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• green dots are the ...
• </c> support those industries. support those industries.
• Now, the green ones on I know permits.
• But the industrial and commercial uses.
• </c> local businesses to identify industrial local businesses to identify industrial and<01:08:59.040

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• That’s a purposeful slope was to try to stabilize the industry.
• That’s a purposeful slope was to try to stabilize the industry.
• </c> sense I think also as a um industry sense I think also as a um industry we've<00:47:38.680><c> been
• </c><00:58:16.039><c> bar</c> DHS um all of DHS and the green bar DHS um all of DHS and the green bar
• > even</c><01:16:42.239><c> a</c> the green green line having even a the green green line having even

Committee: Senate Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• Vote green. Thank you. The roll. Thank you. Thank you for watching. Thank you for watching.
• Thank you for bringing the bill, and please vote green.
• Please vote green. There are no amendments at the desk.
• Please vote green. The clerk will take the roll. Thank you. The clerk will close the roll.
• Members, please vote green. The clerk will take the roll. Thank you. Thank you.

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• Representative Green? Representative A. Bear? Representative Chan's Henry?
• Green cards are for support.
• We do have some green cards in support. Christina, I'm sorry, I can't read your last name.
• We've got a green card. Thank you. Thank you for that. And I see no questions.
• We've got a green card and support from Commissioner Temple as president's support.

Committee: House Insurance

Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 15 and first considered HB 909, which would require commercial health insurance coverage for behavioral health crisis services. Representative Spell and Office of Behavioral Health interim assistant secretary Dr. Holly Howitt described the Louisiana crisis response system, the goal of reducing emergency room and 911 use, and the need to expand provider participation beyond Medicaid. A technical amendment and a stakeholder-driven amendment allowing insurers to require documentation of crisis, medical necessity, and follow-up plan were adopted, and the bill was reported as amended with support cards from several health care and local government entities. The committee then advanced HB 1151, which changes investment limits for domestic insurers, especially life insurers, by capping equity holdings and aligning the rules with solvency concerns. After questions about whether the bill would increase profits at consumers’ expense, the author and Department of Insurance staff explained it was intended to provide guardrails and keep insurers solvent; the bill was reported favorably. HB 1154, dealing with prior authorization for certain generic medications, also received technical and substantive amendments. The bill would generally eliminate prior authorization for non-opioid generics, with a $250 wholesale acquisition cost cap and physician-specialty exceptions; it was reported as amended after support testimony from the Louisiana Dermatological Society and other health groups. HB 869, which sought coverage for injectable drugs used for glucose control or weight loss, prompted extended debate over cost, obesity, and long-term savings. Several members raised concerns about premium increases and the large fiscal note, while the author argued the bill was preventive and could save money over time. Representative Jordan proposed a 25% coverage amendment, but the committee declined to take up the substantive amendment that day, and the bill was voluntarily deferred to the next meeting. Later, the committee reported HB 1196 favorably, clarifying that screening colonoscopies remain screening even if polyps are found, and HB 1176 favorably, restoring Medicare Advantage coverage for certain integrative cancer care services. The committee also heard HB 771, which would have changed Medicare coordination rules for retirees who return to state employment, but staff explained the issue is governed by federal CMS rules and preemption concerns; the bill was voluntarily deferred so the author could review the governing law. HB 751, dealing with term life insurance disclosures, was likewise voluntarily deferred after the author said more work was needed and noted concerns about existing law and consumer understanding. At the end of the meeting, the committee also deferred HB 920 and HB 1199 to the following week and briefly stood at ease before moving on to other business.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Green? Representative A. Bear? Representative Chance Henry?
• Green cards are for support.
• We do have some green cards in support. Christina, I'm sorry, I can't read your last name.
• We've got green cards. Thank you. Thank you for that. And I see no questions.
• We've got green cards and support from Commissioner Temple as president's support.

Committee: House Insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm very wary of anything green, anything California-like, and so forth.
• I'm very wary of anything green, anything California-like, and so forth.
• I wear green, but I don't like green. So thank you. I think we should turn...
• I wear green, but I don't like green. So, thank you. I think we should trade those counties out.
• Chance Heppla here on behalf of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Committees: House Commerce , House Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment

Transcript Highlights:

• Ray Green replied, “Yes, it is.”
• The commercial fishing industry is one of the most regulated industries in this country, and with all
• The commercial fishing industry is one of the most regulated industries in this country, and with all
• The commercial fishing industry is one of the most regulated industries in this country, and with all
• The commercial fishing industry is one of the most regulated industries in this country, and with all

Committee: House Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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• It also has an industrial development tax credit portion of it.
• The second bucket is the strategic industrial development tax credit.
• The state makes that up to Greene County, so they're not short any. Thank you. Further questions?
• The dairy industry right now, we’ve essentially, in the last year, become livestock farmers.
• industrial development.

