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• had a material audit adjustment for those campuses, and we proposed these material audit adjusting entries
• But it's just that we had to propose that adjusting entry to make them correct.
• , and we ensure that there's documentation attached to all of our journal entries.
• , and we ensure that there's documentation attached to all of our journal entries.
• We'll be working towards a normal interest. documentation attached to all of our journal entries.

Keywords: 908, all

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• What does that cost look like, and how many entries do you get each year?
• Madam Chair, Representative, it's $25, I believe, is what the entry fee is for that.
• We have well over a hundred entries, and we have to cap it because it has gotten so large that it takes
• Um, entry, and on the worst day, it costs $10 to go see King Brown, and it's one of the highest-paying
• Are we not getting enough entry fees? What's the big concern with the New Mexico race?

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• So I wanted to reduce the barrier to entry somewhat. The second one puts real teeth in the bill.
• uh an insurmountable barrier to entry uh an insurmountable barrier to entry for<00:42:33.920>
• barrier to entry somewhat. barrier to entry somewhat.
• Chair, uh Representative Warf, the port of entry personnel are not sworn.
• port of entry personnel are not sworn. port of entry personnel are not sworn.

Bills: HB0098, HB0075, HB0041, HB0101

Keywords: gun control, Second Amendment, constitutional rights, misdemeanor, law enforcement, virtual currency, kiosk, financial institutions, regulation, Wyoming Money Transmitters Act, penalties, death benefits, retirement, survivor support, public safety, guardianship, monitoring, ward protection, financial independence, case management

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• we're not creating a second parallel reporting process that would require duplicative manual data entry
• we're not creating a second parallel reporting process that would require duplicative manual data entry
• we're not creating a second parallel reporting process that would require duplicative manual data entry
• we're not creating a second parallel reporting process that would require duplicative manual data entry

Keywords: 1183, house

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• any other documents that violate statutory authority relating to infested goods entering ports of entry
• uh entering relating to infested goods uh entering ports.<00:14:07.600> of<00:14:07.839> entry
• <00:14:08.800> This<00:14:09.040> should<00:14:09.199> include ports. of entry
• This should include ports. of entry.

Bills: SB2097, SB2317, SB2319, SB2177, SB2190, SB2424, SB2524, SB2627, SB3084, SB895, SB896, SB3102, SB3157, SB3215, SB2050, SB2090, SB2211, SB2572, SB2096, SB2025, SB2127, SB2046, SB2262, SB2354, SB2387, SB2487, SB2955, SB3234, SB2851, SB2573, SB2391, SB3282, SB3055, SB2189, SB2194, SB3152, SB2635, SB888, SB2203, SCR1, SCR2, SCR3, SCR4, SCR5, SCR6, SCR7, SCR8, SCR9, SCR10, SCR11, SCR12, SCR13, SCR14, SCR15, SCR16, SCR17, SCR18, SCR19, SCR20, SCR21, SCR22, SR3, SR5, SR6, SR7, SR8, SR9, SR10, SR11, SR12, SR13, SR14, SR15, SR16, SR17, SR18, SR19, SB2010, SB3118, SB3276

Keywords: sustainable agriculture, climate adaptation, food system resilience, grant program, Hawaii agriculture, agriculture, insurance, small producers, state support, biosecurity, farm coverage, public-private partnerships, agricultural policy, grant funding, food security, climate resiliency, housing development, zoning exemption, government assistance, affordable housing

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• on lifting up the conditions of women in our prisons and then also developing out rehabilitation re-entry
• I'm the re-entry coordinator, which has allowed me to return to prisons as a criminal.
• I drove out to the prison and I was denied entry again.
• If there is a person who is being denied entry into an institution for rehabilitative purposes, the person

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So you may be aware that in New Hampshire we have a mandatory community re-entry benefit for Medicaid
• So you may be aware that in New Hampshire we have a mandatory community re-entry benefit for Medicaid
• So you may be aware that in New Hampshire we have a mandatory community re-entry benefit for Medicaid
• medical immediate and urgent need for medical services<00:33:27.320> upon<00:33:27.840> entry
• which could be more services upon entry which could be more uh<00:33:29.720> efficiently<00:33

