Transcript Highlights:

• Intestinal procedures suite and for the purchase of procedure equipment, a specific, uh, Starr County

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II

Transcript Highlights:

• However, as I said, this language is in 17.028B of the Code of Criminal Procedures. and I'm confident
• This is standard procedure in the federal courts and used in other states as well.

Bills: SJR 5 , SJR 36 , SJR 5 , SJR 5 , SR 105 , SR 121 , SB 17 , SB 19 , SB 25 , SB 28 , SB 17 , SB 19 , SB 25 , SB 28

Keywords: bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, school safety, mental health, emergency response, education policy, law enforcement, SR 121, Senate Resolution 121, Pete Alfaro, Pedro Cuellar Alfaro, Pedro Alfaro, Baytown, Texas Senate tribute, in memory, memorial resolution, condolence resolution

Transcript Highlights:

• The commission believes in advertising, as some people do. Like, I get it. He's doing his job.
• Representative Voss: Yes, I just have a procedural question, and I don't know if this is directed at
• I have the pleasure and privilege of serving on the Tourism Commission, and I just want to go on record
• I'm very proud of the work of the Commission, very proud of the work of the director, very proud of that
• I'm very proud of the work of the commission, very proud of the work of the director, very proud of the

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments. On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available. Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.

Transcript Highlights:

• Then members, what let's do is let's follow our standard procedure: have the bill presented, allow testifiers
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• CURE believes the more appropriate action at this time is to commission a study that could, among other
• a study that could is to commission a study that could among<00:54:10.920><c> other</c><00:54:11.160

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• He said it was the feeling of JAC, the State Building Commission, and the folks that oversee the committees
• Senator Landen said, “You know, just as one of your representatives on the State Building Commission,
• This is a very rudimentary test procedure that's fair, and the expectation is that's what they have to
• This is a very rudimentary test procedure that's fair, and the expectation is that's what they have to

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're talking about a particular procedure that hospitals could do.
• It is germane for the reason Senator Osmondson said, and it's a medical procedure in our hospitals, and
• We're talking about a particular procedure that hospitals could do.
• We're talking about a particular<00:54:53.960><c> procedure</c> particular procedure particular procedure
• </c> and it's a medical procedure and it's a medical procedure in<00:55:34.200><c> our</c><00:55:34.359

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• H. 606, an act relating to firearms procedures, introduced by Representative Arsenault.
• H. 606, an act relating to firearms procedures.
• ,<00:14:52.959><c> introduced</c><00:14:53.760><c> by</c><00:14:53.920><c> Representative</c> procedures
• , introduced by Representative procedures, introduced by Representative Arsenault.<00:14:55.720><c> It
• . procedures. procedures.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• My only question is, this is going to be in a situation where potentially, like, a procedure wasn't approved
• My only question is, this is going to be in a situation where potentially, like, a procedure wasn't approved
• preliminary determination delays for failure to submit to that second medical opinion by using the procedure
• So we're simply trying to bring this back to a fair procedure.
• It promotes a much fairer procedure for employees who miss second medical opinions.

Committee: House Labor & Industrial Relations

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee met on April 9 and first took up Senate Bill 162, which would change the workers’ compensation medical treatment schedule appeal process. The bill, presented as a collaboration between the Attorney General’s office and trial lawyers, would require additional medical evidence submitted on appeal to be sent back to the medical director for review before court review continues. Members discussed the 30-day turnaround for the medical director and whether the process would delay injured workers’ cases. After testimony from injured workers’ representatives and support cards from several business and labor groups, the committee adopted the technical amendments and reported SB 162 favorably. The committee then heard House Bill 353, which would establish a state minimum wage beginning at $12 per hour in 2027, rising to $15 in 2029 and then indexed to inflation. Supporters, including the sponsor, Invest in Louisiana, the Workplace Justice Project, 10,000 Women Louisiana, the AFL-CIO, and a young witness from People’s Promise, argued that Louisiana’s wages have lagged behind costs of living, that many workers remain in poverty, and that the bill would help families, reduce reliance on public benefits, and improve economic stability. Opponents, including NFIB and small-business advocates, argued that the market should set wages, that the bill would raise labor costs, compress pay scales, reduce hours or hiring, and potentially increase prices. After extended debate, the committee voted and HB 353 failed. The committee next considered Senate Bill 383 on the incumbent worker training program. Senator Bass and Louisiana Works officials said the bill would expand and make the existing program more flexible, increase available funding, shorten the business eligibility period from three years to two, and allow unused funds to roll over. Members focused on how the program would reach workers, how businesses and employees would learn about training opportunities, and how it would support workforce development in growing regions. Support came from business and economic development groups, and the committee reported SB 383 favorably with amendments. Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 382, which would repeal the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, described as the Senate version of a bill the committee had already considered. The transcript cuts off during discussion of the prior vote on the similar House version, and no final action on SB 382 is shown in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• procurement requirements and/or lacked documentation required by their procurement policies and procedures
• Although each county and city has its own procurement policies and procedures, the policies consistently
• one of the findings in the report is that you didn't follow applicable procurement policies and procedures
• .. ...co-chair and the members of the committee, we followed all of Yavapai County policies and procedures
• our opinion that we did follow procurement guidelines according to Yavapai County policies and procedures

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But, um, these facility use procedures, um, we have rules for it and you know how much they can charge
• But, um, these facility use procedures, um, we have rules for it and you know how much they can charge
• </c><00:16:33.440><c> um</c> um these facility use um procedures um um these facility use um procedures
• Principal selection procedures are also already in place.
• </c><01:56:39.679><c> uh</c> procedures are also already in place. uh procedures are also already in

Bills: SB2613 , SB2147

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• That's an expensive, unpleasant procedure that a lot of us get to go through every decade-ish.
• 08.08, as the chairman mentioned, the Legislative Management has directed this committee to adopt a procedure
• So the procedure must include solicitation of draft measures, which was done, where we had sent out the
• fairly familiar with from the changes that were made, it made several statutory changes to the procedural

Committee: Joint Employee Benefits Programs Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I even asked to return three days later for a second ultrasound before I consented to the procedure.
• Changing CPT codes and naming of procedures changes every single year.
• My wife had the exact same procedure that you had, a D&C, and we had five miscarriages.
• But if you need to have a procedure done within 12 to 24 hours, how does this bill fit and provide help

Bills: HB288 , HB403 , HB420 , HB783 , HB815 , HB915 , HB927 , HB933 , HB944 , HB962 , HB971 , HR74 , SCR3 , SCR20 , SB5 , SB34 , SB37 , SB190 , SB255 , SB270 , SB273 , SB314 , SB415

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: medical terminology, documentation, miscarriage, spontaneous abortion, healthcare, medical records, billing, homemade food, food safety, small business, exemption, regulation, Department of Children and Family Services, background checks, child welfare, employee screening, safety regulations, criminal history, non-lactational dairy, labeling requirements

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, first up on our agenda, we have SB 2479 SD2 relating to criminal procedure.
• 59.800><c> and</c> sufficient time to develop policies and sufficient time to develop policies and procedures
• c> and</c><00:28:01.760><c> um</c><00:28:02.120><c> collect</c><00:28:02.480><c> meaningful</c> procedures
• and um collect meaningful procedures and um collect meaningful outcome<00:28:03.520><c> data</c><00:

Bills: SB2479 , SB2557 , SB2861 , SB3204 , SB3324 , SB3325

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Keywords: criminal procedure, family violence, dating violence, child abuse, evidence admissibility, reduced sentencing, homelessness, reporting requirements, statewide office, housing solutions, kauhale projects, public oversight, SB2861, Hawaii, Office of Wellness and Resilience, OWR, Department of Human Services, DHS, Kakou Pilot Program, Kakou

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to criminal procedure, homelessness, family resilience, Medicaid-funded services, and school Medicaid reimbursement. On SB 2479 SD2, the Judiciary testified in neutral opposition with concerns that the bill could require imprisonment even for probation-eligible defendants, expand sentence reconsideration in ways that could undermine finality for victims, conflict with existing sentencing statutes, and require additional judicial resources. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but asked for language changes so people serving sentences could raise the new evidence in Rule 40 petitions and so probation would remain available in appropriate felony cases. Written testimony also included opposition from several county prosecutors and police, and support from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The chair later deferred SB 2479 SD2, citing unintended consequences and problems with the bill. For SB 2557 SD1, which would require annual reporting by the State Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, the office said it supported the intent but noted it already produces annual and quarterly reports, that some requested data is already available, and that staffing and cost constraints could make the new reporting burdensome. The State Council on Mental Health supported the measure and suggested narrowing the reporting language to data on individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring behavioral health conditions, to the extent practicable and in collaboration with relevant agencies. A committee member asked about the availability of point-in-time count data, and the office explained that some figures may not be available every year and may need to be generated through HMIS. Dr. Jack Lewin testified in support, saying the data would be useful for understanding health care costs. The committee passed SB 2557 SD1 with amendments, including a deferral of the effective date. The committee also heard SB 2861 SD2 and SB 3204 SD1, both family resilience pilot program measures. For SB 2861 SD2, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the office’s role is planning and advisory, that DHS is a key partner, and that federal compliance safeguards are included. The chair raised concerns about overlap with DHS’s existing Ka Ohana program and asked for language to avoid redundancy while allowing the bill to cover other at-risk children; decision-making was deferred to the next hearing. For SB 3204 SD1, which would create a peer-navigator-based family resilience pilot, the Office of Wellness and Resilience and DHS supported the measure, with the office requesting a two-year pilot period, and both agencies and several advocacy groups submitted support. The committee discussed funding, the proposed five peer navigators, and whether the pilot should be limited to one or two geographic areas; no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard and supported SB 3324 SD1 on Medicaid home and community-based services, with the Department of Health emphasizing caregiver shortages and the cost-effectiveness of community care, and SB 3325 SD1 HD1 on public school Medicaid reimbursement, where DOE and the Attorney General requested clarifying amendments to reporting language and position titles.

