Bills: SB2738

Keywords: tax haven, corporate tax, foreign subsidiaries, income reporting, state revenue, transparency, tax law, penalties, apportionment, economic policy, 912, senate, all

Summary: The meeting reconvened on Senate Bill 2760 during the Tuesday, February 17, 2026 decision-making agenda in Conference Room 229 at the Hawaii State Capitol. The only action discussed was a recommendation to defer action on the measure for one additional day. Members were informed that the committee would reconvene in Room 229 on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 10:07 a.m. to consider action on the bill. No vote was taken on the measure at this session. The meeting was then adjourned.

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• The State Board has a unique and efficient delivery system of information.
• numbers don't seem particularly impressive compared to the large hauls that wildlife services and AFIS reports
• Sunset Commission review as of today and reflected in the SAO's and Sunset Commission's most recent reports
• These improvements ensure efficient program management, strengthened oversight, and enhanced conservation
• programs, or even the ability to access Observation technical assistance enables producers to be as efficient

Bills: HB294, HB405, HB519, HB294

Keywords: food production, property owners' association, home gardening, cottage food, urban agriculture, livestock, community standards, renewable energy, ethanol, biodiesel, incentives, agriculture, grants, honey production, beekeeping, food safety, local regulation, energy efficiency, tax exemption, residential properties

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• So, we have to find better ways to get our efficiency there.
• What we want is real efficiencies and not a buddy system.
• And human nature is to get frustrated when they see efficiencies.
• Reward those people that are seeing the efficiencies.
• And so that there's a little bit more efficiency within that.

Bills: SB1415, SB1714, SB1962, SB26, SB172

Keywords: nondisclosure agreements, state employment, employee rights, transparency, government accountability, employee suggestions, cost savings, state agencies, incentives, performance awards, efficiency, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, state procurement, state purchasing, State Purchasing Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, OMES, exempt entities, purchasing exemptions, state contracts

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• We did add on the reporting...
• Okay, so originally in current law, anything that happens that's being reported at a school is reported
• We did add on the reporting...
• Okay, so originally in current law, anything that happens that's being reported at a school is reported
• Okay, so originally in current law, anything that happens that's being reported at a school is reported

Bills: SB237

Keywords: child welfare, Department of Children and Family Services, mandatory reporting, abuse prevention, investigative teams, child ombudsman, forensic interviews, confidentiality, 965, house, all

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• shouldn't be reporting anyway.
• There is a federal CBC report on this abortion data, but again, that data hasn't been reported after
• It's not aggregate reporting.
• It's not aggregate reporting.
• They have not reported since 2019.

Bills: HB195, HB279, SB30, HB234, HB292, SB100, SB23, SB221, SB261, SB264

Keywords: medical malpractice, judgments, independent providers, insurance, personal assets, settlements, healthcare, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting, vital statistics, public health reporting, medical records

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• mandatory reporting to include grooming,<00:02:57.280> and<00:02:57.680> enhance<00:02
• Mandated reporter training and establishing the grooming of children as a felony.
• reporter training and Mandated reporter training and establishing<00:07:50.960> the<00:07:51.120
• <00:08:01.599> I<00:08:01.919> do of behavior and didn't report it.
• I do of behavior and didn't report it.

Bills: HF3489, HF3550

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• the decision for how this money should be best be spent so that it continues to be effective and efficient
• um, alluded to today, the types of horizontal and multi well pad drilling that's going on, the efficiencies
• settlement agreements with companies is allocated fairly and spent to remediate the opioid crisis using efficient
• ensures that opioid settlement funds distributed to cities and counties can be allocated quickly and efficiently

Bills: HB188, HB 265, HJR35

Keywords: emergency preparedness, flood-prone communities, Texas Rural Emergency Preparedness Fund, disaster relief, funding, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting, child neglect, mandatory reporting, background check, criminal history check, sex offender registry, CPR training, first aid

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• the attorney general's report the attorney general's report um<00:03:50.080> on um on um
• the number of uh reports that we have. the number of uh reports that we have.
• <00:09:27.600> It a.m. to 2:00 p.m. um reporting. It a.m. to 2:00 p.m. um reporting.
• in and then give you folks the reports in and then give you folks the reports from<00:10:18.000>
• report on arrests. report on arrests.

