Video & Transcript Research : 'competency'

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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 4, 2025 - 11:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • WE WERE COMPETING WITH BURGER KING AND McDONALD'S AND THINGS LIKE THAT FAST FOOD PLACES AND WE NEVER
  • THAT IS AGENCY WE COMPETE WITH. THEY PAY MORE THAN WE DO.
  • DEPARTMENT COMPETES AGAIN WITH DOC, LOCAL DEPUTY SHERIFFS, FILL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH OTHER LOCAL
  • WE CAN'T ALWAYS COMPETE WITH THAT.
  • THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T COMPETE WITH HERE.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/16/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wisconsin has a similar competency rubric.
  • permission to use a competency rubric. permission to use a competency rubric.
  • Wisconsin has a similar competency<01:23:49.080> rubric.
  • The states of competency rubric.
  • Uh, on top of all of the things that you've... a competency-based way to keep qualified a competency-based
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are competing against southern states and other states out there, but we just want to make sure that
  • Uh we are competing<00:00:53.360> against<00:00:53.760> southern<00:00:54.160> states
  • <00:00:54.480> and competing against southern states and competing against southern states
  • And so it's when you competing with pay.
  • And so it's when you competing with with<00:07:57.599> with<00:07:58.479> the<00:07:58.720
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have to compete for that land.
  • But there again, you're competing.
  • You can't compete with the subsidies that they're able to utilize to compete against us for them.
  • But there again, you're competing.
  • You can't compete with the subsidies that they're able to utilize to compete against us for them.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Mar 4th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires that a defendant who is found incompetent and later regains competency have a mental health
  • This pilot program helps to restore competency and provide more comprehensive treatment.
  • Currently, with regards to competency restoration, a lot of people think that competency restoration
  • Competency restoration just prepares somebody for trial to understand the charges against them and to
  • It was talked about earlier that the competency restoration—I've worked on competency restoration bills
Summary: The committee met and took up several criminal justice, public safety, and boating measures. It first heard SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which would create mental health diversion options for eligible misdemeanor and felony defendants, expand mental health and substance abuse grant uses, require evaluations and treatment recommendations in certain cases, add Hillsborough County to a forensic diversion pilot list, and create a behavioral health data repository. After adopting a technical amendment, the bill received strong support from NAMI Florida, family advocates, sheriffs, and the Murphy family, and was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. The committee also approved SB 86, expanding peer support programs for certain law enforcement support personnel, and SB 472, allowing inmates who complete approved education in correctional facilities to receive credit toward professional licensure requirements. Both bills were amended and then reported favorably without opposition. SB 276, which increases penalties for unlawfully sheltering or aiding an unmarried minor and creates a defense for actions taken to protect a minor from danger, drew questions about runaway youth, LGBTQ youth, and the scope of the defense; the sponsor said he was open to further amendment, and the bill passed favorably. Members then approved SB 402, updating the unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia statute to reference the armed forces by definition rather than by branch. SB 490, as amended, would let law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers carry concealed off duty and exempt law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and active military service members from the three-day waiting period for rifle and shotgun purchases; it passed 8-1 after debate over the waiting period and equal treatment concerns. Finally, the committee passed SB 628, Lucy’s Law, to strengthen boating safety and penalties, after adopting an amendment that removed proposed changes to warrantless blood draws and boating education requirements; the bill was supported by the family of Lucy Fernandez and passed unanimously. The meeting then adjourned.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • The academic goals for students were to graduate academically competent students, and as Elizabeth and
  • The academic goals for students were to graduate academically competent students, and as Elizabeth and
  • These were identified, as well as several other skills and competencies and expectations for the public
  • If staff says it's possible, and I'm sure it's great—they're generally more competent than ChatGPT, so
  • Because I think, I mean, we are competing in a nation worldwide for our workforce and stuff.
Summary: The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one. The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education. The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, we'll be moving on to HR 96 and HCR 100, related to adequate competency in LGBTQ plus, um, when
  • Um, another point by offering further inclusion, LGBTQ and culturally specific gender identity competency
  • Um, that competency in the workplace could attract a larger pool of qualified candidates for employment
  • Lastly, moving on to HR 96 and HCR 100, related to LGBTQ+ competency and harassment training.
  • <00:33:07.360> and related to LGBTQ plus competency and related to LGBTQ plus competency and
Keywords: 910, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/03/2026)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • understanding, um, certain non-competes understanding, um, certain non-competes are<01:53:18.960
  • <01:53:43.840> um and that goes for all non-competes um and that goes for all non-competes
  • There can be no non-compete. non-compete. non-compete. >> Correct. >> Correct.
