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• $1.4 million, and the ITSM licensing portion of that at approximately $50,000.
• , whether you have an E3 license or A3 license.
• I understand the license structure.
• We do have also our own cloud Azure environment through our Microsoft license as well.
• Do we cross-reference eligible voters in the state with driver's license records?

Summary: The subcommittee first heard a panel on state cloud modernization efforts after canceling an LBR on the Department of Corrections’ OBIS project because the presentation materials were not submitted on time. Florida Digital Service, the Northwest Regional Data Center, and several agencies described how the state is assessing and migrating applications to cloud environments under the cloud-first policy. Northwest explained its 2023 cloud readiness assessment of 890 applications from 24 agencies, the criteria used to rate readiness and risk, and its recommendation to tackle lower-risk applications first. Agency updates covered the Department of Corrections’ modernization of 98 legacy applications tied to OBIS and cloud-native infrastructure, the Department of Elder Affairs’ Microsoft Power Platform modernization, the Department of Health’s health management and child protection systems, and FDOT’s large cloud program for transportation systems. Members repeatedly asked about costs, data ownership, disaster recovery, single sign-on, security tools, and whether cloud migration actually saves money; presenters generally said the focus is more on modernization, resilience, and efficiency than immediate savings, and that cost analyses are often application-specific rather than enterprise-wide. The discussion also covered governance and architecture questions. Florida Digital Service said agencies remain responsible for their own databases and cloud tenants, while FLDS provides advice and an enterprise architecture framework; it does not have statutory oversight over most projects, except for OBIS project oversight due to its size. Northwest said it is acting as a cloud broker for some agencies and is consolidating Azure and AWS payer tenants to seek better pricing, but agencies still make system-by-system decisions based on business needs, risk, latency, and total cost of ownership. Members raised concerns about fragmented data structures, the lack of a complete statewide application inventory, and the need for better interoperability and enterprise standards. Several agencies said disaster recovery is built into their cloud plans, and FDOT and Corrections described ongoing efforts to keep systems current through core platforms, training, and ongoing support. In the second half of the meeting, the Department of State presented two new technology requests. Secretary Byrd described the SunBiz corporate registry system as a 34-year-old platform supporting more than 3.5 million business entities and generating over $575 million in annual general revenue. He said the department had already virtualized the legacy hardware after earlier modernization efforts failed and is now seeking $800,000 recurring for password protection and $5 million nonrecurring to continue procurement for a replacement system. The department also presented the Florida Voter Registration System modernization request, noting that the current system is outdated and requires manual workarounds for some statutory changes. The department requested $2.4948 million nonrecurring and $44,000 recurring to procure a modernized FVRS solution, and staff said the feasibility study recommended a hybrid approach. Members asked about the study’s findings and about creating a database for voter eligibility information for returning citizens; the department said that would require data sharing with all 67 clerks of court and other entities such as DOC.

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• Licensed portability is vital. As you know, we serve a very mobile society.
• Licensed portability is vital.
• This bill came through your Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing.
• One part of the issue I agree with, with the peace officers being able to revoke their license.
• Our intention, fellowship year must be completed with a Missouri licensed SLP.

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Licensed portability is vital.
• This bill came through your Committee on Professional Registration and Licensing.
• It will help access to dental care for Missourians and get more dentists and dental hygienists licensed
• One part of the issue I agree with, with the peace officers being able to revoke their license.
• in the state.” “...in any state that completes that clinical fellowship year can then become licensed

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal by roll call vote, 114-1. Members spent a large portion of the morning introducing guests and recognizing visitors, including career and technical education students, FFA and FCCLA groups, school leaders, interns, a physician of the day, and a Black History Month personal privilege honoring inventor Alice H. Parker and her early central heating design. The chamber then took up several bills for perfection and printing. House Bill 1847, the Missouri Dental and Dental Hygienist Compact, was presented as a workforce and access-to-care measure; members cited dental shortages and broad professional support, and it was ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1866, dealing with peace officer licensure, was presented as allowing the Department of Public Safety to deny applicants whose licenses were revoked or suspended elsewhere and to require U.S. citizenship; an amendment to allow lawful permanent residents who honorably served in the military to qualify was debated at length but failed 95-52, and the bill was then ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1908, with a companion bill, was described by its sponsor as ending a Missouri rule that delays divorce when a spouse is pregnant; supporters framed it as a due process and safety issue, especially for abuse survivors, and it was adopted and ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1961, creating temporary licensure and a compact for dietitians, and House Bill 2180, changing Department of Revenue notice delivery options for blind pension recipients and taxpayers to include first-class mail and electronic delivery, both drew support as workforce or accessibility measures and were ordered perfected and printed after amendments. House Bill 2591, which would let speech-language pathologists count clinical fellowship experience completed in any state toward Missouri licensure, also passed perfection and printing. The House then moved to announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.