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Members will record their votes by electronic device.
• record their votes by electronic device. record their votes by electronic device.
• <06:55:23.520> This their votes by electronic device.
• This their votes by electronic device.
• They can't find people to try to approve their drugs and devices.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• If you receive an interest ticket, please retain it as it may be required for re-entry if you leave the
• If you receive an interest ticket, please retain it as it may be required for re-entry if you leave the
• please retain it as it may be required please retain it as it may be required for<00:01:16.080> re-entry
• c> you<00:01:17.360> leave<00:01:17.520> the<00:01:17.759> hearing for re-entry
• if you leave the hearing for re-entry if you leave the hearing room.<00:01:18.640> Failure<00

Bills: HF3475, SF3832, HF3508, HF3917, HF3404, HF3593

Keywords: agriculture, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment relief, agriculture support, food production, economic relief, investment, relief initiative, farm support, medication repository, drug donation, healthcare, Minnesota Statutes, pharmacy, public health, controlled substances

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• is hiring or getting a contract with a psychiatrist that can help with kind of that front door to entry
• big change we've made this last fall was removing the service authorization requirement for initial entry
• That really is meant to streamline entry into services so people can more directly receive... ...that
• really is meant to streamline entry into services so people can more directly receive services, makes
• next biennium is evaluating how we might make changes to the program to further streamline service entry

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate Appropriations HR Division met with all members present to review the medical services portion of the HHS budget. Sarah Aker, Executive Director of Medical Services, walked the committee through several budget items, including HCBS cost-to-continue adjustments, the DD bed assessment, expansion of value-based purchasing, targeted rate increases for home health and QSP services, and the cross-disability waiver. Members generally supported the targeted increases for home health and QSP, and Aker explained that the cross-disability waiver funding would support startup work, service design, and infrastructure ahead of a planned July 1, 2028 implementation. The committee spent significant time on rate-setting and provider payment issues. Members discussed ambulance rate rebasing, with several senators expressing concern that the proposed increase was too high relative to peer states; the committee ultimately moved toward reducing that item to $1 million rather than zero so it could be revisited in conference committee. They also discussed a House-added critical access hospital networking grant and similarly leaned toward reducing it to $1 million. Aker explained the department’s value-based purchasing plans, including use of a vendor selected through RFP, and clarified how the department’s existing Medicaid managed care and hospital value-based programs work. A major portion of the meeting focused on long-term care and basic care payments, including a House-added extension of the $5 per day basic care add-on and a proposed shift in nursing facility incentive grants toward a withhold-based model. Senator Mathern indicated he would bring an amendment to delay or modify the withhold change, and Aker said the department would prefer language that directly addresses whether a withhold may be implemented. Members also discussed 1915(i) services, FMAP changes, the Medicaid legacy system modernization carryover, and a House-added legislative intent section on medical assistance. The committee adjourned for the morning with plans to return later to continue Human Services budget work and revisit unresolved items in conference committee.

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• the way that the deal structures came into being was just, you know, trying to reduce barriers to entry
• We have actually a handheld smartphone device that we use to do forest inventory, which I'll um share
• that we use to do forest device that we use to do forest inventory,<01:34:53.200> which<01:34
• We use it, we've audited with it, passed our carbon audits with this device and software, and it's a
• and software um audits with this device and software um and<01:49:39.560> it's<01:49:39.720><

