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• The language that they gave me would more fit into a statewide license program and be less confusing,
• I'm a licensed professional engineer in the discipline of fire protection engineering.
• The design of these systems that utilize the design require licensed engineers and licensed architects
• The design of these systems that utilize the design require licensed engineers and licensed architects
• As engineers and architects, if we fail to do our job, we lose our license.

Committee: House Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Summary: The committee first met in executive session and voted House Bill 1867 do pass by a 15-1 roll call. It then considered House Bill 2394, where a committee amendment changing “get” to “obtain” was adopted and rolled into a substitute. Testimony focused on efforts to work with plumbers and pipefitters on the bill’s scope, but the committee proceeded with the substitute, which passed do pass by a 10-7 vote. House Bill 2600 was then amended with clarifying language about petition signatures tied to the most recent gubernatorial election in the district, rolled into a substitute, and passed unanimously 17-0. The committee then held public hearings. House Bill 1906, sponsored by Rep. McGaugh, would remove township counties from a restriction so they can offer installment property tax payments like other counties. Support came from county collectors and a collector-treasurer, who said taxpayers want the option; one member suggested adding monthly payments as well. No opposition testified. House Bill 3003, sponsored by Rep. Steinmeyer, would require regular inspection and qualified testing of fire, smoke, and combination dampers under statewide standards, with documentation, reporting, and penalties for noncompliance. The sponsor and several witnesses from the fire protection and sheet metal industries said the bill would improve public safety and accountability; one opponent argued the certification standard was too broad, the penalties too steep, and the fiscal impact too high. The hearing also included discussion of hospital inspection cycles, local code variation, and the need for qualified inspectors. Finally, House Bill 2898 was heard. Rep. Owens described it as a revival of the land bank legislation previously enacted but struck down because of an unrelated amendment; the bill would restore land bank authority, expand eligibility beyond the original cities, and adjust St. Louis County appointment language to align with the county charter. Supporters from realtors, St. Louis County, municipal groups, and Springfield said it would help clear title, repurpose vacant properties, and return land to productive use, while one opponent argued the bill could weaken tax-delinquency protections and raise costs. No committee vote was taken on the public hearing bills, and the committee adjourned after closing the hearing on House Bill 2898.

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• And then again, our licensed practical nurses, we're seeing the opposite over time and that supply is
• That wasn't projected a few years ago and the opposite for the licensed practical nurses.
• Our public school systems also are private institutions that may be licensed by cie private institutions
• that may be licensed by high cuff and some religious institutions are.
• One of them is the fact that many of the students in the licensed practical nursing program from the

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• A California license. We also recommend the department recruit more from out of state.
• What was your statement about the out-of-state license? Okay, okay. Those exemptions. Got it.
• me, the requirement for individuals who are licensed out of state to be able to work for us.
• staff members, licensed clinicians from other states, onto the staff.
• Chair, I don't know what the cost of getting a license is.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Additionally, there is a way to get a CPA license with experience in private industry and government
• </c><00:27:42.720><c> to</c> Pro uh providing a CPA license to Pro uh providing a CPA license to someone
• </c><00:28:07.080><c> with</c> way to get in a CPA license with way to get in a CPA license with experience
• </c><00:28:18.840><c> they're</c> government with the CPA license they're government with the CPA license
• Bachelor's degree, which would have allowed a candidate to obtain a CPA license.

