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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • school and out of ambulance rides. and emergency departments while keeping parents informed and responsible
  • If the funding was available, we'd like to further improve cardiac response by adding more.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • So, I think it is our responsibility as a monopoly provider to say we demand a bit more of you.
  • and we can give hold that response and we can give ahead?
Bills: HF2986, HF3555
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 21st, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Deposits $56 million of excess funds in the various funds, mainly in the State Emergency Response Fund
  • It makes adjustments to the self-insured fund allocation caps and the fiscal responsibility measures.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • responsibility when they're available. responsibility when they're available.
  • and made it a Adult Client Services Branch responsibility.
  • and made it a Adult Client Services Branch responsibility.
  • So what is your response to that?
  • Because it seems your response to that?
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1997, which would require IEPs for students with disabilities to include individualized emergency accommodations and evacuation supports. The Attorney General’s office supported the intent but recommended amendments to explicitly include students with Section 504 plans and to change references from “department schools” to “public schools” so charter school students are covered. Testimony in support came from disability advocates and several individuals, including Peter Fritz, who said emergency evacuation planning should be made explicit because it is not clearly required by federal law, and Ka Swan, who emphasized student safety during emergencies. No vote or final action was taken on the bill in the transcript. The committee then took up House Bill 2343, relating to the Maui State Veterans Home. The measure would repeal a deadline for transferring the home to a state agency with a Maui affiliation and instead require the transfer to occur as soon as practicable. The Department of Defense, the Office of Veterans Services, HHSC Oahu Region, and several individuals testified in support. Committee members asked whether a more definite deadline should be used, but the department said the open-ended language was preferable because the Maui entity is not yet ready and Oahu is currently providing oversight. No vote or final action was recorded. House Bill 2566, authorizing special license plates for Hawaii Civil Air Patrol members, was also heard. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services testified in opposition, while Johnny Perry testified in support. The committee did not take a vote in the transcript. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment compensation procedures. The Attorney General’s office opposed the bill, arguing it would create an automatic payment mechanism without a sufficient finding of actual innocence, could trigger payments within five days of dismissal, and raised concerns about insufficient time for prosecution review and about funding and appropriation issues. Supporters, including people who said they had been wrongfully convicted and later found actually innocent, argued the bill would reduce delays and help released individuals survive while awaiting compensation. Judiciary staff requested technical amendments and said operational details still needed review. Members questioned the AG about the meaning of “actual innocence,” burden shifting, and whether the bill would better define the standard, but no vote or final action was taken.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Culture & Arts

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  • can build a solid foundation and a good program for maintenance, which I think is one of the responsibilities
  • can build a solid foundation and a good program for maintenance, which I think is one of the responsibilities
  • can build a solid foundation and a good program for maintenance, which I think is one of the responsibilities
  • can build a solid foundation and a good program for maintenance, which I think is one of the responsibilities
  • can build a solid foundation and a good program for maintenance, which I think is one of the responsibilities
Summary: The committee on Culture and the Arts heard several measures related to arts funding, administration, and access. Testimony was largely supportive across the agenda. For HB 2218 and HB 1815, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported the bills, and members discussed transition timing and administrative support, including the need for an additional year in one measure and a temporary administrative position to help with the transfer. HB 1764, the music accessibility pilot program, drew broad support from the Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Public Library System, Hawaii Youth Symphony, and others, with testimony emphasizing library-based music programming, community access, and economic benefits. HB 2117, which would create an arts data mapping task force, also received extensive support, though witnesses suggested narrowing the initial scope, adding representatives from independent and charter schools and neighbor island arts programs, and ensuring adequate funding and a realistic timeline for the work. The committee also heard HB 2436 on arts integration in public schools, HB 2438 on the Hawaii Cultural Trust, and HB 2532 on the Hawaiian flag. HB 2436 and HB 2438 received support from SFCA, while the Cultural Trust bill prompted a lengthy explanation from the chair about how the proposed tax credit would work and amendments to clarify that donations to the trust and to qualifying cultural nonprofits must be made in tandem, with eligible organizations listed and updated annually by SFCA and OHA. HB 2532 drew testimony from Dr. Adam Jansen in support of protecting the Hawaiian flag as a historical and cultural symbol; he said the flag should continue to be used for solidarity, protest, inclusion, and identity. At the decision-making portion, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered. HB 2118, HB 764, HB 1815, and HB 2117 were passed with amendments, including date deferrals and technical changes; HB 764 also had its appropriation blanked out. HB 2436 was passed with amendments, and HB 2438 was advanced with substantial clarifying amendments to the cultural trust structure. The chair indicated that HB 2117 would include an interim report due in 2027 focused on music and dance, with a final report due in 2029 on arts education more broadly.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • One of the Commission's responsibilities is to oversee the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant
  • evaluate these grant applications. moves the panel of Governor's Office employees and places responsibility
  • mandates that certain critical infrastructure facilities provide standardized, detailed emergency response
  • I believe in our response, we had mentioned that we don't typically administer grants today, so it would
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • As the DOJ committee our name carries a responsibility.
