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• The credit provides direct financial support to these dedicated professionals.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.
• I was employed by Eagle Lab actually before I graduated from engineering school.

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• I think We all realize that these are professionals who are working doing the professional job, and they
• It also has a cooling effect on us being able to find the best professionals to do these jobs in local
• competitive bid, and each of the corporations filed a competitive bid on a contract, all with the same engineer

Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee heard and voted on several local and statewide bills. HB 69, by Rep. Andrade, preempted local zoning and land-use authority to the state for presidential libraries; after an amendment clarifying the scope of preemption, it passed 13-2. HB 63, by Reps. Gerwig and Cassel, created a public-records exemption for city and county administrators and their deputies, citing threats and harassment against local administrators; it included a 10-year sunset and passed 15-0. HB 4045, by Rep. Alvarez, updated the City of Tampa firefighters’ and police officers’ pension plan, including extending the DROP period by three years; it passed 14-0 with a committee substitute. HB 4023, by Rep. Hunschofsky, tightened conflict-of-interest rules for officers and employees of the North Springs Improvement District after prior audit concerns; it passed 16-0. HB 4017, by Rep. Oliver, codified the Bermont Drainage District’s charter and corrected a statutory cross-reference via amendment; it passed 16-0 with committee substitute. HB 4009, by Rep. Kendall, renamed the St. Johns County regional airport to the St. Augustine Airport and passed 16-0. The committee also considered PCB IAS 25-01, by Vice Chair Griffiths, which would standardize county constitutional officers’ budget procedures and create an appeal process for clerks of court and supervisors of elections similar to that used by sheriffs; after testimony from the clerks and supervisors’ associations, it passed 16-0.

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• But would... miscarriage, but it would be confirmed by the health care professional that it was not an
• It would also be... miscarriage, and also that it would be verified by a health care professional that
• I’m Matt Massie, president of the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering.
• With that, we're also providing professional development for teachers across the state.

Bills: SB175, SB195, SB196, SB199

Keywords: aircraft, tax exemption, sales tax, lease tax, maintenance, Alabama, health insurance, Medicare, retirees, public education, contracts, education, high school, community college, dual enrollment, secondary credit, Move on When Ready, parental leave, state employees, local education agencies

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• Beginning with item one, impact of educational professional salary increases.
• TSPVI is required by statute and by their Educational Professional Salary Increase Rider to provide a
• TSPVI is required by statute and by their Educational Professional Salary Increase Rider to provide a
• Recommendations include. ending their Educational Professional Salary Increase Rider, TSDs, to specify
• I do want to take the time to personally and professionally thank each individual here.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• My professional life. I was in power generation world for a number years.
• to get additional capacity at a certain location of power plan ldc and then from there we go to engineering
• Second speed, like I just mentioned, FPL can identify a new site, get through the engineering design,
• We any other cause, Representative Connerly for deep intricate engineering question to do your best.

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• They need professional mental health care and an appropriate facility.
• They need professional mental health care and an appropriate facility.
• They need professional mental health care and an appropriate facility.
• Uh, so now he's a mechanical engineer with Spax.
• Both are recently treated with gene therapy, where their blood stem cells were removed, engineered to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I am the director of legislative and political affairs for the Minnesota Association of Professional
• <00:05:16.680> employees Association of professional employees Association of professional
• We've had about SSIS, but Maxis is the main engine. It's more than 40 years old.
• We've had about SSIS, but MAXIS is the main engine. It's more than 40 years old.
• licensed mental health professionals licensed mental health professionals clinical<01:33:49.719>

Bills: HF1, HF98

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• The skill professionals on who we rely daily, the groom's. That's the bloc's miss.
• I am a licensed professional engineer here in the state of Florida.
• So she ation Afsp is represents possible professional in the state of Florida.
• I appreciate the the 5 year professional side that you have your question.
• So that would be 4 years prior to attempting to test under another qualified professional surveyor.

