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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-08-2025 10:00am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ,<00:32:40.320> maintenance compliance, infrastructure, maintenance compliance, infrastructure
  • , affordable housing and infrastructure, affordable housing and infrastructure, education<00:32:48.399
  • Where is the infrastructure gamblers.
  • Where is the infrastructure for<00:42:58.560> safe<00:42:58.960> sports<00:42:59.359>
  • <00:54:40.000> Is vehicle charging infrastructure. Is vehicle charging infrastructure.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:56:47.839> is green storm water infrastructure is green storm water infrastructure is
  • <01:00:28.400> is majority of your water infrastructure is majority of your water infrastructure
  • ,<01:01:16.319> sorry, infrastructure uh uh irrigation, sorry, infrastructure uh uh irrigation
  • Voting on HB 1652. agriculture infrastructure and defect agriculture infrastructure and defect date<02
  • :35:55.760> where<02:35:56.080> most infrastructure is outside where most infrastructure
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation. The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown. For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So those housing infrastructure bonds and the housing infrastructure appropriations that you have done
  • Minnesota uh housing infrastructure Minnesota uh housing infrastructure dollars<01:05:02.200>
  • There are manufactured home community infrastructure grants.
  • I think the other big opportunity this session is to talk about housing infrastructure bonds.
  • Housing infrastructure bonds are just such a great engine of production and preservation.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee met for an agency overview from Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho. After member and staff introductions, Ho described Minnesota Housing’s mission, structure, and role as a mission-driven financial institution that issues bonds, uses earnings to support operations, and works across the housing continuum from homelessness prevention to homeownership and preservation. She emphasized that the agency is not a builder or regulator, but funds and partners with developers, local governments, nonprofits, and lenders. She also noted the agency’s four divisions, including a new local government housing programs division created after the 2023 legislative session expanded the agency’s responsibilities. Ho reviewed funding and program activity, saying Minnesota Housing spent $1.96 billion in fiscal year 2024 and helped more than 73,000 households. She highlighted that the agency’s work is heavily competitive and often oversubscribed, with many projects selected through RFPs and grants but more applications than available resources. She discussed 2023 and 2024 investments, including homeownership, rental, and manufactured housing projects, and said roughly half of competitive dollars have gone to Greater Minnesota over the last several years. She also explained the difference between funds committed and funds actually disbursed, noting that construction and rehabilitation projects can take many months to close and draw down funds. The commissioner also updated members on new programs created in 2023 and 2024, including first-generation down payment assistance, the Greater Minnesota Workforce Housing Development Program, public housing rehabilitation, state housing tax credits, and other local and regional initiatives. She said some programs are already closed out, while others remain in early implementation or are still accepting applications. Ho mentioned a forthcoming technical amendment to adjust a high-rise sprinkler program after eligibility issues limited participation. She closed with examples of projects preserved or funded, including a St. Louis Park preservation deal, public housing preservation in Greater Minnesota, a St. Cloud challenge project, and the first-generation down payment assistance program, which distributed $50 million to about 1,450 first-time buyers, most of whom were Black, Indigenous, or people of color. No votes or formal committee actions were taken.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The infrastructure is being built.
  • So holding on to that infrastructure and to make sure it stays intact. Before.
  • And that's the infrastructure.
  • That's the infrastructure that this body has put forward in Indian country.
  • And so the infrastructure is not there.
Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs held an informational hearing on the state’s response to the missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP) crisis, with an added focus on foster youth and child welfare. Opening remarks from the chair and members emphasized that California has made some progress through the Feather Alert, DOJ coordination, grant funding, and MMIP summits, but that the crisis remains severe and requires ongoing, not one-time, investment. Members repeatedly noted the need for stronger statewide coordination, better data, and more consistent attention to tribal communities and foster youth. Tribal leaders described the crisis as rooted in jurisdictional gaps, poor data collection, and lack of urgency from law enforcement. Witnesses from Hamul, Chachancey, Tahon, Yurok, and Hoopa tribes shared personal accounts of missing and murdered relatives, criticized inconsistent responses, and called for regional response agreements, direct tribal access to data, sustained funding, and clearer law enforcement protocols in Public Law 280 settings. Several leaders said Feather Alert and state grants have helped build infrastructure and partnerships, but stressed that trust-building, training, and accountability are still uneven across the state. The second panel featured the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Justice’s Office of Native American Affairs, both of which reported on implementation improvements. CHP said it has tightened Feather Alert practices, increased activations, improved outreach and training, appointed a tribal liaison, and expanded human trafficking training. DOJ described work under AB 3099 and AB 1334, including a Public Law 280 advisory council, improved crime reporting and data systems, MMIP outreach, and a tribal police pilot program with the Yurok Tribe. Members also raised the need to better support tribal courts and ensure protection orders are enforced. The final panel focused on foster youth as part of the MMIP crisis. Advocates from Pitt River, the California Tribal Families Coalition, and Coyote Valley said Native children are disproportionately represented in foster care and are at heightened risk of going missing or being exploited. They argued that foster care, trafficking, poverty, housing instability, and historical trauma are all connected to MMIP, and called for stronger ICWA implementation, culturally grounded services, better coordination with social workers and law enforcement, and immediate use of Feather Alert when Native children are missing. No formal votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with continued calls for legislative, budgetary, and policy action.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 087 Apr 11th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That is wildlife crossing infrastructure.
