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• LEAs face so many challenges right now with all kinds of changing regulatory landscapes that they're
• LEAs face so many challenges right now with all kinds of changing regulatory landscapes that they're
• districts and community colleges, and improve project coordination, reduce delay, and increase efficiency
• districts and community colleges, and improve project coordination, reduce delay, and increase efficiency
• This bill simply ensures that every student, no matter which system serves them, benefits from efficient

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• There are some efficiencies added, but I'm a little concerned that we've raised the exemption here and
• There are some efficiencies<00:47:00.160><c> added,</c><00:47:00.560><c> but</c><00:47:01.200><c> I'm
• </c><00:47:01.440><c> a</c><00:47:01.680><c> little</c> efficiencies added, but I'm a little efficiencies
• You could improve homelessness by saying maybe the regulatory cost would cost less than 25% of a home
• cost would cost maybe the regulatory cost would cost less<02:26:52.160><c> than</c><02:26:52.479><c>

Keywords: 981, all

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• The most effective, efficient way to interchange data in terms of quality, speed, and low cost is via
• on a plan to build that level of automation, which I think will be ultimately more secure, more efficient
• The most<01:55:18.800><c> effective</c><01:55:19.679><c> efficient</c><01:55:20.159><c> way</c><01:55
• :20.400><c> to</c> most effective efficient way to most effective efficient way to interchange<01:55:
• </c><01:55:49.440><c> um</c><01:55:49.599><c> and</c><01:55:49.840><c> more</c> more secure more efficient

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We have no expertise in this area, and we think it'll be just more efficient if you want to do this,
• We have no expertise in this area, and we think it'll be just more efficient if you want to do this,
• We have no expertise in this area, and we think it'll be just more efficient if you want to do this,
• We have no expertise in this area, and we think it'll be just more efficient if you want to do this,
• We have no expertise in this area, and we think it'll be just more efficient if you want to do this,

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on February 12 at 2 p.m. and heard several measures related to corrections, re-entry, law enforcement, retirement benefits, and gun violence prevention. On HB 10002, which would extend the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission coordinator’s term and clarify unannounced inspection authority, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it had no objection to the term length or to 24/7 unannounced access. The commission’s chair, Commissioner Mark Patterson, asked for a longer term, saying the commission needs more time and stability to manage reform efforts after years without staff during COVID. Community Alliance on Prisons and Carolyn Eaton also supported a longer term, with both suggesting six years would better insulate the position from politics. The chair noted he had asked Chair Bot for background on the prior committee’s changes and said that could be discussed during decision-making. The committee then heard HB 67, which would require DCR to help inmates obtain civil identification documents such as IDs, birth certificates, and Social Security cards as soon as practicable, including for people in furlough or community placement programs. DCR said it supported the bill and described ongoing work with the city and county on ID machines and with agencies on certificates and Social Security cards. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Oversight Commission, Community Alliance on Prisons, and the Office of Public Defense all supported the measure, emphasizing that identification is essential for housing, employment, and successful re-entry and noting the disproportionate impact of incarceration on Native Hawaiians. On HB 1183, which would classify certain law enforcement administrators and Department of Law Enforcement employees as Class A members for retirement purposes, the Department of Human Resources Development, the Employees’ Retirement System, and the Department of Law Enforcement all supported the bill. DHRD said it would help recruitment and retention, ERS said it had technical amendments to suggest, and DLE said the change would help with succession planning and allow the governor to appoint the most qualified leader. The committee also heard HB 1045, an emergency appropriation bill to cover payroll fringe benefits for Department of Law Enforcement personnel after salary funding had been shifted to other departments; Budget and Finance and DLE explained the need for the supplemental funding, and no opposition was noted. Finally, the committee took up HB 664, which would create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, a grant program, a resource bank, and a special fund. The Attorney General recommended adding standards for grant awards and warned of overlap with the existing Gun Violence and Violent Crimes Commission, suggesting consolidation and repeal of the older commission to avoid duplication. Supporters included the Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action Hawaii, a physician, and an Army veteran, who argued the office would centralize data, coordinate prevention efforts, and help secure outside funding. Testimony was mixed, with the chair noting 37 supporters, nine opponents, and three commenters, but no vote was taken during the hearing.