  • non-competes from applying out of state. non-competes from applying out of state.
  • <02:09:50.239> Uh them because of this non-compete. Uh them because of this non-compete.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/26/2025)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • This will require have shown competency.
  • It may be subsequent semesters that they've achieved various competencies. Oh, so, okay.
  • So at some competencies. Oh, so okay.
  • <00:13:06.399> that understands the competencies that understands the competencies that they're
  • I I bow how they show their competency.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 5/6/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh this compete in certain situations.
  • 00:47:40.319> enough<00:47:40.560> to feel they are competent enough to feel they are competent
  • restrict these important non-compete restrict these important non-compete laws<01:25:37.199>
  • there's all of a sudden no non-competes there's all of a sudden no non-competes can<01:25:59.920
  • :11.440> whether<01:35:11.760> or non-compete, you can enforce whether or non-compete,
Bills: HF3228, HF2441
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The second measure is focused on disability-competent care.
  • Too many providers are trained in brain injury, let alone culturally competent practices.
  • The lives are specifically in healthcare education, use their competencies.
  • I was one of the families of them with those competencies. So we use those.
  • We want to grow skills, competency, interests, willingness, and confidence. Oh, go ahead.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities held a public hearing focused on health equity for people with disabilities. The chair opened by explaining that the session was not about specific legislation, but about sharing data, lived experience, and strategies to inform more inclusive health systems. Presenters included representatives from the Health Equity Compact, the Department of Public Health, MassHealth, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts, UMass Chan Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation, and the Arc of Massachusetts/Operation House Call. Speakers described how structural racism and ableism contribute to poor health outcomes, unemployment, poverty, and barriers to care for disabled people, especially disabled people of color. Testimony highlighted access problems such as inaccessible medical equipment, transportation, inadequate provider training, lack of culturally competent care, and insurance barriers. Several speakers emphasized the importance of collecting and disaggregating disability data, training providers in disability-competent care, and screening for accommodation needs. MassHealth described its Quality and Equity Incentive Program under the 1115 waiver, including disability-related metrics on data completeness, staff training, and accommodation screening, and reported early increases in hospitals collecting self-reported disability data. Brain injury advocates focused on inequities in rehabilitation access, including the impact of CMS’s “three-hour rule,” which they argued denies needed inpatient rehab to people with severe traumatic brain injury. They called for policy changes, a TBI task force, and possibly bipartisan legislation if CMS cannot revise the rule. Other testimony described DPH efforts such as one-to-one navigation, health promotion workshops, mini-grants for accessible recreation, and the Massachusetts Health and Disability Partnership. The hearing also highlighted medical education efforts like Operation House Call, which uses home visits and disability-led teaching to reduce bias and improve provider competence. No votes were taken and no formal actions were announced.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Judiciary (04/22/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • a criminal conviction, individual status is established by a final civil judgment by a court of competent
  • judgment by a court of competent judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.<00:16:16.720>
  • Well, it just says a civil action in the court of competent jurisdiction. May or may not be.
  • <00:59:26.240> May<00:59:26.400> or court of competent jurisdiction.
  • May or court of competent jurisdiction. May or may<00:59:26.880> not<00:59:27.040> be.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee work session focused on SB 148 and competing amendments dealing with forfeiture and civil recovery in murder cases. Members compared the “Lynn” and “Burge” amendments and narrowed the remaining disputes to two issues: whether the bill should apply only to first-degree murder or also to second-degree murder and related federal offenses, and whether any civil action could be brought before criminal charges or conviction. The group concluded that the pre-conviction approach created serious practical and constitutional problems, including Fifth Amendment concerns and uncertainty over how a civil case would proceed while a criminal investigation was pending. The discussion then shifted toward limiting the bill to post-conviction remedies. Members agreed that the Department of Justice pre-charge stay language should be removed, that the bill should not try to define “victim” in a way that included the person convicted of the murder, and that the definition should be revised to mean the estate of the victim or the victim’s immediate family, excluding the convicted person. They also agreed to delete language about “after right to appeal has been exhausted,” to correct a typo on page one, and to remove a section dealing with pre-conviction probate-style procedures and third-party notice issues. The committee also discussed how to handle third parties such as insurers, publishers, and innocent purchasers. Members concluded that third parties acting in good faith should not be liable if they make payments or transfer property without notice, but if they receive notice they should not disburse funds. They noted that existing post-conviction civil recovery language already allows victims to sue within three years, making the earlier pre-conviction mechanism unnecessary. The meeting ended with the members saying they had reached a deal on the revised language and would bring the updated amendment forward for further processing.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Could I even compete?
