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• I'm hoping to have a good collaborative relationship with her, as I did with Representative Reeb.
• We're going to have a collaborative approach, but not always in lockstep, and that's understood.

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• The bill before you today reflects 4 years of collaboration and partnership with DCYF, MAXA, Office of
• <02:17:38.040> and<02:17:38.160> partnership years of collaboration and partnership
• years of collaboration and partnership with<02:17:38.800> DCYF,<02:17:39.880> MAXA,<02
• I'd also like to thank DCYF and Foster Advocates for their strong and transparent collaboration as we
• Counties remain committed to collaboration with the goal of limiting unintended consequences such as

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the work that we do collaboratively the work that we do collaboratively and<01:47:42.719> that
• You went and collaborated to get us having the conversation. And so that's appreciated.
• Senator Wiklund, we want to do a collaborative... around the credible allegations of fraud around the
• went and collaborated to get us having the<02:05:18.120> conversation.
• to do a collaborative to do a collaborative I I I the<02:06:09.080> Utke<02:06:10.080>

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• So, if we want to move forward with this in a collaborative way, it won't be with HPA based on their
• So, if we want to move forward with this in a collaborative way, it won't be with HPA based on their
• Um, and we have a a really good collaborative<02:05:11.119> partnership<02:05:11.599> with<
• /c> collaborative partnership with collaborative partnership with multi-state<02:05:12.639> agencies
• So we collaborate on our menu.

Bills: SB2024, SB896, SB2613, SB494, SB2391, SB2125, SB2614, SB2615, SB3262, SB3325, SB3118

Keywords: charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139

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• work that had gone on collaborative work that had gone on since<00:12:48.360> the<00:12:48.519
• I'm a collaborative guy, and so is Carrie, and so I think we'd rather have that opportunity.
• I'm a collaborative guy, and so is Carrie, and so I think we'd rather have that opportunity.
• I'm a collaborative guy, and so is Carrie, and so I think we'd rather have that opportunity.
• I'm a collaborative guy, and so is Carrie, and so I think we'd rather have that opportunity.

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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• become law and been signed by the governor, which means the House and the Senate are working and collaborating
• retiring senators from different sides of the aisle shared the same message, a call for cross-caucus collaboration
• call aisle shared the same message, a call for<00:24:38.960> cross-caucus<00:24:39.920> collaboration
• <00:24:41.080> and for cross-caucus collaboration and for cross-caucus collaboration and compromise

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The program focused first on Minnesota’s energy and affordability agenda, with Senator Nick Frentz discussing the state’s clean-energy leadership, rising electricity demand, and the Senate’s 100% clean energy framework. He said Minnesota’s clean energy growth supports jobs, lowers costs for ratepayers, and includes recent wins such as sustainable aviation fuel tax treatment in the supplemental budget. Frentz also said the Senate passed an energy omnibus bill that continues clean-energy permitting reforms, promotes conservation and demand response, and includes a nuclear study rather than lifting the nuclear moratorium. Frentz spent much of the interview defending data centers as both a challenge and an opportunity. He said large hyperscale projects can create major construction jobs and substantial local property-tax revenue, while a 2025 law requires data-center companies to contribute to low-income energy assistance and report water use. He pointed to the Google data center planned for Pine Island as an example, saying it is air-cooled, will pay $5 million a year, and will fund 1,600 MW of clean energy at its own expense, which he argued could save Xcel ratepayers money over time. He also said climate change is already driving higher costs through homeowners insurance and storm damage. The second segment highlighted Senator Zach Duckworth’s housing and banking bills. Duckworth said Senate File 4168 would make it easier to finance investment properties by giving buyers more flexibility to roll closing costs and lender fees into payments, while keeping strong protections in place for primary residences. He emphasized that the bill is not about predatory lending and is intended to expand options for informed investors. He also described Senate File 4652 as an anti-fraud, no-cost measure that lets bank customers name a trusted contact so banks can alert someone if suspicious activity is detected. Duckworth said both bills passed unanimously in both chambers, and he credited quick action and good working relationships across the aisle for their success. The program closed with a broader reflection on the end of session and the Senate’s political climate. It noted that 15 senators are retiring and two are leaving for higher office, and that final floor votes often split along party lines, including one bill passing 34-33. Several retiring senators used farewell speeches to urge civility, compromise, and putting people first, while the segment emphasized that despite partisan conflict, quiet bipartisan cooperation still produced much of the session’s enacted legislation.

