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• <00:25:23.919> standards guidelines and professional standards guidelines and professional
• I'm here in front of you as a public health professional.
• fear and that health care professionals fear and that health care professionals can<00:36:39.119
• and birth worker professional and birth worker professional organization<01:05:49.039> in
• they the health care professionals. they the health care professionals.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments. Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure. A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.

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• Pharmacists remain bound by their education, their licensure, and professional scope of practice.
• So I sat down with the professionals and had a conversation about this bill.
• It's about ensuring that everybody has access to a health care professional when they need one.
• It's about ensuring that everybody has access to a health care professional when they need one.
• Pharmacists are licensed health care professionals. They've invested years in their education.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• We are seeing market failure where the professionals we rely on most cannot afford to live in...
• We are seeing market failure where the professionals we rely on most cannot afford to live in urban and
• Today, many buildings are professionally managed through a combination of regional supervisors, Today
• We represent professional certified managers of homeowner and condo associations.
• And I wanted to wish a happy Administrative Professionals Day to Espina.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have noted that law enforcement aren't mental health professionals, they aren't social workers, and
• ,<00:03:46.080> they<00:03:46.200> aren't<00:03:46.440> social professionals, they
• aren't social professionals, they aren't social workers,<00:03:47.680> and<00:03:47.800> they're
• We do this in a highly professional, apolitical, and non-partisan manner.
• , We do this in a highly professional, We do this in a highly professional, apolitical,<00:13:48.360

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The NHA advocates for directing the resources, time, and expertise of our professionals toward working
• <01:18:33.080> toward<01:18:33.360> working<01:18:33.639> with professionals toward
• working with professionals toward working with children<01:18:34.199> youth<01:18:34.520>
• complaint: the charter school can file a complaint, a parent can file a complaint, the parent professional
• So, if we're going to require a particular score for professional education for administrators, teachers

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Licensed professionals can absolutely not ignore those reports.
• Licensed professionals can absolutely Licensed professionals can absolutely not<00:20:32.880> ignore
• I have always considered professional.
• professionally trained investigator? professionally trained investigator?
• I'm not a professional investigator. I work in the construction industry.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• communication, and professional communication, and professional networking.<00:37:33.680> One
• It gives students access professionals.
• It has helped me grow academically, professionally, and personally.
• <00:46:21.599> that<00:46:21.839> in<00:46:22.079> some school professionals
• that in some school professionals that in some districts,<00:46:22.720> career<00:46:23.040><

Bills: HF3650, HF1791, HF3489, HF4231, HF4232, HF4269, HF4270, HF3490

Keywords: student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways

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• This speaks volumes about the safety, culture, and professionalism of the drivers we have employed at
• <00:58:06.400> But pilots, and logistics professionals.
• But pilots, and logistics professionals.
• I'm keenly personally and professionally interested.
• This is not safe. professionally trained, held a high held professionally trained, held a high held to

Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576

Keywords: vehicle platooning, transportation, public safety, pilot project, Wilkin County, Grant County, autonomous vehicles, transportation regulations, driverless cars, safety standards, first responder interaction, school bus, third-party testing, driver certification, transportation regulation, 1183, house

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• positive support professional and positive support professional and positive support<00:54:40.559
• <01:03:10.079> providing<01:03:10.559> SUD professionals providing SUD professionals providing
• We consulted with the professionals.
• > with<02:09:38.800> many professionals.
• We consulted with many professionals.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Members met to review a budget bill agreement using a nonpartisan spreadsheet and summary materials. Chairs and members thanked fiscal, research, revisers, and agency staff for the collaborative process, noting the bill had been difficult and that the final product reflected compromise. The chair also said only minor technical changes were expected before final enactment, and the spreadsheet walkthrough was then turned over to fiscal staff. Fiscal staff explained that the agreement met the overall budget target and walked through major human services provisions. Key items included nursing facility payment changes, including a phased PDPM change, APS inflation, modified single-bed incentives, and a CPI-U capped payment cap; a nursing facility surcharge; workforce standards board rule costs; continuation of certain nursing facility property tax rates; regulation of for-profit acquisitions of nursing homes and assisted living facilities; repurposing assisted living special project funds; funding the SEIU self-directed worker agreement; CFSS reimbursement in acute care hospital settings; and multiple disability waiver rate and authorization changes, including CPI-U inflation caps, waiver authorization reforms, and a waiver reimagined advisory task force. The agreement also included family residential service rate increases, a temporary extension of customized living disproportionate share payments, tribal eligibility for targeted case management, positive supports training changes, out-of-home respite modifications, swimming lessons as an allowable service for certain children with disabilities, a provisional EID provider license, and program integrity services funded by licensing fee increases. Additional provisions covered MinnChoices studies and assumed savings, behavioral health fund changes, substance use disorder treatment billing and rate changes, supportive recovery housing, housing support supplemental rates for specific providers, disability determinations, enteral nutrition payment timing, temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care Center, several one-time human services grants, senior nutrition funding, and grant reductions and extensions. No formal vote was described in the transcript; the discussion focused on explaining the agreement and its fiscal effects.

