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• ” with “continuing education” in the annual training requirement.
• ” with “continuing education” and the annual dementia training requirements.
• ” with “continuing education” and the annual dementia training requirements.
• ” with “continuing education” and the annual dementia training requirements.
• ” with “continuing education” and the annual dementia training requirements.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Capacity, hiring, and training. I mentioned that we need to add capacity.
• Um, capacity, hiring and<02:57:56.319> training.
• I mentioned that we need and training.
• Training is super important.
• training. Training is super important. training. Training is super important.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The task force held its first meeting, beginning with roll call and introductions of members and participants in the room and on Zoom. The chair emphasized Sunshine Law transparency, noted the meeting was on September 11, and opened public testimony on the orientation report. No one testified in person or on Zoom, and the chair observed a moment of silence in remembrance of 9/11 before moving into the agenda. The chair then reported on several orientation presentations given statewide between July 18 and September 5, including meetings with transit-oriented development, the Maui Chamber of Commerce, the Kona-Kohala Chamber, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce on Hawaiʻi Island, the Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaiʻi Island Native Hawaiian Chamber, and the Capo Chamber of Commerce. The main presentation item was a detailed overview from Kauaʻi County on its permitting process. County staff explained that zoning and building permits are handled separately on the outer islands, with zoning focused on form, character, and compatibility, and building permits focused on health and safety. They described a two-tier zoning system: ministerial permits that are automatically approved if not acted on within 30 days, and discretionary permits that go to the planning commission and can become lengthy contested cases if there is intervention. They also discussed special management area review in coastal areas, which can add time, and explained that building permits must conform to what was approved in zoning. Kauaʻi County staff also outlined the building permit process, including online and in-person submission, coordination with planning, engineering, water, wastewater, health, and fire agencies, and the county’s fully electronic review system using ProjectDox and related software. They noted that applicants are encouraged to check zoning, water, wastewater, and floodplain issues before hiring someone to prepare plans, especially for homeowners. The county shared permit and utility statistics and said the public can check permit history through Click2Gov. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; after the Kauaʻi presentation, the chair opened a question period for members.

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• previously appropriated in 2022-23, in order to continue the targeted emergency medical technician training
• I'm not sure how my colleagues will manage for Panel B and C, but for Panel C... training program.
• So it's a collaborative process, making sure that we have plenty of time for testing and training.
• training, and that's correct, yes.
• Iyer Lewis, Grip Training Institute, also TPW, also in support of the Wright Grant. Thank you.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• not educated in these laws, there's absolutely a very high probability that that officer who's not trained
• through this bill, Representative Yarborough proposes to divert more of our state resources to... trained
• in the law is many times is trained in the law is many times is going<01:01:30.400> to<01:01:
• they wanted to, they could take the $50,000 hiring bonus to work for ICE and skip the intensive training
• they wanted to, they could take the $50,000 hiring bonus to work for ICE and skip the intensive training

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• <00:47:35.200> And support workforce training programs.
• And support workforce training programs.
• How do you have better vocational training and have the availability of the workforce to tap?
• How do you have better vocational training and have the availability of the workforce to tap?
• How do you have better vocational training and have the availability of the workforce to tap?

Keywords: Meeting Start - 00:00 Roll Call – 00:15 Approval of Minutes of the July 15, 2025, Meeting 00:55 Helping Power Kentucky’s Growth – 01:25 Powering and Deploying AI – 41:00 Fueling America’s Intelligence – 56:12 Adjournment – 01:10:37, 958, all

