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• <00:44:28.079> balance contingent faculty uh to help balance contingent faculty uh to help
• coming home without the help he needed. coming home without the help he needed.
• I mean anything would help. It that? I mean anything would help.
• So, three ways you can help.
• So, three ways you can help.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Help the venues and the artists keep live music undefeated.
• Help the venues and the artists scene.
• > especially<00:52:49.200> in while that has helped, especially in while that has helped
• > from<01:10:27.199> something helped turn ticket resale from something helped turn ticket
• That flexibility often helps fans find affordable options.

Bills: SF1750, HF4250, HF3938, HF3904, HF3642

Keywords: common interest community, CIC, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, planned community, cooperative, unit owner, association board, declarant, declarant control, special declarant rights, assessment lien, foreclosure, late fees, fines, attorney fees, resale disclosure, annual report, maintenance plan

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• We hope the dorm will help, but at least it would help us all.
• We need help.
• We need help.
• We need help.
• We need help.

Bills: SB1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards

Summary: The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools. Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees. DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.

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• “Heights is actually an acronym, which stands for Helping Empower Individuals Get Help Transitioning
• long-term care uh so that they can help long-term care uh so that they can help us<03:45:52.960>
• mutually exclusive or or if you do like mutually exclusive or or if you do like one<03:47:53.680>
• those clients, those patients, helping us to help them.
• /c><03:48:53.199> to<03:48:53.399> help helping us to help helping us to help them<03:48

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a Division 3 budget work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Economic Stability. Karen Hebert, the division director, and Nathan White, DHHS chief financial officer, walked members through the governor’s operating budget pages and a briefing book, explaining that the division was consolidated in 2018 and serves programs aimed at financial stability, poverty reduction, child care access, and related supports. Members repeatedly asked for clearer breakdowns of general fund spending, historical growth since consolidation, and how the division’s broad mission areas map onto specific budget lines. A major portion of the discussion centered on the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration and the child care subsidy program. Hebert said the child care scholarship/subsidy helps low- and moderate-income families access daycare so parents can work, attend school, or receive treatment, and that eligibility is based on state median income up to 85%. She reported a 45% increase in utilization, 4,032 children receiving daycare support as of the end of January, and about 15% of eligible children being served. She also described the quality improvement system “Granite Steps for Quality,” with 160 providers enrolled out of 717 licensed programs, and noted that 1,200 child care professionals added credentials in the last year. Members pressed for cost-benefit information, asking for data on how much the state pays, how many providers and children are served, and whether the department could quantify unmet need. The witnesses said some projects were funded with short-term ARPA child care dollars and that detailed cost data for specific examples, such as the Gorm Community Learning Center expansion, would need to be looked up. They also explained that the child care fund is a federal block grant with required spending set-asides of 9% for quality, 3% for infants and toddlers, and up to 5% for administration, and that unused funds remain available. The committee also reviewed slide 10’s accounting units, including that the Child Care Workforce Fund is 100% general funds and was created as a priority item under HB 2 from the 2024 session, while some other child care-related units are 100% federal funds.

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• also like to shout out our wonderful community liaison, who's out in our Waianae office this morning helping
• 12.240> morning out in our Waianae office this morning out in our Waianae office this morning helping
• <00:25:13.000> with<00:25:13.160> emergencies, helping with emergencies, helping with emergencies

Bills: HR204, SB2925, SB2798, SB2320, SB2800, SB1230, SB2706, SB3233, SB2405, SB3320, SB2543, SB3097, SB3096, SB3140, SB2593, SB2567, SB2466, SB2140, SB2088, SB3090, SB608, SB2795, SB3294, SB3263, SB3001, SB2907, SB3251, SB2074, SB2360, SB2354, SB2908, SB2353, SB3045, SB2047, SB3254, SB3246, SB3133, SB2425, SB2671, SB3229, SB2969, SB1166, SB896, SB2391, SB2125, SB3118, SB3325, SB2613, SB2614, SB494, SB2376, SB3326, SB2001, SB2599, SB3048, SB3169, SB2002, SB3247, SB3253, SB2155, SB2192, SB3187, SB2190, SB2398, SB2424, SB3028, SB2338, SB3219, SB2981, HCR14

