Transcript Highlights:

• So, I suppose one could imagine the five a year could end up expanding.
• So, I suppose one could imagine the five a year could end up expanding.
• So, I suppose one could imagine the five a year could end up expanding.
• So, I suppose one could imagine the five a year could end up expanding.

Bills: HF2431 , HF2438 , HF2783 , HF1943

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

Transcript Highlights:

• So, as you can imagine, having to deal with this entire time, waiting all these different motions that
• So,<00:20:53.679><c> as</c><00:20:53.919><c> you</c><00:20:54.080><c> can</c><00:20:54.240><c> imagine
• </c><00:20:55.120><c> having</c><00:20:55.360><c> to</c><00:20:55.520><c> deal</c> So, as you can imagine
• , having to deal So, as you can imagine, having to deal with<00:20:55.840><c> this</c><00:20:56.080><

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Imagine a church sanctuary: wooden pews fill a capacity as a symphony of voices fills the air.
• 27.240><c> land</c><00:59:27.559><c> and</c><00:59:27.799><c> Legacy</c> Amendment<00:59:31.559><c> imagine
• </c><00:59:32.559><c> a</c><00:59:32.760><c> church</c><00:59:33.240><c> Sanctuary</c> Amendment imagine
• a church Sanctuary Amendment imagine a church Sanctuary wooden<00:59:34.640><c> pews</c><00:59:35.119

Bills: HF1679 , HF1019 , HF2321 , HF1740 , HF2278

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

Transcript Highlights:

• me that people who don't live in the district get to decide who represents that district, and I'd imagine
• 01:05:11.119><c> I'd</c> who represents that district and I'd who represents that district and I'd imagine
• <c> probably</c><01:05:11.920><c> would</c><01:05:12.079><c> bother</c><01:05:12.319><c> most</c> imagine
• it probably would bother most imagine it probably would bother most people<01:05:12.720><c> in</c><01

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so I’m wondering what the author imagines this bill could do further. like here we're there's there's
• <01:12:04.239><c> what</c><01:12:04.400><c> the</c><01:12:04.560><c> author</c><01:12:04.880><c> imagines
• </c> I'm wondering what the author imagines I'm wondering what the author imagines like<01:12:06.239>

Bills: HF630 , HF1435 , HF1607

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: short-call substitute, substitute teacher, substitute teaching license, pilot program, teacher shortage, education workforce, school district, charter school, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, background check, paraprofessional, education support personnel, temporary license, substitute training, retaliation, teacher pay, daily substitute pay, Minnesota education law, education innovation

Transcript Highlights:

• So kind of all over the board, which is really fun and exciting, but as I'm sure all of you can imagine
• So kind of all over the board, which is really fun and exciting, but as I'm sure all of you can imagine
• So kind of all over the board, which is really fun and exciting, but as I'm sure all of you can imagine
• As you can imagine, there's a huge difference in the way services need to be delivered between these

Bills: HF1380 , HF1166 , HF487 , HF1553 , HF1472 , HF258 , HF1911

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

Transcript Highlights:

• I imagine that there is an uptake there on the part of providers in trying to deal with the negative
• long-term impact wonder a lot about the long-term impact um<00:46:13.359><c> I</c><00:46:13.520><c> imagine
• 14.200><c> there</c><00:46:14.359><c> is</c><00:46:14.480><c> an</c><00:46:14.680><c> uptake</c> um I imagine
• that there is an uptake um I imagine that there is an uptake there<00:46:15.720><c> on</c><00:46:15.880

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, and I imagine we're laying this over, is that right? Is it going somewhere?
• If you take this panel and the Health and Human Services panel, I can't imagine a more thoughtful bunch
• If you take this panel and the Health and Human Services panel, I can't imagine a more thoughtful bunch
• Senator Hoffman: If you take this panel and the Health and Human Services panel, I can't imagine a more

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Can you imagine going online every single time somebody doesn’t show up and having to fill out that paperwork
• 16.560><c> you</c> he was explaining is complicated can you he was explaining is complicated can you imagine
• 17.480><c> online</c><01:09:18.080><c> every</c><01:09:18.359><c> single</c><01:09:18.719><c> time</c> imagine
• going online every single time imagine going online every single time somebody<01:09:19.239><c> doesn't

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I would imagine that would be some type of cost, and so I’m just wondering if you plan to request a fiscal
• I would imagine that would be some type of cost, and so I’m just wondering if you plan to request a fiscal
• I would imagine that would be some type of cost, and so I’m just wondering if you plan to request a fiscal
• I would imagine that would be some type of cost, and so I’m just wondering if you plan to request a fiscal

