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• Also give them back the control and take it out from under the Board of Nursing.
• But right now, I mean, this board is one of them that is difficult.
• The board is one of them that has gone through a difficult transition.
• The nursing board has done an outstanding job of trying to bring some order to this.
• Neither of us are prepared to answer any questions you may have.

Bills: SB253 , SB317

Committee: House Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Keywords: massage therapy, licensing board, public safety, criminal background check, temporary permit, emergency order, Alabama Innovation Corporation, board of directors, staggered terms, economic development, entrepreneurship

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• I think about a lot of of Public Health.
• It is a high level of protection of the agencies.
• It is a high level of protection of the agencies.
• It is a high level of protection of the agencies.
• It is a high level of protection of the agencies.

Bills: SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167 , SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167

Committee: Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund

Keywords: school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice, reciprocal licensing, background check, continuing education, workforce shortage, military spouse, active duty military, compact commission

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• of you before.
• One of the great aspects of the program is that it is free.
• I'm aware of a number of them. ...that are experiencing that problem.
• We're finding that some of these are just literally so destitute they cannot care for them.
• And so we've tried to be very careful here, because we think a lot of other states may follow us.

Bills: SB1493 , SB1598 , SB1895 , SB1919 , SB2039 , SB2226 , SB2243 , SB2425

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: SB 1493, Texas Transportation Code, motor vehicle lighting, vehicle lighting standards, high-mounted stoplamp, center high mount stop lamp, CHMSL, brake light, stop lamp, federal motor vehicle safety standards, 49 C.F.R. 571.108, FMVSS 108, vehicle inspection, automotive compliance, Transportation Committee, Texas vehicle equipment, motor vehicle collision report, crash report, accident report, traffic accident

Summary: The committee meeting focused on two primary bills, SB1598 and SB1493. SB1598, introduced by Senator Hagen Booth, addresses the clarity of collision report information access for law enforcement, aiming to enhance the tools available to police agencies across Texas for solving crimes. The meeting featured strong support from police representatives, including Sheriff Brian Hawthorne of Chambers County, who emphasized the significance of the CARFAX program for police in facilitating access to vital vehicle information, free of charge. Public testimony reflected a consensus on the necessity of the bill for improved investigatory processes.

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• of the deceased candidate.
• Chairman and members of the Committee, for the record, Heather Wokey on behalf of the Town of Queen Creek
• in support of Senate Bill 1029.
• The genesis of this legislation unfortunately comes from the unfortunate passing of two of our past town
• of an alternative treasurer.

Bills: SB1006 , SB1029 , SB1037 , SB1038 , SB1040 , SB1057 , SB1060 , SB1237

Committees: House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections , House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference

Keywords: campaign finance, contribution limits, reporting requirements, political action committees, elections, campaign contributions, candidate committees, posthumous provisions, termination process, Arizona Revised Statutes, voting systems, vote tabulation, election security, internet connectivity, offline voting, chain of custody, polling place equipment, counting center, central counting center, election management system

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• In terms of fiscal impact, the Department of Licensing's fiscal note estimates a cost of $186,000, which
• the purchase or lease costs of EVs for vulnerable persons as established under a newly created incentive
• of hundreds of millions of dollars and span multiple decades.
• It's the president of the Port of Olympia Commission, and only on behalf of that.
• all of us in support of this important bill.

Bills: HB2604 , HB2436 , SB6354 , SB6352

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment

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• I know Bellevue is doing a lot of that, and I'm really kind of proud of it.
• This concerns money available to a port district allocated for the purchase of zero- and near-zero-emission
• I see a lot of prohibits and a lot of preempts, so that's kind of where I get that.
• Some of those are reliant on an expectation of a certain amount of retail coming in, because of standards
• So 85 feet is kind of the top end of wood frame construction. So it's kind of like a podium.

Bills: SB5820 , SB5995 , SB5467

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• The majority of cargo handling equipment is not purchased by ports; it is the responsibility of the tenant
• At the end of the day, the use of public money for port automation is at the heart of this bill.
• of my job.
• And in terms of the impacts of the large bridge, we could spend a lot of time, and I'd be happy to do
• of Sewer and Water Districts in strong support of 5467.

Bills: SB5820 , SB5467 , SB5995

Committee: House Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• of its programs.
• Under this statute, the Secretary of State is responsible for filing a variety of events for entities
• Under this statute, the Secretary of State is responsible for filing a variety of events for entities
• payment of an additional $5 fee.
• I do want to speak in favor of this proposed version of the bill as a brief reminder.

