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• The chair's recommendation will be passed with the amendment and also there are some tech amendments.
• /c><00:26:22.000> there<00:26:22.159> are<00:26:22.240> some<00:26:22.400> tech
• amendment and also there are some tech amendment and also there are some tech amendments.<00:26:

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint AEN-HRE hearing focused on HCR 130, HD1, which urges increased and sustained funding for the island invasive species committees and the Hawaii Ant Lab within the University of Hawaii’s Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit. The Department of Agriculture said it supported the intent and noted that ISC funding flows through the Hawaii Invasive Species Council budget item via DLNR, while also describing ongoing collaboration with DLNR and efforts to support ant control work. Testifiers from CAPS, the University of Hawaii, the Oahu Invasive Species Committee, and CARES all supported the resolution, emphasizing that invasive species work is underfunded, that the island committees and Hawaii Ant Lab do critical control, research, outreach, and eradication work, and that sustained resources are needed to plan effectively and respond to priority pests such as little fire ant, coconut rhinoceros beetle, and coqui frog. A lengthy exchange followed over whether the resolution was meaningful, since it would be urging the state to fund work the Legislature itself controls. Several members argued that a resolution alone has no legal effect and that funding should come through bills and appropriations instead. In response, the Department of Agriculture said its top biosecurity needs are personnel and chemicals, and noted it is building up its plant quarantine and plant pest control divisions with prior funding and HB 427. Oahu Invasive Species Committee representatives said they rely heavily on Hawaii Invasive Species Council grants, have limited soft funding, and need more stable resources; they also pointed to annual reports and prior testimony as documentation of their work. After a brief recess, the chairs announced they would pass the resolution with amendments to make it more relevant. The amendments changed the title and text to urge the counties, Congress, and other relevant agencies—not the state alone—to provide increased and sustained funding, and added language urging all of those bodies to seek federal grants. The AEN committee then voted to pass HCR 130, HD1, as amended, and the HRE committee also voted to pass it with amendments. The motion was adopted in both committees.

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• At this time, the statute allows us to do the training and education without being public.
• At this time, the statute allows us to do the training and education without being public.
• At this time, the statute allows us to do the training and education without being public.
• At this time, the statute allows us to do the training and education without being public.
• <00:36:50.319> tools feel like they have the training tools feel like they have the training

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <00:46:00.319> I<00:46:00.480> played<00:46:00.960> that<00:46:01.280> Tech
• <00:46:01.960> the at a hotel and I played that Tech the at a hotel and I played that Tech
• I was curious: did municipalities ever sort of, like, for example, this might require a little training
• Because I don't know if they're going to have to pay for training. Oh, yes, we have.
• um um to uh and also provide training um um to uh and and<01:00:58.599> be<01:00:58.760> a

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first corrected a procedural issue by revoting on House Bills 98 and 164, which had already been reported out unanimously. HB 98, concerning professional limited liability company assistant managers, was again voted ought to pass by a 16-0 roll call and placed on the consent calendar. HB 164, concerning local records, was reopened because of a fiscal note amendment; the committee adopted Amendment 2025-0087 unanimously and then voted ought to pass as amended 17-0. Because HB 164 goes to Finance, it will not go on consent, and the chair asked for the updated report that night. The committee then took up HR 6, a resolution condemning the judicial doctrine of disparate impact. Representative Manos moved inexpedient to legislate, arguing the resolution overreached because disparate impact is a judicial doctrine and the legislature cannot bind the courts. Representative Cordelli also supported ITL, citing drafting problems and the need for substantial revision, including an outdated reference to the New Hampshire governor. The committee voted 15-2 to ITL the resolution, and it was placed on consent; the chair asked for the report by the end of the day and noted there would be no minority report. Finally, the committee discussed HB 111, which extends the right-to-know ombudsman position. Representative Kuttab offered an amendment to address concerns raised in testimony about discouraging use of the office and shifting attorney-fee burdens; the amendment was adopted 16-1. The committee then voted 15-2 to ought to pass as amended. Supporters said the ombudsman saves money by reducing court filings and should be continued, while opponents argued the office needs restructuring and that additional funding was not justified. The bill will go to Finance, and the chair requested the report by the end of the day. The committee also began discussion of HB 66 and related bills on right-to-know access, with the chair outlining a proposed amendment to limit remote records requests to people with a New Hampshire connection, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.

