Transcript Highlights:

• We crossed every T and dotted every I.
• We crossed every T and dotted every I.
• We crossed every T and dotted every I.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Vice co-chair dots. dots. dots. >> Nay. >> Nay. >> Nay.

Bills: HF3403, HF2687, HF2381

Keywords: HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords

Transcript Highlights:

• Without someone connecting the dots, these cases stay small and the people behind them stay active.
• Without someone connecting the dots, these cases stay small and the people behind them stay active.
• So these stories pop up, and just trying to connect the dots.

Bills: HF962, HF3541, HF2936, HF3762, HF2879

Keywords: Capitol security, public safety, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, corrections, legislative approval, rule-making, financial impact, jail regulations, expungement, firearm eligibility, criminal records, organized retail crime, retail theft, supply chain theft, theft enterprise, organized theft, cargo theft, shoplifting

Transcript Highlights:

• Back then, it was a Green Dot card scam, but again, with sophistication, people can lose a lot of money
• Back then, it was a Green Dot card scam, but again, with sophistication, people can lose a lot of money
• Back then, it was a Green Dot card scam, but again, with sophistication, people can lose a lot of money

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee held an informational briefing on fraud in the community, with presenters from ARP, CoinFlip, HPD, the Hawaii Bankers Association, DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection, and the Department of Law Enforcement. The chair described widespread scams targeting kupuna and other residents, including impersonation of grandchildren, lottery/inheritance schemes, romance scams, online shopping fraud, investment scams, and tech-support scams. Members emphasized the emotional manipulation used by scammers, the difficulty of getting victims to report losses, and the need to educate the public on warning signs and available resources. ARP said scams are an epidemic and highlighted national data showing major losses among older adults, including $4.8 billion lost by people age 60 and over in 2024. ARP focused especially on cryptocurrency kiosks as a growing scam channel in Hawaii, citing 64 complaints totaling $922,000 in 2024 and noting that complaints nearly doubled from the prior year. ARP urged stronger safeguards such as limits on transactions, refunds, live customer support, and a law-enforcement contact for operators, and said its Fraud Watch Network can help victims freeze credit, identify next steps, and track current scams. The chair said he intends to introduce legislation to lower and ultimately eliminate the amount of Bitcoin that can be purchased through ATMs. CoinFlip said it supports consumer-protection regulation and described its compliance practices, including scam warning screens, anti-money-laundering controls, blockchain analytics, wallet pinning, transaction monitoring, and cooperation with law enforcement. The company said it is registered as a money services business, files suspicious activity and currency transaction reports, and holds money transmitter licenses in many jurisdictions. It also pointed to Illinois-style refund protections for new users and said it refunds fees to scam victims, though not the underlying funds. In response to committee questions, members and the company discussed whether crypto kiosks are necessary, how scams can be traced, and whether banks and kiosks can better intervene when suspicious activity is detected.

Transcript Highlights:

• If we're not getting the dots connected through our Department of Economic Development, then we are failing
• If we're not getting the dots connected through our Department of Economic Development, then we are failing
• If we're not getting the dots connected through our Department of Economic Development, then we are failing

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• so I could put were saying those things so I could put were saying those things so I could put a a DOT
• of something about it so I can a a DOT of something about it so I can a a DOT of something about it

Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• operate<01:32:35.719> ours<01:32:36.159> they<01:32:36.320> operate<01:32:36.800> dot
• <01:32:37.239> operates operate ours they operate dot operates operate ours they operate dot

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• was imposed on us. turned to children and I'll connect the turned to children and I'll connect the dots
• > because<01:21:41.600> we've<01:21:41.880> talked<01:21:42.199> about dots
• here because we've talked about dots here because we've talked about this<01:21:43.040> but<01

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• qualifying recipients proportionally to their overall population, and so that's why you see some red dots
• And so that's why you see some red dots in County B.
• So, that's why you see some red dots in County B.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The municipality or whoever in this case was the DOT or whatever. for additional for additional damages
• this<01:34:10.239> case<01:34:10.480> was<01:34:10.719> the<01:34:11.199> DOT
• <01:34:11.600> or or whoever in this case was the DOT or or whoever in this case was the DOT

Bills: HB0068, HB0062, HB0127, HB0109

Keywords: veterans, property tax exemption, disabled, service-connected disability, Wyoming, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, property tax, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval

Transcript Highlights:

• I checked the T's and I's dotted and..." [laughter] "Yeah, you do. You do.
• the<03:30:31.359> T's<03:30:31.760> and<03:30:32.080> I's<03:30:33.200> dotted
• <03:30:33.600> and checked the T's and I's dotted and checked the T's and I's dotted and &

