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• um to do some work on the operational um to do some work on the operational aspects<00:09:03.320
• operational um changes that um Miss operational um changes that um Miss James<00:17:20.679> recommended
• <01:06:46.799> of operations and so it's the operations of operations and so it's the operations
• <01:07:40.520> as company gets to continue to operate as company gets to continue to operate
• <01:41:15.960> of they've got their certificate of they've got their certificate of training

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• of designation to operate as a solid waste disposal site and facility.
• know, agriculture operations face know, agriculture operations face very<02:04:57.720> distinct,
• Third, it establishes a minimum age requirement for POST certification.
• <02:57:58.520> And requirement for post certification.
• And requirement for post certification.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I doubt there's actually an up and operational AI-specific data center.
• They're about 40% of their operating revenue.
• So it's in our best interest to keep our operational costs down.
• Should it be the ratepayers or should it be the developers and operators?
• operation may be.

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• The first is Bus Operator 1, which is assigned to bus operators with less than five years of experience
• , and they are given a pay grade of D, which is what current bus operators are given.
• The second would be Bus Operator 2, which is for bus operators between 5 and 10 years of experience,
• Bus Operator 2 is for bus operators with between 5 and 10 years of experience, and they are assigned
• The third is Bus Operator 3, which is for bus operators with more than 10 years of experience, and they

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from Tom Franta, founding executive director of the Mountaineer Charter School Alliance. He described the new nonprofit’s goals of supporting West Virginia charter schools through advocacy, legal and compliance assistance, shared operational services, professional development, communications, and network-building. Franta emphasized that charter schools face major facility and financing challenges, and he urged use of existing public buildings, low-interest revolving loans, credit enhancement tools through the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, and federal matching funds to help level the playing field for charter schools, including both brick-and-mortar and virtual schools. Members asked about what he meant by “level the playing field,” and Franta said charter schools receive 99% of basic state aid but lack access to the full range of public education funding and dedicated facilities support, forcing them to divert dollars toward buildings rather than classrooms. He said the goal is to ensure parents choosing a public charter option can expect appropriate funding. After the presentation, the chair announced Senate Bill 171 was removed from the day’s agenda. The committee then considered Senate Bill 166, which creates an exception to West Virginia Invest grant eligibility so individuals who already have a post-secondary degree may still receive support if pursuing an associate degree or certificate in emergency medical services. The committee reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and under the original double committee reference, first be referred to the Finance Committee. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 428, with a committee substitute that splits the bus operator title into three pay grades based on years of service and raises the cafeteria manager title from pay grade D to E. Senators asked whether duties would change; counsel and the sponsor said the bill is intended as a retention incentive, with no change in responsibilities, and that the fiscal note would remain the same. The committee adopted the committee substitute and then reported the bill to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation, again first referring it to the Finance Committee. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Across our network, programs are already operating beyond capacity. Shelters are full.
• operating beyond capacity. operating beyond capacity.
• <01:52:42.080> costs, their infrastructure operating costs, their infrastructure operating
• <02:00:56.080> and coordinate during daily operations and coordinate during daily operations
• <02:15:12.560> certificates<02:15:13.160> of certificate certificates of certificate certificates

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

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• One player I know about has saved 34,000 pregnancies across the multiple states they operate in.
• That has been the track record every place that this entity has been in operation.
• So my question is if We have successful Oklahoma organizations that have been operating for years here
• So, the way they set this up is by state because they operate in multiple states.
• And I would reemphasize this particular entity has nothing but clean audits in every state they operate

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ

Bills: SB1287, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1558, SB2135, SB483, SB1198, SB1265, SB2154, SB2139, SB1552, SB2118, SB1775, SB259, SB1344, SB1380, SB2007, SB1572, SB2074, SB1423, SB1425, SB1502, SB1503, SB1833, SB1561, SB1555, SB2044, SB1749, SB904, SB1565, SB1500, SB667, SB1484, SB1562, SB1644, HR1045, SB227, SB1627, SB1475, SB1966, SB2049, SB1531, SB80, SB1734, SB1630, SB1894, SB1975, SB1432, SB1437, SB1812, SB346, SB710, SB1489, SB1614, SB2045, SB1250, SB1304, SB1501, SB1946, SB592, SB65, SB1257, SB444, SB640, SB2178, SB1242, SB1642