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• Ensuring individuals, families, and professionals have the knowledge to use them effectively.
• This includes educating caregivers and professionals on how to support evolving needs.
• Educating caregivers and professionals on how to support evolving needs.
• The need for our professional services doesn't go away, but it continues to grow.
• the need need for our Professional the need need for our Professional Services<01:02:31.960>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Uh, my background: I've been a professional firefighter for the last 23 years, 19 of those years in Duluth
• background I've been a professional background I've been a professional firefighter<00:04:10.159
• and qualifying conditions last more than seven days and a health care provider or a designated professional
• So we regulate things like boxing and professional and amateur mixed martial arts. education on um and
• <01:37:34.199> and things like boxing and professional and things like boxing and professional

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee held an introductory organizational meeting for the newly named Workforce and Economic Development Committee, with Chair Dave Baker noting a quorum and that no votes or formal actions were scheduled. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts, backgrounds, and priorities. Several members emphasized worker protections, labor experience, small business concerns, rural economic issues, and the importance of balancing employer and employee interests. Others highlighted education-to-workforce pathways, affordability, support for seniors, and opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities. Chair Baker said he wants the committee to find a balance between protecting labor and ensuring a strong employment base, fair rules, and fair taxes, while also acknowledging concerns about recent policy trends and the need to get proposals right before they leave the committee. Members from both parties echoed themes of collaboration and economic opportunity, though some Republicans criticized past rules and regulations as burdensome on small businesses. The committee also welcomed nonpartisan staff and DFL/GOP staff, including the committee administrator, legislative assistant, House Research, and fiscal analysis staff. The committee then received an overview from DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek and deputy commissioners. Varilek described DEED’s mission as empowering growth of the Minnesota economy for everyone, increasing prosperity and extending it broadly, and coordinating with other agencies such as Labor and Industry to avoid duplication and use taxpayer dollars efficiently. He said DEED focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion, workforce development, and helping Minnesotans—including people with disabilities—prepare for jobs and independent living. A deputy commissioner began outlining the economic development division’s structure and operations, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation was completed.

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• So they conduct their own professional development related to their mission.
• So they conduct their own professional development related to their mission.
• > development their own professional development their own professional development related<00:14
• So this request for professional services, uh, we don't do any in-house design, right, so we manage professional
• we we're we manage uh professional we we're we manage uh professional service<02:26:29.200> contracts

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• We regulate professional boxing, bare knuckle fighting, slap fighting, amateur and professional mixed

Keywords: 914, all

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• These professionals work hard to support parks and waterways across our state.
• In the gallery today, please welcome Executive Director Stephanie Stephens, Director of Professional

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Whether it's an accident on a rural road or a medical emergency in a busy town center, EMS professionals
• I can say with certainty that these professionals are heroes in every sense of the word.
• These brave men and women professionals.
• in a busy town center, EMS professionals in a busy town center, EMS professionals are<00:51:38.960
• <00:52:40.240> are certainty that these professionals are certainty that these professionals

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• bail bonding regarding the professional bail bonding regarding the professional bail bonding board.
• And uh it also works well professionals. And uh it also works well professionals.
• manner and we get them what professional manner and we get them what professional manner and we get
• The Professional Bail Bonding Board. The Professional Bail Bonding Board. The hour pending. Mr.
• and Willox regarding the professional and Willox regarding the professional bail bonding board.