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductions, approval of the March 6 minutes as amended to add an attendee list, and a brief overview of the day’s agenda. The committee heard two presentations from carbon project developers, with the first from Dylan Jenkins of Finite Carbon. He described Finite Carbon’s work in improved forest management projects, its role in developing carbon methodologies and protocols, and its experience with projects in New England, Appalachia, Alaska, and Canada. He also outlined the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets, the role of registries and intermediaries, and the types of buyers in the market, including large corporate buyers and long-term off-take partners. A major focus of the presentation was how forest carbon projects are structured and how credits are monetized. Jenkins distinguished between removals and reductions, explaining that removals come from new forest growth while reductions are tied more closely to baseline assumptions and standing stock. He said improved forest management projects can generate both types of credits, and that removals generally command higher prices because they are easier for buyers to understand and verify. He also emphasized that carbon project commercialization can occur before, during, or after credit issuance, and that landowners may be paid through a variety of structures, including leases, advance fees, per-unit payments, or off-take agreements. Jenkins then addressed the committee’s tax-related questions, saying House Bill 123 appeared intended to treat carbon credit sales similarly to timber sales for local tax purposes. He argued that carbon credits are a forest product and that taxing them can be reasonable in principle, but he stressed that lawmakers should distinguish between commoditization and commercialization when deciding what event to tax. He noted that credits may be created but never sold, and that in some programs landowners retain timber and carbon rights while in others the developer has deeper control over those rights. In response to questions, he said the industry uses protocols, verification, and third-party oversight to address baseline and quality concerns, but acknowledged that baseline setting remains a major point of debate in the market.

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• could do the entry and one of<03:23:33.479> the<03:23:33.600> things<03:23:33.880>
• the ATF so that when we do the entry the ATF so that when we do the entry into<03:23:57.840>
• into the system for this do the entry into the system for this reason<03:25:41.760> to<03:25:
• , and then they also do entries at the ATF that's located in St.
• that's they also do entries at the ATF that's they also do entries at the ATF that's located<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so what we see are repeated cycles and entries into our systems of care and kind of lack of effectiveness
• And so what we see are repeated cycles and entries into our systems of care and kind of lack of effectiveness
• And so what we see are repeated cycles and entries into our systems of care and kind of lack of effectiveness
• And so what we see are repeated cycles and entries into our systems of care and kind of lack of effectiveness
• And so what we see are repeated cycles and entries into our systems of care and kind of lack of effectiveness

Bills: HCR18, HCR32, HCR35, HCR105, HCR173

Keywords: hospice, health care, aging population, regulations, Medicare, working group, fraud prevention, quality of care, mental health, recidivism, civil commitment, Hawaii State Hospital, justice system, shelter, treatment pathways, biomarker testing, health insurance, precision medicine, healthcare access, medical necessity

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SCR 21 SD1, which asks Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s East Hawaii Regional Health Care System to study the feasibility of a rural health clinic or similar access point for the Volcano community. Testimony in strong support came from HHSC representatives, Volcano residents, the Volcano Health Collaborative, the Rotary Club of Volcano, and others, who said the area has a clear need and that local primary and urgent care would align with regional plans. HHSC said it had already looked at the area, found no suitable temporary buildings, and would need a longer-term, capital-intensive solution, but that the study could help accelerate next steps. The committee then took up SCR 50 SD1, proposing a Hawaii Health Plan Working Group to design a basic affordable health plan for residents. Dr. Jack Lewin of SHIPTA said the state faces a growing uninsured population and argued for a short-term, lower-cost plan focused on preventive and primary care, drawing on the old State Health Insurance Plan as a possible model. Members asked about whether that prior program still exists and whether the working group should include the Hawaii Medical Association and Hawaii Primary Care Association; Dr. Lewin said the statute still exists but is unfunded, and that the group should be inclusive. The Department of Labor and other organizations also provided comments. For SCR 75 SD1, which urges a coordinated interdepartmental effort to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Dr. Lewin and others said prevention, prenatal screening, and early intervention are needed because FASD is often hidden until later problems appear. Amanda from Hawaii FASD Action Group said current implementation under Act 192 is still largely a landscape analysis and that Hawaii lacks the infrastructure and specialists for a full system. Darlene Chance Govor urged adding the judiciary as a partner so juvenile justice and probation staff can be trained and referral pathways improved, while the Department of Health said it supports prevention but prefers a broader, systems-based approach focused on child needs and upstream care. The Disability Rights Center supported the resolution and asked for an earlier reporting date. The committee also heard SCR 149 SD1, which seeks an informal working group to address complex patients with multiple diagnoses involving substance use, mental health, or chronic physical illness. The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition and Ke Nui Malo strongly supported the measure, saying current siloed systems leave people bouncing between medical, mental health, and substance use providers without coordinated care, often ending up in crisis, emergency rooms, or the justice system. They said integrated residential care and a coordinated working group could improve outcomes and align with federal funding opportunities. The transcript ended before any final vote or action on the measures was announced, and SCR 109 was noted as withdrawn from the agenda.

