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• also in the process of developing, excuse me, the framework for, and computer system changes and protocol
• ERCOT is also in the process of developing the framework for, and computer system changes and protocol
• Okay, now if these developments had already cleared your existing protocols at the time, why wouldn't
• What other options are, or is the PUC considering to the existing 4CP protocol?
• Or is the PUC considering to the existing 4C protocol?

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• I know that you're not legally required to monitor it, but I'm just curious to understand what your role
• Horn responded that many parents have expressed the same concern, but under the universal protocol, when
• is to take away the cell phones this is this is the protocol that came to the people who are knowledge
• go in public. had an agreement with me that that is how emergency protocols go in public schools I've
• So that's—I mean, I don't think that the government is going to be monitoring who a student is holding

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee first heard Superintendent Tom Horn’s State of Education address, which focused on school safety, academic outcomes, teacher pay, school choice, and opposition to DEI/CRT in schools. Horn argued that students cannot learn unless schools are safe, cited increased funding for school police officers and a recent Tucson charter school incident as evidence for more officers, and said the department’s academic efforts have centered on Project Momentum, tutoring, cell phone restrictions, career and technical education partnerships, and support for Native American districts. He also urged direct teacher pay increases through Proposition 123 and said the state board should revise teaching standards and school grading practices. Members questioned him about DEI compliance, cell phone enforcement, ESA accountability, teacher preparation programs, school safety funding, and literacy outcomes; Horn said the department’s role is largely advisory in a local-control state, that it tracks school practices on a website, and that it lacks academic outcome data for ESA students because private schools are not tested by the state. The committee then took up House Bill 2008, which would prohibit public school libraries from using public funds to pay dues or memberships to professional library associations that advocate for libraries and information services. Representative Cooper, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to keep school libraries politically neutral and prevent taxpayer money from supporting ideological advocacy, while arguing that membership could still be paid privately and that free professional development options exist. Opponents, including former librarian Judy Schweber, Marana board member Hunter Holt, and the ACLU of Arizona, argued the bill would undermine professional development, local control, and constitutional rights of association and petition, and that there was little evidence public funds were actually being used this way. Supporters, including Adrienne Johnson, said some library materials and associations promote political viewpoints and should not be funded with public dollars. After public comment and debate, the committee voted 7-5 to give HB 2008 a do pass recommendation. Members who explained no votes said the bill targeted a non-issue, lacked data showing a problem, and would divert attention from funding and literacy needs. Members supporting the bill said it was a reasonable restriction on public spending and a way to keep school libraries ideologically neutral. The committee then announced it would move on to House Bill 2249, the Parents’ Bill of Rights and Remedies.

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• progress monitoring, but for the first time ever, as an entire state, we have a statewide assessment
• model that's built on progress monitoring.
• These things happen in schools, and there's protocols for dealing with it.
• The second is to monitor compliance of that condition. And third, and most importantly, like...
• The second is to monitor compliance of that condition.

Summary: The Justice Budget Committee heard detailed presentations from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on staffing, services, and budget needs. DJJ Secretary Hall emphasized that the agency’s main public safety strategy is education, along with prevention and recidivism reduction. He described major staffing improvements after pay increases for probation, detention, residential care, and prevention workers, and outlined DJJ’s mental health, aftercare, and education continuum, including the Florida Scholars Academy and Florida Youth College. He said the new statewide education model is showing early gains in progress monitoring, high school graduation, and postsecondary enrollment, while also noting ongoing operational issues such as IT connectivity, rural staffing gaps, and the need for geographic pay adjustments for teachers. He also discussed detention center replacement plans in Hillsborough, Broward, and Palm Beach, and said DJJ would transition the Broward JAC to a security contractor after the sheriff’s office pulls sworn officers from the site. Members asked about campus performance differences, teacher pay, detention education quality, and concerns about the rollout and leadership of the Scholars Academy. Hall said some campuses face rural access and infrastructure problems, but the blended learning model provides continuity when internet or staffing issues arise. He defended the superintendent’s qualifications and said early problems with inappropriate online content were addressed. Representative Porras raised concerns about educational quality and the superintendent’s past disciplinary history, while Representative Barrera urged more mentorship and fatherhood-focused programming in juvenile facilities. DOC Secretary Dixon said the prison system is under pressure from rising inmate populations, staffing shortages, and overtime costs. He argued that the system needs funded posts for every functioning housing unit, noting that the department has added housing units without enough staff and now relies heavily on overtime, mobile officer deployments, and shift conversions to keep facilities operating safely. He highlighted that many officers are new, that outside-hospital transports have risen sharply, and that mental health units require additional staffing. DOC’s mental health chief described a large and growing treatment system with outpatient, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and court-ordered services, saying about a quarter of the prison population has a diagnosed mental illness. Community corrections staff described treatment programs, employment specialists, mobile probation and reentry units, and a new mental health first aid training initiative. Reentry staff reported expanded substance abuse, education, CTE, chaplaincy, and digital learning programs, including Edovo and a forthcoming Work Bay platform. No votes were taken.

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• leadership system including rubrics, guidebooks, business rules, performance metrics, training, and protocols
• Phase two is all the monitoring and sampling, etc., to determine... monitoring and sampling, etc., to

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• Community researchers have monitored these areas and have found monitoring procedures are inefficient
• Of all of our monitoring sites, our community researchers have found hydrogen sulfide has been detected
• And of all of our monitoring sites that we have, our community researchers have, hydrogen sulfide has
• And I think, to bring it just quickly to point, there aren't any protocols in existence to address this
• Point, there aren't any protocols in existence to address this scenario at all.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations. Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.

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• We have partnered with the pharmacists to develop and approve point-of-care testing and treatment protocols
• The executive committee then acts by either starting a board investigation or by recommending monitoring
• Effective monitoring programs allow these professionals to safely return to practice.
• that many malpractice carriers require that providers hold a license in the patient state or are monitored
• Yeah, it may be that there aren't enough air quality monitors; that may be the problem.

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• Monitor forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings.
• Dick was monitoring the weather pretty much all night.
• Eastland to the front office, but he was monitoring the weather from the front office.
• We'll monitor the tip line. That's our job, not yours."
• At 10 a.m., TDEM has a ...communication activates more protocol awareness for floods.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• They were supposed to be monitoring it because it was a nice facility.
• <01:38:00.480> it were supposed to be monitoring it were supposed to be monitoring it because
• Neither could provide a timeline, a protocol, or a solution.
• timeline, a protocol, or a solution. timeline, a protocol, or a solution.
• <02:13:53.599> location, to constantly monitor location, to constantly monitor location, employment

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• But we do want to encourage districts to monitor their enrollment right now, especially if they're seeing
• want to encourage districts to monitor want to encourage districts to monitor their<00:10:36.480
• The handbook establishes uniform processes, clear communication protocols, and specific guidance for
• The handbook establishes uniform processes, clear communication protocols, and specific guidance for
• The handbook establishes uniform processes, clear communication protocols, and specific guidance for

Keywords: 1183, house

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• you anticipate this, if let's say we go ahead and go forward with this, would this be part of a protocol
• you anticipate this, if let's say we go ahead and go forward with this, would this be part of a protocol
• that has been used acupuncture protocol that has been used for<00:17:36.280> 50<00:17:36.600>
• People coming out of that detox unit and into my program far preferred that as a detox protocol than
• than all of the medications protocol than all of the medications that<00:33:45.399> kept<00:33

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• would allow pharmacists to furnish over-the-counter hormonal contraceptives without the barrier of protocols
• she was on a short break and did not have the luxury of time to go through extra steps dictated by protocol
• unable to gain access to much-needed medication because of the cost and unnecessary barriers of protocol
• Because of the cost and unnecessary barriers of protocol for a drug that is already available over the
• So they are the only institution that actually monitor their doctors and their dentists and any medical

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee held its first regular bill hearing of 2025 and considered a wide range of measures on health care access, professional regulation, animal welfare, and consumer protection. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted its rules and then approved a consent calendar of several bills, including measures by Chen, Caloza, Carrillo, Arreguín, Berman, and Flora. The committee also took up AB 1082, which would allow California nursing students enrolled in out-of-state programs to complete clinical training in California; supporters said it would help address the nursing shortage and keep students closer to home, while opponents warned it could worsen already limited clinical placement capacity and reduce oversight. The bill passed on a do pass recommendation to Appropriations after a quorum was established. The committee then heard and advanced several health-related bills. AB 50, by Assembly Member Bonta, would ease Medi-Cal access to over-the-counter hormonal contraception by removing the need for a prescription for coverage purposes; pharmacists, reproductive health advocates, and medical groups supported the bill, and it passed unanimously to the Committee on Health. AB 489, also by Bonta, would prohibit AI systems from misrepresenting themselves as licensed health professionals; supporters from medical, psychiatric, behavioral health, and other professional groups said the bill would protect patients from misleading chatbot advice, and it passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection. AB 481, by Assembly Member Rubio, would expand the tasks that federally qualified lab personnel can perform under CLIA supervision to help address lab staffing shortages; labor groups raised concerns about training, certification, and supervision, but the bill passed to Appropriations with an amended do pass recommendation. The committee also considered animal welfare and access-to-care measures. AB 631, by Assembly Member Lee, would require animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online; supporters said the reporting would improve policy and resource allocation, while members discussed how the requirement would work for shelters without websites, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 867, also by Lee, would prohibit cat declawing except when medically necessary for the animal; animal welfare groups strongly supported the bill, while the veterinary association opposed it as an improper legislative regulation of veterinary surgery, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1307 would create a pilot program allowing a limited number of qualified dentists trained in Mexico to practice in underserved California areas; supporters framed it as a cost-neutral way to address major dental access gaps, the California Dental Association remained opposed unless amended, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Several members later added their votes on the various items after the hearing, and the committee kept the hearing open briefly to allow additional add-ons.

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• audits have made to Washington State and the nation as a whole was on an application that's used to monitor
• Building on that momentum, current initiatives include things such as expanding enterprise-wide monitoring
• and detection capabilities to identify risks in real time, strengthening incident response protocols
• There are a lot of ways around it, and then work with that agency to monitor that system for impending

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office cybersecurity performance audits for fiscal year 2025, covering both state agencies and local governments. SAO staff explained that the audits are conducted independently under Initiative 900 and are kept confidential at the entity level, with detailed findings shared directly with the audited organizations. They reported that state agency audits found nearly one-third of assessed safeguards fully implemented on all systems and 227 vulnerabilities across seven agencies, including three critical and 21 high-severity issues. For seven local government cybersecurity audits, nearly a quarter of safeguards were fully implemented on all systems, and auditors identified nearly 300 vulnerabilities, including nine critical and 47 high-severity issues. SAO also summarized its ransomware resiliency audits and critical infrastructure audits for local governments. In six ransomware audits, a little over 35% of assessed safeguards were not in place, while about 60% were at least partially in place. In 39 critical infrastructure audits, focused largely on water and sewer providers, auditors found over 260 vulnerabilities and said more than 10% were critical or high. Staff highlighted that these audits have led to improvements, including one vendor making security changes after SAO testing that were later echoed in a federal advisory. They also described related services such as cybersecurity checkups, policy guidance, and other cyber-related work by the office. Washington Technology Solutions’ state chief information security officer, Ralph Johnson, praised the audits and said they help protect essential public services. He cited a sharp national rise in ransomware incidents against governments and said Washington has used more than $11 million in federal and state cybersecurity grant funds for over 200 projects. In response to questions from Representative Scott, SAO and WOTEC discussed options for addressing urgent vulnerabilities, including compensating controls, grant funding, and low-cost mitigation steps. The committee also discussed how Washington’s program compares nationally, with Johnson saying Initiative 900 is unusually comprehensive and that local governments often seek audits voluntarily. No votes were taken, and the hearing adjourned after public testimony was offered but none was given.

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• We found a significant noncompliance with grant monitoring requirements.
• should have conducted 67 monitoring should have conducted 67 monitoring visits<00:08:25.440>
• to con- to conduct grant monitoring to con- to conduct grant monitoring activities<00:18:49.320>
• and around the monitoring and controls. and around the monitoring and controls.
• people performing the monitoring people performing the monitoring procedures. procedures. procedures

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• <00:17:28.360> of Attorney General's model protocol of Attorney General's model protocol of
• services to keep them engaged, and the multidisciplinary approach through the Attorney General's protocol
• 22.320> General's this through the Attorney General's this through the Attorney General's protocol
• :24.039> and<00:21:24.240> proven<00:21:24.679> way<00:21:25.000> to protocol
• is the best and proven way to protocol is the best and proven way to do do do that<00:21:27.960>

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• They monitor movements of drivers. They do a lot of surveillance.
• phone calls and the tablets, the investigations inside the facilities has decreased because we cannot monitor
• It would go a long way in establishing unified and comprehensive support and treatment policies, protocols
• Comprehensive support and treatment policies, protocols, and programs are desperately needed when a law
• This bill would create a baseline policy and protocols for all law enforcement agencies that will be

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a wide range of public safety bills, with strong support from law enforcement, advocates, and other stakeholders. Several measures focused on police and correctional officer wellness and protections, including bills on critical incident leave and post-incident support for officers, a bill to improve POST Commission representation, and a bill to protect correctional officers from assaults and exposure to synthetic drugs like K2. Witnesses described traumatic incidents, rising assaults in prisons, staffing shortages, and the need for confidentiality in peer-support debriefings. Committee members asked questions about assault classifications, K2 smuggling, tablet-related contraband, and whether counseling records would remain confidential. No votes were taken during the hearing. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to canine-related bills. Testimony supported creating a fund for retired police dogs and expanding emergency care training for working dogs injured in the line of duty. Speakers described police dogs as partners who locate suspects, missing persons, drugs, and weapons, and said retirement and medical costs are currently borne by handlers or nonprofits. The committee also heard testimony in favor of a purple alert system for missing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with advocates citing wandering risks, drowning dangers, and data from other states showing faster recovery times. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the definition of sexual assault by an officer to cover situations beyond formal custody, including investigations and other encounters where police have coercive power. Advocates for sex workers and anti-trafficking organizations said the change would close a loophole, protect vulnerable people, and address documented abuses. In addition, testimony was taken on a bill to protect Massachusetts residents from federal surveillance through fusion centers, with critics calling for stronger oversight of BRIC and related databases. Representative Jeff Turco also testified on bills to change POST Commission membership, arguing for more law enforcement representation.

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• randomly selected for a post-election audit fails that audit, SB 1541 allows the Secretary of State to monitor
• Senate Bill 2166 enhances the testing protocols for voting tabulation equipment in Texas elections.
• responsibilities of elections officials in conducting and documenting testing procedures by aligning testing protocols
• positives and validation processes, full system inspection for unauthorized files, modern security protocols

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• randomly selected for a post-election audit fails that audit, SB 1541 allows the Secretary of State to monitor
• This bill enhances the testing protocols for voting tabulation equipment in Texas elections.
• responsibilities of election officials in conducting and documenting testing procedures by aligning testing protocols
• Files, modern security protocols like unique credentials to actually use those credentials.

Bills: HB3097, HB3691, SB108, SB827, SB1541, SB1862, SB2166, SB2216

Keywords: Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility

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• <04:03:33.120> The pharmacist is not monitoring it. The pharmacist is not monitoring it.
• They're going to add this to their medical operational protocols.
• They run their protocol making process.
• <04:08:12.720> So their medical operational protocols.
• So their medical operational protocols.

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• treatment, there's a a screen or that they score a certain within a certain range and then they're monitored
• throughout their treatment protocol to ensure that they are getting better.
• So once we get that treatment protocol going at the end of the course of their their treatment, they're
• You know, we do programmatic monitoring annually with. >> The Cbc's the this this model did not look

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• in<01:05:09.079> other<01:05:09.839> states<01:05:10.839> and licensing protocols
• in other states and licensing protocols in other states and could<01:05:11.240> you<01:05:11.359
• They’re electronically recorded by the ALS monitor.
• monitor monitor all<01:46:24.000> of<01:46:24.239> the<01:46:24.599> electrical
• and you can print it out as many Monitor and you can print it out as many times<01:46:32.119> as<

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