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• One is the entity must be a 501(c)(3), (c)(4), or (c)(6) nonprofit, foundation, or professional association
• advisory or training services, which would be policy guidance and model policies, training and professional
• We have a ton of professional associations that would do any one of these.
• We have a ton of professional associations that would do any one of these.
• It's such a serious time in a child's development that I just would like to know as a professional what

Bills: HR290, HR298, SB405, SCR61, HR318

Keywords: gender-affirming care, gender affirming therapy, gender-affirming hormone therapy, transgender health, trans youth, LGBTQ, mental health, psychosis, psychiatric conditions, puberty blockers, androgen blockers, cross-sex hormones, estrogen, testosterone, informed consent, screening, monitoring protocols, Louisiana Department of Health, LDH, House Health and Welfare

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• Texans of all ages benefit from the work of counseling professionals, and the designation of April as
• Individuals can access professional counseling services through educational institutions. mental health
• Professional counselors play a vital role in strengthening our communities, and the official designation
• Our organization represents 8,000 licensed professional counselors, certified school counselors, and
• These professionals work in educational institutions, mental health agencies, community organizations

Bills: SB2959, HB3096, HCR29, HCR56, HCR12, HCR55, HCR74, HCR78, HCR116, HCR117, HCR6, HCR50, HCR107, HCR80, HCR58, HCR70, HCR71, HCR72, HCR75, HCR93, HCR12, HCR6

Keywords: firearm safety, awareness month, public safety, responsible ownership, storage, recreational use, profound autism, awareness day, caregiver, disabilities, support, counseling, mental health, awareness, support services, community health, necrotizing enterocolitis, premature infants, breastfeeding, health awareness

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• It's simply unreasonable to expect these hard-working professionals to take on the risks without providing
• These M.E.s and death investigators are dedicated professionals, highly trained in the medical-legal
• Medical examiners and death investigators are dedicated professionals who face unique challenges in their
• work, often dealing with difficult and sensitive situations. ...professionals and are highly deserving
• I do think that this would help that. ...a question that I always have, you know, these are professionals

Bills: HB669, HB 1306, HB3173, HB3807

Keywords: healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce

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• This causes bedside professionals to rush patient care.
• We're not attracting professionals here due to our issues with the doctors.
• I understand that it's very complicated to attract medical professionals.
• Recently, we lost a very good group of medical professionals.
• So, for example, in the Professional and Technical Staffing Unit.

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• and our trauma care professionals.
• emergency medical services professionals emergency medical services professionals and<00:18:14.720
• and our trauma care professionals. and our trauma care professionals.
• Our educators deserve professional respect and legal protection to keep them that way.
• educators deserve professional respect educators deserve professional respect and<00:40:06.000><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I'm with the MEO Association of Professional Employees. chair is that I see that any unspent chair is
• <00:13:26.600> and<00:13:27.480> among cyber Security Professionals and among cyber
• find the Cyber Security Professionals find the Cyber Security Professionals that<00:14:13.320>
• I am representing the Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors today.
• the Minnesota Society of professional the Minnesota Society of professional surveyors<00:27:54.080

Bills: HF1, HF1754, HF1809, HF1478

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• <00:20:58.200> um any other any other professional um any other any other professional um
• And so by health care professional.
• licensed mental health professional. licensed mental health professional.
• licensed professionals licensed professionals attached<03:22:55.080> to<03:22:55.240>
• <03:24:24.120> in provided by a licensed professional in provided by a licensed professional

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• For early literacy, it is imperative that California invest $200 million in professional Students.
• For early literacy, it is imperative that California invest $200 million in professional development
• First, we have the literacy instruction professional development investment.
• The trailer bill language is modeled after the professional development included in AB 1454.
• The language is modeled after the professional development included in AB 1454.

