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• By the summer of 2030? Yeah. Is the system operating properly now?
• The system's operating, how we're experiencing it, is sort of saying the system's operating like the
• So in one of the comments that you made, you talked about the technical and operational designs being
• Atos understands the consequence of failure in operational terms.
• Usually we're scheduling those types of things in off hours so that we don't, they're not competing with

Committee: House Emergency Management

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ><00:14:51.360><c> legal</c> operating outside of uh the legal operating outside of uh the legal framework
• the person shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum jail sentence of no less than 48 hours.
• Next up is SB 639, which clarifies the level of environmental restoration owners and operators of underground
• This establishes the offense of operating a vehicle impaired and penalties.
• impaired</c><00:51:27.480><c> and</c> of operating a vehicle impaired and of operating a vehicle impaired

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on SB 284, which would remove the requirement that wiretapping applications to a designated judge be accompanied by a written memorandum from the Department of the Attorney General. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill as drafted and instead proposed a new emergency-wiretap procedure allowing county prosecutors to seek immediate judicial authorization in exigent circumstances, followed by AG review and a follow-up application within 48 hours. The Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s office supported creating an emergency exception, citing a kidnapping case involving a missing material witness and the need to obtain live phone location data quickly, but asked that the AG be required to respond clearly within the follow-up period. The AG said the current wiretap process often arrives incomplete and noted a prior Honolulu application that was returned for more information and then abandoned. The committee also heard public testimony, including one speaker in support and another in opposition, and discussed whether the proposed emergency process should include imminent danger findings and what happens if the follow-up application is not approved. No vote or final action was taken in the transcript. The committee then took up SB 295, which increases penalties for violating temporary restraining orders and orders for protection and makes related changes. The Deputy Public Defender opposed the bill’s higher penalties, arguing that not all restraining-order cases involve domestic violence and that the measure could affect family disputes, property conflicts, custody battles, and other non-domestic situations. The Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney supported the bill, saying it would create a more uniform and efficient charging framework and that violations of court orders can be serious even when the conduct appears minor in isolation. Domestic violence advocates also supported the measure, emphasizing the need for meaningful enforcement and deterrence; one witness cited statewide data showing thousands of TRO petitions but relatively few convictions and fines. A representative from the Domestic Violence Action Center supported the bill but requested amendments to reduce unintended consequences for survivors. During discussion, the committee focused on the proposed minimum sentence, with the Domestic Violence Action Center recommending reducing it from 15 days to 5 days. The witness explained that longer minimums can create hardships such as job loss, housing instability, and child care problems, while still allowing time for survivors to access shelter and services. The committee chair indicated support for amending the bill to reflect that recommendation. The Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney also clarified that the bill is intended to address violations of already-issued protective orders after judicial review, not the initial issuance of restraining orders, and said the office supports eliminating the distinction between domestic and non-domestic protective-order violations because charging decisions are often made under time pressure. Multiple individuals and organizations signed up in support, and one witness testified in opposition. No vote or final committee action was announced in the transcript.

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• hours of online training through 7 to 8 hours of online training pass<00:34:54.480><c> those</c><00:
• How many additional hours of training is that?
• The hours could change longer, but it's definitely a lot of hours.
• </c><01:21:05.639><c> hours</c><01:21:06.159><c> that</c> realm of a total number of hours that realm
• c> it's definitely a lot of hours I know I it's definitely a lot of hours I know I can<01:21:49.159><

Committee: Senate Labor

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• criminal wrongdoing is found and to do so within 48 hours of the determination.
• to operations, which represented 45% of its total capital monies.
• So for an example of that, for Tucson specifically, they've combined all three: the operating budget
• Did it significantly disrupt the operations of the school district? No.
• , or the apportionment, of maintenance and operations and unrestricted capital outlay funding.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Frontline staff must also take an additional 40 hours of job shadowing.
• I will now shift to L&I's enforcement of wage and hour laws.
• For wage and hour complaints, statute requires L&I to resolve these complaints within 60 days of them
• We'll reconvene here for the last hour of the JLARC meeting, which is when we will be diving into the
• So essentially, we are putting into the pocket of the corporations that are operating the data centers