Bills: SJR 4, SJR 40, SJR 81, SCR 37, SCR 39, SB 22, SB 32, SB 33, SB 36, SB 38, SB 95, SB 209, SB 249, SB 311, SB 326, SB 365, SB 458, SB 609, SB 660, SB 664, SB 693, SB 732, SB 745, SB 760, SB 762, SB 779, SB 783, SB 785, SB 868, SB 871, SB 883, SB 921, SB 955, SB 993, SB 996, SB 1008, SB 1057, SB 1067, SB 1151, SB 1171, SB 1210, SB 1255, SB 1265, SB 1267, SB 1271, SB 1307, SB 1313, SB 1316, SB 1318, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1365, SB 1426, SB 1470, SB 1484, SB 1494, SB 1559, SB 1592, SB 1596, SB 1598, SB 1637, SB 1677, SB 1706, SB 1758, SB 1762, SB 1786, SB 1809, SB 1818, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1871, SB 1967, SB 2064, SB 2077, SB 2112, SB 2148, SB 2320, SB 2406, SB 2407, SJR 36, SJR 81, SJR 50, SJR 4, SJR 40, SJR 27, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 39, SCR 38, SCR 37, SB 921, SB 609, SB 660, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 504, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 304, SB 1023, SB 204, SB 670, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 1539, SB 447, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 1215, SB 1302, SB 583, SB 673, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 955, SB 957, SB 541, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 53, SB 1352, SB 785, SB 1450, SB 1502, SB 1566, SB 1062, SB 711, SB 746, SB 1404, SB 1448, SB 507, SB 1026, SB 1349, SB 1355, SB 1433, SB 1434, SB 1596, SB 1403, SB 667, SB 1059, SB 1567, SB 310, SB 311, SB 505, SB 1210, SB 1470, SB 264, SB 1358, SB 1364, SB 1569, SB 1376, SB 1228, SB 519, SB 1350, SB 462, SB 827, SB 1585, SB 1484, SB 1273, SB 927, SB 1227, SB 1229, SB 1353, SB 1464, SB 1709, SB 1729, SB 1733, SB 1744, SB 1772, SB 1841, SB 1008, SB 2016, SB 1173, SB 1163, SB 996, SB 1370, SB 1321, SB 1101, SB 860, SB 993, SB 693, SB 1537, SB 1332, SB 1307, SB 963, SB 493, SB 984, SB 619, SB 1122, SB 455, SB 522, SB 1057, SB 1239, SB 1254, SB 1255, SB 1259, SB 1341, SB 1877, SB 1277, SB 32, SB 732, SB 731, SB 268, SB 1822, SB 1589, SB 397, SB 1058, SB 1267, SB 2112, SB 1930, SB 532, SB 508, SB 292, SB 291, SB 901, SB 1333, SB 1436, SB 1494, SB 964, SB 779, SB 1378, SB 2312, SB 1719, SB 287, SB 2143, SB 1245, SB 261, SB 1247, SB 2406, SB 2407, SB 1882, SB 618, SB 38, SB 393, SB 1371, SB 1365, SB 2243, SB 2226, SB 2039, SB 1919, SB 1895, SB 1598, SB 1493, SB 1810, SB 1791, SB 1706, SB 1644, SB 1238, SB 783, SB 458, SB 22, SB 651, SB 897, SB 1809, SB 1080, SB 745, SB 826, SB 989, SB 1320, SB 1437, SB 2320, SB 2289, SB 1171, SB 664, SB 1637, SB 2064, SB 868, SB 1079, SB 1243, SB 1504, SB 1851, SB 1879, SB 2237, SB 1257, SB 2034, SB 1522, SB 883, SB 249, SB 1318, SB 1151, SB 596, SB 1191, SB 226, SB 570, SB 870, SB 991, SB 60, SB 365, SB 1067, SB 1786, SB 326, SB 1401, SB 1592, SB 1728, SB 1265, SB 586, SB 529, SB 217, SB 209, SB 1923, SB 1559, SB 1839, SB 387, SB 1874, SB 1872, SB 1873, SB 1921, SB 1883, SB 1677, SB 95, SB 1620, SB 1838, SB 2024, SB 2429, SB 1999, SB 511, SB 2309, SB 2166, SB 871, SB 510, SB 33, SB 2420, SB 1860, SB 1541, SB 1316, SB 1314, SB 1313, SB 1426, SB 1398, SB 1869, SB 1750, SB 1871, SB 36, SB 855, SB 1233, SB 760, SB 2425, SB 2037, SB 1758, SB 1759, SB 2365, SB 1924, SB 762, SB 1271, SB 1818, SB 605, SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1968, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, SB 2321, SB 1967, SB 1662, SB 1663, SB 2124, SB 2204, SB 1855, SB 863, SB 37, SJR 39, SCR 1, SCR 27, SCR 32, SCR 42, SCR 6, SB 2232, SB 819, SB 2078, SB 2252, SB 1962, SB 2253, SB 825, SB 1577, SB 1184, SB 2018, SB 2206, SB 1901, SB 1030, SB 2368, SB 1963, SB 1960, SB 1643, SB 1625, SB 1299, SB 841, SB 668, SB 584, SB 231, SB 2411, SB 1085, SB 2431, SB 2231, SB 1490, SB 530, SB 34, SB 1261, SJR 81, SB 32, SB 458, SB 664, SB 693, SB 868, SB 1008, SB 1267, SB 1307, SB 1321, SB 1484, SB 1637, SB 1809, SB 1822, SB 2064, SB 2112, SB 2320, SB 2406, SB 2407, SB 609, SB 660, SB 921, SB 779, SB 1470, SR 388, SB 3042, SB 440, SB 2876, SB 3042, SB 440, SB 2876