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• Engineering the new RTS for maximum usability, operability, and future adaptive ability will provide
• specifies the number of vehicles by fuel type if there are hybrid or electric or their combustible engines
• All of our counselors... are certified professional counselors.
• So I am also I'm adding professional juggler to my resume and child care this week.
• Having reliable childcare meant that I could attend professional development. development events and

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It helps meet the need of the shortage of mental health professionals and practitioners, especially in
• It helps meet the need of the shortage of mental health professionals and practitioners, especially in
• House Bill 470, an act relating to peer support professionals and declaring an emergency.
• Component manufacturers,<00:54:57.359> such<00:54:57.680> as<00:54:57.840> engine
• > manufacturers, such as engine manufacturers, such as engine manufacturers,<00:54:59.000> transmission

Keywords: 958, all

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• Throughout his career, Don continued to pursue professional excellence, graduating from the Southern
• excellence, graduating from professional excellence, graduating from the<00:19:47.840> Southern
• <00:51:35.760> saying<00:51:36.160> Israelis engine generating it. saying Israelis
• They became doctors, lawyers, and engineers because that's what Americans do.
• of a two-month engineering process. of a two-month engineering process.

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

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• Major sources of expenses include salaries, benefits, diesel fuel, materials and supplies, a professional
• Major sources of expenses include salaries, benefits, diesel fuel, materials and supplies, a professional
• The NCDA prepared a preliminary engineering report in June of 2001 and submitted that to the FTA at the
• I'm Joel Mueller with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
• <00:21:17.559> and Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and Brotherhood of locomotive engineers

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 269 and House File 749 together, both aimed at ending Northstar Commuter Rail service. The bill author described HF 269 as directing the Metropolitan Council and MnDOT to request a federal waiver and discontinue Northstar operations, with HF 749 setting performance requirements that would trigger a similar termination request. Supporters argued Northstar has low ridership, high operating subsidies, and large maintenance costs, and said the agencies now agree with the intent to terminate the line and possibly replace it with bus rapid transit. The chair moved HF 269 to the general register while also laying HF 749 over in committee, and testimony was heard on both bills at once. Testimony split sharply. Supporters of termination, including the bill author and Annette Meeks, said Northstar has consistently underperformed ridership projections, has required large taxpayer subsidies, and should be ended rather than extended. Opponents, including Jesse Cook, Darwin Scherlan, Joel Mueller, Katie Nicholson, and Annie Buckle, argued the line still serves riders, workers, and communities, that low frequency and underinvestment are the real problems, and that the state should improve service rather than shut it down. Several opponents emphasized Northstar’s role for commuters, special events, and future growth, especially the St. Cloud corridor. Met Council Chair Charlie Zelle and MnDOT Commissioner Danenberger said they support carefully evaluating alternatives to commuter rail and acknowledged the subsidy is not acceptable, but they also said the agencies are working with the federal government and BNSF on possible next steps. Zelle said the agencies believe bus service could provide more frequent and direct service, and when asked directly, he confirmed they are in favor of terminating Northstar and replacing it with bus service if feasible. No final disposition beyond the motion on HF 269 and the laying over of HF 749 was recorded in the excerpt.

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• But at this time, dental and pediatric professionals continue to support water fluoridation.
• This doesn't make any sense right now to me sitting here as a medical professional, listening to this
• But they are health care professionals and they are stating what is important for society as a whole.
• Additional debate. >> And so has the son of an environmental engineer who built water and wastewater
• And a medical health care, medical health care, professional myself.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Justin Schreier, and I represent New Mexico IDEA, the statewide association of economic development professionals
• Justin Schreier and I represent New Mexico Idea, the statewide association of economic development professionals
• You know, this is the engineers that are assigned to those districts. They're very comprehensive.
• You know, these are the engineers that are assigned to those districts.
• Jason Espinoza, speaking on behalf of the New Mexico IDEA, the statewide economic development professional

