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• one is we want a worldclass facility one is we want a worldclass facility here<00:13:35.240>
• <00:13:57.240> is animal health and this new facility is animal health and this new facility
• retention as well as additional training retention as well as additional training opportunities<
• <00:32:17.279> is have to cover until this facility is have to cover until this facility is
• Society while our facilities across the Society while our facilities across the state<01:19:19.360>

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• The teachers would be trained, obviously, before the credentials would be awarded and before the training
• The teacher training would occur as part of what happens in exceptional student education teacher training
• routine training, but this is specialized, and where you're dealing with workforce development training
• So this is a separate training.
• She said academic training for being an ESE teacher is different from workforce training.

Summary: The committee heard and approved several bills. CS for CS for CS SB 138, Trenton’s Law, would broaden DUI and boating-under-the-influence laws to cover any impairing substance, increase penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing, allow blood warrants in misdemeanor DUI/BUI cases, enhance penalties for DUI with death or vehicular homicide involving prior convictions, and authorize DUI diversion programs. Supporters included law enforcement and prosecutors, who said the bill addresses gaps involving over-the-counter drugs and refusal cases; the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about the breadth of the “any impairing substance” language and record consequences for first refusals. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 400, which removes the repeal date from Florida’s Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children, and CS for SB 102, which creates a workforce credentialing program for exceptional student education students, especially those with autism, to earn badges for job skills and safety-related competencies. SB 102 drew questions about fiscal impact and teacher training, with supporters emphasizing workforce readiness and parent involvement while some members raised concerns about costs and implementation. SB 130, which updates compensation for wrongfully incarcerated people found factually innocent, was also reported favorably after supporters argued Florida’s current law is too restrictive and too few exonerees have been compensated. The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 296, which repeals the statewide mandate for later middle and high school start times and returns the decision to local districts, while requiring districts to document their analysis of sleep, safety, transportation, and other impacts. An amendment added a reporting requirement to show how districts considered later start times and any unintended consequences. The bill drew broad support from school officials and education groups, with members noting transportation and extracurricular challenges. Finally, SB 234, dealing with criminal offenses against law enforcement officers, was reported favorably after debate over whether the bill should retain “good faith” language and how it would affect defenses and officer accountability. The committee also passed CS for SB 274, designating a portion of International Drive as Harris Rosen Way and adding a memorial designation for the late Senator Geraldine Thompson near the Wells Built Museum; members praised both honorees and the bill was reported favorably. The committee adjourned after recording one member’s request to be shown voting yes on the first bill.

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• It's things like ethics training and EO training, and workplace violence as well.
• we know if not you're doing the training we know if not you're doing the training it<00:31:50.279
• more often or even having more trainings more often or even having more trainings available<00:32
• extended Boom for maintenance facilities extended Boom for maintenance facilities to<02:14:50.599
• the car rental facility.

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• We traditionally when we speak about facilities, we're talking about an entire school facility that would
• That was a kind of a facilities opportunity to maximise educational choice.
• We know that both free and low-cost training programs exist.
• What are we what are we doing with those facilities into the hard question?
• Certainly we could you have a better usage of those facilities.

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• This is for training to continue parenting education services.
• This is for online education programs for youth in the DYS facilities.
• This is for online education programs to youth in the DYS facilities.
• This is a new vendor that will be providing the training for the master principal program.
• Amendment 6 is for meal services for the Civilian Student Training Program.

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• We inspect these facilities.
• our particular water treatment facility. our particular water treatment facility.
• operator training program. operator training program.
• <00:36:42.960> Um, water facility. Um, water facility.
• of public public treatment facility. of public public treatment facility.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, adoption of the minutes, and brief remarks, including birthday recognition for Representative Maseroni and a moment of reflection for a soldier who died during training at Fort Knox. The committee then heard a presentation from Tony Hatton, commissioner of the Department for Environmental Protection and acting director of the Kentucky Division of Water, with Amanda Lefer, deputy commissioner, on the state’s water and wastewater programs and planning. Hatton described Kentucky’s water resources and the Division of Water’s responsibilities, including watershed and nonpoint source work, KPDES discharge permitting, PFAS response, engineering review of water infrastructure, inspections, public outreach, and sampling. He said Kentucky has 428 public water systems, 263 water treatment plants, about 1.9 million service connections, and nearly 97% of the population has access to municipally treated water. He also noted that the state has 43 systems receiving awards for EPA areawide optimization and emphasized operator training, regionalization, and use of GIS mapping and Kentucky Infrastructure Authority data to support planning and funding decisions. Members raised concerns about aging infrastructure, water loss, staffing shortages, and wastewater problems in local systems. Representative Blandon described severe failures in a city system, including major water loss and sewer backups, and asked whether the state could intervene; Hatton said the division inspects treatment facilities and provides compliance assistance but is not authorized to manage delivery systems, though third-party help and emergency funding can be used in some cases. Senator Smith and others shared similar experiences with line loss and system failures, while Hatton pointed to regionalization and funding support as the main tools available. The discussion also highlighted PFAS as an emerging issue, with Hatton saying the department is working with systems to meet anticipated federal requirements by 2029.

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• Train families, train providers, and hold everybody accountable.
• Train families, train providers, and hold everybody accountable.
• The majority of people entering an assisted living facility or nursing facility who are not on Medicaid
• Who<00:51:47.880> are<00:51:48.040> not facility or Nursing Facility Who are not facility
• and 16 skilled nursing facilities and 16 skilled nursing facilities<01:35:43.239> in<01:35:43.360

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Just by having rules of the facility?
• just by having rules of in the facility just by having rules of the<00:10:26.720> facility<00
• <01:09:46.679> to return shakb Correctional Facility to return shakb Correctional Facility
• transgender women and men's facilities transgender women and men's facilities over<01:19:16.320>
• c><01:42:08.520> agency both either the facility or the agency both either the facility or the

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• > culturally<00:03:25.360> and need to train culturally and need to train culturally and
• will change the amount of facilities will change the amount of facilities that<00:42:25.920>
• <00:58:16.760> facilities.
• Well, training units.
• Well, training units.

