Transcript Highlights:

• :49:07.080><c> um</c><01:49:07.599><c> but</c><01:49:07.760><c> at</c><01:49:07.880><c> the</c><01:49
• </c><01:49:13.320><c> the</c><01:49:13.520><c> last</c><01:49:14.000><c> several</c><01:49:14.599><c>
• relevant<01:49:19.639><c> for</c><01:49:19.880><c> the</c><01:49:20.080><c> the</c><01:49:20.199><c>
• ><c> of</c><01:49:31.280><c> all</c><01:49:31.679><c> people</c><01:49:32.679><c> um</c><01:49:33.440
• </c><01:49:52.719><c> Child</c><01:49:53.080><c> Care</c><01:49:53.560><c> schools</c><01:49:54.560><

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• uh the<01:49:05.639><c> revenue</c><01:49:06.000><c> stream</c><01:49:06.760><c> uh</c><01:49:07.360
• </c><01:49:12.199><c> so</c><01:49:12.480><c> that</c><01:49:12.880><c> required</c><01:49:13.560><c>
• /c><01:49:17.920><c> something</c><01:49:18.320><c> that</c><01:49:18.480><c> is</c><01:49:19.199><c>
• ><c> favor</c><01:49:22.280><c> uh</c><01:49:22.400><c> for</c><01:49:22.719><c> for</c><01:49:22.880
• this<01:49:25.159><c> Bond</c><01:49:25.400><c> issuance</c><01:49:25.880><c> the</c><01:49:26.000><

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center. Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu. A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

Transcript Highlights:

• , we do have<01:49:00.639><c> a</c><01:49:00.800><c> lot</c><01:49:00.880><c> of</c><01:49:01.040><c>
• ><01:49:03.040><c> for</c><01:49:03.280><c> adaptive</c><01:49:03.679><c> reuse,</c><01:49:04.000><c>
• ><c> face</c><01:49:04.960><c> um</c><01:49:05.280><c> you</c><01:49:05.440><c> know</c><01:49:05.600
• and there's not<01:49:11.520><c> a</c><01:49:11.679><c> ton</c><01:49:11.840><c> of</c><01:49:12.000
• So,<01:49:28.639><c> I</c><01:49:28.800><c> I</c><01:49:29.119><c> just</c><01:49:29.280><c> think</c

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• .<00:49:30.160><c> Considered</c><00:49:30.720><c> the</c><00:49:30.880><c> same,</c><00:49:31.119><c
• </c><00:49:33.839><c> Senator</c><00:49:34.160><c> Jordan</c><00:49:34.960><c> for</c><00:49:35.119><
• the same being<00:49:41.040><c> unable</c><00:49:41.359><c> to</c><00:49:41.440><c> agree</c><00:49:
• They<01:49:18.719><c> were</c><01:49:18.880><c> born</c><01:49:19.119><c> in</c><01:49:19.280><c> the
• ><c> to</c><01:49:42.480><c> be</c><01:49:42.560><c> allowed</c><01:49:42.880><c> in</c><01:49:43.119

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• :02.960><c> uh</c><00:49:03.160><c> Mr</c><00:49:03.720><c> uh</c><00:49:03.799><c> Mr</c><00:49:04.000
• :49:06.920><c> a</c><00:49:07.720><c> um</c><00:49:08.280><c> this</c><00:49:08.400><c> is</c><00:49:
• </c><00:49:11.839><c> um</c><00:49:12.200><c> concern</c><00:49:12.960><c> that</c><00:49:13.079><c>
• ><c> you're</c><00:49:24.760><c> in</c><00:49:24.920><c> a</c><00:49:25.319><c> in</c><00:49:25.440><
• <01:49:03.159><c> and</c><01:49:03.360><c> Appliances</c><01:49:03.880><c> across</c><01:49:04.199><c

