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• Earning and retaining such certifications are important external measures of the skill and ability of
• I am proud to say that one of our most important prevention tools is our OIG Academy, where we teach
• on numerous topics, including procurement, fraud awareness and prevention, and governance.
• In 2025, approximately Fraud awareness and prevention and governance.
• Engagement is another key to prevention.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 1212, all

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• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort. ...and convenience, but where
• feared temporary, imprudent majorities trampling minority rights and created checks and balances to prevent
• It's everything our system was designed to prevent: a narrow majority using temporary power to permanently
• When you make a district so full in one direction, you prevent... actually, you don't prevent, you...
• Really important issues such as flood recovery and improving flood prevention.

Committee: House Congressional Redistricting, Select

Keywords: 997, house, all

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• often use $2 million to $4 million worth of equipment on a job so we can clear the roads quickly, prevent
• Is there anything that you’re doing to help regulate or prevent these bad apples, which are probably
• So that part of it is inconsequential as it relates to anything other than a punitive measure against

Committee: House Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight

Summary: The House Committee on Transportation met on Senate Bill 1408, which would allow Missouri to raise the maximum speed limit on rural interstates from 70 to 75 miles per hour. Senator Berger, the bill sponsor, argued the change would better match neighboring states, improve traffic flow, and reflect modern vehicle safety technology. Several members supported the idea as a practical adjustment, while others questioned whether the time savings were worth the safety tradeoff, raised concerns about driver behavior, truck speed governors, road design, fuel use, and the possibility that higher posted limits would lead to even faster driving. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including a motorist advocate and some committee members, said 75 mph is common in surrounding states and worldwide, that most crashes are caused by inattention rather than speed alone, and that MoDOT should be able to set limits based on engineering and traffic conditions. Opponents included a Hazelwood police lieutenant, AAA, the Missouri Insurance Coalition, and MoDOT Director Ed Hassinger. They argued that higher speeds increase crash severity and fatalities, that Missouri’s roads and traffic volumes differ from flatter neighboring states, and that the bill could disproportionately affect young and older drivers as well as roadside workers. MoDOT said its data shows speed is a major factor in fatal crashes and cited fatality increases in Arkansas and Kansas after those states raised rural interstate limits. Committee members also debated whether the bill actually mandates 75 mph or merely authorizes MoDOT to set it where appropriate. MoDOT and AAA said any increase should be tied to engineering studies and roadway-specific analysis, while supporters argued the department already has that discretion and that the bill simply removes an outdated cap. No vote was taken in the excerpt. After closing the hearing on SB 1408, the committee moved on to House Bill 3447, a towing and recovery bill that would require more insurance for large commercial vehicles, improve notice and dispute procedures, and address abandoned vehicles; testimony on that bill began with the sponsor and representatives from the towing and trucking industries.

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• The funding will not only help with fire prevention efforts on public lands, but also on adjacent lands
• Um, as of right now, we're looking at alternative measures to, to, to seek how we can support our fire
• Carson Co op and also with UNM Taos, they have been holding some community forums into anything with preventing

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• to maintain the flow in the<00:21:23.200><c> channel</c><00:21:23.640><c> to</c><00:21:23.760><c> prevent
• </c><00:21:24.160><c> upstream</c> the channel to prevent upstream the channel to prevent upstream flooding
• Because of that, the decisions made here have direct, measurable consequences for my ability to plant
• formulas and processes involved with LCCMR's vetting, but also contributing meaningfully while preventing
• formulas and processes involved with LCCMR's vetting, but also contributing meaningfully while preventing

Bills: HF3879

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: outdoor heritage, conservation, habitat restoration, natural resources, wildlife management, 1183, house

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• so this problem is present, thankfully not in New Hampshire, but we need to put up guardrails to prevent
• </c> prevent it. prevent it.
• You need 25, I think it's 25, to get a write-in candidate, and if you fail at that measure, then the
• I assume that people in Concord were taking powers they don't have and preventing me from performing
• me from performing my duties preventing me from performing my duties as<04:36:59.840><c> I</c><04:37

