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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
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  • This is DJ Ostraki here for committee.
  • taking a position on this uh legislation taking a position on this uh legislation because<00:45:
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  • in strong support of this legislation. in strong support of this legislation.
Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 5, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, beginning with HB 227 relating to eviction records. Supporters, including the Public First Law Center and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, argued the bill would help people who prevail in eviction cases avoid long-term housing harm from online court records, while the Public First Law Center said keeping records off eCourt Kokua would not violate the First Amendment because the records would still be available in person. Members discussed access-to-justice concerns, and a witness said legal aid attorneys could still access the records through the attorney-only Jeff’s system and the court’s access-to-justice room. The chair also asked about precedent, and a witness cited a Hawaii Supreme Court case as supporting removal from the online database rather than sealing records entirely. The committee then took up HP 1775 relating to foreclosures, but the transcript only shows in-person opposition comments from the Hawaii State Bar Association Collection Law Section, the Hawaii Credit Union League, and the Hawaii Bankers Association. The credit union and banking groups said they had concerns about broader negative impacts on mortgage lending and other requirements, but no detailed discussion or action was captured before the committee moved on. The next measure, HB 1560 relating to consumer protection, drew support from the Office of Consumer Protection and cryptocurrency companies including Coinflip and America Digital, which said they already use wallet-pinning and other safeguards to prevent fraud. AARP Hawaii did not take a formal position but said the bill addressed a real problem, noting that Hawaii residents, especially in Kona, had lost more than $920,000 in 2024 to cryptocurrency ATM scams and arguing that stronger oversight was needed. The committee also heard HB 1642, which would ban cryptocurrency kiosks. The Office of Consumer Protection supported the ban as the best way to protect consumers from fraud, while Coinflip, Bitcoin Depot, and America Digital opposed it, arguing kiosks provide cash-based access to crypto, especially for unbanked or underbanked consumers, and that targeted regulation would be better than an outright ban. AARP Hawaii took no formal position but strongly emphasized the harm caused by scams, saying victims are often frightened into acting quickly and that kiosk transactions currently lack enough friction or intervention. Finally, HB 1647, also on consumer protection, would impose liability on host businesses that provide space for crypto kiosks. The Office of Consumer Protection warned small businesses might not understand the liability, while Coinflip, Bitcoin Depot, and America Digital opposed the bill, saying it would unfairly shift enforcement duties to host stores and could discourage businesses from hosting kiosks, effectively creating a de facto ban. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 1st, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs will now come to order. The time is 8 o'clock.
  • Chairman, committee members. I appreciate your favor. favorable consideration for House Bill 3527.
  • Vice Chair Zwiener and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to lay out House Bill
  • Members, this legislation passed in the committee and the House last session, and maybe second time is
  • I urge the committee to give favorable consideration to House Bill 1063. Thank you for your time.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/20/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have House File 2502. Welcome to the committee.
  • Up first is House File 2086. Representative Wogt? Welcome to the committee. So happy to have you.
  • All right, moving on to House File 2475. Representative Tab Key, welcome to the committee.
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  • Bill house file 631 an Ado Bill house Bill house file 631 an Ado Bill house file file file 698<01
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 26th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Local Government Committee will come to order, right? Take 2.
  • And is there any other business that needs to come before the committee?
  • With no other business before the Local Government Committee, the committee will stand in recess, subject
  • Any other business that needs to come before the committee?
  • With no other business before the Local Government Committee, the committee will stand in recess, subject
Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee briefly convened and then immediately moved to recess. Senator Paxton made a motion to recess subject to the call of the chair, which was accepted. No bills, testimony, or substantive policy issues were discussed during the meeting. With no other business before the committee, it stood in recess subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 26th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Gutierrez sends up the committee substitute to House Bill 2731.
  • Senator West sends up the committee substitute to House Bill 3483.
  • Senator West sends up the committee substitute to House Bill 4308.
  • Hearing none, committee testimony is now... To House Bill 4308.