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• :49:11.200><c> service</c><00:49:11.559><c> member</c><00:49:11.920><c> can</c><00:49:12.079><c> get<
• c> that</c><00:49:14.240><c> match</c><00:49:15.240><c> so</c><00:49:15.559><c> it's</c><00:49:15.760
• supported<00:49:26.480><c> us</c><00:49:26.880><c> with</c><00:49:27.079><c> coming</c><00:49:27.319
• 49:28.799><c> retention</c><00:49:29.839><c> bonus</c><00:49:30.839><c> and</c><00:49:30.920><c> what
• <c> allow</c><00:49:31.400><c> us</c><00:49:31.520><c> to</c><00:49:31.640><c> do</c><00:49:31.839><c

Committee: House State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:49:25.600><c> So,</c><00:49:25.720><c> the</c><00:49:25.880><c> idea</c><00:49:26.240><c> here</c
• c> to</c><00:49:28.280><c> be</c><00:49:28.400><c> driving</c><00:49:29.120><c> on</c><00:49:29.360><
• </c><00:49:35.920><c> And</c><00:49:35.960><c> that's</c><00:49:36.160><c> what</c><00:49:36.240><c>
• </c><00:49:38.280><c> Now,</c><00:49:38.480><c> to</c><00:49:38.600><c> be</c><00:49:38.720><c> clear
• </c><00:49:44.400><c> uh</c><00:49:44.720><c> that</c><00:49:44.880><c> are</c><00:49:44.960><c> much

Keywords: House streaming session for Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 957, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> have</c><00:49:26.800><c> to</c><00:49:26.960><c> be</c><00:49:27.280><c> taken</c><00:49:27.599
• 49:32.400><c> of</c><00:49:32.720><c> those</c><00:49:32.960><c> schools</c><00:49:34.319><c> we</c><
• And<00:49:36.319><c> it's</c><00:49:36.559><c> unfortunate,</c><00:49:37.920><c> but</c><00:49:38.160
• c><00:49:47.440><c> that's</c><00:49:47.680><c> coming</c><00:49:47.920><c> from</c><00:49:48.240><c>
• and<00:49:51.760><c> they</c><00:49:52.000><c> should</c><00:49:52.400><c> have</c><00:49:52.559><c>

Bills: SB344 , SB344

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation Education

Keywords: Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, monuments, historic preservation, memorial buildings, memorial schools, memorial streets, architecturally significant buildings, public property, waiver process, Committee on Alabama Monument Protection, Attorney General, civil penalty, historic marker, renaming, relocation, removal, public memorials, heritage preservation, state historic preservation fund, governmental entity

Transcript Highlights:

• In addition<00:49:05.040><c> to</c><00:49:05.200><c> that,</c><00:49:06.000><c> um</c><00:49:06.160><
• So,<00:49:18.960><c> I</c><00:49:19.119><c> just</c><00:49:19.280><c> want</c><00:49:19.440><c> to</c
• ><00:49:19.520><c> ch</c><00:49:19.839><c> thank</c><00:49:20.160><c> all</c><00:49:20.319><c> the</c
• :49:53.359><c> a</c><02:49:53.600><c> lot</c><02:49:53.680><c> of</c><02:49:53.760><c> these</c><02:49
• :49:57.359><c> to</c><02:49:57.439><c> have</c><02:49:57.520><c> to</c><02:49:57.680><c> pay</c><02:49

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> park</c><00:49:03.680><c> in</c><00:49:04.240><c> uh</c><00:49:04.880><c> uh</c><00:49:05.040><c
• She's autistic and<00:49:10.720><c> she</c><00:49:11.200><c> has</c><00:49:11.760><c> some</c><00:49:
• <00:49:15.359><c> but</c><00:49:15.599><c> she</c><00:49:15.760><c> walked</c><00:49:16.079><c> away<
• there</c><00:49:17.520><c> wasn't</c><00:49:18.160><c> any</c><00:49:18.480><c> kind</c><00:49:18.720
• :49:26.720><c> that</c><00:49:26.960><c> maybe</c><00:49:27.200><c> she</c><00:49:27.520><c> was</c>

