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• Additionally, it eliminates the corresponding tenure demographic current services cost projections.
• Uh this bill services cost projections.
• projects by the secretary<03:11:18.880> of<03:11:19.040> state.
• <03:18:11.040> by officers to be an attorney qualified by officers to be an attorney qualified
• Um and I themselves would be qualified.

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 Testimony from the department explained that the bill would repeal obsolete reporting requirements tied to a repealed municipal reimbursement program and to the now-repealed commission on demographic trends.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.

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• This bill will move the existing requirements for qualified autism service providers, qualified autism
• service professionals, and qualified autism service paraprofessionals from the Health and Safety Code
• Under current statute, behavior analysts, qualified autism service paraprofessionals, and qualified autism
• Doing so would ensure fair recognition of qualified professionals and provide greater choice for both
• Expanding access to effective autism service services in California depends on recognizing all qualified

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several measures, including SB 402 by Senator Valadares, which would move existing qualification requirements for qualified autism service providers and related professionals from the Health and Safety Code and Insurance Code into the Business and Professions Code without changing the standards. Supporters said it was a technical cleanup that would improve consistency and legislative oversight, while an opponent argued the bill was unnecessary and could create access issues; another witness urged inclusion of the QABA credentialing board. The committee approved SB 402 on a due pass motion to the Committee on Health. The committee also heard SB 378 by Senator Wiener, aimed at online platforms that facilitate sales of illicit cannabis and intoxicating hemp products. Supporters, including labor, local government, and cannabis industry representatives, said the bill would help protect consumers, minors, legal businesses, and tax revenue by creating accountability for online marketplaces. Opponents from the hemp industry and TechNet argued the bill was overly broad, could sweep in legitimate platforms and payment services, and should better distinguish bad actors from compliant hemp businesses; members discussed implementation, enforcement through a private right of action, and coordination with AB 8. The committee passed SB 378 to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Senator Arreguín presented SB 779, which would establish minimum enforcement fines for Contractors State License Board citations where minimums are currently very low or absent, and would raise the board’s reserve cap from six months to 12 months. The sponsor said the changes would better match penalties to violations and help support consumer protection and board operations during economic downturns. There was no opposition, and the committee approved SB 779 as amended to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee also approved the consent calendar, which included SB 344 and AB 652, both sent to Appropriations. SB 508 was not heard because it had been pulled by the author.

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• On slide seven, should capital construction assistance projects be funded?
• In 2023, a nationwide shortage of veterinarians was projected due to growth in consumer demand.
• In November of 2024 and broke ground on the project in December, so it's underway. Slide 3.
• The project is called Stargate.
• You will see 53 open grants with over 5000 projects totaling the $23.7 billion.

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• We also request funding for a capital construction assistance project to construct a student success
• These projects will ensure that we.
• Issue 2 details debt service costs for capital projects at the type.
• The project construction is expected to continue until April 2026.
• The project is called.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• How are we paying our project managers to complete projects?
• They're a fence project, a storage shed, you know, small type projects.
• Some of these projects are probably ARPA projects as well.
• projects.
• have its own project manager.

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• Do you want to go ahead and just start with the... standards to qualify businesses and standards to qualify
• , which inevitably qualified staff, which inevitably ensures<00:13:21.200> that<00:13:21.440><
• factors qualify under these new<00:35:10.600> standards.
• project costs and project<01:06:43.120> staff<01:06:43.400> costs<01:06:43.680> associated
• Their part of the project, or logging into the system to update the whatever, right?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• IT modernization projects, a decrease for the completion of the Orster Strategic Planning Support Project
• I should note that we received over 290 requests for member projects, with the total member project request
• A dormant project is a project that we have funded, totally funded, but has lain dormant without a dime
• because one project is not moving forward and another is shovel-ready.
• They're waterway projects mostly.

Bills: HR159, HR160, HR161, HR162, HR163, HR164, HCR60, HCR61, HCR62, HCR63, HCR64, HR153, HR154, HR155, HR156, HR157, HR158, HCR57, HCR58, HCR59, SB124, SB399, SB441, SB447, SB460, HCR4, HCR47, HB59, HB74, HB159, HB175, HB330, HB364, HB414, HB458, HB525, HB568, HB628, HB786, HB909, HB1008, HB1033, HB1034, HB1041, HB1052, HB1062, HB1070, HB1079, HB1112, HB1118, HB1139, HB1151, HB1154, HB1176, HB1182, HB1196, HB1214, HB1231, HB1241, SB244, HB1, HB2, HB3, HB312, HB313, HB383, HB314, HCR3, HB983, HB1126, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HB27, HB71, HB214, HB225, HB241, HB244, HB306, HB345, HB366, HB446, HB511, HB514, HB655, HB730, HB743, HB1027, HB1037, HB1043, HB1082, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1167, HB1174, HB1175, HB1230, HB1237, HB1238, HB55, HB385, HB394, HB396, HB406, HB608, HB622, HB676, HB772, HB897, HB1030, HB1035, HB1038, HB1045, HB1049, HB1056, HB1058, HB1059, HB1092, HB1100, HB1117, HB1160, HB1161, HB1162, HB1177, HB1180, HB1189, HB1216, HB1239, HB1240, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, HB51, HB58, HB140, HB750, HB911, HB982, HB1010, HB151, HB180, HB192, HB193, HB310, HB635, HB690, HB961, HB1003, HB1146, HB864, HB977, HB181, HB31, HB664, HB615, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB9, HB284, HB393, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB996, HB1113, HB1234, HB1236

