Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas

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• Montana for receiving the Milken Award, and I would like your permission to have the clerk read the certificate
• Speaker, with your permission, I'd like to have the clerk read the certificate. Clerk to read.
• Speaker, I would like for your permission to have the clerk read the certificate I have.
• Speaker, with your permission, I'd like to have the clerk read the certificate. Clerk to read.

Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21

Keywords: nurses, health care workers, healthcare workers, frontline workers, hospital staff, clinicians, allied health professionals, support staff, public health, workforce shortage, nursing shortage, safe staffing, patient safety, rural health care, frontier communities, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder, substance abuse, health care memorial

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• I promise, my students were super excited to actually see a play that was in their language. actually
• But anyway, in terms of House Bill 3460, in the 86th session, we added language that...
• Dual-language programming has countless benefits.
• Technology, intel, military, and economy— all of those have a language.
• What this bill does is create more opportunities for more Texans to learn a second language.

Bills: HB178, HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381

Keywords: efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability, Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise

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• Members, the committee substitute for House Bill 3627 removes language considering a person employed
• It simply means the student has taken certain language courses. Other than English classes.
• In addition, Language other than English.
• . electronic means or physical conduct that satisfies the language in the remainder of the statute.
• I think there's a way that you can work out language. I'm happy to be a part of that conversation.

Bills: HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381, HB178

Keywords: Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise, religious literature, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament, ninth grade

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• and therapists, are eligible for a salary supplement when they obtain a nationally recognized certification
• A nationally recognized certification.
• We too also rise in support of the bill as presented and those with the amending language as well.
• While Vermont's language dates back to 1777, the rest of these proposals have happened since 1996.
• And I heard the words vague standards, and I agree that language matches the intent of the bill.

Bills: SB231

Keywords: school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards

Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.

Bills: HB493

Keywords: child advocacy centers, certification, funding allocation, Alabama Network, forensic evaluation, children's welfare, 1136, house, all

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• So we want to put language in here just to make sure if you ever get to a point... we still want to make
• That's the way we can clean that language up.
• So, it sounds like we need to clean up some language and emphasize when the parent leaders...
• Make sure we got that language. Does any mess?
• And uh, anything we do to help clarify, clean up some language, let me know. With that...

Bills: HB493

Keywords: child advocacy centers, certification, funding allocation, Alabama Network, forensic evaluation, children's welfare, 1136, house, all

Bills: HB50

Keywords: constitutional amendment, ballot language, fiscal note, fiscal impact, cost estimate, savings estimate, Legislative Budget Board, LBB, secretary of state, Election Code, Government Code, voter information, ballot proposition, state budget, election administration, Texas, 1185, senate, all

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• We did have to amend this language because there are some students that are on only two math and two

Bills: HB298, HB342, HB332, HB344

Keywords: athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all

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• <00:02:04.719> that ongoing work uh to address language that ongoing work uh to address language
• <00:16:08.680> and are going to get the certification and are going to get the certification
• employee that needs the certification employee that needs the certification prior<00:30:40.720><
• be included in the safety certification be included in the safety certification training<00:41:37.319
• It is quicker to get this certification.

Bills: HF47, HF434, HF1503, HF1702

Keywords: telecommunications, installation, certification, safety, underground utilities, HF434, cervidae, deer, elk, moose, chronic wasting disease, CWD, wildlife importation, animal health, biosecurity, zoo, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, AZA, USDA exhibitor, species survival plan

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• So that's a gaping hole in the current language that's moving forward.
• Just to really tighten the language and review it in that way and make sure that it really works.
• I just would want to tighten the language. quite a bit and examine that. Thank you, Chair Pinto.
• I appreciate that and I look forward to working with you on the language.
• We do have some language going through both bodies that we're hoping will clarify that.

Bills: HF3043, HF2891

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud

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• I'm highly supportive of that language. That language is, I think, as Mr.
• I'm highly supportive of that language.<00:59:47.680> That<00:59:47.839> language<00:59
• That language is I think as uh language.
• language is still in our application. language is still in our application. the<01:31:29.840>
• They changed their language because all states have to agree to the same language.