Summary: The committee met on July 15, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum, so it could not adopt prior minutes. Chair Jerry Pollett welcomed new member Senator Victoria Hunt and new JLARC staff, and noted national recognition for recent JLARC reports. The meeting then moved into a series of preliminary audit presentations and an agency strategic management update, with committee members asking questions after each item. JLARC presented a preliminary audit of DCYF’s Juvenile Rehabilitation programs. Staff concluded that crowding, staffing shortages, weak risk assessments, and inconsistent programming combine to create unsafe conditions. The report found that most youth are housed in two large secure facilities operating near or above capacity, incidents rise as population rises, 47% of frontline staff leave within a year, current assessment tools are not valid for the population, and program access depends more on facility than individual need. JLARC made one recommendation to the legislature to address crowding and seven to DCYF, including improving retention, training, incident response procedures, validated assessments, program alignment, and data quality. DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter said the agency agreed overcrowding is a serious problem, described ongoing efforts to improve staffing and safety, and said a detailed response would be provided later. Committee members raised concerns about education access, retaliation against staff or youth who participated in the audit, and whether JR-25 has helped or worsened conditions. JLARC then presented a preliminary audit of Labor and Industries’ enforcement of farm worker labor laws. The audit found that L&I generally meets inspection timelines for health and safety complaints, but not for wage and hour or retaliation complaints, where delays are driven largely by time before assignment to an investigator. Staff said complaint volume exceeds capacity, though the agency has added staff, created screening processes, and reorganized workloads, and 2026 legislation now allows prioritization of complaints and broader investigations. JLARC recommended that L&I report back in December 2026 and December 2027 on backlog reduction and implementation of the new law. An L&I representative said the agency is hiring additional staff and will provide a formal response later. The committee also received a JLARC overview and Department of Health strategic management plan update on hospital data reporting, inspections, complaints, and adverse event reporting. DOH reported measurable progress on inspection compliance, new staffing and licensing systems, translated complaint forms, and plans for future work on language access, adverse event reporting, and financial data dashboards. After lunch, JLARC began its 2026 tax preference performance reviews. The first review covered the Main Street tax credit, which JLARC said has helped increase the number of Main Street communities and businesses, with positive growth near designated districts; JLARC recommended continuing the preference and improving business-count data. The second review covered the equitable access to credit program, which JLARC said appears to support underserved communities by funding loans through CDFIs; JLARC recommended continuing the preference beyond its 2027 expiration. The committee began questions on the program mechanics and the role of the Community Reinvestment Act, and the presentation was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• to operate in the wintertime, causing a shift to oil generation for extended periods of time in the
• The real heart of both bills is the expenditures. Currently, we're at 1.5 mills per kilowatt hour.
• the SBC is currently limited to 1.5 mills, which is a tenth of a cent per kilowatt hour.
• 00:48:16.680><c> per</c><00:48:16.920><c> kilowatt</c><00:48:17.440><c> hour</c> tenth of a of a cent
• per kilowatt hour tenth of a of a cent per kilowatt hour um<00:48:18.359><c> one</c><00:48:18.440><c

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Requiring all mayors in Louisiana to complete at least 16 hours of annual training.
• So that's two of the 60 hours. The state required. And cybersecurity for mayor, so that's three.
• So they just need to accumulate 16 hours of training, whatever they feel like they need the most.
• of engagement that you feel in the operation of the park system and your desire to be more engaged and
• are, and I was not a part of, discombobulate, however those operations are, and I was not a part of

