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• 21.199> the improvements can be made and what the improvements can be made and what the modifications
• 22.639> sick<00:08:22.800> and<00:08:23.039> safe<00:08:23.280> time modifications
• to earn sick and safe time modifications to earn sick and safe time did<00:08:23.919> is<00:08
• still even that session was that it's still even with<00:10:21.040> these<00:10:21.279> modifications
• ,<00:10:22.160> Minnesota with these modifications, Minnesota with these modifications, Minnesota

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's essentially one sentence that gives people clarity of what the cost impact of a specific article
• This fiscal impact modification simplifies awareness of the expected cost for the taxpayer associated
• This fiscal impact modification simplifies awareness of the expected cost for the taxpayer associated
• Where's the rest of the sentence? Two cents per what?
• it shall be the first voter or sentence it shall be the first voter or the<05:37:53.600> the<

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• This modification raised support for certification exam subsidies from one to two and expanded one-time
• Would you want to finish your sentence?
• One more sentence with integrity. They do not oversee support for teacher education programs.
• One more sentence with integrity.
• They're expected to deliver these lessons as created with some modifications.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So you've brought forward modifications to it three times. This is the third time.
• So you've brought forward modifications to it three times. This is the third time.
• So you've brought forward modifications to it three times. This is the third time.
• So you've brought forward modifications to it three times. This is the third time.
• <00:10:01.600> to you've brought forward modifications to you've brought forward modifications

Keywords: 919, house, all

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• put someone in prison or in jail, um, and remove someone's freedoms if they have an up to 10-year sentence
• put someone in prison or in jail, um, and remove someone's freedoms if they have an up to 10-year sentence
• put someone in prison or in jail, um, and remove someone's freedoms if they have an up to 10-year sentence
• Article 1, at the very last sentence, says pupils who have withdrawn from school or who have been absent
• Article 1 at the very last sentence says pupils who have withdrawn from school or who have been absent

Keywords: 916, all

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• So this is what we consider a fairly small modification that again remains that...
• So this is what we consider a fairly small modification that again remains that the amendment that was
• this is what we consider a fairly so this is what we consider a fairly small<00:04:13.879> modification
• <00:04:14.879> that<00:04:15.200> again<00:04:16.000> remains small modification
• that again remains small modification that again remains that<00:04:17.239> and<00:04:17.479>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1354, which was moved with a DE1 amendment. The amendment was adopted without opposition. The bill, as explained by the author and BCA Superintendent Drew Evans, would narrow the BCA’s website-posting requirement for officer-involved death investigations so that the agency must post the video of the incident showing the events leading up to, during, and shortly after the incident, rather than all body-camera footage. Other materials would still be available through normal data requests, and the change was described as intended to reduce the burden of redacting and posting large amounts of extraneous video while preserving transparency. Evans said the BCA supports public access and transparency but is struggling to meet the current 30-day posting deadline because of the volume of video and the time required to redact private information. He noted that the BCA has nine full-time staff working on data practices requests and that the Senate amendment clarifies what must be posted while preserving Chapter 13 and the Minnesota Data Practices Act. A public testifier, Rich Newmeister, thanked the bill authors and said the amendment helps ensure data remains available to the public and supports transparency following George Floyd’s death. Members offered supportive comments, including appreciation for the BCA’s cooperation and willingness to work on the issue. No opposition was recorded. The committee then approved the motion to re-refer House File 1354, as amended, to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee.

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• Prohibits modifications to EAL unless certain procedural requirements are met.
• Establishes a process to allow any resident to petition for modifications to an established EA.
• > unless Prohibits modifications to EAL unless Prohibits modifications to EAL unless certain<00
• resident to petition for modifications resident to petition for modifications to<00:10:13.040>
• So what we do right now, sorry to interrupt, um, is we send out any modification that is a significant

Bills: SB2064, SB2662, SB2862, SB2343, SB2075, SB2781, SB2927, SB3068, SB3015, SB2929, SB2938, SB3230, SB3249, SB3332, SB3216

Keywords: state architect, construction projects, design approvals, building codes, state agency oversight, government accountability, external consultants, procurement reform, cost efficiency, in-house expertise, gubernatorial appointments, senate confirmation, executive branch, accountability, civil service, SB2343, Hawaii Legislature, regular session, lengthened session, continuous legislature

Summary: The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making. The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted. The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225. In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.