  • That is wildlife crossing infrastructure.
  • That is wildlife crossing infrastructure.
  • That is wildlife crossing infrastructure.
  • would benefit from more infrastructure would benefit from more infrastructure like<00:46:09.200>
Keywords: 981, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 12th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We provide assistance on water, governance, financial management, infrastructure, and disaster recovery
  • The second community ditch infrastructure fund was created in statute in 2019.
  • This is the water... ...infrastructure of the north.
  • Within our ASECA infrastructure into the future. Next slide, please.
  • Infrastructure, settlement, and in this era of people talking about conservation.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • um infrastructure projects throughout there's<00:32:09.679> one<00:32:09.919> ensboro<
  • Senate Bill 50 establishes residential infrastructure development districts.
  • costs, reimbursing developers for payments of prior infrastructure that's been already installed, or
  • costs, reimbursing developers for payments of prior infrastructure that's been already installed, or
  • costs, reimbursing developers for payments of prior infrastructure that's been already installed, or
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 162, a measure on unemployment insurance fraud. The sponsor said the bill would create a clearer process for state unemployment staff to refer suspected fraud cases, especially smaller-dollar cases that may not draw federal attention, and would help protect employers and the integrity of the unemployment system. Testimony from Brian Sikma supported the bill as a common-sense anti-fraud proposal, but several senators raised concerns that suspending benefits during an investigation could unfairly burden claimants, especially if the claim later proves legitimate. The sponsor and witness said the bill was intended to allow quick adjudication and that benefits could be reinstated after review, and the sponsor noted the referral process would include identifying information and details about the suspected fraud. The committee then voted on the bill; it passed with favorable expression, 8-1, and was sent to the floor. The committee then returned to Senate Bill 1, which would create a Kentucky Film Office and Film Commission and fund the office with a portion of the state transit tax and production-related fees. Senator Wheeler and invited guests described the bill as an economic development and tourism measure meant to expand Kentucky’s film industry, attract productions statewide, and build on existing tax credits. Witnesses, including Mary K. Po... and Misty Wrigley Miller, said a state film office would help market locations, provide a searchable database for producers, and make it easier for rural communities to compete for productions. They cited an economic impact study showing about $200 million in film-related economic activity in 2022, with additional ripple effects and tax revenue, and argued the office would help create jobs and workforce opportunities for Kentuckians. Members generally praised the concept of Senate Bill 1 and compared Kentucky’s potential to Georgia’s film industry growth. Witnesses said Kentucky already has strong incentives but needs a dedicated office and commission to better promote the state and coordinate production activity. The discussion emphasized that the commission would help ensure a return on investment and that local crews and businesses would benefit from more productions. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the bill and questions from senators, with no final vote on Senate Bill 1 shown in the excerpt.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not just about when I really want us to think about the whole infrastructure of health care.
  • So for Care IQ, again, this is our digital technology infrastructure. It's our...
  • Again, this is our digital technology infrastructure. It's our innovation.
  • Thinking about Active Kids, one of the drawbacks of rural communities is the infrastructure might not
  • In rural communities, local health districts and departments often have the infrastructure to do this
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment (2-26-26)

Economic Development & Workforce Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • All of this, any kind of infrastructure improvements, have to be done upfront.
  • All of this, any kind of infrastructure improvements, have to be done upfront.
  • All of this, any kind of infrastructure improvements, have to be done upfront.
