Video & Transcript Research : 'competency'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Mississippi River Parkway Commission 6/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- . >> Yes, I've competed in a trivia competition. >> [laughter] >> And I've lost. >> You know, we can
- >> Yes,<00:26:53.600>
I've <00:26:53.760>competed <00:26:54.280>in <00:26:54.400 - >
a <00:26:54.560>trivia >> Yes, I've competed in a trivia >> Yes, I've competed
VT
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- streamline funds and move away from historic preservation being the highest priority where we have competing
- streamline funds and move away from historic preservation being the highest priority where we have competing
- streamline funds and move away from historic preservation being the highest priority where we have competing
- streamline funds and move away from historic preservation being the highest priority where we have competing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/28/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
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- the public interest, and if you believe Minnesota startups and small businesses have an easy time competing
- First, this bill opens the door for Minnesota's entrepreneurs and startups to compete because they can
- First, this bill opens the door for Minnesota's entrepreneurs and startups to compete because they can
- Carriers must compete. Plans must be responsive to local needs.
MN
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- of this project will cost $3.5 million, and if funded, will significantly increase our scoring to compete
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to significantly increase our scoring to significantly increase our scoring to compete - <00:43:30.319>
for <00:43:30.560>federal <00:43:30.960>military compete for federal - military compete for federal military construction<00:43:32.000>
funding.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/09/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
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- Without coordination, states risk creating competing, mismatched regulatory frameworks that make compliance
- c> Without coordination, states risk Without coordination, states risk creating<00:13:04.800>
competing - <00:13:05.360>
mismatched <00:13:05.920>regulatory creating competing mismatched regulatory - creating competing mismatched regulatory frameworks<00:13:07.040>
that <00:13:07.279>make<
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee. (2-9-26)
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- physician assistant, licensed physician, or dentist over the licensed practical nurse when completing a competency
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when <01:55:18.880>completing <01:55:19.360>a <01:55:19.599>competency - nurse when completing a competency nurse when completing a competency validation<01:55:21.760>
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0:00 – Meeting start/roll call
0:10 - Roll call/approval of minutes
1:43 - Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Medicaid Services
27:40 - Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
55:54 - Board of Veterinary Examiners
1:33:15 - Testimony in support of 804 KAR 13:010E, 020E, 030E and 040E.
1:49:04 - Education Professional Standards Board
1:49:58 - Attorney General, Office of Regulatory Relief
1:52:18 - Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA)
1:54:28 - Board of Nursing
1:56:44 - Board of Occupational Therapy
1:57:37 - Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
1:58:58 - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
1:59:50 - Economic Development Finance Authority
2:01:34 - Department of Corrections
2:02:37 - Department of Juvenile Justice
2:04:02 - Department for Employment Services, Unemployment Insurance
2:04:57 - Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), Department for Public Health, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient.
The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 1/21/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
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- classifications and that job family that's going to be created, we have identified some key skills and competencies
- skills<00:45:48.960>
and identified some key skills and identified some key skills and competencies - >
that <00:45:49.840>are <00:45:49.920>necessary <00:45:50.560>for competencies - that are necessary for competencies that are necessary for somebody<00:45:51.000>
to <00:45:51.080
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/08/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
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- An experienced agent general provides New Hampshire with a competitive advantage when competing against
- Hampshire with a competitive advantage Hampshire with a competitive advantage when<00:35:00.160>
competing - <00:35:00.480>
against <00:35:00.800>much <00:35:01.119>larger when competing - against much larger when competing against much larger states<00:35:01.680>
for <00:35:01.920>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- people throughout our state are not a matter of Democrat versus Republican, but simply a matter of competence
- completely revisited, to be reoriented in a way that is based on performance, that is based on competence
- people throughout our state are not a matter of Democrat versus Republican, but simply a matter of competence
- completely revisited, to be reoriented in a way that is based on performance, that is based on competence
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (8-18-25) - Reupload
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- So what we're saying is a state-level development fund, which could ensure that we can compete with neighboring
- fund which uh could ensure that<01:40:30.159>
we <01:40:30.639>can <01:40:30.960>compete - <01:40:31.440>
with <01:40:31.760>neighboring that we can compete with neighboring - that we can compete with neighboring states<01:40:32.480>
that <01:40:32.800>already <01
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This meeting was recovered from a back up copy and uploaded after the original meeting took place., 958, all
Summary:
The committee received an update from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the FY 2025 road fund. Officials reported road fund revenues came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but were down about $11 million from FY 2024, largely because a motor fuels tax rate reduction took effect at the start of FY 2025. Motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and the cabinet said the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus, which the budget bill directs to state highway construction. Members also discussed how the motor fuels decline affects formula distributions to cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads, with officials saying about $122.8 million had been planned for revenue sharing but was not distributed because receipts were lower than forecast.
