Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:54:53.920><c> experts,</c> providers, families, technology experts, providers, families, technology
• This means I have 15% of my budget to pay rent, insurance, buy materials, food, technology, make repairs
• This means I have 15% of my budget to pay rent, insurance, buy materials, food, technology, make repairs
• This means I have 15% of my budget to pay rent, insurance, buy materials, food, technology, make repairs
• This means I have 15% of my budget to pay rent, insurance, buy materials, food, technology, make repairs

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• One challenge at DHS is that the administrative budget, which at DHS includes both staff and technology
• One challenge at DHS is that the administrative budget, which at DHS includes both staff and technology
• One challenge at DHS is that the administrative budget, which at DHS includes both staff and technology
• <00:21:44.160><c> both</c><00:21:44.480><c> staff</c><00:21:45.040><c> and</c><00:21:45.280><c> technology
• ,</c> includes both staff and technology, includes both staff and technology, consistently<00:21:47.480

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Some of them are even operating on technology which is a few decades out of date, like they're using
• technology from 2019 for example.
• technology from 2019 for example.
• technology from 2019 for example.
• technology from 2019 for example. >> Yes, that's my testimony. >> Okay.

Committee: Senate Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard seven bills on consumer protection, DBEDT-related matters, and tourism/creative industry issues. On SB 2031, DCCA supported aligning state law with the FTC’s 2025 rule on hidden fees and pricing misrepresentations in live event ticketing and short-term lodging; hotel and financial industry witnesses also testified, and senators asked for complaint and enforcement data. On SB 2129, DBEDT and business groups supported a study of minimum wage impacts, with testimony emphasizing effects on hours, employment, prices, and business viability; a senator asked whether the study could also examine the gig economy and business closures, and DBEDT said that may be possible but would require more research and data access. On SB 2259, which would promote dementia-friendly businesses, DBEDT said the measure fit better with another agency and lacked the department’s expertise, while the Executive Office on Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association supported the intent and offered to help with curriculum, branding, and training. Testifiers described dementia as a spectrum and said businesses should be trained to communicate effectively with customers and employees living with the disease; suggested amendments included changing the branding language and requiring at least 85% of employees to complete training rather than all employees. A senator also raised concerns about stigma and whether early-stage dementia should affect a person’s ability to function, and the witness responded that people can often function well in early stages. The committee also heard SB 2577 on sports tourism, which DBEDT and the Retail Merchants of Hawaii supported as a way to better understand which events draw visitors and economic benefits. SB 2578, creating a film commission, drew broad support from DBEDT, Creative Industries, SAG-AFTRA, the Hawaii Film Alliance, the Hawaii Film Office, and others, but several witnesses urged changes to the commission’s composition and authority, including more labor representation and limits on the commission’s ability to adjust the production cap. Senators questioned staffing, costs, and whether current film office employees should transfer to the new commission, and one senator proposed a friendly amendment to add musicians, SAG, IATSE, and Teamsters, though the department cautioned that too many members could make the commission difficult to manage. The transcript ends during discussion of the film bill, with no final votes or committee actions stated for the measures heard.

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• biodiesel or B100 at a peaking facility for up to 400 hours per year and qualify as carbon-free technology
• Uh this bill is free technology.
• The law explicitly states that carbon-free means a technology that generates electricity without emitting
• If a technology emits carbon dioxide in the process of generating electricity, it is not carbon-free.
• we are going to be using biofuels in the sector where we know we can uh reach zero um with the technology

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Get us good technology. Yes, and we are still using it.
• Get us good technology.
• Get us good technology.
• We have a lot of really good technology that where we can scan and see satellite imagery, etc.
• uh that where we really good technology uh that where we can<00:36:12.720><c> scan</c><00:36:13.040>

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Our second item today is the presentation of DEED to talk about kind of their technology update, where
• Our second item today is the presentation of DEED to talk about kind of their technology update, where
• </p> <p>Moving a little bit into some of the technology and other implementation pieces, we're working
• </c><00:42:01.359><c> and</c><00:42:01.480><c> other</c> of the kind of technology and other of the kind
• of technology and other implementation<00:42:02.440><c> pieces</c><00:42:03.440><c> um</c><00:42:03.680