Keywords: H.R. 204, House Resolution, Hawaii LifeSmarts, LifeSmarts State Competition, student competition, academic recognition, congratulatory resolution, Iolani School, Kalani High School, Waipahu High School, personal finance, consumer rights, health and safety, technology education, environmental education, National Consumers League, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Credit Union League, youth achievement, high school teams

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• TFA Hawaii has a special place in my heart, as I was a teacher in the 2006 charter corps who helped to
• Please stand to be recognized. >> [applause] And just a quick note, too, she helps the first- and second-year
• /c><00:39:22.280> note,<00:39:22.520> too,<00:39:22.960> she<00:39:23.120> helps
• >> And just a quick note, too, she helps >> And just a quick note, too, she helps the

Bills: HR204, SB2925, SB2798, SB2320, SB2800, SB1230, SB2706, SB3233, SB2405, SB3320, SB2543, SB3097, SB3096, SB3140, SB2593, SB2567, SB2466, SB2140, SB2088, SB3090, SB608, SB2795, SB3294, SB3263, SB3001, SB2907, SB3251, SB2074, SB2360, SB2354, SB2908, SB2353, SB3045, SB2047, SB3254, SB3246, SB3133, SB2425, SB2671, SB3229, SB2969, SB1166, SB896, SB2391, SB2125, SB3118, SB3325, SB2613, SB2614, SB494, SB2376, SB3326, SB2001, SB2599, SB3048, SB3169, SB2002, SB3247, SB3253, SB2155, SB2192, SB3187, SB2190, SB2398, SB2424, SB3028, SB2338, SB3219, SB2981, HCR14

Keywords: H.R. 204, House Resolution, Hawaii LifeSmarts, LifeSmarts State Competition, student competition, academic recognition, congratulatory resolution, Iolani School, Kalani High School, Waipahu High School, personal finance, consumer rights, health and safety, technology education, environmental education, National Consumers League, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Credit Union League, youth achievement, high school teams

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• <02:06:02.320> love and sympathy, and foster mutual love and sympathy, and foster mutual love
• c> military<02:17:29.359> families, to help our military families, to help our military families
• in Summersville, West Virginia, helping in Summersville, West Virginia, helping others<03:13:57.680
• > track This program helps scientists track This program helps scientists track them,<03:36:47.120
• help you when you get sick. help you when you get sick.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• > to<02:08:33.679> disagree, solution is mutual respect to disagree, solution is mutual
• I support this certainly help.
• Help them get those their home.
• :10:37.359> connect of excellence also helps connect of excellence also helps connect veterans
• This legislation would help earned.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• kind of help. kind of help.
• informative and helpful as possible. informative and helpful as possible.
• It would have helped you.
• labor helps keeps labor Uh HLRB helps uh labor helps keeps labor and<04:15:21.520> management
• helping fine-tune the portal. helping fine-tune the portal.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• <00:40:47.240> develop the war, DeMolay has helped develop the war, DeMolay has helped develop
• I am of helping small businesses.
• If you want to actually help these individuals that you're pretending to help, actually help them.
• incredibly helpful. incredibly helpful.
• be able to help them out here today. be able to help them out here today.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and heard several announcements and recognitions. Members marked World Ovarian Cancer Day, promoted Cinco de Mayo and a related potluck, welcomed DeMolay International guests, and recognized correctional officers and employees during Corrections Officers and Employees Week. Several committees also announced upcoming meetings and bill hearings, including Health and Human Services, Judiciary, Transportation, Housing, and Local Government, Capital Development, and Appropriations. Committee reports were read, including favorable recommendations on several bills and a postponement indefinitely of House Joint Resolution 1029. The Majority Leader then moved a slate of bills to special orders, and the House agreed without objection. The chamber then proceeded to floor consideration of Senate Bill 134, concerning payment card network fees. Senate Bill 134 drew debate over whether merchants should continue paying swipe fees on the tax portion of credit card transactions. Supporters said the bill would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and restaurants, with estimated savings of $8,000 to $10,000 per business and about $217 million statewide. Opponents argued the bill shifted costs to banks and could have unintended consequences, suggesting the state should instead directly pay or reimburse the fees. After debate, the House passed Senate Bill 134 by voice vote.

