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TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And for representing us all in what you do, for the opportunity for me to live out first Timothy chapter
  • are able, please greet Pastor Shepman on his way out of the chamber. chamber. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Bills: SJR27, SJR39, SB22, SB33, SB34, SB37, SB209, SB310, SB326, SB505, SB605, SB618, SB732, SB762, SB769, SB783, SB819, SB825, SB870, SB964, SB1030, SB1080, SB1085, SB1099, SB1124, SB1208, SB1233, SB1314, SB1320, SB1333, SB1398, SB1405, SB1541, SB1567, SB1596, SB1598, SB1625, SB1646, SB1662, SB1750, SB1758, SB1791, SB1804, SB1810, SB1818, SB1838, SB1855, SB1869, SB1951, SB2024, SB2077, SB2078, SB2252, SB2253, SB2368, SB2411, SB2420, SB2425, SB2569
Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, veto override, legislature power, governor, Texas Constitution, Texas, moving image industry, incentive program, film production, grant funding, job creation, economic development, wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/27/26

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • gt; We're<00:32:01.440><c> going</c><00:32:01.560><c> to</c><00:32:01.640><c> review</c><00:32:01.960
  • 00:32:05.040><c> compromises</c><00:32:05.679><c> so</c><00:32:05.800><c> we</c><00:32:05.920><c> can
  • There's<00:32:06.760><c> no</c><00:32:06.960><c> there's</c><00:32:07.200><c> no</c><00:32:07.320><c>
  • &gt;&gt; this<00:32:09.800><c> quality</c><00:32:10.320><c> of</c><00:32:10.720><c> citing</c><00:32:
  • Yeah, there<00:32:12.400><c> was</c><00:32:12.640><c> there</c><00:32:12.800><c> was</c><00:32:12.960
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MS
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 23 March, 2026; 4:00 PM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • :46.160><c> at</c><00:32:46.600><c> and</c><00:32:46.960><c> and</c><00:32:47.080><c> that</c><00:32:
  • ><c> with</c><00:32:48.320><c> some</c><00:32:48.440><c> people</c><00:32:48.760><c> to</c><00:32:48.880
  • Uh, and I would<00:32:52.480><c> say</c><00:32:52.760><c> that</c><00:32:53.240><c> that</c><00:32:53.480
  • 56.880><c> have</c><00:32:57.080><c> a</c><00:32:57.120><c> mistake</c><00:32:57.640><c> in</c><00:32
  • in it, which which<00:32:58.640><c> I</c><00:32:58.680><c> don't</c><00:32:58.920><c> know</c><00:32
Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 23 March, 2026; 4:00 PM, 925, all
ID
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 28th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • That $29 million, or the governor's $32, could disappear next month.
  • The Commission submits this new chapter on rules for governing pole attachments.
  • The Commission submits this new chapter on rules for governing pole attachments.
  • This bill gets rid of some code in Chapter 60, Title 67, relating to the Idaho Women's Commission.