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

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• things we're putting in projects are really performing, or there are things that we're... it's a technology
• It could be the technology; it could be the installation.
• </c><01:02:29.520><c> that's</c><01:02:29.799><c> estimated</c><01:02:30.319><c> to</c> it's a technology
• that's estimated to it's a technology that's estimated to perform<01:02:30.920><c> but</c><01:02:31.039
• could be the installation the technology could be the installation and<01:02:37.559><c> we</c><01:02

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• are moving as new highload technologies are<02:05:10.159><c> coming</c><02:05:10.320><c> online.
• shows up and the road the of technology shows up and the road the road<02:05:18.000><c> pulling</c><
• We got to, in this age of technology, we got to do better programming and better planning if we going
• We got to in this age<02:41:09.520><c> of</c><02:41:09.840><c> technology,</c><02:41:10.479><c> we</c
• , we got to do better age of technology, we got to do better programming<02:41:12.720><c> and</c><02:

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• There are some that have programs like, uh, school technology.
• There are some that have programs like, uh, school technology.
• Manchester School of Technology for one entity is very similar to Conquered High School.
• Manchester School of Technology for one entity is very similar to Conquered High School.
• And one of those things might be something like using technology that we have available.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 209, which would require schools seeking building aid for construction or reconstruction projects to use an owner’s project manager. The chair explained an amendment that would remove the bill’s requirement that the manager be engaged before application and instead revert to current law, while updating the project threshold from the older $1 million figure to a more current amount and clarifying that the manager’s role is to protect the project owner’s interests. Members asked about the cost of hiring a project manager over several years before a project is funded, the 1.5% fee in rule, and whether the rules already define the manager’s duties. The chair said the amendment addressed those concerns by leaving the timing to current law and relying on existing administrative rules for qualifications and responsibilities. The committee then voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 209 OTPA, placing it on the consent calendar. The committee then moved to SB 99, which concerns allowing students enrolled in career and technical education programs at receiving comprehensive high schools to take additional academic courses there. The chair said the bill was intended to make it easier for students to access CTE without being blocked by scheduling conflicts in their sending schools, and to clarify how agreements between sending and receiving districts would work. He described concerns about the bill’s cost formula, transportation, part-time versus full-time status, and whether the proposal could unintentionally create open-enrollment or athletic-transfer issues. He said the amendment would mirror existing treatment for homeschool and charter school students, use a familiar funding model, and limit participation to students already enrolled in one or more CTE classes at the receiving school. The chair also emphasized that comprehensive high schools already have a statutory definition and that the bill would help more students participate in CTE, which he said currently reaches only a relatively small share of students statewide. He noted that transportation would be covered only when a CTE bus is available, otherwise students would be responsible for arranging travel as under current practice. After brief discussion, the committee voted 18-0 to adopt the amendment and 18-0 to recommend SB 99 OTPA, also placing it on the consent calendar.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> there's, you know, since LED technology there's, you know, since LED technology has<00:35:46.480
• Number one, that with our technology today, translation is inexpensive and readily available.
• So, for even getting lost, you can get out of it if you have technology. I didn't say got lost.
• </c> utilizing this technology on our roads? utilizing this technology on our roads?
• </c><01:46:32.480><c> I</c> technology. I didn't say got lost. I technology. I didn't say got lost.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, as some of you might know, technically the Science and Technology has our committee room for Tuesdays
• has our committee room for technology has our committee room for Tuesdays<00:10:06.279><c> uh</c><00
• That is technology as we look at it today, like Representative Spear said.
• That is technology as we look at it today, like Representative Spear said.
• </c><01:44:49.159><c> which</c><01:44:49.320><c> can</c> scanning technology which can scanning technology

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with House Bill 242, a liquor bill concerning brew pub licenses. Testimony from the New Hampshire Beer Distributors Association, the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association, and the Liquor Commission explained that the bill is intended to correct a clerical error from the prior session and restore the agreed-upon language. The bill would allow a brew pub, within the existing 2,500-barrel limit, to self-distribute its own product to one authorized on- or off-premise license; otherwise it must use wholesale distribution. Witnesses said the measure is a narrow fix specific to brew pubs and does not affect other manufacturing licenses. No opposition was raised during the hearing, and the chair closed the hearing after no committee questions remained. The committee then heard House Bill 81, which would allow patrons to take purchased alcoholic beverages into restaurant restrooms. The sponsor argued the current prohibition is outdated and can create safety risks by forcing people to set drinks down, citing concerns about drink tampering and a personal story about a friend who was drugged and assaulted after leaving a drink unattended. Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would increase liability for restaurants, how enforcement would work, and whether the current law is aimed at preventing underage handoffs or drink spiking. The sponsor said the bill would be permissive for establishments, not mandatory, and that liability would still depend on overservice and Liquor Commission investigations. The New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association testified in opposition, saying the bill could raise liability and create concerns about underage consumption in bathrooms. The hearing ended without a vote, with the chair noting the bill would move on to further committee/subcommittee consideration.