Committees: House Agriculture , House Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources

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• I've been involved in rulemaking when I worked in the private industry for Clearwater Paper — fish consumption
• Usually we do a tour throughout various places in Idaho to look at various industries.
• The dark green bars on the left of each year, the label says estimated expenditures.
• executive carry forward and non-cognizable adjustments authorized by the governor's office, so that dark green
• at the Department of Health and Welfare without the Division of Medicaid included, again, the dark green

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm not going to go through them all, other than to say, the green, the dark greens, the turquoise, there
• The industry they're developing for that. But if you move at the speed of mud, you're out.
• This is going to be the fastest way that we can get industry Involved, right?
• So as this develops, I think having these big investments sends a really strong signal to industry, to
• come in and talk about what the industry needs.

Bills: HB1 , HB1

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting

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• Um, members, today, in addition to the green...
• Um, members, today, in addition to the green...
• Green Jacket. Uh, I'm rising in full support of this amendment.
• Green Jacket. Uh, I'm rising in full support of this amendment.
• And burdens on the agriculture industry.

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• So anyway, there was a large stakeholders group across all sectors. of the industry and we met for the
• That can never happen again and the industry doesn't want that to happen again.
• So it recognizes a. a fundamental fact that we only have so much green space left in the, left in the
• , still zone industrial.
• Because remember, these are green fused. existing five-acre lots or more, okay, so what we're trying

Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB3 , SB6 , SB15 , SB35 , SB290 , SB706 , SB842 , SB917 , SB1281 , SB1451 , SB1902 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB19 , SB388 , SR261 , SR265 , SR276 , SR277 , SR281 , SR286 , SR293 , SCR5 , SCR13 , SB2425 , SB2880 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB388 , SB412 , SB495 , SB2425 , SB2880

Keywords: SCR 5, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, Texas School for the Deaf, TSD, Robert Rives, gymnasium naming, building naming, honorary resolution, commemorative resolution, deaf education, hard of hearing, Gallaudet University, alumni hall of fame, football coach, school facility naming, education K-16, State Affairs, Texas Legislature, public school tribute, water rights

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• Again, we've been working with the solar industry. We understand their concerns.
• Again, we've been working with the solar industry. We understand their concerns.
• Hawaii Food Industry Association, on Zoom. Thank you, Chair and committee members.
• </c> Hawaii food industry Hawaii food industry Association<01:05:21.720><c> on</c><01:05:22.200><c> Zoom
• And Hawaii Food Industry Association, with comments on Zoom.