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• This facility is helping us train and retain the professionals that our communities desperately need.
• UNM is a part of a coalition awarded funding through the Economic Development Administration Tech Hub
• We urge the legislature to continue those investments in job training.
• The first thing that I bring to the table is the idea that we can, in fact, train a workforce.
• This is very important in medical training.

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• And what about training? What impact did the staff training have on the system?
• Training came up in a few ways.
• Training came up in a few ways.
• The training didn't stop there.
• <01:11:07.840> and<01:11:08.000> how training and the other trainings and how training

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Amazon<00:36:07.920> is<00:36:08.160> actually<00:36:08.400> a<00:36:08.720> tech
• <00:36:08.960> company,<00:36:09.440> but Amazon is actually a tech company, but Amazon
• is actually a tech company, but NDAs,<00:36:10.560> unfair<00:36:11.040> licensing<00:
• The membership of the medical examiner board includes individuals with specialized training and knowledge
• individuals with specialized training individuals with specialized training and<01:13:50.080>

Bills: HF3698, HF4243, HF4239, HF4241, HF4242, HF4240

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee

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• Again, they're not in school or working or in training.
• looking for adult education aligned with training.
• The first program is Integrated Education and Training, or IET.
• Denz has mentioned, this is a tech solution to identify And target disconnected youth.
• on the job training as an electrical worker.

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• of training content or duration for applicants who received their training prior to October 30, 2023
• We did do training and disclosure in 2025.
• This Friday, the board is doing their training and disclosure.
• for eyelash techs and scope of practice for us the tithicians.
• So appropriate training is a part of our approach.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first heard the Arizona Auditor General’s sunset review of the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board. The audit found some strengths, including timely licensing and complaint resolution in the sample reviewed and rules that matched statutory curriculum requirements, but it also identified a major finding that the board had imposed inconsistent discipline for similar violations and lacked documentation for deviations from its disciplinary guidelines. Other issues included missing reciprocity education requirements, weak application quality control, incomplete school and establishment oversight, and compliance concerns involving open meeting law, public records, and conflicts of interest. The report made 25 recommendations total, including two tied to the disciplinary finding and three suggested statutory changes on esthetics scope of practice, cease-and-desist authority, and eyelash technician training. The board’s executive director said the board agreed with the findings, had already implemented several recommendations, updated disciplinary policies and conflict-of-interest procedures, and was working on legislation and rule changes. After questions about enforcement consistency, licensing verification, cash handling, complaint volume, and conflict disclosures, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend the board be continued for six years, until July 1, 2032. The committee then took up the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Arizona Racing Commission, and the Arizona Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission together. The Auditor General reported that the department correctly distributed more than $158 million in tribal contributions in fiscal year 2024 and issued event wagering licenses to reviewed applicants, but found several problems: the department did not consistently obtain and review independent audit reports for event wagering and fantasy sports operators, did not fully comply with conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements, and lacked comprehensive complaint-handling processes. The review also found delays in distributing Compact Trust Fund payments to some tribes, gaps in IT security and horse-racing license checks, and incomplete fee-setting and public-records practices. The report made 36 recommendations to the department, six to the Racing Commission, and 13 to the Boxing and MMA Commission, and all three entities said they agreed and would implement them. In response, the Department of Gaming director said the agency was already making changes, including a historical look-back on operator audits, updated guidance to operators, a new constituent services unit and complaint-tracking process, and improved conflict-of-interest training and forms. She also explained the Compact Trust Fund dispute, saying the department administers the fund but the beneficiary tribes must agree on the revenue baseline formula, which has been complicated by COVID-era closures; no Category Three distributions had yet been made. Committee members asked about possible revenue losses, penalties, and the status of 2024-2025 audits, as well as prediction markets and whether they are legal under Arizona’s event wagering framework. The director said the department had issued cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed prediction-market operators, would review licensed operators for suitability if needed, and would continue to enforce Arizona law. The transcript ends while questioning on prediction markets is still underway, before any vote on the gaming-related reviews is shown.

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• Two years ago, we received the funding, and now we're training them back up.
• They take a lot of training.
• We had to do it some because they have to get this outside training to do it.
• Is it a specialty that people need to have training?
• They're our sleep techs. Okay, okay, okay, I admit them.

