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• Who owns or trains a cock with the intent that the cock be used in an exhibition of cockfighting, and
• Texas is only one of two states, New York being the other, where breeding, training, and selling dogs
• Under current law, those who cause animals to fight face a state jail felony, but others who train and
• The chair called Steven Driver. Good morning. Thank you for being here today.
• We show you registered as Steven Driver. That is correct. And you represent who?

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• What the costs are, drivers are. >> This is citizens. This is this is a rough it.
• I think that the that the biggest cost driver in that space is definitely litigation reform that has
• So it's just by natural for 2 of the healthier market and the cost drivers in that marketplace.
• And that kind of triggered this reaction in the market and and the driver of the prior year.
• This loss, this last table and the driver of the prior year's race. It was the iOS market ready.

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• paradigm has shifted in many regards, based on that study, that exposure to combat is not the only driver
• Moore, new recruit training on lawful orders. Senator Moore. Thank you, Mr. President.
• I rise today for Amendment number four, new recruit training on lawful orders.
• This amendment would ensure our National Guard recruits are adequately trained on their responsibility
• This amendment would ensure our National Guard recruits are adequately trained on their responsibility

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.

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• are going to say, I am a resident of the state of Florida, and then you are going to, and you're a driver
• a Florida driver's license. ...us using their Social Security number without obtaining a Florida driver
• They now need to process new training for staff to authenticate records from an untold number of sources
• There's a lot of registered voters also, by the way, who don't have a Florida driver license.
• the scarlet letter, yeah, putting a tag, an emblem, a star, whatever it is that's going to be on driver

Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 1342, a transit-oriented development bill intended to expand housing near fixed transit corridors. The sponsor said the measure builds on the Live Local Act by reducing regulatory barriers and encouraging private investment around transit investments. An amendment was adopted that narrowed definitions, limited the bill to land use and development regulations, removed a private cause of action, and exempted certain sensitive areas including military installations and environmentally sensitive lands. Supporters argued the bill would increase housing supply and maximize the return on state transit spending, while local government groups and other opponents warned it would preempt local zoning, impose uniform density rules, and create infrastructure, evacuation, and public input concerns. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 1334, an elections bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship in certain voter registration and verification processes, update candidate qualification rules, require U.S. citizen markers on driver licenses and ID cards, and clarify that paper ballots are the primary voting method. Two technical amendments were adopted. The sponsor said the bill would streamline verification by allowing agencies to rely on Real ID and DHSMV records, reduce duplicate documentation, and improve communication between state systems. Senators questioned the fiscal impact, data-sharing procedures, storage of sensitive documents, effects on students, disabled voters, and people without driver licenses or Real IDs. A large number of public speakers opposed the bill, arguing it would burden eligible voters, especially students, seniors, disabled people, low-income residents, naturalized citizens, and people with name changes, while a smaller number supported it as an election integrity measure. The bill was ultimately not finished in the portion of the transcript provided, but the committee continued taking testimony and questions. Later, the committee took up CS for SB 1362 on advanced air mobility. A strike-all amendment was adopted to align the bill with the House version and authorize FDOT to fund vertiports and charging systems as part of public-private partnerships, including up to 80% of the non-federal share when federal funds are available and up to 100% if FDOT elects to do so. The sponsor framed the bill as helping Florida lead in advanced air mobility, and the measure was reported favorably with support from industry and local government representatives. Finally, the committee heard SB 174, which would designate a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and direct FDOT to install markers at an estimated cost of $2,400. The sponsor said the designation was tied to Turning Point USA activity at FIU and civic engagement. Several senators objected in debate, arguing Kirk was divisive and that the state should reserve road memorials for figures more broadly deserving of honor; others defended the designation as symbolic and non-regulatory. The transcript ends during the sponsor’s closing remarks, before a final vote is shown.

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• An amendment to Section 31-3164, A.R.S., relating to driver license examinations.
• This amendment adds more required hours for the teen driver before they can get their license.
• House Bill 2003 is about making teen drivers safer and thus making our roads safer.
• So this is just putting safer, I guess, to make it safer for drivers out there.
• I guess to make it safer for drivers out there and to have drivers not be distracted while they’re driving

