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• > Resources Department of Human Resources Department of Human Resources Development.<00:21:13.440
• Human resources is not resources.
• opportunity to set up a performance opportunity to set up a performance incentive<00:24:45.360><
• been there because of performance-based. been there because of performance-based.
• to pay a performance-based increase. to pay a performance-based increase.

Bills: HB1721, HB1714, HB1718, HB1732, HB1740, HB1777, HB1842, HB1919, HB1701, HB1923, HB1741, HB1734, HB1739

Keywords: housing, expedited permits, insurance, indemnification, construction, affordable housing, executive compensation, Hawaii housing finance, legislative approval, low-income housing, moderate-income housing, mixed-use development, transit-oriented development, TOD, county powers, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, HHFDC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, DHHL, affordable housing credits

Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.

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• For example, expunge humans.
• So why remove lawful performance and just leave it with performance?
• It just matters that they were in uniform performing a duty, right?
• And I think even deliver moving absolute disregard for human life.
• We cut everything down to destructions phase and a performance phase.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• have the Department of Health and Human have the Department of Health and Human Services<00:12:43.320
• Technology uh this audit was performed Technology uh this audit was performed by<00:54:59.760>
• audit we conducted this performance audit we conducted this performance audit<00:56:41.280> in
• <01:13:05.840> timely<01:13:06.280> annual<01:13:06.639> performance perform timely
• annual performance perform timely annual performance reviews<01:13:07.560> for<01:13:07.760><

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on January 30, 2025, and first organized itself by electing Senator Jim Gray as vice chair, electing Representative F as clerk, appointing Michael Caine as legislative budget assistant, and adopting the committee’s rules and procedures. The committee also adopted an amendment to the rules allowing audits to be automatically released to the public once placed on the Fiscal Committee agenda, with members discussing that the change would improve transparency and reduce paper handling. The minutes from the November 15, 2024 meeting were approved, with members who were absent abstaining. The committee then worked through a consent calendar and several individual items. It removed or noted withdrawals on a few items, including item 25004 for further discussion, item 25016 withdrawn by the Department of Education, item 257 removed by Representative F, and item 25001 removed under Tab 4. Item 25004, concerning the newborn screening program, prompted testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining that the program is mandatory with an opt-out provision; officials said 99.2% of newborns were screened in 2023, meaning the opt-out rate was under 1%. The committee also approved item 25007, related to DHHS community health workers and telework policy, after hearing that the workers are not placed in schools and that DHHS follows statewide telework policy. On the regular calendar, the committee approved a Department of Administrative Services request to extend the release date for fiscal year 2024 numbers to March 31, and approved a Department of Fish and Game item. It also approved winter maintenance funding for the Department of Transportation after hearing that the $5.7 million request might not last through the winter if additional storms occur; DOT said even a small storm can cost more than $1 million and that crews are dispatched based on road conditions and supervisory judgment. The committee then approved items for the Judicial Council and the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant. The final discussion focused on the Health and Human Services dashboard and the Youth Development Center claims. DHHS acknowledged a data error in the APS client line and said Community Mental Health Center caseload data is still not fully accurate because two centers are undergoing EHR conversions. Members also asked about the low census at the Sununu Youth Development Center and about the process for managing future claims related to the YDC settlement fund. Witnesses from the Attorney General’s office said the fund is handled through a unique arrangement involving DOJ appropriations and judicial branch staff, that current judicial budget cuts are not yet affecting the litigation pace, and that the average resolution so far has been about $500,000, though future claims may vary. No votes were taken on the discussion items beyond the approvals noted above.

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• Improvement were enforced in performance Improvement were enforced in in<00:12:52.279> a<00:12
• Senate Health and Human Services for the Senate Health and Human Services for the record<00:40:29.640
• We met finally, and it was a really great meeting with the leadership of Health and Human Services.
• Services um and we we met and Human Services um and we we met finally<00:46:29.400> um<00:46:
• > Community also perform perform their own Community also perform perform their own Community Health

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Human Services we already track over I Human Services we already track over I think<00:13:13.440>
• <00:16:55.199> Services Department of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human
• to quote from a rabbi rabbis perform to quote from a rabbi rabbis perform circumcision<03:39:17.000
• colleagues on the house Health and Human colleagues on the house Health and Human Services<03:46
• we don't abandon the practice we perform we don't abandon the practice we perform the<04:59:30.600