  • This bill gets rid of some code in Chapter 60, Title 67, relating to the Idaho. in Chapter 60, Title
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard a budget presentation from Senator Scott Groh and Keith Bybee of Legislative Services on Idaho’s fiscal outlook, structural balance, and revenue projections. They discussed a recent revenue estimate increase, softer-than-expected sales tax and income tax collections, uncertainty around federal tax conformity, and major budget drivers such as Medicaid, public schools, corrections, and earmarked sales tax distributions. Members asked about per-capita spending, population growth, and how much of budget growth reflected policy choices versus inflation or enrollment changes. Groh emphasized concern that the projected ending balance was only around $30 million and said the committee typically prefers a much larger cushion, while Bybee noted the state still had nearly $1.7 billion in cash and rainy-day funds. The committee then considered the gubernatorial reappointment of Estella Zamora to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights. Zamora described her long Idaho residency, her background as a former migrant farm worker and court interpreter coordinator, and her service on the commission, including as president and vice president. She said most commission cases involve disability issues and that the commission investigates complaints to determine probable cause. The committee also approved the gubernatorial appointment of David Dean to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board without dissent. In rules, the committee heard from Taylor Thomas of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission on a pending rule implementing House Bill 180A regarding pole attachments and broadband deployment. Thomas said the rule was developed through negotiated rulemaking with utilities and attaching entities and sets timelines, access standards, and dispute procedures. After questions about landowner input, the committee voted to approve the rule docket. The committee also introduced and sent to print three RS proposals from Senator Brian Lenney: RS 3-2874 to eliminate the personal voter affidavit process, RS 3-2868 to repeal obsolete code related to the Idaho Women’s Commission, and RS 3-2970 to bar a rejected gubernatorial appointee from being renominated to any Senate-confirmed position for 12 months. All three RSs were advanced by committee vote, and the meeting adjourned after a brief welcome to visiting county officials.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - 02/25/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:32:13.240><c> to</c><00:32:14.120><c> the</c><00:32:14.240><c> University</c><00:32:14.679><c> of
  • :32:24.799><c> the</c><00:32:24.960><c> opportunity</c><00:32:25.480><c> to</c><00:32:25.600><c> be</
  • him</c><00:32:26.120><c> for</c><00:32:26.360><c> those</c><00:32:26.600><c> three</c><00:32:26.840><
  • </c><00:32:31.840><c> passed</c><00:32:32.840><c> the</c><00:32:33.000><c> evening</c><00:32:33.320><
  • </c><00:32:39.600><c> are</c><00:32:40.159><c> just</c><00:32:41.159><c> numerous</c><00:32:41.679><c
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on H.F. 4252 - Omnibus Higher Education Finance and Policy - 05/14/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • from</c><00:32:08.320><c> 25</c><00:32:08.799><c> to</c><00:32:09.200><c> 24</c><00:32:10.559><c> um
  • </c><00:32:10.799><c> let's</c><00:32:11.120><c> us</c><00:32:11.279><c> look</c><00:32:11.519><c> at
  • , a<00:32:19.039><c> majority</c><00:32:19.360><c> of</c><00:32:19.600><c> students</c><00:32:19.919>
  • <c> that</c><00:32:21.840><c> point</c><00:32:22.480><c> um</c><00:32:22.720><c> in</c><00:32:22.960>
  • ><c> And</c><00:32:24.399><c> then</c><00:32:24.799><c> expanding</c><00:32:25.360><c> from</c><00:32
