727 , SB2802 , SB2852 , SB2892 , SB2929 , SB2972 , SB3007 , SB3069 , SB3073 , SB3076 , SB3136 , SB3138 , SB3157 , SB3204 , SB3234 , SB3247 , SB3302 , SB3324 , SB3325 , HB1815 , HB2592 , HCR32

Keywords: lifeguards, first responders, public safety, ocean safety, emergency response, community wellbeing, invasive species, octocoral, Pearl Harbor, environment, Navy responsibility, marine ecosystem, ecosystem preservation, shoreline maintenance, civil service, classification review, compensation systems, labor shortage, employee retention, department collaboration

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• Um, I neither provides you know uh provides an opportunity for that expertise to be um utilized in those
• ><c> uh</c><00:47:14.720><c> provides</c><00:47:15.119><c> an</c> neither provides you know uh provides
• an neither provides you know uh provides an opportunity<00:47:15.680><c> for</c><00:47:15.839><c> that
• </c> would provide a formal recognition. would provide a formal recognition.
• Um, provides for the most lake.

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• first panel, where we'll begin with Professor Arvin Narayanan, who is presenting remotely and will provide
• For example, Medicare providers have started using AI to estimate how much time a patient will need to
• For example, Medicare providers have started using AI to estimate how much time a patient will need to
• , the frontier models, and we're talking large language models, even though they make errors, can provide
• closed-weight model accessible only through an API, you have to enter the sensitive information on into a networked

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.

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• </c><03:48:38.720><c> greater</c> 3 HUD requirements and providing greater 3 HUD requirements and providing
• </c><03:57:14.080><c> regulatory</c> institutions to provide regulatory institutions to provide regulatory
• It will provide young and over budget.
• And it provides a everyone in America.
• </c><08:39:44.240><c> regulators</c> formation and providing regulators formation and providing regulators

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, House Bill 886 by Representative Orgeron provides for reporting and data collection for commercial
• There may be someone who provides testimony who did before saying that the vessels had basically made
• I provided several handouts that look...
• You network, you work to save this industry yourself.
• Members, House Bill 757 by Representative Cox provides relative to the taking of menhaden.”

Summary: The committee took up House Bill 886 by Rep. Orgeron, which would make seasonal catch totals and related reporting for the commercial menhaden fishery publicly available by carving out an exception to confidentiality rules. The author said the bill was intended to align with the original intent of prior reporting legislation and to ensure the public can see how much menhaden is being taken from Louisiana waters. Supporters, including Louisiana Wildlife Federation, CCA, charter captains, and recreational anglers, argued the fishery uses a public resource and that transparency is needed for policymaking. Opponents said they did not object to transparency in principle, but one speaker asked that size-sampling data be removed, arguing it has no scientific value and is already handled through NOAA and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Council processes. The committee reported HB 886 favorably without opposition. The committee then heard House Bill 855, also by Rep. Orgeron, which would establish a 22-foot depth requirement for the commercial use of purse seines in the menhaden fishery. The author said the bill was based on a state-funded bycatch study showing red drum bycatch rises sharply in shallow water and that the current quarter-mile buffer is insufficient, especially in nearshore areas where recreational fishing and sensitive habitats are concentrated. Supporters emphasized the public trust nature of menhaden, the economic value of recreational fishing, and concerns about bycatch, beach fouling, and localized depletion. Several speakers cited the bycatch study, public comments opposing the recent reduction from a half-mile to a quarter-mile buffer, and the belief that deeper-water fishing would reduce impacts on redfish and other species. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries staff and the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Scott Rayburn, answered questions about the current buffer rules, enforcement, and the science behind the 22-foot threshold. They explained that the recent reduction to a quarter-mile buffer came from a commission directive and that the department had investigated complaints but found no violations. Dr. Rayburn said the 22-foot figure came from modeling red drum bycatch as a function of depth and that the study focused on red drum because of its economic and social importance, while not analyzing every species in the same way. Opponents of the bill, including West Bank Fishing and Ocean Harvesters representatives, said the rule of three is a standard confidentiality concept, argued the bill should not be framed as anti-transparency, and urged removal of the size-sampling provisions. The committee heard extensive testimony but no final action on HB 855 was recorded in the excerpt.

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• for program administration by the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, providing loans to eligible
• homebuyers, providing for repayment, and making an appropriation.
• We're not providing inadequate.
• We're not providing inadequate. forward until their 40s or 50s, we are not providing adequate justice
• We're not providing an adequate legal remedy for those people to have justice.