Bills: SF0035, SF0090, SF0072

Keywords: education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse

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• She said there is language in the bill that is the same as language we've seen in case law, where you
• She said there is language in the bill that is the same as language we've seen in case law, where you
• She said there is language in the bill that is the same as language we've seen in case law, where you
• She said there is language in the bill that is the same as language we've seen in case law, where you
• She said there is language in the bill that is the same as language we've seen in case law, where you

Bills: SF0035, SF0090, SF0072

Keywords: education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse

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• For teacher certification and preparation, we have to have not just mandates, but substantial funding
• Numeracy, teacher preparation, and certification are fundamental to the new dollars in the bill, ensuring
• Some of that is just the stress of the cost of gaining that certification.
• Yet, and still, the policy Behind certification is to put the best teachers in the classroom.
• But where I'm going with that is, we need alignment to make sure certification is a...

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• House Bill 2 SSLC Notification Language, which is the Senate Bill.
• Section 10 language that you unanimously voted out of the committee.
• The current house language defeats the ability of parents in the middle of a crisis seeking immediate
• SB 568 language restores it.
• Why are we looking at, frankly, sunsetting that test, that certification?

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• It doesn't hurt to throw that language in there.
• Not in this language. Follow up, excuse me. I'm sorry.
• With this language, and I know we talked about that a little bit last week.
• that you see before you is where the final language will look like.
• Alternative certification means that you Have a degree that maybe you are working toward certification

Bills: HB1937, HB2153, HB3674, HB2978, HB3885, HB3671, HB3261, HB3021, HB3029, HB4274, HB3701, HB3076

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• > element<01:47:39.920> to So adding a certification element to So adding a certification
• <01:47:57.199> program and building the certification program and building the certification
• design and develop the certification design and develop the certification program<01:48:26.639><
• . certifications. certifications.
• We do have some language responsibility.

Bills: HF3043, HF2891

Keywords: public safety, illegal remunerations, healthcare fraud, grants, criminal penalties, state law, grants management, state employees training, certification, monitoring grants, accountability, grant fraud, 1183, house

Bills: SF0072, SF0104, SJ0005

Keywords: teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse, active duty military, teacher shortage, career and technical education, CTE teacher, background check, disciplinary records, licensure portability, multistate commission, education regulation, school staffing

Bills: HCR67, HCR102, HR61, HR94

Keywords: disability, communication access, healthcare, sign language interpreters, deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, auxiliary aids, effective communication, peer counselor, youth mental health, social disconnection, Hawaii schools, wellness program, student support, cultural responsiveness, trauma-informed care, disability rights, peer counseling, education

Summary: The joint Committee on Human Services and Homelessness and Committee on Health heard two measures on April 7, 2026. HCR 67/HR 61 would request the Disability and Communication Access Board to study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and develop guidelines. Written testimony supported the measure from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, DCAB, Local Independent Living Hawaii, and one individual. A DCAB representative noted the proposal could serve as a backup if related measures do not move forward. No one testified in opposition, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended. The second measure, HCR 102/HR 94, urged the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Office of Wellness and Resilience, to establish a statewide peer counselor program to address youth loneliness and social disconnection in schools. Support came from the Department of Education, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, and individual testifiers Katie Smith and Ray Ward. Smith said peer support can reduce stigma, increase belonging, and improve school climate. Ward, speaking from lived experience, described the harms of loneliness and trauma and said a peer counselor program could provide culturally grounded support and safer pathways to help. No opposition was offered, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended.

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• only thing that the substitute really changes from what we passed in the House was some technical language
• Most importantly, we're adding language that will allow them to meet virtually in Will allow them to
• There’s also some opt-out language if the sheriff or probate judge does not want to be a part of it.

Bills: HB441, HB425, HB416

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid, 923