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• Sadly, the interconnection process has become one of the greatest burdens in terms of deployment of clean

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• honorably discharged from the Hawaii Air National Guard, suffering from the stresses of his many deployments

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes. Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders. Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• community outreach presentations to students and parents, totaling over 5,400 attendees, and we had 135 deployments
• community outreach presentations to students and parents, totaling over 5,400 attendees, and we had 135 deployments
• totaling over 5,400 attendees and we had totaling over 5,400 attendees and we had 135<03:04:27.840><c> deployments

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Yes and and there to be fair there are some mechanisms It's the information resources deployment document

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• service, for her time in the ROC at Central Washington University, and all the way to her most recent deployment

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, March 19, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Following my deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, as I stood at the

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• life there, is raising her family there, and served nearly a decade in the military, including deployment

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered House Bill 279 and House Bill 392, both relating to firearms. HB 279 would restrict carrying or possessing firearm parts except at or between certain locations and in an enclosed container, define firearm parts and prohibited persons, and increase penalties for violations. The Department of Law Enforcement strongly supported the bill, saying it would close a loophole involving disassembled or “ghost gun” parts and help law enforcement charge people who carry weapons in pieces. Most public testimony opposed the measure, with speakers arguing it was unconstitutional, vague, hard to enforce, and would burden lawful gun owners, gunsmiths, and firearm dealers; several also said existing laws already cover the conduct. One supporter, Dennis Dunn, said additional firearm security could reduce theft and suicides. The chair noted the committee had received 270 testimonies on HB 279, with 39 in support, 234 in opposition, and one comment. The committee then heard HB 392, which would prohibit the possession, transfer, and sale of ghost guns and establish mandatory minimum sentencing for using a ghost gun in a felony. The Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office supported the bill, saying unserialized firearms are difficult to trace and that prosecutors need clear laws to address them. Supporters argued the measure would help prevent untraceable weapons from circulating and align penalties with other firearm offenses. Opponents, including several gun owners and association representatives, said the bill was unnecessary because existing state and federal laws already prohibit unserialized firearms, and warned it could create confusion, criminalize lawful owners of antique or self-built firearms, and be difficult to administer. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion provided.

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• opening the door to innovation, but it didn't establish any regulatory structure for testing and deployment
• opening the door to innovation, but it didn't establish any regulatory structure for testing and deployment

Keywords: 981, all

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Worked on the state deployment plan and the updates that we've done.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• the coming years, Chief Estus responded to some of California's most challenging fires, joining deployments

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• He's demonstrated selflessness in his deployments, locating and extricating disaster victims.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, January 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• our amendments to help ensure that we learn how technology may require faster emergency liquidity deployment

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

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• House Bill 225FN, an act relative to employment of military spouses in the event of an involuntary deployment

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• leaders like Energy Secretary Chris Wright to cut through the bureaucratic red tape and accelerate deployment

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• /c><07:54:56.360><c> Brave</c> In April, Mo continued his service, this time assisting with the deployment

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Just curious, and I know there's going to be more information coming from initiation to deployment to

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• He played chess games with our younger brother that lasted across deployments.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• This is the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, also known as BEAD.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Speaker, if I know that I am also extremely concerned with National Guard deployment, especially in this

Keywords: 1189, house, all