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• um business resources which is helping um business resources which is helping those<00:21:07.080
• there are multiple agencies that help there are multiple agencies that help facilitate<00:26:03.679
• hundred, dollar might be worth helping hundred, dollar might be worth helping out<00:30:11.279><
• services for that victim people who help services for that victim people who help a<03:48:01.479
• through them if that would be helpful through them if that would be helpful yes<04:54:58.878>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session on the Department of Business and Economic Affairs’ budget, with testimony from division leadership on staffing, funding sources, and program changes. Early discussion focused on vacant positions in the agency, including a senior planner tied to FEMA requirements, a federally funded program assistant, a program specialist to be reclassified during a planning reorganization, and two Housing Champions positions that were authorized but not funded in the current biennium and are requested for 2026-27. The witnesses also explained that temporary welcome center positions are filled as funds allow, and that the agency’s requested general fund increase is driven largely by the Division of Travel and Tourism Development and its formula-based funding. Members then reviewed rest areas, welcome centers, outdoor recreation, economic development, procurement, and workforce opportunity lines. The department said there are 12 rest areas, with 5.8 million foot counts in FY 24, and that welcome centers are generally open year-round, though Sutton is currently closed and staffing relies on a mix of full-time and temporary employees. The outdoor recreation position is federally funded through USDA and supports business outreach, trade shows, and industry promotion. In economic development, the agency said increased dues reflect participation in the Northern Borders Regional Commission, and that a marketing line item is intended to support recruitment and promotion of growth industries such as advanced manufacturing and life sciences. The Apex Accelerator Program was described as a state-federal partnership requiring a state match and providing government contracting assistance to businesses, while the Office of Workforce Opportunity was explained as a federally funded WIOA-related effort administered through multiple agencies and subrecipients. A major point of discussion was the proposed reduction to the Small Business Development Center, which members said had generated significant public concern. The department described SBDC as a highly effective technical assistance program for new and small businesses, but said the cut was one of the few places it felt it had room to reduce funding. Members asked about federal support and matching requirements for various programs, and the department said less than half of its overall budget is generally funded by the state and that some programs require state match. The committee also discussed travel and tourism marketing and the Joint Promotional Program, with the department saying those funds support broader advertising campaigns and grants to chambers and trade associations for events such as Bike Week, Restaurant Week, and the Seafood Festival. No votes were taken during the work session.

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• I thank the gentleman from Texas for We need data to help bridge the gap We need data to help bridge
• Uh, this will help UPS's world hub.
• > Congress Speaker, HR1540 will help Congress Speaker, HR1540 will help Congress better<04:11:
• <04:16:42.880> break fact that Radio Free Asia helped break fact that Radio Free Asia helped
• helping the American people. Mr. helping the American people. Mr. Speaker,<07:11:39.680> Mr.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• <00:12:26.560> how documents help patients understand how documents help patients understand
• It helps. It's going to help bring costs down, but it's not innovation that's the concern.
• to help process it faster. to help process it faster. >> Right. >> Right.
• >> Thank you. help.
• >> help my wife. >> help my wife.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <00:35:35.359> the towards how can we help the towards how can we help the consumers<00:35
• <00:46:26.720> them a great resource to them to help them a great resource to them to help
• <04:10:30.800> consumers going to better help consumers going to better help consumers understand
• cases of mutual interest or issues that others have seen before.
• <04:41:06.600> us champion of that and it has helped us champion of that and it has helped