Committee: House Energy & Environmental Protection

Summary: The House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on several energy and environmental bills. On HB 470, relating to noise and leaf blowers, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent to reduce noise pollution but raised concerns about using decibel limits alone and suggested using dBA measurements; testimony also noted the bill would regulate future sales rather than current use, and there were three additional testimonies, two in support and one in opposition. No questions were raised before the committee moved on. The committee then heard HB 742 on transit-oriented development, which would require HCDA to prepare a programmatic EIS for Ewa, Kapalama, and West Oahu improvements. UH supported the bill, HHFDC said it was already preparing a master plan and programmatic EIS for the Ewa area, and HCDA explained that the projects are already underway or completed, including infrastructure work funded by prior appropriations. Supporters said the bill would streamline environmental review and potentially reduce costs for future housing, while HCDA emphasized the work is already in progress. On HB 340, concerning a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process and related cost recovery, DCCA provided comments, the Attorney General suggested changing a deadline to a specific date, and the PUC said it wanted to study the matter further while still meeting the 180-day reporting requirement. Solar and clean energy groups strongly supported the bill as a way to speed interconnection and advance grid-interactive technologies, while Hawaiian Electric supported the goal of more DERs but opposed the process, saying its interconnection performance has improved and that collaboration would be preferable to legislation. Members asked about newer technologies, UL 1741, and ratepayer impacts, and the Consumer Advocate said removing the cost-recovery section would alleviate its concerns. The committee also heard HB 243, requiring PV- and EV-ready new residential construction, which the Hawaii State Energy Office described as a cost-saving no-brainer because installing these features during construction is much cheaper than retrofitting later. The hearing then shifted to HB 350, expanding the water-heater systems that can satisfy building-permit requirements to include heat pump water heaters alongside solar hot water systems. The Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray supported the concept but asked for amendments to align efficiency standards and noted the bill’s removal of a 15-year lifespan limit for solar thermal systems, and Hawaii Solar Energy Association raised questions about how heat pump performance should be measured and whether PV-plus-heat-pump combinations should qualify. Committee members asked about impacts on smaller homes and ADUs, and the discussion remained focused on technical standards and possible amendments; no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Then they moved to the Green Dot. You could get them at any convenience store.
• And just in follow-up, one more thing: again, this used to be done through Green Dot cards.
• He said H. 1247 and S. 707 would represent a shadow ban on the industry.
• So these solutions come from industry.
• The 3% fee cap is a de facto ban on the industry. We cannot operate.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several financial services bills, with the main focus on cryptocurrency kiosk regulation, financial literacy, and earned wage access. Legislators and witnesses described widespread crypto-related scams targeting older adults, often involving impersonation, urgency, spoofed phone numbers, and rapid transfers through kiosks that are difficult to trace or recover. Supporters of the kiosk bills said Massachusetts needs licensing, registration, transaction limits, warning notices, receipts, refund protections, and other safeguards; some also urged a “pause” or hold on transactions to give victims time to reconsider and allow law enforcement to intervene. The Attorney General’s office, AARP, local law enforcement, and several prosecutors and sheriffs backed the consumer-protection approach, while Bitcoin Depot supported a narrower regulatory framework but opposed low fee caps and strict daily limits, arguing they would function like a ban and reduce legitimate use. Witnesses from Waltham police, Middlesex and Essex County law enforcement, and the AG’s office said crypto scams are growing quickly, losses are often unrecoverable once funds move, and current tools are limited. They described cases involving elderly victims losing thousands of dollars, and said warnings alone are not enough because scammers keep victims on the phone and guide them through the process. Some witnesses said a temporary hold or refund mechanism has worked in at least one case, while others emphasized that transaction limits and visible disclosures could reduce harm even if they do not stop fraud entirely. The AG’s office also said it would submit written opposition to separate earned wage advance legislation, while DailyPay testified in support of that bill, saying earned wage access helps workers bridge short-term gaps without debt or credit reporting. The committee also heard support for mandatory financial literacy education from Representative Jim Hawkins, who said high school students need instruction on credit, debt, and inflation before they enter adulthood. In addition, the committee took testimony on litigation financing bills from insurance industry representatives, who argued for disclosure and regulation of predatory litigation lending and warned about foreign interference and reduced plaintiff recoveries. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; members asked questions throughout, and the chair noted the need to move testimony along because of time constraints.

Transcript Highlights:

• The greens are the individual ones that have floated off that I mentioned.
• And then you've got the lime green.
• They are a subsidiary of Janicki Industries, which was founded by Peter Janicki.
• So Janicki Industries is about 2,000 employees, and Sedron is almost at 300.
• The neon green little dots are the wastewater treatment plants, and the green ones with the red bullseye

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Summary: The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources heard a series of presentations focused on coral reef restoration, artificial reefs, biosolids management, and a proposed biosolids processing facility. Mote Marine Laboratory described the severe decline of Florida’s coral reefs, its restoration methods using microfragmentation, genetic banking, selective breeding, nurseries, and outplanting, and asked for a long-term state commitment to help restore reef areas. The Keys Marine Laboratory and Florida Institute of Oceanography highlighted their role as a hub for coral rescue, holding, propagation, and research, including emergency response during the 2023 bleaching event. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed the scale of reef loss, the state’s coral rescue and propagation efforts, and the economic and habitat value of artificial reefs, while noting permitting delays and material-selection concerns for reef projects. The committee then received a DEP update on the Osborne Reef tire cleanup. DEP explained that the original tire reef was a failure, that nearly 500,000 tires had been removed by 2024, and that the current effort is funded at $5 million for the fiscal year, with cleanup now shifting from large tire clusters to more difficult individual tires and coral relocation. Members asked about the future of the site after cleanup; DEP said that phase two decisions, such as whether to restore or monitor the area, have not yet been made. DEP also presented on biosolids rules, explaining that the 2021 rule tightened nutrient management, groundwater, and surface water protections, reduced the number of active land-application sites, and contributed to a shift away from Class B land application toward Class AA, landfill, or out-of-state disposal. Senators raised concerns about PFAS, nutrient loading, and the loss of disposal options, and a public speaker warned of a statewide septage disposal crisis. Finally, Sedron Technologies presented its VARCOR system and a planned Indiantown facility that would process dewatered biosolids into clean water, ammonia, and a dry Class AA product or fuel, with the company saying the process can destroy PFAS and help relieve regional disposal pressure. Senators expressed support for the technology as a potential solution to Florida’s biosolids challenges. No formal votes were taken on the presentations themselves, and the only action at the end of the meeting was adjournment after Senator Polsky moved to do so.