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• Massachusetts currently relies on licensed practical nurses, LPNs, to administer medication in assisted
• merely alter the staffing requirement; it undermines the foundational assumption of the rest home license
• By contrast, rest homes are licensed under 105 CMR 150 as a long-term setting serving older adults with
• Staffing varies from rest home to rest home, where not all homes have licensed nursing staff present
• And that would always come under the licensed staff, the oversight of the licensed staff.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Aging and Independence

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Aging and Independence held a hearing on two assisted living bills, Senate 3057 and House 5376, which would create an Assisted Living Residence Trust Fund to support certification staffing, compliance reviews, complaint investigations, ombudsman services, public reporting, appeals, and oversight. Testimony from MassALA, AARP, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman generally supported the bills and the dedicated funding stream, but MassALA urged amendments to expand career pathways for staff through certified medication aides and to add guardrails on the use of fines as a funding source. The Ombudsman supported the fund and emphasized the need for additional staffing to better serve the state’s assisted living residents. Committee members asked for draft amendment language, and the chairs indicated they were open to further discussion, especially on fines and CMA language. The committee then heard testimony on Senate 3056 and House 5243 regarding medication administration in rest homes. Providers, including the Massachusetts Association of Residential Care Homes, LeadingAge Massachusetts, and several rest home operators, opposed proposed Department of Public Health changes that would eliminate the long-standing “responsible person” model and move rest homes toward the Medication Administration Program (MAP). Witnesses said the current model has been used for decades, is tailored to rest homes, and is essential to affordability, staffing stability, and resident continuity of care; they warned that replacing it with MAP or nurse-only administration would raise costs, worsen workforce shortages, and could force closures or resident displacement. They asked the committee to support legislation preserving responsible persons’ authority to administer medications while improving training and oversight. Committee members asked questions about the history of the responsible person model, how medication administration works day to day, whether other states use similar systems, and whether data exist comparing medication error rates under MAP and the current model. The chairs said they were still reviewing building-code-related recommendations raised in the assisted living discussion and noted that some issues might be better addressed through a task force. The hearing concluded after testimony and questions, and the committee voted to adjourn.

