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• </c> aquaculture, housing, energy, and water. aquaculture, housing, energy, and water.
• </c><01:00:07.920><c> and</c> security, affordable housing and security, affordable housing and healthcare
• </c> Housing Hawaii's future in opposition. Housing Hawaii's future in opposition.
• </c><01:06:27.760><c> and</c> Douglas EMTT does a lot of workforce housing and affordable housing.
• Uh, they've done affordable housing. Uh, they've done university housing.

Bills: SB3275 , SB3105

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: cannabis, low-dose, personal use, cultivation, cannabis accessories, Hawaii cannabis law, medical cannabis, physician assistant, licensure compact, medical services, interstate practice, healthcare portability, military families, licensing authority, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection reconsidered two condominium bills and adopted recommendations to pass both with amendments. For SB 2433, members approved amendments clarifying that condominium unit owners’ interests are to be recognized and protected in educational and related programs by the Real Estate Commission and DCCA, while making technical changes and changing the effective date. For SB 2838, the committee replaced the bill’s broader substantive language with a narrower requirement that associations provide electronic copies of specified documents, including master leases, reserve studies, audited financial statements, contracts, leases, and other agreements, along with technical changes and an amended effective date. Both measures were adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator McKelvey excused. The committee then heard SB 2710 on animal issues, which would define and regulate dog breeders, set care standards, create county licensing authority, require records, and establish an animal abuser registry and related penalties. Testimony was mixed: the Public Defender and the American Kennel Club opposed the bill, arguing for stronger enforcement of existing laws rather than harsher penalties and warning that the bill would burden responsible breeders; the Hawaiian Humane Society supported the bill’s breeder regulation and registry provisions but urged removal of the hoarding section; and the committee noted 26 written testimonies in support, 14 in opposition, and four comments. In decision-making, the committee passed SB 2710 with amendments that blanked the license fee, deleted the animal abuser registry and shelter/pet store/breeder compliance checks, struck the hoarding provisions and proposed criminal penalty changes, and made technical changes with a deferred effective date. The committee also heard SB 2209 on rental discrimination, which would allow attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in source-of-income discrimination cases, and SB 2884, which would create a nonrefundable income tax credit for wind-resistant retrofits or hurricane shelters. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported SB 2209, and the committee later passed it with a deferred effective date. SB 2884 drew support from DCCA’s Insurance Division, the Department of Taxation, HEMA, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, and a public witness who urged hurricane preparedness; it was passed with the Department of Taxation’s proposed amendments and a deferred effective date. Finally, the committee heard SB 2922 on cooperative associations, which would create a general cooperative associations framework. DCCA offered comments, while the Hawaii Co-op Hui, Purple Maya Foundation, Enliven Cooperative, and Hawaii Farmers Union supported the measure and argued that current law is too limited for worker, producer, and multi-stakeholder co-ops. After discussion about using the existing chapter 421C structure rather than creating a new regulatory scheme, the committee passed SB 2922 with amendments adopting changes proposed in testimony from the Hawaii Farmers Union and deferred the effective date.

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• We are going to just do an overview with House fiscal staff and House Research, and then also, as time
• We are going to just do an overview with House fiscal staff and House Research, and then also, as time
• I'm Matt Burus with House Research, another nonpartisan office here in the House.
• I'm Matt Burus with House Research, another nonpartisan office here in the House.
• I will be the House GOP partisan researcher this session.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Often times, a business associate agreement may need to occur between two parties to permit the data
• /c><00:44:15.400><c> parties</c><00:44:16.320><c> uh</c><00:44:16.400><c> to</c><00:44:16.560><c> permit
• </c> occur between two parties uh to permit occur between two parties uh to permit the<00:44:17.280><
• House side first, anyone have questions? this room will agree on that.
• Um House<01:33:21.280><c> side</c><01:33:21.400><c> first,</c><01:33:21.680><c> anyone</c><01:33:21.920

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 49 without amendments, House Bill 953 with amendments, House Bill 1045 without amendments,
• House Bill 154 without amendment, House Bill 28 without amendment, House Bill 26 without amendment.
• It comes from the House with a set of House floor amendments and House committee amendments.
• It comes from the House with a set of House floor amendments and House committee amendments.
• The bill comes from the House with House floor amendments and House committee amendments.

