Transcript Highlights:

• team process.
• We all have different roles, different jobs, and different training.
• Despite being a process that more than 50% of the population will go through if we... ...being a process
• And through this process, I've been stopped in the women's restroom, in the hallway.
• Her licensing and credentialing process took nine months.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of bills, with most measures drawing support from industry, professional, local government, and advocacy witnesses, and several receiving committee amendments before moving forward. AB 8 on hemp and cannabis drew the most extensive debate: supporters said it would close loopholes around intoxicating hemp products, strengthen enforcement, and bring THC products into the regulated cannabis supply chain; opponents, including small cannabis farmers and environmental groups, warned it could undermine Proposition 64’s closed-loop system, harm California cultivators, and reduce tax revenues for youth, environmental, and law enforcement programs. The author said the bill was intended to protect consumers and children and to work further with stakeholders. AB 476 on copper theft was presented as a public safety and infrastructure bill to tighten reporting, documentation, and penalties for scrap metal theft; supporters from cities, utilities, broadband, and recycling-related groups described major losses and outages from copper theft, and the remaining opposition moved to neutral after amendments, with the bill advancing with committee support. The committee also heard AB 985, which would allow nationally certified anesthesiologist assistants to practice under direct supervision of licensed anesthesiologists to address anesthesia workforce shortages. Supporters, including the California Society of Anesthesiologists, medical groups, students, and patients, said it would expand access and bring California in line with other states; nurse anesthesiology groups expressed concerns and sought further clarification, but there was no formal opposition at the hearing. AB 506, aimed at online pet sales, would void contracts that fail to disclose an animal’s origin or veterinary records or that require non-refundable deposits; animal welfare groups said it would curb puppy mill pipelines and deceptive online sales, and there was no opposition. AB 876, on certified registered nurse anesthetists, generated the sharpest health care policy dispute: supporters said it would codify existing practice and clarify CRNA duties, while physicians and medical associations argued it would expand scope too far and reduce patient safety. After a roll call, AB 876 passed the committee 9-0, as amended, to Appropriations. Other bills advanced with broad support after amendments. AB 432, the Menopause Equity Act, would require continuing medical education on menopause-related care for certain physicians; the author and medical experts said the bill addresses widespread gaps in menopause treatment and research, while CMA and ACOG opposed the mandate as an inappropriate CME requirement, though they agreed the underlying problem is real. The bill passed on call, as amended, to Health. AB 759 would allow eligible architectural candidates to use the title “architect in training” to encourage completion of licensure and improve diversity in the profession; it passed unanimously, as amended, to Appropriations. AB 967 would create an optional expedited licensure fee for out-of-state physicians to reduce delays in bringing doctors into California’s workforce; supporters said it would help address shortages and improve patient access, and the bill was presented with support from medical stakeholders.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're in the process of installing an additional 153 permanent counters.
• training workshops with our local governments across the state.
• It's a it's a cost and labor intensive process.
• Another cost labor intensive process to go.
• Okay, good. >> As as we've worked through this process, the process that we have undergone with all of

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We currently have a training that's in place for teachers to offer the training for the, I'm sorry, for
• They will see the training, and those that are more equipped to do the training would then have that
• They will see the training, and those that are more equipped to do the training would then have that
• Hall mentioned, are ethics training, certain trainings related to sexual harassment.
• This is sort of an ongoing process.

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 27 and first took up House Bill 175 and its companion House Bill 165, both dealing with lottery proceeds for veterans. HB 175 was amended to create a Veterans Service Grant Board within the Department of Veterans Affairs and direct $500,000 annually from Louisiana Lottery net proceeds into a Veterans Service Grant Fund, with unused money returned to the lottery proceeds fund that supports the MFP. Supporters, including the bill sponsor, The Boot Louisiana, LDVA Secretary Charlton McGinley, and Bastion Veterans Organization, argued the grants would help veteran services, workforce placement, mental health, housing, entrepreneurship, and retention of veterans in Louisiana. Members raised concerns about drawing from lottery proceeds that traditionally support education, but the committee adopted amendments and reported HB 175 favorably as amended. HB 165, the constitutional amendment companion, was also amended for technical and ballot-language changes and then reported favorably as amended for voter consideration. The committee then considered House Bill 457, which would authorize the Louisiana Department of Health and the State Fire Marshal to set minimum housing standards for homeless shelters, group homes, and halfway homes. The sponsor said the bill responded to a state auditor recommendation and to unsafe conditions in some facilities; he also explained an amendment changing the Fire Marshal’s duties from mandatory to permissive to reduce fiscal impact and allow agencies flexibility. Some members questioned whether local standards already existed and how enforcement and funding would work, while others supported the need for statewide minimum standards for human housing. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 457 favorably as amended. House Bill 488, by Representative Brough, sought to create a Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund using recurring severance tax revenues from Plaquemines Parish to help buy out the Belle Chasse toll bridge and end what the sponsor described as excessive tolls and fees. He and several local witnesses, including business owners, a YMCA representative, and a parish council member, testified that the tolling arrangement had harmed access, businesses, and quality of life. The committee adopted a technical amendment clarifying the revenue source and then reported HB 488 favorably as amended. House Bill 566, which would prohibit state funds from supporting net-zero greenhouse gas initiatives tied to the 2022 Louisiana Climate Action Plan, drew significant debate over whether it would interfere with agency funding and economic development efforts; the sponsor argued the plan lacked legislative approval and should be repudiated, while members urged caution and suggested hearing from affected agencies. The sponsor agreed to consider deferring the bill, and the committee did not advance it at that time. House Bill 603, a constitutional amendment authorizing investment of state funds in digital assets and precious metals, was discussed as a way to hedge inflation and preserve value; members asked about limits and safeguards, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then began hearing House Bill 763, a transparency measure creating a public database for settlement agreements involving state agencies.

