Transcript Highlights:

• They were evaluated at the Exit Area School District, um, because that's how the rules go.
• , we would start the IEP process all over again because each school district eval has different evaluators
• They were evaluated at the Exit plan.
• They were evaluated at the Exit Area<00:40:01.200> School<00:40:01.520> District,<00:40
• Um, and so how none of this evaluators.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In evaluating past spending, current spending plans, or... ...best program.
• In evaluating past spending, current spending plans, or ideas for innovative ways to spend future revenues
• And in fact, it became quite a bit of a habit of mine when I was in the White House, when evaluating
• So understanding that, I think, will provide us with a really good foundation as we're evaluating this
• We'll evaluate, make sure they're consistent with statute, and then the funds would be apportioned out

Summary: The Budget Subcommittee No. 4 hearing focused on the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) and cap-and-trade reauthorization, with members and panelists discussing how to balance climate goals, affordability, and legislative oversight. The chair emphasized the hearing as a broad review of past GGRF spending and future options, while the LAO outlined how GGRF revenues are generated, how variable they have been, and the tradeoffs between continuous appropriations and annual budget control. Two academic panelists, Dr. Kyle Meng and Danny Cullen Ward, argued that cap-and-trade remains an effective climate policy, but stressed that future revenue will depend heavily on market design, allowance allocation, and price levels. They also raised the idea that GGRF could be used more directly for affordability, especially by lowering electricity costs, and for targeted investments in technologies that the market would not otherwise support. Committee members pressed the panelists on where revenues come from, how much has actually been spent, and whether continuous appropriations reduce oversight. CARB staff said more than $33 billion has been generated to date and a little over $11–12 billion has been spent, with the rest committed or in process, and noted that project timelines can be lengthy. Members also asked about ways to lower electricity rates, reduce wildfire-related utility liabilities, and support electrification. The panelists said transportation fuels are the largest source of GGRF revenue, that industrial emitters receive a smaller share of free allowances, and that reducing wildfire liability and investing in grid-scale batteries could help lower costs and speed decarbonization. Public commenters largely urged the Legislature to preserve or expand continuous appropriations for specific climate programs. Speakers supported funding for nature-based solutions, natural and working lands, urban greening, agricultural climate solutions, waste and composting programs, clean transportation, AB 617 community air protection, clean cars, transit, affordable housing near transit, and dairy digesters. Several groups argued these programs are cost-effective, provide public health and affordability benefits, and should receive dedicated shares of GGRF. Others urged reducing free allowances and using more GGRF revenue to directly lower energy costs for households. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• I believe the bill is a three-year pilot, and then we can re-evaluate and we can sunset it.
• Well, evaluate, provide the data.
• Well, evaluate, provide the data.
• That's where it's most appropriately evaluated. Thank you. I'm available for any questions.
• <00:39:05.520> somebody's to move from uh evaluating somebody's to move from uh evaluating

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• How is it evaluated?
• And how quickly it reaches evaluated?
• Each one of the tips would be evaluated, and certainly if we saw that, we would address that.
• Kaufman noted, the routing would go to the local jurisdictions for evaluation if it came into us, and
• <00:58:02.240> and one of the tips would be evaluated and one of the tips would be evaluated

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Therefore, the HPIA board, a year or so ago, had to re-evaluate their purchasing strategy.
• <00:30:09.360> their so ago had to re-evaluate their so ago had to re-evaluate their purchasing
• what they like to gunshi re-evaluate what they like to write<01:00:15.520> and<01:00:15.680><
• I would say there is no magic bullet, but getting issues on the table and doing a thorough evaluation
• wherewithal to help make that evaluation wherewithal to help make that evaluation so<01:12:40.000

