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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • institution and As a HUD-certified housing counseling agency, the organization has significantly expanded access
  • She's also a member of the Judicial Administration Committee, Government Lawyers Section, Hawaiʻi Access
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  • House Bill 3700, by Caldwell of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to higher education
  • House Bill 3700 by Caldwell Chad of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to higher education
  • House Bill 3701 by Caldwell Chad of the House and Fyfoed of the Senate, an act relating to higher education
  • bill, House Bill 3701 by Caldwell Chad of the House and Fyfoed of the Senate, an act relating to higher
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  • High School, Putnam City West High School, and Putnam City High School, who are learning firsthand how
  • Stepping up as a voice for their peers while engaging with local leaders and learning about public service
  • There would be Partnerships that would generally include university, higher ed, those type of things.
  • Can you speak to their successes, what they've learned, what they haven't learned, and like how we've
  • How do they access the activation button for emergency sirens? I'll explain that to you.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

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  • <00:31:11.960> a children to learn a children to learn a uh<00:31:14.120> they<00:31
  • the higher ed folks. the higher ed folks.
  • <00:37:46.560> ed because in the supplemental higher ed because in the supplemental higher
  • branch then rolling into higher ed. branch then rolling into higher ed.
  • That is some higher ed and some K-12. That is some higher ed and some K-12.
TX
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  • And that's where they are and what they have access to do at this time.
  • The only thing that was really higher than that... ...was the wages I paid my employees.
  • Some have higher costs to manage cash and would prefer to use cost.
  • Cards associated with rewards have higher overall interchange rates.
  • I think all Americans, can you tell me any country that pays at higher rates than we do?
TX
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  • Anybody on the higher profile want to weigh in on that, too?
  • Anybody on the higher profile want to buzz into that, too?
  • rewards would have higher overall interchange rates.
  • Access to credit is kind of an American thing.
  • A premium for, you know, adds a higher cost to every product.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 3rd, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • And I do think that one thing that we learned coming out of Hurricane Beryl is that there was a significant
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and first took up several pending and uncontested bills. It favorably reported SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, and SB 1968, and also moved SB 2321 to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then heard SB 819, which would change how the Public Utility Commission reviews proposed utility-scale solar and related interconnection projects. The committee substitute would shift the default so interconnection is allowed unless the PUC affirmatively prohibits it within 180 days, limit denial to cases where harm substantially outweighs benefits, remove public meeting requirements, retain setback and financial assurance provisions, add optional application materials such as national security and environmental information, and restore local control over county tax abatements. The substitute was adopted and SB 819 was favorably reported to the full Senate on a 7-3 vote. The committee then took up SB 231, focused on CenterPoint’s use of large emergency generators after Hurricane Beryl. Senator King explained that the original bill was intended to prevent customers from being charged for non-mobile generators that were leased at great cost and did not match the bill’s emergency-response purpose. CenterPoint’s Jason Ryan apologized for the company’s communication failures and said the company would make customers whole through a combination of rate reductions, foregone storm-cost recovery, and a donation of the 15 large generators to ERCOT for about two years to address a San Antonio-area reliability issue, with the company absorbing the associated costs. PUC Executive Director Connie Corona said the commission could enforce the agreement through its contested-case process. Public testimony included consumer and reliability advocates, one of whom argued utility-scale microgrids should be preserved as a policy option. SB 231 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 986, which would create an alternative process for routine Public Information Act requests so local governments can make initial redactions without sending every routine exception to the Attorney General, while preserving an appeal path and training requirements. Supporters said it would reduce backlog and speed access to records; opponents argued it would shift the burden to requesters and encourage delay. The AG’s office testified that the process could improve efficiency and still fit within current timelines if used promptly. SB 986 was left pending. Finally, SB 584 was briefly laid out to require consumer reporting agencies that buy data from others to ensure the information complies with Texas law on excluded items such as bankruptcies, judgments, and tax liens, and SB 600 was heard on heir property. SB 600’s substitute would strengthen notice, require an attorney ad litem, add an heir’s bill of rights, allow settlement conferences, and require fair-market-value sales protections; supporters said it would curb predatory partition practices, while opponents warned some provisions could burden or diminish minority heirs’ property rights. SB 584 and SB 600 were left pending after testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

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  • And food access is one of the major parts about this.
  • And food access is one of the major parts about this.
  • Thank you. >> We're learning a lot today. >> All right.
  • >> We're learning a lot today. >> We're learning a lot today.
  • individuals who are eligible can access individuals who are eligible can access it<00:54:24.720>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA DEFER, WLA Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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  • 00:36:42.000> continued artwork to ensure its continued artwork to ensure its continued accessibility
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  • Um accessibility and cultural integrity.
  • 33.839> Um<01:09:34.319> SB521<01:09:35.440> relating Um, SB 521, relating to access
  • requires DHHL to work with the appropriate county board or department of water supply to provide access
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 13th, 2026

Insurance

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  • When PBM practices make these medications harder to access, more expensive, or available through only
  • So, just as a baseline, you know, we have an access problem there.
  • If we have access to the drug, that doesn't mean that we will be paid fairly for it.
  • So I can keep going through my testimony or honestly, you know, access is the issue.
  • I learned about the drug pricing world from the biased perspective of pharmacists.