  • /c><00:13:11.839> improvements any kind of infrastructure improvements any kind of infrastructure
  • that's got to be of this infrastructure that's got to be paid<00:13:42.560> for.
Summary: The House Standing Committee on Economic Development and Workforce Investment met with a quorum and first considered House Bill 576, which would create the Kentucky Talent Recruitment Grant Program. Representative Robert Duvall said the bill is intended to address Kentucky’s workforce shortage by funding local recruitment efforts for out-of-state talent, with grants of up to $500,000 to cities, counties, and nonprofits, a required 20% local match, and performance-based payments. He said the program is modeled on existing efforts already operating in Kentucky and cited projected economic and tax benefits. The committee substitute removed an appropriation and emergency clause so funding would go through the regular budget process, and members approved the committee substitute, the bill, and a title amendment with favorable expression. The committee then took up House Bill 593, sponsored by Representative Josh Bray, which addresses data centers and utility costs. Bray said the bill is designed to protect ratepayers from subsidizing data center infrastructure and to ensure projects either bring their own generation, use power purchase agreements, or pay upfront for any needed transmission or generation upgrades. He explained that the committee substitute made mostly technical changes, including giving municipal utilities more time to set tariffs, clarifying terms, adding exemptions for certain TVA- and DOE-related projects, and preserving existing contracts and net metering arrangements. Members asked about local control, the $75,000 prepayment, and TVA authority; Bray said the prepayment covers utility due diligence and screens speculative projects, local requirements must be certified before incentives apply, and TVA is federally regulated. The bill received supportive comments from several members, who emphasized protecting utility bills and ratepayers, and it passed the committee with favorable expression.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Nov 12th, 2025

Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The funding is necessary to provide and develop the infrastructure and the investment for infrastructure
  • When I think of infrastructure, I think of our facilities, our equipment, and our buildings.
  • When I mention test beds, here I mean these are federally funded infrastructures. where we can take the
  • Finally, our facilities and infrastructure, which I mentioned previously, are rapidly aging and require
  • When you talk about infrastructure, you talk about facilities, equipment, and people.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Jun 3rd, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Energy like infrastructure like um uh board committee that we worked with um Amner with.
  • The land grant infrastructure fund. Right. Uh, thank you, Chair.
  • I want to hear about that electrical vehicle infrastructure and building out.
  • I would, I would, I just second on the, um, the federal information, particularly the IRA infrastructure
  • Turning to slide 7 of the presentation is the water conservation, protection and infrastructure topic
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hearings to examine insurance markets and the role of mitigation policies. May 1st, 2025 at 09:00 am

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So once a fire starts to spread, a huge factor in how destructive it is, is how much human infrastructure
  • So once a fire reaches urban areas, a major factor is how fire resistant the affected human infrastructure
  • Fire Department had a stagnant budget and insufficient water infrastructure.
  • One is insurers are very concerned about aging infrastructure and how increasing climate risks are an
  • increasing danger to that infrastructure and how that can affect risk.
Summary: The meeting reviewed critical issues surrounding the rising costs and accessibility of homeowners insurance across the United States, particularly in light of increasing natural disasters linked to climate change. Members engaged in extensive discussions regarding the implications for families and the economy, citing significant increases in premiums and decreasing availability of policies in high-risk areas. Supervisor Peysko highlighted the direct impact of federal policies on local communities, emphasizing the growing burden on homeowners as they face skyrocketing insurance costs amidst a backdrop of environmental challenges and regulatory constraints. The committee expressed a unified call to action for bipartisan solutions, focusing on improving building codes and enhancing disaster preparedness measures.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill expands the types of infrastructure projects that can be undertaken by Municipal Utility Districts
  • It also permits reimbursements for these infrastructure improvements using...
  • Option to deliver low-cost, energy-efficient infrastructure and new development. Thank you, Mr.
  • Simply put, scale allows for more energy-efficient infrastructure to be put in place, and we're here
  • By recognizing thermal networks as public infrastructure, we empower municipalities and developers to
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 4th, 2025

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our members represent the people that build the roadways and infrastructure around the state, employing
  • We do everything from the curb down, infrastructure, water treatment plants, road and highway projects
  • Maybe it's that we want to make sure that when we put Dollars into infrastructure projects, that we do
  • Is the intent that this infrastructure is going to be Be built out by local governments?