Keywords: economic stabilization fund, state finance, constitutional amendment, budget management, financial security, emergency powers, legislative authority, governor powers, disaster management, tax exemption, ad valorem, tangible personal property, income production, SCR 37, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Panama Canal, Texas ports, port infrastructure, maritime trade, shipping lanes

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• They were doing the best they could to equip their citizens and their medical professionals and their
• The medical professional said. that his his survival was attributed to that drone locate.
• America is a great country because we welcome all talents. and to the professional from all over the
• world, Chinese young professionals who has working visa. an excellent working force, and they are not
• But HB17 is saying no. no to those professionals.

Bills: HB17, HB34, HB41, HB 118, HB 119, HB 127, HB 128, HB 129, HB 130, HB132, HB133, HB17, HB41, HB118, HB119, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB132, HB133

Keywords: foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy

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• Gray for professional Fred D. Gray for professional Fred D.
• , trade trade and export professionals, trade trade and export professionals, trade partnerships, and
• Gray for professional Fred D. Gray for professional Fred D.
• with, you know, and and professionals with, you know, and and professionals with, you know, and and
• to assess uh health care professionals to assess uh health care professionals to assess have a conversation

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This bill will meet increasing demand for skilled professionals in this field.
• This bill will meet increasing demand for skilled professionals in this field.
• Now, I don't believe that my viewpoint is unique among tax professionals, CPAs, and lawyers.
• <01:41:57.040> CPAs<01:41:58.040> and professionals CPAs and professionals CPAs and lawyers
• obviously you must have a professional obviously you must have a professional association<01:59:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But also, as any attorney or sometimes other professionals know, you're not always reimbursed for the
• But also, as any attorney or sometimes other professionals know, you're not always reimbursed for the
• Any attorney or sometimes other professionals know you're not always reimbursed for the amount of time
• We're going to have all these professionals.
• I mean we're going these professionals I mean we're going to<02:16:19.119> focus<02:16:19.480

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 4000, the Judiciary’s biennium budget bill for FY 2026-2027. Judiciary Director of Policy and Planning Brandon Kimura testified in strong support, outlining operating requests of about $6.17 million in FY 26 and $6.25 million in FY 27, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $9.9 million in capital improvements. He described funding needs for specialty courts, preparations for the Wahiawa District Court, an additional district court judge and staff for Kona, cybersecurity upgrades, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, statewide priority items, and restoration of several essential staff positions. He also said the Judiciary was seeking an additional $2 million for the Children’s Justice Center relocation lump sum because updated estimates had risen to about $8 million. The committee also discussed potential impacts from uncertain federal funding and asked for written follow-up on those risks and on the capital request, including coordination with Budget and Finance. Several organizations and individuals testified in support of the Judiciary budget, including the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, and legal service providers. Mioko Eto asked for an additional $1 million for civil legal service providers, explaining that the current funding is spread across multiple providers and that the need remains high. David Copper of Legal Aid supported the request, citing statewide demand, 105 staff, 7,100 cases closed in the past year, and 15,000 calls received, while noting that many people seeking help cannot be served because of capacity limits. He also said recent federal funding disruptions and proposed cuts could affect legal services and related programs. Committee members asked about the Criminal Justice Research Institute’s mission; Kimura said its primary statutory role is to build a database focused on pre-trial reporting and data analysis, though it is also working on probation and mental health-related projects. No vote or final action on HB 4000 was taken in the hearing excerpt provided.