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• work they have undertaken over the last few years really sets a solid foundation for the kind of collaborative
• collaboration this interagency council on student attendance can build on to be successful from the
• to situate this effort within education while maintaining strong requirements for interagency collaboration
• When students disengage from school, our systems need to respond quickly, collaboratively, and consistently
• But I've not seen that historically, and I would like to push our agencies to collaborate and talk.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee heard House File 3585, as amended, which would create an interagency council on student attendance and re-refer the bill to education finance. Representative Keeler moved the bill and an A1 amendment that corrected the council’s placement from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Education; the amendment was adopted. Keeler and Representative Bakeberg described the bill as the product of several years of bipartisan work on chronic absenteeism and truancy, emphasizing that attendance problems involve multiple systems and require ongoing coordination rather than a single-agency response. Testimony was strongly supportive. Matt Shaver of Allies cited statewide chronic absenteeism data and argued that schools cannot solve the problem alone because root causes such as housing, transportation, health, and economic instability lie outside school control. Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield of MDE said the task force and pilot districts showed coordination gaps and supported the council, while also noting MDE’s Compass staff would need permanent funding to carry out the work. Ashley High Totower of Hennepin County’s BEET program said attendance is a public health, child welfare, transportation, housing, and economic issue, and Kenneth Avon of the Minneapolis Foundation said absenteeism is an ecological problem requiring cross-sector coordination. Student witnesses also supported the bill but urged stronger youth representation. Henry Brick of Catalyst for Systems Change said students understand the causes of absenteeism best and proposed expanding student seats on the council from one to five. Ava Northrup of the Minnesota Youth Council said youth voices should be more than symbolic and suggested two youth representatives, one from the metro and one from greater Minnesota, plus additional youth task forces or panels. In member discussion, Representative Lawrence questioned whether the council duplicated existing MDE work, asked who would coordinate the group, and raised the lack of a sunset; Keeler and Bakeberg said the Department of Education would coordinate and that a sunset could be considered later. Other members asked about fiscal impact, and the chair said a fiscal note had been requested and the bill would move on to education finance.

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• We will also collaborate with the U.S.
• We will also collaborate with the U.S.
• We will<00:29:03.039> also<00:29:03.279> collaborate<00:29:03.679> with<00:29:03.840
• > the<00:29:04.080> US will also collaborate with the US will also collaborate with the

Bills: HF3540, HF3522, HF3544

Keywords: veterans rights, employment discrimination, human rights, Minnesota laws, protected classes, veterans, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans affairs, Secret War in Laos, SGU veteran, Hmong veterans, Laotian veterans, honor guard, military funeral honors, state veterans cemetery, burial eligibility, veterans home, temporary closure, state active service, National Guard

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• Colors, an organization already trusted by the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative, to ensure
• The boards set the professional requirements, but working in collaboration with higher education institutions
• Additionally, we welcome conversations and collaboration as the Higher Education Director in legislative
• earnings for foundation operations, and then follow-up questions to the department regarding their collaboration
• We work in coordination and collaboration for the New Mexico statewide longitudinal data system, also

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• We collaborate with El Paso at all levels, not just the agencies.
• National Border Master Plan, but we also collaborate with Texas on their Border Master Plan.
• president of Mexico, Claudia Chamberlain, and the governor of Chihuahua signed the agreement to collaborate
• That's again, it's a very, very good and close collaboration between both sides where the U.S. side would
• I do believe, exactly like you said, very much so that when we all work together, collaboratively, and

