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• Students in grades 9 through 12 undergo rigorous IRS-aligned tax law training and must pass certification
• Many go beyond the base. certification to handle more advanced returns.
• Members, SCP-262 creates an additional pathway to CPA certification. to help address workforce needs.
• HB number 171 by Guillen relating to the certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency and
• Texas college or university and you're training to become a teacher, and you get your teaching certificate

Bills: HB29, HB 125, HB145, HB171, HB255, HB50, HB796, HB363, HB 116, HB491, HB589, HB1495, HB368, HB 1285, HB1905, HB1360, HB2002, HB917, HB2723, HB2067, HB 1238, HB2337, HB745, HB 1188, HB1606, HB2003, HB2147, HB2391, HB2355, HB2546, HB2495, HB2818, HB2249, HB1749, HB3109, HB3228, HB3240, HB1507, HB658, HB1748, HB1851, HB1922, HB2001, HB2798, HB 107, HCR29, SB5, SB262, HB 11, HJR72, HB 106, HB18, HB48, HB27, HB37, HB1481, HB581, HB1696, HB2216, HB 1035, HB1633, HB742, HB754, HB1689, HB1690, HB2669, HB391, HB517, HB 1024, HB1607, HB252, HB1716, HB1562, HB4116, HB1866, HB1741, HB2103, HB2637, HB2884, HB503, HB 1089, HB2986, HB972, HB502, HB29, HB 125, HB145, HB171, HB255, HB50, HB796, HB363, HB 116, HB491, HB589, HB1495, HB368, HB 1285, HB1905, HB1360, HB2002, HB917, HB2723, HB2067, HB 1238, HB2337, HB745, HB 1188, HB1606, HB2003, HB2147, HB2391, HB2355, HB2546, HB2495, HB2818, HB2249, HB1749, HB3109, HB3228, HB3240, HB1507, HB658, HB1748, HB1851, HB1922, HB2001, HB2798, HB 107, HCR29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

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• total graduates found work in the firefighting field, despite all of them receiving training and certifications
• the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assess the VTC to identify gaps in training, certification
• the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assess the VTC to identify gaps in training, certification
• It equips them with life skills, professional experience, and the certifications needed to turn a new
• It equips them with life skills, professional experience, and the certifications needed to turn a new

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of natural resources and related bills, with several measures taken up as the committee reached quorum and many others moving on consent or with due-pass recommendations. Early items included AB 80 on carpet recycling, AB 452 creating a local process for state surf reserves, and AB 823 restricting microplastics in personal care and cleaning products. AB 80 drew broad support from recycling, labor, and environmental groups and was described as a follow-up to earlier carpet recycling reforms. AB 452 was backed by surf, tourism, environmental, and local government interests as a voluntary, community-driven way to recognize and protect surf breaks. AB 823 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters citing public health and environmental harms from microplastics and opponents warning the bill’s language could sweep in products such as sunscreens, cosmetics, and fragrance-encapsulation materials; the committee discussed possible ambiguity and EU comparisons before voting the bill out on a due-pass-as-amended basis to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. The committee also advanced AB 1046, which would create a narrow exemption from SB 1383 organic-waste requirements for certain crop preparers and tree nut processors that do not send organic waste to landfills. Agricultural witnesses said the bill would clarify that their operations already reuse byproducts and should not face duplicative reporting, and the measure passed with support from agricultural and rural county representatives. AB 252, the “Stop Laying Off Firefighters Act,” proposed year-round Cal Fire staffing; the author and Cal Fire supporters argued that wildfire conditions are now year-round and that maintaining trained crews would improve response and prevention, and the bill was sent to Appropriations. AB 571, a targeted CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim, drew strong bipartisan and veterans’ support and also passed out. Later, the committee approved AB 1455, which would authorize emergency rulemaking and streamline future updates for ember-resistant building regulations after recent wildfire emergencies, and AB 687, which would let public agencies use forest-practice rules and timber-harvest plans for certain publicly funded fuel-reduction projects; AB 687 drew some opposition over scope and enforceability concerns but was still advanced. The committee also moved AB 652, allowing alternate members on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to prevent quorum problems, and AB 317, a first-time homebuyer housing bill that would exempt certain small, lower-cost homes from CEQA and defer some property taxes; AB 317 prompted discussion about guardrails to avoid unintended use on larger subdivisions. Finally, AB 900, requiring the Natural Resources Agency to develop a stewardship plan for 30-by-30 lands, was heard with broad support from land trusts and conservation groups and advanced on a due-pass recommendation, and AB 738, a wildfire-rebuild bill easing solar requirements for certain disaster survivors, was introduced and discussed with questions about its narrow scope and the number of homes affected.