Bills: SB251, SB150, SB154, SB73, SB111, SB172, SB76, SB181, SB235

Keywords: horse racing, program training, program owning, state licensing, racehorses, regulation, local news, newspaper printing, journalism, media tax credit, print media, digital news, news publisher, newsprint, press operator, printing industry, local journalism, tax credit, income tax, corporate income tax

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• appropriation changes for last year were mainly due to maintaining regional market values for our forensic professionals
• us to get involved more than just an explanation of what happened, and our investigators, as a professional
• They're very professional and always helpful.
• We just let the Bids on five of those structures that are the pre-engineered steel structures.
• And again, because they're pre-engineered, they're going to go up pretty quickly.

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• I'm a licensed engineer.
• Phil Reigns from the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors here?
• Phil Reigns from the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors here? Hello, Mr. Reigns.
• I am representing the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors.
• I am representing the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard Senate File 59, authored by Senator Green, which would require counties to locate and restore original public land survey monuments and related boundary markers. Green argued that newer GIS/GPS-based surveys have sometimes shifted long-established property lines, creating disputes for landowners, counties, and state agencies. He described examples involving his own property and constituents, including a case where a neighbor allegedly lost access to a well and septic system after a new survey and another where a landowner was told he was farming school trust land based on a newer plat reference. Testimony in support came from Allan Roger Olen, who said a newer survey changed his family’s property lines and created a dispute over land, a building permit, and ownership of well and septic systems. Senator Green also said county plat books are not legally binding and that the bill is intended to force counties to find original monuments before more disputes arise. Committee members raised concerns from the Association of Minnesota Counties about the bill’s timeline, funding, and requirement that counties employ a land surveyor. Green responded that counties had already been told to hire surveyors in some disputes, acknowledged the funding concerns, and said he would look for funding sources while emphasizing protection of property rights. A committee member who teaches surveying explained that adverse possession is a real legal doctrine in Minnesota and noted that restoring all monuments would cost far more than the $10 million already appropriated, estimating the total need at about $300 million. Phil Reigns of the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors testified that the Public Land Survey System underlies Minnesota’s land tenure system, that the original monuments were set mostly between 1850 and 1908, and that surveyors aim to restore them as accurately as possible using historical records and modern tools. He said the work is expensive because many counties lack staff surveyors and must hire consultants. Members discussed whether the bill would create boundary conflicts or authorize counties to alter lines, and Green said his intent was to restore original monuments and avoid litigation. Co-Chair Lang moved that Senate File 59, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The motion prevailed on a voice vote. Afterward, the committee began receiving an overview from the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs.

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• He said my dean of engineering—this happens to be her area of specialty—and in fact she is here to testify
• I am the dean of engineering at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
• He said they have professional experts and would be happy to look at any kind of solution.

Summary: The committee met in public hearing on Senate Bill 1586, sponsored by Sen. Ben Brown, which would address abandoned, ownerless landfills in Missouri. Brown described the bill as a response to a constituent who discovered contamination near property in Franklin County, and said the measure had evolved through multiple versions. He explained that the bill would give the Department of Natural Resources clearer authority over ownerless landfill sites, direct 10% of tipping fees from solid waste districts toward assessment, investigation, testing, remediation, and management of those sites, create an interim committee for further study, and tighten seller disclosure requirements to require written, dated notice by mail. Brown said the state has 29 such sites and argued that counties and DNR lack the resources to study or clean them up. Support testimony came from Marisa Grosoccoe, dean of engineering at the University of Missouri, who said the bill provides both a regulatory framework and a steady funding stream, and that environmental studies are a necessary first step to determine the scope and cost of cleanup and potentially return contaminated land to productive use. She said the funding would likely support only a few studies per year, but would reduce uncertainty and help unlock other funding sources. Opposition came from representatives of solid waste districts, including Chris Bussin and Diana Bryant, who argued the districts already perform important recycling, household hazardous waste, and grant administration work, and that the proposed diversion of tipping fees would reduce funding for those programs. They said the districts are already tightly regulated, that the abandoned landfill issue has been known for years, and that DNR already has authority to act. Lacey Miller, speaking for informational purposes, said the districts support local recycling and community programs, especially in small counties and schools, and warned that consolidation or funding cuts would hurt local services. No vote was taken; the hearing on Senate Bill 1586 was concluded.