Bills: SCR63 , SCR12 , HB89 , HB451 , HB595 , HB617 , HB621 , HB730 , HB1064 , HB1125 , HB221 , HCR58 , SB106 , SB206 , SB248 , SB441 , SB104 , SB122 , SB180 , SB260 , SB424 , SB476 , SCR9 , SCR30 , SB57 , SB414 , SB525 , SB35 , SB65 , SB135 , SB215 , SB246 , SB249 , SB269 , SB276 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB484 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB501 , SB513 , HCR31 , HB462 , HB547 , HB613 , HB691 , HB712 , HB720 , HB723 , HB728 , HB735 , HB747 , HB759 , HB825 , HB845 , HB846 , HB903 , HB904 , HB907 , HB923 , HB929 , HB941 , HB962 , HB965 , HB1036 , HB287 , HB370 , HB515 , HB521 , HB570 , HB1200 , HB29 , HB39 , HB58 , HB67 , HB73 , HB76 , HB77 , HB82 , HB112 , HB121 , HB125 , HB132 , HB134 , HB151 , HB154 , HB155 , HB161 , HB166 , HB187 , HB191 , HB207 , HB211 , HB224 , HB238 , HB241 , HB242 , HB250 , HB260 , HB265 , HB275 , HB300 , HB320 , HB338 , HB339 , HB349 , HB379 , HB399 , HB427 , HB463 , HB464 , HB468 , HB545 , HB550 , HB551 , HB565 , HB588 , HB639 , HB725 , HB782 , HB805 , HB808 , HB834 , HB847 , HB853 , HB858 , HB861 , HB883 , HB916 , HB937 , HB977 , HB1012 , HB1027 , HB1044 , HB1054 , HB1091 , HB1117 , HB90 , HB127 , HB138 , HB150 , HB201 , HB268 , HB273 , HB285 , HB315 , HB354 , HB355 , HB360 , HB376 , HB445 , HB506 , HB606 , HB649 , HB665 , HB681 , HB721 , HB746 , HB757 , HB781 , HB835 , HB844 , HB857 , HB872 , HB886 , HB889 , HB892 , HB982 , HB987 , HB1037 , HB1068 , HB1072 , HB1078 , HB1085 , HB1132 , HB1137 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1232 , HB1238 , HB23 , HB136 , HB17 , HB21 , HB51 , HB55 , HB74 , HB106 , HB108 , HB133 , HB140 , HB159 , HB168 , HB215 , HB226 , HB263 , HB296 , HB299 , HB322 , HB364 , HB519 , HB535 , HB538 , HB568 , HB571 , HB622 , HB635 , HB676 , HB772 , HB784 , HB1006 , HB1018 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1134 , HB1237 , HB1239 , HB36 , HB119 , HB126 , HB129 , HB245 , HB271 , HB280 , HB337 , HB351 , HB677 , HB726 , HB789 , HB850 , HB956 , HB966 , SB149 , SB382

Keywords: fiscal notes, legislation, legislative auditor, state policy, conflict of interest, logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, HB89, Act 615, district attorney, assistant district attorney, retiree health insurance, group health insurance, retirement benefits, public employee benefits, Third Judicial District, Thirtieth Judicial District

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• I'm Representative Richard Haggerty, the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing.
• We have a formal House session going on upstairs, so you may see members of the House heading upstairs
• So the right We need housing to find housing.
• for housing.
• housing.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Housing

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Housing heard testimony on several housing bills, with much of the discussion focused on seasonal communities and funding for year-round housing in places like Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the Berkshires. Speakers supported bills including H. 4410/S. 966 and related seasonal communities legislation, which would allow local option real estate transfer fees and expand tools for towns to preserve and create affordable housing. Testimony emphasized severe housing shortages, high home prices, workforce displacement, and impacts on public safety, schools, health care, and local businesses. Many witnesses said the transfer fee would provide a sustainable local revenue stream, citing prior land bank models on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as proof the approach can work. The committee also heard testimony on H. 3989 regarding seasonal community designation, with supporters arguing that towns should be included automatically or through a simpler opt-in process, and on H. 4568 to expand the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, which would broaden access to a federal voucher-based savings and self-sufficiency model. Senator Edwards testified in support of a bill to create training for municipal board members, describing it as a toolkit to improve informed local decision-making. Senator O’Connor testified for a bed bug bill, saying it would create clearer landlord and tenant notification and treatment requirements and provide needed legal guidance after his family’s experience with an infestation. Senator Lovely also testified for the Homeworks program, which provides transportation so homeless children in motels and shelters can attend after-school activities. The committee further heard testimony on a bill to fund housing in seasonal communities through a transfer fee and on a companion measure to expand the seasonal communities toolkit, with repeated calls for favorable reports. Witnesses from public safety, health care, housing nonprofits, schools, and local government described staffing shortages and housing insecurity as urgent problems. Later, the committee took testimony on H. 1559/S. 102 to maintain stable housing for families with pets, with animal welfare groups supporting protections against eviction, breed discrimination, and excessive pet rent. They said housing-related pet surrenders are a major driver of shelter intake. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1498 to limit criminalization of homelessness, which would restrict citations, fines, and related consequences for outdoor camping tied solely to homelessness.