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee first considered HB 431, which would require annual training for municipal mayors. After adopting a technical amendment adding municipal retirement systems to the training categories, members heard testimony from the bill author and Louisiana Municipal Association (LMA) officials that the measure would require 16 hours of annual training, count existing ethics/harassment/cybersecurity requirements toward that total, allow online and in-person options, and impose no penalty other than public audit disclosure of compliance. The bill was favorably reported. Members then heard HB 150, authorizing Cameron Parish to create a local insurance program to help residents recover and repopulate after hurricanes without state funding. Testimony emphasized that the program would be locally funded and likely function as a subsidy or premium offset rather than a standalone insurer. The bill was favorably reported. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities appointing members to certain economic development district boards, was also favorably reported after discussion of an amendment to set a two-year forfeiture period for noncompliant nonprofits. The committee then took up HB 204, which would require monthly financial reports from certain East Baton Rouge Parish agencies to the Legislative Auditor. After an amendment removing the Council on Aging, testimony from CATS, BREC, and the auditor focused on whether the information was already public, the burden of monthly bank-statement reporting, and whether bank statements would expose sensitive information. Members ultimately agreed to voluntarily defer the bill for further work. The committee also favorably reported HB 136 on Harahan classified police hiring, HB 376 extending provisional appointment timeframes in civil service, HB 377 changing pay-range rules for the State Examiner and Deputy Examiner, HB 450 clarifying veterans’ points in fire and police civil service exams, HB 273 repealing a duplicate local tax statute, HB 1068 on garbage collection contract terms, and HB 864 allowing New Orleans to establish fire limits in certain state-right-of-way areas to address bridge fires. The transcript ends as HB 444 on adding commissioners to the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission was being introduced.

Transcript Highlights:

• Many of them are from brick-and-mortar Authority of app-based drivers who deliver food, many of them
• So this is one of the biggest offenders of the filing of these thousands of lawsuits in Massachusetts
• There were tens of thousands of lawsuits.
• I'm the fixed operations director for the Bill DeLucah family of dealerships.
• The national average by several reporting agencies is somewhere just shy of $70 an hour.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions. A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations. Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

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• You don't have a lot of typical agency operations except for both.
• I think Cyber Florida's emblematic of that, the money that you've chosen to allow us to operate with
• I want to remind you that the money that we receive, we just keep a small portion of that to operate
• The hours worked for most of our students. It's been right around 20 hours that they are working.
• She don't remote working capabilities, which was the need of the hour.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So if the local government in that—so I would say that that hypothetical is outside of the operation
• Because at the end of the day, if you're a small business or even a corporation, but you only operate
• , overnight shifts, and an unlimited number of hours per day and per week with... ...school hours, overnight
• I'm not sending my son out there to worry about eight hours of work.
• A lot of those gaming operators, those racetrack operators, went to the horsemen, and I'm going to use

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• The Ponderay Valley Railroad has been owned and operated by the Port of Ponderay since 1984.
• One of the things we could do to help incent people to work more hours and fill more of those positions
• It assumes, one, that the employee will work a minimum of 630 hours in the next year.
• in a row of over 630 hours, so they wouldn't be impacted by this bill.
• This bill actually creates one of the potential negative impacts of the bill: when you're combining hours

Bills: HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2160 , HB2179

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: retirement, lump sum payment, financial security, pension reform, monthly benefits, retirement system, investment earnings, trust funds, public pensions, financial management, education, benefits, school employees, membership eligibility, employment, public employees, port workers, federal retirement plan, pension, 904

Transcript Highlights:

• If we start to lose some of those, all of a sudden we're looking at an hour or two hours.
• In September of 2024, my centers were forced to reduce operating hours due to staffing shortages.
• </c> of High Point childcare which operates of High Point childcare which operates two<00:41:31.880><
• :42:01.000><c> to</c> forced to reduce operating hours due to forced to reduce operating hours due to
• c> operating and Health Care regardless of operating and Health Care regardless of their<01:08:27.679

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This year, our store was in the center of Operation Metro Surge.
• That's another hour of sleep. Um, we also know how to deal with challenging clients.
• That's another hour of sleep.
• I'm the vice president of operations for Willmar Electric, a member of the Associated Builders and Contractors
• Our remaining two operators could not make up the 40 hours of lost time each week.