  • Last week, we heard House Bill 23 in this committee as it was received from the House.
Summary: The committee heard and discussed several local-government-related bills, mostly with committee substitutes. House Bill 2731 would let certain border counties regulate roadside vendors selling live animals in unincorporated areas and along public rights-of-way; the substitute narrowed the bill to live animal sales only and excluded livestock and other roadside commerce. House Bill 3483 would streamline TCEQ review of special utility district revenue bonds by removing tax-bond requirements that do not apply to SUDs. House Bill 4308 would create a county industrial development district framework, limited in the substitute to certain counties including Fort Bend County, to help finance industrial sites and related infrastructure. House Bill 5663 would create a Wood County Hospital District memory-care-focused district with no taxing power, intended to help pursue grants and other funding for a new facility. House Bill 4582 addressed attainable housing in Dallas and Tarrant counties, allowing local reimbursement tools for developers under a uniform, optional framework. House Bill 5509 would let municipalities suspend or revoke a hotel’s certificate of occupancy if law enforcement and a criminal court both find probable cause of human trafficking, with the substitute adding due-process protections. House Bill 1532 created a Lake Houston dredging and maintenance district funded by revenue from dredged material sales and revenue bonds, with no taxing authority or eminent domain. House Bill 23, heard as pending business, would revise the process for local governments to rescind development documents and adjust third-party reviewer liability and eligibility rules. House Bill 4580, concerning property tax exemptions for charitable organizations such as the Houston Rodeo, was amended to remove language about exempting revenue from property use and instead focus on land used for agricultural, youth, and educational support. Public testimony was generally supportive on the bills heard, with witnesses including county officials, utility and water association representatives, hotel industry representatives, and housing developers. Several speakers emphasized the need for faster financing or permitting tools, flood mitigation, housing affordability, anti-trafficking enforcement, or local economic development. Some members raised concerns about scope, precedent, consultation with affected senators, and due process, particularly on House Bill 4582 and House Bill 5509, but the committee largely accepted the committee substitutes as improvements. No public testimony was offered on several bills, and most measures were left pending before later being voted out. The committee took recorded votes on multiple pending bills and reported them favorably, often with committee substitutes adopted in lieu of the filed versions. House Bills 1532, 2731, 3483, 5509, 5663, and 4580 were reported out, with 1532 and 5663 passing unanimously and 3483, 2731, and 5509 also receiving favorable votes despite one present-not-voting on 3483. House Bill 23 and House Bill 4582 were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until adjournment or later.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, current law does not allow a person called by the legislature or a legislative committee to
  • The Committee Substitute continues to empower either House of the Legislature or a legislative committee
  • or the production of evidence before a House of the Legislature or a legislative committee.
  • or the production of evidence before a House of the Legislature or a legislative committee.
  • So now, if I recall correctly, your first elected office was in the House, the House representative,
Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, approval of routine motions, and the reading of gubernatorial nominations and several honorary resolutions. The chamber adopted resolutions recognizing Jack and Jill of America Day and DJ Daniel Day at the Capitol, with multiple senators offering remarks praising youth leadership, perseverance, and public service. The Senate also introduced the Doctor of the Day and then proceeded to a long series of floor actions on bills. A major focus was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 568, which overhauls special education funding and services in public schools by moving from a placement-based model to an intensity-based system tied to student needs and IEPs. Senators Bettencourt, Creighton, and Menendez emphasized transparency, parent input, evaluation funding, dyslexia services, and better alignment of funding with actual services; Senator Hinojosa shared a personal story about dyslexia and the importance of early intervention. The bill was advanced on second and third reading and finally passed 30-0. The Senate also passed SB 1396 to prohibit national sex education standards in public schools, SB 2065 on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, SB 1664 requiring clearer public disclosure of transmission and distribution utility rate changes, SB 1029 on advertising certain used motor vehicles, SB 1120 expanding rights for family violence victims, SB 1036 regulating residential solar retail transactions, SB 464 creating school-proximity restrictions and penalties for tobacco and vaping sales, SB 1035 giving farmers and ranchers equitable relief from certain local agricultural regulations, SB 1610 addressing civil commitment facility safety and prosecution issues, SB 1197 extending drone restrictions to spaceports, and SB 1386 changing legislative witness immunity from transactional to testimonial immunity. Another major bill was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1188, which updates electronic health record requirements. Senator Kolkhorst said the bill builds on Texas medical privacy law by requiring U.S.