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• effective teacher evaluations from school<00:40:56.000> or<00:40:56.080> system<00:40:
• evaluation evaluation the<00:46:28.760> five-year<00:46:29.200> evaluation<00:46:29.920
• the five-year evaluation and our further consideration<00:46:31.440> of<00:46:31.600> what
• <00:58:12.280> So, getting to this evaluation period.
• So, getting to this evaluation period.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum present and then proceeded through committee reports, largely adopting favorable reports and amendments without objection. Early measures included SB 530, which funds grants for multigenerational social connection programs for older adults; SB 731, clarifying the legal status of the Maryland Statewide Independent Living Council; SB 809, directing a feasibility study on a caregiver infrastructure program; SB 860, creating an Aging Resilience Fund with reporting and budget protections; SB 910, requiring insurance reimbursement for services provided by graduate-level clinical interns under supervision; and SB 972, making several Baltimore City alcoholic beverages licensing changes. Each of these bills was advanced to third reading after committee amendments were adopted. The Finance Committee also advanced SB 555, establishing a Dementia Services and Brain Health Program and a provider resource toolkit for dementia care; SB 757, creating a Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources for tariff-impacted goods; SB 772, creating an employment training and opportunity database to help people qualify for or maintain Medicaid and SNAP; SB 792, requiring hospitals to adopt and train staff on immigration-enforcement policies consistent with Attorney General guidance; SB 869, establishing a workforce training pilot program through Commerce and community colleges; SB 905, creating an advanced manufacturing grant program through TEDCO; and SB 974, changing who may serve as inspector for the Caroline County Board of License Commissioners. Most of these bills were reported favorably with technical or narrowing amendments and then ordered printed for third reading. Budget and Taxation advanced SB 28, which would create binding arbitration for state employee collective bargaining impasses and include a proposed constitutional amendment requiring funding in the Governor’s budget; SB 466, expanding a physician preceptor tax credit and adjusting training-hour requirements; and later SB 704, concerning estate tax treatment for qualified agricultural property transferred to an LLC. SB 557, a gaming-related bill, was laid over until the end of the evening at the majority leader’s request. In the Education, Energy, and the Environment report, the committee advanced SB 35 on a state natural science museum designation, SB 166 on shellfish aquaculture permit sanctions, SB 189 on municipal drainage inlet safety requirements prompted by a child’s death, SB 242 on civil relief for service members and spouses, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees and tree-of-heaven, and SB 267 on a corporate rental-property registry and local housing application review process. SB 267 drew a brief question from the minority leader, who asked whether prior opposition remained and how the amended bill differed; the sponsor said the opposition had gone away and described the bill as now focused on a responsible-owner registry and an administrative review process.

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:54:58.240> of section precludes the evaluation of section precludes the evaluation of
• This bill requires utilities to seriously evaluate advanced transmission technologies, tools that can
• We respectfully ask for your support." evaluate these tools and consider evaluate these tools and consider
• seriously evaluate advanced transmission technologies,<00:58:59.920> tools<00:59:00.160> that
• cannot make fully cannot fully evaluate cannot make fully cannot fully evaluate the<02:12:03.040

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal from March 4, 2026. Members then made a series of announcements recognizing visiting groups, including emergency managers, community health centers, the Colorado Chamber Alliance, medical equipment providers, the League of Women Voters, and upcoming committee meetings and Denver Zoo Day. The chamber also moved several bills to special orders later in the day. The House then took up third reading of several bills. House Bill 1026, expanding plan options for the Public Employees Retirement Association, passed 49-13. House Bill 102, concerning access to behavioral health providers and licensure for clinical social workers, passed 51-13. House Bill 1205, updating state law to reflect federal good neighbor authority agreements, passed 63-1. House Bill 1145, on water quality and mobile home parks, passed 42-12. House Bill 107, improving use of distributed energy resources, passed 48-16. House Bill 1127, requiring a report after fatal motor vehicle crashes, passed 42-22. House Bill 1277, continuing the kidney disease prevention and education task force, passed unanimously 64-0. The chamber then considered House Bill 1081, which would require utilities to evaluate advanced transmission technologies to improve Colorado’s electric transmission system. Members debated amendments, including L007 and L004, both of which were adopted, while L006 was rejected. Supporters said the bill would help reduce costs, improve reliability, and better use existing infrastructure; opponents of L006 argued it would add unnecessary mandates and costs. After amendment, House Bill 1081 passed. The House also took up House Bill 1228, creating an additional pathway to licensure for marriage and family therapists, which passed unanimously. House Bill 1120, implementing mobile home taxation task force recommendations to protect mobile homeowners’ equity and align tax sale procedures with constitutional requirements, was then considered; the finance committee report was adopted, and debate continued on a proposed amendment as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, because in part, the outcomes of a task force evaluation are determined largely by the membership
• Uh, because in part, the outcomes of a task force evaluation are determined largely by the membership
• One of which was to evaluate the impact of tort reform, or the need perhaps for tort reform.
• <02:12:03.760> of<02:12:04.000> the comprehensive evaluation of the comprehensive evaluation
• Currently, the director only has to submit the evaluation to the commissioner of health.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• If you look at the impact evaluations for Math Corps, it is not just about whether the program works,
• In an independent evaluation of a number of different tutoring programs, looking at hours of tutoring
• most rigorous way that you can evaluate most rigorous way that you can evaluate a<00:07:50.560><
• <00:08:40.760> of programs in an independent evaluation of programs in an independent evaluation
• <01:07:31.240> our where they would time and evaluate our where they would time and evaluate