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We<00:49:05.440><c> would</c><00:49:05.599><c> need</c><00:49:05.839><c> additional</c><00:49:06.400>
• Can<00:49:17.680><c> I</c><00:49:17.839><c> ask</c><00:49:18.000><c> a</c><00:49:18.160><c> question?
• </c><00:49:19.359><c> Um</c><00:49:20.240><c> what</c><00:49:20.480><c> is</c><00:49:20.640><c> the</
• </c><00:49:32.160><c> an</c><00:49:32.960><c> ex</c><00:49:33.839><c> competitive</c><00:49:34.480><c
• activity to be<00:49:35.599><c> identified</c><00:49:36.000><c> as</c><00:49:36.240><c> a</c><00:49:

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2185, which would add protections for sports officials. The Department of Education, the State Public Charter School Commission, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, HSTA, HGA, school administrators, the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, the Hawaii State Basketball Officials Association, and several individuals testified in support. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments and recommended amendments, especially on the bill’s civil-action provisions and criminal language, saying the measure should be made more consistent and narrowed to clarify who is covered. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the increased criminal penalties but said its concerns were limited to that portion of the bill. The chair repeatedly noted the committee’s education-policy focus and limited discussion of legal issues. The committee then took up HB 2621 on student misconduct. The Department of Education testified and answered questions about its student discipline data, explaining that much of the information is kept in the department’s internal Infinite Campus system and is not public, but that some additional information could be added to the annual report while still protecting student privacy. Members discussed whether the department tracks incidents consistently across schools and whether more public reporting would help identify where violence or discipline issues are occurring. The department said it was not seeing an increase in suspensions in the data it had, though it acknowledged internal data showed more detail than the annual report. HB 2179, concerning DOE and e-pipes, drew comments from the Department of Education, support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii Bicycling League, and other individuals. The committee then heard HB 2534, which would recognize robotics in schools as an interscholastic sport. The Department of Education offered comments, the State Public Charter School Commission supported the bill, and multiple students and robotics participants testified in strong support, arguing that robotics provides STEM opportunities, competition, and career pathways, and that formal recognition and funding would help sustain teams and compensate mentors. No votes or final actions were taken on the bills in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:49:02.080><c> We</c><00:49:02.720><c> have</c><00:49:03.480><c> come</c><00:49:03.720><c> to<
• </c><00:49:12.280><c> having</c><00:49:12.520><c> a</c><00:49:12.600><c> couple</c><00:49:12.880><c>
• ><00:49:18.840><c> summary</c><00:49:19.240><c> and</c><00:49:19.400><c> it's</c><00:49:19.560><c> at
• when</c><00:49:21.080><c> the</c><00:49:21.400><c> the</c><00:49:21.640><c> relevant</c><00:49:22.120
• c><00:49:24.280><c> hours</c><00:49:24.640><c> on</c><00:49:25.120><c> on</c><00:49:25.280><c> other<

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ><00:49:02.480><c> that</c><00:49:02.599><c> work</c><00:49:02.799><c> under</c><00:49:03.079><c> him
• ><00:49:09.400><c> and</c><00:49:09.520><c> more</c><00:49:09.720><c> lead</c><00:49:10.040><c> waves
• /c><00:49:20.920><c> run</c><00:49:21.079><c> a</c><00:49:21.200><c> peel</c><00:49:21.440><c> meal</
• responsible but he's<00:49:25.520><c> not</c><00:49:25.720><c> on</c><00:49:26.079><c> in</c><00:49:
• </c><00:49:29.240><c> on</c><00:49:29.440><c> all</c><00:49:29.599><c> of</c><00:49:29.760><c> his</c

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 90 / Senate Bill 17, a birth-related measure backed by the Kentucky Birth Coalition. Sponsors said the bill had been worked on for several years and described changes including a transfer agreement, insurance requirements, proximity to a hospital, informed consent, and accreditation/medical director standards that helped win neutral or non-opposition from the Hospital Association. The bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote with unanimous support. The committee then heard Senate Bill 65, presented by Senator Steve West and Representative Derrick Lewis. They said the bill would make regulations found deficient through the committee review process null and void by statute, and would bar agencies from reissuing the same or similar language for up to a year. Supporters argued this was needed to hold agencies accountable because deficiency findings alone had not led to action. After questions about specific Medicaid behavioral health regulations and concerns about legislative overreach, the bill passed the committee on a roll call vote, with some members passing or explaining reservations. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 84, with a House committee substitute. Sponsors said the substitute was intended to strengthen the bill and reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision by ending Chevron deference and requiring courts, not agencies, to interpret law. Opponents, including Audrey Ernsberger and Katherine Hargraves, argued the bill would intrude on the judiciary, violate separation of powers, and could harm public health, environmental, and workplace protections. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the bill told courts what standard to use; sponsors responded that agencies could still present persuasive arguments, but courts should not defer to them. The committee substitute was adopted, and the bill then passed the committee on a roll call vote, with several members passing or expressing constitutional concerns.