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• >> Information, Technology, Budget and Policy subcommittee will now come to order. Faith.

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• a three-year pilot program to help 12 Delaware schools safely procure and implement AI and XR technologies
• Currently, virtual reality or XR technology supports 80, Currently, virtual reality or XR technology
• It does not authorize technology to shape students' thinking in ways that we would not want or that we
• : a single-cycle or open-cycle power generation facility is not an acceptable energy generation technology
• , a single cycle or open cycle power generation facility is not an acceptable energy generation technology

Summary: The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline. The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program. The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects. Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.

Transcript Highlights:

• And can you just broadly explain how some of the technology transfer agreements would be handled?
• So you're addressing the technology transfer agreements.
• Technology transfer agreements are housed in our measure-of-tax statute.
• When a technology transfer agreement exists, it allows the specified intangible to be not subject to
• Madam Chair and Members, John Winger, on behalf of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, AdvaMed

Summary: The committee opened with the State Controller’s Office May Revision requests, including funding for Fiscal book-of-record stabilization, a Broadcom IDMS licensing adjustment, the California State Payroll System, ACFR reporting automation, and $3 million for unclaimed property outreach. Testimony emphasized progress on Fiscal becoming the state’s accounting book of record in July, faster ACFR publication, and the move to electronic unclaimed property claims. Members asked about the size of the unclaimed property fund and how quickly money is transferred to the General Fund; the Controller’s office said about $15 billion is held, with most excess transferred regularly, and the LAO noted the fund is the General Fund’s fourth-largest revenue source. No concerns were raised by Finance or the LAO, and the item was closed after no public comment. The committee then heard the administration’s proposal to tax prewritten digital software and software-as-a-service, with Finance saying it would modernize sales tax treatment and raise an estimated $450 million General Fund and $560 million local revenue in 2026-27. The LAO supported modernizing the tax but suggested broader digital goods coverage and a business-use exemption; industry and taxpayer groups opposed the proposal, warning of higher costs for consumers and businesses. Members also heard CDTFA’s administrative request tied to the proposal, plus a separate CDTFA budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs; that reduction was presented as a savings item and drew positive reactions. Next, the committee considered federal conformity for “Trump accounts,” which would align California tax treatment with federal rules for tax-deferred children’s accounts and avoid tracking burdens for families. The LAO recommended approval, and the item drew no opposition. The committee also heard a proposal to cut the first-year $800 annual business tax to $400 for LLCs, LPs, and LLPs; Finance argued it would lower startup costs and encourage new business formation, while the LAO said the benefit was not well targeted and could subsidize entities that would form anyway. Members discussed the policy tradeoff, and public commenters split between support for small business relief and concern about revenue loss. The final major revenue item was a permanent business tax credit limitation, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability, while excluding the low-income housing tax credit and personal income tax credits. Finance said it would raise significant revenue from large profitable corporations, and the LAO said it was a reasonable option but noted it would mainly affect the R&D credit and could have future implications for programs like California Competes. Public testimony was sharply divided, with business groups opposing the cap and anti-poverty advocates supporting it as a way to recapture revenue. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment request, which would return most of the direct-file-related resources to the General Fund while retaining a smaller staff to improve CalFile, and the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which members and advocates supported despite relatively modest annual donations. The hearing continued with GoBiz proposals on civic media funding, CA RISE reappropriation, and a semiconductor facility reversion, with the LAO supporting the latter two and members raising questions about the civic media program’s scope, outreach, and inclusion of broadcast and ethnic media.