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• What it does specifically is modernize the certification process for certified nurse assistants and home
• direct care worker jobs for people with past records by aligning the Department of Public Health certification
• However, under existing law today, people seeking certifications for similar patient care roles such
• considering conviction history in other health and caregiving fields to CNA and home health aide certifications

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• President, Committee on Natural Resources, having under consideration House Bill 2494, relating to certificate
• President, Committee on Natural Resources, having under consideration House Bill 2494, relating to certificate
• It allows them to apply for a certificate of environmental compatibility if the proposed non-thermal
• just heard, there are at least these two areas in which the line-siting committee review and the certificate

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Now, the benefit of a curriculum such as this is it could lead to a hunter certification, which is a
• So if a student were to finish the certification process, that would occur off campus, separate and apart
• We've talked about hunter certification, hunter education...
• There's, we've talked about hunter certification, hunter education, but I think what's also important

Summary: The House Education Committee met on May 12, 2026, and first approved SB 518, which gives LSU limited authority to buy and sell certain real estate within one mile of campus as a two-year pilot program. Supporters said the bill would let LSU respond more quickly to deteriorating properties near campus and improve the student experience, while keeping protections such as appraisals and fair-market-value requirements. Members asked about whether the authority would affect residential property or be expanded to other universities, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then advanced SCR 33, creating a one-year Work-Based Learning Coordination Task Force to study and better align apprenticeships, internships, job shadowing, and related programs across state agencies and employers. Testimony emphasized the need to reduce duplication and improve coordination so students and employers can more easily connect. HR 168 also passed, directing the Board of Regents to study collegiate athletic program funding after concerns raised by athletic directors about deficits and accounting practices. Members next approved SB 488, establishing a school safety drone response pilot program to supplement school crisis plans. The bill drew detailed testimony from a vendor describing drone deployment, response times, and coordination with law enforcement; an amendment was adopted to require coordination with the Department of Education, State Police, and the Sheriffs’ Association. The committee also favorably reported HCR 97, asking BESE and Wildlife and Fisheries to study adding age-appropriate hunting, conservation, and shooting sports education in grades 5-12, with members clarifying that no live firearms would be used on campus. Finally, the committee approved SB 112, allowing local school boards to adopt parental-consent release-time policies for religious instruction, with amendments adding instructor qualifications, reporting requirements, electronic delivery flexibility, and constitutional safeguards. It also reported SB 504, expanding individual graduation plans to include vocational options and apply to charter schools, with an amendment for standalone elementary charters. The committee then passed SB 346 and SB 347, both dealing with deepfakes—one prohibiting their use against K-12 students and the other adding unlawful deepfakes to campus power-based violence rules—and SB 353, authorizing postsecondary systems to digitize student IDs for use in LA Wallet. Several members raised concerns about naming LA Wallet specifically, but the bill was still reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment.

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• SB 2494, certificate environment cobbatics zoning exemption.
• HB 2591, to print this registration certificate.
• HB 2806, lawful presence public program certification.
• HB 2996, DFI certified certificate of insurance. HB 4011, officials; public schools.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• If this is the precedent that we want to set, members, we might as well all return our election certificates
• our<00:08:09.400> election well all return our election well all return our election certificates
• 11.640> and<00:08:11.760> let<00:08:11.920> the<00:08:12.080> other certificates
• , go home, and let the other certificates, go home, and let the other body<00:08:13.040> run<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So once they have that certificate of compliance, PRC is saying they are good...
• So once they have that certificate of compliance, PRC is saying they are good, they've been inspected
• There's a provision for revoking a certificate, and this process, like if you're not in compliance, this
• have a situation where you are not in compliance, and it takes six months or more to revoke the certificate

Keywords: 996, all

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• Members of the certification requirement, which is completion of a 32-hour advanced procedure course
• This bill puts into statute the requirements for certification for this.
• The only thing the board is going to do is to make it possible for people to apply to get this certification
• Madam Chair, members of the committee, there are two paths for certification to do this.