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• The first item regards the health plan regulatory alignment.
• The first item regards the health plan regulatory alignment.
• The first item regards the health plan regulatory alignment.
• Uh as you may plan regulatory alignment.
• What are ways that we could adapt our systems to make more efficient use of time and resources, as well

Bills: HF4609, HF4401

Keywords: infertility, fertility treatment, fertility preservation, IVF, assisted reproductive technology, ART, oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer, egg freezing, sperm freezing, reproductive health, maternity coverage, health insurance mandate, health plan benefits, Medical Assistance, Medicaid, MinnesotaCare, family planning, oncology fertility preservation, chemotherapy

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• Maybe we got to do things with our own regulatory arm as far as making it better, but to cut regulations
• Maybe we got to do things with our own regulatory arm as far as making it better, but to cut regulations
• maybe we got to do things with our board maybe we got to do things with our own<00:24:42.679><c> regulatory
• arm as far as um making own regulatory arm as far as um making it<00:24:45.520><c> better</c><00:24:
• It made a lot of sense to do it that way because the efficiencies were already there with the billing

Bills: HF837, HF1903, HF499, HF794

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations

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• They're energy efficient.
• They're going to be done in two blocks of eight in order to be labor efficient, and they'll be targeting
• I think what's important for me to say out of the gate is that we're not a regulatory agency.
• I think what's important for me to say out of the gate is that we're not a regulatory agency.
• </c> is that we're not a regulatory is that we're not a regulatory agency<01:10:53.640><c> uh</c><01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So, I don't really believe because we're looking at the regulatory solutions on how we can get these
• Licensed pest management professionals in New Hampshire operate under strict regulatory oversight.
• </c><01:31:33.440><c> Applicators</c><01:31:34.000><c> are</c> regulatory oversight.
• Applicators are regulatory oversight.
• </c><01:33:08.159><c> oversight</c> professionals under regulatory oversight professionals under regulatory

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• burdens than another with lower regulatory burdens.
• burdens than another with lower regulatory burdens.
• burdens than another with lower regulatory burdens.
• ><c> regulatory</c><00:42:38.680><c> burdens.
• There is with lower regulatory burdens.

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 02:45 Roll Call 05:25 Cosmetologists 13:48 Barbers 01:16:06 Adjournment, 958, all

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• It was due to energy efficiency.
• It was due to energy efficiency.
• It was due to energy efficiency.
• It was due to energy efficiency.
• standards. back emissions and efficiency standards.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• By doing this, each campus would have its own oversight, which would lead to increased efficiency.
• requirements in Chapter 66 of the Transportation Code, which is the Houston Pilots License and Regulatory