Summary: The Senate convened, initially lacked a quorum, then established one and opened with prayer, pledges in English, Navajo, and Spanish, and the salute to the New Mexico flag. Members then moved through announcements and recognitions, including permission for cameras on the floor and gallery, and certificates honoring Santa Fe County Day and Soil and Water Conservation District Day. Senators spoke in support of both recognitions, emphasizing Santa Fe County’s history, cultural and economic contributions, and the conservation districts’ role in stewardship, agriculture, and conservation work across the state. The chamber also welcomed numerous guests, honorary lieutenant governors, student shadows, and seniors visiting the Capitol. The Senate confirmed two State Investment Council appointments. Mary Patricia Roman was confirmed 31-0 after debate highlighting her decades of global investment experience, leadership in private banking, and service on the SIC investment committee. John F. Bingaman was then confirmed 32-0 for reappointment, with senators citing his finance background, prior service as governor’s chief of staff, and role in state economic and early childhood policy. Members also discussed his leadership on the council and the importance of strong management of the state’s permanent funds. On legislation, Senate Memorial 3 passed 27-0. The memorial, developed with the Wild Friends civics and science program, invites state agencies to participate in an insect identification and education workshop with UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology and the Xerces Society. The Senate also received House messages and adopted several committee reports, including referrals and passage recommendations for multiple bills and memorials. Later, the chamber debated Senate Bill 145, which would consolidate certain federal audit reporting into a single submission and adjust audit requirements for smaller entities and acequias; supporters said it would streamline compliance without changing audit requirements, while opponents raised concerns about auditor business, oversight, and the risk of weakening scrutiny. The bill remained under debate in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, House Bill 886 by Representative Orgeron provides for reporting and data collection for commercial
• 886 does not create new burdens on the industry; it simply ensures that when this information is provided
• There may be someone who provides testimony who did before saying that the vessels had basically made
• You network, you work to save this industry yourself.
• Members, House Bill 757 by Representative Cox provides relative to the taking of menhaden.

Committee: House Natural Resources & Environment

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• With the increasing herbicide resistance we are seeing across the country, paraquat provides farmers
• She said schools should not be providing caffeine when it creates so many issues for students.
• Just a reminder that for anyone providing testimony, Tony.
• Just a reminder that for anyone providing testimony, please fill out a witness form.
• Minor, make sure anyone providing testimony provide a witness form, and make sure you indicate which

Committee: House General Laws

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> Services third party providers. Services third party providers.
• </c> provide that additional clarification provide that additional clarification that<00:09:43.600><c
• </c><00:37:49.920><c> more</c> Uh just providing a little more Uh just providing a little more flexibility
• </c><01:29:50.480><c> meals</c> over time as far as uh providing meals over time as far as uh providing
• </c> um innate abilities to provide um innate abilities to provide regenerative<01:39:51.600><c> medicine

Keywords: 916, all

Bills: HR210 , HR142 , HCR150 , HR132 , HCR140 , HR133 , HCR141 , HR182 , HCR192 , HR96 , HCR104 , HR57 , HCR63 , HR56 , HCR62 , HR39 , HCR43 , HR48 , HCR52 , HR119 , HCR127 , HR111 , HCR119 , HR88 , HCR96 , HR120 , HCR128 , HR117 , HCR125 , HR51 , HCR55 , HR54 , HCR58 , HR149 , HCR159 , HR64 , HCR70 , HR42 , HCR46 , HR84 , HCR92 , HR92 , HCR100 , HCR172 , HR172 , HCR182 , HR75 , HCR83 , HR116 , HCR124 , HR36 , HCR38 , HR73 , HCR79 , HR125 , HCR133 , HR136 , HCR144 , HCR60 , HCR20 , HR32 , HCR32 , HR115 , HCR123 , HR108 , HCR116 , HR7 , HCR8 , HR47 , HCR51 , HR178 , HCR188 , HCR48 , HCR49 , HR15 , HCR13 , HR107 , HCR115 , HR168 , HCR178 , HR62 , HCR68 , HR83 , HCR91 , HR147 , HCR155 , HR164 , HCR174 , HR169 , HCR179 , HR175 , HCR185 , HR106 , HCR114 , HR183 , HCR193 , HR85 , HCR93 , HR137 , HCR145

Keywords: Earl Kawaʻa, Earl Kawaa, H.R. 210, House Resolution, Hawaii Legislature, Hawaiian language, language revitalization, mānaleo, native Hawaiian speaker, Hawaiian culture, cultural preservation, Hoʻoponopono, Kamehameha Schools, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, community mentorship, traditional practices, āina-based education, kaiapuni, Peace Corps