  • This bill doesn't have any fiscal note, and I look forward to a favorable response.
  • And similar to DIR, the cyber response hotline and these response programs would be administered and
  • HHSC works hard to ensure that we are responsible stewards of state resources.
  • And so, you know, it seems like that's responsible. Yes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the Omnibus Flood Natural Disaster Response and Preparedness.
  • Senate Bill 2, relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
  • Senate Bill 2, relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
  • I'm asking for a response rather than it was not responsive, sir.
  • I believe it is a responsible amendment, and I move adoption of Floor Amendment Number Six.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation to strengthen emergency communications and other response infrastructure in flood-prone areas
  • Relief funding for response to and recovery from the storms which began in early July 2020. ...including
  • Senate Bill 2 by Perry et al., relating to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are essential components of the state's disaster response network during hurricanes, wildfires,
  • This measure reflects a fiscally responsible partnership model.
  • during hurricanes, response network during hurricanes, wildfires,<00:33:05.840> and<00:33:06.080
  • These wildfires, and other emergencies.
  • reflects a fiscally responsible reflects a fiscally responsible partnership<00:33:16.799> model
Summary: The committee opened by announcing that it would hear testimony but would not take decisions on the day’s bills, with action deferred to a later decision-making agenda. The first measure, HB 2264, would require notification to military security forces when a protective order is issued involving a military-affiliated person. Support came from the U.S. Defense State Liaison Office, the Hawaii National Guard, and DBEDT’s Military Affairs office, all emphasizing better coordination and faster notice to help protect victims and support command oversight. Family Court Judge Jesse Hall supported the intent but asked for deferral, explaining that a prior fax-and-email notification system had broken down and that the military had not re-engaged with the court. The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence supported the bill but recommended narrowing it so it applies only when the respondent is actually marked as military-connected and delaying the effective date to January 1, 2027 to allow implementation. In questions, members discussed the current breakdown in communication, the number of military-marked TROs statewide, and whether the bill would be necessary if the old system were restored; the military witness said she would try to reestablish contact with the court. The committee then took up HB 2336, which would authorize the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense for services at federal military installations and charge an administrative fee. DOT and the Military Affairs office supported the measure, describing it as a way to speed projects, combine state and federal resources, and strengthen infrastructure that also supports disaster response and the economy. Members questioned why the bill was needed if similar arrangements had existed before, and whether Title 23 federal highway funds could be used; DOT responded that the bill would help expedite projects and supplement, not supplant, federal funding, while each project would still require review of the appropriate funding source. The committee also heard HB 2298, which would allow the Department of Education to award high school diplomas to qualified people whose schooling was interrupted by military service or wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The U.S. Defense State Liaison Office, the Hawaii Office of Veterans Affairs, and DOE supported the bill, and DOE said implementation would have only a minimal printing cost. Finally, the committee heard HB 1518, which would require DHS, upon obtaining a federal waiver, to create a pre-release SNAP application process for inmates nearing release by January 1, 2028. DHS said it was already working on a pilot and stood on its testimony; the County of Hawaii, the Correctional System Oversight Commission, the ACLU of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Public Health Institute supported the measure, arguing it would improve reentry outcomes and would not cost the state additional money. No votes or final committee actions were taken on any of the bills during this meeting.