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• You've got here on line 21, you say other than an audit required.
• Pursuant to section 180.1 of Title 60, you say other than an audit required.
• So, there's no other audit that would be required of this population. So.
• This is only in question when it Comes to the requirement to get an audit prior to applying for a grant
• You know, we've seen in the recent news reports about the little metro area south of here, where we had

Bills: SB2130, SB2135

Keywords: municipal finance, audit exemption, biennial reporting, local government, transparency, county purchasing, purchase card, government accountability, emergency expenditures, 914, all

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• It wouldn't require us much extra expense now.
• The White House requested reports from us, and I've sent daily situation reports to the White House.
• We report the numbers that are provided to us in the log crop report once a year.
• And again, keep in mind that we're talking about the numbers that are reported to us in a log crop report
• So, you mentioned it's been reported to you.

Bills: HB5

Keywords: hemp, cannabinoids, regulation, occupational licenses, consumable products, marketing, criminal offenses, labeling requirements, health and safety, 997, house, all

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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• Superintendents conducting investigations are not currently required to report to law enforcement but
• Senate Bill 1224 would require superintendents to report alleged romantic or sexual misconduct... or
• to entities that are already required to report misconduct to the state.
• I agree with Senator West that the requirements for reporting do need to apply to all public, all charter
• The changes in this bill would strengthen the requirement for principals to report outside the school

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• , and in current law, it requires private schools to... to report that information, which would be in
• I think what I what I heard was that the bill requires you to to report certain people to the Do Not
• the ability to report immediately, so there's no mailing. or anything like that required.
• of the Texas Education Code, which requires schools to report misconduct to law enforcement. ending
• the list of conduct for which reporting is required to include misconduct related to sexual coercion.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• all course requirements.
• Requirements will include prerequisites for required courses as well as non-course requirements necessary
• requirements for admission into the institution.
• I mean, anyone can report anything for any reason.
• The board is required to report its findings and recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor

Bills: SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032

Keywords: expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education

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• And nothing in the bill requires a school or university to to a religious group.
• If a violation is reported, institutions must investigate and take appropriate actions.
• Additional reports suggest they've been used to monitor Chinese student. students abroad.
• Third, we think it's reporting.
• Teaching something so complex and emotional requires intentional, informed preparations.

Bills: SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032

Keywords: expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education

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• <00:05:00.639> response<00:05:01.440> at requires a child protection response at requires
• ,<00:08:52.000> but align with federal requirements, but align with federal requirements,
• was just based on a federal requirement was just based on a federal requirement that<00:26:21.520
• including that it's uh for it's required including that it's uh for it's required for<00:27:00.080
• required required items.<01:13:49.120> So<01:13:49.360> here<01:13:49.719> again,

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• Who do they report to ensure that this is not going to happen?
• Wouldn't they be required to have a ban as well?" "Mr.
• So if a charter school is required to have a ban and they don't, okay, all schools are required to have
• Okay, all schools are required to have..." "Okay, all schools are required to have a ban in place.
• Why is the district not being required to pay for transportation?

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• So essentially what you have before you is a bill that requires reporting from full-time distance learning
• So they are very late in reporting those students. Mr.
• to be reported to the state.
• It is reported.
• Educators report workload has become unmanageable.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• Voting on HP 1799 requires to pass >> Okay.
• > automatically This requires counties to automatically This requires counties to automatically
• 01:35:28.000> for there being separate requirements for there being separate requirements for
• , but include language requiring that— Any no votes?
• , but include language not required, but include language requiring<02:02:50.560> that<02:02:50.800

Bills: HB1719, HB1742, HB1737, HB2049, HB1725, HB1726, HB1738, HB1799, HB1700

Keywords: housing crisis, manufactured homes, factory-built housing, zoning, relocatable housing units, farm employee housing, agriculture, Hawaii Revised Statutes, agricultural districts, land use, regulation, renewable energy, community development, housing, affordable housing, real estate, state regulation, building codes, construction, permitting

Summary: The joint public hearing covered several housing-related bills and one building-code measure. HB 1719 would make manufactured homes a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots in the urban district, HB 1742 would authorize self-contained relocatable housing units with restrictions, and HB 1737 would clarify that a farm dwelling in an agricultural district may include an accessory employee housing structure. Testimony on these bills was overwhelmingly supportive from groups including Hawaii Realtors, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Modular Building Institute, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and others, with a few agencies offering comments. No one testified in opposition on HB 1719 or HB 1742, while HB 1737 drew one opposition and one comment in addition to broad support. No votes were taken during the hearing segment provided. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 2049, which restructures the conveyance tax into a marginal-rate system and changes how the revenue is allocated, including funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the rental housing revolving fund, while also affecting the legacy land conservation fund. Supporters, including DHHL, Hawaii Appleseed, Aahu Youth Action Board, Hawaii YIMBY, and others, argued the bill would help Native Hawaiian housing and, for most transactions, function as a tax cut. Opponents, including NAP Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Land Trust, Mhai Land Trust, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, objected to using conveyance tax as a revenue-generating tool and raised concerns about higher upfront costs and reduced funding for other housing uses. Committee members and staff discussed the bill’s revenue estimates, the reduced percentage but higher cap for the land conservation fund, the effect on rental housing funding, and the bill’s cost-of-living adjustment language; staff said a line-by-line comparison of the current and proposed tax structure would be provided before decision-making. The hearing also took up HB 1725, which would extend the state building code adoption cycle from two years to six years, apply the IRC to triplexes and fourplexes, allow counties to adopt more or less stringent amendments, and appropriate funds for code adoption work. Most testimony supported the bill, with advocates saying the current process is unmanageable, too resource-intensive, and creates confusion because state and county codes can diverge; supporters said a longer cycle would improve clarity and allow more focused review. The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers opposed the measure, warning that delaying adoption could have negative consequences and urging the committee to let an existing statewide code-adoption strategy proceed first. Members asked about sequencing, county implementation, and whether the longer cycle would create catch-up problems, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.