Keywords: occupational therapy, healthcare, medical professionals, recognition, professional day, property transfer, public records doctrine, bad faith, Louisiana State Law Institute, real estate law, Black Maternal Health Week, maternal health, racial disparities, healthcare access, culturally competent care, Louisiana, community health, motorcycle safety, awareness month, motorcyclists education

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opening prayer, and pledge, then moved through messages from the Senate, committee reports, and a series of resolutions and bills. Several House resolutions were adopted without objection, including recognitions for Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day, Denham Springs High School robotics, a tomato festival, Holocaust remembrance, and other commendations and observances. Senate bills and resolutions were received and referred or laid over, and multiple House and Senate measures were sent to committees for further consideration. The chamber then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill. Representative McFarland outlined the budget, emphasizing LASERS debt payoff using surplus funds, reductions in LDH and MFP based on spending and enrollment trends, and major funding items such as early childhood education, scholarships, workforce programs, FEMA debt payments, and public safety needs. Members asked questions about early childhood funding and higher education grants, including a request for follow-up information on a Lumina Foundation grant. The committee adopted each schedule of HB 1, and the House later returned to regular session and passed HB 1 on final passage by 104 yeas. The House then took up and passed HB 2, the capital outlay bill, and HB 3, the omnibus bond authorization act, both by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. It also passed HB 312, the supplemental appropriations bill, HB 313 on treasury fund transfers and deposits, HB 383 on ancillary/internal service funds, HB 314 on revenue-sharing allocations, HCR 3 on the hospital stabilization formula, HB 983 on judiciary appropriations, and HB 1126 on legislative branch appropriations. Throughout these measures, members highlighted funding for roads, corrections, public safety, education, health care, and economic development, and several members and staff were recognized for their work before the House adjourned to Monday.

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• All right, our Veterans Home Project.
• One of the projects we're working on with GSD is to get more shaded areas.
• So I would assume since they're under Title 10, they would qualify because that's in their right.
• We are in a project working with GSD about building some apartments there.
• By July 1945, it had become the White Sands Project.

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• <02:55:56.600> or online program or um a CTE project or online program or um a CTE project
• <02:56:37.640> like finishers and for project-based like finishers and for project-based like
• So, what I see this as is, I mean, maybe I qualify for the Hathaway. Do I qualify for the Hathaway?
• I qualify for the Hathaway.<03:29:42.880> Do<03:29:43.080> I<03:29:43.160> qualify
• Do I qualify for the Hathaway? Hathaway. Do I qualify for the Hathaway?

Keywords: 916, all

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• homes and again additional qualified homes and again additional qualified services<01:00:53.240>
• I think that's projected in this bill from 2026 to 2029.
• I think that's projected in this bill from 2026 to 2029.
• These are statewide projections.
• <01:46:17.360> we 2037 these are Statewide projections we 2037 these are Statewide projections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• As I well know, you're extremely qualified to serve as head of the Office of Legislative Affairs.
• Long story short, you can't find anybody better qualified than this man. Thank you.
• advising senior government officials on litigation risk and strategy in this role makes him well-qualified
• There have been calls, including from the authors of Project... 2025, which I think is generally seen
• I'd like to leave the NSD, and I think I'm exceptionally qualified to do so.

Keywords: John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general, national security, China Initiative, Department of Justice, judicial authority, executive actions, nomination hearing

Summary: The committee meeting primarily involved discussions around key nominations and pressing legal issues pertaining to the Department of Justice. Notable discussions included the nomination of John Eisenberg for assistant attorney general for national security, where concerns over the revival of the China Initiative were raised. Senators expressed significant apprehensions regarding previous actions taken under this initiative and its implications for national security. Additionally, there were critiques of the broader implications of executive actions that challenge judicial authority, aligning with ongoing dialogues about the integrity of the judiciary and executive oversight.

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• We're embarking on a new project with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
• But we know that many individuals don't qualify for coordinated entry housing.
• We also get funding through Veterans Affairs to assist with this project.
• Opened in 2025, this is one of our newer projects.
• One of the projects that we recently piloted is our street medicine project, where we actually work..

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• These are existing temporary positions currently working on the project under the approved project plan
• To update you on the status of the project, we have been delivering on the project milestones within
• the approved To update you on the status of the project, we have been delivering on the project milestones
• I'm the associate assistant project director for the CARS project.
• The project, excuse me, the project that is otherwise known as NAP 2.0.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The number of high school graduates is projected to drop 25% by 2041.
• For the Air National Guard, not all career fields qualify for a federal reenlistment bonus.
• to drop 25% graduates is pro projected to drop 25% by<00:03:08.239> 2041.
• <00:03:35.519> for<00:03:35.760> a not all career fields qualify for a not all career
• fields qualify for a federal<00:03:36.159> reinlistment<00:03:36.799> bonus.