Bills: SB2055, SB2152

Keywords: civil rights, helpline, investigator, data analysis, Aloha United Way, reporting, confidentiality, community support, mandatory retirement, Hawaii Constitution, judiciary, justices, judges, 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard SB 2055, which would create a Civil Rights Commission helpline for reports of harms from federal deployments in Hawaii and require annual reporting and a public hearing. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission supported the concept but said the bill should be broadened to cover civil rights and human rights violations more generally, and recommended using existing 211/Aloha United Way infrastructure. Testimony was largely in support, with a few opponents. Members focused on whether the proposed line was really a 24-hour legal hotline or a reporting/referral mechanism, what jurisdiction the commission would have over federal employees, and the estimated costs. The committee chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including adopting HCRC recommendations and adding appropriations for Aloha United Way, database/website development, and staffing. The committee then heard SB 2152, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age for state judges and justices from 70 to 75. Judge Robert D.S. Kim, the Office of the Public Defender, Earthjustice, Community Alliance on Prisons, the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers, United Public Workers, the League of Women Voters, ILWU Local 142, CARES, and others testified in support, arguing that experienced judges improve stability, reduce vacancies, and preserve institutional knowledge. Opponents or skeptical comments were limited, but one member questioned whether the measure was just a temporary fix rather than a broader solution to judicial succession and mentoring. Members also asked about existing retention and fitness safeguards, including Judicial Selection Commission retention hearings and the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s ability to investigate complaints about a judge’s physical or mental ability to serve. The discussion noted that the measure would still leave those processes in place. No final vote on SB 2152 was taken in the portion provided, but the committee appeared to be moving toward decision-making after questions concluded.

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• Senate Bill 771 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.
• House Bill 135 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.
• House Bill 1109 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.
• Senate Bill 771 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.
• House Bill 1109 will be reported favorably to the full Senate.

Bills: SB771, SB2345, HB135, HB135

Keywords: diesel fuel tax, tax credit, auxiliary power units, power take-off equipment, refund, energy efficiency, firefighter retirement, municipal contributions, pension system, retirement benefits, funding ratios, sales tax exemption, exotic animals, game animals, agriculture, livestock, civil liability, motor vehicle, legal protection, removal

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• But the report recommended that savings generated from greater efficiencies in department operations
• efficiencies.
• To date, since 2014, MnDOT has reported a total efficiency of more than $900 million, and so what this
• <00:58:24.000> a<00:58:24.200> total<00:58:24.640> efficiency 2014 mot has reported
• a total efficiency 2014 mot has reported a total efficiency of<00:58:25.440> more<00:58:25.599

Bills: HF2382, HF639, SF1075, HF1243, HF1087, SF1360, HF739, HF2337, HF1220, HF712, HF1219

Keywords: accident reporting, law enforcement, data privacy, contracted service providers, public safety, HF639, Minnesota driver license, Department of Public Safety, driver medical review, loss of consciousness, voluntary control, seizure, nonepileptic seizure, epilepsy, antiseizure medication, physician statement, medical certification, commercial driver, CDL, medical examiner's certificate

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• Every time we file a report during quarterly reports, I end up calling two or three times and having
• Every time we file a report during quarterly reports, I end up calling two or three times and having
• I know that people report differently.
• is reporting the same way.
• Madam Chair, members, the report can come to us.

Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• The committee substitute for Senate Bill 765 is favorably reported without objection.
• I mean insufficiency... ...efficiency of dispatchable. That's when we get in trouble, right?
• This is obviously one of the TDI interim recommendations from their interim report.
• And TDI spells it out themselves in their report. So let me give you an example.
• Does TDI require that it be reported? Can it be broken out or passed? I'm not sure.

Bills: SB388, SB455, SB917, SB925, SB1006

Keywords: dispatchable generation, electricity, natural gas, ERCOT, energy credits, utilities regulation, renewable energy, arbitration, insurance contracts, surplus lines, Texas law, insurance policy, boiler inspection, boiler safety, inspection report deadline, certificate inspection, authorized inspector, inspection agency, Health and Safety Code, board of boiler rules

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• based on a police report or an allegation without charges being filed.
• It is a collection of police reports, any police report.
• Those police reports are held on too. So this isn't, this isn't.
• Creating a new report, it is passing along those police reports that are already being created to OSBI
• Oftentimes, they're allowed to report unilaterally.