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• cities that go to the trouble, like they want an outer loop, and then they pay the money to have the engineering
• He worked for Dow Chemical, ...and he was an engineer, and he changed his family's dynamic just like
• Come on. the three report of Fably full Senate no come on y'all know about this be professional chair

Bills: HB647, HB791, HB1242, HB1729, HB2003, HB2029, HB2061, HB2775, HB3751, HB4804, HB3611

Keywords: driver's license, vision correction, medical verification, Texas Department of Public Safety, renewal fees, HB 791, Central Catholic High School, San Antonio, specialty license plate, specialty plates, license plate, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, Transportation Code, general revenue fund, With Loyal Hearts, Catholic school, private school, religious school, school spirit plate, commemorative plate

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony and took action on a series of transportation-related bills. Early in the meeting, Senator Hagenbuch presented HB 647, which would let drivers who have had corrective eye surgery update their licenses by submitting physician verification without an in-person DMV visit; he argued it would reduce DMV lines, though a fiscal note estimated setup costs. The committee also heard HB 2029, a cleanup bill clarifying that travel trailers are not subject to safety inspections after prior legislation removed inspections for trailers and all vehicles, and HB 4804, which would remove Texas’s CDL appeals hearing process to align with federal law and avoid jeopardizing highway funds, while also authorizing DPS action related to the terrorist offender registry. All three bills were left pending after testimony, along with HB 2003, which would require annual public reporting by entities with projects in the Texas Rail Plan, especially in light of the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project and landowner concerns; supporters said it would improve transparency, while opponents warned it would force disclosure of proprietary financial information from a private project. The committee also heard HB 2775, adding Ector County and Odessa to the I-27 Advisory Committee, and HB 791, authorizing a specialty plate for Central Catholic High School in San Antonio; both were left pending after brief discussion and no opposition testimony. The committee then heard several local or commemorative measures. HB 1242 would designate part of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County as the Ernesto Solis-Cantu Memorial Highway, and HB 2061 would name a bridge on State Highway 242 in Montgomery County for Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez. Hernandez’s mother testified emotionally in support, describing his military service and the family’s wish to have the bridge mark his return home; members responded supportively. The committee also heard HB 1729, which would impose term limits on Freeport commissioners, and HB 3751, transferring a DPS commercial vehicle enforcement office building in Woodville from TxDOT to DPS. HB 3611, the “bandit sign” bill, was presented as a targeted enforcement measure against illegal commercial signs in medians and right-of-ways, with added safeguards to avoid affecting political signs and to require written notice before fines. All of these bills were left pending after testimony. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out multiple bills favorably. HB 3751, HB 261/HB 2061, HB 647, HB 791, HB 1242, HB 1729, HB 2003, HB 2029, HB 2775, HB 3611, HB 4804, and HB 2522 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, generally on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Most were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar, though HB 2029 was ultimately not placed there after an objection. The committee then recessed.

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• SPECIALIZED SKILLS IN AREAS REQUIRED OF OUR INDUSTRY IS PROPERTY APPRAISER, TITLE AND SPATIAL DATA GIS PROFESSIONALS
• THIS HAS OPPORTUNITY TO JEOPARDIZE YOUR COUNTIES NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR YOUR ECONOMY AND I REALLY
• BEACH FUNDING IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU READ LITERALLY IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Some of the requirements in the bill include financial assurance and hiring a third-party engineer would
• , but what I did in, in, as I read the bill, the report just to make this clear, a third party professional
• engineer that's licensed will actually prepare this report.

Bills: HB205

Keywords: disaster recovery, economic development, grants, loans, infrastructure support