Transcript Highlights:

• And<00:49:03.040><c> uh</c><00:49:03.200><c> but</c><00:49:04.079><c> um</c><00:49:04.800><c> Arkansas
• scholarships<00:49:10.640><c> for</c><00:49:11.040><c> students</c><00:49:11.359><c> coming</c><00:49
• :49:20.720><c> has</c><00:49:21.200><c> a</c><00:49:21.440><c> tips</c><00:49:22.079><c> program</c>
• The<00:49:30.400><c> 50th</c><00:49:30.880><c> state</c><00:49:31.359><c> is</c><00:49:31.599><c> New
• 49:11.920><c> of</c><04:49:12.000><c> the</c><04:49:12.080><c> day</c><04:49:12.320><c> if</c><04:49:

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• > input</c><00:49:06.720><c> Mr</c><00:49:07.319><c> chair</c><00:49:08.480><c> uh</c><00:49:09.480><
• <00:49:18.640><c> by</c><00:49:18.799><c> the</c><00:49:19.000><c> fact</c><00:49:19.280><c> that</c>
• <00:49:20.079><c> so</c><00:49:20.319><c> many</c><00:49:20.760><c> crimes</c><00:49:21.000><c> are</
• 21.720><c> by</c><00:49:21.960><c> kids</c><00:49:22.640><c> but</c><00:49:22.839><c> that</c><00:49:
• </c><00:49:25.280><c> a</c><00:49:25.480><c> solution</c><00:49:26.480><c> I</c><00:49:26.760><c> saw

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• Secretary,<01:49:15.199><c> I</c><01:49:15.360><c> call</c><01:49:15.520><c> the</c><01:49:15.760><c>
• On &gt;&gt; page<01:49:17.440><c> 49</c><01:49:17.760><c> of</c><01:49:17.920><c> the</c><01:49:18.000
• ><c> 2%</c><01:49:26.800><c> raise</c><01:49:27.119><c> for</c><01:49:27.520><c> employees</c><01:49:
• ><01:49:53.679><c> bill</c><01:49:53.920><c> that</c><01:49:54.239><c> passed</c><01:49:54.639><c> for
• </c><01:49:58.080><c> to</c><01:49:58.480><c> get</c><01:49:58.639><c> a</c><01:49:58.800><c> cost</c