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Technology is not free of any biases and the flaws of humans that create them.
• Human biases are typically visible and can be tracked and scrutinized because they are made at the human
• Even in our bill, we allow for that human process.
• It's the humanity in the workplace that we're trying to protect and maintain.
• Chris McKaley here on behalf of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Summary: The committee heard a series of labor-related bills, with most measures focused on worker training, privacy, wages, and safety. AB 296 would require schools or districts to host apprenticeship fairs at least once a year, with flexibility on how they are run and whether programs outside the county can participate. Supporters said it would help connect students to skilled trades and address workforce shortages; school administrators opposed the bill as an unfunded mandate that could be impractical for elementary schools. The bill was later moved on call, with the committee noting it could not vote until quorum was established. AB 1221 and AB 1331 both addressed workplace surveillance. AB 1221 would restrict invasive monitoring tools, require notice to workers, limit the use and sharing of worker data, and require human review before discipline based on surveillance outputs. Labor groups supported the bill as a response to AI-driven monitoring, while business groups raised concerns about broad definitions, security cameras, investigations, and data-access provisions. AB 1331 focused more narrowly on privacy in off-duty and private spaces, limiting surveillance in places like restrooms, break areas, vehicles, and homes; hospitals and business groups opposed it as too broad and potentially disruptive to safety, cybersecurity, and facility monitoring. Both bills were advanced by committee vote. The committee also heard AB 1181, which would require firefighter turnout gear to be free of cancer-causing chemicals such as PFAS by 2027, and AB 1198, which would require prevailing wage rates on public works to reflect the wage in effect when the work is performed rather than when the project was first advertised. Firefighter representatives strongly supported AB 1181, while the chemical industry asked to continue working on scope and timelines. AB 1198 drew support from labor and contractor groups but opposition from local governments and housing groups concerned about mid-project cost increases; it was passed to Appropriations after a roll-call vote. Other measures approved included AB 1235 on skilled-and-trained workers for CSU construction, AB 1251 on ghost job postings, AB 552 on locating the Agricultural Labor Relations Board office outside Sacramento, AB 1110 on updating Cal/OSHA workplace posters, AB 1136 on expanding high road training partnerships, and AB 1234 on wage claim enforcement. AB 692, which would ban employer debt agreements that require workers to repay training or other costs if they leave a job, drew strong support from nurses and labor advocates and opposition from business and health care groups; it was also passed on a roll-call vote.

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• wanted to flag that AKC has a Humane wanted to flag that AKC has a Humane fund<01:02:04.319>
• <01:03:33.279> officers required training for Humane officers required training for Humane
• their claw removed from them and perform their claw removed from them and perform an<03:42:29.560
• but admit it's still being performed but admit it's still being performed but there's<03:48:42.840
• <04:12:13.720> health kind of human health kind of human health issue<04:12:16.000> the

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 153, which would require two or more law enforcement officers in each county to receive animal cruelty training through the police standards system. Representative Barbara Coma, the sponsor, said the bill was prompted by problems in animal cruelty cases, especially in rural areas without animal control officers, and she described it as a limited training measure. She said an amendment was forthcoming that would add an eight-hour approved course and a two-hour refresher every three years, and she emphasized that the trained officers would serve as resources rather than being required to take action themselves. Members asked about cost, due process, overlap with animal control officers, how trained officers would be identified and notified, and whether veterinarians could fill the role. Coma responded that the bill would not be a heavy financial lift, would not interfere with animal control officers, would apply to livestock as well as companion animals, and would still require law enforcement involvement because veterinarians cannot lawfully remove animals from property. She also said the training could improve due process by helping officers better understand when animal removal is appropriate and how cases should proceed. Sheriff William Wright, speaking for the New Hampshire Sheriffs Association, testified in opposition. He said training itself was acceptable, but the bill went beyond training by creating an obligation for sheriffs and state police to respond to and potentially investigate animal cruelty cases, which he argued would be ambiguous, unfunded, and burdensome for staffing and resources. He said some sheriff’s offices do not have investigative deputies and that the bill could create liability and uncertainty about who would lead investigations. In response to questions, he said the association would likely have no objection if the bill were limited to training, but it opposed the assistance/investigation mandate as written.