Bills: HJR1, HB9, HB21, HB26, HB30, HB37, HB116, HB630, HB879, HB913, HB1151, HB1318, HB1593, HB1899, HB2703, HB2809, HB2890, HB2970, HB3307, HB3526, HB5092, SB128, SB203, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB644, SB731, SB801, SB913, SB1071, SB1073, SB1086, SB1087, SB1232, SB1250, SB1262, SB1285, SB1310, SB1359, SB1444, SB1483, SB1705, SB1782, SB1861, SB1897, SB1944, SB2023, SB2043, SB2082, SB2133, SB2215, SB2297, SB2298, SB2309, SB2532, SB2549, SB2566, SB2617, SB2619, SB2639, SB2688, SB2696, SB2717, SB2790, SB2841, SB2847, SB2850, SB2857, SB2891, SB2919, SB2928, SB2972, SB3052, SB3053, SB1, SB260, SB1506, SB1637, HB37, HB109, HB334, HB1130, HB1238, HB1327, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB1689, HB2081, HB2809, HB2884, HB2890, HB4215, HB5092, HCR7, HCR75, HCR86, HCR92, HCR93, HCR126, SB644, SB1086, SB1230, SB1310, SB1361, SB1553, SB1778, SB1790, SB2344, SB2460, SB2515, SB2600, SB2747, SB2751, SB2785, SB2790, SB3047, SB3048, SB3050, SB3051, SB3052, SB3053, SB3056, SB3058, SB3061, HJR1, HB1130, HB1689, HB2884, HB1393, HB2559, HB26, HB3012, HB1327, HB109, HB1238, HB2890, HB9, HB4215, HB2970, HB37, HB1899, HB1593, HB2607, HB3526, HB3810, HB5092, HB388, HB2809, HB1151, HB913, HB3307, HB879, HB116, HB12, HB2703, HB1610, HB1615, HB1620, HB30, HB21, HB2712, HB2692, HB1633, HB1318, HB685, HB630, HB4753, HB2742, HB303, HB198, HB1535, HB762, HB148, HB1520, HB5061, HB2286, HB1606, HB1041, HB132, HB11, HCR7, HCR75, HCR86, HCR92, HCR93, HCR126, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SCR12, SCR39, SB2023, SB1310, SB2972, SB1073, SB2847, SB2532, SB2619, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB507, SB1434, SB1772, SB2016, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB511, SB2309, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB1200, SB1845, SB2458, SB801, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB2797, SB2076, SB2876, SB1640, SB1449, SB1181, SB1359, SB1234, SB2926, SB2841, SB1528, SB2891, SB1854, SB317, SB1250, SB2082, SB1285, SB1237, SB2819, SB629, SB2608, SB1602, SB2009, SB2460, SB867, SB640, SB1698, SB2680, SB2994, SB2747, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB2857, SB128, SB3058, SB2044, SB2363, SB2565, SB1888, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SB3036, SB3057, SB3056, SB3043, SB3050, SB3063, SB3035, SB1790, SB1778, SB203, SB3061, SB2799, SB2790, SB2688, SB2515, SB1230, SB2522, SB2639, SB2459, SB3051, SB2655, SB2251, SB1884, SB2617, SB2751, SB2928, SB2566, SB1897, SB1749, SB1361, SB2549, SB2553, SB2919, SB1782, SB1705, SB2696, SB1944, SB2215, SB644, SB1232, SB2850, HB45, HB48, HB1261, HB1465, HB1778, HB2596, HB5238, HB33, HB1188, HB210, HB1022, HB1458, HB5560, HB1240, HB1950, HB2027, HB2768, HB2788, HB2791, HB3146, HB3698, HB3699, HB1893, HB3700, HB4850, HB4187, HB1397, HB4885, HB4804, HB3751, HB3611, HB2775, HB2061, HB2003, HB1729, HB1242, HB791, HB2029, HB647, HB2522, HB4738, HB3033, HB3594, HB3474, HB2563, HB2802, HCR90, SJR87, SB2969, SB3073, SB2497, SB1798, SB2603, SB2607, SB781

Keywords: constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief

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• Abby once he's finished his presentation at the same time, I think that might be more efficient.
• >> Uh, we are regulated by reciprocal jurisdictions and the departments and state regulatory departments
• :59.040><c> legislative</c><01:30:00.000><c> state</c><01:30:00.480><c> uh</c><01:30:00.639><c> regulatory
• </c><01:30:02.000><c> uh</c> state legislative state uh regulatory uh state legislative state uh regulatory
• state, submitting to all the same rigorous rules and regulations, complying with the financial regulatory

Keywords: 1183, house

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• work of the Chair to make sure that the spirit of Joint Rule 10 is being respected and that the efficient
• work of the Chair to make sure that the spirit of Joint Rule 10 is being respected and that the efficient
• Senate Committee on Rules, and the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory

Keywords: 1212, all

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• It is quick, often closing in months rather than years, and has cost efficiencies relative to new construction
• that impact recovery speed in different communities and contexts, one wonders how much similar regulatory
• Allowing manufactured homeowners and home buyers to access the highly efficient and competitive mortgage

Summary: The committee heard presentations on several bills. SB 1091, by Senator Kavayetal, would create the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation (CAP) program within HCD to provide financing and technical support for nonprofit and local efforts to acquire unsubsidized rental housing and preserve it as affordable housing or homeownership opportunities. Supporters, including Enterprise Community Partners, the Unity Council, and several housing and tenant groups, said preservation is a fast, cost-effective way to prevent displacement and homelessness. Members discussed funding, with the author and chair noting the program is intended to be funded through housing bond legislation and would be implemented upon appropriation. The bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Judiciary and passed out of committee. SB 904, by Senator Seyarto, would codify and expand the state’s coordinated wildfire recovery response by requiring HCD and other agencies to identify permitting and code barriers after future state-of-emergency wildfires and report on ways to speed rebuilding. The author cited the faster permitting response after the Los Angeles fires compared with the Camp Fire. Some members supported the goal but raised concerns about repeated reports and the burden on smaller jurisdictions; the author said the bill is meant to avoid reinventing the wheel and to streamline recovery. The committee noted the bill is fiscal and would go to Appropriations, and it was reported out with sufficient votes. SB 1007, by Senator Menjivar, would increase transparency and limit assessment growth in homeowners associations by requiring clearer disclosure of HOA finances and violation evidence, and by replacing the current 20% annual assessment increase ceiling with a cap tied to inflation, with possible amendments still under discussion. Supporters, including consumer and homeowner advocates, said the bill would help protect homeowners from steep fee hikes and opaque budgeting. Opponents from HOA management and industry groups argued the bill could undermine reserve funding, delay maintenance, and create more special assessments, while also adding duplicative disclosure requirements. Members debated whether the bill would protect homeowners without harming HOA finances; the author said he would continue negotiations and that the bill would look different in the next committee.

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• It is quick, often closing in months rather than years, and has cost efficiencies relative to new construction
• that impact recovery speed in different communities and contexts, one wonders how much similar regulatory
• Allowing manufactured homeowners and home buyers to access the highly efficient and competitive mortgage

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• This bill would allow the AGO to issue CIDs to conduct more effective and efficient investigations.
• To summarize this bill, it creates a regulatory structure for ALPR systems and the data captured by those
• that our local law enforcement agencies are strapped for resources, and using technology that's an efficient

Summary: The committee heard public testimony on four bills. SB 5925 would expand the Attorney General’s civil investigative demand authority to investigate possible violations of the U.S. and Washington constitutions, certain labor and civil rights laws, law enforcement use-of-force issues, and jail-related statutes. Supporters, including the Attorney General’s office, Teamsters 117, and Working Washington, said the bill would make investigations faster and more effective, especially in wage theft and discrimination cases. Opponents, including police, sheriffs, cities, counties, and retail and business groups, argued it would give the AG broad investigative power without enough threshold showing, could burden local governments and employers, and raised constitutional concerns about speech and search protections. No vote was taken. SB 5906 would codify and expand protections for non-public spaces in schools, child care facilities, health care facilities, higher education institutions, and county auditor election areas by limiting immigration enforcement access without a judicial warrant or court order and restricting collection of immigration-related information about students and families. Supporters said the bill would reduce fear, protect privacy, and make existing Keep Washington Working policies clearer and more durable, with testimony from immigrant rights groups, faith organizations, students, PTA, and health advocates. Some organizations, including health care and child care stakeholders, supported the goal but asked for amendments to clarify definitions, create model policies, add training and enforcement provisions, and adjust warrant/subpoena language. The committee also heard strong opposition concerns about federal immigration enforcement, but no action was taken. SB 6070 would expand missing-person tools by allowing certain digital investigative tools to be used in missing endangered person cases, creating new Abney and Purple Alerts for missing Black people and people with disabilities, and broadening the definition of missing endangered person. Supporters included prosecutors, law enforcement, tribal and disability advocates, families of missing persons, and students who argued that faster alerts and better digital tools save lives and address racial and disability disparities in missing-person responses. Testimony described delays in prior cases and the need for more urgent, targeted alerts. The committee then heard SB 6002, which would regulate automated license plate reader systems, set registration, use, retention, audit, and disclosure rules, and prohibit certain uses such as immigration enforcement and surveillance near protected locations. The sponsor said the bill is intended to create statewide guardrails for a technology already in use, and testimony was expected to continue after the excerpt ended; no vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided.