Summary: The Artificial Intelligence Task Force met with a quorum, adopted prior meeting minutes, and then focused on energy policy and economic development as they relate to AI and data centers. John Bevington of LG&E and KU, introduced by Caroline Clark of LG&E/KU and PPL, described the utility’s Kentucky-only service territory, vertically integrated system, 1.3 million customers, and about 7.5 gigawatts of generating capacity. He said the company has supported 76 Kentucky projects in 2024 totaling about $3 billion in announced investment and roughly 3,000 jobs, with a large share of statewide announcements occurring in its service area. Bevington said LG&E and KU’s current project pipeline is unusually strong, totaling about 170 projects and 8.5 gigawatts of requested power, with data centers accounting for about two-thirds of that demand. He broke the pipeline into existing customer expansions, new-to-Kentucky projects, and 20 data center projects representing about 5.6 gigawatts of potential load. He highlighted a Louisville data center project by PO Development Company and Powerhouse Data Centers that has announced a 400-megawatt facility and may expand to 525 megawatts, estimating that such a project could represent about $4 billion in investment. He also explained that large data centers generally must locate near transmission lines and that utilities must conduct studies, order long-lead equipment, and secure reimbursement commitments before proceeding so other customers are not harmed. Members asked about how Kentucky compares with other states, the size of data center projects, and whether regulatory reform is needed. Bevington said the 20 projects reflect current Kentucky interest, which he attributed in part to the state’s sales tax exemption for data centers, and noted that states like Ohio have had similar incentives for years. In response to questions from Senator Thomas, he confirmed that data centers can vary in size and said the state should have a regulatory environment that supports economic development, while emphasizing that the benefits would flow to the state, local communities, and schools rather than just the utility. He also cited national and regional data suggesting data centers generate indirect jobs and tax revenue, and said LG&E and KU are investing in transmission, reliability, solar, and gas generation projects, including proposed additional 645-megawatt natural gas units and other system upgrades, to meet expected demand.

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• Well, that's an train.
• They're paying to train an employee workforce, but when they do the training, it's all on them.
• to training.
• anywhere with that training. anywhere with that training.
• <04:35:00.320> in that most of us take our training in that most of us take our training in

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Brown talk about how we went through 11 years of training to be a primary care doctor, right?
• Our specialists are going through decades of training.
• Brown talk about how we went through 11 years of training to be a primary care doctor, right?
• Our specialists are going through decades of training. ...care doctor, right?
• Our specialists are going through decades of training.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a broad set of health care bills focused on cost, market oversight, pharmaceutical access, transparency, hospital closures, and pharmacy access. Chairs John Lawn and Cindy Friedman opened by emphasizing recent health care reforms and the need for further action on the drug supply chain, PBMs, private equity, and affordability. The committee heard testimony on several measures, including a Betsy Lehman Center bill to make technical changes and create a permanent trust account for federal and private funding, and bills on hospital profits and fairness, hospital closures and health planning, pharmacy deserts, and health care market oversight and pharmaceutical access. No votes were taken during the hearing. On the hospital profits bill, physicians and labor advocates strongly supported capping hospital CEO compensation at 50 times the lowest-paid worker, requiring greater financial transparency, and directing penalties from high-margin public hospitals into a Medicaid reimbursement fund. Testifiers argued that executive pay is excessive while frontline staff and safety-net services are under strain. Committee members raised concerns about unintended consequences, including whether hospitals might shift workers to contract status or lose executive talent, and whether the bill would actually direct money to the safety net. Supporters responded that the measure is one piece of a larger effort and that the bill’s Medicaid reimbursement provisions would help underserved hospitals. Testimony on market oversight and pharmaceutical access centered on rising health care and drug costs, PBM practices, and the proposal to give the Health Policy Commission authority to set upper payment limits for certain drugs. Consumer advocates, disability advocates, an independent pharmacist, the Attorney General’s office, and others supported stronger oversight, citing premium increases, affordability problems, and the impact of high drug prices on patients and community pharmacies. Pharma and some industry witnesses opposed parts of the bill, warning that upper payment limits could disrupt access, create legal issues, and fail to address the broader supply chain. The committee also heard support for stronger hospital closure notice and public hearing requirements, and for a pharmacy deserts bill aimed at identifying and addressing closures like the one in Roxbury that affected thousands of patients.