Keywords: 996, all

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• it into their existing sexual harassment training.
• incorporating it into their existing sexual harassment training.
• Unfortunately, it got caught up in litigation for four years by Big Tech suing to stop it.
• I just want to thank the author, and I appreciate you including the POST training.
• our... ...staff are also trained to administer naloxone.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened in session, established a quorum, offered a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a very large third-reading file while urging members to be at their desks for their bills. The day featured many support measures on housing, health care, public safety, local government, labor, education, and consumer protection, with repeated reminders that absent authors would have their bills skipped. Several bills were passed temporarily or retained on file, but the chamber spent most of the time taking up individual measures and voting on them. Among the bills discussed were measures on land surveying, nurse midwifery access, historic-district transit zoning, EV charging infrastructure, foreclosure equity protections, tribal inclusion in interstate cannabis commerce, outdoor advertising permitting delays, commercial building permit timelines, DUI penalties, farmworker disadvantaged-community designation, restaurant reservation bots, open-space tax exemptions, pop-up business permits, anti-hate training for officials, sideshows and street takeovers, utility rate transparency, CalWORKs eligibility, dynamic electricity rates, interior designer licensure, compost contamination, modular housing standards, small claims limits for businesses, Native American Day as a paid state holiday, rural maternity care funding, protective orders tied to defendant release, immigrant service provider privacy under Safe at Home, mentally disordered offender evaluations, compounded weight-loss drug regulation, plasma donation center rules, missing persons DNA database updates, AI chatbot safeguards for children, an official state apology to California Native peoples, foster youth housing navigation, CTE teacher credentialing, Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, CalFresh protections, public hospital physician employment authority, child care, and film tax credit changes for post-production work. Testimony was generally supportive from authors, who framed the bills as cleanup, modernization, consumer protection, or targeted equity measures. A few measures drew notable opposition or debate, especially AB 2624 on Safe at Home privacy protections for immigrant service providers, where opponents argued it could chill journalism and transparency while supporters said it was needed to protect people facing doxing and threats. AB 2208 and AB 2299 were presented as responses to federal HR 1 impacts on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, and AB 2023 on AI chatbots drew emotional support centered on child safety and a reported suicide case. The chamber also heard strong advocacy for Native American recognition bills, rural health access, and housing affordability. Most bills passed with little or no opposition, often unanimously. Recorded votes included AB 1933 (48-0), AB 1696 (49-0), AB 2415 (54-0), AB 1820 (50-0), AB 1957 (53-0), AB 2506 (60-0), AB 2024 (58-0), AB 2418 (61-0), AB 1578 (44-17), AB 1600 (46-9), AB 1661 (44-10), AB 1715 (46-7), AB 1755 (66-0), AB 1787 (43-5), AB 1796 (45-6), AB 1812 (47-1), AB 1815 (57-0), AB 1827 (59-0), AB 1841 (64-0), AB 1868 (61-0), AB 1882 (64-0), AB 1889 (69-0), AB 2624 (49-19), AB 1897 (57-1), AB 1990 (52-0), AB 2009 (65-0), AB 2018 (60-0), AB 2023 (58-8), AB 2115 (65-0), AB 2162 (60-0), AB 2206 (62-0), AB 2208 (42-17), AB 2237 (54-0), AB 2241 (62-0), AB 2246 (56-1), AB 2249 (51-0), AB 2299 (51-1), AB 2311 (65-0), and AB 2314 (68-0). The session ended with the Assembly still working through the file, including the opening of AB 2319 on film tax credits.

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• She said they do have people there, several people that are trained in this um that can do it and that
• in this um that can do it and trained in this um that can do it and that<00:09:42.000> we<00:
• I've been retired for seven years after a 40-year career in high-tech.
• I studied mathematics in high-tech.
• He was first trained in 2021 with the Getting to Y program.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's incentivizing high-tech jobs and research and development. We are making in the tax structure.
• It's incentivizing high-tech jobs and research and development activities in our state.
• It leans into our broader science and tech roadmap that we've worked toward over the last couple of years