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• Our association are licensed.
• Massachusetts already has really strong oversight through our licensing boards.
• PAs are licensed, regulated, and held accountable by our respective boards.
• My practice, located in Dedham, is one of just nine med spas with this licensing in the state.
• licensing-related matters.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening around ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating the operation of medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the hearing focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. Committee chairs outlined three-minute testimony limits and noted members present in person and online. Supporters of the celiac screening bills, including Rep. Badger, Sen. Lovely, patients, clinicians, and researchers, described long delays in diagnosis, the lack of a cure beyond a gluten-free diet, and the potential for early screening to prevent years of damage, missed school and work, and long-term complications. Testifiers said celiac disease is common but frequently undiagnosed, that a simple blood test can identify many cases, and that a pilot would help assess feasibility, cost, accuracy, and family acceptance. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposal includes education and support for families after diagnosis, and some cited international screening efforts, especially in Italy, as evidence that population screening can work. Testimony on H. 5087 was largely opposed by medical spa owners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and a plastic surgeon. Witnesses argued the bill is outdated, duplicative of existing Massachusetts licensing and public health rules, and inconsistent with current scopes of practice and team-based care. They said the proposal could restrict access, burden small and women-owned practices, and fail to address the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Some said they support regulation in principle but want the bill revised to reflect current law and modern practice. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, including about celiac testing methods and the relationship between the medical spa bill and current state law, but no votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• evaluation agency to serve documents to a patient who was admitted to the same facility that is licensed
• Senate Bill 1181 creates new pathways for CPA certification, licensing, and registration in Arizona.
• Madam Chair and members, SB 1148, Supreme Court attorney licensing, prohibits the Supreme Court from
• telecommunications provider, a licensed video service provider.
• Section 44-1376, a licensed telecommunications provider, a licensed video service provider.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The committee heard a long series of Senate bills, mostly on third-read consent, covering education, public safety, health, courts, labor, and water. Several bills were briefly explained and then pulled from consent for further discussion, including measures on public records review standards (SB 1078), sexually explicit materials in schools/libraries (SB 1435 and SB 1567), burial costs in death cases (SB 1135), military flags in HOAs/COAs (SB 1184), court-ordered treatment guardianship (SB 1243), standardized state hiring (SB 1665), released-time religious instruction (SB 1741), firearm safety instruction in schools (SB 1424), student participation in extracurriculars after certain convictions (SB 1475), Celebrate Freedom Week (SB 1572), federal scholarship-granting organizations/vouchers (SB 1142), immigration-related arrest notifications (SB 1055), defamation standards (SB 1099), peace officer certification for military police veterans (SB 1107), mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect directly to DCS (SB 1127), attorney licensing and discipline issues (SB 1148 and SB 1039), concealed weapons on college campuses (SB 1068), and firearm muffling devices/silencers (SB 1069). Members also raised constitutional, policy, and school-safety concerns on several of these bills, while supporters emphasized alternative pathways for students, veterans, and workers, and tighter reporting or licensing rules. Other bills were described without extended debate, including claims against the state for unpaid contracted services (SB 1097), workers’ compensation death benefits for surviving spouses who remarry (SB 1136), burial expense increases (SB 1135), state agency web pages for internal guidance (SB 1586), court-ordered treatment procedures and service of process in mental health cases (SB 1113), medical examiner authorization (SB 1123), tribal MOUs with DCS (SB 1125), controlled-substance scheduling conformity with federal classifications (SB 1188), EMT personal information protections (SB 1193), mammography notice updates (SB 1318), assisted-living referral disclosures (SB 1477), accommodation school GED instruction for 11th graders and students over 16 (SB 1166), credit enhancement board continuation (SB 1422), school district and charter school obligations related to religious release time (SB 1741), school firearm safety instruction (SB 1424), and school civics/freedom-week instruction (SB 1572). The committee also heard bills on CPA certification pathways (SB 1181), insurance adjuster licensing (SB 1415), county voter-registration rules online (SB 1040), campaign address privacy (SB 1259), federal land acquisition notification (SB 1281), water supply/demand assessments (SB 1202), environmental compatibility for power plants and small modular reactors (SB 1418), and groundwater recovery rules (SB 1785). The meeting ended with announcements and a brief recognition of Rep. Stephanie Hamilton with an “Affordability Award.” No final votes are shown in the transcript excerpt; instead, many bills were either left on consent, pulled for later discussion, or flagged for closed caucus. The chair then asked guests to leave so members could hold a closed caucus.

Transcript Highlights:

• . >> It would modify childcare licensing requirements.
• But, you know, really what I think it does is sort of begin the conversation about um childcare licensing
• Um, and you know, the other reality is that we have a licensing system that right now is just really
• </c> &gt;&gt; It would modify childcare licensing &gt;&gt; It would modify childcare licensing requirements
• in a way that really care licensing in a way that really teaches<00:03:48.480><c> or</c><00:03:48.879