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• It reflects bipartisan, bicameral, and collaborative problem solving by all four caucuses, including
• This was a collaborative effort to get us where we are. members.<00:01:57.520> Uh<00:01:57.840
• Gandhi.<00:04:38.400> This<00:04:38.639> was<00:04:38.800> a<00:04:39.040> collaborative
• This was a collaborative effort Gandhi.
• This was a collaborative effort to<00:04:40.080> get<00:04:40.240> us<00:04:40.479>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• financial support services, our foster youth independence programs, or FYI centers around the state in collaboration
• It directs Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Commission on State Emergency Communications
• It directs Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Commission on State Emergency Communications
• House Bill 1639 requires the Department of State Health Services, in collaboration with the Texas Commission
• HB 2187 is an update to the collaborative 2009 agreement that clarifies HHSC's enforcement, allowing

Bills: HB 107, HB742, HB1639, HB1700, HB2071, HB2187, HB2402, HB2516, HB3211, HB4529, HB5342, HB694, HB923, HB4655

Keywords: sickle cell disease, registry, health data, confidentiality, healthcare access, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, cancer, female firefighters, health study, state health services, fire protection, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health records

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of health and human services bills and left each one pending after public testimony. HB 4655 would expand financial literacy instruction for youth aging out of foster care to include credit scores, predatory lending, scams, banking, budgeting, and related consumer topics; the sponsor and Buckner International described the need to protect foster youth from financial pitfalls. HB 923 would add three public members and one physician to the Texas Medical Disclosure Panel; supporters said it would improve informed consent and patient voice, while a witness raised concerns about a House amendment requiring a physician majority for decisions and senators questioned scope-of-practice limits. HHSC said the panel is an independent body and the bill expressly bars it from changing scope of practice.

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• We see this in collaboration with various companies seeking to build first-of-a-kind power plants, as
• Texas Energy Efficient Council and the Public Utilities Commission of Texas in order to foster collaboration
• So the main purpose would be to provide a statewide collaborative approach to promoting energy.
• They would collaborate, meet a couple of times a year, and come back with some recommendations.
• It's non-regulatory, but it's meant both so that they can collaborate on those different problems and

Bills: SB1468, SB1612, SB1789, SB2530, SB2571, SB2717, SB2967

Keywords: utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year

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• Indivisible Hawaii, Amy Monk, support. ...collaborative stand. Thank you very much.
• To summarize, we strongly support 67, which urges DHER to collaborate more closely with state agencies
• 48.480> to strongly support 67 which urges DHER to strongly support 67 which urges DHER to collaborate
• > more<00:32:49.200> closely<00:32:49.519> with<00:32:49.760> state collaborate
• more closely with state collaborate more closely with state agencies<00:32:50.480> to<00:32:50.720

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard several resolutions focused on workforce shortages and program development. STR 145/SR 117 would create a legislative working group on paid family and medical leave; testimony from state agencies, labor groups, advocacy organizations, and others was overwhelmingly supportive, though some asked for broader representation and legal expertise. Members raised questions about prior studies, staffing estimates, and funding needs for administering a future program. The chair ultimately deferred decision making on this measure to March 28, 2025. The committee also heard STR 55/SR 37 on reviewing the boiler and elevator inspection branch to improve recruitment and retention. DLIR supported the measure, while the Department of Human Resources Development supported the intent but suggested labor should lead the study. Industry witnesses described long inspection wait times, backlogs, and difficulty recruiting inspectors, and several said higher pay and training pathways were needed. The committee voted to pass the resolution unamended. For STR 64/SR 49, which would establish a Hawaii State Fellows Program, the department supported the concept but said resources would be needed and should be included in the budget rather than a resolution; the committee recommended deferral indefinitely. STR 67/SR 51, addressing hiring shortages in the public mental health care system, drew support from the State Council on Mental Health and others, with requests for amendments to ensure broader cooperation and added agencies. The committee moved the measure as a Senate draft with amendments. STR 63/SR 48, proposing a Hawaii Workforce Excellence Award, received support from DLIR, and the committee later recessed and reconvened for decision making on the measures.