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The work session began with HB 656, as amended, which would treat federal funds received by school districts as unanticipated money unless already listed in the annual report, and would require notices and school board minutes to identify the grant and summarize any obligations attached to accepting it. Supporters said the bill was aimed at transparency so voters would understand the “strings attached” to grants, while opponents raised concerns that the amendment was new, potentially vague, and could require districts to publish lengthy or redundant information, increasing costs and administrative burden. Several members suggested alternative approaches, such as a state-level list of common grant obligations or posting grant documents online. No vote was taken, and some members argued the bill was not ready for action. The committee then moved to HB 665, which would expand eligibility for free school meals to households at up to 300% of federal poverty guidelines and use education trust fund money to cover the added cost. Representative Damon strongly supported the bill, citing food insecurity and arguing the fiscal note likely overstated costs because the bill requires at least one free meal, not necessarily both breakfast and lunch. The discussion was just beginning when the transcript ended, and no vote or final action on HB 665 was recorded in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have about 1,000, almost on the dot now, FTE at the agency, which makes us a medium-sized agency in
• 1,000<01:27:19.600> almost<01:27:19.840> on<01:27:20.040> the<01:27:20.239> dot
• 01:27:20.760> now<01:27:21.280> um<01:27:21.920> FTE about 1,000 almost on the dot
• now um FTE about 1,000 almost on the dot now um FTE um um um at<01:27:24.800> the<01:27:24.920

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Chair Foung Hawj opened the Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee meeting by welcoming members, agency staff, and constituents, and by outlining the committee’s shared-power arrangement for the session. Members introduced themselves and described environmental activities from the interim, including gardening, outdoor recreation, farming visits, Great Lakes work, and a tree-planting trip in Thailand that Hawj said symbolized cultural unity and environmental stewardship. Ben Stanley, the committee’s nonpartisan counsel, then explained the co-chairs’ operating agreement: Hawj would chair the meeting, Senator John Hoffman would chair the next two meetings, then Hawj would chair the following two, with the chair rotating after each pair of meetings. Agendas would be set jointly, additional meetings would require both chairs’ approval, and passing a bill out of committee would require a majority of all committee members, or seven votes. At Senator Tory Westrom’s request, the agreement was to be emailed to members in writing. Stanley also reviewed the committee’s jurisdiction, which includes environmental and natural resources bills, legacy funds, and agencies such as the Environmental Quality Board, Department of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, and Board of Water and Soil Resources, along with several related councils and boards. Fiscal analyst Dan Mueller then gave a budget overview of the committee’s agencies, noting that many current biennium appropriations include one-time general fund money that drops back in the 2026-27 base budget. He highlighted funding levels for the Pollution Control Agency, DNR, Metro Parks, Conservation Corps, BWSR, the Minnesota Zoo, the Science Museum, and the Metropolitan Landfill Contingency Action Trust Account, and said the committee’s base-budget area totals about $2.2 billion. He also reviewed the Legacy funds, estimating available 2026-27 appropriations of about $327 million for Outdoor Heritage, $31.7 million for Clean Water, $133 million for Parks and Trails, and $185 million for Arts and Cultural Heritage. No votes or bill actions were taken at this meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• cleaning up some timelines around the Clean Transit Enterprise and things of that nature. identified by C DOT
• as uh needing to be identified by C DOT as uh needing to be corrected<03:36:02.640> or<03:36:
• <03:38:12.720> C overlooked for a number of years in C overlooked for a number of years in C dot
• 38:14.560> exciting<03:38:14.960> to<03:38:15.200> to<03:38:15.600> see dot
• statute and it's exciting to to see dot statute and it's exciting to to see it<03:38:15.840> all<

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate came to order, established a quorum, and approved the journal. It then took up several introductions and resolutions, including House Bill 1139 on artificial intelligence in healthcare and House Bill 1263 on requirements for conversational AI services, both referred to the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee. The chamber also moved out of order to consider resolutions and adopted Senate Joint Resolution 25, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Colorado Mining Association and its role in Colorado’s history and economy. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate also adopted House Joint Resolution 1030, designating a portion of Colorado Highway 14 in Weld County as Mono and Matt Road in memory of Eduardo Mono Hernandez and Matthew Garcia. Supporters described the resolution as a tribute to the two Greeley Central High School student-athletes and to the community’s response after their 2014 deaths. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. Later, the Senate considered a gubernatorial appointment to the Transportation Commission: Juan Marano of Aurora, to represent the Third Transportation District. The appointment was confirmed on a 19-16 vote. The chamber then took up the third-reading consent calendar and passed House Bill 1235 on medical assistance updates, House Bill 1299 on reducing regulatory burdens on local education providers, and Senate Bill 175 on workers’ compensation experience modification factors. House Bill 1235 passed 31-4, House Bill 1299 passed 35-0, and Senate Bill 175 passed without recorded opposition. On final passage, the Senate adopted a technical third-reading amendment to House Bill 113 on election law changes, then passed the bill 23-12 after debate over election-related vulnerabilities. It also passed House Bill 1346, allowing the Department of the Treasury to sell unsold insurance premium tax credits to non-insurance entities, by 23-12; House Bill 1252, updating state entities responsible for emergency response, by 33-2; House Bill 1010, increasing support for older adults in the workforce, by 23-12; and Senate Bill 177, concerning limited access to adjoining property for repairs, after extended debate in which Senator Kirkmeyer argued the measure infringed on private property rights and should be rejected.