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• And so this is a specialty liquor license.
• Right now, distilleries, if they're in the city, they can get a liquor license.
• And Caldwell has available liquor licenses. They just can't get them.
• So what this would do would just allow them to hold a liquor license.
• If we were within the city, we could buy one of the 14 licenses that are available.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• That delays people getting their licenses, delays them getting to work.
• and the renewals of license and the disciplinary action that they'll all be under this new?
• It's a five-member peer review, all licensed behavior analysts. That exists today.
• It's a five-member peer review, all licensed behavior analysts. That exists today.
• That's all we're doing. all licensed behavior analysts. That exists today.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Summary: The House Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced four Senate bills. Senate Bill 1242 would allow courts to conduct mental health evaluation and treatment hearings, or testimony within those hearings, virtually by phone, video, or other audiovisual technology when the court finds no unfair prejudice; supporters said it reflects current practice and helps avoid dismissals due to technical issues. It passed on an 11-0 vote with one member absent. Senate Bill 1145 would transfer licensure and regulation of behavior analysts from the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to the existing Behavior Analyst Committee, effective January 1, 2027, and make the committee’s decisions final rather than requiring board ratification. Supporters described it as an efficiency measure that reduces delay in licensing and complaint resolution. The committee recommended the bill 11-0, with one absent. Senate Bill 1247 would allow individuals who do not receive assisted-living services to live with a resident in an assisted living center or home if the facility authorizes it, and it was described as a clarification of a recent statutory interpretation affecting independent residents. Members discussed possible safety concerns and facility discretion, and one member voted present while the rest voted aye; the bill received a due pass recommendation 10-0 with one present and one absent. Senate Bill 1023 would set optometry eye-exam standards based on community standards of care, recommend a one-year exam interval, and allow optometrists to extend eyeglass prescription validity up to two years, with adjustments based on patient risk factors; supporters said it codifies best practices and does not affect contact lens prescriptions. It passed 11-0 with one absent, and the committee then adjourned.

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• My name is Tracy Jensen, and I am a licensed veterinarian in the states of Florida, Colorado, and Iowa
• All of our students come into our program as registered veterinary technicians or licensed or certified
• For those of you that are not really familiar with what a private provider does, they are a licensed
• They are licensed engineers, licensed architects, and in some cases they are also licensed building inspectors
• They are not going to want to lose their license over an inspection.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 2943 would enact that the state agencies which issue the occupational licenses cannot burden
• 57 of the Occupations Code to add two new sections. 57.003 prohibits a state agency that issues licenses
• policy that limits an applicant's ability to do so. the ability to obtain, maintain, or renew the license
• Additionally, it prohibits any burdens on an applicant or license holder's free exercise, freedom of
• There are many license types and programs regulated by Texas state agencies, and we have a list of those

Bills: SB1888 , SB3003 , SB2417 , SB2459 , SB3055 , HB1393 , HB2884 , SB2943

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 52, an act relating to ensuring fair permitting and licensing practices.
• </c> ensuring fair permitting and licensing ensuring fair permitting and licensing practices.<00:28:32.880
• </c> eliminate existing permit or licensing eliminate existing permit or licensing requirements.<00:31
• And if license is automatically issued.
• </c><01:09:22.480><c> a</c> bring driver's license number. a bring driver's license number. a non-driver

Keywords: 958, all

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• Third reading of the bill: An act authorizing the City of Salem to grant an additional license for the
• sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises upon the return of the license authorized
• An act authorizing the City of Salem to grant an additional license for the Salem an act authorizing
• the city of Salem to grant an additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk
• on the premises upon the return of the license authorized in chapter 67 of the acts of 2008 house number

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted two ceremonial resolutions: one commemorating the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and another honoring the Veterans Brotherhood VMC, Massachusetts chapter for its service to veterans. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling then reported several local bills for consideration, including measures on recall elections in Rutland, oversight of the Boston Finance Commission, manufactured housing payments in Attleboro, validation of Stow proceedings, public meeting notices in Uxbridge, firefighter appointment age limits in Westfield, and special police appointments in Norwood. These bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading without objection. The House then took up several local bills on third reading and passed them to be engrossed, including bills concerning wastewater treatment in Sandwich, preliminary elections in Longmeadow, additional liquor licenses in Southbridge, and an additional liquor license in Salem. The chamber also welcomed guests of Representative Sylvia of Fall River, including election officials from Fall River and Freetown, and briefly recessed subject to the call of the Chair. The major statewide item was House No. 5350, an act modernizing the Commonwealth’s cannabis laws. Because it required a separate constitutional vote on the emergency preamble, members voted by division and the preamble was adopted by a 3-0 tally. The bill then passed to be enacted. The House adopted the order to meet again Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned accordingly.