Transcript Highlights:

• The loan modification program gives hospitals more time to implement their financial turnaround plans
• Three hospitals have applied for loan modification.
• If loan modification isn't available, extension would be the default opportunity potentially for them
• Right, so the loan modification would be the extension.
• place, they could come back in another year and apply for additional loan modification.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• while the foreclosure is in process. modification so the way to resolve a if modification so the way
• the the loan modification while the the Foreclosure<00:09:10.600> is<00:09:10.959> in<
• Thank you. point that they've been denied a loan point that they've been denied a loan modification<00
• basically or there's been a modification basically or there's been a determination<00:09:34.160>
• which has become and Loan modifications which has become such<00:12:21.839> an<00:12:22.000><

Bills: HF1027, HF101, HF1021

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to take up Tab One Cs for SB. 56 on GEO Engineering and weather modification activities by
• Airports must report monthly any aircraft equipped for weather modification that land we fuel or stop
• Despite the millions of dollars invested in whether or not modification programs across the country,
• Were any weather modification operations have to tell local constituents about what they're doing in
• I also don't understand why if the state is concerned about whether modification they wouldn't enforce

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• These sections one and two make modifications to the Can Startup Program.
• Article five makes some modifications to the Promise Act loans, grants, and loans.
• And then these sections one and two make modifications to the Can Startup Program.
• Senator Champion, article five, Promise Act modifications, uh, 18.
• article five promise act modifications article five promise act modifications uh<00:37:05.599>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House Bill 547, Income Tax Subtraction Modification Enhanced Agricultural Management Equipment, Amendment
• those of you who don't want me to keep asking questions about what they do, if you give me a one-sentence
• 49:46.960> a about what they do, if you give me a about what they do, if you give me a one-sentence
• <01:49:47.880> explanation,<01:49:48.400> I'll<01:49:48.480> stop one-sentence explanation
• , I'll stop one-sentence explanation, I'll stop asking. asking. asking.

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, April 13, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, quorum call, and a brief visit from Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, who thanked delegates for their work on the budget and legislation. The chamber then handled several conference committee and Senate messages, including House Bill 153 on residential rental apartment air conditioning requirements. The conference report changed the bill from four to 10 units, removed preemption language, and required existing units with air conditioning to keep it; the report was adopted and the bill passed on third reading with 90 affirmative votes. The House also took up a number of Senate bills on third reading. Among those passed were measures on digital asset and blockchain task force establishment, franchise registration and disclosure law changes, professional licensing portability for foreign service members and spouses, medical cannabis protections for fire and rescue employees, workers’ compensation presumptions for Carroll County correctional deputies, speed monitoring systems approval timing, veterans cemeteries interment, motorcycle safety awareness in driver testing, IT investment fund uses, child care credential funding, school bus fire safety standards, local stop-sign monitoring pilot programs, stalking penalties, divorce records under the Public Information Act, local boards of elections qualifications, local sourcing database creation, and mutual insurance holding company conversions. Most passed overwhelmingly, though several drew notable dissent, including Senate Bills 10, 223, 439, 467, 757, 775, and 877. Members used vote-change time to shift positions on several bills, and the floor leader and committee chairs answered questions on the record. On Senate Bill 10, delegates discussed the bill’s “shot clock” for State Highway Administration responses to local speed camera requests; the chair later clarified that if State Highway does not act within 120 days, approval is deemed granted. On Senate Bill 775, the Judiciary chair explained that the bill requires destruction of firearms in gun buyback programs and serial-number checks to identify stolen or evidentiary firearms, with some firearms potentially returned if stolen. The House also adopted a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 949, which the floor leader said mirrors House Bill 1069 and would allow Maryland to count state-level ballots if federal action prevents counting federal ballots. The chamber also handled an amendment and conference committee process on Senate Bill 141 concerning election misinformation, disinformation, and deep fakes, with the House and Senate appointing conferees after each declined to recede. Several bills were passed by large margins, including Senate Bills 46, 68, 85, 314, 371, 426, 480, 512, 654, 808, 968, and 982, while a few had narrower margins such as Senate Bills 443 and 757. No final adjournment or sine die action occurred in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our eternal Father, we are so grateful to You for summarizing for us ethical behavior. in just one sentence
• I just want to finish this one sentence.
• Since our colleagues have been talking about this issue, folks have made many, many modifications.
• Passion was sentenced to 20 years in prison and transferred to the custody of.
• House recess pending the reading and referral of bills, the receipt of messages, and granting of sentences