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The conference committee received a nonpartisan walkthrough of the House and Senate side-by-side for higher education-related legislation, with staff identifying Senate-only, House-only, identical, and technical-difference provisions. Topics included paid blood donation leave for Minnesota State employees, a revised higher education attainment goal, athletic fee restrictions, developmental course disclosures, American Indian Scholars Program eligibility, protections and definitions for pregnant and parenting students, online program management contracts, student aid reporting, work-study and dual training grants, private and out-of-state postsecondary education regulation, private career school licensing and data privacy, college savings plan changes, and several University of Minnesota-related provisions. House-only items also included an unemployment insurance aid adjustment, a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and $5,000 for Bemidji State University reforestation; Senate-only items included Board of Regents appointment language, limits on for-profit control of medical school curriculum, and reporting on for-profit funding in medical education. After the walkthrough, the committee moved to adopt the same and similar provisions and direct staff to make technical corrections. A senator asked about proposed adjustments to the pregnant and parenting student language, and the chair said amendments would be considered after adopting the same and similar provisions. The motion to adopt prevailed. During public testimony, Sydney Spre of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the Senate’s paid blood donation leave language, saying it would create parity for Minnesota State employees and encourage blood and plasma donation. Commissioner Dennis Olsen of the Office of Higher Education thanked the committee for adopting most of the agency’s proposed language and said he was available to help clarify remaining differences. In response to questions, he explained the Senate’s higher education attainment goal proposal, saying it would extend and broaden the existing goal, raise the target from 70% to 75%, expand the age range, and use additional metrics and partner agencies; he also said the overall attainment rate had been 63.5 under the prior goal. The transcript ends as the commissioner was being asked whether the proposal would require additional appropriations.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I just uh<00:32:14.480><c> changing</c><00:32:14.880><c> this</c><00:32:15.039><c> from</c><00:32
  • year on it if you're<00:32:18.480><c> going</c><00:32:18.559><c> to</c><00:32:18.640><c> be</c><00:32
  • :19.200><c> um</c><00:32:19.360><c> working</c><00:32:19.600><c> with</c><00:32:19.840><c> a</c><00:32
  • 00:32:28.799><c> and</c><00:32:29.279><c> um</c><00:32:29.440><c> that</c><00:32:29.919><c> maybe</c>
  • But um thank you<00:32:37.919><c> for</c><00:32:38.480><c> listening</c><00:32:38.799><c> to</c><00:32
Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137
Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Motion to bring up SF856 on House Floor 2/19/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> The<00:32:40.240><c> clerk</c><00:32:40.520><c> will</c><00:32:40.640><c> call</c><00:32:40.880>
  • <c> the</c><00:32:41.000><c> name</c><00:32:41.320><c> of</c><00:32:41.400><c> the</c> The clerk will
  • West<00:32:48.240><c> votes</c><00:32:48.800><c> I.
  • </c><00:32:49.679><c> West</c><00:32:50.120><c> votes</c><00:32:50.600><c> I.
  • </c> The<00:32:53.840><c> clerk</c><00:32:54.120><c> will</c><00:32:54.280><c> close</c><00:32:54.760
Keywords: 1183, house
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • :32:57.320><c> of</c><00:32:57.400><c> that</c><00:32:58.000><c> COVID</c><00:32:58.360><c> thing</c>
  • get rid of that COVID thing get rid of that COVID thing 2<00:32:59.480><c> weeks,</c><00:32:59.960><
  • So the first question is: what is your understanding of the objectives of Chapter 127A?
  • This does not fix the core danger in Chapter 127A HRS.
  • </c> Chapter 127A gives the governor unilateral, sweeping powers with almost no checks.
Bills: SB2109, SB2151
