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• They could be on bond status. They could be on supervised release status.
• They could be on bond out of custody.
• They could be on bond status.<00:44:39.839> They<00:44:40.000> could<00:44:40.079> be
• Um, should there or, you know, you probably know that the legislature allocated specific money to the
• <00:59:45.440> specific the legislature um allocated specific the legislature um allocated

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on findings from the deportation data project and possible policy responses to increased federal immigration enforcement in Hawaii. In opening remarks, the chair said the committee was concerned about changing federal executive orders, policies, and enforcement actions, and framed the issue as one involving due process and public safety. The chair and presenters described reports of ICE activity on multiple islands, including raids, courthouse presence, and fear in immigrant communities, and said the committee was considering whether state policies should be advanced more quickly. Mandy Fernandez of the ACLU of Hawaii presented updated deportation data and argued that increased immigration enforcement is creating fear, reducing crime reporting, and potentially making state and local agencies extensions of the federal immigration agenda if they accept federal funding with conditions. She said the deportation data project, housed at UC Berkeley Law with UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, uses FOIA requests and its latest data runs through late July 2025. She reported 153 ICE arrests in Hawaii from January through July 2025, up from 41 in the same period in 2024; 96 removals, up from 15; a federal detention center average daily population of 91 in June 2025 versus 31 in June 2024; and 111 ICE detainers issued in Hawaii from September 2023 through July 2025, with 49 issued in 2025. She also cited an immigration court backlog of 1,144 pending cases as of August 2025 and noted that about one in five Hawaii residents were born outside the United States. Haley Chang of the Office of the Public Defender said her office is seeing a marked increase in ICE presence around courthouses and more ICE contacts with clients, including reports of people being detained after court appearances or while on supervision. She emphasized that the office is not an immigration law office and that much of its information is anecdotal, but said the pattern appears new compared with prior years. In response to committee questions, she explained that ICE detainers are requests, not judicial warrants, and said local law enforcement is generally not required to honor them unless accompanied by a judicial warrant or other legal authority. She also said the public defender’s office had not yet seen new criminal charges arise solely from an ICE detention or failure to appear tied to immigration enforcement, though cases could be affected if defendants are removed from the criminal process.

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• Texas Southern requests a $7.5 million allocation for fleet replacement.
• We also support the Coordinating Board's recommendation for the use of balance allocation methodology
• It is not constitutionally eligible for PUF bond support, or we'd use that.
• I'm just curious about the aircraft allocation based on what you observed at the Palisade fire.
• I would caution you to be extremely judicious in allocating anything above the cost of the equipment

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• money we would like to take if allocated money we would like to take if allocated to<00:49:04.960
• So, that's part of why allocating money out publicly becomes a little bit treacherous for us.
• :49.680> money<00:53:50.000> out part of why allocating money out part of why allocating
• What about the disclosure of how state funding is being allocated to this to NIL students?
• to this to funding is being allocated to this to NIL<01:38:11.440> students?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: A joint informational briefing of the House and Senate higher education committees focused on how the University of Hawaiʻi athletics department plans to remain competitive in the new NIL era, including the effects of the House v. NCAA settlement, direct institutional payments, and the need to balance competitiveness with the university’s educational mission. Senators and committee members introduced themselves, and the briefing featured remarks from women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman, football coach Timmy Chang, and Athletic Director Matt Elliott. Coach Beeman said NIL has already affected recruiting and retention in women’s basketball, estimating the program has lost six to 10 student-athletes because it lacks the funding to keep comparable talent. She emphasized that the issue is not greed but retention, culture, and keeping student-athletes who value the university and community, while also using NIL as a way to teach financial literacy, privacy, and adult responsibilities. Coach Chang described similar pressures in football, including transfer portal volatility and competing offers from other programs, and gave examples of players whose personal and family circumstances made NIL support important for staying at Hawaiʻi. Athletic Director Elliott said the department’s vision is to create an outstanding student-athlete experience, recruit and retain elite athletes, compete at the top of the Mountain West, and strengthen community ties. He said the department wants to preserve the educational focus while adapting to a system in which student-athletes can share in revenue. Elliott explained that UH is seeking a $5 million annual NIL fund, is fundraising through the community and the “Boost the Bose” account, and is also pursuing individual NIL deals, corporate sponsorship-related deals, and licensing opportunities. In response to Senator Kim’s question, he said NIL compensation can come through two tracks: institutional payments within the department’s discretion and outside deals that must be reviewed for market value under the new reporting system. No votes or formal actions were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• Uh, we don't think that there would be any impacts on the existing allocations made from that funding
• made from that the existing allocations made from that funding.<00:09:37.680> Uh<00:09:38.000
• <00:09:47.760> new and we would not be uh allocating new and we would not be uh allocating
• So that's why we're here. money that we've allocated. So, let money that we've allocated.
• account and now you're bonding the 5%. account and now you're bonding the 5%.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And with that, I yield back. bond or personal recgnissance. bond or personal recgnissance.
• the for-profit bail bond industry.
• bonds, or federal immigration bail bonds, which would be subject to the federal insurance fraud statute
• bond strengthens the for-profit bail bond industry. industry. industry.
• > or post monetary bail, criminal bonds, or post monetary bail, criminal bonds, or federal<03:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 14, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779 relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax
• Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779 relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax
• The funding that they would each pledge, the revenue pledge through bonds or any of those other kinds
• The funding that they would each pledge, the revenue pledge through bonds or any of those other kinds
• of revenue bonds or whatever, would go to... ...would go to, they would have to go through the normal