Bills: HB2248 , HB2158 , HB2178

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: corporate filings, secretary of state, business entity filings, annual reports, foreign corporation, domestic corporation, nonprofit corporation, registered agent, trademark assignment, charities division, entity registration, foreign registration, ministerial filing duty, filing refusal, international student exchange, exchange visitor placement organization, doing business in Washington, remote worker, branch campus, notary certification

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• Letters of Testamentary or Letters of Administration on the closing of an estate, and if a bond was required
• consists of TPPF.
• One of the most famous cases of deed fraud...
• There is a provision at the end of the bill that allows for some bona fide purchaser protection as well
• The problems—and this is kind of part of the genesis of this particular bill—are that an individual who's

Bills: SB302 , SB1335 , SB1734 , SB1760 , SB1975 , SB2127

Committee: Senate Jurisprudence

Keywords: probate court, statutory judge, reimbursement, court costs, court proceedings, judicial assignments, judge assignment, cost reimbursement, judicial expenses, estate management, statutory requirement, court expenses, estates, inheritance, representative duties, court authority, personal representative, real property, deed fraud, title fraud

Summary: The committee heard several probate, family law, judicial, property, and contract-related bills. Senate Bill 1335, relating to decedents’ estates, would remove outdated references to a clerk’s certificate, allow courts to remove personal representatives on their own motion with notice by qualified delivery method, and add independent administrators to provisions that referenced only independent executors; an estate-planning attorney testified in support, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1760, concerning guardianship transfer fees and procedures, was described as setting a $45 filing fee for transferred guardianship cases and clarifying completion and dismissal procedures; it received no testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 2127 would shorten the eligibility period for retired judges to serve as visiting judges from eight years to six, restrict practice in their assigned region for two years, and require conflict-related certification; it also was left pending without testimony. Senate Bill 302 would shift the cost of a traveling probate judge to the requesting estate or parties rather than the county; one witness registered in favor, no one testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then considered a committee substitute for Senate Bill 252, which would clarify the parental presumption in conservatorship cases, require non-parents seeking relief against a parent to file an affidavit showing significant impairment to the child if relief is denied, require courts to state specific findings when overcoming the presumption, confirm the clear-and-convincing standard, and clarify that agreed prior orders do not defeat the presumption. The substitute was explained as consensus language from a work group, public testimony was reopened, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1734, on deed fraud, would create a streamlined ex parte process for property owners to have fraudulent deeds declared void, modeled on the fraudulent lien statute; county clerk and title association representatives testified that it would provide a low-cost self-help remedy for a growing problem, and the bill was left pending subject to the chair. Senate Bill 1975 would prevent Texas contractors from being forced to litigate disputes in foreign jurisdictions and require disputes to be handled in the county where the project is located; it was presented as a repeat of a previously vetoed bill and was left pending. Finally, the committee took up a substitute for Senate Bill 1940, concerning transfer-on-death style beneficiary designations for manufactured homes. The substitute would allow one or more beneficiaries instead of only one, transfer the interest to surviving designated beneficiaries who survive by 120 hours, extend the application period for transfer to 365 days, void the designation if not timely filed, and require mailing by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested. The substitute was adopted without objection. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• I think that took care of some of the concerns folks had with the smaller departments.
• If they don't get another ticket in a certain amount of time, that would take care of it.
• Honorable members of the House committee, my name is Kevin Chance, Chief of Police for the city of… I
• Never been able to get out of the system, and I think we have to be careful on doing this because, well
• I don't care." An example of that is if you drink... ...in excess, right?

Bills: HB105 , HB296 , HB15 , HB264 , HB34 , HB304 , HB146 , HB26 , HB15 , HB34 , HB26

Committee: House Public Safety and Homeland Security

Keywords: law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, resisting arrest, custody, public safety, Alabama law, traffic infractions, traffic ticket, disposition, criminal contempt, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, compliance, false information

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• of organizations that, when we think of veterans end-of-life care, powers of attorney, wills, a lot
• Over the past decade, Bastion has become a national example of what community and veteran care can look
• We'll take care of that. Thank you, Rep. Carp. Do you want to go ahead?
• costs, and increasing the cost of health care to taxpayers of Caddo Parish.
• This level of overcrowding strains every part of our operation: staffing, safety, medical care, classification

Bills: HB59 , HB74 , HB159 , HB167 , HB175 , HB255 , HB330 , HB364 , HB458 , HB525 , HB568 , HB656 , HB1033 , HB1034 , HB1070

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: public defender, funding, district court, East Baton Rouge, judicial expenses, Autism Spectrum Disorder, missing children, law enforcement, public safety, Spectrum Alert, inmate documentation, post-release employment, special identification card, Louisiana Department of Public Safety, reentry services, veterans, veterans services, lottery proceeds, special fund, grant board

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• The first of which is a general bond authorization of $1.1 billion.
• My name is George Hurst, and I'm the mayor of the city of Lynnwood.
• We know that if you don't take care of your stuff, it gets more expensive to repair it over the long
• Port of Kalama.
• of his own.

Bills: SB6225 , SB6005 , SB6354

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transportation bonds, general obligation bonds, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, highway funding, road construction, infrastructure financing, motor fuel tax, gas tax, vehicle fees, bond authorization, state finance committee, highway bond retirement fund, corridor projects, interstate improvements, right-of-way acquisition, public-private partnerships, transportation capital projects, local matching funds, emergency clause

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• So first of all, with the installation rate, we calculated an overall installation rate of 41% of drivers
• Can you give me a couple of examples of what are some of the tampering things that people do with one
• Can you give me a couple of examples of what are some of the tampering things that people do with one
• tourism for that city, of that end of the district.
• I'm the mayor of the town of Wilkeson.