Keywords: emergency preparedness, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, multilingual resources, American Sign Language, public education, community resilience, disaster response, emergency management, governor powers, legislative oversight, public safety, 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Public Safety met on March 20, 2026, and the chair opened by noting severe rain and flooding conditions in Hawaii and said the committee would proceed with the hearing but defer decision-making until the next meeting on March 25. The first measure discussed was SB 2109, an omnibus bill on emergency preparedness communications. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including from state agencies and advocacy groups such as the Disability and Communications Access Board, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and others. Supporters emphasized the need for funding and planning for multilingual emergency materials and language access, citing current evacuation notices that were not available in languages such as Ilokano or Tongan. The chair stated that action on SB 2109 would be deferred until March 25. The committee then heard SB 2151, relating to emergency management and changes to the governor’s emergency authority. Testimony was mixed but heavily focused on concerns about executive power. Earthjustice supported the bill with amendments, saying it should narrow extraordinary emergency powers, add definitions for emergency and disaster, preserve transparency under the Uniform Information Practices Act, and lower the legislative threshold to terminate an emergency proclamation from two-thirds to a simple majority. Other supporters, including the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and some individuals, also backed reform. Opponents, including Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and numerous individuals, argued the bill still gave the governor too much power, used overly broad disaster definitions, and did not sufficiently protect constitutional rights; several urged major amendments or repeal of portions of Chapter 127A. Some opponents specifically objected to the two-thirds termination standard and to provisions they said could enable compulsory immunizations or other mandates. Members questioned Earthjustice about whether the bill would suspend constitutional rights. Earthjustice responded that the bill would not authorize constitutional violations, but would allow suspension of laws enacted by the legislature, and pointed to existing statutory procedures for individuals to challenge emergency proclamations. The witness described a Mauna Kea case in which a three-judge panel granted relief to an individual under the current statute, and explained that the process could potentially affect a broader proclamation if allowed to run to completion. The hearing continued with additional testimony and questions, but no final vote or committee action on SB 2151 was taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • in your<00:32:02.120><c> in</c><00:32:02.200><c> your</c><00:32:02.320><c> earlier</c><00:32:02.720>
  • ><c> and</c><00:32:09.880><c> I</c><00:32:10.000><c> want</c><00:32:10.120><c> to</c><00:32:10.360><c
  • :12.039><c> what</c><00:32:12.240><c> that</c><00:32:12.399><c> is</c><00:32:12.559><c> and</c><00:32
  • :32:14.440><c> was</c><00:32:14.559><c> it</c><00:32:14.679><c> an</c><00:32:14.880><c> oversight</c>
  • ><c> was</c><00:32:16.240><c> there</c><00:32:16.880><c> somebody</c><00:32:17.200><c> who</c><00:32:
Bills: HF1538, HF1965, HF2251, HF2838
Keywords: teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district, cooperative unit, teacher pipeline, alternative licensure, apprenticeship program, labor and industry, union representation
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/04/26

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • used to<00:32:17.960><c> describe</c><00:32:18.440><c> the</c><00:32:18.560><c> roles</c><00:32:18.920
  • SF<00:32:23.440><c> 3682</c><00:32:24.680><c> addresses</c><00:32:25.160><c> a</c><00:32:25.240><c> critical
  • And<01:32:01.400><c> and</c><01:32:01.520><c> does</c><01:32:01.720><c> not</c><01:32:01.920><c> have
  • 15th</c><01:32:22.360><c> of</c><01:32:22.480><c> this</c><01:32:22.680><c> year,</c><01:32:23.480><c
  • </c><01:32:35.320><c> to</c><01:32:35.640><c> extend</c><01:32:36.600><c> the</c><01:32:36.720><c> date
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
VT
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Caucus of the Whole - H.955 - 2026-04-03 - 8:45AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • :00.800><c> and</c><00:32:01.160><c> who</c><00:32:01.280><c> would</c><00:32:01.480><c> be</c><00:32
  • :02.840><c> of</c><00:32:03.160><c> that</c><00:32:03.440><c> CESA,</c><00:32:04.320><c> as</c><00:32
  • </c><00:32:07.360><c> Um,</c><00:32:07.679><c> I</c><00:32:07.760><c> think</c><00:32:07.960><c> this