Transcript Highlights:

• We cannot sit by while 50-year-old policies prevent folks from signing on the dotted line.
• We cannot sit by while 50-year-old policies prevent folks from signing on the dotted line.
• policies prevent folks from signing on policies prevent folks from signing on the<04:05:59.439> dotted
• Imagine<04:06:00.720> if<04:06:00.960> the<04:06:01.120> federal the dotted
• Imagine if the federal the dotted line.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• roads and a local textile maintenance section with 11 employees to secure. county roads in a local text-dot
• maintenance section with 11 employees to secure approximately 150 text-dot crossings, culverts, and
• I mean, it doesn't take much to connect the dots here.
• I'm noticing on your map, I think these are the forecast gauges with the red dot. Is that correct?
• I mean, those are red dots on these particular maps. Obviously, nothing along the South Fork.

Summary: The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions. The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood. Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.

Transcript Highlights:

• always stated, they do have the initial observations, but we can't be assured until they sign on the dotted
• always stated, they do have the initial observations, but we can't be assured until they sign on the dotted
• they<01:51:45.920> sign<01:51:46.159> on<01:51:46.320> the<01:51:46.480> dotted
• <01:51:46.880> line<01:51:47.280> that until they sign on the dotted line that until
• they sign on the dotted line that this<01:51:47.760> is<01:51:47.840> what<01:51:48.320

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Bills: SB2138, SB2054, SB2987, SB2908, SB2702, SB2924, SB3248, SB2635, SB3127, SB3001, SB2294, SB2037, SB2797, SB2765, SB2961, SB2210, SB2948, SB3108, SB3240, SB2045, SB2675, SB2338, SB2451, SB2552, SB2553, SB3089, SB3176, SB3285, SB2234, SB2219, SB2312, SB2336, SB2343, SB2849, SB2928, SB2930, SB3332, SB2927, SB2983, SB2906, SB2353, SB2848, SB2340, SB2845, SB3246, SB3077, SB3254, SB2934, SB2571, SB2248, SB2471, SB2298, SB2413, SB2425, SB3045, SB2843, SB2595, SB2907, SB3204, SB2311, SB2532, SB2528, SB2313, SB3300, SB2530, SB2693, SB2010, SB3156, SB2697, SB2991, SB3153, SB2812, SB2527, SB2376, SB3081, SB3218, SB3219, SB3333, SB2232, SB2192, SB2378, SB2070, SB3011, SB2676, SB2957, SB2434, SB2673, SB3301, SB2247, SB2453, SB2457, SB2075, SB2811, SB2601, SB2258, SB2612, SB3263, SB3261, SB3334, SB2613

Keywords: SB2138, Hawaii National Guard, state tuition assistance, STAP, graduate degree, graduate education, tuition assistance, University of Hawaii, UH, Department of Defense, adjutant general, enlisted personnel, warrant officers, company grade officers, military education, veterans benefits, higher education, state residency, professional development, retention

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm gonna go back through every word in this bill until I figure out and just as I matched up the dots
• I'm gonna go back through every word in this bill until I figure out and just as I matched up the dots
• I'm gonna go back through every word in this bill until I figure out and just as I matched up the dots
• I'm gonna go back through every word in this bill until I figure out and just as I matched up the dots
• I'm gonna go back through every word in this bill until I figure out and just as I matched up the dots

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• You see this particular regression line, all these little dots showing all these data figures, and then
• You see this particular regression line, all these little dots showing all these data figures, and then
• You see this particular regression line, all these little dots showing all these data figures, and then
• That one little dot at the very top right-hand corner takes that trend line and that regression line

Keywords: 916, all

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• <01:10:26.159> And out by DOT u just this past summer.
• And out by DOT u just this past summer.
• Uh there must be something to the heavier vehicles, uh, harder on our roads because Y dot charges all
• /c><01:41:36.000> roads<01:41:36.400> because<01:41:36.800> Y<01:41:37.040> dot
• harder on our roads because Y dot harder on our roads because Y dot charges<01:41:38.400> all

Keywords: 916, all