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• I'm the interim executive director for the Public School Facilities Authority.
• Training and workforce readiness.
• So I know you had some stuff in there for training.
• Does the training come out of that $400,000 too? Mr.
• Well, we met with facility managers.

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• In correctional facilities. Many people with anosognosia, where did I treat them?
• fund and provide high levels of training.
• training... ...living with them, help train the family members, the LEAP training, and go side by side
• We try to provide training and technical assistance.
• This would specifically impact six SUD treatment facilities among more than 1,000 facilities that are

Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.

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• So I'm assuming that with no FTEs, that we're going to be training people that we already have—so training
• dog, you know, train me new tricks.
• So that training will happen.
• We have a new warehouse facility here in Jeff City.
• And is this a particular facility, or is this a combination of facilities in the same service area?

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• TWELVE MULTIPURPOSE COMMITTEE FACILITIES, AND THREE DEVICE PROGRAMS.
• WE WANT A GREAT ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS AND CREDENTIAL.
• THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO FUND TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUCTOR LED RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING
• FUND TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUCTOR LED RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING FOR THAT.
• THEY HAVE FOOTPRINTS ON LITERACY TRAINING EFFORTS.

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• the Phelps Correctional Facility.
• , formerly known as the Phelps Correctional Facility.
• Detainees do not even have those protections in the out-of-state facilities.
• So T-Call comes up with the training for jailers.
• We contract that with our facilities.

Bills: HB240

Keywords: tax exemption, farm products, ad valorem taxation, tax code, producer ownership

Summary: The subcommittee heard a series of county and regional government bills, with most measures left pending after testimony. HB 2097 would let counties that opt in give sheriff’s deputies an alternative appeal route for certain discipline cases through an independent hearing examiner instead of the Civil Service Commission. The author and a CLEET witness said it would be faster, cheaper, and fairer; questions focused on why the bill was needed and whether sheriffs could already use such a process. No opposition testified, and the bill was left pending. HB 4642 drew extensive testimony after the author said it was prompted by a death involving an out-of-state jail contract. The bill would require counties contracting with out-of-state jail facilities to include Texas-like jail standards and oversight provisions. The author, a former detainee held in Louisiana, his wife, and a Texas Jail Project advocate described poor conditions, lack of accountability, and multiple deaths of Texans housed out of state. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards director said five counties are currently housing 1,251 Texas inmates out of state, mostly because of staffing shortages, and said the bill would give the commission more authority and oversight. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard HB 4350, which would allow peace officers to request redaction of personal information from online real property records. Supporters said officers face retaliation risks and should have protections similar to judges and other officials; a title industry witness cautioned that redaction should not compromise the integrity of land records. The bill was left pending. HB 3687 would require county fire marshals in counties over 100,000 to meet specified training and certification standards, and HB 4105 and HB 4205 would give Harris County preferences in construction contracting and require pay parity for comparable law enforcement ranks within the county, respectively; all drew support from county officials and were left pending. HB 5403 would repeal a special rule requiring Dallas and Tarrant county sheriffs to get commissioners court approval for commissary disbursements, and it was also left pending. Later, HB 4462 would let elected county officials in large counties choose outside counsel in civil cases involving them, rather than relying solely on the county attorney. Supporters argued this would reduce conflicts of interest and protect officials’ reputations; questions centered on who qualifies and whether it could conflict with county interests. Finally, HB 240 would restore a five-member quorum requirement for Harris County tax levies, effectively requiring all commissioners to be present before a new tax rate can be adopted; supporters framed it as a taxpayer protection, while the Conference of Urban Counties opposed it as giving one member a de facto veto and potentially disrupting the budget process. Both bills were left pending.

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• Facilities get reimbursed, meaning that these facilities end up losing a lot of money because many reimbursements
• Some mentioned that their facility absorbs the cost, especially larger health facilities that were able
• reimbursement adversely impacts facilities' ability to stay afloat.
• We have been working with facilities in Albuquerque with sober living.
• And she toured the facilities and spoke to the director.

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• And it's also trained on very large data sets.
• It talks about AI training models, and it takes the position that training AI models on copyrighted material
• We continued our work because it didn't really break down for smaller facilities; we just had one facility
• Training, I think, becomes increasingly critical.
• were first put into place, is for actual discrete facilities like generating facilities, wind farms,

Summary: The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue. Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches. The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.

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• they can remove that facility.
• <00:20:06.080> How facility. And number four, the site. How facility.
• have come out of that facility. have come out of that facility.
• This facility looks older than that. This facility looks older than that.
• people in falling facilities. people in falling facilities.

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• need for more facilities, and...
• facility.
• and Training Command, providing technically trained airmen as well as combat pilots.
• The base trains more than 62,000 service members annually.
• We have United and we have Southwest. same training aircraft that United uses in their training program

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• Every time your loved one steps into a healthcare facility.
• It also revises training requirements, specifying train training on various skills specific to the medically
• Could you explain why you you reduce the minimum training hours for care providers?
• So there is a training requirement and it has to be validation of the training specific to that individual
• The training is to be specific to the child and there's a lot of theoretical training that's not relative

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• So the Quantum Foundry facility.
• Lastly, I wanted to mention the Elevate Quantum Packaging Facility.
• So this is our quantum learning lab and technician training program.
• , a Demonstration Facility, and a Rapid Prototyping Center.
• The R&D facility would also create several hundred jobs.