  • And I was wondering<00:32:27.640><c> if</c><00:32:27.800><c> you</c><00:32:27.840><c> could</c><00:32
  • </c><00:32:29.360><c> I</c><00:32:29.640><c> I</c><00:32:29.880><c> don't</c><00:32:30.320><c> Were</
Keywords: 926, house, all
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - AM

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:01.440><c> Um,</c><00:32:01.840><c> I</c><00:32:02.080><c> want</c><00:32:02.240><c> to</c
  • ><c> in</c><00:32:05.840><c> support</c><00:32:06.720><c> of</c><00:32:06.880><c> of</c><00:32:07.032
  • </c><00:32:11.120><c> for</c><00:32:11.279><c> the</c><00:32:11.519><c> commission</c><00:32:11.840><
  • 12.399><c> deal</c><00:32:12.559><c> with</c><00:32:12.720><c> this</c><00:32:12.880><c> in</c><00:32
  • ><c> a</c><00:32:15.279><c> little</c><00:32:15.440><c> more</c><00:32:15.919><c> detailed</c><00:32:
Bills: SF0025, SF0027, SF0043, SF0066
Keywords: landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (02/18/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • &gt;&gt; No,<01:32:11.679><c> I</c><01:32:11.840><c> I</c><01:32:11.840><c> I</c><01:32:12.639><c> I<
  • /c><01:32:13.280><c> think</c><01:32:13.440><c> I</c><01:32:13.679><c> understand</c><01:32:14.000><c
  • :32:36.960><c> to</c><01:32:37.120><c> the</c><01:32:37.360><c> 10</c><01:32:37.600><c> million</c><01
  • </c><01:32:51.040><c> Thank</c><01:32:51.199><c> you</c><01:32:51.360><c> for</c><01:32:51.520><c> the
  • </c> BPT chapter. BPT chapter.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (01/09/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:32:10.880><c> to</c><01:32:11.159><c> working</c><01:32:12.159><c> with</c><01:32:12.480><c>
  • ><c> you</c><01:32:13.400><c> who</c><01:32:13.520><c> are</c><01:32:13.800><c> here</c><01:32:14.480
  • of you who are here today and everyone in<01:32:16.280><c> the</c><01:32:16.400><c> state</c><01:32:
  • that<01:32:18.760><c> for</c><01:32:18.960><c> the</c><01:32:19.159><c> greatest</c><01:32:19.600><c
  • ><c> so</c><01:32:21.800><c> much</c><01:32:22.159><c> may</c><01:32:22.360><c> God</c><01:32:22.600>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/16/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know you have had kids in school.<00:32:42.559><c> That's</c><00:32:42.880><c> what</c><00:32:43.200
  • The<00:32:45.519><c> religious</c><00:32:46.000><c> exemption</c><00:32:46.480><c> form</c><00:32:46.960
  • :32:50.640><c> had</c><00:32:50.880><c> to</c><00:32:50.960><c> fill</c><00:32:51.200><c> it</c><00:32
  • 00:32:53.679><c> things</c><00:32:54.320><c> uh</c><00:32:54.720><c> three</c><00:32:55.039><c> times
  • /c><00:32:56.320><c> ch</c><00:32:56.559><c> my</c><00:32:56.880><c> children</c><00:32:57.360><c> change
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Tue Mar 12, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • > ask</c><02:32:04.439><c> that</c><02:32:04.720><c> this</c><02:32:04.840><c> bill</c><02:32:05.120>
  • ><c> to</c><02:32:06.479><c> remove</c><02:32:07.040><c> that</c><02:32:07.240><c> section</c><02:32:
  • R testimony<02:32:26.680><c> um</c><02:32:26.840><c> just</c><02:32:27.120><c> you</c><02:32:27.200>
  • the</c><02:32:31.279><c> HD</c><02:32:32.000><c> as</c><02:32:32.120><c> others</c><02:32:32.359><c>
  • ><c> um</c><02:32:33.560><c> I'll</c><02:32:33.840><c> just</c><02:32:34.200><c> add</c><02:32:34.720
Keywords: 910, house, all
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 8, 2026 - AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • &gt;&gt; So<00:32:00.480><c> so</c><00:32:00.799><c> do</c><00:32:00.960><c> you</c><00:32:01.120><c>
  • :04.320><c> you</c><00:32:04.720><c> produce</c><00:32:06.080><c> at</c><00:32:06.320><c> a</c><00:32
  • </c><00:32:08.159><c> a</c><00:32:08.320><c> general</c><00:32:08.640><c> direction</c><00:32:09.039>
  • direction then they come<00:32:09.600><c> in</c><00:32:10.399><c> at</c><00:32:10.559><c> a</c><00:32
  • So as the<00:32:16.799><c> years</c><00:32:17.120><c> roll</c><00:32:17.360><c> by,</c><00:32:18.159>
Keywords: 916, all
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the vice chair of the Peninsula chapter of IAPMO.
  • A 32-hour workweek is the way to rebalance this.
  • Or do you keep the $100,000 and just work 32 hours?