Transcript Highlights:

• Gene Nelson, California News for Green Nuclear Power.
• No other industrial customers are held to this standard. These aren't incentives.
• That's reasonable if applied to other similar industrial and commercial campuses.
• The reasons this is important to the industry are threefold.
• I particularly hear some of the concerns of the trucking industry.

Committee: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:

• Data centers are the high-tech industrial hubs of the 21st century.
• You can either support innovation and industry. You can be supportive of that need.
• That we can support innovation and industry. We can provide the...
• You can either support innovation and industry.
• That we can support innovation and industry. We can provide the...

Committee: Senate Environmental Quality

Summary: The committee first heard SB 872 by Senator McNerney, which would dedicate $150 million annually each for Central Valley subsidence repairs and Delta levee improvements. The author and supporters, including Restore the Delta and State Water Contractors, described the bill as an urgent, bipartisan effort to protect State Water Project conveyance serving 27 million people, prevent levee failure, and safeguard billions in state assets. Support came from a broad coalition of water agencies, labor, environmental groups, and local governments; there was no opposition testimony. Because the committee was operating without a quorum at the time, the bill was heard as a subcommittee item and no final vote was taken then. The committee then took up SB 981 by Senator Niello, which would require CARB to include cost-of-living impacts in its existing economic analysis for major regulations. The author argued the bill would improve transparency by showing effects on gasoline, electricity, food, housing, and business costs, while supporters from agriculture, manufacturing, business, propane, and restaurant interests said it would help lawmakers understand affordability impacts. Opponents, including the Coalition for Clean Air and the Union of Concerned Scientists, argued it would add red tape, delay rulemaking, and require CARB to make speculative predictions. The chair and other members expressed concern that the bill was redundant, burdensome, and too narrow because it singled out CARB rather than addressing affordability across state government; no vote was taken in the excerpt. SB 887 by Senator Padilla would require large data center projects to undergo CEQA review, but offer streamlined treatment for projects meeting strong environmental, labor, and community-benefit standards. Supporters, including TURN, IBEW Local 569, and several environmental and local-government groups, said the bill would protect communities from high energy and water use, cost shifting, and pollution while still allowing responsible development. Opponents from the Data Center Coalition, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council, and others argued the standards were overly prescriptive, potentially unattainable, and would drive investment out of California. After a quorum was established, the committee voted 3-1 to pass SB 887 as amended to the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, with the bill kept on call. Finally, SB 1008 by Senator Ochoa Bog would renew the CEQA exemption for California Public Utilities Commission-ordered closure of at-grade rail crossings, which had expired at the start of 2025. Union Pacific and other supporters said the measure would restore a long-standing safety tool and help eliminate redundant crossings more quickly. With no opposition testimony, the committee approved the bill unanimously, 4-0, and kept it on call.

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• . the direct support professional workforce shortage in the supported living industry.
• This industry exists solely because of direct support professionals, caregivers who provide daily care
• The other one is I had the ability to both tour Echo Glen and Green Hill.
• Green Hill was at the first of the year.
• Green Hill was at the first of the year, first week just before session, and I had a discussion with

Bills: HB1873 , HB2600 , SB5957

Committee: House Early Learning & Human Services

Keywords: child care, Working Connections Child Care, WCCC, graduate students, professional students, higher education, full-time student, affordable child care, subsidized child care, child care subsidy, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, income eligibility, state median income, copayment, copay waiver, family support, workforce participation, working families, special needs child care

Transcript Highlights:

• And so that's why you see the green in the bar graph almost covering the whole cost.
• Uh they're the ones that green screens.
• </c> back and forth between 30-year-old green back and forth between 30-year-old green screens<01:32:
• </c> who are working in the industry of love. who are working in the industry of love.
• </c><01:42:36.800><c> of</c> work in, like I say, the industry of work in, like I say, the industry of

Bills: HR1

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: January 6 insurrection, pardon, law enforcement, violent crimes, public safety, justice system, political accountability

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 233, which is on the green agenda, item number seven. Mr.
• Representative Whip Osienski, green agenda number seven.
• It is on the Green Agenda, item number one.
• But I think caps on any particular industry is a risky policy move.
• Green agenda, one sec, let me get back on a roll like I once before.