-based storage of EMR data, prohibiting recording of voter registration status and credit score information, requiring provider verification and disclosure for AI-assisted diagnosis or treatment recommendations, preserving parental access to minors’ records until age 18, and ensuring EMRs can capture metabolic health and biological sex information. A floor amendment clarified the bill’s scope and enforcement, and the bill passed 23-7. Several measures drew debate, especially SB 414 on bond ballot transparency, where Senators Eckhardt and Menendez questioned whether requiring estimated interest and total debt cost on ballots could be misleading or difficult to implement because interest rates and financing terms can change before issuance or over time. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final action shown on SB 414.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, when the physician graduate part was heard by the committee in the House, the full House,
  • The chair withdraws the committee substitute if there's no objection to House Bill... 2038 will be left
  • House Bill 3800 creates an advisory board at the Texas Workforce Commission with members from across
  • The committee's substitute for House Bill 3801 creates a statewide health profession workforce coordinating
  • I'm here today to support this committee substitute. for House Bill 1431 on behalf of the Texas Southwestern
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm opening this joint conference committee between the House Labor Committee and the Senate Labor and
  • Technology Committee.
  • Bill 3131 Senate Draft 1 House Draft 1. Bill 3131 Senate Draft 1 House Draft 1.
  • the house? Sure. Okay, vote. the house? Sure. Okay, vote.
  • Okay, on for the house Chair Lee. that. Okay, on for the house Chair Lee. I. I. I.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is House Bill 1752, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, relating to emergency medical services.
  • So if I am able to take the vote on House Bill 1752, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, conference draft
  • I am able to take the vote on House Bill 1752, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, conference draft 1, on
  • Is that acceptable to the House? >> Acceptable to the House. Okay. Thank you very much.
  • that acceptable to the House? that acceptable to the House?
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Communication No. 813 informs the Senate that the House has discharged conferees to House Bill
  • House Communication No. 813 informs the Senate that the House has discharged conferees to House Bill
  • President, I move for the adoption of said Standing Committee Reports and House Concurrent Resolutions
  • <00:12:11.600> Reports<00:12:12.000> and<00:12:12.120> House Standing Committee
  • Reports and House Standing Committee Reports and House Concurrent<00:12:12.800> Resolutions.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • At this time, the question before the House is shall Bill House Bill 4440 be referred to the by the legislator
  • House Bill 3972 is a piece of legislation that cleans up some of the issues that we caused last year.
  • Bill 3984 by Cadwellrey of the House and Coleman of the Senate, an act relating to workforce recruitment
  • House Bill 4199 by Schreiber of the House and Ulahhar of the Senate, an act relating to workforce.
  • House Bill 4199 by Schreiber of the House and Ulahhar of the Senate, an act relating to. Workforce.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 3131 by West Kevin of the House and Hamilton of the Senate, an act relating to homeless shelter
  • in your legislation.
  • Claire Cory, House Bill 2710 by Ford of the House and Inalahhar of the Senate.
  • House Bill 3552 by Maynard of the House and Bullard of the Senate, relating to children.
  • House is in recess.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4420 by Hilbert of the House and Ugwh of the Senate, an act relating to the Strong Readers
  • House Bill 36 by Dobrinski of the House and Hicks of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
  • House Bill 3021 by Lowe of the House and Pew of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
  • Clerk will read House Bill 3145 by Cornwell of the House and Sakieri of the Senate.
  • Clerk will read House Bill 4128 by Fettetter of the House and Curn of the Senate.