  • That is our intent: to combine with New Mexico Tech in getting these. infrastructure communications out
NY
Transcript Highlights:
  • we have proposed in our one-house: adding $138 million in additional funding for clean water infrastructure
  • We've also added to the clean water infrastructure; we moved that from $500 million to $800 million,
  • We also have $50 million for water infrastructure projects related to housing preservation in rural communities
  • speaks for itself, helping to connect more communities to learning how to swim and having swim infrastructure
  • Our reliance on building very expensive pipeline infrastructure for natural gas is what is driving up
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Joint Conference Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Housing opened budget negotiations for the 2026-2027 enacted budget, with Senate and Assembly leaders outlining their one-house proposals and committee members giving brief remarks. The discussion covered environment, agriculture, housing, parks, and energy, with repeated emphasis on affordability, climate resilience, and support for rural and urban communities. Senate and Assembly chairs described the process and noted the agencies present, while minority members criticized the overall size of the budgets and urged more attention to housing affordability, building stakeholders, and energy costs. On the environment and energy side, the Senate highlighted proposals for $138 million in additional clean water infrastructure funding, a $75 million increase to the Environmental Protection Fund, $95 million in restored parks capital, $200 million for the Energy Affordability Program, and $1 billion for Sustainable Futures 2.0, including a proposed revival of the NY STUN program. The Assembly said it increased the EPF to $500 million, raised clean water infrastructure funding to $800 million, and included targeted amounts for cities, rural housing-related water projects, Cornell Ag Tech, and the Center for Sustainable Materials Management. Democrats argued that high utility bills are driven by natural gas costs rather than clean energy, while Senate and Assembly Republicans said the CLCPA and other energy mandates are increasing costs and should be reconsidered. Agriculture remarks focused on research, farm support, and resilience. Senator Hinchey described funding for Cornell’s COWS program, Farm to School amendments, $7 million for farm worker housing, and a new $20 million Farm Weather Resiliency Grant Program. Chair Lupardo said the Assembly added $16 million over the Governor’s proposal for educational research and outreach, restored support for beginning and disadvantaged farmers, and backed dairy, livestock, hemp fiber, and natural fibers initiatives, while also accepting $30 million in farmer tariff relief if guidelines are set. Minority Assembly Member Tague supported dairy infrastructure funding but criticized the farm labor overtime phase-down and the CLCPA’s impacts on farms. Housing discussion centered on major capital and assistance programs. The Assembly proposed $200 million more for the Housing Access Voucher Program, $100 million for Mitchell-Lama and NYCHA, $50 million for down payment assistance, $4 million for fair housing testing, land banks, and $40 million for the Homeowner Protection Program. The Senate outlined similar priorities, including $500 million for NYCHA, $100 million for Mitchell-Lama preservation, $250 million total for HAVP, and additional funding for mixed-income rental development, vacant rentals, senior housing, and block-by-block infill. Chair Rosenthal said rent stabilization was not being changed in the budget, while Republican members argued that affordability requires lower taxes, lower utility costs, and fewer regulatory burdens. No votes were taken; the meeting was an opening round of budget negotiations and ended with closing remarks from both sides.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Community Affairs Nov 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • We find that adding additional ADU units here in the state is critical to expanding the infrastructure
  • bill and think it's one of the most, one of the best bills out there to help with the current infrastructure
  • These funds are to address unmet infrastructure, economic development, and mitigation needs with eligible
  • The majority of these projects are infrastructure and hardening projects, which will ultimately make
  • Once we award the 2023-24 storms infrastructure funds, that will bring our total invested up to $2.1
Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and heard several housing and disaster-recovery items. The committee heard SB 48 by Senator Gates, which would require local governments to allow voluntary accessory dwelling units, preserve homestead treatment for the owner-occupied portion of the property, limit undue parking restrictions, require 30-day minimum rentals, extend certain density bonuses for military families, and allow reusable tenant screening reports. The bill drew strong support from the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals and several others, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 34 by Senator Sharif, creating a historic cemeteries program to help preserve historic African-American cemeteries and allow sale of excess vacant land if proceeds are used for long-term maintenance; it was also reported favorably. The committee then considered and recommended confirmation of Fox Henderson to the Board of Directors of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Members also received a presentation from the Department of Commerce on the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program and Rebuild Florida. Deputy Secretary Justin Domer described the state’s administration of HUD disaster recovery funds, including more than $4.3 billion received since 2017, housing repair and replacement programs that have completed 5,271 homes, and infrastructure and mitigation projects such as sewer conversion in Alford, the new Calhoun-Liberty Hospital, and the Florida Keys desalination plant. Members asked about average project costs, contractor oversight, corrective actions for deficient work, and audit procedures; Domer said the department uses inspections, vendor oversight, and financial penalties, and noted stricter contract consequences in newer programs. The Division of Emergency Management also presented on Elevate Florida, a federal mitigation program that allows homeowners to apply directly for elevation, reconstruction, acquisition/demolition, or wind-mitigation projects, with a 75/25 federal-homeowner cost share and no state funds. Director Kevin Guthrie said the program is designed to reduce repetitive flood losses and keep homeowners in place, and that it has received more than 12,000 applications, with about 1,500 prioritized, 500 on a wait list, and 305 submitted to FEMA for final approval. Members asked about the 25% match for seniors, the wait list, contractor procurement, and how projects are classified; Guthrie said the program uses insurance proceeds where available, has competitively procured 27 contractors, and may shift projects from elevation to reconstruction depending on damage and flood rules. The committee adjourned after the presentations and discussion.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Oct 10th, 2025

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you see that going down: engineering, grading, infrastructure, all these.