  • I feel that American technology and innovation can compete anywhere and I just want to compete on a level
  • And all of us that are involved in dealing with this and competing with it, applaud it.
  • There's very few exchanges that can compete.
  • And I'm happy they'll do that because I'm happy to compete with them. Member Gillibrand.
Summary: The meeting primarily addressed concerns regarding the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American investments and the financial security of retirees. The chair discussed legislation aimed at ensuring the protection of American investors against the risks posed by Chinese companies. There was a consensus among the members regarding the necessity to enforce existing policies that require compliance from foreign companies wishing to trade on American exchanges. The discussion included testimony from various stakeholders highlighting the urgent need to limit exposure to the CCP in retirement portfolios. Additionally, there were calls for increased accountability of regulatory bodies such as the SEC to better shield American investors from potential loss.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • so they can go to Indiana, Ohio, other places and compete for opportunities.
  • First of all, they must compete like everyone else.
  • First of all, um, they must compete like any other vendor. Okay?
  • They have to compete.
  • <00:20:41.280> successfully grow and eventually compete successfully grow and eventually compete
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The August 2025 interim meeting of the Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity began with roll call, confirmation of a quorum, approval of the June meeting minutes, and welcoming a new member, Ivonne Smith, who noted her background in MWBE and DBE work. The chair also offered condolences to a member whose father recently passed away and explained that the committee had invited agency officials to answer questions raised at the prior meeting. The first presentation was from Singer Buchanan of the Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet, who described the state’s equal opportunity and contract compliance office and its certification programs for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and minority/women business enterprises. He outlined outreach efforts, including partnerships with veterans’ organizations, the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, UK, and transportation-related groups; explained that the programs are intended to expand market access rather than provide grants; and said the office has moved to an online application portal that has processed 227 new applications since December 2023. He reported 536 total vendors across the programs, including 29 service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and said the office is considering website testimonials to improve outreach. Members asked about staffing, application assistance, and whether the state program conflicts with federal policy; Buchanan said the office has three staff members and that the program is state-funded and, based on legal advice, should continue under Kentucky law. Tony Yusefi of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet then presented on the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. He explained the program’s legal basis under federal DOT regulations, its eligibility standards, and its purpose of creating a level playing field while helping firms grow and eventually compete without assistance. He described certification requirements, annual documentation, prompt-payment protections, commercially useful function reviews, good-faith effort requirements, and sanctions for violations. He also discussed barriers facing DBEs, including access to capital, bonding, insurance, training, and prequalification requirements, and noted that 50 firms were removed last month for noncompliance with annual documentation rules. Yusefi said the cabinet has expanded supportive services, including an online application platform, bid notifications, and a nine-class business development program; 95 DBEs are enrolled this year, and the bid-matching system reaches an average of 377 DBEs monthly.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Executive Departments and Administration (03/18/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • eliminates certain non-compete eliminates certain non-compete agreements<00:13:03.200> for
  • existing non-competes.
  • I fully support maintaining high standards of clinical competency, ensuring practitioner competence and
  • ,<04:09:21.840> ensuring of clinical competency, ensuring of clinical competency, ensuring
  • competence and public practitioner competence and public protection<04:09:25.359> while<04:09
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on Senate Bill 401, which DHHS described as a cleanup bill. Testimony from the department explained that the bill would repeal obsolete reporting requirements tied to a repealed municipal reimbursement program and to the now-repealed commission on demographic trends. No one testified in opposition, and the committee voted 12-0 ought to pass, placing the bill on the consent calendar. The committee then heard Senate Bill 402, which would eliminate certain non-compete agreements for physician associates going forward. Senator Gray introduced the bill, and a representative of the New Hampshire Society of Physician Associates said it would improve workforce recruitment and access to care without changing scope of practice or affecting existing agreements. Committee members asked about the length of current restrictions and whether the change would make New Hampshire more attractive to PAs. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and sent the bill to the consent calendar. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 426, which would repeal the permissible fireworks committee. Senator Uler and the deputy state fire marshal said the committee’s original purpose had been overtaken by later changes adopting federal fireworks standards, and that the fire marshal now has the necessary authority. The committee voted 12-0 ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 469, a DMV modernization bill allowing electronic signatures in place of wet signatures for certain motor vehicle title and registration processes. Senator Lang, Carvana, the New Hampshire Auto Dealers Association, Copart, and DMV staff all supported the measure, saying it would reduce delays, errors, and paperwork burdens. Members asked about AI, consumer protections, costs, and how electronic signatures would work in practice, including in cases involving deceased owners. The transcript cuts off during that hearing before any committee action on SB 469.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 26, 2026 - 09:00 AM

Education & Employment Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so it’s critical that we’re trying to compete overseas to come back to Florida.