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• And there's just these moments about the human-to-human interaction that allow the people who care for
• society, human civilization, and humans overall.
• society, human civilization, and humans overall.
• society, human civilization, and humans overall.
• It's a human right. Privacy is not a luxury. It's a human right and it's a civil right.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• What is human organ trafficking?
• human dignity's principle of justice's respect.
• Legally, about 10% of human organs have been supplied for organ transplantation. 10% of human organs
• Department of Health and Human Services, more than 46,000 organ transplantation procedures were performed
• , while only 17,000 human organs were donated, leaving... ...while only 17,000 human organs were donated

Summary: The committee heard and laid out a series of criminal justice bills, with public and invited testimony on restitution, juvenile justice, child abuse reporting, public-safety protections, organ trafficking, property fraud, disaster-response worker protections, fentanyl exposure, emergency data disclosure, insurance-fraud investigations, blood warrant execution, human smuggling, and TJJD advocacy access. Several measures drew support from prosecutors, clerks, law enforcement, utility companies, and victims who described real-world harms and delays in current law; opposition or caution came from civil-rights and advocacy groups on bills involving expanded criminal liability, data disclosure, and juvenile-facility access. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with the committee later voting out SB 127 favorably and placing it on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1666 would streamline restitution payments for parole or mandatory supervision cases by requiring TDCJ to include victim information when forwarding payments, shortening the period before unclaimed funds go to the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund, and clarifying confidentiality and contact procedures; county clerks supported it as an efficiency measure. SB 2776 would let TJJD disclose certain information, with written consent, to support the Credible Messengers Program, and SB 127 would extend limitations periods for failure-to-report child abuse and concealment offenses, with testimony emphasizing delayed discovery of abuse and the need for accountability. SB 1980 would increase penalties for assaulting or interfering with peace officers, parole officers, and community supervision officers, and SB 456 would raise penalties for organ purchasing/trafficking and create a more specific criminal framework for the offense; both drew strong support from law enforcement and victims. The committee also heard SB 2611 on real property theft and deed fraud, which would create separate offenses for real property theft and fraud, add a ten-year limitations period, require criminal judgments to be filed in county property records, and expand restitution and title-clearing remedies. Witnesses described forged deeds, stolen church and family properties, and long, costly efforts to restore title; county clerks and prosecutors said the bill would help victims and streamline civil remedies. SB 482 would increase penalties for offenses against utility workers during declared disasters or evacuation orders, prompted by reports of threats and assaults during Hurricane Beryl; utility representatives said the bill is needed to keep mutual-aid crews coming to Texas. SB 1234 would add fentanyl to the endangerment statute for vulnerable people, while SB 816 would allow providers to disclose electronic data in immediate life-threatening situations; both drew support from prosecutors and criticism from civil-rights advocates concerned about overbreadth and liability protections.

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• The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, MCA, were designed to measure system performance rather than
• The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, MCA, were designed to measure system performance rather than
• a study that we perform on up out<00:19:10.400> rates<00:19:10.799> for<00:19:11.039><
• The ACT is inherently valuable to students, significantly enhancing their motivation to perform well
• We don't know what that is like for the SAT because a study needs to be performed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The crossover items are between the Human Services Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee
• <00:01:16.400> services items between the um human services items between the um human services
• committee and the health and human committee and the health and human services<00:01:19.520>
• department and uh department of uh human department and uh department of uh human services<00:16
• before performing permitted injections. before performing permitted injections.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• When you've seen the worst of what humanity can do to itself, followed by the best of what humanity can
• WHEN YOU'VE SEEN THE WORST OF WHAT HUMANITY CAN DO TO ITSELF, FOLLOWED BY THE BEST OF WHAT HUMANITY CAN
• It's a human issue.
• IT'S A HUMAN ISSUE.
• But it was ultimately not performed.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• We will Overview Article Two, Health and Human Services, and hear invited testimony only today.
• We'll move on now to article two, health and human services.
• And so I would defer to that performance measure in terms of what the GAB is assuming.
• CFO for Health and Human Services. And Keith, you can go ahead.
• But there are nearly 8,300 health and human services.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Um performed by more than one person.
• And I think the human traffickers.
• requirement to have a license to perform requirement to have a license to perform massage<00:54:
• and comprehensive response to human and comprehensive response to human trafficking<01:10:15.199
• at the state level, the National Human at the state level, the National Human Trafficking<01:11:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• relating to promoting human trafficking. relating to promoting human trafficking.
• House Bill 389 performance by a minor.
• Performance-based funding started in Kentucky back in 2017.
• So by statute, 2026 is the year that the performance-based funding work group is scheduled to meet to
• act relating to promoting human act relating to promoting human trafficking.<00:34:07.519> House