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, there was a modification made to this ice sculpture at Lake Failen language to clarify that those
• Um, there was<00:23:59.200> a<00:23:59.360> modification<00:24:00.240> made<00:24
• :00.559> to<00:24:00.799> this<00:24:01.120> ice was a modification made to this
• ice was a modification made to this ice sculpture<00:24:01.919> at<00:24:02.080> Lake<
• So if Senator Hoffman would be okay just to delete that second sentence, I'm good with supporting the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're going to take up tab 1, CS for SB 56 on geoengineering and weather modification activities by Senator
• Despite the millions of dollars invested in weather modification programs across the country, there is
• So State Statutes 403.211 through 403.411 pertain to existing weather modification regulations that this
• I also don't know why the state would get rid of reporting requirements where any weather modification
• I also don't understand why, if the state is concerned about weather modification, they wouldn't have

Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard extensive debate on SB 734, which would repeal Florida’s wrongful-death medical malpractice exception that bars certain adult children and parents from recovering noneconomic damages. Senator Yarborough presented the bill as a fairness and accountability measure, while many family members testified in support, describing deaths they believed were caused by medical negligence and arguing the current law denies equal justice. Opponents, including physician and insurer representatives, warned the bill could increase malpractice exposure, premiums, defensive medicine, and physician shortages. The committee also considered two late-filed amendments: Senator Burton’s amendment would make Department of Health investigative findings admissible in court, and Senator Martin’s amendment to that amendment would broaden admissibility/discoverability to additional disciplinary and prior-adverse-incident records and insurance coverage facts. After debate, the Martin amendment was adopted, but the Burton amendment as amended failed on a roll call vote. The committee then reported SB 734 favorably without the amendment. The committee next unanimously reported CS for SB 86 favorably. That bill, by Senator Burgess, expands peer support protections for first responders to include support personnel; there was little debate and several law-enforcement-related organizations indicated support. The committee also took up SB 316 on series limited liability companies. Senator Berman explained that the bill creates rules for series LLCs in Florida, and a late-filed amendment, requested by the Secretary of State, delayed implementation by one year. The amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered CS for CS for SB 384, which requires municipalities seeking to annex state-owned land to notify the relevant county legislative delegation when the first public hearing is advertised. Senator Burton presented the bill briefly, there was no opposition or debate, and the committee proceeded to vote on the measure.

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• Burton's sentence today and actually saving a life.
• ,<00:12:00.000> I<00:12:00.240> think today to commute this sentence, I think today
• to commute this sentence, I think it<00:12:00.560> was<00:12:00.640> just<00:12:00.880
• <00:12:38.800> Burton's<00:12:39.279> sentence for commuting uh Mr.
• Burton's sentence for commuting uh Mr.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This bill is a modification of the Construction Trade Licensing Act to be able to...
• Okay, agenda item number 10: draft legislation, Consumer Protection Modifications.
• Okay, agenda item number 11, draft legislation: Insurance Code Modifications.
• Okay, agenda item number 11, draft legislation: Insurance Code Modifications.
• So I'll just give a brief overview of Insurance Code Modifications.

Keywords: 985, all

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• We have recommended a few modifications with the bill, and those modifications are in our testimony,
• have recommended a few modifications have recommended a few modifications with<00:02:31.520>
• with the bill and those modifications with the bill and those modifications are<00:02:33.080>
• <00:20:38.440> that asking or suggesting a modification that asking or suggesting a modification
• That was the only proposed modification, but if that's not agreeable, then I understand.