Committee: House Election Law

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The zero-knowledge proof would prevent that from being possible, that piece of it.
• </c> &gt;&gt; the zero knowledge proof would prevent &gt;&gt; the zero knowledge proof would prevent
• But what if you could prevent the policy from being broken in the first place technologically?
• c><01:17:55.920><c> from</c><01:17:56.159><c> being</c> could prevent the policy from being could prevent
• </c><01:19:06.239><c> policy</c> That's what allows um preventing policy That's what allows um preventing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting began with roll call and approval of the prior meeting minutes, which passed unanimously. Members then introduced the day’s presentations, including one on the Canton network and another on tokenizing real-world assets, with a focus on how blockchain systems can support regulated financial institutions and asset tokenization. Julie, the director of policy and government affairs at Digital Asset, presented on the Canton network, describing it as a privacy-enabled public blockchain designed for regulated finance. She said tokenization should preserve the same legal and economic rights as the underlying asset, and argued that blockchain-based books and records can shorten settlement times, improve 24/7 trading, and reduce friction in capital markets. She identified three main barriers to institutional adoption of public blockchains: lack of privacy, limited throughput/scalability, and lack of control for compliance purposes such as freezing assets, pausing transactions, and meeting AML/sanctions obligations. She explained Canton’s structure as a public, permissionless network with application-level privacy controls, a global synchronizer, and super validators chosen by vote. She also highlighted current ecosystem participants and use cases, including Broadridge, Circle, and the DTCC’s planned tokenization of U.S. Treasuries on the network. Members and online participants asked about the relationship between tokenized assets and the Clarity Act, tokenized deposits, safeguards for faster settlement, and whether the platform could be used for municipal or property records. Julie said Digital Asset was not taking a position on rewards, but supported clearer statutory definitions because tokenized securities should carry the same rights as the underlying assets and investors need to know whether a token is a true tokenized security or a synthetic/reference token. She said the company is agnostic on whether the cash leg is stablecoins or tokenized deposits, though it expects both to develop. In response to concerns about rapid settlement, she pointed to institution-level permissions and SEC disclosure expectations as safeguards. She also said the technology could be used for other records, including potentially property-related records, if those assets can be tokenized.

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• and addressing waste fraud preventing and addressing waste fraud and<00:13:52.480><c> abuse</c><00:13
• </c> integrity and fraud prevention integrity and fraud prevention provisions<00:31:20.559><c> related
• This investment acts as a stopgap measure to prevent further funding reductions, bolstering oversight
• </c><00:43:52.160><c> using</c> fraud detection and prevention using fraud detection and prevention using
• </c><02:09:54.400><c> them</c> many other barriers that prevent them many other barriers that prevent

Bills: HF2434

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: healthcare, personal care assistance, worker retention, disability services, state funding, 1183, house

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• While pre-trial detention can prevent criminal activity in the short term by incapacitating people accused
• That means that no one in Minnesota can be preventatively detained pre-trial if they can pay the money
• Meaning that the judge can release them but then take appropriate measures to put in place a number of
• We could have prevented further harm from people that happened during that time.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 00:53:35.000><c> health</c><00:53:35.240><c> care</c><00:53:35.440><c> and</c><00:53:35.560><c> prevention
• </c><00:53:35.960><c> services,</c> to health care and prevention services, to health care and prevention
• Um, what we are doing that also as sort of a fiscal responsibility measure.

Keywords: 981, all

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• a joint resolution directing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security to conduct investigations measuring
• just feel like there are other ways, such as the CAPTCHA system, that public entities could use to prevent
• just feel like there are other ways, such as the CAPTCHA system, that public entities could use to prevent
• just feel like there are other ways, such as the CAPTCHA system, that public entities could use to prevent

Keywords: 958, all

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• It changed again in October, OK, and that's for public assistance, debris, emergency protective measures
• my deputy said and Chief Kidd, uh, there's a direct relationship between mitigation efforts and preventing
• Um, your commitment to, to Texans and getting the right tools and resources, uh, to prevent things like
• those missions, we were detecting, you know, uh, as much as 11 fire starts in, in one day, um, to prevent

Committee: House State Affairs

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• And that's for public assistance debris emergency protective measures, and then permanent work, roads
• both my deputy said and Chief Kidd, there's a direct relationship between mitigation efforts and preventing
• responds. bonds to wildfires, your commitment to Texans, and getting the right tools and resources. to prevent
• during those missions, we were detecting, you know, as much as 11 firefighters. starts in one day to prevent

