Transcript Highlights:

• There are many people who are aging out of this economy, and there is no solution to how we're going
• There are many people who<01:28:05.920><c> are</c><01:28:06.560><c> aging</c><01:28:06.960><c> out</c
• out of this uh economy and who are aging out of this uh economy and there<01:28:10.000><c> is</c><01
• So we have staff that go up to a United Way facility one day a week.
• </c><01:47:24.400><c> one</c> that go up to a United Way facility one that go up to a United Way facility

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• AC chiller on Kauaʻi, and $5 million for lump sum bond funds to address continuing and emergent facility
• AC chiller on Kauaʻi, and $5 million for lump sum bond funds to address continuing and emergent facility
• AC chiller on Kauaʻi, and $5 million for lump sum bond funds to address continuing and emergent facility
• filing of an expungement order<01:46:03.599><c> from</c><01:46:03.800><c> the</c><01:46:04.360><c> AG
• uh we are asking for order from the AG uh we are asking for some<01:46:07.320><c> amendments</c><01:

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 4000, the Judiciary’s biennium budget bill for FY 2026-2027. Judiciary Director of Policy and Planning Brandon Kimura testified in strong support, outlining operating requests of about $6.17 million in FY 26 and $6.25 million in FY 27, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $9.9 million in capital improvements. He described funding needs for specialty courts, preparations for the Wahiawa District Court, an additional district court judge and staff for Kona, cybersecurity upgrades, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, statewide priority items, and restoration of several essential staff positions. He also said the Judiciary was seeking an additional $2 million for the Children’s Justice Center relocation lump sum because updated estimates had risen to about $8 million. The committee also discussed potential impacts from uncertain federal funding and asked for written follow-up on those risks and on the capital request, including coordination with Budget and Finance. Several organizations and individuals testified in support of the Judiciary budget, including the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, and legal service providers. Mioko Eto asked for an additional $1 million for civil legal service providers, explaining that the current funding is spread across multiple providers and that the need remains high. David Copper of Legal Aid supported the request, citing statewide demand, 105 staff, 7,100 cases closed in the past year, and 15,000 calls received, while noting that many people seeking help cannot be served because of capacity limits. He also said recent federal funding disruptions and proposed cuts could affect legal services and related programs. Committee members asked about the Criminal Justice Research Institute’s mission; Kimura said its primary statutory role is to build a database focused on pre-trial reporting and data analysis, though it is also working on probation and mental health-related projects. No vote or final action on HB 4000 was taken in the hearing excerpt provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• We don't know the answer to facilities?
• </c><02:24:52.960><c> It</c><02:24:53.200><c> also</c> perdm nursing facility rates.
• It also perdm nursing facility rates.
• They share costs, resources, facilities, and..."
• They share<04:31:04.720><c> costs,</c><04:31:05.920><c> resources,</c><04:31:06.640><c> facilities,</

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• relationships with our sovereign tribal partners and also child and tribal nations and also, you know, age
• > child and tribal nations and also you child and tribal nations and also you know<00:34:36.720><c> age
• 37.679><c> all</c><00:34:37.839><c> I</c><00:34:38.079><c> think</c><00:34:38.159><c> that</c> know age
• limits like we all I think that know age limits like we all I think that there's<00:34:38.560><c> pretty
• Representative Hansen has House File 3453 included in the bill, and this increases the minimum age to

Bills: HF2354 , HF3407 , HF4359 , HF4192 , HF3356 , HF3695 , HF1597 , HF3155 , HF3871 , HF4437 , HF4446 , HF3990

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to personally thank President Jennifer Cowley and her staff for making this facility and parking
• District 233 has a combined voting age population of over 84 percent minority. voting age population,
• Everyone, regardless of your belief, political persuasion, or age—teacher, whoever you are—you are an
• , poll tax, and adopting what would be the most racially discriminatory maps our state has seen in ages
• Yes, and I did it at the age of 18 and again at 21. You got it. Thank you.

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

Keywords: 997, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• portions of the sidewalk system that drain into or convey runoff from the sidewalk into stormwater facilities
• appreciate, in which the riders, the ridership pays virtually all the costs for that particular toll facility
• say, is we had six motorcycle fatalities, almost all young men, I think all young men, like under the age

Committees: Joint Transportation , Joint Joint Transportation Committee

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The draft also called for analysis of the fiscal impacts, including the cost of personnel, court facilities
• So I know it says court facilities; typically, those are a county cost.
• I'm just going to say real quick, one of the things that it would address: there's no age where a child

Committee: Joint Child Custody Review Task Force

Summary: The Child Custody Review Task Force met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then took up draft legislation to create a future interim committee to study the feasibility of a family court in North Dakota. Beth outlined the draft’s purpose, proposed 15-member membership, and the study topics, including constitutional authority, court structure, jurisdiction, fiscal impact, implementation, and possible phased-in approaches. Members discussed committee composition at length, ultimately agreeing to keep the committee at 15 by reducing legislative members from eight to six, adding two judges from different judicial districts, two family law section members with rural/urban representation, one parent subject to a custody order, and a clerk of court representative; the self-help, mental health, and domestic violence positions were debated, with domestic violence advocacy retained and some other positions removed or replaced. The committee also agreed to include analysis of state and local fiscal impacts and efficiencies, and to keep the provision on procedural rules in the draft. The revised draft was approved and recommended to Legislative Management, with one recorded no vote from Judge Hovey after the fact. The committee then turned to a second draft dealing with mandatory participation in a family transition program in contested parental-rights cases. Members first clarified that the term should be changed to a more general “parenting education course,” rather than a named private program, and discussed whether the bill should also require education about court process and family-law procedures. Some members argued the bill should specify content such as co-parenting, parental alienation, harassment, disorderly conduct, removal of a child from the jurisdiction, and contempt consequences, while others objected that the proposal was too vague, could impose costs without clear limits or waivers, and might amount to compelled legal advice or an undefined private program. Several members said the bill needed more specificity before it could be presented, and the discussion became increasingly divided over whether to keep the draft at all. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final action yet taken on the second draft.

Transcript Highlights:

• residents whose taxpayer dollars go toward the upkeep and maintenance of those public and municipal facilities
• Major post-production editorial facilities, including scoring stages operated by Sony, Fox, Warner Brothers
• California and simply buys and sells tickets for events taking place in California online, would the AG

Committee: House Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yes, several of us in here at that age.
• We have 11 offices and 11 facilities from St. Louis to Springfield.
• I'm just saying we haven't, but no one has come to our facility and said, you need to do it a certain

Committee: House Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on Senate Bill 1408, which would allow Missouri to raise the maximum speed limit on rural interstates from 70 to 75 miles per hour. Senator Berger, the bill sponsor, argued the change would better match neighboring states, improve traffic flow, and reflect modern vehicle safety technology. Several members supported the idea as a practical adjustment, while others questioned whether the time savings were worth the safety tradeoff, raised concerns about driver behavior, truck speed governors, road design, fuel use, and the possibility that higher posted limits would lead to even faster driving. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including a motorist advocate and some committee members, said 75 mph is common in surrounding states and worldwide, that most crashes are caused by inattention rather than speed alone, and that MoDOT should be able to set limits based on engineering and traffic conditions. Opponents included a Hazelwood police lieutenant, AAA, the Missouri Insurance Coalition, and MoDOT Director Ed Hassinger. They argued that higher speeds increase crash severity and fatalities, that Missouri’s roads and traffic volumes differ from flatter neighboring states, and that the bill could disproportionately affect young and older drivers as well as roadside workers. MoDOT said its data shows speed is a major factor in fatal crashes and cited fatality increases in Arkansas and Kansas after those states raised rural interstate limits. Committee members also debated whether the bill actually mandates 75 mph or merely authorizes MoDOT to set it where appropriate. MoDOT and AAA said any increase should be tied to engineering studies and roadway-specific analysis, while supporters argued the department already has that discretion and that the bill simply removes an outdated cap. No vote was taken in the excerpt. After closing the hearing on SB 1408, the committee moved on to House Bill 3447, a towing and recovery bill that would require more insurance for large commercial vehicles, improve notice and dispute procedures, and address abandoned vehicles; testimony on that bill began with the sponsor and representatives from the towing and trucking industries.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're shutting down the facility because they've got a $48 million bill from... ...employees are losing
• They're shutting down the facility because they got a $48 million bill from CARB, which is not you guys
• CSBA, associations of League of Cities, CSAC, they're concerned about these issues, CSBA, both the aging

Committee: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review

Summary: The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee held an informational hearing on California’s Budget Stabilization Account, or Rainy Day Fund, with presentations from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Department of Finance, Practical Idealism Economics, and the California Budget and Policy Center. The LAO explained that California’s revenue volatility is driven largely by the personal income tax and high-income capital gains, and described how Proposition 2 deposits work, the 10% cap on the BSA, and the LAO’s evaluation that the current policy would cover only about 30% of funding shortfalls over 50 years in an unfavorable benchmark scenario. The LAO recommended raising the cap to 50% over time and either adopting broader deposit rules or depositing all excess capital gains. Finance said the administration had proposed raising the cap to 20% and excluding reserve deposits and withdrawals from the state appropriations limit. The Budget Center supported reserve reform but stressed balancing savings with current service needs and noted other tools such as revenue changes, borrowing from special funds, and the new Projected Surplus Temporary Holding Account. Committee members debated the purpose and adequacy of reserves, the role of the state appropriations limit, and whether reserves should be paired with broader fiscal reforms. Several senators argued that reserves are needed to preserve core services during downturns and that the current system is too complicated and too small, while others emphasized the need to protect spending on health care, child care, and other services for working Californians. There was also discussion of infrastructure spending as a possible countercyclical tool and whether deposits for infrastructure should be treated differently under reserve and SAL rules. The LAO said the Legislature has flexibility in defining infrastructure spending and suggested an infrastructure fund could function as a separate reserve-like mechanism. A significant portion of the hearing turned to broader tax and budget policy, including repeated references to Proposition 13, the state’s revenue structure, business departures, unemployment insurance financing, and the impact of inequality on California’s fiscal resilience. Some members argued Prop. 13 was driven by affordability concerns for homeowners, while others said it created loopholes that benefit corporations and constrain local revenue. The hearing did not take any vote or formal action; it remained informational, with the chair indicating the committee would continue questions and public comment after the panel discussion.

Transcript Highlights:

• They're shutting down the facility because they've got a $48 million bill from employees are losing their
• They're shutting down the facility because they got a $48 million bill from CARB, which is not you guys
• .. ...associations of League of Cities, CSAC, they're concerned about these issues, CSBA, both the aging

Committee: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• can share with you, personal, that I've experienced after 40 years of nursing, both state-owned facilities
• We tried to follow discharge instructions, but decided to drive to another facility.
• By age four, she was in the ER almost monthly.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have a lot of physicians that are just getting to that age where they're retiring.
• , specifically the last one to 26 for the health and safety services surveys for long-term care facilities
• inquisitorial authority, and that includes the power to examine and inspect all properties, equipment, facilities

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on Idaho’s medical education workforce plan, developed from House Bill 368. The presenter said the working group unanimously supported a long-term plan to address Idaho’s physician shortage, noting Idaho ranks 50th per capita in physicians and would need roughly 1,400 more doctors to reach the national average. Recommendations included maintaining existing WAMI and other state-supported seats, adding 10 non-WAMI seats this year, expanding graduate medical education by 15 seats, creating a dedicated health education coordinator/director to manage undergraduate and graduate placements and clinical sites, and using one-time Rural Health Transformation funds for larger investments. Members discussed the value of WAMI, the need for more clinical training sites, rural recruitment incentives, the role of nurse practitioners and other providers, and how to measure results. No formal vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then received April Renfro’s update on the statewide single audit and related accountability work. She reported $5.4 billion in federal assistance audited for fiscal year 2024, 45 findings, seven repeat findings, $2.4 million in known questioned costs, and $2 million in projected questioned costs. Major issues were concentrated at the Department of Health and Welfare, especially Medicaid managed care eligibility and provider oversight, delayed health and safety surveys, and reporting problems tied in part to the Luma transition. Other notable findings involved the Child Care and Development Fund, Vocational Rehabilitation, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, and DEQ. Members pressed her on accountability, fraud detection, managed care oversight, Luma-related errors, staffing, and which findings should be prioritized for follow-up. She said her office would provide a top-10 list of priorities to the co-chairs. No vote was taken. After a break, the committee heard a budget presentation from Brooke Dupree on how to read the front-end reports in the legislative budget book. She explained the state’s constitutional structure, the 20 executive departments, and the decision-unit budget model, including the sequence from the current-year appropriation to maintenance, enhancements, and the final fiscal year 2027 original appropriation. She also walked through request-versus-recommendation reports and fund-source comparisons. Members asked a few clarifying questions, including what falls under public school support. The final item began a short presentation from the Impact Review Team on a base budget dashboard tool, described as a different way to view existing budget data.

Transcript Highlights:

• give homeowners a real opportunity and time to comply, and prevent non-renewals based solely on roof age
• prohibits an insurer from refusing to renew, non-renewing, or reducing coverage based solely on roof age
• clear the homeowner pays for the inspection, prohibiting an underwriting action based solely on roof age
• Prohibiting underwriting actions based solely on roof age, roof is one of the strongest predictors of
• Basically, what this bill is doing is ensuring that the AG wins in something that they haven't been successful

Summary: The committee heard three major insurance-related bills. SB 1209 by Senator Allen would give the Insurance Commissioner new authority to require insurers to implement corrective actions found in market conduct and financial exams, with penalties for failure to comply. Supporters, including Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his deputies, said current law leaves CDI without a direct way to compel remediation of repeated violations or obtain needed financial information, while opponents argued the bill expands CDI authority too far, could duplicate existing penalties, and should be limited to legal violations rather than recommendations. After discussion, members and the author agreed to narrow the bill through amendments, including tying it to legal violations, applying penalties per exam rather than per policy, and clarifying accounting language; the committee then passed the bill 5-1 to Appropriations, with one member on call. SB 1301, also by Senator Allen, would reform residential property insurance non-renewals by requiring clearer written explanations, giving homeowners a chance to mitigate correctable issues, and prohibiting certain unfair non-renewal bases such as claims below deductible or claims not paid by the insurer. The author and supporters said Californians face unusually high non-renewal rates and often receive vague notices that make it hard to keep coverage, while opponents warned the bill’s original 180-day notice period and reporting requirements were too burdensome and could worsen availability. Senator Richardson said he would support the bill after the author agreed to reduce the notice period to about three months and continue working on a mitigation-based process; the committee then approved the bill 4-1, with one member on call. The committee also considered SB 1026 by Senator Gonzalez, which would strengthen regulation of bail fugitive recovery agents by allowing CDI to suspend or revoke licenses without a criminal conviction, expanding prohibited conduct, and tightening insurance and appointment requirements. Supporters, including Commissioner Lara, said the 2022 licensing law left loopholes that allow misconduct to continue and that the bill would improve public safety and accountability. Opponents from the bail industry and crime victims groups argued the bill requires unavailable or impractical insurance coverage, including coverage for willful acts, and could reduce the number of recovery agents and delay justice. Members raised concerns about the insurance language and availability, and the author said the bill was still being worked on with opposition; the committee passed it 4-1, with one member on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 982 by Senator Wiener, the Affordable Insurance and Recovery Act, which would let the Attorney General seek recovery from fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs affecting the Fair Plan and private policyholders. The author said Californians are paying rising insurance and disaster costs while fossil fuel companies that contributed to climate change are not, and witnesses from flood and wildfire communities and climate policy experts supported the bill as a way to fund recovery and resilience. Opponents, including business and labor representatives, argued the bill would impose broad liability, invite litigation, and harm jobs and energy affordability. The hearing included extensive testimony, but no vote was taken on SB 982 in the portion provided.

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• One of the reasons for that is that 27 percent Of adults between the age of 25 and 34 are living with
• Another statistic here is that the aging population, 65 plus, is estimated to increase from 20% to 23%
• I'm just going to keep doing it, because if you eat three months a day, you're an ag, and you want to
• I'm just going to keep doing it, because if you eat three months a day, you're an ag, and you want to
• Chair, and thank you for offering us the opportunity to tour some of those facilities and see how we

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We also have Brian Yance, our OA facilities, maintenance, design, and construction director.
• I, well, if you need to go and we can, I mean, you and I are the same age, I understand.
• Well, you know, I'm in advanced age, so I'm not on your plan, and your people refused to care for me.
• But anyway, there's a few of us that are in that age bracket. I'm on Medicare.
• But anyway, there's a few of us that are in that age bracket. I'm on Medicare.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Many of the low-enrollment programs actually don't require new faculty or facilities, thus lowering the
• program actually doesn't translate... ...into cost savings because they're doing this with existing facilities
• I think the bottleneck sometimes is, again, getting the resources in place, getting a facility built
• Chairman, in the past, you could have a base budget, but the academic enterprise isn't program-based, like ag
• buildings and housing in there, and so removing that specific detail so we can use it on our multi-use facilities

Committee: Joint Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Ent departed this life on December 10, 2025, at the age of 94.
• I toured a potato storage facility.
• 00:53:50.240><c> a</c><00:53:50.559><c> potato</c><00:53:51.040><c> storage</c><00:53:51.440><c> facility
• </c><00:53:52.079><c> I</c><00:53:52.400><c> had</c> toured a potato storage facility.
• I had toured a potato storage facility.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And so the Urban League has been around for about 100 years, and through every age they continue to give
• uh masonry that's run out of their uh masonry that's run out of their training<00:48:15.319><c> facility
• New</c><00:48:16.880><c> Brighton</c><00:48:17.880><c> uh</c><00:48:18.400><c> day</c> training facility
• in New Brighton uh day training facility in New Brighton uh day one<00:48:19.040><c> you</c><00:48:19.160
• He was coming to the facility because he was coming. I got put in a 7-point restraint chair.

Bills: HF1439 , HF1004 , HF498 , HF1326

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, I should have asked earlier to the prime sponsor: Is there any age limit on this?
• Um, is there any age limit on this?
• I do everything I can to make cycling safer and more available to people of all ages.
• I do everything I can to make cycling safer and more available to people of all ages.
• </c><04:09:30.479><c> in</c> owner owner auto repair facility in owner owner auto repair facility in

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Transportation Committee opened its public hearing with HB 249, sponsored by Representative Seth Miller, which would allow bicycles, human-powered vehicles, and electric bicycles to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs in certain situations. Miller argued the bill would improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer injuries and crashes. He emphasized that the proposal would remain optional for cyclists, who would still be required to yield to cross traffic and obey right-of-way rules, and said the bill is intended to help riders maintain momentum and avoid the instability that comes from repeatedly starting from a full stop. Committee members raised concerns about uncertainty for drivers and pedestrians, liability, and whether the bill would create a special class of road users with different rules. Representative Crawford asked about the red-light left turn language, and Miller explained it was included because bicycles may not trigger some traffic signals. Representative Hill questioned how other road users would know what a cyclist intended to do at an intersection, and Representative Gon noted the bill did not appear to address liability the way some motorcycle-related laws do. Miller responded that cyclists would still be expected to yield appropriately and said he would be open to an amendment if liability language was needed. Representative Emble also questioned whether the bill would create a special vehicle class, and Miller replied that bicycles already have different roadway rules and that the bill was meant to improve safety and flow. Several supporters testified in favor of the bill. Michael Frank, a cyclist and League cycling instructor from Spofford, said he regularly rides a cargo bike for errands and that stopping fully at intersections leaves him exposed longer and makes it harder to restart on hills. He said the bill would let cyclists slow, assess traffic, and proceed safely while maintaining momentum, and noted that he had not personally received a ticket for rolling through a stop sign, though he had been warned by police. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike-Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy, and helps bicycles move through intersections faster and more safely. No vote or committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.