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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, AEN-GVO Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Government Operations

Summary: The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making. The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted. The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225. In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • branch with the existing carry forward authority in the legislative branch.
  • Forward authority in the executive branch with the existing carry forward authority in the legislative
  • branch.
  • There have been a flurry of actions by the executive branch.
  • Abrogate the direct responsibility of the legislative branch.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Section 1, you will see a code of ethics for the legislative branch. That's in Article 2.
  • branch with the existing carryforward authority in the legislative branch.
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  • And so most of the legislative branch.
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  • that is funding a program that this legislative body has passed and directed that authority to the executive
  • branch.
  • As you know, with anything in the executive branch, how they use those funds is completely open to open
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the mental health branch administrator for DCR. We stand in support of this bill.
  • My name is Christopher Fernandez, executive officer to the Board of Psychology.
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  • We health branch administrator for DCR.
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Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions. The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system. Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Education Policy

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  • I'm Becky Garrettson, the executive director of Eagle Forum of Alabama.
  • I'm Becky Garrettson, the executive director of Eagle Forum of Alabama.
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • We'd like to thank the author, the committee, and the judicial branch for their work on this.
  • the situations where the judicial branch the situations where the judicial branch determines<01:
  • judicial branch for their work on this. judicial branch for their work on this.
  • a concern there again about one branch intruding on another branch.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 20th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • When the false allegations stopped, my ex turned in to interference with child custody.
  • George Saldana is here on behalf of the Interference with Child Custody group, and you're neutral on
  • If you go into the history about interference. child custody.
  • And if you look deep into the family code, interference with child custody is defined as domestic violence
  • Jocelyn Huynh, a professor of criminal justice and also the executive director.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the executive director of the Texas indigent assistance commission.
  • Interference with child custody. has been and always will be illegal.
  • It moves custody interference. out of legal limbo into enforceable law.
  • My interference issues come I'm from Harris County.
  • The legislative branch, y'all's branch, Y'all's power is being usurped, in my opinion, from what I see
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Arizona should have every confidence that their elections are free from foreign interference and foreign
  • The threat of foreign interference is not hypothetical.
  • And with more future measures making the ballot, Arizona must guard against foreign interference before
  • I think it invites election interference and threatens to delay results, which is expressly what we see
  • I'm going to ask Senator Finchum as my stand-in to move the executive nomination.