Transcript Highlights:

• So you're addressing the technology transfer agreements.
• Technology transfer agreements are housed in our measure of tax statute.
• And when a technology transfer agreement exists, it allows for the specified intangible to be not subject
• You could still have a technology transfer agreement, and the intangible portions of that technology
• Madam Chair, Members, John Winger, on behalf of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, AdvaMed,

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This technology provides stable revenue, supports their broader farming operation, and keeps the land
• I mean, one of the things that we need to factor in while solar and wind have been a developing technology
• Nuclear and nuclear modular technologies, I think we're one of nine states that can't even discuss bringing
• uh</c> Uh nuclear and nuclear modular uh Uh nuclear and nuclear modular uh uh<00:35:19.120><c> technologies
• uh is we're I think one uh technologies uh is we're I think one of<00:35:22.120><c> nine</c><00:35:22.480

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If I read this report correctly, and again I will have conversations with them, but often in technology
• And that's not uncommon; that's pretty common, especially in a technology space, that we're constantly
• Technology evolves. recommendations that result from recommendations that result from non-compliance<
• </c><00:29:55.000><c> Technology</c> know, absolutely, right? Technology know, absolutely, right?
• Technology evolves.<00:29:56.840><c> Um</c><00:29:57.000><c> and</c><00:29:57.160><c> so,</c><00:29:57.840

Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to address the preamble to address current technology and issues with government entities
• We're going to address the preamble to address current technology and issues with government entities
• c><00:37:56.640><c> based</c><00:37:56.960><c> on</c><00:37:57.119><c> new</c><00:37:57.440><c> technology
• </c><00:37:57.920><c> that</c><00:37:58.160><c> is</c> to light based on new technology that is to light
• based on new technology that is now<00:37:58.560><c> available</c><00:37:59.760><c> this</c><00:38:00.079

Bills: SB2094

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Environment

Keywords: toxic chemicals, environmental action levels, public notice, environmental safety, pollution control, Hawaii State Constitution, public participation, government transparency, environmental health, 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2094, which would require state agencies monitoring environmental toxins and pollutants to establish environmental action levels and limit changes to those levels without meeting procedural requirements. The chair recommended passing the bill with amendments, including inserting estimated costs for a secure portal website and webinars into the committee report and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The motion passed unanimously among those voting, with excused members noted. The committee then considered several other measures and adopted recommendations to pass them with amendments, generally adding technical and clarifying changes and setting a defective date of 2525. SB 2862 was amended to broaden the preamble, make additional appointees confirmable, clarify reporting requirements for gubernatorial appointees, and was held for further discussion. SB 2781 on lei production created a working group to review existing studies and conduct a statewide study of Hawaii’s floriculture industry. SB 3015 adopted California’s definition of PII, applied it to government agencies and political subdivisions, created a private cause of action, and required a compliance report. SB 3230 removed a categorical prohibition on certain third-party project management procurements while preserving state oversight responsibility, in line with procurement office requests. The joint GVO Health and Human Services agenda then focused on two related bills requiring universal changing accommodations in public restrooms. SB 2932 would apply to new state building construction beginning July 1, 2026, and testimony from disability advocates, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and others supported the measure while asking for language clarifying that the requirement applies only where technically feasible and, in some cases, only to state-managed buildings. SB 2268 was described as broader, extending beyond government buildings into the private sector and including a private right of action; witnesses supported the concept but raised implementation concerns, especially for smaller businesses, and requested the same technically infeasible language and other clarifications. Both bills were advanced with amendments, and the committee noted adoption of the recommendations.

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• For the record, Martha Whaling, staff to the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee
• Emily Poole, staff to the Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee.
• Emily Poole, staff to the Technology, Economic Development and Veterans Committee.
• Martha Whaling, staff to the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee, here to brief
• For the record, Martha Whaling, staff to the Technology, Economic Development Veterans Committee here

Summary: The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session. In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals. The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.

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• Also, technology continues to evolve and needs to be replaced every few years on a regular basis.
• as they age, stadiums have systems that need to be replaced, components must be maintained, and technology
• and very ways that is unobtrusive and very affordable.<01:04:45.680><c> that</c><01:04:45.920><c> technology
• </c><01:04:46.480><c> continues</c><01:04:46.880><c> to</c> affordable. that technology continues to
• affordable. that technology continues to improve<01:04:47.920><c> and</c><01:04:48.160><c> so</c><01:

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all