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with introductory remarks for new and returning members of the House Commerce Committee, led by Chairman John Hunt. Members briefly introduced themselves and their backgrounds, and several noted the committee’s bipartisan, collegial tone. Hunt explained the committee’s structure and traditions, including the division into three subcommittees: banking and business, consumer protection, and liquor commission matters, with insurance now handled as a single area. He also reviewed basic hearing procedures, including decorum, questions for information only, and the committee’s practice of moving bills through subcommittees before full committee executive sessions. The committee then heard an overview from the New Hampshire Insurance Department, led by Commissioner DJ Bettencourt and staff. The department described its mission as promoting a safe and competitive insurance marketplace and emphasized consumer protection, market competition, and affordability. Officials outlined the department’s responsibilities, including licensing insurers, producers, adjusters, and TPAs; reviewing insurance forms; regulating companies and market conduct; overseeing financial solvency; and investigating insurance fraud. They also noted that the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers, collects premium taxes and fees for the state, and returned more than $2.7 million to companies in fiscal year 2024 due to underspending. The presentation also covered the broader regulatory framework for insurance, including the role of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in promoting uniform standards across states and territories. Officials said New Hampshire licenses about 1,200 insurance companies and roughly 245,000 producers and adjusters, and that the department’s financial examinations are part of an accreditation system used nationwide. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided; the session was primarily organizational and informational, with the insurance department presentation beginning the committee’s substantive work for the term.

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• people from organizations who help people from organizations who help grandparents<00:07:34.759>
• AR and a help guide for grandparents<00:10:01.399> entitled<00:10:01.920> help<00:10:02.079
• > for grandparents entitled help for grandparents entitled help for grandparents<00:10:02.839>
• What you just said would be very helpful if you wrote that out for us. Okay.
• That would be a good limitation to add, so I appreciate you helping make it better.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states. Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them. After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.

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• The state said its purpose is to strengthen Vermont's international engagement and to foster mutually
• The state said its purpose is to strengthen Vermont's international engagement and to foster mutually
• Price caps are a crucial part of protecting Vermont consumers and helping the market work effectively
• That proud tradition of their helpfulness. But something's changed, Mr.
• That is helpful for my understanding. >> Senator from Windham. >> Thank you, Mr.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• <00:15:05.600> you're you know because you're helping you're you know because you're helping
• McKenzie I would appreciate your help McKenzie I would appreciate your help and<00:41:42.720>
• That is helpful, thank you.
• We're helping, for instance, we help with their families and their children and try and help them through
• Would that help?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• And maybe council could help me serve. And maybe council could help me with<00:58:02.160> that.
• Council, can you help us out here?
• you can you help us out here? you can you help us out here?
• From my needed to help them stay.
• here that can help us on this?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• During the session to manage the floor with Michelle's help and Patrick and the clerk's office so that
• Um, so on behalf of the speaker pro tem and I, who's been really wonderful and helping me do this, I
• <00:02:16.000> and<00:02:16.319> Patrick floor with Michelle's help and Patrick floor
• Senate Bill 982, mutual insurance holding companies conversion to mutuals insurance.
• <01:38:35.360> to forward to the courts which helps to forward to the courts which helps to

Keywords: House streaming session for Saturday, April 11, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, heard a prayer, and the Speaker urged members to remain respectful as difficult bills were expected later in the day. The chamber then moved through several ceremonial floor presentations honoring retiring members, including Delegate Barry S. Celebrity and Delegate Pam Queen, with resolutions read congratulating each on their years of service and lasting impact. The House also recognized an “interim birthday caucus” with a lighthearted resolution celebrating members born outside the session, followed by remarks and thanks from the Speaker and members. After the presentations, the House turned to business, including concurrence and nonconcurrence actions on Senate amendments. The chamber refused to concur in Senate amendments to House Bill 339 and House Bill 512, while House Bill 512 was then concurred in, read for final passage, and passed with 118 votes in favor and none opposed. The House also received messages indicating conference committees for several bills, including House Bills 107, 153, 769, 1063, and 1118. The House adopted favorable committee reports on a series of bills, sending many to third reading. These included measures on earned wage access, security guard certification renewal, county board and alcohol licensing matters, animal regulation, veteran status notation, procurement transparency, Public Information Act divorce records, election board qualifications, and a local sourcing database. During discussion of the local sourcing database bill, the minority whip asked whether business groups that had opposed the bill remained opposed after amendments; the floor leader explained the amended bill would require the Department of Commerce to create a searchable Maryland Local Sourcing Portal to connect businesses with local sources of tariff-impacted goods and services.

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• the importance of seeking help.
• TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU GET SICK. BUT THAT'S BEEN CUT.
• I was on the phone and said, 'Can you help my dad?'
• I WAS ON THE PHONE AND SAID, CAN YOU HELP MY DAD.
• But it didn't help all the people.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 8, 2025, 1012, house, all