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• more about how operations look right now, what challenges they experience, and get a little more of
• Those metrics can be used to measure operational efficiency, so we kind of use that metric as a way of
• So meals per labor hour being the number of meals served divided by the number of staff hours, just to
• labor hour that you can see based on the type of cooking you're doing.
• you can provide in an hour because you get some of that benefit if you picture making a whole pan of

Committee: Joint Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We're always operating in about five years of time.
• It's our fiscal operation, it's our HR operation, it's our jury division, and it's a lot of programs
• And we want to get better at that emergency operations planning and continuity of operations planning
• It is operated through the Administrative Office of the Courts.
• So I think the only one that sort of stopped operating that was operating was in Jal, and it had just

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• So a part of that can be counted towards that 500 hours. Okay. And let's say they were online.
• So clinical experience, a number of hours are lacking, then you still require here...
• You have the physician in the room that is providing the operative... Head of the patient's bed.
• licensure, as many of them use some of their work hours to engage in administrative duties.
• These programs require hundreds of hours of supervised hands-on training with qualified preceptors in

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate Business and Professions sunset oversight hearing focused first on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), with opening remarks emphasizing legislative oversight, consumer protection, workforce access, and the need to evaluate whether licensing boards are efficient and effective. BRN leaders reported progress since the last review, including faster licensing timelines, streamlined enforcement, improved consumer satisfaction, expanded nursing program enrollment, and new statewide data collection on faculty. Committee members then questioned the board about nurse practitioner scope and supervision, international licensure, English proficiency, online nursing education and clinical placements, military and veteran pathways, workforce shortages, diversity in nursing, the LVN-to-RN 30-unit option, and the role of the board’s RN executive officer. The board explained California’s tiered APRN system, the NCLEX and national certification requirements, the 500-hour direct patient care clinical requirement, and its use of nursing education consultants and board-approved programs to oversee schools and placements. Members also discussed retention problems, especially for new graduates, and the board said shortages are often driven by burnout, lack of support, and employers’ reduced use of new-grad training programs. Public comment largely centered on proposed BRN sunset issues affecting advanced practice nursing, education oversight, and workforce development. Nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthesiology groups generally supported the BRN sunset report but asked for clearer implementation of AB 890, support for APRN-to-RN delegation authority, streamlined renewals for nurse midwives, and protection of the current population-focus model. The California Medical Association raised concerns about out-of-state nurse practitioners practicing independently without California transition-to-practice requirements, specialty delegation, ratios, and data collection. Higher education representatives from UC, CSU, private nonprofit colleges, and nursing associations urged the board to reduce duplicative documentation, modernize clinical placement rules, improve parity between in-state and out-of-state programs, and address bottlenecks in securing clinical sites. An online nursing school argued that California should create a pathway for distance-learning programs so students can complete clinicals in-state rather than traveling out of state. Several speakers also highlighted the need to expand access for rural and underserved communities, support diverse and nontraditional students, and preserve affordable pathways into nursing.

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• In the legislation, I think it's clear that if they do not have a video of the trap, then the 72-hour
• We were seeing wind speeds of up to 90 miles per hour from Maggie Creek, which is the Camas area, all
• idea of the revenue generated versus operations, how much of a margin there is in this, how that's utilized
• and personnel costs, they actually are the lion's share of our operation and personnel costs come from
• Our volunteers donate over 75,000 hours of volunteer time into our parks every year.