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Imagine how much money we'll make if we legalize aios, as opposed to just having fireworks.
• Imagine how much money we'll make if we legalize aios, as opposed to just having fireworks.
• Imagine how much money we'll make if we legalize aios, as opposed to just having fireworks.
• Imagine how much money we'll make if we legalize aios, as opposed to just having fireworks.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard SB 1231, which would repeal the Parentage Uniform Act of 1973 and update Hawaii’s parentage laws, including parts of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017. Supporters said the current statutes are outdated and do not adequately address assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and modern family formation. The Attorney General’s office supported the bill with technical amendments, including conforming changes to the Probate Code and child support provisions, and several testifiers urged passage as a needed modernization of the law. A major point of disagreement was Part 10, which concerns donor anonymity. Some supporters, including members of the task force, the Uniform Law Commission, fertility and family law practitioners, and LGBTQ+ advocates, backed the bill as written or said it should move forward even if Part 10 is removed. Others, including donor-conceived adults, parents, and advocacy groups, opposed Part 10 and urged the committee to adopt the 2024 version of Article 9 or delete Part 10 entirely, arguing that anonymous donation harms donor-conceived people’s access to genetic, medical, and identity information and that anonymity is not realistic in the DNA-testing era. One task force member and attorney said she supported the bill but preferred removing Part 10 if necessary to pass the rest. The hearing included extensive public testimony both in support and opposition, with many individuals describing personal experiences with adoption, IVF, surrogacy, and donor conception. No committee vote or final action on the bill was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• So I would imagine that this would be on the top of your list that you would be pursuing.
• pass you that many years behind so I pass you that many years behind so I would<00:49:27.760><c> imagine
• 28.640><c> would</c><00:49:28.799><c> be</c><00:49:28.920><c> on</c><00:49:29.119><c> the</c> would imagine
• that this would be on the would imagine that this would be on the top<00:49:29.480><c> of</c><00:49:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The hearing covered Senate Bill 426, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Human Services, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, the Attorney General’s office, the Early Childhood Action Strategy, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, the University of Hawaiʻi’s early childhood educator project, and a Zoom testifier who described the importance of investing in high-quality early childhood education. Committee discussion focused on the program’s estimated cost, with figures of about $14.5 million in 2025-26 and $15 million in 2026-27, and on whether the program would require ongoing base-budget funding. The committee recommended technical, non-substantive amendments, including a statewide-concern amendment and a deferred effective date, and both committees adopted the recommendation by vote. The committees then heard Senate Bill 1622, which would appropriate funds to establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaiʻi to support statewide artificial intelligence initiatives. University representatives described the proposal as the product of campus-wide input and outlined five pillars: governance and policy, outreach and engagement, research and development, workforce development, and AI tools for key sectors such as health care, creative industries, manufacturing, data science, astronomy, and climate change. Members questioned staffing distribution, tuition, enrollment timing, housing, campus placement, and whether positions would be permanent or temporary; the university said it planned about 10 positions across campuses, would start with internal resources, and would house the effort under the Vice President for Research and Innovation initially. The committees recommended an SD1 with the appropriation amounts blanked out, a July 31, 2050 effective date, and committee-report language on housing and West Oʻahu, and the higher education and labor/technology committees adopted the amended recommendation. Finally, the Higher Education Committee took up Senate Bill 1488, a housekeeping measure to consolidate existing University of Hawaiʻi conference center statutes into a single revolving fund structure, and Senate Bill 636, which would fund retention and internship coordinator positions and broader enrollment management efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. SB 1488 drew university support and no opposition. SB 636 prompted substantial questioning about Hilo’s declining enrollment, current retention rate of 72.8 percent, and the scope of the request, which includes not only two named positions but also about $432,000 for enrollment management initiatives such as data analysis, IT support, and other student services. Hilo said it is targeting 3 to 5 percent annual enrollment growth and that the positions would support recruitment, retention, internships, and data-driven enrollment strategy. The committee pressed for a clearer broader plan, but the discussion in the transcript ended before a final vote on SB 636 was shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• was and I at that time I mean<00:09:35.640><c> you</c><00:09:35.760><c> can</c><00:09:35.959><c> imagine
• ><c> felt</c><00:09:37.120><c> I</c><00:09:37.240><c> was</c><00:09:38.160><c> I</c> mean you can imagine
• how I felt I was I mean you can imagine how I felt I was I was<00:09:38.560><c> just</c><00:09:38.760
• <00:13:15.720><c> I</c> I have had numerous employment applications that I've put in, but you can imagine