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, prayer, approval of the previous journal, and messages from the House, then moved through several recognitions and resolutions honoring visiting groups. Members adopted resolutions recognizing the Texas chapters of Blue Star Mothers of America, Fine Arts Education Day, Donate Life Texas Day, Baha’i Capitol Day, County Government Day, Jack County Day, Crockett County Day, and a recognition of Navy Petty Officer Simon Urbanik for service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The chamber also heard remarks from visiting doctors, students, county officials, and community groups, with multiple senators speaking in support of military families, arts education, organ donation, and local government service. The Senate then took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2779, relating to the allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues. Senator Birdwell said the bill would stop local governments from conditioning HOT funds on race- or class-based priorities and would require Galveston to transfer the full state rebate for beach cleaning and maintenance to its park board. After questions, the Senate suspended the rules, passed the bill to engrossment, suspended the three-day rule, and finally passed it, though the final vote showed significant opposition. The chamber also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2322, described as a cleanup bill removing the compelling-factor test for dispatchable generation from the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act. A major debate centered on Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2253, which would phase out uncertified teachers in core classrooms and strengthen educator certification requirements. Senator Creighton argued the bill responds to a teacher pipeline crisis, adds parent notification, creates multiple preparation pathways, and provides financial incentives for certification; Senator West and Senator Sparks pressed for rural flexibility and implementation details. An amendment from Senator Gutierrez to add a teacher student-loan repayment program failed on a 11-17 vote, while other technical and fiscal amendments were adopted. The bill then passed to engrossment, the three-day rule was suspended, and it was finally passed. The Senate also passed Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2371, updating skimmer-reporting rules to cover electronic terminals beyond fuel pumps, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2351, relating to the construction of certain concrete plants under a standard permit. Senate Bill 619, a conscience-protection bill for health care workers, drew extended questioning from Senators Cook, Eckhardt, and Menendez about patient abandonment, scope, and whether it could allow refusals of legal services such as vaccines, antibiotics, contraception, or personal care; despite those concerns, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment. Finally, the chamber began consideration of Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1169, which would allow public entities to form public utility agencies to cooperate on water and wastewater projects without eminent domain or cross-collateralization, with Senator Hinojosa explaining it as a tool for small and rural communities facing utility infrastructure problems.