Keywords: 996, all

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• It implements and enforces training certification and continuing education standards for peace officers
• and businesses, including conducting investigations and preferring disciplinary actions against certificate
• will allow our training staff to develop training scenarios and obtain any appropriate training certification
• So it looks like we had just 245 in the basic academy, and then we did 64 reciprocity certifications

Keywords: 914, all

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• That certification has been validated not only by the LEAs, but by the NMPED Licensure Bureau as well
• of the committee, uh, they were certified in special education per the NMPED special education certification
• which we're investing heavily in, what are the statistics for those education fellows entering certification
• graduate, they have an idea of what they want to do once they graduate, whether they want to go into a certificate

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• It is our job here, when we earned our election certificates, to make sure Minnesotans' lives are more
• 49.200> election job here when we earned our election job here when we earned our election certificates
• certificates certificates to<00:13:51.480> make<00:13:51.800> sure<00:13:52.080> Minnesotans

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with the creation or expansion of career technical education programs that lead the industry certifications
• included in the Cape Industry certification funding lists.
• aligning education with workforce needs in ensuring that our students don't just earned a degree or certification
• I worked in that sector and have certifications in title 9 work.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• to not satisfy the PE requirement in middle school as long as the teacher holds the necessary certification
• we call them CTE students, and how it could possibly undermine efforts to boost skilled trade certifications
• would be a barrier to students from finishing these programs, which are vital to earning industry certifications
• It preserves CTE access for skilled trade certification like welding, nursing, while it meets House Bill

Bills: HB25, HB38

Keywords: ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, interest rate, ad valorem taxes, homesteads, property tax, tax deferral

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• Commissioner appreciate what you do and you have it you play a huge role and the certification of all
• Employment it helps for instances and areas where you might need a social security card a birth certificate
• operations, protect Texas communities, and the Texas driver's licenses and personal identification certificates
• cartels. whether that's going to be Texas driver's licenses, whether that's going to be birth certificates

Bills: HB33, HB298, HB 1024, HB 1234, HB 1261, HB1696, HB298

Keywords: electronic monitoring, parole supervision, law enforcement, warrant execution, public safety, handgun license, judgment evaluation, medical advisory board, application denial, gun law procedures, abandoned property, unclaimed property, disposition, handgun, driver's license, commercial driver's license, weapon carry, gun rights, Texas legislature, legislative attendance

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• We ended up spending over $10,000 just to get those clear estoppel certificate so we could sail and move
• over $10,000 in legal fees and what have you and paying their fi in order to get a clear estoppel certificate
• Estoppel certificate process can hear this years ago.

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• WE HAVE THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD OF EACH FUTURE PAYMENT BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION. >> Chair
• HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE ACCOUNT BUT WE KNOW HOW MUCH IS THE EACH STUDENT'S ACCOUNT BASED ON THE CERTIFICATION
• THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT. >> Chair Persons-Mulicka: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> THE CERTIFICATION

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• post-secondary... education completions by 2030, adding 20,000 workers annually with a degree or certificate
• The piece of that that also is key here in Innovative is that it's embedded with certificates.
• And we've prioritized non-degree pathways through... workforce certificates that meets Californians where

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I don't think the certificate of need was too much to ask, in my opinion.
• The certificate of need is more used when a utility wants to create more capital investment.
• The certificate of need is more used when a utility wants to create more capital investment.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• In addition to that, as part of the certification process for voting machines, the Secretary of State
• I can't get into the specifics because I'm not too familiar with the certification.
• Certified by our office, meaning that they pass the certification and they meet the qualifications set

Bills: HB186, HB201, HB229, HB796, HB1506, HB2702, HB2885, HB3225, HB3909, HB4285, HB5138

Keywords: social media, children, account verification, data privacy, parental control, financial crime, card fraud, motor fuel theft, law enforcement, criminal activity, skimmers, prevention, training, biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, federal directives, state authority