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• House File 1255, as amended, is a straightforward common-sense measure that ensures state troopers, commercial
• establishes a practical and responsible establishes a practical and responsible process<00:21:49.960><c> preventing
• </c><00:21:50.400><c> waste</c><00:21:50.679><c> and</c><00:21:50.880><c> ensuring</c> process preventing
• waste and ensuring process preventing waste and ensuring these<00:21:51.520><c> badges</c><00:21:51.919

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• If you do wish to speak on a particular bill or measure, you need to sign up on the sign-up sheet in
• And it was there that I kind of started realizing there are three phases to tragedy: there's prevention
• This training is already ongoing in Kentucky statute, and it covers things like head injury prevention
• And if we can do this and prevent one, two, 10 cases or whatever, it's a very big thing.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 01:24 Attendance Roll Call: 01:44 KY Association for Career & Technical Education: 03:40 Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (Sen. West): 10:42 Senate Bill 77 (Sen. Deneen ): 31:26 Senate Bill 120 (Sen. Chambers Armstrong): 35:04 Adjournment: 51:44, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with a quorum and heard a presentation from Parker Keys, Northern Kentucky State Vice President for Kentucky FFA, on the value of career and technical education (CTE). He highlighted enrollment of more than 143,000 secondary students in CTE, work-based learning, dual credit, industry certifications, and the role of student organizations such as DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, Educators Rising, TSA, and SkillsUSA. Senators praised CTE as important for workforce readiness and resume building, and encouraged continued engagement with the committee. The committee then considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 43, sponsored by Senator Steve West, supporting a Southern Regional Education Board initiative to expand crisis counseling and recovery support for schools and colleges after tragedies and disasters. Dr. Steven Puit and Linda Tyrie described a regional network of trained counselors modeled on Kentucky’s response after Marshall County, emphasizing long-term recovery, psychological first aid, and deployment support for up to a year after an event. Members spoke in strong support, citing the lasting impact of Marshall County and Heath, and the resolution passed 13-0 and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 77, a cleanup bill relating to the Education Professional Standards Board. Senator Matt Deneen and Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities representative Mr. Dyer explained that the bill clarifies that small independent colleges and universities may designate a qualified education department representative, not only a chief academic officer, to serve on the board. The committee adopted a committee substitute by voice vote, and the substitute was approved.

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• talked about a collaborative effort to bring you today a comprehensive, collaborative, and effective measure
• </c><00:12:20.680><c> to</c> collaborative and effective measure to collaborative and effective measure
• Government regulations, largely local municipal zoning ordinances, have been used to prevent the private
• Government regulations, largely local municipal zoning ordinances, have been used to prevent the private
• </c><03:25:09.520><c> that</c> exist there's nothing preventing that exist there's nothing preventing

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The Fishing Game Commission requested this bill as a housekeeping measure.
• If they became a state symbol, this could gain more recognition for them, preventing them from becoming
• Part of the commission's work is also to develop workplace violence prevention programs, and who better
• Part of the commission's work is also to develop workplace violence prevention programs, and who better
• Part of the commission's work is also to develop workplace violence prevention programs, and who better

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• emergencies, accidents, and natural disasters, and they also educate residents on fire safety and prevention
• has is perfect because the fire marshal's office, typically up to this point, has been known for prevention
• I talked a little bit about this point, but the education has to go beyond just fire prevention education
• section there: when you look at awards of federal grants to firefighters for equipment, staffing, prevention
• there's going to be some education aspect coming from my office to try to help fix some of those measures

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.

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• It should be in equal measure, doled out to the members of the public. So we support the bill.
• It is retraumatizing and it does really prevent victims from sharing the information they need to share
• It is retraumatizing and it does really prevent victims from sharing the information they need to share
• It is retraumatizing and it does really prevent victims from sharing the information they need to share
• It is retraumatizing and it does really prevent victims from sharing the information they need to share

Bills: HF1917 , HF1083 , HF367

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: data practices, public official, transparency, government accountability, employment data, domestic abuse, domestic violence, battered women, victim advocate, advocacy, confidentiality, privilege, evidence law, witness privilege, court-ordered disclosure, shelter, crisis intervention, sexual assault counselor, victim services, protective services

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• prevents a temporary administrative prevents a temporary administrative failure<01:11:46.560><c> from
• But this would prevent them potentially.
• It would would prevent them potentially.
• </c> This bill, if enacted, will prevent This bill, if enacted, will prevent charging<02:52:28.640><c
• Uh, importantly, it does not prevent the charging of a security deposit, and it does not prevent a landlord

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all