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- Welcome to your Hawaii State Senate. Thank you, and Mr.
- Welcome to your Hawaii State Senate. Thank you, and Mr.
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HI
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- Welcome to the Hawaii State Senate. superintendent for the safety of the superintendent for the safety
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Vote no. Doesn't need more reparations studies. It's time to act. Vote no or don't vote on SB 437.
- And I'd ask for an aye vote.
- I respectfully urge an aye vote.
- And I'd ask for an aye vote.
- I respectfully urge and I vote.
Summary:
The committee heard several higher education bills. It first approved the consent calendar, which included SB 67 and SB 619. The main discussion centered on SB 437, which would direct the CSU system to develop a fair, evidence-based process for verifying whether someone is a descendant of a person enslaved in the United States, as part of the state’s reparations work. Supporters said the bill fills a gap left by the Reparations Task Force and would create a transparent, credible lineage-verification process; opponents argued genealogy methods already exist, the bill would waste money and delay action, and some raised constitutional concerns. The committee took a vote on SB 437, but the roll was left open after the initial tally showed three ayes and three noes.
The committee then heard SB 790, which would allow California to join the interstate reciprocity agreement for online postsecondary education. The author and supporters said the bill would improve consumer protections for California students taking out-of-state online courses and help California institutions compete more effectively by reducing the burden of seeking separate state approvals. Opponents, including University of Phoenix and other groups, argued the bill conflicted with the existing reciprocity framework, could exclude some institutions, and might not actually secure California’s entry into the agreement. The committee voted 3-1 to pass SB 790 as amended to the Business and Professions Committee, with the roll left open.
The committee also heard SB 391, which would authorize the Community College Chancellor’s Office to charge fees for research partners seeking access to data. Supporters said the office is absorbing significant unfunded workload from data requests and that fees would help recover costs; opponents, including the California Teachers Association community college association, warned the fees could create barriers for faculty and smaller researchers. Members discussed possible exemptions and implementation details. The committee voted 5-1 to pass SB 391 as amended to the Appropriations Committee, with the roll left open. Finally, the committee heard SB 685, a pilot program to provide cost-of-attendance assistance at four CSU campuses for students who experienced homelessness in high school. Supporters said it would help students cover housing, food, and transportation costs and reduce dropout risk; members asked about eligibility and implementation, and the author explained the bill would use McKinney-Vento homelessness designations and target students at risk of “summer melt” and college homelessness.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-HHS, WAM-TRS Informational Briefings 01-15-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
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- So do Hawaii, they're a nonprofit.
- >> This is for Aahu and Hawaii highways. >> This is for Aahu and Hawaii highways.
- Hawaii. Hawaii.
Summary:
The Department of Health presented its supplemental budget requests and described several sources of uncertainty affecting federal funding, including policy changes, shutdown-related disruptions, and shifting appropriations proposals in Congress. Officials said some federal grants had been terminated and then restored, but the department still faces added administrative burden to access funds. They also said trust in public health institutions has declined, and outlined efforts to respond through community engagement, website cleanup, social media, and transparency dashboards.
The department highlighted staffing and operations issues, noting a 29.7% vacancy rate and the success of its hiring pilot under Act 291, which has hired 38 candidates with an average 95-day hiring timeline. On the budget side, officials said the supplemental request includes increases in general, special, and revolving funds, and they walked through the first major general fund item for emergency medical services. After discussion, they said the EMS request was reduced from $8 million to $4.5 million to cover collective bargaining increases and keep contracts whole through August 2027.
Behavioral health items included the payment crisis center in Ewa, which has connected more than 2,000 people to services, though roughly one-third remain unconnected or return frequently. Members questioned the quality of follow-up data and whether the program is reducing repeat use. The department also discussed state hospital decompression efforts, including use of the behavioral health crisis center, transfers to community hospitals, neighbor-island placements, and direct discharge to long-term care facilities; officials said the hospital is licensed for 292 beds and has seen census pressures rise again.
A substantial portion of the hearing focused on Kalaupapa/Kalawao jurisdiction and preservation after patient care ends. Members pressed the department on the lack of a clear statewide plan, the roles of DOH, DNR, and DHHL, and what happens to land, buildings, and the cemetery after the last patient leaves. DOH said the current law is unclear on an end date, that the proposed bill would change the law, and that the landowners’ agreements with the National Park Service and each other will shape the transition. Officials said they would provide more information at a later hearing.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Jan 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 3
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
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HI
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And I take the votes on behalf of the Senate. I vote aye, Senator McKelvey. Yes, please.
- electronic meetings electronic voting. electronic meetings electronic voting.
- Ready to vote. Ready to vote.
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please. - May I take the vote on behalf of the House? May I take the vote on behalf of the House?
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Brandon Makaava, vice president, Nation of Hawaii. Good afternoon.
- Brandon Marva, Vice President, Nation of Hawaii.
- Good afternoon, recess. president, nation of Hawaii. president, nation of Hawaii.
- President, Nation of Hawaii. President, Nation of Hawaii.
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- The first county is going to be the County of Hawaii. Good afternoon. Yeah, you guys just go ahead.
- I am Kimo Alameda, Mayor of Hawaii County, and I am 48 days in, and I know about 80% of our budget, which
- Any questions for the County of Hawaii? Okay, I guess you can take an earlier flight.
- The $64,000 question in Hawaii County right now.
- Any other questions for the County of Hawaii?
HI
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- Communication No. 1 transmits notice to the Governor of five Senate bills proposing amendments to the Hawaii
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Jan 29, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 8
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Chang Tai Chang, president of Aloha Green Apothecary and chair of the Hawaii - Welcome to the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
- And with the former representative are three students from Hawaii Pacific University in his environmental
- Welcome to the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 27th, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- program because I have big goals of obtaining a beach volleyball scholarship to the University of Hawaii
- To fully fund HB 2196 will not only help me in my next step towards Hawaii and going pro, but also open
- We look forward to following your volleyball career at the University of Hawaii. That's awesome.