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• So they're pretty efficient with those tax dollars that they do receive.
• So they're pretty efficient with those tax dollars that they do receive.
• then hopefully that whatever they do, their rates, their certification with the PSC and any other regulatory

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We have research nurses and coordinators, data regulatory and compliance, and support services in these
• With that plan, we reorganized quickly so that we could provide more seamless and efficient care.
• As part of this, we're also creating energy-efficient buildings that enable us to be more sustainable

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• We have one state employee and a very small state budget, which is funded by the Insurance Regulatory
• department, to complete their duties and wind up the insolvent insurers' affairs as quickly and as efficiently
• And the reason for the question is because we want to figure out where we can have efficiencies in our

Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of Financial Services and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, then returned to its ongoing budget workshop with the Department of Management Services. DFS’s Division of Risk Management described its role as the state self-insurance fund, covering about 200,000 employees and 27,000 vehicles, paying roughly $150 million in claims last year, and managing a pilot ETS treatment program for veterans and first responders that had 49 patients and 804 treatments as of the latest report. The Division of State Fire Marshal outlined its fire prevention, training, emergency response, and grant programs, including hurricane deployments, the Florida State Fire College, and several capital and grant requests for roof, courtyard, memorial, and equipment needs. The Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation explained how it handles insolvent insurers under Chapter 631, currently administering 14 estates with $1.2 billion in assets and $3.7 billion in liabilities, and said no new receiverships had been opened since February 2023. Members asked about grant backlogs, fire truck procurement delays, memorial repairs, and whether affiliate transfers were occurring in insurer liquidations. Secretary Griffin then updated the committee on DBPR’s implementation of House Bill 1021 on community associations. He said the department had used the new authority to expand education, complaint handling, and ombudsman services, including 10 free standardized courses, a new condo website, and a four-hour board certification course that had already drawn more than 12,000 attendees. He reported that outreach to condominium communities had increased by more than 60%, that complaint filings were up 39% while jurisdictional dismissals dropped to 11%, and that about 81% to 82% of the 65 new positions had been filled. Members pressed him on whether the department had enough authority and funding, how condominium counts are determined, how self-reported structural integrity reserve study data is verified, and whether more public-facing complaint tracking and better reporting from local governments or developers would improve the system. The committee then resumed questioning Secretary Allende of DMS about outstanding budget and operations issues. Members focused on the delayed People First contract extension required by statute, with the secretary saying the delay involved technical and contractual complexity in moving a legacy hard-coded system to the cloud. They also revisited the state data team and data catalog project, asking why a statutory 2022 deadline had not been met, how the four-person team and broader data staff were organized, how many applicants were considered for key positions, and what each role was doing. The secretary said the catalog work was being simplified into six metadata fields and supported by a broader community of practice, but no firm completion date was given during the exchange.

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• they're going to provide or produce over the next many years, regardless of permitting timelines or regulatory
• Chair and Madam Vice Chair, the most efficient and time-efficient way would be to create fiscal measures