Transcript Highlights:

• The EMD certification process is not a lengthy process.
• training.
• And so you've heard my colleague give the key points around the training.
• Has been witnessing a, what I call a slow moving train wreck.
• Are we saying an earthquake came and sped up the process or...

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It's critical for understanding how we move forward with our budgeting process.
• We have implemented several training programs to assist them in this process.
• It’s a substantial investment in training that can't be easily replaced.
• I mean, they're really involved in the process.
• I mean, they're really involved in the process.

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• for our administrators and training for the teachers to be able to and a training for our administrators
• This training isn't just a formality.
• While I understand that the internal UC processes While I understand that the internal UC processes are
• process we avoid things like actually Mr.
• The process, each year, sometimes each month for debt service and so on, takes processing.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes. The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously. Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.

Transcript Highlights:

• This modifies the mandated reporter training required contents. And that concludes Article 2.
• . security cameras and related training.
• We could not have gone through this process without you, and we very much appreciate your support.
• Thank you for having me here again today and for the positive committee process this session.
• Hennepin and Ramsey County began on January 1st of this year to begin a phased-in process.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

Transcript Highlights:

• We do require that they have work search or they're going through training.
• I've been able to attend some of their training.
• The legislature set up a very robust administrative process for that.
• Our two primary services there, we offer. to 10 and 30 hour trainings.
• They're they do a great deal of training.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In the DDDP program, persons are securely housed and provided competency training in order to return
• Not only that, but more women need to be educated on the process.
• During the quality control process, states are required to redetermine eligibility for the household
• Strengthen targeted reviews and increase training.
• So, part of our training, specifically for some of our newer employees, is an eight-month training.

Transcript Highlights:

• But There are no jobs that we can train workers to take.
• These are never easy decisions, And I know how emotionally charged and nuanced that process is.
• For these, for these And the path there runs through the executive order process, not around it.
• So it's a different process.
• The question before the committee is not whether training matters.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We recommend rejecting the fourth round of kitchen infrastructure and training funds.
• This investment is not just about training students.
• Just piggybacks on the existing process for the course outline of record.
• They’ve trained there. They have ties there.
• They’re also going to find training sites.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• have pain medication in that process have pain medication in that process immediately<01:07:06.799
• <01:08:49.040> of intention nor the thought process of intention nor the thought process of
• about the training about the training provision<01:15:24.760> yeah<01:15:25.159> the
• introduces the Competency Based training introduces the Competency Based training pathway<01:30:
• I think it's still in the process.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And again, not wait till it's all done, but include them early on in the process.
• For somebody that's my age, you know, I was trained, and I was trained and I'm skilled in being able;
• And you heard that on the train set, for example.
• Five communities are in process for that streamlined designation.
• So that continues to be a big part of our process.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I don't want to call it training because y'all are lawyers. He's probably been trained enough.
• Not only do we have training, and we do continue to have training.
• Not only do we have training, and we do continue to have training.
• And so I think maybe some training, brief training about what happens.
• And so I think maybe some training, brief training about what happens.

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from the prior meeting and then heard several audit-related reports. The executive committee report noted audit and special reports were scheduled for standing committees and the full Legislative Joint Audit Committee, with one requested report still in progress. The City, County, and Local report covered delinquent private water and sewer audits, reinstatement of turnback funds for entities that filed required reports, and action involving the town of Daisy, which was directed to repay misused street funds at 10% of general fund revenue annually. The education and state agencies reports included higher education audits and state agency findings, with some reports filed and others deferred to the February meeting for additional information or corrective-action details. The committee then took up a special audit of the Charles W. Donaldson Scholars Academy at UA Little Rock. Legislative Audit reported that the program, funded with $10 million in desegregation money plus a $50,000 grant, awarded $1.87 million in scholarships to 379 students, with 116 graduates, but found numerous eligibility and disbursement problems, including scholarships to ineligible students, excessive awards, improper documentation, and unclear disposition of some assets. Committee members questioned UALR representatives about oversight, staffing, and whether funds were properly used, and also heard from Philander Smith College about its limited role in verifying enrollment. Members expressed concern about the program’s results and the lack of detail on accountability, and the committee voted to table the report until the next meeting for further review and requested additional information, including the federal court order and more detail on expenditures and oversight. Finally, the committee reviewed the annual disposition report on matters referred to prosecutors and the Attorney General for 2024. Staff said 164 matters were referred, with 28 resulting in criminal charges and convictions, 39 still under review, 96 not charged, and others dismissed or pending; 20 convictions produced fines, restitution, and audit-cost orders, and bond trust fund claims were paid in some cases. Prosecutor Coordinator and Attorney General representatives explained that some referrals do not meet criminal standards, may lack intent, or are otherwise not prosecutable, and members asked for more standardized reporting, clearer explanations of why cases are not charged, and more information on restitution efforts. The committee discussed possible templates, training, and better coordination, then voted to file the report and adjourned, with the next meeting set for February 12, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• scholarships<00:59:25.520> for training, coaching, uh scholarships for training, coaching
• training.
• <01:15:07.199> requirements reorganized the training requirements reorganized the training
• in the rule to figure out what training in the rule to figure out what training you<01:15:13.120
• process we'll come with you. Go ahead. process we'll come with you. Go ahead.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• So, my entire career has been training residents.
• I've been training residents in New Mexico since 2009.
• So, to train physicians, we think let's strengthen our training programs.
• It takes seven years, as we've heard to train a physician.
• But there is a process for input.

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• <00:18:06.160> that have to map out business process that have to map out business process
• Um there training them on the system.
• very buttoned up change control process very buttoned up change control process because<00:27:04.159
• So that normal process will continue.
• So that normal process will continue.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: Personnel Cabinet and Kentucky Employees Health Plan officials presented a request to replace the Kentucky Human Resources Information System (CHRIS), the state’s HR/payroll ERP system procured in 2007. They said the system supports core HR and payroll for about 48,000 state employees, 24 sheriff and county clerk offices, and the Kentucky Employees Health Plan, which covers more than 300,000 lives. Officials emphasized that SAP has said the system will be end-of-life and out of support by 2030, which would eliminate security updates, vendor maintenance, and tax-compliance support. They argued that replacement is necessary to protect sensitive personnel and health data, maintain payroll accuracy, and avoid major operational and cybersecurity risks. Officials described the project as a true replacement, not just an upgrade, and said the proposed $151 million request covers a five- to six-year implementation, stabilization, and ongoing maintenance period. They broke down the estimate as including roughly $54 million for software licensing and hosting, about $76.5 million for systems integrator/professional services, and additional amounts for independent verification and validation, dependent verification for the health plan, FSA administration, contingency staffing, and hardware-related needs. They said the cost increase from prior estimates was mainly due to inflation and updated requirements. They also noted that payments would be tied to deliverables and checkpoints, with third-party IV&V oversight, and that the cabinet expects to continue normal quarterly IT reporting to LRC while also providing at least monthly project updates because of the 2030 deadline. Committee members asked about the total cost of ownership, recurring operating costs, the size of the integrator contract, how vendor costs were estimated, and how progress would be tracked. Officials said they used market research, peer-state comparisons, vendor discussions, and independent reviews, including input from AON and a third-party QA resource. They explained that the integrator would handle requirements mapping, system design, configuration, training, change management, and implementation support across the Personnel Cabinet, KHP, and other stakeholders. No vote or formal action was taken during the discussion; the meeting consisted of testimony, questions, and answers on the funding request and implementation plan.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we also included a parent opt-out on this process.
• But what I'm thinking is maybe create a separate type of process.
• We do safe environment training, criminal background checks.
• How can we permit more group training, similar to the ethics annual training?
• How can we permit more group training, similar to the ethics annual training?

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Please honor our process.
• In order to concealed carry, you have additional training and there's an additional process.
• It requires training for employees.
• The reason for the training is there are no federal requirements for training or background checks for
• We know the healing process looks different for each survivor, and putting arbitrary limits on that process

Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264

Keywords: SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations

Transcript Highlights:

• So under that process, we implemented a very robust A stakeholdering process that started back in January
• We have heard positive feedback, including regarding the training processes, the helpfulness of the third-party
• There would also be a process to appeal sanctions.
• This process is still under development, and we will be mirroring current processes that are allowed
• And track training completions.

Keywords: 988, house, all