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• And it's things like requiring a CPA to look at these things, and I can go through those if necessary
• Just trying to tighten up the requirements on this act. >> Okay, thank you. >> All right, Senator Allen
• ,<00:31:44.000><c> only</c><00:31:44.399><c> bonafide</c><00:31:45.279><c> thirdparty</c> requirements
• , only bonafide thirdparty requirements, only bonafide thirdparty armslength<00:31:46.880><c> capital
• </c><00:32:14.080><c> on</c> trying to tighten up the requirements on trying to tighten up the requirements

Bills: HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359, HB178, HB124, HB96, HB250, SB289, SB317, HB359

Keywords: HB178, Ten Commandments, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama, school display, religious display, Bible, Judeo-Christian, Establishment Clause, church-state separation, religion in schools, founding documents, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Northwest Ordinance, social studies, civics, history curriculum

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• </c><00:13:27.839><c> insurance,</c><00:13:28.880><c> they</c> to provide the required insurance, they
• to provide the required insurance, they can<00:13:29.279><c> still</c><00:13:29.519><c> continue</c>
• Uh it requires a three important things.
• I think concerns about WIOA requirement compliance are legitimate.
• Uh, and so, you know, workforce challenges of this scale require time and sustained coordination.

Bills: SB2141, SB2593, SB2824, SB2135, SB2115

Keywords: retirement, law enforcement, pension, public safety, employee contributions, Law Enforcement Standards Board, LESB, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, law enforcement certification, police standards, law enforcement training, officer certification, training and curriculum coordinator, lead investigative agent, administrative manager, administrator, Hawaii HRS 76-16, Hawaii HRS 139-3, personnel exemption

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• It requires updated or purchased literacy curriculum and a comprehensive literacy program to be aligned
• through grade four to purchase or update curriculum that complies with specified requirements beginning
• Work 277, also by Representative Keaton, requires after adoption or updating a literacy curriculum each
• It requires the curriculum used for signature instruction provisions to include a brief history of the
• It requires the council to...

Bills: HB1295, HB2262, HB2551, HB2593, HB2594, HB2636

Keywords: reading instruction, structured literacy, early literacy, dyslexia, phonics, phonological awareness, language comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, oral language, orthographic knowledge, multi-tiered system of supports, MTSS, screening assessments, intervention, reading intervention, elementary education, kindergarten, first grade, second grade

Summary: The House Education Committee briefed and took executive action on several bills. House Bill 1295, relating to comprehensive literacy programs and educator literacy training, was revised through a proposed substitute and several amendments. The substitute updated literacy curriculum alignment requirements, changed educator recertification provisions, restored some prior literacy-related state duties, and added reporting and implementation timelines. After debate over whether the bill should create a mandate for districts, the committee adopted one amendment and then passed the bill 17-0. House Bill 2262 would require high school civics instruction to include cursive signature instruction and related election-signature content. Amendments were adopted to allow culturally or linguistically appropriate signature forms, add historical context about marginalized communities, remove the requirement that students produce a legible cursive signature as a graduation condition, and eliminate State Board monitoring of compliance. The committee passed the bill 14-0. House Bill 2551, allowing certain school districts to sell real property with superintendent authorization, was also passed after members debated whether it was a prudent response to district financial pressures; the final vote was 10-4. House Bill 2593, dealing with school district minimum fund balances and monthly financial reporting to OSPI, was amended to remove a provision allowing withholding of apportionment payments for reporting failures. The substitute shifted the bill toward formal financial monitoring, technical assistance, and reporting requirements, and the committee passed it 11-3. House Bill 2594, establishing state requirements to ensure homeless students have equal access to public education, was amended to remove duplicative OSPI provisions and clarify McKinney-Vento alignment; it passed 14-0. House Bill 2636, creating a JLARC-based review process for public education policy and funding, was amended to keep a null-and-void clause from advancing, and the committee passed the substitute 14-0. The committee then adjourned after announcing a future meeting date.

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• So the bill before you requires starting...
• A 10% increase is required each biennium preceding the 2029-31 biennium.
• The bill also requires a WISIP study.
• It requires WSIPC to facilitate data transfer with participating institutions.
• requirements on agency collaboration and notice.

Bills: SB6251, SB6259, SB6325, SB5978, SB6209, SB6217, SB6227, SB6235

Keywords: medical school, medical education, letter grades, grading system, pass/fail, tiered grading, student assessment, curriculum, University of Washington, Washington State University, School of Medicine, physician training, academic standards, coursework evaluation, RCW 28B, SB 6259, Washington, state financial aid, higher education, public college

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Workforce Education Investment Act (WEA) Oversight Board, hearing from Jane Broome of Microsoft Philanthropies and Joel Anderson of WASAC. They reviewed the history and purpose of the WEA account, emphasizing that it was created as a dedicated, non-supplanting source to expand higher education and workforce investments, especially high-demand fields and financial aid. Broome and Anderson said the board has improved with WASAC staffing and better data, but they raised strong concerns that recent budget actions, especially shifting $400 million in University of Washington general-fund support to WEA, violated the original partnership and undermined trust. Senators asked about AI-related workforce needs, data transparency, and how to define “supplanting,” and the presenters said the board wants to stop supplanting and preserve WEA for its intended purposes. The committee then held public hearings on three bills. SB 6251 would require public medical schools to use letter grades or a tiered grading system; the sponsor said it was intended to standardize grading, but both WSU and UW opposed it, arguing that pass-fail and competency-based systems better support collaboration, mental health, and residency placement, and that only a small share of U.S. medical schools use letter grades. SB 6259 would make students who are found by a court to have caused major damage to a public higher education institution ineligible for state aid and require repayment of aid; the sponsor framed it as accountability for serious vandalism, while the lone testifier from WSU student government opposed it as unfair to lower-income students and potentially chilling to free expression. The final hearing was on SB 6235, which would reverse the “fund split” approach and require the state to fully fund compensation and central services for higher education rather than relying on tuition to cover those costs, while also directing a study on essential student services. Nearly all testimony was in support, from university and community college leaders, faculty, and labor representatives, who said the current system has led to hidden cuts, reduced COLAs, layoffs, program closures, larger class sizes, and reduced student services. After the hearing, the committee moved into executive session and adopted proposed substitutes and passed SB 5978, SB 6209, SB 6217, and SB 6227 to the Ways and Means Committee; SB 6235 was not acted on. The committee then adjourned.

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• If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact Michael, our assistant clerk.
• One of the problems is when you require or try to implement safety measures...
• Further, it adds a requirement that an appointed master who hears and takes evidence on the matters must
• This is simply updating notice and filing requirements for court proceedings involving persons with mental
• Decades ago, there was a requirement that after you submitted a facts document, you needed to send the

Bills: SJR27, SB53, SB311, SB1164, SB2807, SB1574, SB 53

Keywords: judicial conduct, state commission, judicial misconduct, commission membership, constitutional amendment, mental health, court proceedings, notice requirements, legal filings, electronic documents, Texas Supreme Court, writ power, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, procedendo, extraordinary writs, Government Code Section 22.002, separation of powers, judicial authority

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• House Bill 1078 would amend the Labor Code to require the Workforce Commission to create in collaboration
• House Bill 39 also requires the Texas Veterans Commission to prepare and submit a comprehensive report
• HB30 aligns with that. and it will require legitimate constitutional authority before committing Texas
• It requires debate, consensus, and sober thinking before sending our armed forces off to battle.
• They all have a federal service requirement tied to them, whether it be 90 days, 180 days, that is a

Bills: HB39, HB227, HB930, HB 1078, HB39, HB227

Keywords: highway designation, veteran recognition, commemorative, transportation, Brazoria County, Texas National Guard, combat duty, military activation, state requirements, emergency response, active combat duty, military service, Congressional action, Governor responsibilities, Congressional declaration, state law, conflict, armed forces, congressional approval, war declaration

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• </c> area combined these will require area combined these will require approximately<00:05:48.280><c>
• There's another field in the database, but that wouldn't be required.
• </c> you're just filling out the required you're just filling out the required information<01:15:49.400
• </c> have staff and wasn't basically required have staff and wasn't basically required to<01:34:37.679
• </c> number of cities from the requirements number of cities from the requirements although<01:36:13.880