Summary: The committee heard the May Revision presentation for the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, with public comment focused heavily on K-12 priorities such as universal school meals, kitchen infrastructure, food service and custodial support, youth leadership grants, Special Olympics funding, English learner support, universal pre-K, literacy investments, and concerns about community college funding shifts. Speakers also urged support for expanded learning, teacher recruitment and training, and maintaining or increasing funding for community colleges and student support programs. Finance and the LAO then reviewed the Proposition 98 outlook. Finance said the May Revision lowers the 2025-26 Prop. 98 guarantee to $114.6 billion, about $4.3 billion below January, due mainly to lower revenue estimates, with smaller effects from attendance and property tax changes. The administration also described rebenching for universal transitional kindergarten and a one-time rebench tied to Los Angeles fire-related property tax losses, along with changes to the Public School System Stabilization Account, deferrals, and updated COLA assumptions. The LAO said the budget relies too much on deferrals and one-time funds, creates a structural shortfall, and should instead align ongoing spending with the guarantee and preserve a reserve buffer. Members questioned the TK rebench and the shift of funding from community colleges to K-12, asking why it was being applied retroactively and how colleges would be held harmless. Finance said the changes align funding with where TK costs are being incurred and that reappropriation funding and other adjustments would offset impacts on community colleges. The LAO argued the historical split formula is outdated and should be abandoned in favor of budgeting around current priorities rather than fixed percentages. Members also raised concerns about draining the rainy day reserve and using deferrals, while the LAO said preserving reserves would better protect against future volatility. The committee then moved to specific K-12 and education proposals. Finance outlined May Revision changes including state operations adjustments for the Department of Education, technical trailer bill changes, a $100 million student teacher stipend program administered by Kern County, and updates to the charter school facility grant program. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposed increases for expanded learning, literacy coaches, and the student teacher stipend as currently structured, while supporting the minimum grant increase for expanded learning. Members expressed support for teacher recruitment efforts but questioned whether one-time funding can sustain ongoing programs and whether the student teacher stipend should be targeted to shortage areas or low-income communities.

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• There are currently five. ...state compacts in Texas related to professional licensing.
• Having the professionals there, I think, is more victim-focused.
• . professionals, not academic titles, and does not alter current scope of practice.
• Only how healing arts professionals represent themselves to the public.
• I think that's a doctor; I think that's a medical professional.

Bills: HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107

Keywords: ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services

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• just other stuff they know that having two professions, having a civilian job and also being a professional
• And we are that because the professionals that we have train to a federal standard and are able to answer
• soldier, it takes a lot a professional soldier, it takes a lot a lot<00:08:27.320> of<00:08:27.400
• And we are that because the professionals that we have train to a federal standard and are able to answer
• I'm the legislative affairs director for the Kentucky Professional Firefighters. Thank you.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 297, sponsored by Rep. Chris Lewis, would make Kentucky State Fair Board police explicitly eligible for inclusion in the Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund and related certification provisions. Testimony explained that the bill is intended to correct a technical gap, noting the officers are already POPS-certified and that Louisville Metro Police Department would provide annual training. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. House Bill 364, sponsored by Rep. Steve Bratcher, would provide hazardous duty pay for Kentucky National Guard members called to state active duty for natural disasters or emergencies, limited to the first 72 hours of a declaration. Supporters described the risks faced during the initial response period and said the measure recognizes the time and family sacrifices of part-time Guard members. In response to a question, the sponsor said the fiscal note was undetermined because disaster frequency cannot be predicted, but noted federal reimbursement has covered Guard emergency expenditures in past events. The committee passed the bill favorably. House Bill 436, sponsored by Rep. Wesley, addressed mental health for first responders and was described as a request from search and rescue personnel. The sponsor said the measure had passed the House unanimously in a prior session. Guests from the Kentucky Fire Commission and Kentucky Professional Firefighters were introduced, and the committee reported the bill favorably without opposition. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional presence and votes, the chair announced Military Kids Day on February 19, and the committee adjourned.

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• hold certifications specific to their trade, such as electrical or plumbing, ensuring the same professional
• we learned last week from the American Council of Engineering Companies is that an engineering professional
• for professional liability policies for an engineer the city cannot be named as an additional insured
• An additional insurance for professional liability policies for engineers.
• This reaffirms the uh the professional credentials required uh to be able to do, uh, such inspections

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• students and newly licensed health professionals in underserved areas, making an appropriation.
• Bill 14, sponsored by Senators Hickey, Figueroa, Nava, and Duhigg, an act relating to health care professional
• Committee to select recipients of loan repayment awards, requiring award recipients to be health professionals
• adding definitions, allowing fees to be assessed upon breach of contract, amending the Health Professional
• That's Senate Bill 15, the Health Professional Autonomy Act.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Department of Health, establishing a stipend program for preceptors who supervise and train health professional
• students, and newly licensed health professionals in underserved areas, making an appropriation. professionals
• Bill 14, sponsored by Senators Hickey, Figueroa, Nava, and Duhigg, an act relating to health care professional
• Requiring award recipients to be health professionals who currently maintain practice in New Mexico or
• Amending the health professional loan repayment. Fund.