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That study identified 25 separate locations in need of potential evaluation for noise impacts.
• That study identified 25 separate locations in need of potential evaluation for noise impacts.
• That study identified 25 separate locations in need of potential evaluation for noise impacts.
• We evaluated impacts throughout the entire corridor under those conditions.
• throughout the evaluated impacts throughout the throughout<01:14:20.440> the<01:14:20.600>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 561, sponsored by Representative Nancy Murphy, which would limit the state’s ability to discontinue, reclassify, or revert state-owned highway property to municipalities without local approval. Murphy and other supporters argued the bill would protect towns from unfunded mandates and prevent property tax increases caused by taking on costly road maintenance. Representative Wendy Thomas, Rosemarie Rung, Merrimack Town Council Chairman Finley Rothhouse, and Town Manager Paul McAuliffe all testified in support, describing the financial burden of the planned transfer of Continental Boulevard in Merrimack and warning it would set a harmful precedent for other communities. The Department of Transportation’s Steve Leon explained the department’s current authority and processes for discontinuance and reclassification, said active highways are not surplus property, and noted that the Supreme Court’s Town of Nelson decision held such reclassifications were not an unfunded mandate. The committee then closed the public hearing on HB 561. The committee next took up House Bill 578, presented by Representative Mooney on behalf of Representative Bill Boyd, to require sound barriers along the F. Everett Turnpike in Merrimack. Supporters said widening the turnpike would increase noise in nearby neighborhoods and that a 2019 NHDOT study identified 17 neighborhoods with noise levels above federal standards, though only four were included for mitigation under the current project. They argued the remaining neighborhoods should also receive relief and cited quality-of-life and property-value concerns. Senator Tim McGuire also testified in support, saying residents were experiencing unexpected and severe noise impacts and urging the committee to act outside the usual criteria to approve the barriers. The transcript provided does not show a final committee vote or action on HB 578.

Transcript Highlights:

• Are you evaluating these overruns and these delays as to what is...?
• CAS evaluation process is already in place with collective bargaining.
• ,<01:56:28.719> I principal evaluation and selection, I principal evaluation and selection
• By shifting this evaluate principles.
• <02:40:29.600> and raise these issues and evaluations and raise these issues and evaluations

Bills: SB2613, SB2147

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• It does not create new methods of evaluation.
• evaluations of homeed educated<01:19:26.080> students<01:19:26.880> by<01:19:27.199>
• for an evaluator vote HP 1716<01:20:02.640> ITL<01:20:03.520> and<01:20:03.679> Mr.
• same evaluation reporting standards. same evaluation reporting standards.
• a student's portfolio, teacher evaluate a student's portfolio, then<01:23:24.400> would<01:23

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Where's the evaluation and where is your evaluation of the people under you delivering the programs?
• <01:24:12.480> that to be able to actually evaluate that to be able to actually evaluate that
• And that's another also be evaluated.
• you know, I you folks evaluating that?
• :24:31.600> your<01:24:31.920> evaluation evaluation and where is your evaluation evaluation

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:48:41.200> responses uh and in December evaluated responses uh and in December evaluated
• <01:04:52.799> to<01:04:52.960> the evaluating this program as to the evaluating this program
• Are you evaluating it?
• effective if you're not evaluating it. effective if you're not evaluating it.
• <01:09:11.440> and and it should be ongoing evaluations and and it should be ongoing evaluations

Bills: SB1, SB4, SB6, SB9, SB16, SB17, SB20, SB22, SB28, SB29, SB36, SB41, SB45, SB77, SB85, SB87, SB96, SB98, SB110, SB126, SB139, SB143, SB164, SB167, SB171, SB186, SB188, SB195, SB197, SB198, SB204, SB205, SB206, SB207, SB209, SB210, SB211, SB217, SB219, SB220, SB225, SB231, SB237, SB238, SB241, SB244, SB246, SB247, SB272, SB294, SB315, SB346, SB364, SB366, SB367, SB386, SB392, SB403, SB415, SB427, SB431, SB437, SB457, SB459, SB469, SB471, SB478, SB484, SB489, SB502, SB503, SB507, SB508, SB510, SB516, SB517, SB518, SB519, SB521, SB535, SB543, SB550, SB564, SB568, SB570, SB575, SB577, SB578, SB590, SB607, SB616, SB621, SB634, SB644, SB647, SB649, SB652, SB655, SB656, SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

Transcript Highlights:

• The next slide is our planning and evaluation team.
• The next slide is our planning and evaluation team.
• The next slide is our planning and evaluation team.
• The next slide is our planning and evaluation team.
• HA in the evaluation of the achievement.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint House Committee on Tourism and Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism held an informational briefing on the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s interim action plans, current projects, contract updates, destination management action plans, and state auditor findings. Interim CEO Caroline Anderson described her role as temporary and said she was focused on identifying problems, gathering information, communicating with stakeholders, and implementing solutions. She said HTA is now operating as a typical state agency subject to state controls, but noted that HTA’s work often involves nontraditional programs that can create process errors. She also said she had directed staff to review the auditor’s findings on the destination management action plan process and that the review was posted publicly. A major topic was the search for a permanent CEO and the agency’s restructuring under SB 1571. HTA board chair Tata Po said he hoped to select a CEO within about four months, with three to six finalists expected in roughly two to two-and-a-half months, and said the job description would largely remain the same except for compensation and reporting changes under the new law. Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism representatives explained that HTA’s board is now advisory and does not approve the budget, while DBEDT retains budget authority. They also said HTA is working with the governor’s office and DBEDT on contract and budget transitions, including a possible shift to a calendar-year process so grantees and contractors have more certainty. Members pressed HTA on staffing, oversight, and accountability, especially around the destination stewardship team and the CNHA/Kilohana and HVCB contracts. HTA said the destination stewardship team supports destination management and product development, including workforce development, sports, and implementation of destination management action plans, and that staff provide direction to contractors rather than simply handing work over to them. Anderson said the stewardship team had 11 people and that the destination management side covered about 15 contracts, while the branding side had three managers overseeing nine contracts. She said the agency had 47 contracts overall and that the major contracts included CNHA/Kilohana and HVCB. Several members criticized HTA’s management history, questioned staffing qualifications and compensation, and expressed concern that the agency had lost public trust. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our policies, adopted by our council, require us to evaluate these annually to make sure that they are
• As the committee evaluates this issue, an important related question is how cities ensure that water
• As the committee evaluates this issue, an important related question is how cities ensure that water
• We would use the information we gather to perform epidemiological evaluations.
• protestants advocating for broader evaluations.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This policy provision should not first be seen, evaluated, or acted upon by the Finance Committee.
• I'm merely saying that I think it should go through the process and be weighed and evaluated, and for
• This policy provision should not first be seen, evaluated, or acted upon by the Finance Committee.
• I'm merely saying that I think it should go through the process and be weighed and evaluated, and for
• This policy provision should not first be seen, evaluated, or acted upon by the Finance Committee.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• > we<00:42:31.720> are through a process where we are through a process where we are evaluating
• a credible allegation of evaluating a credible allegation of fraud,<00:42:34.640> that<00:42:
• They also provide oversight and evaluation of charter schools in the areas of academic, operational,
• process for the term and evaluation process for the term and duration<01:24:54.960> of<01:24:
• system which is our MAP evaluation system which is our MAP system.<01:26:57.640> We<01:26:57.760

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, for example, if a child's going to Dairfield, Manchester has to assume the costs of evaluating that
• So, for example, if a child's going to Dairfield, Manchester has to assume the costs of evaluating that
• So, for example, if a evaluation.
• has to assume the costs of evaluating has to assume the costs of evaluating that<01:16:40.000>
• those evaluations. those evaluations.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission held an organizational meeting under SB 57 to study the cost of special education, with the meeting streamed publicly at the chair’s request. Members introduced themselves, and the chair explained that the bill creates two separate pieces, one dealing with SAU structure and the other with a commission on special education costing. He outlined his background in education and special education and said the commission’s work would focus on understanding and controlling special education costs. The commission reviewed its membership requirements and noted several vacancies or unfilled appointments, including the special education advocate, two governor-appointed parent advocates, and a Department of Health and Human Services representative. The members then elected Representative Rick Ladd as chair, Representative Dick Ames as vice chair, and Representative Megan Murray as clerk. Representative Ames briefly described his legal and policy background in disability and special education work in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The chair then walked through the commission’s study topics, including referral rates by IDEA category, reasons for increases in categories such as autism and other health impairment, post-COVID referral trends, pre-referral interventions, Medicaid and 504-related costs, out-of-district placements, dispute resolution, billing practices, privacy, reimbursement, legal services, graduation rates, attendance, and adult learning. Members discussed how special education costs are distributed, noting that the state spends about $977 million annually on special education, with only part covered by state aid and the remainder largely borne by local districts. Testimony also noted that out-of-district placement costs have risen sharply since rate-setting changes around 2018, and that some categories may reflect changes in identification practices, medical factors, or broader population shifts. The commission agreed to continue reviewing the data and formulas in future meetings.

Transcript Highlights:

• Alabama Quantum Evaluation Task Force. Alabama Quantum Evaluation Task Force.
• Tell me what exactly is the Alabama Quantum Evaluation Task is the Alabama Quantum Evaluation Task is
• So what would quantum do to evaluate or or or make that do to evaluate or or or make that do to evaluate
• That means it's going to evaluate those different divisions to evaluate those different divisions to
• , and intelligence and evaluation, and intelligence and evaluation, and intelligence and homeland homeland

Bills: HB 10, HB 12, HB 147, HB 1522, HB 422, HB 675, HB 204, HB 748, HB 912

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