Keywords: 920, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. It adopted motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The chamber received multiple House messages and a gubernatorial confirmation, including House Bill 1 on motor vehicles, Senate Bill 170 on health insurance, and Senate confirmation 90 for Chenica Johnson Anom to the Alabama Cickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, all of which were referred to the appropriate committees. The Senate later concurred in the House amendment to Senate Bill 170 by a 29-0-1 vote. Committee reports covered a wide range of measures, with favorable reports and, in several cases, amendments or substitutes. Judiciary reported favorably on House Bills 228, 132, 347, 405, 86, 263, and 302, and on Senate Bills 318 and 260; State Government Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 435, 97, and 407 and Senate Bill 361; Education Policy reported favorably on Senate Bills 337 and House Bills 520 and 75; Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development reported favorably on House Bills 303 and 477 and Senate Bills 360, 325, 329, and 330; Transportation and Energy reported favorably on Senate Bills 341, 354, and 340; Veterans and Military Affairs reported favorably on House Bills 465 and 307 and Senate Bills 338 and 359; and Local Legislation reported favorably on Jefferson County Senate Bill 243 and Shelby County House Bill 532. These reports generally advanced the bills to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The Senate also confirmed George Pierce to the Alabama Ethics Commission by a 33-0 vote after a favorable committee report, with several senators offering brief remarks of congratulations. In motions and resolutions, the chamber adopted Senate Joint Resolution 77 honoring the Section boys basketball team and Senate Joint Resolution 78 honoring the North Sand Mountain girls basketball team for state championships. It also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 79 establishing a legislative study commission on child sexual abuse laws and policies. A senator additionally urged colleagues to support broadband expansion efforts in rural Alabama and to ask the education chair to place HB 4 on the agenda. The most substantial floor discussion concerned Senate Bill 146, the state general fund budget substitute. The sponsor explained several budget provisions, including a $12 million transfer and an additional $5 million for the judiciary to address funding for newly created judgeships, a conditional $40 million for the Department of Corrections tied to progress on the Elmore and Escambia prison projects, conditional funding for DHR tied to reducing its federal error rate and developing a SNAP-related plan, conditional mental health funding tied to reporting and data requirements, and language preserving legislative control over certain federal rural health care funds. The Senate adopted the committee substitute for SB 146 by a 32-0-1 vote and then continued with the budget explanation as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• So, we're going to<01:49:52.400><c> open</c><01:49:52.639><c> an</c><01:49:52.880><c> exec</c><01:49:
• 53.280><c> session</c><01:49:53.520><c> in</c><01:49:53.760><c> just</c><01:49:53.920><c> a</c><01:49
• c><03:49:02.160><c> RFP</c><03:49:02.800><c> out</c><03:49:04.000><c> now</c><03:49:04.560><c> and</c
• 05:49:42.638><c> ITL</c><05:49:43.440><c> on</c><05:49:44.000><c> HB1</c><05:49:44.558><c> 1721.
• 49:54.240><c> of</c><05:49:54.400><c> the</c><05:49:54.638><c> RPS</c><05:49:55.280><c> is</c><05:49:

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• experience.<00:49:08.559><c> So,</c><00:49:08.720><c> I</c><00:49:08.960><c> come</c><00:49:09.040><
• </c><00:49:11.359><c> who</c><00:49:11.760><c> who</c><00:49:12.160><c> do</c><00:49:12.480><c> not</
• but</c><00:49:15.839><c> I</c><00:49:16.079><c> have</c><00:49:16.160><c> accompanied</c><00:49:16.720
• </c><01:49:02.560><c> In</c><01:49:02.800><c> fact,</c><01:49:02.960><c> when</c><01:49:03.280><c> Ro
• :49:05.760><c> this</c><01:49:05.920><c> heart</c><01:49:06.239><c> bill</c><01:49:06.560><c> was</c>

Bills: HB0117 , HB0126

Committee: House Labor, Health & Social Services

Keywords: informed consent, abortion, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, fetal heartbeat, termination of pregnancy, medical emergency, Wyoming legislation, rights of minors, healthcare regulations, parental consent, 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:49:19.960><c> rep</c><00:49:20.760><c> Walker</c><00:49:21.760><c> do</c><00:49:21.880><c> you</c
• <c> I</c><00:49:30.839><c> don't</c><00:49:31.040><c> in</c><00:49:31.160><c> front</c><00:49:31.319>
• /c><00:49:36.079><c> anecdotally</c><00:49:36.640><c> we've</c><00:49:36.839><c> had</c><00:49:36.960
• ><00:49:40.559><c> for</c><00:49:40.920><c> for</c><00:49:41.119><c> all</c><00:49:41.240><c> of</c>
• homes</c><00:49:41.920><c> we</c><00:49:42.040><c> have</c><00:49:42.240><c> had</c><00:49:42.400><c>

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• :14.440><c> off</c><00:49:14.599><c> in</c><00:49:14.760><c> the</c><00:49:14.920><c> last</c><00:49:
• </c><00:49:35.480><c> an</c><00:49:35.720><c> act</c><00:49:35.960><c> of</c><00:49:36.119><c> sh</c>
• might</c><00:49:44.200><c> be</c><00:49:44.359><c> innocent</c><00:49:45.040><c> who</c><00:49:45.200
• 00:49:46.599><c> identity</c><00:49:47.359><c> and</c><00:49:47.480><c> who</c><00:49:47.640><c> has<
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