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• because We're looking at it for some other items because for some folks, you know, it's a barrier to entry
• So does that mean so there could be errors in data entry or the way somebody what what?
• How that one size fits all approach wouldn't work for the variety of devices that we have out there.

Bills: HB10, HB 12, HB675, HB10, HB12

Keywords: regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel

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• They were playing at the Seventh Street Entry, and so we went online to find tickets, and the cheapest
• Since then, since things reopened, actually reopened, I went to the Entry to see The Suburbs.
• reopened, actually reopened, I went to reopened, actually reopened, I went to the<00:05:10.560> entry
• Uh it was the entry to see the suburbs.
• or price signals, it's a warning entry or price signals, it's a warning sign<00:35:42.400> the

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This is a 63% decrease in the last 24 years, largely driven by lower entries into care, and the trend
• This includes expedited entry of data into CARES within 10 days, and updating based on new triggering
• Timely CANS completion and data entry is currently a challenge due to capacity issues and the need to
• We believe this will help with timely data entry.
• It helps strengthen families to prevent foster care entry.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• But again, there are a lot of entries where this is left blank, where this was not completed. 43% of
• But again, there are a lot of entries where this is left blank, where this was not completed. 39% of
• has been a stark increase in the presence of ICE and ICE enforcement, which includes detention and entry
• has been a stark increase in the presence of ICE and ICE enforcement, which includes detention and entry
• has been a stark increase in the presence of ICE and ICE enforcement, which includes detention and entry

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on findings from the deportation data project and possible policy responses to increased federal immigration enforcement in Hawaii. In opening remarks, the chair said the committee was concerned about changing federal executive orders, policies, and enforcement actions, and framed the issue as one involving due process and public safety. The chair and presenters described reports of ICE activity on multiple islands, including raids, courthouse presence, and fear in immigrant communities, and said the committee was considering whether state policies should be advanced more quickly. Mandy Fernandez of the ACLU of Hawaii presented updated deportation data and argued that increased immigration enforcement is creating fear, reducing crime reporting, and potentially making state and local agencies extensions of the federal immigration agenda if they accept federal funding with conditions. She said the deportation data project, housed at UC Berkeley Law with UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, uses FOIA requests and its latest data runs through late July 2025. She reported 153 ICE arrests in Hawaii from January through July 2025, up from 41 in the same period in 2024; 96 removals, up from 15; a federal detention center average daily population of 91 in June 2025 versus 31 in June 2024; and 111 ICE detainers issued in Hawaii from September 2023 through July 2025, with 49 issued in 2025. She also cited an immigration court backlog of 1,144 pending cases as of August 2025 and noted that about one in five Hawaii residents were born outside the United States. Haley Chang of the Office of the Public Defender said her office is seeing a marked increase in ICE presence around courthouses and more ICE contacts with clients, including reports of people being detained after court appearances or while on supervision. She emphasized that the office is not an immigration law office and that much of its information is anecdotal, but said the pattern appears new compared with prior years. In response to committee questions, she explained that ICE detainers are requests, not judicial warrants, and said local law enforcement is generally not required to honor them unless accompanied by a judicial warrant or other legal authority. She also said the public defender’s office had not yet seen new criminal charges arise solely from an ICE detention or failure to appear tied to immigration enforcement, though cases could be affected if defendants are removed from the criminal process.