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• harmful because PSIs are conducted by probation and parole officers who do not have expertise or training
• And again, these are people that don't have training in doing these assessments, in determining whether
• , ma'am, you would agree that the trauma-informed victim assistance coordinators would have that training
• necessary follow-up that was needed after that audit as far as clarity is concerned, and also the training
• You indicated that there has been training provided.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee met on May 12 and took up a series of bills, mostly on juvenile justice, gaming-related background checks, bail/electronic bonds, and corrections policy. Early in the meeting, the committee reported favorably SB 258 on juvenile traffic violations, SB 321 on electronic bonds, SB 134 on limiting certain child sexual abuse material offenses for juveniles under 17 in specific circumstances, HB 75 on promotional play for racetracks as amended, and SB 422 on unsupervised probation for certain fourth-offense impaired driving cases. Later, the committee also advanced SB 440 on the Renaissance District board membership, SB 393 on explosives regulation, SB 487 on charitable gaming rental arrangements, SB 339 and SB 288 on criminal background check procedures in the gaming and related regulatory systems, and SB 325 on excluding certain persons from sports wagering. A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 201, which would change juvenile homicide sentencing procedures, including first- and second-degree murder cases, and how reviewing courts consider parole eligibility and prior death sentences converted to life. Supporters said the bill aligns sentencing with existing Supreme Court precedent and gives courts clearer guidance; opponents from children’s rights and civil liberties groups argued it weakens the “rarest and uncommon” safeguard for juvenile life-without-parole sentences and could expand harsh sentencing beyond constitutional limits. After debate and testimony, the committee adopted an amendment and reported SB 201 favorably by a 7-3 vote, with Representatives Adams, Knox, Moore, and others voting no. The committee also heard SB 523 on clemency and sentencing considerations for defendants who are victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, or sexual assault. Survivors’ advocates and domestic violence organizations supported the bill’s overall purpose but objected to the mandatory pre-sentence investigation language, warning it could introduce biased information and harm survivors; the Board of Pardons and Parole said its staff and trauma-informed victim assistance coordinators are trained to handle these cases. The committee adopted an amendment narrowing the bill and then reported SB 523 favorably. Finally, SB 320 on DNA detection and crime lab reporting was advanced without opposition, and SB 470 on pregnant women in custody passed after testimony from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association and discussion of pregnancy testing, bonding options, and prohibiting shackling during delivery and postpartum periods.

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• I'm going to tell you right now, just based upon my experience in the martial arts world and training
• I'm not here in that capacity, but, you know, I was a former fighter and train every day—trained last
• And I will say this: at least in my experience and world experience, those that are highly trained are
• when they are specially trained and yet have the right to defend themselves or their loved ones just
• You know, that if somebody's acting within their training, within their scope of practice, they can't

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm going to tell you right now, just based upon my experience in the martial arts world and training
• I'm not here in that capacity, but, you know, I was a former fighter and train every day, trained last
• And I will say this: at least in my experience and world experience, those that are highly trained are
• And so I think that it is a precarious situation that we're putting highly trained folks into when they
• are specially trained and yet have the right to defend themselves or their loved ones just like anyone

Summary: The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard a series of bills, many focused on homeowners associations (HOAs), along with measures on self-defense, design-professional litigation, mobile home park claims, senior housing, and DEI. Several bills were presented only or discussed with amendments, and the committee repeatedly noted ongoing work with authors and stakeholders. The committee also established quorum partway through the hearing and took up a consent calendar of several unrelated bills, which passed. AB 2584, on civil immunity for lawful self-defense, was presented as a work-in-progress. The author and a UFC/public-safety witness argued that people hesitate to intervene because of fear of civil liability, while committee members said California already has strong self-defense and Good Samaritan laws and that the proposal could create confusion. The bill was not advanced at that time, with the chair emphasizing further conversations. AB 1684, which would prevent HOAs from restricting homeowners’ ability to install or replace compliant cooling systems, drew support from the author, a constituent statement, and supporters from the California Department Association and others; an HOA group opposed unless amended, citing association property rights and grid/power concerns. Members generally supported the concept, and the author said amendments addressed damage and code-compliance issues. AB 1892, a technical cleanup bill clarifying HOA duties on utility repairs, election notices, and electronic voting timelines, passed unanimously as amended. AB 2050, requiring a formula for HOA reserve funding and a phase-in period, also passed with broad support; witnesses said underfunded reserves lead to special assessments, insurance and mortgage problems, and deferred maintenance, while members framed it as a consumer-protection and affordability measure. AB 2106, extending certificate-of-merit protections for design professionals and requiring California-licensed experts in certain cases, passed with strong support from engineers, architects, landscape architects, and civil-justice groups. AB 2145, directing HCD to study seniors’ need and desire to downsize, passed after lenders and financial groups moved from opposition to neutral with amendments; supporters said it could help unlock larger homes for younger families. AB 2238, aimed at deterring meritless failure-to-maintain lawsuits against mobile home park owners by shifting fee exposure to attorneys, passed after amendments narrowed its focus. Supporters said some firms were using vague demand letters and frivolous claims to force settlements and raise insurance costs; opposition said the bill still needed refinement to protect meritorious resident claims. AB 2439, prompted by two authors’ own HOA payment problems, passed despite opposition concerns about community-wide certified-mail requirements and personal liability for board members; supporters said better notice is needed when payment processors change and that liens and collections can be unfairly imposed without notice. AB 2579, responding to the earlier $100 cap on HOA fines, passed as amended to create a Department of Real Estate process for serious health and safety violations; supporters said the cap had weakened enforcement, while members said the bill sought a better balance. Finally, SCR 89, reaffirming California’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, was presented as a response to federal attacks on DEI programs. The author and witnesses from the UC Student Association, National Action Network, and civil-rights and labor groups argued DEI is essential to fairness, access, and opportunity, especially for students and historically underserved communities. Members voiced strong support, describing DEI as central to California’s values, and the resolution moved forward with bipartisan support noted by the author.

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• The Office of Civil Rights is responsible for providing education, educational resources, training, and
• The Office of Civil Rights is responsible for providing education, educational resources, training, and
• work and how, so are you, is the sense that these will have overflow since essentially they will be trained
• Our small team consists of experts in design, engineering, data science, analytics, and training.
• “It is established that none of the data will be used to train any of the models.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So what I've done for you today is I've entered in manually an Application into the training, reach them
• So trainers will train for specific things, like Kathleen just trains ACCESS, right?
• Let's do a little quick training on that. Staff are maybe stepping into an area to do backup.
• So it takes two years to train to get somebody comfortable.
• And it takes a year, two years to train them to be competent.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Her long career has focused on training medical students and residents to care for people in a primary
• Her long career has focused on training medical students and residents to care for people in a primary
• Her long-term goal is to pursue fellowship training in cardiovascular disease and ultimately practice
• Back in my day, we didn't have midwives or anybody trained to We didn't have midwives or anybody trained
• midwives are well trained to deliver babies.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• And what this bill does, it reflects our commitment to improving clarity, training standards, and oversight
• A pharmacist is not trained to treat or diagnose, and in other states where this has been enacted, they
• We have people making clinical decisions that just don't have the training to make those decisions.
• Well, because it is a volunteer program, these folks are getting the same amount of training as doctors
• Lopez, that what you just said by allowing saying that these people have the exact same training as pharmacists

Keywords: 1182, all

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• This group works hard to support Colorado's gifted students by training teachers, providing families
• main areas of focus are helping families, educators, and politicians understand gifted children, training
• This group works hard to support Colorado's gifted students by training teachers, providing families
• main areas of focus are helping families, educators, and politicians understand gifted children, training
• understand gifted children, training understand gifted children, training teachers,<00:31:48.640

Keywords: 981, all

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• The first and foremost thing that we did is in August, we rolled out an entirely new training process
• Below 6, and so I know you talked about training.
• But when I was in DC, one of the things I asked was to give us more time because I felt like the train
• from one contract evaluator to now I think 7 because he's had the ability to go out and recruit And train
• We have a professional committee that trains but gets these people trained.

Keywords: 914, all

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• service capacity, followed closely by equipment and facility investments and workforce recruitment or training
• You'll maintain training logs.
• We've also recorded a training that you can direct your DLAs to if they haven't already about how to
• This training will show you how to access information to tell whether... That's accurate or not?
• tax bills with LFC just for professional analysis of tax and income programs, the requirements on training

Keywords: 996, all

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• services. is expected, does not fit in the standard grade level system and needs services with specially trained
• They just need to designate somebody to be responsible, and then they need to get six hours of training
• But two, they don't have anybody that is appropriately trained in order to facilitate the instruction
• far later in life and change the world, are not provided the opportunities to get that intentional training
• But I think this is vital for people to have that training.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We just signed a new three-year contract to bring over their youth academy training programs to Sunland
• It's very important to have workforce training skills.
• You have state training programs, you have local regional programs like the ones that Jerry mentioned
• This is why we immediately lean into creating training programs with the local education. Systems.
• I mean, we can actually get people, you know, out of high school into the training programs to do it.

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• Members, this is House Bill 3664 from Chairman Smithy in the House relating to the training of prospective
• under the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions governing grand jury organization, to complete a training
• The training course may be offered online and must include instruction regarding the following: the purpose
• And really, I'm yes for training grand jurors. I think that's a good addition to what we have.
• So I am against any changes to the bill other than maybe a technical change to fix the training portion

Bills: HB75, HB108

Keywords: building standards, youth camps, floodplains, safety regulations, environmental policies, drainage utilities, flood management, land use regulation, county authority, drainage fees

Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice and public safety bills, with most measures focused on tougher penalties, victim protections, and procedural changes. Bills discussed included HB 75, requiring magistrates to make written findings when denying probable cause despite believing an arrestee committed an offense; HB 413, limiting pretrial detention so it cannot exceed the maximum jail term for the charged offense, with competency-related exceptions; HB 1422, expanding sexual assault survivor protections and increasing penalties for certain sexual offenses and voyeurism; HB 2073, increasing penalties for violating protective orders or bond conditions while armed; HB 2593, raising indecent assault penalties against elderly or disabled victims; HB 108, enhancing punishment when body armor is used during violent crimes; HB 3816, expanding cruelty-to-livestock offenses to include unlawful controlled-substance administration; HB 2854, requiring parole officers to notify hospitals or law enforcement when violent parolees visit hospital premises; HB 1871, increasing punishment for attempted capital murder of a peace officer and making such offenders ineligible for parole; HB 3463, clarifying notice methods in theft-of-service cases; HB 2348, allowing video-recorded depositions of elderly or disabled witnesses; HB 2594, expanding venue options for cybercrime and digital theft prosecutions; HB 2761, clarifying that children cannot be deemed to consent to prostitution-related offenses; HB 3185, authorizing administrative subpoenas in cybercrime investigations; HB 2017, increasing penalties for certain intoxication manslaughter cases involving undocumented immigrants with prior DWI convictions; HB 2306, making certain trafficking offenses ineligible for parole; HB 1607, allowing a rear-only license plate when a vehicle lacks a front bracket; HB 1828, creating a legislative leave pool for TDCJ correctional officers; and HB 3664, requiring prospective grand jurors to complete training and proposing additional changes to grand jury procedure in a future substitute. The committee also took up HB 3073, the Summer Willis Act, which would clarify consent in sexual assault law and address intoxication-related incapacity; the committee substitute narrowed the language to situations where the perpetrator knows the other person cannot consent because of intoxication or impairment, while removing withdrawal-of-consent and “reasonably should know” language from the House version. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes adopted, including HB 3463, HB 2594, HB 3073, and HB 3073’s substitute, and most bills were left pending after no invited or public testimony or after hearing testimony. Public testimony was especially extensive on HB 3073, with survivors, advocates, and prosecutors supporting broader consent language, while some prosecutors said the substitute was an improvement but still favored the House version’s broader protections. HB 3664 drew significant opposition from district attorneys, who argued that mandatory transcription or recording of grand jury testimony would be costly, chill grand juror questioning, and complicate timely presentations; concerns were also raised about new-evidence requirements and grand jury shopping. No final votes were taken on the bills discussed in the transcript, and the committee recessed partway through to return to the floor before continuing its hearing.