Bills: SB1636, SB1584, SB1730, SB1255, SB1627, SB137, SB2062, SB1470, SB1284

Keywords: cold case, unsolved homicide, violent crime, case file review, law enforcement, police records, victim family, immediate family member, designated person, forensic testing, witness reinterview, investigative leads, cold case unit, unsolved murder, public safety, Title 21, Oklahoma statutes, sexual assault, evidence kits, DNA testing

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• But if it's not transparent, we've seen in reports where this isn't private equity, but United Health
• Almost half of surveyed PAs report experiencing symptoms of burnout or report being completely burned
• Reported symptoms of burnout include severe anger, tearfulness, or anxiety at work.
• Many of these stories are about physicians, but similar reports exist for other provider groups.
• The committee report I think got tied up on its way over here.

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• Almost half of surveyed PAs report experiencing symptoms of burnout or report being completely burned
• Almost half of surveyed PAs report experiencing symptoms of burnout or report being completely burned
• Almost half of surveyed PAs report experiencing symptoms of burnout or report being completely burned
• of physicians reported 48.2% of physicians reported experiencing<00:21:54.000> burnout<00:21:
• <00:24:46.400> exist physicians, but similar reports exist physicians, but similar reports

Bills: HF2779, HF1645, HF1885, HF1289, HF1534, HF2707, HF1675, HF3046

Keywords: health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation

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• much reporting requirements involved. much reporting requirements involved.
• Uh, in the combination of those reports, does the content of those reports change at all?
• Uh, in the combination of those reports, does the content of those reports change at all?
• Uh, in the combination of those reports, does the content of those reports change at all?
• Uh, in the combination of those reports, does the content of those reports change at all?

Bills: HF858, HF2577, HF2576

Keywords: bioincentive payments, agriculture, job creation, environmental compliance, financial reporting, waste handling, sewage sludge, PFAS regulation, environment, record retention, fertilizer disposal, pesticide disposal, environmental impact, safety regulations, burning prohibition, 1183, house

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• So HB 1110 addresses the that many citizens have about reporting suspicious activity to law enforcement
• The proposed legislation provides protections for citizens who report suspicious activity in good faith
• in family. fellow soldiers about being sexually harassed and feeling unsafe, but no one ever made reports
• HB 1110 provides protection when reporting in good faith, Mississippi, Florida, and New York have passed
• We're reporting one to zero. Any questions? I'm happy to answer any questions.

Bills: HB170, HB865, HB748, HJR112, HB 1110, HB1495, HB786, HB 1130, HB170

Keywords: civil liability, self-defense, force, deadly force, legal immunity, attorney's fees, criminal justice, firearms, liability, veterans, gun ownership, immunity, firearm hold agreement, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, parental rights, child upbringing

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• you, I spent half of the day, a week and a half of it, with all this on my docket bringing a court reporter
• The staff that our colleagues across the hall are working with, so we're lean, we're efficient, but at
• Dyson, HHS reported that MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley saw a 14% decrease in deaths. in suicide deaths
• For decades, and a known perpetrator was reported to the headquarters every year.
• Thousands of perpetrators known and hidden because of NDAs and their policies of not reporting.

Bills: HB170, HB865, HB748, HJR112, HB 1110, HB1495, HB786, HB 1130, HB170

Keywords: civil liability, self-defense, force, deadly force, legal immunity, attorney's fees, criminal justice, firearms, liability, veterans, gun ownership, immunity, firearm hold agreement, sexual abuse, nondisclosure, confidentiality, public policy, Trey's Law, parental rights, child upbringing

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• I'm a senior investigative producer and reporter with KXAN News in Austin.
• That would probably be more efficient.
• We appreciate the chair's longstanding commitment to transparent and efficient government.
• Yeah, fantastic, but that's, yeah, that's efficient, but it's also.
• And probably less efficiency as well. Sure. But we'll talk. Definitely talk about it.

Bills: HB 111, HB1545, HB2145, HB2467, HB2520, HB4136, HB4181, HB4214, HB4218, HB4219, HB4359, HB4437, HB4822, HB111

Keywords: Texas Public Information Act, open records, public records, government transparency, confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, governmental body, Chapter 552, public information law, nonprofit association, quasi-governmental entity, economic development, trade secrets, proprietary information, commercial financial information, Alamo restoration, local workforce board, TDCJ contract facility, civil commitment facility, water supply corporation

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• It means you need reporting systems. Anonymous reporting systems, we know, are really useful.
• It means you need reporting systems. It means you need reporting systems.
• And then finally, increase reporting.
• <00:36:11.520> They to flag this or to report it. They to flag this or to report it.
• intervention, anonymous threat reporting intervention, anonymous threat reporting systems,<00:38

Bills: HF3653, HF2717, HF3451, HF3857

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.