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you can imagine this, it is equivalent to nearly five football fields filled 50 feet high.
• town</c><00:13:18.560><c> if</c><00:13:18.639><c> you</c><00:13:18.760><c> can</c><00:13:18.959><c> imagine
• </c> heart of Lina town if you can imagine heart of Lina town if you can imagine this<00:13:20.000><c

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I wouldn't imagine that I'll get hired in the next year or two.
• bium that right probably won't<01:00:30.920><c> I</c><01:00:31.000><c> wouldn't</c><01:00:31.319><c> imagine
• /c><01:00:31.640><c> that</c><01:00:31.799><c> I'll</c><01:00:32.039><c> get</c> won't I wouldn't imagine
• that I'll get won't I wouldn't imagine that I'll get hired<01:00:32.559><c> in</c><01:00:32.680><c>

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• landfill, very, very recent, so this is where it's at today, and it probably doesn't look like what you imagine
• uh</c><00:18:23.000><c> what</c><00:18:23.159><c> you</c><00:18:23.919><c> uh</c><00:18:24.559><c> imagine
• </c> doesn't look like uh what you uh imagine doesn't look like uh what you uh imagine a<00:18:25.720

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Department of Environmental Services officials outlined the solid waste system, including curbside collection, convenience centers, transfer stations, H-POWER, and the existing landfill, and explained that H-POWER reduces the volume of waste going to the landfill by about 90%. They reviewed the siting history, including the 2019 Land Use Commission deadline, the 2020 enactment of Act 73 with landfill setback and conservation-district restrictions, and the 2021-2022 landfill advisory committee that evaluated six sites but recommended none because they were within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. The city said it ultimately selected a site in central Oahu, on agricultural land near Wahiawa and the Dole Plantation, as the best legally permissible option and described it as requiring about 150 acres, with 90 acres for the landfill itself. City officials also described the proposed landfill design and safeguards, emphasizing a modern sanitary landfill with double liners, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring. They said the ash from H-POWER is dry and that leachate would be pumped to a wastewater treatment plant. They stated the site is away from residences and groundwater wells, accessible by highway, and can be permitted under state and federal rules, though they acknowledged that a full environmental review, public hearings, and multiple permits would still be required. When asked whether the new landfill could be operating before the 2028 closure date, the city said it did not yet know and that an extension of Waimanalo Gulch might be needed if the new site is not ready in time. The Board of Water Supply strongly opposed the city’s decision to site a landfill above Oahu’s freshwater resources. Its representative said the agency’s mission is to protect safe, dependable water for the future and that it had disapproved all six previously proposed sites because they were located over freshwater aquifers. In response to questions from legislators, the Board said it could not guarantee the liner system would remain impermeable forever and warned that leachate can contain hazardous chemicals, including so-called forever chemicals. The Board characterized the proposal as a long-term risk to the island’s drinking water supply and compared the decision to past infrastructure choices that later proved problematic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't imagine it's high profit. So, uh, I would like to see that number be less.
• </c><00:10:59.760><c> So,</c><00:11:00.560><c> uh</c> I don't imagine it's high profit.
• So, uh I don't imagine it's high profit.
• I can't imagine a better bill for it to go into. And it sounds like you agree with the concept.
• I can't imagine a better bill for it to go into. And it sounds like you agree with the concept.

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Evans, and the mural unfolds as a visual narrative from the left to the right, designed to spark imagination
• Evans, and the mural unfolds as a visual narrative from the left to the right, designed to spark imagination
• I mean, if we took off $2,300 for PDM and expenses, I can't imagine what we're spending on PDM and expenses
• I mean, if we took off $2,300 for PDM and expenses, I can't imagine what we're spending on PDM and expenses
• I mean, if we took off $2,300 for PDM and expenses, I can't imagine what we're spending on PDM and expenses

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And I can't imagine being their parents watching their parents and their sister all receive that folded
• And<03:20:10.319><c> I</c><03:20:10.560><c> can't</c><03:20:10.720><c> imagine</c><03:20:11.200><c> being
• </c><03:20:11.520><c> their</c><03:20:11.760><c> parents</c> And I can't imagine being their parents
• And I can't imagine being their parents watching watching watching their<03:20:14.000><c> parents</c>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Where, say, imagine, you know, I, as a loyal Democrat, am in an election where I can vote to select,
• I understand, but you're going to have to—we have to use our imaginations.
• we<03:38:22.720><c> to</c><03:38:22.800><c> use</c><03:38:22.960><c> our</c><03:38:23.080><c> imaginations
• I don't care we to use our imaginations I don't care what<03:38:24.160><c> the</c><03:38:24.319><c>
• I can't imagine following the... Representative Gilmore, no question. Thank you.

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all