Transcript Highlights:

• PTAs are certified to work and, for all extensive purposes, we license them.
• PTAs are certified to work and, for all intents and purposes, we license them.
• PTAs are certified to work and, for all intents and purposes, we license them.
• PTAs are certified to work and, for all intents and purposes, we license them. No, hold on.
• </c><00:24:04.080><c> them</c> all extensive purposes we license them all extensive purposes we license

Keywords: 00:00 Call to Order 01:55 Attendance Roll Call 02:10 HB 422 Discussion 03:35 HB 422 Vote 04:55 HB 6 Discussion 11:30 HB 6 Vote 16:45 HB 87 Discussion 20:22 HB 87 Vote 21:43 HB 255 Discussion 24:33 HB 255 Vote 26:19 HB 437 Discussion 29:09 HB 437 Vote 30:25 Adjournment, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 6, sponsored by Rep. Wade Williams, which would require administrative regulations with a major economic impact of $500,000 or more over two years to go through the legislature. Williams argued the bill would rein in regulatory overreach, improve transparency, and still allow emergency regulations. Several members raised concerns about executive-branch authority and the role of subject-matter experts, while others supported the bill as a way to improve communication and legislative oversight. The bill passed on a roll call vote and was sent to the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 87, sponsored by Rep. Emily Callaway, with a committee substitute adopted first. The bill is aimed at reducing barriers for people with felony records who are seeking occupational licenses, while preserving existing public hiring practices for cities and counties. Callaway said the changes were mostly technical and intended to make the process more transparent, with no fiscal impact. The committee approved the bill, and it passed with the committee substitute. House Bill 255, sponsored by Rep. Amy Neighbors, also passed with a committee substitute. The measure updates and modernizes the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy statutes, which sponsors said have not been substantially revised since 1958. Supporters said the bill clarifies outdated language, defines terms more clearly, and better reflects current practice, including physical therapist assistants. The chairman noted the long effort to update the practice act and praised the work of the stakeholders involved. Finally, House Bill 437, sponsored by Rep. Tony Hampton, was presented as a cleanup bill for alcohol beverage control law. It would limit state and local ABC administrators and investigators from making arrests unless they are POP certified, while leaving their other authority intact. Hampton and supporting witnesses said the change would align the statute with other law enforcement certification requirements and help keep civilian administrators from being put in harm’s way. The transcript ends during discussion of this bill, with no final vote shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill just puts a license on them, regulates them, and creates a tax around them.
• ,</c> Uh it does create a licensing, Uh it does create a licensing, regulatory,<00:48:52.880><c> and<
• </c><00:49:02.000><c> on</c> Uh this bill just puts a license on Uh this bill just puts a license on
• </c><00:51:01.720><c> under</c> in the country if you're licensed under in the country if you're licensed
• </c> market space instead of at our licensed market space instead of at our licensed sports<01:01:51.920

Keywords: 958, all

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• And it says a person holding a non-domiciled commercial driver's license or commercial driver's license
• commercial driver's license and be a citizen?
• Commercial driver's license, why would I have a non-domiciled commercial driver's license and be a citizen
• But like, we say, you know, Texas gave, wouldn't give me a non-domiciled commercial's license if I'm
• So why would I have a non-domiciled commercial driver's license and have proof of citizenship?

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• I graduated in '28 with my nursing license here.
• I get my license through endorsement.
• In the compact, nurses only need to renew their license in the original state that they were licensed
• I have been a their license at risk.
• </c><01:37:59.119><c> for</c> of obtaining a Minnesota license for of obtaining a Minnesota license for

Bills: HF1925

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

Keywords: nurse licensure, multistate license, healthcare, public safety, interstate compact, nursing regulation, 1183, house

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• We've got 40 licenses. We have to flag today.
• </c><00:22:19.919><c> in</c> ferocity, they also are licensed in ferocity, they also are licensed in
• </c><00:22:39.440><c> We</c> licenses. We have to flag today. We licenses. We have to flag today.
• They lose their license. come right do?
• </c> fraud and and not renew their license. fraud and and not renew their license.

Committee: Joint Insurance

Keywords: Insurance - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

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• I get landowner license.
• I get landowner license.
• I get landowner license.
• I get landowner license.
• They're properly licensed. institutions. They're properly licensed.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• legislation to authorize municipalities to opt in to a temporary pilot to extend hours of liquor licenses
• Senate Bill 2628, regulating the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town
• Second reading of the bills: An act authorizing the town of Berkeley to grant additional licenses for
• An act authorizing the town of Berkeley to grant additional licenses for the sale of all alcoholic beverages
• An act regulating the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the town of Bolton,

Keywords: 1212, all