  • That's kind of what they're for: to help fund that major public infrastructure.
  • That's going to be shared infrastructure. That's a benefit beyond just the new development.
  • It's relatively little compared to the infrastructure expense.
  • Project, and they've got the land and they've got the infrastructure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:24.800> resources, development on infrastructure resources, development on infrastructure
  • That data center can be providing that essential service, that essential infrastructure.
  • . infrastructure. infrastructure. um<00:37:03.440> that<00:37:03.760> energy<00:37:04.079
  • , and I just want to be careful about us calling data centers essential infrastructure.
  • Those are essential things, and we need infrastructure for those.
Bills: HF2928, HF2912, HF2297
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Jan 31, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • But one of the challenges is the cost of the infrastructure and so on.
  • our infrastructure our infrastructure costs<01:17:58.360> thank<01:17:58.520> you<
  • and borrow a bunch of money to put in infrastructure.
  • :48.920> this money to put in infrastructure so this money to put in infrastructure so this is
  • responsibility for the infrastructure responsibility for the infrastructure they<01:36:03.679>
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 410, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ biennium operating budget. OHA asked for a modest increase over its base budget, including $1.2 million to fund 13 new full-time positions for a strategy and implementation team tied to its long-term plan, with emphasis on housing, education, health, and economic resilience. OHA also described a broader effort to work directly with executive branch departments to improve outcomes for Native Hawaiians. Testimony was largely supportive, with several individuals speaking in favor and one testifier expressing strong frustration about Native Hawaiian rights and access to resources. The chair noted there were 38 additional written/supporting testimonies and three in opposition. Members asked about OHA’s funding sources and public land trust revenues; OHA said it is not receiving the full 20 percent share, described a public land trust working group and system issues, and said a related bill would seek funding to begin an inventory. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then considered House Bill 304, which would make the Hawaiian version of a law binding when the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian and later translated into English. The Judiciary supported the bill, saying it reinforces Hawaiian as an official language and looks to the original language for legislative intent. The Attorney General supported the intent but recommended narrowing the bill with a proviso to avoid ambiguities, limiting it to laws originally drafted in Hawaiian that were not later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Public testimony was generally supportive, though one speaker raised broader sovereignty concerns. Members questioned how many laws would be affected and whether the proposed amendment would undercut the bill; the Attorney General said the amendment was meant to address uncertainty in interpretation. No final action was reported. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 603, which would direct OHA to administer a Native Hawaiian business marketing program to promote Native Hawaiian-owned businesses through marketing and technical assistance. OHA supported the concept, saying a label or branding program could help consumers identify and support Native Hawaiian-owned businesses, but requested that funding be redirected to a working group to study program design, implementation, enforcement, and long-term viability. The chair noted four supportive testimonies had been received, and a member asked OHA to confirm that its programs serve all Hawaiians, not only those eligible for homelands; OHA said it serves all Hawaiians in the state. The transcript ends before any vote or further action on HB 603.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is the continual maintenance of the nerve system of our IT infrastructure of the state.
  • This project proposes a critical infrastructure upgrade for the Portsouth commercial fish pier and Ry
  • The Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program has monies that we have asked..
  • But as we move into years 13, 14, and 15 in the system, not upgrading the critical infrastructure of
  • Uh, damage to windows, infrastructure, insulation, and the interior. Uh, it's also generating mold.
Keywords: 928, house, all