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• I think you know a big part of this bill is the professional development, and so one of the things that
• development to align their Curriculum to work during their professional days or their service days to
• I'm guessing kind of a professional development style training Is that correct? Thank you for that.
• And I would really like, and part of that professional development, if you notice in this bill the professional
• It's an intensive two-week professional development.

Bills: SB1778, SB1570, SB134, SB1966, SB1636, SB1725, SB1726, SB259, SB504, SB592, SB2030, SB1572, SB843, SB1242, SB1255, SB1262, SB1264, SB1286, SB1581, SB1290, SB1316, SB1319, SB1369, SB1379, SB1381, SB1400, SB1427, SB1436, SB1461, SB1496, SB1509, SB1534, SB1553, SB904, SB1592, SB1645, SB1684, SB1767, SB1772, SB1813, SB1894, SB1928, SB1946, SB1980, SB2040, SB2060, SB2061

Keywords: reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations

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• Undermining the systems, the ability to have a professional license, hold bank accounts, etc., harm our
• HB 865 requires community associations with a budget exceeding $5,000 to be professionally managed.
• And I'm like, gosh, you probably need to get some professional management.
• You expect myself, members like me, to sit up here and have professionalism and have decorum.
• And I'm supposed to be calm and have professionalism and decorum, do all those things because that's

Summary: The committee first took up PCS for HB 1137, which would codify a long-standing DBPR rule allowing alcohol distributors to deduct excise tax for broken or spoiled products. The sponsor said the rule had been nullified for lack of statutory authority, and industry representatives waved in support. The bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably. Members then approved PCS for HB 797 on nonprofit corporations, described as a broad update to the nonprofit statute that tracks prior for-profit corporation changes and model act language. A technical amendment was adopted, and testimony from the Florida Nonprofit Alliance and a Bar business law section representative was supportive. The bill passed unanimously and was reported favorably. The committee also passed CS for HB 679 on trademark registration, which updates the state trademark system to align with federal classifications and create an online application; an amendment extending the implementation date was adopted before the bill passed. The committee next heard several bills related to licensing and regulation. CS for HB 1433 would create an optional high school financial literacy course focused on property and casualty insurance and allow graduates to satisfy pre-licensure requirements for an entry-level license; it passed with support from insurance and free-market groups. HB 929 clarified local permitting for tiki huts, including electrical and plumbing permits, decks, fasteners, and setbacks, and passed without opposition. HB 99 exempted certain underwriting managers handling limited reinsurance business from reinsurance intermediary manager licensing requirements and also passed. A major portion of the meeting focused on gambling enforcement in the strike-all for CS for CS HB 155, which would strengthen penalties for illegal gambling operations, expand oversight of the Florida Gaming Control Commission, clarify fantasy sports and internet sports wagering language, and allow destruction of seized slot machines. Supporters argued the bill would help shut down repeat illegal internet cafés and related criminal activity; one homeowner group opposed it. The committee adopted the strike-all and the bill passed, with several members speaking in favor and a few voting no. The committee also passed HB 1307 on unauthorized aliens after adopting a strike-all that clarified provisions affecting licensing, housing assistance, workers’ compensation, employment enforcement, and related financial services; the bill drew substantial opposition testimony about language barriers and immigrant families, but also support from proponents citing public safety and victim stories. Later, the committee approved DS for HB 387, which would restrict the use of ADS-B aviation data for automatic billing at airports while preserving landing fees and safety functions. It passed after supportive testimony from a private pilot. HB 865, as amended, would require professional management for community associations above a higher budget threshold, add timeshare-specific language, and impose additional licensing and insurance requirements for managers; supporters cited fraud and lack of enforcement in large associations, while one member opposed it as government overreach. The bill passed with one recorded no vote. Finally, the committee passed PCS for HB 885, a transportation facility designation bill naming several roads and bridges, and began debate on CS for HB 33, which would designate a portion of SR 895 near FIU as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and also codify a Donald Trump boulevard designation. That bill prompted sharp debate, with supporters praising Kirk’s influence and opponents objecting to honoring a non-Floridian and to his public statements; the transcript ends during that debate.