Transcript Highlights:

• Bill 1303, House Bill 1297, House Bill 1296, House Bill 1295, House Bill 1294, House Bill 1293, House
• Bill 1220, House Bill 1219, House Bill 1218, House Bill 1217, House Bill 1216, House Bill 1215, House
• House Bill 1303, House Bill 1297, House Bill 1296, House Bill 1295, House Bill 1294, House Bill 1293,
• House Bill 1220, House Bill 1219, House Bill 1218, House Bill 1217, House Bill 1216, House Bill 1215
• House Bill 1219, House Bill 1218, House Bill 1217, House Bill 1216, House Bill 1215, House Bill 1135

Keywords: 981, all

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• to be uh covered by for this state house to be uh covered by for this state house to be uh covered by
• and make a Mad Dash to get in the house and make a Mad Dash to get in the house especially if you don't
• it okay now do we have have to house it okay now do we have have to house it okay now do we have have
• and side of our legislature in the house and side of our legislature in the house and the Senate okay
• I'm when I take it to the the house I'm when I take it to the the house I'm when I take it to the house

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 920, all

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• </c> &gt;&gt; With that, I end the hearing on House &gt;&gt; With that, I end the hearing on House Bill
• </c> support ITL and House Bill 1122. support ITL and House Bill 1122.
• We'll open the executive session on House Bill 1573, permitting excused absences for students participating
• It was in a bill this House passed last year.
• </c> in a bill this house passed last year. in a bill this house passed last year.

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 1 and Senate File 123 both... House Bill 1 and Senate File 123 both...
• </c> House third reading amendment number 93. House third reading amendment number 93.
• </c> House third reading amendment number 18. House third reading amendment number 18.
• </c> House third reading amendment number 41. House third reading amendment number 41.
• </c> House third reading amendment number 79. House third reading amendment number 79.

Bills: SF0032 , SF0010 , SF0001 , HB0001

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: 911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development

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• I am going to call to order this meeting of the House Interim Committee on Housing and Homelessness.
• Manufactured housing is a critical part of Oregon's housing continuum.
• Manufactured housing is a critical part of Oregon's housing continuum.
• And as usual, we've aspired big at the House Housing Committee.
• And as usual, we've aspired big at the House Housing Committee.

Keywords: 907, all

Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.

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• The House will come to order.
• Speaker, I rise to move that this House adopt a limited suspension of Rule 36E solely to permit the reintroduction
• voted on House bill 503 When this house voted on House bill 503 in<00:18:29.080><c> the</c><00:18:29.159
• House<04:03:54.040><c> Bill</c><04:03:54.320><c> 651</c> House Bill 651 House Bill 651 seeks<04:03:56.240
• </c> amended in House Bill 360. amended in House Bill 360.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Chair lays out House Bill 3782.
• House Bill 3782 is left pending. Do All right. Chair lays out House Bill 303,970.
• House Bill 2715 is left pending. 36 cm OK. Chair lays out House Bill 3675.
• House Bill 3826 left pending.
• House Bill 3511 is left pending. What OK. Chair lays out House Bill 4016.

Bills: HB 1951 , HB 2715 , HB 3092 , HB 3237 , HB 3278 , HB 3511 , HB 3592 , HB 3675 , HB 3778 , HB 3782 , HB 3826 , HB 3970 , HB 4016 , HB 4049 , HB 4341 , HB 4344 , HB 4406 , HB 4427

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: collective bargaining, public works, government contracts, labor agreements, state funding, removal from office, political subdivisions, local government, judicial proceedings, administrative judicial region, electric transmission, public convenience, landowner consent, utility regulation, energy infrastructure, energy consumption, higher education, governmental entities, sustainability, electricity reduction

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• House Bill 805 is left pending.
• House Bill 143 is left pending.
• I'm testifying on House Bill 144.
• on for or against House Bill 144.
• House Bill 145 does a few things.