Keywords: abstraction, licensing, Oklahoma Abstractors Board, criminal background, good moral character, SB1983, foster care, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, child welfare, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions

Bills: SB330, SB2069, SB2095, SB1721, SB1433, SB1316, SB1280, SB1455, SB1456, SB1457, SB1459, SB1461, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, HJR1088, SB1684, SB378, SB1447, SB1920, SB1443, HR1047, SB1877, SB1884, SB1365, SB2174, SB1525, SB1810, SB1771, SB1805, SB1916, SB1530, SB1847, SB1990, SB2060, SB1992, SB1579, SB1778, SB2132, SB1623, SB2067, SB1589, SB1441, SB1224, SB372, SB1232, SB1264, SB1450, SB2011, SB2030, SB1980, SB1936, SB1477, SB1593, SB1725, SB1670, SB1480, SB1726, SB1633, SB1735, SB1632, SB1277, SB1217, SB1826, SB1824, SB1813, SB1326, SB1937, SB1641

Keywords: elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, waterfowl hunting, crane hunting, hunting guide, hunting outfitter, wildlife conservation, commercial hunting, outfitter license, guide license, hunting services, licensed guide, licensed outfitter, game and fish, hunting for compensation, waterfowl guide

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• THROUGH ADVANCED COURSEWORK SUCH AS AP, IV AND ACE, CAREER AND COLLEGE DUAL ENROLLMENT, INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION
• IS WHAT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED AFTER LAST SESSION BUT WAS STILL IN PLACE WHEN THIS WAS CALCULATED, CERTIFICATES
• REASON THE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS IS PROBABLY 2 TO 3 PERCENTAGE POINT ROUGHLY CORRELATES TO THAT CERTIFICATE
• DOING IS LOOKING AT WHETHER KIDS ARE NOT PERFORMING WELL AND THEN WHEN THEY ANALYZE THAT IF AC OPERATIONS

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• dedicated account regardless of whether the General Revenue new dedicated account is subject to certification
• Regardless of whether the general revenue dedicated account is subject to certification be the provisions
• Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to address a failure by an operator
• On trolley, so for the Committee on Transportation, HB 4402 by Gomez relating to the human operators
• relating to the appealing of chapter of the local government code related to zoology Zoological operation

Bills: HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135, HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer

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• Telepharmacies can reduce healthcare costs by minimizing the physical infrastructure and lowering operational
• Telepharmacies can extend the hours of operation with around-the-clock services.
• There's six that allow it to operate with a full range, where a lot of the states only limit it to the
• They have to pass the Texas school counselor exam and apply for certification.
• is claimed as an administrative cost, which can be replaced by other more necessary expenses. ...operational

Bills: HB321, HB 1027, HB 1295, HB1782, HB2295, HCR29, HCR56

Keywords: Medicaid, child health, express lane option, income verification, supplemental nutrition assistance, telepharmacy, healthcare access, remote dispensing, rural clinics, pharmacy regulations, health literacy, state health plan, health care, patient outcomes, public health, economic impact, healthcare, breast cancer, cervical cancer, insurance eligibility

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• when a home rule charter city, statutory city, or town issues a renewal or renews a rental license certificate
• Section one relates to the election day registration process and eliminates the requirement that operators
• To the new voting operations technology and election resources account, the voting equipment grant account
• the date they recruited the potential election judge, just because that's not how parties actually operate
• As things changed with hospitals in recent years, CentraCare has taken over the operation of the hospital

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• For the next three years, we are asking for $150,000 each year for operations.
• I agree with you that this should be a part of your general operating budget.
• Today I'm joined by our Director of Operations, Ms.
• But it's also good in terms of lower costs for industry regarding their operations.
• In FY25, the department spent $4.2 million of its $5 million operating budget.

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• <01:10:42.320> that verify the person operating that verify the person operating that location
• act against uh illegal um uh operators act against uh illegal um uh operators of<01:29:40.719>
• really harmful to operators. really harmful to operators.
• has put forward in their operations? has put forward in their operations? No. No. No.
• <03:55:08.239> a<03:55:08.399> third certification that you it's a third certification

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Senate Bill 651 makes a small but meaningful change to the Veterans County Services Office operating
• SB 2332 by Parker, relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety.
• Special Warfare Operator First Class Nathan Gage Ingram was... lost at sea while conducting a daring
• Special Warfare Operator First Class Ingram was a member of SEAL Team 3 and was assigned... to board
• It clarifies that the bill is prospective and changes the term "commercial operations" to "battery operations

Bills: SB664, SB40, SB9, SJR1, SJR5, SB27, SB207, SB2938, SB1901, SB1227, SB1248, SB912, SB1321, SB2143, SB2145, SB1497, SB1239, SB2180, SB1388, SB1762, SB1662, SB1951, SB1537, SB493, SB378, SB1020, SB1018, SB992, SB958, SB920, SB1350, SCR25, SB687, SB1332, SB2185, SB552, SB664, SB40, SB9, SJR1, SJR5, SB458, SB482, SB927, SB984, SB651, SB1620, SB2124, SB2448, SB841, SB843, SB402, SB2662, SB2053, SB2332, SB2112, SB745, SB1247, SB1789, SB27, SB207, SB2938, SB1901, SB1227, SB1248, SB912, SB1321, SB2143, SB2145, SB1497, SB1239, SB2180, SB1388, SB1762, SB1662, SB1951, SB1537, SB493, SB378, SB1020, SB1018, SB992, SB958, SB920, SB1350, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40, HCR118, HR559, HCR59, HCR135, HCR141, HCR46, HCR109, HCR10, SCR25, HB2525, HB142, HB140, HB29, HB451, HB3809, HB3307, HB 1130, HJR1, HB9, SB17, SB260, SB509, SB1506, SB1637, SB2308

Keywords: Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A, bail training, Article 17.024, Article 15.17, local administrative judge, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Office of Court Administration, county courts, criminal justice, criminal jurisprudence, judicial qualifications

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• Currently, there are only three SMR operational worldwide in China, Russia, and Japan.
• Installation and operational costs are available and waste management systems and...
• <00:33:05.440> SMRs<00:33:06.159> operational<00:33:06.880> worldwide operational
• SMRs operational worldwide operational SMRs operational worldwide in<00:33:07.840> China,<00:
• 34:28.480> are Installation and operational costs are Installation and operational costs are available

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• It operates more like a pyramid scheme.
• Yeah, Breakthrough is a non-profit operating here in three locations within the state of Texas.
• That's how we've operated for several years with a diagnostic, a nationally-normed diagnostic.
• But upon applying to certification programs, I had... to change plans I preserved French certification
• The Declaration of Independence, our nation's birthright... certificate acknowledges this.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• Um, we do have a preceptor certification course that we do annually.
• course that we a preceptor certification course that we do<00:01:23.360> annually.
• , operations, operations, >> right?
• the agency operations relates to our<00:15:45.600> indirect.
• Um so, to operate one program.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 409, 28 January, 2026; 10:30 A.M., 925, all