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House met with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and a proclamation honoring Adrian Ace Stubbs Day. Members also recognized Doctor of the Day Dr. Victoria Tannenbaum and welcomed visitors for Lutheran Day at the Legislature, along with Judge Kaluli from Veterans Treatment Court. Attendance was recorded at 56 present, one absent, and three excused. The chamber then moved through communications, committee reports, and first readings before taking up a long third-reading calendar. The floor debate centered on a wide range of bills, especially water, education, elections, public utilities, labor, and criminal justice measures. Members discussed tax administration, groundwater and water-rights issues, superintendent contract transparency, mining reclamation, school employee disclosure, AI and digital privacy, sexual extortion, probation, veterans and military employment protections, adult protective services, salvage vehicles, real estate licensing, and several education-related appropriations for ESA administration. There were also resolutions and memorials on voting centers and precincts, student athletics, Route 66, and recognizing Judea and Samaria. Several members explained votes, with supporters emphasizing transparency, consumer protection, public safety, and administrative cleanup, while opponents raised concerns about privacy, cost, overreach, lack of accountability, and impacts on schools, elections, and local control. Most measures passed, often along party-line or near party-line votes, and several emergency measures were adopted with the required two-thirds vote. Notable votes included HB 2016, HB 2026, HB 2028, HB 2049, HB 2075, HB 2090, HB 2092, HB 2094, HB 2098, HB 2111, HB 2113, HB 2114, HB 2133, HB 2135, HB 2179, HB 2192, HB 2228, HB 2256, HB 2260, HB 2262, HB 2265, HB 2278, HB 2328, HB 2351, HB 2381, HB 2409, HB 2410, HB 2411, HB 2425, HB 2451, HB 2476, HB 2499, HB 2500, HB 2584, HB 2662, HB 2663, HB 2666, HB 2693, HB 2752, HB 2756, HB 2804, HB 2812, HB 2827, HB 2877, HB 2908, HB 2932, HB 2933, HB 2943, HB 2953, HB 2966, and HB 2985, along with HCM 2007 and HCRs 2003, 2016, and 2047 and HR 2002 and 2003. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole to begin consideration of HB 2174 and related amendments.

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• leading driver of habitat destruction.
• second leading driver of habitat and second leading driver of habitat destruction.<00:12:45.440>
• And you can see there's we're also training detector dogs on the larval find on Big Island to train them
• <01:26:21.920> onto which now the dogs are trained onto which now the dogs are trained onto
• So that'll be monitoring for red palm weevil, which it's already trained for and being trained for machine

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• system and happy to hear from you on what you would like us to train them on if you have suggestions
• They are highly trained.
• Back in early October, we had a young man come into our quantum training program.
• We're the co-lead in Elevate Quantum on workforce training for the entire region.
• When you're talking about training and the research and everything that's happening, Mr. Chairman.

Bills: HB1

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

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• team, and the other team, do good work for the workers of Minnesota, you know, from the snowplow drivers
• <00:12:10.320> to<00:12:10.639> the know from the snowpaw drivers to the know from
• the snowpaw drivers to the educators<00:12:12.160> and<00:12:12.480> police<00:12:12.720
• And then the other night on the floor, we found $77 million on a train to Duth.
• floor, we found $77 million on a train floor, we found $77 million on a train to<00:44:40.079>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We help immigrants every day with training, support, and understand how to live safely in our community
• I'm a psychiatry resident in my last year of training at Cambridge Health Alliance. My name is Dr.
• I'm a psychiatry resident in my last year of training at Cambridge Health Alliance, which is a public
• often work long hours, up to 80 hours a week on paper, often 24 hours at a time, and during our training
• We need our hospital workers, our child care workers, our bus drivers, our researchers, our physicians

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on the Safe Communities Act, House 2580 and Senate 1681, along with related proposals to limit local and state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, prohibit 287(g) agreements, and expand legal defense for immigrants. Most testimony came from advocates, attorneys, labor leaders, health care professionals, educators, and community members who argued that fear of ICE discourages immigrants from reporting crimes, seeking medical care, attending school, or cooperating with courts, and that a clear statewide policy would improve public safety, due process, and trust in institutions. Several speakers described personal or client experiences involving domestic violence, trafficking, workplace abuse, or children affected by deportation, and many emphasized economic harms to workers, families, and small businesses. Health care witnesses said immigration enforcement is causing patients to miss appointments, avoid emergency rooms, and delay preventive care, with resulting public health consequences. Labor and education representatives said immigrant workers and students are increasingly fearful, and that the state should not allow local police to act as ICE agents or enter 287(g) agreements. ACLU and coalition witnesses cited examples they said showed existing or recent collaboration between local agencies and ICE, including courthouse alerts, vehicle stops, and use of municipal spaces, while also arguing that the bill would still allow cooperation on criminal matters and public safety emergencies. One witness opposed the bill, arguing that serious criminal offenders should be deported and defending ICE’s role. Committee members asked several questions about whether the harms described were widespread or anecdotal, and about the distinction between assisting ICE in civil immigration arrests versus responding to violent or public safety emergencies. Witnesses said the bill was aimed at civil immigration enforcement, not criminal investigations or emergency situations. At the end of the hearing, a committee member requested a study on immigration enforcement’s effect on emergency room wait times, and the committee then adjourned without taking a vote on the legislation.