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Commerce

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 117 on condominiums. Testifiers were split: reserve-study professionals and the Community Associations Institute opposed tying reserve requirements to assessed value, arguing reserve studies should be based on actual components and costs and that the bill could lead to over- or under-collection. Condominium owners and advocates supported the bill, saying some associations are not completing reserve studies or are failing to provide audits and adequate funding, and urging stronger fiduciary accountability. A member later asked about compliance rates, and a witness said he was not aware of any association that had failed to do a reserve study, estimating compliance at well over 95 percent, likely close to 100 percent. The committee then took testimony on HB 544 on pet insurance, which drew support from the Attorney General’s office and the Insurance Division with comments about contract-impairment issues, as well as support from the North American Pet Health Insurance Association and the Hawaiian Humane Society. Testifiers said the bill would help consumers understand and use pet insurance as veterinary costs rise. HB 983 on certified public accountants also drew mostly support, with the Hawaii Society of CPAs and the Hawaii Association of Public Accountants offering conditional support and proposed amendments. Public accountants said the bill could help address a shortage of CPAs and expand pathways into the profession, while some speakers cautioned that the language needed clarification and that public accounting experience should be tied to CPA-firm work. An instructor from UH West Oahu said students cannot afford the extra credits currently required and would benefit from a more accessible pathway. The committee also heard HB 1050 on Title 24, with DCCA supporting the measure and no opposition or questions. The discussion then moved to HB 256 HD1 on environmental protection and incinerator emissions. The Department of Health offered comments, while Energy Justice Network and Climate Protectors Hawaii supported strengthening the bill, warning that it could weaken existing standards at H-Power unless amended to preserve stricter state rules and require modern pollution controls. A member questioned the Department of Health about H-Power’s permits and whether additional controls would be required if federal rules change; the department said permits are reviewed every five years and that the facility currently meets state and federal requirements, while EPA rules remain in a public comment process. Finally, the committee heard HB 1051 HD1 on energy efficiency portfolio standards, with support from the Consumer Advocate, State Energy Office, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Hawaii Energy. The committee then heard HB 350 HD1 on energy, where the State Energy Office supported the bill, Solar Ray Corporation offered conditional comments urging any new mandated water-heating technology to meet the same efficiency level as existing solar thermal systems, and the Kauai Climate Action Coalition testified in support. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• has to be filed to be the fixture filing if the name doesn't match exactly what's on your driver's license
• , and your mortgage or deed of trust is not likely to match exactly what's on your driver's license.
• Third, sometimes driver's licenses have typographical errors and things that need to be corrected in
• the license.
• So even if they did match at the time, if you make a change in the license, they no longer match.

Summary: The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee met as a subcommittee at first because a quorum was not yet present, then proceeded with bill presentations and later formal votes once enough members arrived. The chair reviewed committee procedures, including how to submit written testimony and rules for witnesses and conduct. The agenda included AB 771, AB 1507 on the consent calendar, and AB 1166. AB 771 by Assemblymember Massetto was presented as a technical fix to California’s Uniform Commercial Code. Supporters said it would allow a mortgage or deed of trust to serve as a fixture filing without requiring an exact match to the debtor’s ID, reducing duplicate filings, fees, and administrative burdens. There was no formal opposition, and the committee voted due pass. AB 1507 was then adopted on the consent calendar with a due pass recommendation. AB 1166 by Chair Valencia addressed debt settlement protections for small business commercial financing recipients by extending existing California debt settlement standards from consumer loans to business loans. Supporters, including the Responsible Business Lending Coalition and several financing providers, said the bill would curb harmful practices and align incentives, while still allowing debt settlement services. Members asked about the private right of action and statutory damages, and the bill was approved due pass. The committee later reopened the rolls for absent members, recorded additional aye votes, and adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• COAST GUARD CAPTAIN'S LICENSE OR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED A CAPTAIN'S LICENSE OR SOMEONE THAT IS EXEMPT
• AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER EXEMPTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT COAST GUARD, CAPTAIN'S LICENSE, THOSE KINDS
• DATA AROUND THE BILL AND I JUST FIND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET AROUND THAT ISSUE OF NOT HAVING TO BE LICENSED
• SB 472 ON EDUCATION AND CORRECTION FACILITIES FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS BY SENATOR TRUENOW.
• SENATOR TRUENOW WE WILL TAKE UP TAB THREE SB 472 EDUCATION IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c><01:03:07.119><c> school</c><01:03:07.359><c> nurse</c> um Molly Forest, licensed school nurse um
• 01:09:00.080><c> a</c><01:09:00.239><c> legally</c> licensed school nurse is a legally licensed school
• 23.920><c> the</c> Licensed school nurses increase the Licensed school nurses increase the trust<01:09
• I'm a licensed school counselor and I'm from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• I am a licensed clinical social worker and have been a school social worker at RPS for 10 years.