Bills: SF0012, SF0013, SF0067

Keywords: military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, funding, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment, referral bonus, military service, eligibility expansion, incentive program, Wyoming state guard, emergency response, governor authority, state council of defense, 916, all

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• She qualifies for programs that should help people.
• She qualifies for programs that should help people.
• > that<00:30:42.240> should She qualifies for programs that should She qualifies for programs
• order to qualify for these programs. order to qualify for these programs.
• be disabled and be able to qualify be disabled and be able to qualify um<01:04:40.480> as

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• utility bills at various times throughout the month to let them know what their usage is, what the projected
• And you can develop cogeneration projects.
• AND YOU CAN DEVELOP COGEN PROJECTS.
• Giving the onus for utility companies to ensure that if somebody qualifies for these things, there has
• Too often eligible residents lose access to the assistance not because they can no longer qualify, but

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then took up a series of utility and public service bills and resolutions. A resolution sponsored by Senator Scarcella-Spanton designating April 9, 2026, as Yellow Ribbon Day was adopted after remarks honoring veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. The chamber then moved through several Public Service Law measures focused on utility affordability, consumer protections, and PSC procedures, with some bills laid aside and others advanced. Among the bills passed were measures by Senators Mayer, Cleare, Hinchey, Comrie, and Parker. Debate on the Mayer bill centered on limiting utility expenses and fees recoverable in rate cases; supporters said it was part of a broader package to reform PSC practices, while opponents argued it would not lower current bills and had been softened from earlier versions. The Webb bill creating a residential utility usage monitoring program drew extended debate over whether it would meaningfully reduce costs, who would pay for the program, and whether it could lead to government monitoring of household usage; supporters said it would give consumers more control and transparency, while critics said it would not lower rates. The Gonzalez bill, which would add consumer protections during PSC investigations and delay shutoffs in certain circumstances, also passed after questions about whether it applied to rate cases, with the sponsor saying rate cases were explicitly excluded. Several members explained their votes, with supporters emphasizing affordability, transparency, and consumer protection, and opponents arguing the package would not address immediate rate relief and could burden ratepayers or encourage nonpayment. Senator Tedisco and others criticized PSC appointments and state energy policy, while Democratic sponsors argued the bills were part of a longer-term effort to reform utility regulation and address climate and affordability concerns. The chamber restored multiple bills to the non-controversial calendar before final votes, and the recorded results showed passage of the major utility bills by substantial margins, along with one amendment appeal being ruled nongermane and rejected.

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• And what this bill says is if this work is being done by someone who's qualified, who's been certified
• ,<00:09:01.520> who's<00:09:01.680> been by someone who's qualified, who's been by
• someone who's qualified, who's been certified<00:09:02.320> by<00:09:02.480> the<00:09:
• <00:26:51.920> So,<00:26:52.080> I project when I get back home.
• So, I project when I get back home.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Is there some sideboards on the programs that are qualified for this funding?
• This is a demonstration project, and this is a, that's going to be, we're going to see the impact of
• Based on what we're seeing so far, current projections indicate that we're going to see a decrease in
• And that goes for capital projects. That goes towards recruitment.
• not qualified.

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• at 73.27 27 provides that projects at 73.27 27 provides that projects funded<00:53:53.200> with
• projects that we lead them through. projects that we lead them through.
• It's a $150,000 project. That's how I use this money.
• Project. That's how I use this money.
• We projecting inflationary increases.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• They have very substantially qualified and limited that in every presentation that I've attended, and
• Um, August 31st was the deadline for people to submit stakeholder input, but I will qualify.
• > that<00:10:01.440> in<00:10:01.680> every qualified and limited that in every
• qualified and limited that in every presentation<00:10:02.480> that<00:10:02.720> I've<
• stakeholder input, but I will qualify. stakeholder input, but I will qualify.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on November 12, 2025, approved the October 22 minutes, and heard an update from Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Steven Stack and Public Health Commissioner John Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for the federal rural health transformation grant. The presenters described the grant as a $50 billion, five-year program with annual CMS scoring and rescorings, no state appeal rights, and a December 31 deadline for CMS to announce awards. They said Kentucky submitted its application on November 3 and had gathered stakeholder comments earlier in the process. The testimony emphasized that the grant is intended to support new models of rural care rather than replace existing funding or pay for clinical services or lost hospital revenue. Officials said the state had to address at least three of five federal strategic goals, including prevention and chronic disease, sustainable access, workforce development, and care/technology innovation. They also reviewed restrictions such as no new building construction, no payment for monthly broadband costs, and a cap of 5% for electronic medical record-related spending. The presenters said CMS has been clear that funding should focus on innovation in care delivery, rural access, and related policy goals, and that the state’s award could vary year to year based on performance milestones. The meeting was interrupted by a building fire alarm and evacuation announcement before the presentation was completed.