Summary: The meeting began with testimony from the Nursing Home Administrator Board, whose executive director explained the board’s role in licensing nursing home administrators, the AIT internship pathway, reciprocity, board composition, meeting schedule, and staffing. Members then shifted to an ice-storm-related discussion about nursing home emergency preparedness. Legislators asked whether any facilities lacked power, generators, or water, and urged clearer communication protocols so facilities would report problems directly through the Department of Health and emergency channels rather than through scattered calls to legislators. The board said facilities generally communicate with the Department of Health, that emergency contact information had been distributed before the storm, and that every facility has some form of generator, though not all can power the whole facility. The board also presented a small budget request, including modest salary increases for its two employees and a cloud-migration cost tied to House Bill 1491, with the understanding that statewide funding for that requirement might be handled separately. The discussion then moved to the Department of Health’s budget and operations. Agency leadership said the department has spent the last three years improving county health department efficiency, reducing overhead, and adjusting fees to eliminate program deficits, which has reduced spending by about $10 million and would shift roughly $8 million in general funds away from deficits. The department requested level funding overall, citing inflationary pressures and the possibility of another federal shutdown, but said it could absorb the impact for another year. Members discussed the public health trust created in a prior session, the need to rebuild county health departments, maternal and fetal care initiatives, and the importance of maintaining the $2.9 million in public health program support that has helped expand services such as obesity management, OB care, and home visitation for high-risk mothers and babies. Oversight and compliance issues were also reviewed. Legislators asked about prior problems with grants and sex education funding, and department officials said they had tightened oversight, adopted OpenGov for compliance, and corrected earlier violations so the programs are now in full compliance. They said the agency had improved accountability for both state and federal funds and that transparency remained a priority. The department also highlighted the cannabis program, saying it is now profitable, generating about $9 million in net revenue last year and about $12.5 million this year, with projections of $40 million to $50 million annually as it matures. Officials said they are asking for seed money for the public health trust from cannabis revenue so private-sector donations can be leveraged for long-term public health support. They described enforcement actions including fines, suspensions, license revocations, plant destruction, and referrals to law enforcement, the attorney general, and licensure boards for serious violations. The meeting ended with general support from legislators for the department’s work and acknowledgment of improved health outcomes, including Mississippi moving from 49th to 48th in overall health outcomes.

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• Funding temporary housing supports and emergency shelter operations is very important, and the North
• The group is licensed-exempt and receives a certificate.
• if they operated before January of 2020...
• If you operate a child care center, you have to submit your records to the department.
• And you know how I operate.

Summary: The committee first heard an update on North Dakota’s Interagency Council on Homelessness and Continuum of Care funding. Jennifer Henderson of the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency reported that homelessness remains driven by tight housing markets, low incomes, rising rents, and barriers to rental assistance, public benefits, and disability determinations. She said the state’s one-time North Dakota Homeless Grant is serving all regions but reaches far fewer households than the former Rent Help program, and that aging homelessness, shelter staffing shortages, and limited affordable units are growing concerns. Members discussed the need for more housing supply, better coordination with Health and Human Services, landlord engagement, reentry housing, and possible continued one-time funding for the $10 million Homeless Grant and $25 million Housing Incentive Fund. Henderson also warned that federal Continuum of Care funding is uncertain, with HUD expected to issue a new notice June 1 and possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing toward transitional housing and other models. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, or hard of hearing. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described the school’s services for infants, children, and adults, including screenings, mobility training, assistive technology, and outreach across the state. He said the agency works closely with Vocational Rehabilitation and is also involved in improving website and document accessibility, especially for PDF materials. Public testimony highlighted barriers such as inaccessible CAPTCHA systems, online forms, driver’s license requirements on job applications, and limited transportation in rural areas. A deaf resident urged broader use of video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training so people know how to use them effectively. Finally, Kay Larson presented the final report on the child care provider licensing study. The report recommended streamlining North Dakota’s child care licensing structure into three provider types plus a preschool designation, while preserving health and safety standards and maintaining eligibility for child care assistance. The committee discussed simplifying training and qualification rules, revising ratio and group-size requirements, and adjusting age bands for infants and toddlers. The report also noted that some changes would require statutory amendments and later administrative rule changes, with a transition period likely extending through 2029. No formal votes were taken in the transcript, but the committee accepted the updates and scheduled follow-up presentations for a later meeting.