Bills: SB3263, SB3261

Keywords: student-athletes, name image likeness, NIL, compensation, transparency, University of Hawaii, Title IX, funding, protections, athlete agents, student athletes, endorsement contracts, professional representation, registration requirements, sports law, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on Senate Bill 3263, which would create a state-supported endowment for University of Hawaii athletics NIL (name, image, and likeness) funding. University of Hawaii Athletics Director Matt Eliott supported the bill, saying NIL requires both immediate funding and a longer-term sustainable solution. He asked for several changes: lowering the initial endowment target from $10 million to $2 million so the fund could start sooner, allowing NIL reporting by team rather than by individual student-athlete, and clarifying that athletes may choose whether to use an agent, while still allowing certified agents or a parent/guardian if desired. Committee members raised concerns about using taxpayer dollars for athlete compensation, the burden on a small-state budget, and whether the university could realistically raise the required matching funds. Several senators questioned whether the university had a concrete fundraising plan and whether the endowment would meaningfully help UH compete with larger programs. Eliott said UH is already fundraising privately for current NIL obligations, had raised more than $1.6 million toward a $3 million annual goal, and would continue fundraising for both short-term needs and the endowment match. He also said the university is not trying to compete with Power Five schools on the same scale, but to be successful at its own conference level. Members also discussed transparency and privacy, with some senators arguing that if state money is used, the public should know how it is spent, while Eliott said individual student-athlete NIL information should remain private and team-level reporting would be preferable. He confirmed international student-athletes are eligible for NIL and said about 60 to 70 UH athletes are currently participating, with more than 100 expected next year. The discussion also touched on UH’s Mountain West media rights and local TV rights, with Eliott explaining that the conference distribution is expected to remain around $3.5 million and that local TV rights would be negotiated separately. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• We had to do the modifications to our home. So we had to move into apartments.
• It's lifelong care, home modifications, specialized equipment, treatment, and, of course, the ongoing
• by our students shouldn't be a result of a truancy court intervention if there's, like, a final sentence
• intervention if there's like<02:05:36.000> a<02:05:36.239> final<02:05:36.400> sentence
• or two you want to like a final sentence or two you want to say Thank you for your time.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• No modifications are made to the original language for section 21H-38B to make the following modifications
• No modifications are made to the original language for section 21H-38B to make the following modifications
• Um, no modifications are made to the original language for section 21H-38B to make the following modifications
• No modifications are made to the original language for section 21H-38B to make the following modifications

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing heard and then took action on a series of housing-related bills concerning HHFDC, HPHA, inclusionary zoning, nonprofit housing trusts, housing project exemptions, the rental housing revolving fund, and a new for-sale housing program. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and HPHA, with additional support from groups such as Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii Appleseed, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Holo Collaborative, the Kobayashi Group, and others. On SB 2424, the Kobayashi Group argued the bill would help open housing to a broader pool of local households, including buyers slightly above income limits who still cannot afford market-rate housing. On SB 2342, the chair asked HHFDC for final figures on rental housing revolving fund appropriations since 2016 and was told the amount was about $1.1 billion, including conveyance tax revenue. In decision-making, the committee recommended passage of SB 2189 with amendments, noting concerns about transparency and accountability in HHFDC’s loan-award process; SB 2190 with amendments; SB 2234 with amendments; SB 2177 with amendments; SB 2194 unamended; SB 2342 with amendments; SB 2060 with amendments; and SB 2070 with amendments. The committee deferred SB 2195 and SB 2196 after testimony comments, and deferred SB 2063 because the chair said SB 2060 would be used instead as the vehicle for mixed-income subaccount changes. SB 2424 was discussed in hearing but then deferred in decision-making pending legal advice on issues including owner-occupancy, county income restrictions, buyback rules, and county council approval. The committee also heard testimony on SB 2062 and its proposed SD1, but deferred that measure because the relevant changes had already been incorporated into SB 2060 SD1.