Keywords: 996, all

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• Well, when I sent it over to the science and tech, I assumed if they wanted to have a hearing that they
• Well, when I sent it over to the science and tech, I assumed if they wanted to have a hearing that they
• Well, when I sent it over to the science and tech, I assumed if they wanted to have a hearing that they
• out the public from having any input on it as well. >> Well, when I sent it over to the Science and Tech
• professional costs such as training professional costs such as training hours,<01:44:56.000>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So it's tech providing the state share?
• Is it because of a training issue maybe on how to bill? Are we leaving things unbilled?
• Is it because of a training issue maybe on how to bill? Are we leaving things unbilled?
• side showing them or training them how to do that, we don't do that.
• side showing them or training them how to do that, we don't do that.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to begin work on HB 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and more broadly to study special education aid/differentiated aid and related costing issues. The chair said the group was starting early because the issue has been debated for years without resolution, local districts are being forced to absorb prorated costs, and the committee wants to send the Department of Education and HHS Medicaid a clear request for data and recommendations before retained bills return in the fall. A committee clerk was also selected, with Representative Reverend volunteering to take notes for the meeting. Members reviewed background materials on special education enrollment, high-cost students, and possible funding formulas, including data on students in high-cost brackets and prior ideas such as category-based funding and caseload-based approaches. The chair also referenced research on other states, including Arkansas, which uses a different special education funding structure and audits IEPs. The committee emphasized that it was focused on the funding mechanics and costs, not on questioning whether services should be provided. Henry Lipman of HHS explained how Medicaid-to-schools currently works in New Hampshire. He said 172 school districts participate, but utilization dropped during the pandemic and remains below historical levels, in part because districts need the capacity to bill Medicaid. Under the current system, schools receive reimbursement based on half of the Medicaid fee schedule, with the school district effectively providing the state share. He said the federal government is requiring a shift by July 1, 2026, to a true certified public expenditure model based on actual costs, which should allow schools to recover 50% of their true costs and some administrative overhead. The department has received a roughly $2.5 million grant to hire a vendor and support districts through the transition, and an RFP and stakeholder meetings are underway. Committee members asked about how costs would be determined, whether the new system would use actual district-specific costs rather than averages, and how the department would support districts that do not currently participate. Lipman said the cost model would be based on each district’s own reasonable costs, subject to audit standards, and that the department expects to provide templates and technical assistance through the vendor because its staff is limited. He also said about one in four New Hampshire children are enrolled in Medicaid, that child enrollment has been relatively stable, and that continuous coverage rules should reduce churn. No votes or formal actions on HB 742 were taken during the meeting beyond organizing the subcommittee and beginning testimony and discussion.

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• , group stays, resil resiliency training, group stays, resil resiliency training, and<02:14:33.599
• think it's worth revisiting training think it's worth revisiting training annually<05:22:12.958>
• <05:23:50.400> for HR2201, the Improving VA Training for HR2201, the Improving VA Training
• <05:27:42.320> before online sensitivity training before online sensitivity training before
• training program. training program.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, May 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• The science and tech committee wasn't even allowed to say climate change last year.
• The science and tech committee wasn't even allowed to say climate change last year.
• The science and tech committee wasn't even allowed to say climate change last year.
• The science and tech committee wasn't even allowed to say climate change last year.
• The science and tech committee wasn't even allowed to say climate change last year.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We can work with them and do training.
• , mental health first aid trainings that's open.
• And we are working with the Taos public schools to do that training as well.
• But then do you do sort of upskilling or cross-training to get them the social work training that they
• And then once that is resolved, we go into training our staff and then go live.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Okay, tech is handled.
• Have our staff been trained properly? Have partners been engaged?
• And so a lot of it is on-the-job training and what we choose to focus on.
• We all get training... ...choose to focus on.
• So we have training bulletins that come out that explain those things.

Keywords: 904, all

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• between libraries and our public schools by supporting curriculum aligned materials and teacher training
• Um, through research projects at A&M, Texas Tech, and Saul Ross, we know that one of the primary ways

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• finally documented that it's close to $400,000 to get a CIA officer through security clearance and training
• actions that we should be pursuing to stop this malign influence, disrupt IP theft and economic and tech

Keywords: national security, intelligence community, Aaron Lucas, Joe Kent, John Eisenberg, China threat, terrorism, collaboration, oversight, intelligence capabilities

Summary: The committee meeting centered around significant discussions regarding national security and intelligence community leadership. Notably, nominees Aaron Lucas for Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Joe Kent for Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and John Eisenberg for Assistant Attorney General for National Security were introduced. Concerns were raised about the current state of U.S. intelligence capabilities, particularly in relation to threats posed by foreign adversaries such as China and ongoing risks from terrorism. The dialogue emphasized the necessity for robust oversight and the importance of collaboration within the intelligence community, as well as with international allies, to ensure effective security measures are in place.