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Starting with docket 13-04, 24-01, rules governing licensing.
• This adds trapping to the lifetime licenses certificate option that's available.
• available tag-wise, so in this instance we require that license up front.
• In a nation of 340 million people, fewer than 6% have hunting licenses.
• Fewer than 6% have hunting licenses.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

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• Minnesota sells approximately 15,000 walleye stamps out of the 1 million to 1.5 million fishing licenses
• to 1.5 stamps of for the 1 million to 1.5 million<00:01:06.880><c> fishing</c><00:01:07.360><c> licenses
• that are sold million fishing licenses that are sold throughout<00:01:08.880><c> the</c><00:01:09.040
• </c> have a license anyway? have a license anyway? &gt;&gt; Director. &gt;&gt; Director.
• </c> license anyway? license anyway?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• How many of you can recite your driver's license number? I know I can't.
• Your driver's license number, I know I can't.
• For those who worry about your driver's license, they may leave home without their driver's license,
• but in Arizona, you can put your driver's license on your phone.
• Many people might leave their driver's license at home. They won't leave their phone at home.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• carriers to reimburse for improperly denied claims, or suspending or revoking the health carrier's license
• I did the program myself for five and a half years and graduated so I could keep my RN license back in
• I did the program myself for five and a half years and graduated so I could keep my RN license back in
• Acute care hospitals are licensed by the Department of Health to provide accommodation and services over
• Acute care hospitals are licensed by the Department of Health to provide accommodation and services over

Summary: The House Health Care & Wellness Committee held public hearings on several bills. House Bill 2232 would create a Department of Health-operated time-sensitive emergency data repository covering trauma, cardiac, and stroke events, with quality improvement reporting and support for rural facilities; it drew strong support from emergency physicians, nurses, and the Department of Health, while the Washington State Hospital Association said hospitals support the goal but lack the resources to absorb the added requirements. House Bill 1812, as a proposed substitute, would bar insurers and public plans from imposing anesthesia time limits or related reimbursement caps; the sponsor and anesthesia providers said it protects patient safety and fair payment, and the Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists asked for a clarifying amendment on physical status modifiers. House Bill 2250 would limit hospital charity care to Washington residents, while preserving emergency care access; supporters from rural hospitals and the Washington State Hospital Association said the change would help border hospitals facing rising nonresident charity care, and opponents from legal aid, patient advocacy, and LGBTQ groups warned it would create barriers, chill access for immigrants and other vulnerable patients, and conflict with Washington’s safety-net values. The committee also heard House Bill 2340, which would extend existing substance-use monitoring program protections and stipend eligibility to nursing assistants under the Board of Nursing’s CARES program. The sponsor described it as a simple equity measure, and the Board of Nursing supported it, saying it would improve access and reduce stigma; members asked where the stipend funding comes from, and staff and the board said it is currently general-fund supported at about $25,000 annually. House Bill 2577 would change hospital inspection law by requiring acute care hospital inspections every 18 months rather than on average, allowing some accredited inspections to satisfy the requirement every 36 months, and clarifying fire-protection reinspection standards; the sponsor and Department of Health said it responds to a JLARC audit and provides needed clarity, while DOH said it is still working to catch up from inspection delays caused by the public health emergency. The meeting ended after public testimony on the bills was closed and the committee adjourned.