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• I've carried the bond multiple times in a row, as well as other measures to increase our financing for
• Under current law, local measures involving tiered tax rates or bond issuances must compress complex
• does in the 75-word label, it simply tells the voter, if they want more information on that tax or bond
• Montebello Unified School District, bond fraud, chief business officer and superintendent, misled in
• a $100 million bond offering.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• PROJECTS, CREATES A NEXT-GENERATION WHAT A CONCEPT TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATION PROGRAM TO RETROFIT AND ALLOCATES
• THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR BOND IN THIS BILL.
• BETWEEN COMMITTEES AND WITHIN OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A MILLION-DOLLAR BOND
• THEN SENATOR GRALL DID RESEARCH ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT WOULD BE TO OBTAIN A MILLION-DOLLAR BOND IN AN
• YOU COULD SAY A MILLION-DOLLAR BOND COST AS LITTLE AS $10,000 BUT THAT'S IF MR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We must push forward a housing bond that creates a financing tool.
• For every additional bond that passes locally, prices go up.
• For every additional bond that passes locally, prices go up.
• I do envision later on whether it's the authority itself having bond issuance or we appropriate some
• But now I'm hoping to have conversations with many of our colleagues about, as we do bonding, to think

Summary: The committee first heard AB 1157, the Affordable Rent Act, which would lower California’s annual rent cap, remove the single-family home exemption, and eliminate the sunset on existing tenant protections. The author and supporters argued that renters are facing severe affordability pressures, especially in single-family rentals, and that stronger statewide rent stabilization is needed to prevent displacement and homelessness. Opponents, including apartment, building, and property-owner groups, said the bill would discourage housing production, harm small landlords, and override a deal they said was intended to be temporary while the state focused on building more housing. Public testimony on AB 1157 was extensive, with many renters, tenant advocates, labor groups, and community organizations speaking in support, while many landlords, business groups, and property-owner representatives spoke in opposition. Committee members were split: some praised the bill as a necessary response to the rent crisis, while others warned it could reduce investment and worsen the housing shortage. The committee ultimately voted 7-5 to pass AB 1157 to the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The committee then approved the consent calendar, including AB 413, AB 1152, and AB 1275, on a 9-0 vote. It also heard ACA 3, which would require the University of California to make available a limited number of down payment loans for eligible long-term support staff who are first-time homebuyers. Supporters said the measure would help lower-wage UC workers afford homeownership and improve retention, while UC and other opponents argued the proposal was duplicative of existing state programs, unnecessary, and potentially harmful to UC finances. The discussion focused on financing mechanics and the relationship to CalHFA, but no final vote on ACA 3 was included in the portion provided.

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• funds based on I I I know um allocate funds based on I I I know need,<00:09:02.040> but<00:09
• Each one has an allocation from the federal government that they have sort of a pot of money and an allocation
• Chair, we allocated these funds for a specific purpose.
• a billion dollars to that allocated a billion dollars to that agency<00:31:33.360> to agency
• from 3 years we can that we can allocate from 3 years ago. ago. ago.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• are prioritized so that we um allocate are prioritized so that we can<01:11:38.640> really<01
• Then we move on to section seven, which is the special assessment bonds, and this is actually the same
• And section 7A just enables this with the Bond Bank.
• <01:54:09.520> to to issue special assessment bonds to to issue special assessment bonds to
• the Bond Bank. the Bond Bank.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• across their their cost is allocated across their<00:24:13.840> uh<00:24:14.000> member
• The teachers see them, and they're fostering all those bonds.
• The teachers see them, and they're fostering all those bonds.
• The teachers see them, and they're fostering all those bonds.
• purchase know bond bonded financing to purchase know bond bonded financing to purchase buildings

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first approved corrected minutes from October 6 after members noted and fixed several transcription and spelling errors, including a clarification that a comment about SAU numbers came from former Senator Jim Rubin. The vote to approve the corrected minutes was moved, seconded, and adopted with one abstention. The main presentation came from Chuck Bates of the New Hampshire Association of School Business Officials (ASBO), who described the organization, its certification program, and the role of school business administrators. He explained that ASBO members handle accounting and financial management, facilities, food service, HR, information systems, transportation, and risk management. He also outlined the certification program, which includes 21 courses, most online, plus four in-person workshops unique to New Hampshire, and noted that many members are not certified because the state licensure requirement was removed. Bates then addressed the committee’s interest in SAU consolidation and county-wide restructuring. He said business administrators often manage multiple budgets, attend school board meetings, and serve as a visible point of contact for the community. He argued that consolidation would create operational and financial challenges, including staff and facility relocation, differing accounting systems, lack of a standardized chart of accounts, and uncertain return on investment. He said the biggest obstacle would be local control, especially in small towns that do not want outside decisions affecting school closures, class sizes, or student transportation. Committee members questioned him about the distinction between administrative and academic control, the size of district offices in larger cities, and what might reduce administrative costs; Bates responded that many administrative costs stem from legislation and that consolidation would be difficult to implement without local support.