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• go after the operator because they didn't do their due diligence and screening that employee or training
• the property needs, shall we say, help, are you going to say, oh, gee, well, there's no failure to train
• No, because in that context, they would be exercising control over the training of the employees, right
• Yeah, I think it helped to just be a blanketed coverage for all the economic drivers...
• To just be a blanketed coverage for all the economic drivers, but it seems a bit odd that it's exclusive

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Lori Rice Spearman. has six schools that have trained over 42,000 health care professionals and awarded
• Stacey Haney serves over 5,300... students and as a key economic driver in Wichita Falls and partners
• certain school related items or for the Committee on Ways and Means HP 1588 by Leo Wilson relating to training
• the committee on public education HB 1694 by canola is relating to to the eligibility of school bus drivers

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• IS ENTITLED VETERANS AND IT MODERNIZES THE VETERANS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, THE VETERANS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING
• SERVICES PROGRAM BECOMES THE VETERANS FLORIDA OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM AND LAUNCHES A GRANT PROGRAM FOR JOB TRAINING
• DOES MORE IN THE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP FOR TRAINING, PROVIDING STIPENDS FOR VETERANS SPOUSES, THERE
• ARE SOME FEE RELEASE FOR VETERANS TOWARDS DRIVERS LICENSE AND OUR NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS AND SPOUSES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• over to the uh training academy for approval<01:15:06.080> and<01:15:07.360> yeah,<01:
• standards and training standards and training what<01:16:10.080> that<01:16:10.239> is
• It has to be submitted and has to be approved, um, by the training council. departments first of all
• Part two is what if police and training doesn't approve? What happens?
• What if they no matter what they come up with, Department of Training says no? I guess.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I am trained as a physician and a sociologist, and in my time at MDH I have been impressed by the sheer
• I am trained as a physician and a sociologist, and in my time at MDH I have been impressed by the sheer
• I am trained as a physician and a sociologist, and in my time at MDH I have been impressed by the sheer
• Consultation, training, and in addition oversight of the delegated programs. And that could erode.
• And so that is the primary driver of the proposal to eliminate the chiropractic benefit within MA.

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee met for a Health and Finance Policy hearing, began with member and staff introductions, and noted that Representative Keeler was participating as a non-voting member. The chair outlined committee rules on decorum and then introduced the day’s first agency presentation from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with Commissioner Cunningham appearing to present the department’s budget priorities. Commissioner Cunningham described MDH’s broad public health role and emphasized that public health is underfunded relative to health care, with significant reliance on federal dollars. The department’s main budget request was for infectious disease prevention and response to offset anticipated federal funding losses. MDH also outlined several fee increases tied to public water systems, wells, licensing and certification, assisted living and health care facilities, HMO regulation, food/pools/lodging inspections, radioactive materials, X-ray equipment, and asbestos abatement. The commissioner said these changes were needed because costs, workload, and regulatory complexity have increased, while many fees have not been updated in years. MDH also presented budget-neutral proposals, including continuing the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Advisory Committee, converting the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force into a standing advisory committee, restoring some local and tribal public health cannabis and substance misuse prevention grants, creating direct American Indian Health Special Emphasis Grants, reauthorizing the State Trauma Advisory Council, and extending firefighter PFAS biomonitoring work. The department also requested an operations adjustment for rising employee, insurance, fuel, utility, and legal costs, and referenced additional Clean Water Legacy Fund proposals. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided. Representative Bierman then offered supportive comments, praising MDH’s work and backing the funding and fee proposals, especially the restoration of local public health prevention grants.

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• Let's do some trains.
• to diagnose and prescribe to patients, and that not only do they not have the training, but they also
• to diagnose and prescribe to patients, and that not only do they not have the training, but they also
• This bill, though, requires someone to be trained in an AED, grades K through 12.
• I think schools could do that, but if you don't have an AED, why are you training someone for it?

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Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.

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• These are two of the most prevalent drivers leading to large-scale wildfires.
• Awareness training, then we do the validation by conducting penetration testing.
• Penetration testing, similarly with cybersecurity awareness training, etc., etc.
• During cybersecurity awareness training, based on the training and the automation that we have implemented
• So, we're not going to train them on confidential data.

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• amount of Chaffi Education and Training amount of Chaffi Education and Training Vouchers<02:57:42.399
• My bill expands the Chafee education and training vouchers for short-term workforce training programs
• is to have qualified drivers.
• Uh, and with the training institution.
• Through continue to hire more drivers.

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• These people are... train specifically how to respond to mental health needs for agriculture.
• Our emergency management staff plans for and trains for disease response, works with local and state
• It's going to be a huge driver for us.
• driver, so that 100 people now become three.
• And the West Texas A&M Vero Program do the kind of medicine they were recruited and trained for.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So this is only for job training. So those, and that's training.
• , job training, and that type of thing.
• Speaker and gentlemen, I've been trained in the law. Mr.
• I thought we were giving EV owners and hybrid drivers a discount as it was.
• We are subsidizing drivers of electric and hydrogen.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• Riling to the inclusion of the information, the construction and maintenance zones in curriculum of driver
• highway, road and street contracts for the presumption and sole casualtation of legally impaired drivers
• appraisal district or for the subcommittee on property tax appraisals HB 3376 by Caprione relating to training