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 06:30 Calendar/2nd Readings 07:18 Report of Committees 08:19 Orders of the Day 09:04 HB 96 09:16 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 15:21 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 21:24 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 23:35 ConC and Rules Report 31:06 Floor Amendments 32:42 Return to Rules Report 33:28 Adjournment 34:27, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum of 98 members, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber approved the journal from January 21, 2026, and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 29, 38, and 49, along with Senate Concurrent Resolution 9, requesting concurrence. The House also took second reading on several bills, including measures on agriculture programs, milk transportation, food donation, criminal trespass, concealed firearms and deadly weapons, human trafficking, sexual material involving minors, reading and writing in schools, and educators. Committee reports advanced House Resolution 7 on Kentucky election principles, House Bill 134 on sexual assault nurse examiners, and House Bill 168 on boating under the influence. The House then considered House Bill 96, which would revise the membership of the postsecondary education performance-based funding work group, adding more legislators and changing the work group timeline to calendar years; the sponsor said the bill had support from university presidents and the Council on Postsecondary Education. After a question about geographic representation, the House passed HB 96 by a vote of 79-16 and applied the clincher. During motions and announcements, the House brought House Resolution 34 to the floor and heard it reported as recognizing January 22, 2026 as Kentucky Arts Day. Rep. Burke spoke in support, citing the economic impact of Kentucky’s arts and culture sector, and the resolution was adopted without objection. Members also announced upcoming events, including a Holocaust survivor program, a breakfast, and a conservation district reception, and one member withdrew House Bill 284. The House introduced a large slate of new bills and resolutions, including measures on real property, civil rights, local boards of education, peer support specialists, Medicaid coverage for doula services, public contracts, foster care, residential safety, gender, reproductive rights, hate crimes, a child welfare and family court reform task force, memorial highway designations, and constitutional recognition days. The Committee on Committees and Rules later referred and reassigned several bills to standing committees, posted selected bills and amendments for Friday’s calendar, and the House adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2026.

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• a wide range of practices that occur not in alignment with the way we train or expect because it's human
• we train or expect because it's human we train or expect because it's human beings<00:01:47.680>
• Because while the working group has eight core duties to perform, there is one overarching goal: that
• ,<00:02:19.040> there<00:02:19.280> is eight core duties to perform, there is eight
• core duties to perform, there is one<00:02:20.239> overarching<00:02:21.280> goal one

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• House File 1233, number three on the calendar for the day, is an act relating to human rights, creating
• an exemption for women's athletics in the Human Rights Act.
• are performing in school.
• are performing in school.”
• are performing in school.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• performed 27 of those visits. performed 27 of those visits.
• To train employees on how to perform To train employees on how to perform grant<00:19:44.840>
• of Human Services. of Human Services.
• of the Minnesota um Department of Human of the Minnesota um Department of Human Services.
• <00:57:11.800> manage to port- we will performance manage to port- we will performance manage

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with the department of human with the department of human services.<00:04:43.479> Um,<00:
• structure of the Department of Human structure of the Department of Human Services<00:10:19.440>
• the department of human services. the department of human services.
• commissioner for the Department of Human commissioner for the Department of Human Services.
• <01:38:29.040> Services both the Department of Human Services both the Department of Human

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:02:46.560> Um<00:02:47.200> to performance of official duties.
• Um to performance of official duties.
• in the performance of official duties. in the performance of official duties.
• the performance of official duties. duties. duties.
• the human and our electronic<00:05:00.639> devices.

Keywords: 1183, house