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• In this case, he says, well, you're really not buying the sweepstakes entry; you're buying the fries
• and the sweepstakes entry comes along.
• , really not buying the sweepstakes entry, really not buying the sweepstakes entry, you're<01:26:
• sweepstakes entry comes along." sweepstakes entry comes along."
• or not, as long a free sweepstakes entry or not, as long as<01:27:32.920> you're<01:27:33.000

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate was called to order, a quorum was established, and remote voting was authorized for several members. The body adopted committee reports except those related to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, gave Senate File 4067 a second reading, and referred newly introduced bills as listed on the agenda. It also adopted a motion to strike and re-refer House File 3379 to the Committee on Finance, and then moved into special orders and floor debate. The main floor action was on House File 2358, a public safety bill providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain coercion offenses. Senator Lang described it as creating a Minnesota crime targeting sexual extortion of children, including online extortion. Senator Maye Quade supported the bill and spoke about the tragic constituent story behind it. The Senate took a roll call and passed the bill 67-0, with its title agreed to. The Senate then began debate on Senate File 4511, which would clarify Minnesota gambling law to prohibit prediction-market style betting disguised as futures contracts. Senator Marty argued the bill was needed to stop companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket from using futures-contract language to evade state gambling restrictions and to protect existing regulated gambling businesses. Senator Johnson initially offered the A10 amendment to delay action until federal jurisdiction issues are resolved, but withdrew it after debate. He then offered the A8 amendment to preserve longer-term weather-related hedging contracts, which Senator Marty supported as a distinction from short-term, manipulable bets; the A8 amendment was adopted. Debate continued with questions about the bill’s scope, including whether it would reach election-related or financial contracts.

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• So it looked, according to the screen, it looked like foster care entry rates are going down in our country
• . ...care entry rates are going down in our country, but maltreatment mortality rates are going up.
• yeah, so if, I mean, even if you're breaking down state by state, are there states where foster care entry
• Foster care entry rate is going down and maltreatment mortality rates are going down.

Keywords: 970, all

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• want to clarify that when a cruise ship uses one of our facilities, they are already paying a port entry
• facilities, they are already paying a facilities, they are already paying a port<00:28:58.880> entry
• c> They<00:28:59.919> are<00:29:00.080> paying<00:29:00.320> dockage port entry
• They are paying dockage port entry fee.

Bills: SB2816

Keywords: enterprise zones, economic development, innovation enterprise, job creation, Hawaii, 910, house, all

Summary: The committees heard House Bill 2195, HD1, which would replace the existing transit accommodations tax on cruise ships with a per-passenger infrastructure fee collected by the Department of Transportation and deposited into a new cruise ship special fund. Testimony included support from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings and comments from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii warning that the bill should remain narrowly tied to harbor-related uses to avoid potential Tonnage Clause issues. The Department of Transportation testified that cruise-related harbor work includes pier repairs, dredging, terminal upgrades, and shore power, and said a dedicated revenue stream would help prioritize cruise infrastructure needs. The Attorney General’s office said it had submitted written comments but did not address questions about the litigation or constitutional background. Members questioned whether the new special fund was necessary when the existing harbor special fund already finances similar improvements. DOT said the funds overlap and suggested the bill could be amended to use the harbor special fund with a separate cruise subaccount, while still preserving a dedicated revenue stream and separate accounting. DOT also said it currently collects port entry, dockage, and per-head passenger fees from cruise ships and that existing cruise-related expenditures from the harbor special fund have not been challenged. The chair ultimately recommended moving HB 2195 forward as introduced, while continuing discussions about the fund structure and awaiting further clarity from the Attorney General and DOT. In decision-making, the committees voted to pass HB 2195, HD1, as is. They also voted to pass House Bill 916, HD1, relating to the low-income housing tax credit, which would allow certain state low-income housing tax credits to offset state transient accommodations taxes in the same county and make Act 129 of 2016 permanent. Both the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Economic Development and Technology adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass HB 916, HD1, unamended. The hearing was then adjourned.