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• Bill's given favor report. All right. The companion bill.
• Bill's given favor report. All right. The companion bill.
• 00:11:07.279> Bill's<00:11:07.680> given<00:11:07.920> favor<00:11:08.240> report
• Bill's given favor report. >> I. Have it. Bill's given favor report.
• Bill's giving report.

Bills: SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38, SB125, SB123, SB124, HB38

Keywords: oyster shell, tax credit, recycling, restaurant, state revenue, environmental benefit, sales tax exemption, seafood, fishing industry, local government, municipal exemption, seagrass restoration, environmental policy, water quality, marine ecosystems, conservation efforts, marine conservation, environmental remediation, coastal ecosystems, state waters

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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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• Um, so section four requires the commissioner of education to develop training for mandatory reporters
• reporter training and Mandated reporter training and establishing<00:07:50.960> the<00:07:51.120
• academic The requirements of each academic The requirements of each academic standards<00:26:
• legislative requirements fulfill legislative requirements established<00:30:05.039> in<00:30:
• > certain The statute required content certain The statute required content certain content<00

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, uh, power to make this decision ultimately in the, in the people of Texas, um, and it's also required
• reduce that amount from 50% on oil and gas severance tax that's going to ESF down to 38%, that does require
• bill is necessary due to conflicts resulting from the unique makeup of the council, prescriptive requirements
• It defines conflicts of interest and requires.

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 bill will be reported due past.
• summary will now be required to be released.
• The bill will be reported due past. Thank you, committee. Thank you, Mr.
• The bill will be reported due past. Thank you.
• It removes that nine-month requirement. Have a motion in a second.

Bills: HB3790, HB2941, HB2959, HB3087, HB3974, HB3500, HB3697, HB3262, HB3582, HB4226, HB3037, HB4139, HB4143, HB4144, HB2936, HB3322, HB4296, HB3278, HB4202, HB4176, HB3303, HB3648, HB4119

Keywords: home repairs, consumer protection, contracts, homeowner rights, rescission, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting, immunity, controlled substances, penalties, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent

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• It requires the Civil Rights Commission to establish a helpline for individuals to submit reports of
• It also requires the Civil Rights Commission to compile an annual report and hold an annual public hearing
• improvements pertaining only to HCRC's jurisdiction and we'll remove the requirements to report on arrests
• And as well we require monthly preliminary reports to the legislature and posted on HCRC's website and
• well we require monthly pre preliminary<00:37:15.119> reports<00:37:15.440> to<00:37:15.599

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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• Second, and most importantly, it specifies that if the required written disclosures establishing an agency
• It doesn't create new requirements or increase fees.
• specifies<00:02:15.440> that<00:02:15.680> if<00:02:15.920> the<00:02:16.160> required
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• It doesn't create<00:02:34.080> new<00:02:34.400> requirements<00:02:35.040> or<

Bills: HB0002, HB0022

Keywords: building permits, local government, residential construction, permit timelines, code compliance, municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, 916, all

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• And as the committee members know, for a ballot initiative it only requires 15%.
• And as the committee members know, for a ballot initiative it only requires 15%.
• And as the committee members know, for a ballot initiative it only requires 15%.
• Requiring official to need adjustment.
• So what we're proposing requirements.

Bills: HB0002, HB0022

Keywords: building permits, local government, residential construction, permit timelines, code compliance, municipal officers, recall election, petition requirements, local governance, voter participation, 916, all

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• Hi send a favorable report for HB 119. >> Okay. Uh, call up the next bill, HB 142, please.
• Move favorable report. This was passed. [laughter] I'll find out; we can get that answer.
• But thank you for the favorable report, and we will get the bottom. Yeah, we'll get the bottom.
• So, uh, Senator... move for favorable report using previous roll. Is there a second?
• All in favor of HB 42 getting a favorable report, let it be known by signing by. Okay, it is...

Bills: HB308, HB308

Keywords: elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving, transparency, property tax exemption, senior citizens, Mobile County, tax legislation, constitutional amendment, 923, senate, all