Members asked about broader revenue trends, including fuel efficiency, electric vehicles, and the removal of a hybrid fee. Cabinet officials said improved fuel efficiency and CAFE standards reduce gasoline consumption and therefore fuel tax receipts, while EVs and plug-in hybrids are subject to a user fee. They also said toll revenues from the Louisville bridges are covering bills and commitments, though they did not have detailed figures at hand. On project delivery, officials said delays are often caused by right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the highway plan, and that much of the work happens behind the scenes before construction begins.
The committee also reviewed the cabinet’s cash management approach, which was adopted after 2000 to avoid setting aside full project costs all at once and to keep the road fund cash balance above a required minimum. Officials said the balance typically rises in winter and falls in summer as project bills come due, and that the current balance was about $166 million. They also reported that project awards for the year were nearing $998 million and expected to exceed last year’s total. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill ensures that those competing for public works projects may not be penalized for the volume of
- of discretionary millage, a pilot study on prohibiting cell phones in schools, and establishing competencies
- court-appointed representative of the client, a person designated by the client or by a court of competent
- It says a person designated by the client or by a court of competent jurisdiction to receive copies.
Summary:
The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work.
The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours.
The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill ensures that those competing for public works projects may not be penalized for the volume of
- of discretionary millage, a pilot study on prohibiting cell phones in schools, and establishing competencies
- court-appointed representative of the client, a person designated by the client or by a court of competent
- It says a person designated by the client or by a court of competent jurisdiction to receive copies.
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills.
The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote.
The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0.
The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill ensures that those competing for public works projects may not be penalized for the volume of
- of discretionary millage, a pilot study on prohibiting cell phones in schools, and establishing competencies
- court-appointed representative of the client, a person designated by the client or by a court of competent
- It says a person designated by the client or by a court of competent jurisdiction to receive copies.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a remembrance of former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special order bills. CS/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death was substituted for SB 138, amended to add warnings and penalties for refusal of breath or urine tests, and passed 37-0. CS/SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours access and network availability for Medicaid enrollees, also passed 37-0.
The Senate then took up CS/CS/HB 913 on condominium associations, a major post-Surfside reform bill. Senator Bradley explained that the measure was intended to provide financial relief and flexibility while preserving safety and accountability. The bill was substituted for SB 1742, amended several times to limit milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies to buildings three habitable stories or more, and then passed 37-0 after extensive debate. Senators from both parties praised Bradley, Pizzo, Garcia, and staff for years of work on condo safety and affordability, with several members describing the bill as a balance between protecting residents and avoiding financial hardship.
The final major item was CS/HB 1205, the bill on amendments to the state constitution and citizen petition drives. Sponsors Gates and Grohl argued the bill was needed to combat fraud, identity theft, and misuse in the petition process, citing a lengthy Office of Election Crimes and Security report. The House bill was substituted for SB 7016, and the chamber considered a long series of amendments and substitute amendments addressing petition circulator registration, volunteer participation, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and fiscal impact statements. Several amendments were adopted, while others were debated over whether they would protect access to the citizen initiative process or strengthen election integrity. The transcript ends during debate on the main substitute amendment, before final disposition on the bill is shown.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There are competing interests, uh, inciting these environmentalist groups to oppose, and I'll give you
- There are competing interests, uh, inciting these environmentalist groups to oppose, and I'll give you
- There are competing interests, uh, inciting these environmentalist groups to oppose, and I'll give you
- There are competing interests, uh, inciting these environmentalist groups to oppose, and I'll give you
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
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- businesses that are following the law, that are classifying workers in the right way, by forcing them to compete
- businesses that are following the law, that are classifying workers in the right way, by forcing them to compete
- They are classifying workers in the right way by forcing them to compete against companies that are underbidding
- We can't compete. We lose those jobs.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/21/2025)
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- understand that we're—do I read this correctly to say that a high school student must pass the local competency
- must pass say that a high school student must pass the<01:26:52.639>
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assessment <01:26:55.120>and <01:26:55.600>70% the local competency - assessment and 70% the local competency assessment and 70% or<01:26:56.480>
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Summary:
The committee first revisited HB 781, the cell phone bill, after previously retaining it. On reconsideration, members moved to OTP the bill, and it passed unanimously. The committee then moved into the budget tracking packet and adopted an amendment to HB 2 to add the same cell phone policy language, also unanimously, and separately reduced HB 1 by $1 million to match the policy change. Members noted the cell phone language had already been stripped of grant funding language in the House version and that the policy and funding pieces were being aligned across the budget bills.