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• The bond built in this chamber... The laughter, the conversations, and the loyalty.
• So all of this amendment does is it removes the part about tax levies and bond issues.
• Even to plan how much they're asking for a bond issue or a tax levy.
• But we want those taxpayers who are paying those bonds and putting those...
• Who are paying those bonds and putting those school board people.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• approval to issue what's called a financing order, which would permit the utility to issue storm recovery bonds
• Power and Light sought approval from the commission and was granted a financing order and issued those bonds
• have to spend time on the transmission, and I can reallocate those folks that would normally be allocated
• core foundation of our plan, understanding what resources would be needed, finding contracting allocations

Summary: The committee met to hear invited presentations on storm recovery and storm protection from the Florida Public Service Commission, Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, Tampa Electric, Chesapeake Utilities, and the Office of Public Counsel. The PSC reviewed the history of storm restoration financing and utility hardening efforts after major storms such as Hurricane Andrew, the 2004-05 hurricane seasons, Irma, and Michael, explaining storm reserve funds, storm recovery bonds, and the current three-year storm protection plan process. The commission’s role in approving plans and later reviewing prudence of actual costs was emphasized, along with the types of work included in the plans such as vegetation management, pole replacement, undergrounding, feeder hardening, and substation flood protection. The utilities described their own storm-hardening investments and recent storm performance. FPL said it has spent about $4.9 billion on storm protection and recovery-related efforts, highlighted improved restoration times during Helene and Milton, and said it is expanding undergrounding, feeder hardening, and smart-grid technology. Duke Energy reported more than 40,000 hardened poles and structures since 2021, major gains from self-healing grid technology, and faster restoration during recent storms. Tampa Electric described a roughly $200 million annual storm protection effort, including vegetation management, undergrounding, substation hardening, and new storm surge protections, and Chesapeake Utilities discussed its smaller-scale hardening program, vegetation work, pole replacement, and rapid restoration after Helene in Nassau County. Committee members asked about how utilities prioritize neighborhoods for lateral hardening, whether maps of planned projects could be shared, how much each utility has spent on undergrounding and hardening, and how reliability comparisons are normalized against the national average. Public Counsel Walt Trierweiler argued that storm recovery and hardening costs fall too heavily on investor-owned utility customers, said the current framework lacks a meaningful cost-benefit or prudence check at the planning stage, and urged broader sharing of storm costs because the benefits extend to the whole state. Senators also discussed whether the commission can review the reasonableness of approved programs and whether future reports or recommendations from Public Counsel would be helpful. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• So I'm curious to see your thoughts on allocation if it's going to match that. yeah thank you chair pinto
• <00:37:22.560> you're<00:37:22.720> going<00:37:22.839> to<00:37:23.040> allocate
• Minnesota how you're going to allocate Minnesota how you're going to allocate that<00:37:24.119>
• 00:37:40.440> on I'm curious to see your thoughts on I'm curious to see your thoughts on allocation
• with your child spend that time bonding with your child and<01:29:17.480> taking<01:29:17.760

Bills: HF2582, HF2266, HF2518, HF2039, HF1941

Keywords: child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian

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• :44:14.560> single again, without allocating a single again, without allocating a single dollar
• <02:48:40.160> to Foundation allocated $30.6 million to Foundation allocated $30.6 million
• Greece can sell a 10-year bond cheaper than the United States. I struggle.
• Greece right now can sell a 10-year bond Greece right now can sell a 10-year bond cheaper<08:34:
• Greece can tell sell a 10-year bond Greece can tell sell a 10-year bond cheaper<08:34:49.760>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Representatives from the state of Texas, for to the Committee on Congressional Redistricting select HB 5 by Bond
• on Disaster Preparedness and flooding Select, HB number 67 by Bella Montgomery relating to the allocation