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• So it depends on license type.
• While still maintaining their licenses required for both industry and instructional standards.
• Licenses come at a cost.
• It waives license renewal fees for faculty who are actively. in the same high-demand field for which
• they are licensed. maintaining industry credentials while shaping our future workforce in Texas, and

Bills: HB 1105 , HB1527 , HB1787 , HB1972 , HB2081 , HB3296 , HB3976 , HB4071 , HB4234 , HB4438 , HB4701 , HB5092 , HB5150 , HB5180 , HB5265 , HB5333 , HJR203

Committee: House Higher Education

Keywords: tuition exemption, paramedics, higher education, laboratory fees, emergency medical services, peace officers, criminal justice, law enforcement, degree programs, public institutions, HB 1787, HPV, human papillomavirus, college health, university health, student health, public health education, prevention program, screening, early detection

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• Our state's health licensing boards, appointed by the Governor, serve as subject matter experts in their
• Rebecca Polston, Certified Professional Midwife and Licensed Midwife.
• Please support House File 1010 to license certified midwives. Thank you.
• If these conditions are met, the physician would be granted a full license to practice in Minnesota.
• At that time, I decided to pursue my medical licensing; actually, it is my second medical licensing here

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• And what the amendment does is creates a new license. This license is only $100.
• What the amendment does is creates a new license. This license is only $100.
• And this license uh is only license.
• </c> it was available for um any licensed it was available for um any licensed professional<03:38:51.520
• Uh, well, this bill assumes that they have a driver's license.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 297 and a new amendment, 2462, which combined the original Senate bill with the Carson amendment and added a proposed alternative regulatory system, RSA 420R. The chair and members discussed that the amendment was intended to give the Senate what it had asked for while also creating a dual system for public entity risk pools. Members asked whether the new structure would affect ownership or governance of health trusts, and the chair explained that 420R would be a separate regulatory statute while existing 420J-style arrangements could remain in place. The committee also noted that a paragraph had been accidentally deleted from the amendment and that another amendment would be prepared to correct it, with the subcommittee recessed while that was done. Public testimony focused on School Care, represented by Executive Director Lisa Ducette, who opposed the shift to Department of Insurance oversight under 420R. She argued that public entity risk pools are not insurance companies, that they are accountable to member entities and taxpayers, and that the proposed dual regulation would add unnecessary costs through examinations, higher reserves, and additional accounting requirements. She said the change could threaten tax-exempt status and create an uneven playing field, and she urged the committee to support SB 297 with the Carson amendment instead of moving to 420R. Committee members questioned whether the amendment would actually affect pools that stayed under the Secretary of State model, and one member cited support from the New Hampshire Municipal Association for the dual system. The discussion then shifted to amendment 245 on ambulance reimbursement and contracting timelines. Members reviewed a provision giving insurers 45 days and ambulance providers 60 days in the contracting process, and one member suggested making both periods 60 days. The chair and others said the current language was intentional and part of a broader compromise aimed at ending balance billing and forcing insurers to establish reimbursement rates. Members noted that the measure was unusual and that its effects would be reviewed over the next two years, with one member saying the bill would likely be difficult to roll back later. No final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• In the last few years, we've introduced the licensed marriage and family therapists to help cover licensed
• , a California license?
• We cannot bring in non-licensed folks. We cannot bring in non-licensed folks at this time.
• licenses if they're already licensed in their home state, increasing the use of telemental health to
• Licensed marriage and family...