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't know how it switched, but I appreciate the procedure and urge members to revote this motion.
• appreciate know how it switched, but I appreciate the<00:43:41.320><c> the</c><00:43:41.640><c> procedure
• > and</c><00:43:42.720><c> urge</c><00:43:42.960><c> members</c><00:43:43.320><c> to</c> the the procedure
• and urge members to the the procedure and urge members to revote<00:43:44.360><c> this</c><00:43:44.800

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But I mean, do you think we ought to have some kind of procedure to maybe try to contact family members
• have some mean, do you think we ought to have some kind<00:24:52.559><c> of</c><00:24:52.720><c> procedure
• 53.039><c> to</c><00:24:53.279><c> maybe</c><00:24:53.520><c> try</c><00:24:53.679><c> to</c> kind of procedure
• to maybe try to kind of procedure to maybe try to contact<00:24:54.720><c> uh</c><00:24:54.960><c> family

Committee: Joint Business and Financial Institutions

Keywords: Business and Financial Institutions - Room 409, 2 February, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And procedurally, um, I've been advised that typically we adopt the title amendment after passage.
• </c><00:34:05.519><c> And</c><00:34:05.760><c> procedurally,</c> should pass.
• And procedurally, should pass.
• And procedurally, um<00:34:08.240><c> I've</c><00:34:08.560><c> been</c><00:34:08.639><c> advised</c>

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• have many rigorous training requirements and are steeped in exposure to the work, awareness of VA procedures
• exposure to the work, awareness<00:08:24.160><c> of</c><00:08:24.400><c> VA</c><00:08:24.800><c> procedures
• </c><00:08:25.360><c> in</c><00:08:25.520><c> the</c><00:08:25.960><c> M21</c> awareness of VA procedures
• in the M21 awareness of VA procedures in the M21 and<00:08:27.199><c> the</c><00:08:27.440><c> 30</c

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• who are in the managed care organizations come in expecting that they're going to have a certain procedure
• expecting that they're going to have a expecting that they're going to have a certain<00:33:58.919><c> procedure
• </c><00:33:59.639><c> covered</c><00:34:00.639><c> um</c><00:34:00.960><c> or</c> certain procedure covered
• um or certain procedure covered um or something<00:34:01.480><c> covered</c><00:34:01.799><c> and</c

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 27, as amended by committee substitute, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry. The sponsor said the substitute was developed with UK, U of L, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Parkinson’s in Motion to better define a movement disorder center, add Parkinson’s experts from both universities to the advisory committee, require automated reporting, and delay implementation until 2027. Testimony emphasized the need to track diagnoses and testing while protecting confidentiality and allowing people to opt out. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted unanimously to pass SB 27 with a favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 93, dealing with hearing aid coverage for children. A parent described the high cost of hearing aids for her son and the financial burden created by insurance limits, while a pediatric audiologist explained that early identification and treatment improve language outcomes and that families can spend about $30,000 on hearing aids from birth to age 18. The committee substitute removed adults from the bill and added an in-network requirement for pediatric audiologists, along with a replacement interval consistent with Medicaid guidelines and repair/loss coverage provisions. After questions about costs, replacement timing, and insurer practices, the committee voted unanimously to pass SB 93 with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 153, a transparency and due-process bill concerning Medicaid prepayment review. The sponsor and witnesses from Addiction Recovery Care and Frontier Behavioral Health said prepayment reviews can be imposed with little notice or explanation, disrupt cash flow, and burden rural and smaller providers; they argued the bill would require clearer notice, reasons, and timelines without stopping legitimate reviews. Members asked about managed care organizations, contract issues, and whether the bill would conflict with existing agreements, and the sponsor said it would not. After discussion and an explanation of vote from Senator Douglas, the committee voted to pass SB 153 with a favorable expression.

Transcript Highlights:

• c> outdated</c> Additionally, our outdated surgical and treatment spaces for animals to perform procedures
• This provides viewing areas for the public so they can observe procedures as they are happening.
• Rivas and I share that we're doing procedures in the field where we shouldn't be doing procedures because

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Compounding the problem, the Federal Elections Commission has too often failed to enforce the law, leaving
• integrity, bringing a steady hand to his work along with his encyclopedic knowledge of parliamentary procedure
• encyclopedic knowledge<02:10:28.880><c> of</c><02:10:29.199><c> parliamentary</c><02:10:30.159><c> procedure
• </c> knowledge of parliamentary procedure. knowledge of parliamentary procedure.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all