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• It would be bonded out through a capital project and, once again, the ratepayers would have to pay for
• It would be bonded out through a capital project and, once again, the ratepayers would have to pay for
• going on, but you know, it's a nice plan, you know, but we've already in the budget, we've already allocated
• already in the budget,<00:50:32.640> we've<00:50:32.960> already<00:50:33.280> allocated
• <00:50:34.480> money budget, we've already allocated money budget, we've already allocated

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• us by your power, draw us closer to you, and, in doing so, bind us together in a firm and faithful bond
• The one-dollar allocation to the land survey program has never been increased since it was established
• legislation was heard a couple of weeks ago and passed out by a vote of 131 to six the one dollar allocation
• Overall, this bill increases a total user fee from four dollars to six dollars and allocates an additional
• The bill increases a total user fee from four dollars to six dollars and allocates an additional dollar

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the prior day by a 126-0 roll call, and then moved through several points of personal privilege and guest introductions. Members recognized National Fentanyl Awareness Day, honored journalist Ray Hartman with a moment of silence, and welcomed numerous student groups, interns, and other visitors to the chamber. The main floor action centered on conference committee report HB 2637/HB 3155, a large public safety package. Members discussed its size and scope, including juvenile justice changes, mental health provisions, cyberstalking language, drone restrictions, prosecutorial salaries, and sex offender registry issues. The House first approved a motion allowing conferees to exceed the differences, then adopted the conference report 124-13, passed the bill 119-18, and adopted an emergency clause for the drone-related sections 125-15. Supporters said the bill improved earlier legislation, while opponents criticized the bill’s length and constitutionality. The House then passed Senate Bill 834, a consumer protection measure combining mortgage modification rules with protections against predatory residential sale-leaseback transactions, by 139-1. Members said it would help homeowners and small businesses and improve transparency. The chamber also passed Senate Bill 937, a land transfer bill authorizing the governor to dispose of certain state properties, by 137-2-1 after a minor amendment, and Senate Bill 938, which raises recording-related fees from $4 to $6 to fund the land survey program and recorder of deeds offices, by 121-21-2. Finally, the House passed House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 973, a wholesaler/consumer protection bill that was amended to remove a school property right-of-first-refusal provision and add land bank language, by 110-36. The House then announced upcoming committee meetings, noted bills moving to the informal calendar, and adjourned until April 30, 2026.

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• us by your power, draw us closer to you, and, in doing so, bind us together in a firm and faithful bond
• The one-dollar allocation to the land survey program has never been increased since it was established
• Overall, this bill increases a total user fee from four dollars to six dollars and allocates an additional
• available to them overall this bill increases a total user fee from four dollars to six dollars allocates
• an additional The bill increases a total user fee from four dollars to six dollars, allocates an additional

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the previous day by roll call vote, 126-0. Members then offered several points of personal privilege, including recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day and a moment of silence for journalist Ray Hartman. The chamber also welcomed numerous student groups, interns, and other special guests in the gallery. The main floor action centered on the conference committee report for House Bills 2637 and 3155, a very large public safety/criminal justice package. Supporters said it refined earlier legislation, including narrowing juvenile certification to certain A and B felonies, sex offenses, and repeat offenses, adding mental health and cyberstalking provisions, addressing sex offender registry issues, and including a drone-related section with an emergency clause. Critics argued the bill was overly long, multi-subject, and difficult to vet. The House adopted the conference report 124-13, passed the bill 119-18, and then adopted the emergency clause 125-15. The House also passed Senate Bill 834, a consumer protection measure on mortgage modifications and residential sale-leaseback transactions, by 139-1 after members described it as a companion to a House bill and a way to protect homeowners from predatory practices. Senate Bill 937, a land transfer bill authorizing the governor to dispose of certain state properties, passed 137-2 after amendment. Senate Bill 938, which raises recording fees to support the land survey program and recorder of deeds offices, passed 121-21-2 after supporters said the fee had not been increased since 1969 and was needed to keep the program operating. Finally, House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 973, dealing with wholesaler disclosures and land banks, passed 110-36 after an amendment removed a school property right-of-first-refusal provision and added land bank language. The House then moved several other bills to the informal calendar, made announcements, and adjourned until the next day.