  • So redefining the workweek to 32 hours and imposing overtime after 32 hours would be even more disastrous
  • It didn't matter, but it was 32 hours.
Summary: The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held public hearings on three bills. HB 2524 would create a State Security Guards Industry Standards Board within L&I to set minimum standards for security guard pay, leave, benefits, and training, funded in part by a $25 transfer from security licensing fees. The bill’s sponsor and labor supporters said it would professionalize the industry, improve safety, and address high turnover and inadequate training. Security workers described unsafe conditions, retaliation, and being expected to handle crises without enough support. Opponents from business and security companies argued the bill duplicates existing licensing and training rules, would raise costs, and gives too much authority to an unelected board; L&I said it had administrative concerns about timing and fee handling. The hearing on HB 2524 was then closed. HB 2513 would change plumbing license suspension rules by keeping the current three-infractions-in-three-years standard for residential work, while creating a five-infractions-in-five-years standard for non-residential plumbing violations. The sponsor and supporters from mechanical contractors and labor said repeat violators undermine safety and fair competition, and that the bill gives L&I a stronger enforcement tool against bad actors in commercial work. Several plumbing contractor groups opposed the bill as written, focusing on a new subsection they said was vague and could create an undefined corrective process or overly broad discretion for L&I; they asked that the subsection be removed or the bill be delayed for more stakeholder work. L&I requested an effective date of January 1, 2027 to allow time for rulemaking. HB 2611 would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours starting January 1, 2028, and would also change paid sick leave accrual from one hour per 40 hours worked to one hour per 32 hours worked. The sponsor and labor supporters said a shorter workweek would improve work-life balance, reduce burnout and turnover, and could increase productivity, citing examples from San Juan County and other places. Business, hospitality, grocery, construction, agriculture, and janitorial representatives opposed the bill, saying it would raise labor costs, reduce hours and flexibility, complicate scheduling, and hurt industries with thin margins or seasonal demands. The committee heard no votes or final action on HB 2611 before closing the hearing and ending business for the day.
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing- Wed Feb 5, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

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Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on February 5, 2025, and heard testimony on several bills. HB 918, relating to labeling, drew support from the Department of Health, INDA (the nonwoven fabrics industry), and Hawaii Realtors. INDA said the bill aligns with do-not-flush labeling laws in other states but raised a concern about the six-month compliance deadline tied to FIFRA approval. In response to committee questions, witnesses explained that the bill is aimed mainly at disinfecting wipes, that most products are already labeled nationally, and that the proposed timing issue could be addressed by using Oregon’s approach. No vote was taken on the measure during the portion shown. The committee also heard HB 1482, relating to controlled substances. HPD supported the bill, and Aloha Green Holdings and the Department of Health both said they supported the intent but recommended technical amendments. Their testimony focused on clarifying the treatment of Delta-8 THC, distinguishing synthetic or artificially derived cannabinoids from naturally occurring forms, and avoiding confusion in the hemp law. Members asked whether Delta-8 would show up on drug tests; witnesses said it would test positive for THC and would not be distinguished from Delta-9. The bill was then set aside as the committee moved on. HB 981, relating to attorney’s fees, drew opposition from a law firm representing homeowners and associations, which argued the bill would limit access to legal services, favor developers and contractors, and make settlement harder. The witness suggested instead using existing consumer-protection fee-shifting concepts, and committee members explored whether a capped fee award or a broader attorney-fee rule would be more appropriate. The committee then took up HB 807 and HB 336, both relating to condominiums. HB 807 received support from the Green Infrastructure Authority and the Hawaii Bankers Association, while one testifier urged deferral over unresolved questions about commercial PACE financing; the bank association asked for more time to work with HGIA, and the chair indicated decision-making could be deferred to allow that discussion. On HB 336, the Community Associations Institute opposed the bill as removing checks and balances, while the Hawaii Workers Center and others supported it as a step toward clearer enforcement of health and safety issues in condominiums and rental housing.