- tests and deadlines for all of this, but the students need you to stand up for them right now and vote
- Supporting HB 2689 is a vote for our Texas economic prosperity and growth.
Bills:
HB117
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Special Committee on Red Hill Info Briefing - Mon Jul 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- NAFAC Hawaii. NAFAC Hawaii.
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permit. - with the Hawaii Department of Health. with the Hawaii Department of Health.
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Summary:
The House Special Committee on Red Hill held an informational briefing at the State Capitol focused on updates from the Navy Closure Task Force Red Hill and NAVFAC Hawaii. Members and Navy officials opened by noting the meeting format, providing public links to tank closure supplement 4 and environmental remediation resources, and thanking Admiral Barnett for attending before his transition. The Navy emphasized that the Red Hill closure effort and the PFAS/PAS environmental remediation effort are separate but coordinated, and that both are long-term undertakings.
For the closure effort, Navy officials reported progress on tank cleaning, ventilation, sludge removal, groundwater monitoring, and preparation for pipeline removal. They said supplement 4 to the tank closure plan was submitted in May and outlines the overall closure strategy, post-closure monitoring, and the decision to proceed with closure rather than wait for beneficial reuse decisions. They described completed ventilation of tanks 3 through 8, the start of tank 2 ventilation, removal of 283 gallons of sludge from the first six tanks, and plans to begin pipeline pigging and removal later this year. Officials also said all sludge samples tested so far were non-hazardous and that air monitoring has not shown elevated volatile organic readings during operations.
NAVFAC Hawaii then outlined the PFAS/PAS remedial investigation under CERCLA, explaining the cleanup process, the nature of PFAS, and the role of aqueous film-forming foam as a source. The presentation said the Navy began investigating PFAS releases in 2014-2015, that the 2021 Red Hill fuel release led directly into remedial investigation work, and that current activities include quarterly groundwater sampling at 42 monitoring wells, installation of new shallow and deep wells, soil sampling where exceedances were found, fate-and-transport modeling, and human health risk assessments. Officials said data are publicly available on the Red Hill environmental website and that the next restoration advisory board meeting is scheduled for August 27.
The Navy also gave a water resiliency update, saying it is upgrading the joint base drinking water system with pump, tank, and cybersecurity improvements and is installing treatment systems for the inactive Navy Aiea and Red Hill shafts ahead of EPA drinking water standards taking effect in 2029. No votes or formal committee actions were taken, as the meeting was informational only.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, moving on to Senate Bill 855, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii Retirement
- Okay, moving on to Senate Bill 855, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii Retirement
- Okay, moving on to Senate Bill 855, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii Retirement
- First we have Senate Bill 855, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii Retirement Savings
- First we have Senate Bill 855, Senate Draft 1, House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii Retirement Savings
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That concludes voting.
- voting stock for a minimum of six months prior to and through the shareholders meeting.
- with the pesky shareholders asking them to vote on things electronically that no one votes on anyway
- I think the vote was 145 to 5.
- I'm not sure the process of just city council vote on that. or it just kind of came up.
Bills:
SB264, SB542, SB924, SB1008, SB1029, SB1036, SB1057, SB1058, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1376, SB1569, SB1664, SB1697, SJR50
Keywords:
SB 264, Texas Workers' Compensation Act, group self-insurance, self-insured groups, workers' compensation, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, certificate of approval, guaranty fund, trust fund, wind down, dissolution, labor code, insurance regulation, employer coverage, risk pool, business and commerce, trade workforce economic development, property owners' association, water conservation
HI
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Mar 28, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 41
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- No vote. 1681. Representative Perrick. No vote.
- No vote. So Representative Alos. No vote.
- Representative Alcos: No vote. vote. So ordered. Representative Garcia. vote. So ordered.
- No vote. So 1714. Representative Souza. No vote.
- and Shimizu vote no. and Shimizu vote no.
Summary:
The House met with 47 members present and 4 excused, approved deferral of the journal reading, and received no messages from the governor. In Senate communications, the chamber received a Senate concurrent resolution and several House bills returned from the Senate with amendments; Representative Todd moved to disagree with the Senate amendments, and that motion carried by voice vote.
The main business was adoption of large groups of standing committee reports. The House adopted reports 1662 through 1696, then 1697 through 1714, and later report 1715, with several members noting “no vote” or “with reservations” on specific measures. One extended floor exchange centered on a measure concerning emergency access in West Oahu, where Representative Souza argued for a second access point for Makakilo residents and referenced wildfire evacuation concerns; other members raised points of order under Rule 287, and the Speaker ruled on the debate. The House also suspended the rules to consider certain Senate bills on third reading by consent calendar.
On third reading, the House passed Senate bills listed on page 18, including SB 100 and SB 112, with recorded no votes from several members and support with reservations from Representative Iwamoto, who said SB 100 was a home rule issue better handled at the county level. The chamber then heard announcements, including Representative Takayama’s request for donations of new or gently used women’s business attire for the YWCA Dress for Success program. The House adjourned until 12:00 noon Monday.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We welcome you to the Hawaii State Senate. Any further introductions? Senator Chang. Thank you, Mr.
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Senate.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, all states except Texas and Hawaii still having their own method.
- Think about all the other states except Hawaii and Texas already applied this.
- Uh, we take a vote on that.
Keywords:
transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 5, 2025 @ 1:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We also plan to relocate the Hawaii Community Correctional Center.
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- Well, there are a lot of factors, but the main factor is the cost in Hawaii is very high.