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• also provide more professional also provide more professional documentation<00:20:45.919> that
• um of education for EMS professionals um of education for EMS professionals that<00:46:03.640>
• Although we value the education and we think it's important that the EMS professionals have access to
• <00:50:18.359> they Alzheimer's for EMS professionals they Alzheimer's for EMS professionals
• <00:51:02.520> could and knowing the MS professional could and knowing the MS professional

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• For direct support professionals that provide support for individuals with developmental disabilities
• They are professionals that are endorsed, I believe, through a program at VCU, but the whole system of
• It is about professionalizing a workforce that supports some of Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens.
• It is about professionalizing a workforce that supports some of Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens.
• Direct support professional.

Keywords: Disability Commission, 976, house, all

Summary: The Virginia Disability Commission held its first meeting of the year on June 18, with a quorum present. Members introduced themselves, then unanimously elected Senator Barbara Favola as chair and Delegate Amy Laufer as vice chair. The commission also unanimously approved its electronic meeting policy, which allows limited remote participation and all-virtual meetings under state law. Staff then reviewed a large package of enacted disability-related legislation from the prior session, including measures on disabled veterans’ vehicle fee exemptions, open captioning in movie theaters, guardianship paperwork, service dog team definitions, classroom placement for students with disabilities, transition IEP guidelines, Blue Envelope/Driver Communication Improvement Program training and outreach, deferred disposition and jury service protections, voting rights for people under guardianship, Human Rights Act expansions, a DD waiver eligibility change, and DMAS training authority for autism competencies. Members discussed implementation concerns, especially making the Blue Envelope and driver communication information more visible through DMV and other agencies, and agreed to send a letter and seek a follow-up report. The commission then adopted its interim work plan, with topics including Medicaid waivers and provider rates, DBHDS telehealth training implementation, higher education transition coordination, community-based transitions, criminal justice reform, transportation and parking accessibility, adult-sized changing tables, and school accessibility. Members added or refined several items during discussion, including EVV requirements for in-home caregivers, VDOE participation in transition discussions, seclusion and restraint in schools, insurance coverage for sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension, and a presentation from the Rare Disease Council. Public comment focused heavily on EVV burdens, local government accessibility, and the need for a standardized direct support professional credentialing pathway. The meeting ended with the work plan adopted unanimously and staff noting that future meetings will move to the third floor now that the chair is a senator.

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• I've seen how communication skills can edify and amplify individuals professionally and personally.
•   168 I'VE SEEN HOW COMMUNICATION SKILLS CAN EDIFY AND  AMPLIFY INDIVIDUALS PROFESSIONALLY
•   392 THE BILL REQUIRES EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  EXISTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SYSTEM TO 
• Chair, and is this professional learning system required of the college system as well?
• IT IS ALL PROFESSIONAL.

Summary: The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered two PCS bills. PCS for HB 1059, by Rep. Booth, would designate the first week of November as Florida Speech and Debate Week to recognize speech and debate programs and the educators, coaches, judges, and school districts that support them. Supporters, including students and advocates, testified that speech and debate builds critical thinking, civics knowledge, confidence, and respectful civil discourse, and several members praised the students’ testimony and the program’s value. The bill was reported favorably by a 14-0 vote. The committee then heard PCS for HB 851, by Rep. Long, which requires each school district’s professional learning system to include at least one annual autism-specific training opportunity for teachers and school-based administrators, developed with the Center for Autism and grounded in evidence-based practices. The sponsor said the bill is intended to give educators practical tools to support students with autism, while members asked questions about scope, virtual training, charter schools, and the relationship to existing law. Public testimony and member debate largely supported the bill, with speakers emphasizing the need for better educator preparation and inclusion for students with autism. The bill also passed unanimously, 14-0, and was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, members and the chair offered brief closing remarks thanking colleagues and staff and reflecting on the committee’s work, with the chair noting it may have been the committee’s last meeting of the session.

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• , trained professionals, trained professionals, common<00:55:57.280> response<00:55:57.720
• We host a biennial conference for those professionals.
• have tried to address for professionals have tried to address for years.
• and a professional development option. and a professional development option.
• test or demonstrating professional test or demonstrating professional development<01:17:11.400><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• <01:36:42.760> firefighters<01:36:43.679> the professional firefighters the professional
• <01:43:59.800> denture system of professional denture system of professional denture professional
• <01:56:35.719> and shortage of dental professionals and shortage of dental professionals and
• <02:11:09.119> or purpose the purpose of professional or purpose the purpose of professional
• rise to the level of professional rise to the level of professional misconduct<02:55:51.359>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all