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• Lauren's leadership and expertise extend beyond her classroom as she collaborates with colleagues, school
• :32:14.559> classroom<00:32:15.519> as<00:32:15.760> she<00:32:16.000> collaborates
• beyond her classroom as she collaborates beyond her classroom as she collaborates with<00:32:16.720
• eighth-grade STEM at Kylo Intermediate School, exemplifying dedication to fostering innovation and collaboration

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• with that, where in many instances you have to beg and plead for people to come to these kinds of collaborative
• do want to just add, and I can’t overstate this, we have built a community that is incredibly collaborative
• do want to just add, and I can’t overstate this, we have built a community that is incredibly collaborative
• We are working to build collaborative opportunities for Florida students to have access to state data
• We are working to build collaborative opportunities for Florida students to have access to state data

Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, then returned to its ongoing budget workshop with the Department of Management Services. DFS’s Division of Risk Management described its role as the state self-insurance fund, covering about 200,000 employees and 27,000 vehicles, paying roughly $150 million in claims last year, and managing a pilot ETS treatment program for veterans and first responders that had 49 patients and 804 treatments as of the latest report. The Division of State Fire Marshal outlined its fire prevention, training, emergency response, and grant programs, including hurricane deployments, the Florida State Fire College, and several capital and grant requests for roof, courtyard, memorial, and equipment needs. The Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation explained how it handles insolvent insurers under Chapter 631, currently administering 14 estates with $1.2 billion in assets and $3.7 billion in liabilities, and said no new receiverships had been opened since February 2023. Members asked about grant backlogs, fire truck procurement delays, memorial repairs, and whether affiliate transfers were occurring in insurer liquidations. Secretary Griffin then updated the committee on DBPR’s implementation of House Bill 1021 on community associations. He said the department had used the new authority to expand education, complaint handling, and ombudsman services, including 10 free standardized courses, a new condo website, and a four-hour board certification course that had already drawn more than 12,000 attendees. He reported that outreach to condominium communities had increased by more than 60%, that complaint filings were up 39% while jurisdictional dismissals dropped to 11%, and that about 81% to 82% of the 65 new positions had been filled. Members pressed him on whether the department had enough authority and funding, how condominium counts are determined, how self-reported structural integrity reserve study data is verified, and whether more public-facing complaint tracking and better reporting from local governments or developers would improve the system. The committee then resumed questioning Secretary Allende of DMS about outstanding budget and operations issues. Members focused on the delayed People First contract extension required by statute, with the secretary saying the delay involved technical and contractual complexity in moving a legacy hard-coded system to the cloud. They also revisited the state data team and data catalog project, asking why a statutory 2022 deadline had not been met, how the four-person team and broader data staff were organized, how many applicants were considered for key positions, and what each role was doing. The secretary said the catalog work was being simplified into six metadata fields and supported by a broader community of practice, but no firm completion date was given during the exchange.

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• Um, I have a question in terms of, is there any collaboration with any of, um, the bases perhaps in Texas
• Is there any federal types of collaborations?
• Um, with that would go our collaborations with our bases like mine in San Antonio Joint Base San Antonio
• of these wells, but if we were able to also, in addition to that, figure out a way that we could collaborate
• We share a lot of the same priorities and there's a significant degree of collaboration.

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• I have a question in terms of, is there any collaboration with any of the bases, perhaps, in Texas to
• These orphaned wells, is there any federal types of collaborations? We really don't.
• With that would go our collaborations with our bases like mine in St. Anthony.
• of these wells, but if we were able to also, in addition to that, figure out a way that we could collaborate
• We share a lot of the same priorities, and there's a significant degree of collaboration occurring from

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Additionally, there is a $168 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund investment for the Collaborative
• We've also deepened our collaboration with the CSU and community colleges, participating in the state's
• The University Collaboration Initiative is developing shared services across functional areas, including
• Can you tell me about what percentage of your enrollment is related to apprenticeship collaborations
• We have a wonderful plan, actually, to increase the collaboration among our extension programs and to

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This will be a priority in this committee, and I look forward to collaborating with you if you are confirmed
• And there's a recent study by Peter Gosch, who is one of the founders of the Cochrane Collaboration,
• I, you know, the Cochrane Collaboration, which is the most prestigious... scientific research organization
• We can work collaboratively to reduce chronic diseases and the exposures that are causing them.
• vaccines was squandered in the following years as sponsors and federal regulators... ...regulators collaborated