Summary: The committee heard an overview from the Office of the Inspector General and California Correctional Health Care Services on prison oversight, medical care, reentry, and related budget requests. The OIG requested $275,000 General Fund for two additional intake analysts, citing a sharp rise in complaints from 3,200 in 2022 to 7,860 in 2025 and explaining that the unit reviews and routes complaints, including PREA and staff misconduct allegations, within 30 days. Its medical inspection unit reported on cycle seven prison health inspections, noting generally adequate case-review performance but weak policy-compliance results, especially in medication management and health care environment indicators, and said it was beginning cycle eight with revised inspection methods. Members questioned the OIG about what kinds of complaints were driving the increase, whether the office tracks validity or systemic patterns, and how it distinguishes duplicative complaints from those already handled by CDCR. OIG said the largest categories were prison conditions and staff misconduct, that it does not determine whether complaints are “valid” in a statistical sense, and that it forwards issues to CDCR or other entities as appropriate. Senators also asked about the medical inspection findings, the remaining prisons not yet delegated back from federal receivership, and whether more detail should be provided in future reports. LAO and Department of Finance staff said they had no concerns with the OIG proposal. The committee then reviewed the correctional health care budget, including staffing, pharmacy, contract medical costs, and the state’s progress toward ending the Plata medical receivership. CDCR said it is trying to reduce vacancies through hiring events, social media outreach, new classifications, and more on-site care, while also using CalAIM to improve reentry services; CalAIM officials reported 89% Medi-Cal activation at release, 87% managed care assignment, 88% reentry care plans, and 59% warm handoffs, with about $14.7 million in reimbursements to date. Members pressed staff on the cost of receivership, the pace of delegation, whether more care could be consolidated into fewer facilities, and whether the state should seek more federal reimbursement or alternative staffing models. Finally, the committee discussed the new mental health receivership and a telemental health staffing proposal. The receiver’s office requested $33.9 million from the Mental Health Special Deposit Fund, including $8.2 million for the receiver’s office and $25.3 million to make court-ordered bonus payments permanent; CDCR also sought about $8.9 million for telemental health staffing, growing to $13 million ongoing. LAO recommended approving the action plan and portions of the telehealth request, but urged the Legislature to monitor progress, consider out-of-state recruitment and expanded telehealth, and avoid across-the-board salary increases; Finance cautioned that out-of-state licensure would require major statutory changes and that staffing-ratio changes would need receiver approval. Senators raised concerns about the high cost of receiverships, vacancy-driven fines, the need for more detailed benchmarks, and whether the state should consolidate mental health populations and better target recruitment to fill hard-to-staff positions.

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• We're up to 270 licensed social workers at CYFD.
• When we license an entity to do work in the state of New Mexico that deals with children, CYFD's licensing
• So it would be from lead to license to have an entity that would then be able to license those foster
• The funding that we have for next year through grow funding is very specific to licensed master-level
• What's the protocol, what's the system for them to get their license reinstated or to get their license

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• It was a license for law enforcement was a license for law enforcement was a license for law enforcement
• You want me to get my license? I'm going to reach for it or license?
• for your license."
• I license." Same thing that man said. I license." Same thing that man said.
• When I said that, he stepped license." When I said that, he stepped license."

Bills: HB265 , HB146 , SB254 , HB202 , HB3 , HB42 , SB18

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: resisting arrest, penalties, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, youthful offender, capital murder, victims' rights, SB254, Alabama, statute of limitations, civil procedure, civil action, sex offense, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, survivor rights, tolling, disability, minor plaintiff

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• The long nights of saying, "We are going to pass driver's licenses for all in 2023 with my mentor, Aisha
• Whose mom couldn't believe that we actually passed driver's licenses for all.
• </c><00:01:59.280><c> for</c><00:01:59.440><c> all</c><00:01:59.720><c> in</c> to pass driver's licenses
• for all in to pass driver's licenses for all in 2023<00:02:00.600><c> with</c><00:02:00.760><c> my</
• I had a goal like I started in this verse that I wanted to pass driver's licenses for all with go me.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And nurses right now represent more than half of the licensed health care workforce.
• And nurses right now represent more than half of the licensed health care workforce.
• request an amendment to increase the appropriation to $500,000 for FY27. uh more than half of the licensed
• health uh more than half of the licensed health care<00:02:39.680><c> workforce.
• </c><00:04:13.200><c> health</c> up half of Minnesota's licensed health up half of Minnesota's licensed

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This proposed substitute also applies mandatory license suspension provisions when a person's certified
• by the Department of... ...mandatory license suspension provisions when a person's certified by the
• This is a provision that's found in many state licensing requirements.
• This amendment encompasses the request that we had from the Department of Licensing as they went through
• not registering only starts accruing once the data broker receives notice that the Department of Licensing

Bills: HB2428 , HB2399 , HB2087 , HB2629 , HB2483 , HB2477

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: life insurance, policy lapse, policy cancellation, nonpayment of premium, premium grace period, lapse notice, termination notice, third-party notice, third-party designee, beneficiary protection, consumer protection, insurance regulation, insurer notice requirements, policyholder, beneficiary, Washington RCW, insurance code, unintentional lapse, coverage continuation, premium delinquency