Bills: SJM8016 , SB6230 , SB5234 , SB6081 , SB6265 , SB6170 , SB6131 , SB6155 , SB6176 , SB6238 , SB6253 , SB6311 , SB6032 , SB6262

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: bridge repair, infrastructure, emergency funding, transportation, public safety, cash transactions, pennies, currency, economic efficiency, financial regulation, snowmobile, snowmobile registration, vehicle registration fees, registration fee, Department of Licensing, DOL, recreational vehicles, winter recreation, vintage snowmobile, parks and recreation

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• SB 81 mandates that a certain percentage of premiums go directly toward patient care: 75% for standalone
• premiums go directly toward patient of premiums go directly toward patient care.<00:53:30.800><c> 75%
• This concept is actually the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, and it is also frankly its greatest
• This concept is actually the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, and it is also frankly its greatest

Bills: SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81 , SB170 , SB177 , SB207 , SB208 , SB215 , HB27 , SB219 , SB247 , SB232 , SB81

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Keywords: health insurance, health savings account, high deductible plans, federal regulations, cost-sharing, insurance law, breast cancer, health coverage, deductible, copayment, insurance, captive insurance, captive insurer, captive insurers, insurance regulation, Alabama Department of Insurance, insurance commissioner, premium tax, capital requirements, surplus requirements

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• organizations and, of course, students, to really hear, and of course the League of Women Voters, who
• Walla Walla County, parts of Benton Franklin County, and a little bit of sliver of Grant County now after
• Kind of.
• As part of coming into the position of chair of early learning and K-12 education, one of the things
• Stripping students of some of these opportunities by reducing FTE and reducing the amount of summer-term

Bills: SB6130 , SB6247 , SB6260 , SB6268 , SB6278

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: voter registration, elections, national holiday, civic engagement, government initiative, school funding, financial management, budgeting, transparency, district governance, SB 6260, public education, K-12, Washington State, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, education finance, school transportation, school buses, zero-emission bus

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• a petition with the county board of equalization within 60 days of the mailing date of the notice.
• Any county located to the west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains that has a population of at least
• Chair, members of the committee, Bryce Yaden here on behalf of FutureWise testifying in support of Senate
• of thousands of our residents, as you just heard.
• I'm a correctional physician, former Assistant Secretary for Health Care at the Department of Corrections

Bills: SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• the federal statute, what is in federal law, and transpose it to state legislation so that it's one of
• Was that one of the issues for the folks that are non-voters you're talking about? Yes.
• by the United States Department of General Affairs for such purposes.
• I won't applaud them, but just remember the last couple of days I've been on phone calls with veterans
• I've been a lot of emails. I call them and... Let me bring Senator Carly up to speed.

Bills: SB206 , HB554 , SB206

Committee: House Military and Veterans Affairs

Keywords: codification, laws, Alabama Code, Secretary of State, technical corrections, legislative acts, license plate, military, combat veterans, criminal penalty, distinctive tags, veterans benefits, advising, deceptive trade practices, accreditation, compensation

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• . >> Well, I'll take care of it. >> Well, I'll take care of it. >> Well, I'll take care of it. >> There
• The markup can be no more than 16.99% of the cost of merchandise plus freight cost.
• pays for case lots of liquor.
• And this pays for case lots of liquor.
• Got refill shop out of my house. I'm got refill shop out of my house.

Bills: SB289 , HB395

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: economic development, tax credits, local organizations, Growing Alabama Act, infrastructure improvements, intermodal facilities, agricultural centers, liquor, mark up fee, Alcoholic Beverage Control, wholesale sales, state regulation, cost of merchandise

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• of public lands, the director of the University of Washington School of Forest Resources, the dean of
• and the people of the state of Washington.
• Paul Jewell, on behalf of the members of the Washington State Association of Counties, pleased to be
• And there's no new cases of CWD in the fall of 2025.
• of the conservation records of the state of Washington.

Bills: SB5838 , SB5960 , SB6097

Committee: Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Keywords: tribal representation, natural resources, board of natural resources, environmental policy, community involvement, ungulate populations, wildlife management, habitat restoration, conservation, sustainability, Indian tribes, conservation futures program, federal recognition, environmental protection

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• I'll briefly touch on how some of the provisions of HB 1063 achieve this.
• I'll briefly touch on how some of the provisions of HB 1063 achieve this.
• what we're requiring of students and why we're requiring it of students.
• are in favor of it.
• are in favor of it.

Bills: HB818 , HB1063 , SB28 , SB64 , SB142 , SB234 , SB482

Committee: House Education

Keywords: higher education, accountability, curriculum review, faculty governance, disciplinary procedures, SB 28, Act 233, associate educator program, associate teachers, teacher certification, alternative teacher pathway, education workforce, teacher shortage, minimum age, age requirement, Louisiana schools, Title 17, R.S. 17:7.8, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment