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• , and basically you do— I saw it here—you do certifications right on this thing, yeah?
• And you give somebody a certification that everything is correct.
• right on this thing yeah and you give somebody a certification that everything is correct if you get
• And one other question: so the certifications, I would assume they pertain to people who are removing
• And one other question: so the certifications, I would assume they pertain to people who are removing

Committee: All ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE

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• program the bill quality certification program the bill is<00:04:43.520><c> response</c><00:04:43.880
• The water quality certification program is operated out of— Let me just quickly note at the outset that
• And that investment then is an initial investment at the time of certification that then applies over
• Two points to be made on that: the certification program is a service provided to the growers through
• </c> program a water quality certification program a water quality certification program program program

Committee: House Taxes

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• exam. ...certified verbatim stenotype certification exam.
• I earned my certification in 2007.
• So over time, the standard tied to the certification has been lowered.
• I earned my certification in 2007.
• So over time, the standard tied to the certification has been lowered.

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

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• So we have two Certificates today.
• I have a certificate honoring Girls Inc. of Santa Fe, which I'll do in just a minute, and then that certificate
• I stand to support this certificate.
• Certificate of Condolences, Certificate number 9. Certificate number 10.
• Certificate of recognition. number 65, certificate number 66, certificate number 67, Certificate number

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• , is to fill out the birth certificate and currently in law that is required by law that that birth certificate
• , is to fill out the birth certificate and currently in law that is required by law that that birth certificate
• , is to fill out the birth certificate and currently in law that is required by law that that birth certificate
• . certificate. certificate.
• </c> If the vital records birth certificate If the vital records birth certificate allow<00:44:40.480

Committee: House Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

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• </c><00:17:48.800><c> process</c> existing voluntary certification process existing voluntary certification
• :25:07.800><c> program</c> voluntary state certification program voluntary state certification program
• This section addresses the voluntary state certification program for recovery residences.
• </c> is needed to sustain the certification is needed to sustain the certification program,<00:25:58.920
• </c><00:27:53.960><c> program</c> recovery residence certification program recovery residence certification

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• The current certification framework supports that work.
• CCIDC's certification framework is working. It protects the public.
• But it is a voluntary certification, yes, it is voluntary. Okay.
• You're not qualified; you can't get our certification?
• There's a need for it and the certification is helpful versus hurtful.

Summary: The joint Assembly and Senate business committees held a sunset review hearing for five California regulatory entities: the Respiratory Care Board, the California Council for Interior Design Certification, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, the Board of Occupational Therapy, and the Board of Naturopathic Medicine. Each board or council described its licensing, enforcement, modernization, and consumer-protection work since the last review, and committee members focused on workforce access, transparency, fee authority, and whether current regulatory structures are appropriately tailored to public safety. For the Respiratory Care Board, the main issue was a proposal to move toward a bachelor’s degree requirement for licensure. Board representatives said the change would better align education with the complexity of care and could help the profession’s long-term status and reimbursement prospects, but Assembly Member Addis and others raised concerns about rural access, staffing shortages, and added barriers to entry. Public commenters, including respiratory therapists, families, and congregate living health facility operators, strongly opposed the degree mandate and urged continued use of LVNs for certain respiratory tasks in community settings. The board also discussed its ongoing work on LVN respiratory care issues, updated suctioning guidance, digitized licensing and enforcement systems, and fee cleanup language. The interior design item drew the most debate. CCIDC leaders defended the current title-act certification model, arguing it establishes competency without evidence of public harm and avoids the disruption a full licensure system could cause. Several committee members questioned the lack of enforcement authority, the private nonprofit structure, Bagley-Keene compliance, and whether certification meaningfully improves plan acceptance or public safety. Public testimony was split: supporters said the system works and preserves flexibility, while opponents argued the model lacks accountability, creates confusion, and does not reliably prevent plan-check denials or protect the public. The speech-language pathology/audiology board reported major modernization gains, including a new online licensure system, faster processing, continuing education audits, and updated supervision and advertising rules; it also received support for creating a new audiology assistant license category, while a consumer group urged more public members, proactive inspections, and faster discipline. The occupational therapy board reported growth, improved enforcement and licensing performance, and a need for additional fee authority to address rising costs, while public testimony supported reducing advanced practice hand therapy training hours. The final naturopathic medicine item began at the end of the transcript, but no substantive discussion was captured before the excerpt ended.

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• of service, and the certificate is good for 99 years like many other teaching certificates.
• So tier one and two certificate holders may not seek additional certification.
• Remember, this would be an associate certificate, different than other types of certificates we have.
• It's really actually just first through sixth grade, because there is more certification, different certification
• Once they get through Tier 3, then they get the Lifetime Certificate.

Committee: House Elementary and Secondary Education

Summary: The committee first took up a combined substitute for House Bills 2115 and 1876, which would encourage cursive instruction and add a future cursive assessment. Members discussed that the substitute removed an immediate fifth-grade test and instead would phase in an assessment later, with no penalty for failure. Some members raised concerns about teacher training, costs, and added demands on elementary classrooms, while supporters said the measure was only a recommendation and could be improved on the floor. The committee adopted the substitute and then passed the House Committee Substitute for both bills on a roll call vote of 13-9, with several members present or absent. The committee then heard House Bill 2776, as amended and substituted, a teacher-certification bill aimed at addressing Missouri’s teacher shortage through a tiered associate certification system for pre-K and elementary grades. Sponsors explained that Tier 1 and Tier 2 certificates would be temporary and nonrenewable, with mentoring, literacy training, and a minimum salary floor, and that Tier 3 would lead to full certification and retirement-system participation. Members questioned the pay differential, the effect on teacher quality, the role of literacy training, and how the bill would treat leaves or incomplete years of service. After adopting an amendment and rolling it into a new substitute, the committee passed the House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2776 by a vote of 12-5 with one present. In open session, the committee heard House Bills 1698 and 2120 together, both anti-bullying measures that would strengthen reporting, parent notification, school-board awareness, and immunity protections for good-faith reporting. The sponsors described the bills as responses to a student bullying case that ended in suicide, and witnesses from the family gave emotional testimony urging immediate reporting and stronger accountability. Committee members raised questions about definitions of bullying, off-campus conduct, mandatory reporting to law enforcement, and the need to avoid sweeping in protected speech or sincerely held religious beliefs. No vote was taken on those bills in the portion provided. The committee then began testimony on House Bills 2230 and 2978, the Hands-on Learning Restoration Act, which would limit screen time and one-to-one device use in K-5 classrooms and emphasize books, paper, pencils, and cursive. Sponsors and supporters argued that heavy reliance on Chromebooks and other devices has harmed literacy, attention, and child development, citing low NAEP scores and research on handwriting and screen exposure. Teachers, physicians, and parents testified in support, while some members noted the bill may be too prescriptive and would need work on implementation, testing, and local flexibility. The hearing continued with additional testimony after the excerpt ended.

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• The approval process asks for a third-party certification agency, or it could be a state agency like
• is because they have allowed those manufacturers to have system-level or even component-level certification
• They call it type certification. So if a...
• They call it type certification. So if a... They call it type certification.
• It is on them to do not only the development, but also the auditing and the certification because...

Committee: House Local Government

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• Hospitals might hire accrediting organizations to do inspections for CMS certification.
• Hospitals may hire accrediting organizations to do inspections for CMS certification.
• Surveys of hospitals for the purposes of CMS certification may be conducted by DOH or a DOH-approved
• So things like a CMS certification or an accreditation inspection. The study that J.
• It allows employment while certification and licensure are still finalized.

Bills: HB2540 , HB2113

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: emergency medical services, EMT recertification, healthcare, first responders, public health, radiologic technologists, diagnostic imaging, healthcare regulation, professional supervision, state licensing

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• So 540 certificates granted as well.
• We have certificates granted as well.
• </c><00:37:26.720><c> in</c> tripled the number of certificates in tripled the number of certificates
• , certifications, certifications, um<00:46:09.200><c> and</c><00:46:09.920><c> he</c><00:46:10.240><c
• Without going technician certificates.

Summary: The task force meeting began with approval of the July 14 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association. Association leaders described general aviation airports as important to rural access, commerce, emergency response, tourism, agriculture, and workforce development, and cited statewide economic impacts they said exceed $1.6 billion and support more than 9,400 jobs. They thanked the legislature for prior airport funding and said it had helped airports with basic operations and repairs. The association asked lawmakers for four things: continued appropriations for general aviation airports; relief or a more workable process for required financial audits, which they said can cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more and sometimes exceed a small airport’s annual budget; a regularized statewide appropriations process for airport infrastructure needs, which they said total about $100 million and are currently addressed unevenly; and funding for the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity Act to support scholarships and aviation workforce training. Members of the task force asked follow-up questions about the audit burden, the difference between financial and safety audits, and the difficulty of finding audit firms. The presenters said they would bring specific ideas back on audit reform. Eastern Kentucky University then presented on its aviation program. EKU leaders thanked the committee for prior support, including a $25 million appropriation for a new flight school building at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, and said the project is expected to break ground in 2026. They reported strong enrollment growth, with 502 aviation majors, most of them Kentuckians, and said the program has expanded flight hours and job placement. EKU also outlined plans to add an air traffic control program in response to Senate Bill 87 and the national shortage of controllers, saying it could train students to FAA standards if the university receives the needed investment in simulators, equipment, space, and faculty. They also discussed the need to replace an aging fleet of training aircraft, saying the current planes are decades old and costly to maintain, and that newer aircraft would improve training quality and reduce student costs.

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• Certification must remain rare, narrow, and grounded in genuine judicial decisions, not determined by
• For these reasons, I respectfully urge this committee to reject the juvenile certification provisions
• I had over 50-something certificates over 26 years, and I helped facilitate.
• I wanted to hear your point of view from the certification of the juvenile aspect.
• We already have a mechanism, basically, where enumerated felonies can have a certification hearing.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Summary: The Committee on Corrections and Public Institutions resumed consideration of Senate Bill 888, focusing on sentencing changes, juvenile certification provisions, and the Department of Corrections’ fiscal impact. Department officials clarified that courts, not the DOC, impose sentences, and said the bill’s main elements for the department were sentencing transparency and changes affecting people in DOC custody. Members questioned whether the bill amounted to “truth in sentencing,” whether any federal incentives still exist for such laws, and whether the department would need a supplemental appropriation if prison populations rose; the department said it was not aware of any current federal incentive dollars and would likely seek a quick supplemental if costs exceeded budgeted capacity. Officials also explained that most federal funds received by DOC are pass-through grants, mainly for education and substance abuse treatment, and that the fiscal note uses boilerplate language tied to population and capacity changes. The committee then heard opposition testimony from Clifton Davis of the Missouri Justice Coalition, who described being certified as an adult at age 16 and serving 26 years in prison. He argued the bill’s juvenile certification provisions are too broad because they would allow adult prosecution based on Class A or B felony charges alone, before facts are fully developed, and would expose more children to adult records and prison conditions that increase trauma and recidivism. In questioning, Davis said the bill would have changed his life by avoiding an adult record and likely placing him in juvenile treatment instead of adult prison. Other members raised concerns about the bill’s impact on juvenile rehabilitation, prison programming, and whether the legislation is purely punitive. In executive session, Representative Davis offered an amendment to clarify that vaccination status alone cannot prove first-degree child endangerment; he argued the bill’s reclassification of the offense could otherwise create strict-liability concerns and undermine existing religious or medical exemptions. Representative Hovis opposed the amendment as unnecessary, citing existing statute and the lack of a history of such prosecutions. The committee split 8-8 on the amendment, so it failed. The committee then voted on Senate Bill 888 itself and passed it do pass by a 9-7 roll call vote.

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• </c> facility must also obtain certification facility must also obtain certification from<01:26:41.239
• </c> not create a whole new certification not create a whole new certification process<01:31:42.679><
• And I think certification is probably not the right terminology either.
• The Department of Agriculture does, I believe, some annual certifications, some regular certifications
• The Department of Agriculture does, I believe, some annual certifications, some regular certifications

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

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• Senate Bill 1690 created the first-in-the-nation certification process.
• One other thing, though, to note, is that while the certification process has not yet been finalized
• It wasn't waiting to create the certification for these adult safe homes to start operating.
• We appreciate and are excited about the opportunity to have a certification process for these homes,
• It wasn't waiting to create the certification for these adult safe homes to start operating.

Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee heard a presentation from Representative Esposito on a proposal to strengthen oversight of agency rulemaking under Chapter 120. The bill would require cost-benefit analysis at the front end and after implementation, create an eight-year sunset and review process for rules, and require express legislative authority for agency rulemaking. Members questioned the lack of concrete examples of burdensome rules, the effect on already slow rulemaking, the choice of an eight-year sunset, and the bill’s origin; Esposito said she was working with stakeholders and cited her chamber-of-commerce background and research with the Cicero Institute. No vote was taken on the bill itself. Staff then reported on legislatively mandated rulemaking from 2023 and 2024, noting that most required rules had been adopted, proposed, noticed, or scheduled, with a few agencies still outstanding. The Department of Financial Services explained a delayed notice of rule development for the MySafe Florida Home condominium pilot program as an oversight that has since been corrected, and the Department of Education said it did not proceed with rulemaking for the Fostering Prosperity grants because the program received no funding in the 2025 budget. The Department of Health described delayed rulemaking for the sickle cell disease and trait registry, saying the registry and opt-out forms were being implemented and that notices of rule development had now been filed. Members pressed the department on why rules took so long and discussed the need for statutory deadlines. The Department of Children and Families reported on two 2023 human-trafficking-related rules: signage requirements for residential treatment facilities and children’s safe homes, and a new certification process for adult safe homes. DCF said the signage rule is now moving forward and the adult safe home certification rule has been submitted for final review after workshops and stakeholder feedback. Senators questioned the lengthy timeline and the lack of oversight during the interim, while the chair emphasized the need for time-certain deadlines in legislation and for JAPAC oversight hearings. The committee also considered staff-proposed amendments to Chapter 120 addressing emergency rules pending legislative ratification and the process for initiating ratification, including a one-year limit and notice to JAPAC. After discussion, the committee voted to forward the proposed amendments to the Senate President and House Speaker. Finally, members discussed a proposed amendment to the administrative law judge appointment and retention process under Section 120.65. DOAH’s interim director opposed the change, saying ALJs and workers’ compensation judges have different functions and warning against shifting appointment power to cabinet officers whose agencies appear before DOAH. Members raised concerns about timeliness, consistency, and accountability in DOAH decisions. The committee voted to forward this proposal as well, with Senator Smith voting no on that motion.

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• If I could volunteer to get that certification, I would gladly do it.
• Because there is a difference in milk that's even though the certification representative of U.
• doing now that augments that with clean tech certifications.
• So the career rating is industry certifications.
• So assessments and certifications become a major portion of what we're talking about.

Committee: All AGRICULTURE- HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV. SUBCOM.

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• They would be the regulatory agency that would ensure our licensing, our training, and certifications
• It sounds like there's an issue of DHS testing certification that's necessary.
• The certification process ensures that the analysis is conducted in a way that results in sound data
• ADEQ staff can assist with the certification process and training permittees on sampling and analysis
• Then the second piece is how long do you farm between the time the certificate can be issued and the

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee began with a presentation from the Arizona Water Banking Authority on its role storing Colorado River water underground and holding long-term storage credits for CAP municipal and industrial subcontractors, on-river contractors, the Hualapai Tribe, Mojave County Water Authority, and Nevada. Members asked about future firming for CAP subcontractors, recovery constraints, funding sources, and whether the authority could use groundwater withdrawal fee credits for Indian firming and CAP users. The manager explained the authority has no post-2026 firming policy yet for CAP M&I subcontractors, relies mainly on withdrawal fees and ad valorem taxes, and distributes credits on paper through ADWR transfer forms rather than delivering wet water. No action was taken on the presentation. The committee then heard SB 1445, which would allow certain small municipalities to conduct bacteriological testing on site with EPA-approved equipment and originally limited ADEQ sampling requirements to no more than four times per month. The sponsor and the mayor of Kearny argued the bill would reduce costs and travel burdens for rural towns while allowing more frequent testing. Committee discussion focused on whether the change was already possible under existing law and whether the amendment would weaken testing requirements. The Griffin amendment removed the language restricting ADEQ’s sampling frequency. The bill passed as amended on a 6-4 vote. The committee also considered SB 1137, a modernization measure for Arizona’s 811 call-before-you-dig system that sets procedures for large project coordination meetings, positive response communication, and related enforcement. Supporters from Associated General Contractors and an underground utility contractor said the bill reflects stakeholder consensus and would improve safety and efficiency without adding state costs. The Taylor amendment shifted implementation procedures from the Corporation Commission to the One Call Notification Center and made other technical changes. The bill passed unanimously, 10-0. SB 1287, which extends to all active management areas the ability of holders of irrigation grandfathered rights to withdraw up to 10 acre-feet annually for stockwatering or domestic use, also passed 9-1. The committee next approved SB 1335, as amended by a strike-everything amendment tied to the Ag-to-Urban program, allowing a groundwater savings holder to continue irrigating for up to two years after issuance of groundwater savings credits. DWR and irrigation district representatives said the change would address timing problems between relinquishing irrigation rights and finalizing development, while some members objected that it could increase groundwater pumping. The bill passed 5-4. Finally, SB 1336, which continues the State Land Department for four years and adds reporting, planning, and oversight provisions including a new oversight board, passed 5-4 after debate over whether another board was necessary and whether the reauthorization period was long enough. The committee concluded with SB 1677, appropriating $3 million for salt cedar mitigation along the lower Gila River and the Gila-Colorado confluence. Supporters from Audubon Southwest, the City of Buckeye, and local landowners described flood, fire, habitat, and water-supply benefits, while members questioned herbicide use and the need for data. The bill passed 9-0, and the meeting adjourned after all votes were completed.

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• leave certification form.
• </c><00:46:54.640><c> you</c> think I believe the certification you think I believe the certification
• form and the caring leave certification form and the caring leave<00:48:41.839><c> certification</c>
• But the medical certification form, which is modeled on the FMLA certifications that, you know, I think
• </c><01:58:42.239><c> form</c> So it's not in the certification form So it's not in the certification

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

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• They're kind of confusing and switching them to certificate programs.
• So you have certificate as a completion, diploma, certificates, AAS, degrees, AS...
• So you have certificate as a completion, diploma, certificates, AAS, degrees, AS.
• A completion, diploma, certificates, AAS, degrees, AS.
• It's terminal certificates.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Funding Review Committee

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• So a certificate program, it's not a major, it's not even a minor yet; our certificate... ...a certificate
• Our certificate would be four courses, 12 credits.
• Long term, we've got one certificate on the books now.
• first certificate.
• I want a certificate holder for this position.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

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• In California, adoptees do not have access to their own original birth certificate because the certificate
• In California, adoptees do not have access to their own original birth certificate because the certificate
• Our children deserve the same access to their birth certificates as non-adopted people.
• I still do not have access to my own original birth certificate. I'm 56 years old.
• So if someone requested the original birth certificate, it would be there.

Committee: Joint Judiciary

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills. SB 479 would let Berkeley, Long Beach, and Pasadena use multidisciplinary homeless response teams and share specified information across departments; the author and a Berkeley official said current state confidentiality rules prevent effective coordination, and the bill passed 9-0 to Senate Appropriations. SB 46 would bar a person who has served two terms as President from appearing on the California ballot for a third term; supporters argued California has authority to enforce constitutional qualifications, while Senator Niello questioned whether the bill was needed, and it passed 6-1 to Senate Appropriations. SB 99 would improve coordination between civilian and military authorities on military protective orders and restraining orders; the Department of Defense supported it, the ACLU raised due process concerns about MPOs, and the bill passed 6-0 as amended to Senate Appropriations. SB 719 would extend the sunset on Department of Technology reporting on state agency use of high-risk automated decision systems from 2029 to 2032; there was no opposition and it passed 6-0 to Senate Appropriations. The committee also took up SB 300, which would strengthen California’s new AI chatbot law by requiring operators to prevent minors from being exposed to sexually explicit material or facilitation of such content. Supporters said new evidence shows current protections are insufficient and that the bill is needed now to address harms to children; industry groups opposed the bill as premature, arguing SB 243 had just taken effect and that the new standard could create strict-liability-like exposure and uncertainty. After extensive questioning, the bill passed 9-0 to Senate Appropriations. SB 381 would give adult adoptees and descendants access to original birth certificates and create a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents; many adoptees and birth parents testified in support, while some members raised privacy concerns for birth parents. The bill passed 13-0 to the Senate Health Committee, with the author noting amendments would be taken in Health rather than Judiciary. At the end of the hearing, the committee shifted chairs and began SB 33, which would eliminate the sunset on the existing public works contractor claim-resolution process so agencies must continue to respond to claims, pay undisputed amounts, and use early dispute resolution. The author and sponsor said the process has reduced litigation and helped contractors and workers, and the bill was just being introduced when the transcript ended.