The committee then took up a Department of Education technical amendment to HB 2 on charter school grants, which made timing and administrative changes without altering grant amounts, and adopted it unanimously. Members also discussed but held other education-related items, including adequacy grants, pending broader decisions on overall education funding. Another HB 2 item concerning E-911/state police radio communications prompted a longer discussion about whether E-911 surcharge funds were being used for purposes that should instead be general-funded. After debate over whether to leave the current practice in place or split the funding 50/50 between E-911 and general funds, the committee adopted a joint HB 1/HB 2 change to shift the funding source to a 50/50 split and delete the HB 2 language authorizing the prior use; the motion passed 7-0.
The committee also discussed but did not act on several lottery-related provisions, including the video lottery terminal amendment, the increase in maximum ticket price from $30 to $50, and related tax split changes, with members planning to hear from the Lottery Commission on Monday. The meeting ended with the committee beginning review of new amendments in the tracking packet, including a Department of Education request related to Public School Infrastructure Commission grant administration, but no action was taken on that item in the portion provided.
MN
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- I heard a lot just that good work and change is done right when it's through cultural competency and
- cultural done right uh when it's through cultural done right uh when it's through cultural competency
- > and<01:37:14.840>
inclusion <01:37:15.320>of <01:37:15.600>Educators competency - and inclusion of Educators competency and inclusion of Educators students<01:37:16.760>
and <01
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education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are the party that defends their right to compete on a level playing field, and while Democrats try
- right<00:07:12.479>
to party that defends their right to party that defends their right to compete - 13.319>
Level <00:07:13.639>Playing <00:07:14.000>Field <00:07:14.639>and compete - on a Level Playing Field and compete on a Level Playing Field and while<00:07:15.039>
Democrats
NH
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- Hampshire companies, whether they directly compete with these multinationals or not, pay their full business
- Hampshire companies, whether they directly compete with these multinationals or not, pay their full business
- leveling the competitive playing field for all businesses operating in the state. whether they directly compete
- with these whether they directly compete with these multinationals<01:12:27.960>
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/11/2025)
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- southern neighbor is doing, so maybe just under the averages, closer to the low side, because of the competing
- low side the low side because<00:52:39.760>
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Summary:
The committee met in a work session on revenue estimates and reviewed updated spreadsheet pages for several tax categories, using prior agreements and new testimony to refine FY 2025-2027 estimates. Early discussion covered insurance tax estimates, where members reviewed a letter from the insurance commissioner saying he was comfortable with the numbers provided; the committee accepted those estimates without opposition. Members also discussed utility property tax, with testimony about recent infrastructure buildout, tariffs, depreciation, and the difficulty of forecasting future growth. After debate over whether to use the average of high and low estimates or lean lower, the committee unanimously adopted the utility property tax numbers.
The committee then turned to real estate transfer tax and communications tax. For real estate transfer tax, members cited county input, housing market conditions, interest rates, lumber costs, and uncertainty about future policy; they agreed to use the averages and adopted those estimates unanimously. For communications tax, members noted the decline in landline-based revenue and the shift to data services. After discussion of whether to use the low estimate or the average, the committee settled on the average with a small rounding-down adjustment when the figure ended in .5, and adopted the numbers unanimously. The chair also clarified that these estimates remain subject to change until the final resolution is adopted.
The committee next accepted interest and dividends estimates as presented, with members noting the decline in that revenue source and the lack of additional information beyond the department’s analysis. Finally, the committee began discussing tobacco tax revenue, with members noting long-term declines in smoking, offsetting effects from out-of-state sales, and a suggestion to take a slightly conservative approach by reducing the average by 0.5. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, so no final vote on tobacco is shown in the excerpt.