Summary: The Conservation Committee approved the February 5 and February 17 minutes, then heard House Bill 678, which would allow wolf trappers to use remote cameras on traps and rely on a video-based check in place of the current 72-hour in-person trap-check requirement when the camera is functioning. The sponsor and supporters, including the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Wildlife Federation, and Idaho Farm Bureau, said the bill would make trapping more humane and efficient and help with wolf management. The Idaho Conservation League opposed the bill, warning it could leave incidentally captured protected wildlife in traps longer than current law allows and could create enforcement problems. The committee voted to send HB 678 to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The committee then received the annual update from the Idaho Department of Lands. Director Dustin Miller reported on endowment land management, timber harvest and revenue, fire suppression, recruitment challenges in the fire program, and the department’s shared stewardship and Good Neighbor Authority work with federal partners. Members asked about firefighter pay, mineral permitting, federal timber capacity, road access, and whether the GNA program can sustain staffing through program income; the director said the program is self-sustaining and aimed to expand federal-land restoration and timber output. Next, the committee considered Parks and Recreation pending rules for Docket 26-1-20-2501. Director Susan Buxton explained proposed fee increases for park entry, annual passes, commercial entry, group camps, boating access, and moorage, but asked the committee to reject the proposed changes to Section 075 and Section 250, with the basic campsite fee section to be revisited next year. The committee approved the docket with those exceptions. Buxton then gave the department’s annual update, highlighting ARPA-funded park improvements, new campsites and docks, trail and recreation partnerships, staffing and retention issues, and major projects at parks including Farragut, Ponderosa, Priest Lake, Eagle Island, and others. The meeting ended after a question about the Eagle Island zip line, which Buxton said would have to be removed because the concessionaire could not maintain it safely.

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• We reached out to CoinFlip, one of the major operators in this area, and made sure we got input from
• We may be operating at a different price level or level of commitment overall financially, but there
• We may be operating at a different price level or level of commitment overall financially, but there
• One of the biggest face-palms of it all is that this bill would impose hours restrictions in the Occupy
• Overnight hours present the highest risk for security incidents and the accumulation of waste and other

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard several RS drafts and bills, beginning with introductions that were sent to print: RS 33617 on abbreviated newspaper legal notices, RS 33591 on off-highway vehicle and snowmobile fund allocations and advisory committee changes, RS 33628 on candidate filing, and RS 33644 to codify the Idaho Child Care Program and add program integrity and oversight provisions. Senate Bill 1349 was announced as not being considered at the sponsor’s request. The committee then advanced multiple bills with due-pass recommendations, including SB 1348, which revises the prior arrangement for the Cordillera Skeet and Trap Club project and allows Idaho Fish and Game to use Pittman-Robertson funds for an alternate shooting range location near Farragut State Park; SB 1350, which provides cash-rounding guidance for cash transactions now that pennies are no longer being minted; and SB 1351, which would bar reappointment of a gubernatorial nominee rejected by the Senate for one year and require vacancies to be filled within 90 days or before the next session. SB 1359, a cryptocurrency kiosk fraud-prevention bill aimed at protecting seniors and other vulnerable Idahoans from scams and money laundering, was sent to the 14th order for possible amendment after testimony from the sponsor, AARP, law enforcement, and others. The committee also heard and passed Senate Joint Memorial 114, calling on Congress to address college athletics issues such as NIL, revenue sharing, conference realignment, and the financial instability facing Idaho universities and smaller athletic programs. Testimony came from Boise State leadership, Lewis-Clark State, and the State Board of Education, all emphasizing the economic and institutional importance of college sports and the need for federal standards. Finally, House Bill 603, which amends Idaho law to restrict overnight camping on state-owned Capitol Mall property while allowing certain canopies and rule-based exceptions, drew strong testimony both for and against; supporters framed it as a time, place, and manner regulation for safety and access, while opponents warned it would trigger more litigation. The committee approved HB 603 on a do-pass vote, with Senator Ruchti recorded as voting no.

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• One of the directors of operations for my particular service, not Lower Zumbro Valley, but the other
• director of operations for my particular director of operations for my particular service<00:03:46.280
• We are on track to begin operations at the end of the month.
• We are on track to begin operations at the end of the month.
• We are on track to begin operations at the end of the month.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• My name is Thomas Dubboe, here representing Operating Engineers Local 302 in support of the bill and
• Our operating engineers are often protected in the event of a crash by the heavy machinery they use,
• I'm a 24-year member of Operating Engineers Local 612, recording corresponding secretary and business
• without having applied for a court order within 48 hours of the installation.
• According to Lori McElwain, co-founder of the National Autism Association, extended search operations

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: 904, all