Bills: HF484, HF483, HF1447, HF1496, HF554

Keywords: natural gas, gas hookups, residential construction, energy policy, local control, state preemption, municipal regulation, county ordinance, electrification, climate policy, housing development, building codes, energy source, utility infrastructure, Minnesota Statutes chapter 326B, propane, utility service, building permits, local government, energy choice

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• Are there any requirements of it?
• </c> interpretation of these requirements? interpretation of these requirements?
• </c><00:36:08.720><c> on</c> consequential new requirement on consequential new requirement on employers
• And can they be hard plastic required.
• We don't require<01:19:04.719><c> it</c><01:19:04.840><c> even</c> require it even require it even to

Bills: HF3878, HF4131, HF3796, HF4097

Keywords: airport workers, wage standards, labor rights, minimum wage, economic equity, surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, consumer rights, automated decision systems, Minnesota Statutes, suitable seating, employee seating, workplace seating, occupational safety, workplace safety, labor standards, employer requirements, chair, stool

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• . >> It says when an inspection is required by a local government entity, a condition of a permit for
• Here's one option: when the inspection is required by local government governing and the condition of
• It should have the words 'as required by a local governing entity' as a condition of permitting.
• so required by a local governing entity so required by a local governing entity as<00:15:44.160><c> a

Bills: HB610, HB620, HB582, HB610, HB620, HB582

Keywords: state bank, public bank, government funds, financial services, constitutional amendment, tax abatements, international headquarters, publicly traded companies, economic incentives, Alabama tax reform, social-emotional learning, education policy, parental consent, K-12 education, teacher training, student surveys, disciplinary action, automatic renewal, consumer protection, cancellation policy

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• Authentic Health care requires standards, inspections, and accountability.
• However you want to call it, it's taxpayer dollars, and that requires transparency.
• There is not a statutory requirement in New Mexico; a separate statute requires reporting on new investments
• So again, it's just this requirement. We don't have a requirement in testimony about public money.
• It's just not going to have this statutorily required provision.

Bills: SB41, SB33, SB32, SB30

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, individualized treatment, investigational treatment, health care, life-threatening illness, patient rights, physician recommendation, informed consent, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child protection, prosecution, crime amendments, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting

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• We strongly support Representative Nash's bill, which ensures training meets two basic requirements:
• I don't know the answer if they are required at this point. Someone from DCF may know that answer.
• I don't know if they're required to take the training or not.
• </c> don't I don't know if they're required don't I don't know if they're required to<00:16:54.199><c
• This section does not require mandated reporters to complete or undergo training.

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• federal reporting requirements.
• federal reporting requirements.
• federal reporting requirements.
• federal reporting requirements.
• federal reporting requirements.

Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276

Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services

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• bills at public hearings held immediately upon recess today, notwithstanding any advance notice required

Bills: SB 2, SB 3, SB 10, SB 16, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 19, SB 54, HB23, HB17, HB16, SB19, SB53, SB54, HB16, HB17, HB23, HB27, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB3, SB10, SB16, SB5

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

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• This bill increases penalties, enhances coordination with law enforcement, requires all hazard security
• justice by strengthening the role of local administrative judges by removing the two-year term cap, requiring
• HB 17 requires tax entities to mail notices to every property owner regarding any tax rate. hearing while
• It would require taxing entities to provide uniform and easy-to-understand notices.
• The way your bill reads, you're stating that it requires that mail notice be done.

Bills: SB 2, SB 3, SB 10, SB 16, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 19, SB 54, HB23, HB17, HB16, SB19, SB53, SB54, HB16, HB17, HB23, HB27, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB3, SB10, SB16, SB5

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

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• In the judicial branch of state government, to state affairs: House Bill 17 relating to the requirements

Bills: SB 2, SB 3, SB 10, SB 16, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 19, SB 54, HB23, HB17, HB16, SB19, SB53, SB54, HB16, HB17, HB23, HB27, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB3, SB10, SB16, SB5

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

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• These students who require significant support are not able to remain in their normal schools because
• Students who require significant support are not able to remain in their normal schools because their
• In the language of the bill, you said that it doesn't require a non-state contribution? Thank you.
• The city adds trace amounts of chlorine and fluoride to the drinking water as required by MDH.
• And the necessary tax levies required to pursue these endeavors.

Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237

Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction

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• :03:16.480><c> support</c> students who require intensive support students who require intensive support
• <00:34:25.919><c> documents,</c><00:34:26.399><c> plans,</c> required documents, plans, required documents
• You said that it doesn't require a non-state contribution. Thank you, Mr. Cassette.
• The city adds trace amounts of chlorine and fluoride to drinking water as required by MDH.
• </c><01:02:11.599><c> by</c> water as required by water as required by MDH.<01:02:13.440><c> The</c><

Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237

Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction

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• Modifies the requirements. So the requirements are...
• Paragraph under purpose, modifies the requirements. So the requirements are already there.
• So, yeah, the bill does require manual checks that would require folks to do those checks.
• It would also require people, as Senator Hoffman said, to have bunk offices, Require people, as Senator
• that meets the outlined requirements.

Bills: HB2070, HB2129, HB2227, HB2439, HB2667, HB2745, HB2773, HB2825, HB2873, HB2876, HCR2005, HCR2044, SB1002, SB1036, SB1054, SB1271, SB1432, SB1435, SB1437, SB1439, SCR1022, SCR1031, SCR1033

Keywords: flood relief, Gila County, emergency funding, public safety, environmental cleanup, municipal libraries, annual reporting, state legislation, transparency, government accountability, chiropractic, chiropractor, chiropractic board, state board of chiropractic examiners, license discipline, unprofessional conduct, patient records, record retention, HIPAA, conflict of interest

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• Members, in July 2025, Lough presented an evaluation of statutorily required reports.
• Members, in July 2025, Lough presented an evaluation of statutorily required reports. Mr.
• Chairman, yes, committee, House Bill 2588 adds requirements to HOA boards. I yield. All right.
• Could you give us some ideas of what requirements Thank you for bringing forward the bill.
• Could you give us some ideas of what requirements we're going to put on HOA boards?

Bills: HB4409, HB4414, HB4484, HB4486, HB3057, HB2588, HB4434

Keywords: housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing

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• Examples of this would be reports that deadlines are over two years old, where the entity required to
• Chairman, yes, committee, House Bill 2588 adds requirements to HOA boards. I yield. All right.
• Could you give us some ideas of what requirements we're going to put on HOA boards?
• Those are the two requirements. Own a home and live in. Do you pass. Leader Monson. Thank you.
• It is the bill that requires that the governor notify everybody in succession if he or she is going to

Bills: HB4409, HB4414, HB4484, HB4486, HB3057, HB2588, HB4434

Keywords: housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing

Summary: The committee took up several bills related to housing, state operations, veterans, and administrative cleanup. HB 4409, as amended by PCS, would create a bicameral, bipartisan legislative committee to oversee workforce and affordable housing issues and coordinate with outside stakeholders; members asked about membership, meeting frequency, and pay, and the bill passed 9-0. HB 4414, also with a PCS, would direct the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s housing stability program to use a needs-assessment tool to guide funding decisions, with the tool and related provisions sunset after five years; members discussed whether it would be data-mapping based and how it would connect to broader legislative decision-making, and it passed 6-3. The committee also advanced HB 4484, allowing Oklahoma Corporation Commission workers to use state-owned or state-leased vehicles between home and work when traveling statewide for duties; it passed 9-0. HB 4486 would authorize placement of a Gold Star Family Memorial Monument on state grounds as a gift from the Woody Williams Foundation, with OMES handling routine cleaning, and it passed 10-0 after questions about the final design and consultation with veterans groups. HB 3057, a cleanup bill based on a 2025 evaluation identifying more than 50 obsolete statutory reports, repealed outdated reporting requirements and passed 10-0. Two additional bills addressed governance rules. HB 2588 would add requirements for HOA board service, limiting board membership after developer turnover to owners who live in the neighborhood and excluding tenants and nonresident owners; it passed 10-0. HB 4434 would require the governor to notify officials in the line of succession before being out of state, with members briefly discussing whether 24 hours was enough notice and whether the succession order should mirror the federal model; it passed 10-0. The meeting ended with all bills reported due pass and the committee adjourned.