Bills: HB 13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145 , HB366 , HB470 , HB805 , HB912 , HB13 , HB143 , HB144 , HB145

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• But these agencies, they're probably not housed in Texas.
• That team is a statewide team housed out of state office.
• Okay, starting on slide two, House Bill... We'll give it a shot.
• We're now opening public testimony on House Bill 3595.
• This is on the implementation of House Bill 3595.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate File 2298, a bill for an act relating to housing, establishing a budget for the Minnesota Housing
• Housing Finance Agency, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, making<00:12:40.880><c> policy,</c><00:
• </c> coming to us from the house. So, Mr. coming to us from the house. So, Mr.
• </c> coming from Republican House members. coming from Republican House members.
• </c><00:28:05.679><c> What</c> Minnesota House last night? What Minnesota House last night?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.
• I'm here in support of House Bill 2117.
• I'm here in support of House Bill 2117. in. I'm here in support of House Bill 2117.
• Thank you for holding a hearing on House Bill 2117.
• That concludes the public hearing on House Bill 2550, no, excuse me, House Bill 2516.

Bills: HB2117 , HB2199 , HB2327 , HB2516 , HB2554

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: tribal member, board of natural resources, indigenous representation, natural resource management, local governance, derelict vessels, marine environment, coastal management, environmental protection, maritime economy, audit, county, forest management, transparency, public lands, rodenticide, rodenticides, anticoagulant rodenticide, bromethalin, pesticide

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• </c> In the House.
• It was given to both House and Senate. It is true that the House and Senate.
• But to be continued on the House.
• But to be continued on the house. house. house. The The The Senator<00:06:33.960><c> Groeneweg.
• </c><00:07:10.320><c> But</c> uh supported over in the house. But uh supported over in the house.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• requires one House member to be elected from each of the 90 House districts.
• at large within the House side.
• However, that's when you subdivide the House. Right now, the House is not subdivided.
• There's no two top-to-the-house.
• There's no two top-to-the-house.

Committee: Senate Senate Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first heard SB 1036, which would tighten unemployment insurance eligibility by requiring five weekly work-search actions, weekly reporting, cross-checks against data sources for fraud or ineligibility, and employer reporting of refusals to return to work or accept suitable work. The sponsor argued the bill would reduce fraud and improve program integrity, while DES said it was neutral but warned of system-update costs, added workload, and more appeals; some members raised concerns about apprenticeship programs and administrative burden. The committee adopted a technical amendment and then recommended the bill do pass as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next, the committee considered SB 1054, a strike-everything amendment to make city and town emergency measures subject to referendum. Supporters, including Payson’s mayor, former mayor, and council members, said local governments had abused emergency clauses to push through tax increases and bond measures without voter input. The League of Arizona Cities and Towns opposed the measure, arguing it would undermine true emergency powers and slow city responses. The committee adopted the amendment and then recommended the bill do pass as amended on a 4-2 vote. The committee then heard SCR 1022, which would increase the House from 60 to 90 members beginning in 2033, with a later amendment delaying implementation to 2043. Senator Mesnard said the change would improve representation by reducing the number of constituents per member and nesting three House districts within each Senate district; some members and a public witness supported the idea, while others questioned cost, feasibility, and the effect on legislative power. The committee adopted the amendment and recommended the resolution do pass as amended on a 5-2 vote. Finally, the committee quickly passed SB 1271, barring municipalities from penalizing businesses based on the number of emergency calls or the value of stolen/damaged property, with exceptions for malicious or false calls, and SB 1437, requiring public records to be provided in the least expensive electronic format with fees limited to material costs. Both measures received unanimous or near-unanimous support after brief testimony, and the committee also began hearing SB 1439, a strike-everything amendment creating a Conservative Grassroots Network specialty plate, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

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• </c><00:06:42.960><c> Bill</c> out to pass on House Bill out to pass on House Bill 194<00:06:45.000><
• </c><02:36:11.640><c> of</c> a felony to operate a house of a felony to operate a house of prostitution
• On House Bill 405, I will be chair.
• House Bill House Bill 416<02:47:36.240><c> oh</c><02:47:36.439><c> and</c><02:47:36.560><c> there</c>

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill that will be coming is right—it’s in the Revisor’s Office in the House right now.
• test</c><00:57:38.079><c> to</c><00:57:38.240><c> get</c><00:57:38.359><c> his</c><00:57:38.559><c> permit
• </c> couldn't take the test to get his permit couldn't take the test to get his permit until<00:57:39.359
• any questions, but this is something that he has been working on both with the State Patrol Aviation House
• said he does not really have any questions, but he has been working with the State Patrol Aviation House

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all