  • I earned first place at my first tournament while competing in a brand new event.
  • I earned first place at my first tournament while competing in a brand new event.
  • I compete in debate all the time. I do Congress.
  • I compete on the Florida State debate team as well. I just competed in the states this weekend.
Summary: The committee first took up PCS for CS for HB 1279, a higher education bill focused on Florida’s preeminent universities. The sponsor said the measure would increase access for Florida students, strengthen accountability and transparency, update accreditation references, adjust performance metrics, and address issues such as GPA weighting, engineering credit-hour differences, and certain fee-waiver and dental-program provisions. Members raised questions about the 95% Florida-resident enrollment target, possible funding impacts, Pell Grant metrics, and whether the bill would affect community college pathways; the sponsor said the bill was aimed at first-time-in-college students and that the 95% standard would be measured on a three-year rolling average. After an amendment removing an adjustment to the four-year graduation metric was adopted, the bill was reported favorably by a 17-2 vote. The committee then heard PCS for CS for HB 1059, which would strengthen speech and debate education by designating the Florida Debate Initiative as the statewide organization, supporting coach and judge training, statewide data collection, tournaments, and a Florida Speech and Debate Week. The sponsor and several students and advocates testified that speech and debate builds confidence, civics knowledge, leadership, and opportunities for English learners and other students, with multiple speakers describing how the program changed their lives. Members from both parties spoke strongly in support, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. Finally, the committee considered PCS for HB 725 on political activity at public institutions of higher education. The sponsor said the bill would standardize campus policies, require notice to students and employees about free-expression and political-campaign rules, and align state practice with federal guidelines while preserving free speech and nonpartisan voter engagement. An opponent argued the bill could create barriers to civic engagement and student organizing, while supporters said it would clarify existing rules and prevent institutions from favoring one viewpoint over another. The sponsor closed by emphasizing that the bill was about information and neutrality rather than restricting speech.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The next area is competency attainment services, and the role in competency attainment is limited at
  • significant the next area is competency significant the next area is competency attainment<00:09
  • attainment under rule 20 that competency attainment under rule 20 that are<00:10:38.040> now<
  • The governor's budget would apply existing county cost share to the competency attainment program as
  • The governor's budget would apply existing county cost share to the competency attainment program as
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (01/29/2025)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's just a matter of competing. I just want to look at my notes real quick.
  • It's just a matter of competing. I just want to look at my notes real quick.
  • Bingo money to go around, and we need to compete.
  • <01:35:22.840> if bingo halls to get up to compete if bingo halls to get up to compete if
  • Have to compete, and if you can't compete, you can't compete.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Jan 12th, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • only by an individual who has successfully completed an approved program and has passed a national competency
  • only as delegated by a vet under the vet's responsible supervision, and to the extent the VPA is competent
  • only as delegated by a vet under the vet's responsible supervision, and to the extent the VPA is competent
  • No veterinarian is going to delegate to someone they're not absolutely confident in their competence
  • They will pass a national competency exam. And lastly... It's a national competency exam.
Bills: S0754, S0796
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up two bills. First, it heard SB 754 on heated tobacco products. The bill would statutorily define heated tobacco products and exempt them from the cigarette tax. Senator Davis questioned why the exemption was needed, and Senator Bernard asked about youth access; the sponsor said the bill was limited to taxation and would look into age and regulatory issues. A Florida Retail Federation representative appeared in support. The committee voted the bill favorably, and Senator Bracey Davis later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tab 1. The committee then considered SB 796 on veterinary medicine, after adopting a delete-everything amendment. The amended bill would create a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA) role for individuals with a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care to perform delegated tasks under a licensed veterinarian’s responsible supervision. It also would extend the time period for telehealth prescriptions for flea and tick products from one month to six months and for other medications from 14 days to 30 days. Senator Boyd raised liability concerns, and the sponsor said existing statute already places liability on the supervising veterinarian. The Florida Veterinary Medical Association testified against the bill, arguing Florida should expand and better utilize existing veterinary technicians rather than create a new mid-level role, and warning about federal prescribing restrictions and animal safety. Supporters, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Dr. Wayne Jensen, argued the bill would expand access to care, reduce costs, and provide a well-trained supervised workforce. Several senators said the bill balanced access and safety, and the committee reported SB 796 favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Jan 20th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • Women finally broke through the glass ceiling, and they could compete.
  • My mom always told me you can’t compete where you don’t compare. Representative Hausman.
  • be competing against the other sex that's already lower than you?
  • It's the reason I had to stop competing is because I couldn't afford the blood test.
  • And so I didn't really feel like I could compete. I felt like that was stopping me.
Keywords: 959, house, all