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• years, government to government training for over 25 years.
• We talked about the training that you're going to be providing to all state employees.
• We also provide training, and then there's other things.
• Training and a police officer, you're not familiar with the person.
• Training and a police officer, you're not familiar with the person.

Summary: The committee heard a work session on voting access on tribal lands, beginning with a presentation from Dr. Chelsea Jones of the Brennan Center. She described barriers affecting Native voters and voters on tribal lands, including long travel distances to polling places and drop boxes, nontraditional addresses, unreliable postal service, language access, and limited broadband. Citing research, she said turnout on tribal lands trails turnout off tribal lands by about 10 percentage points nationally and about 10% in Washington, with larger gaps in some convenience voting measures. Members asked about the meaning of “lost votes,” the role of tribal leadership and community trust, and whether outreach by election officials and candidates could help; Dr. Jones emphasized that the study measured missed voting opportunities, not missing ballots, and that partnerships with trusted community leaders are important. The University of Washington Elections Database then presented data on voter registration, turnout, signature challenges, curing, and ballot rejection for voters whose addresses fall within tribal reservation boundaries. The presenters said registration on reservations increased from about 107,000 in 2010 to 137,000 in 2024, turnout on reservations remained about 8 to 9 percentage points lower than outside reservations in recent general elections, and signature-challenge and rejection rates were generally low but somewhat higher in off-year elections. They reported that about 60% to two-thirds of signature-challenged ballots are cured, with cure rates similar inside and outside reservations, and that late return is the most common reason for primary ballot rejection while signature mismatch is the leading cause in general elections. A question was raised about USPS postmarking issues and how those might affect future data; the presenters said they plan to track return method and cure timing more closely. The committee also received an overview of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs. Staff reviewed the office’s history, the Centennial Accord, the Millennium Agreement, and related state-tribal frameworks, and GOIA Director Tim Rainan described the office’s role as a bridge between the state and tribal governments, including consultation, policy coordination, training, and convening work groups. He said GOIA now has six positions, is part of the governor’s executive cabinet, and is working on a statewide tribal relations training module and consultation handbook. In response to a question, he said tribal voting is not a major topic at the Centennial Accord but is discussed more extensively through ATNI. The committee then shifted to contracting equity, hearing from WSDOT, DES, OMWBE, and the Office of Equity. WSDOT described its race-neutral small business and veteran goals, mentorship and support programs, and its response to the federal suspension of the DBE program; DES discussed statewide contracting spend, the EDGE pilot for small construction firms, and efforts to improve procurement access; OMWBE reported growth in certified firms and about $371 million in state spend with certified firms in the most recent year, while noting ongoing impacts from federal DBE changes; and the Office of Equity outlined its broader work on agency consultation, dashboards, and systems change. No votes were taken.

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• These trainings are part of the Federal Education Innovation Research Program Grant awarded to PED in
• But as we know, letter training is a great foundation. But there's how you implement it.
• Do you like To respond, I know you were highly trained in a program you were in.
• We needed larger training. Spaces for educators.
• This space will be a piece of the planning and a lot of the training, but we'll...

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Keywords: Intro: 00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:31 Discussion of SB 122: 02:30 Roll Call Vote on SB 122: 26:47, 958, all

Summary: The Senate Agriculture Committee took up Senate Bill 122, a measure dealing with pet stores, breeders, and the scope of local regulation. The chair explained the bill was intended to balance private business rights with local control, and said he wanted to clarify definitions such as qualified breeder, local authority, and where fees and fines would go. He also said he would work on a floor amendment and noted concerns about whether the bill would allow localities to outright ban pet stores or instead only regulate them. The committee first adopted a committee substitute by motion and voice vote. Supporters of the bill, including representatives from Petland and an attorney who had worked on animal-related regulation in Ohio, argued that the bill would create statewide standards, protect responsible pet retailers from what they described as politically motivated local bans, and preserve consumer choice. They said local governments would still be able to inspect, require documentation, and enforce licensing, but not shut businesses down without due process. A senator from Campbell County asked whether the bill would interfere with strong local ordinances; supporters responded that the bill would set standards higher than USDA rules and still allow local regulation, while opposing local bans. Opposition came from the Kentucky League of Cities and representatives of Kentucky animal care and control agencies. KLC said local decisions should remain at the local level and noted that several cities and one county already had ordinances that could be affected; it also said the bill was opposed by its board and might overlap with pending litigation. Animal control representatives said the bill did not clearly define breeder verification or enforcement responsibility, could restrict local authority, and did not address animal care conditions or consumer transparency. After questions and debate, the committee voted on the bill; the roll call ended in a 5-5 tie, and Senate Bill 122 failed to pass out of committee.

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• With seasonal employees that we train: retirees, people that are able to come.
• They go through training. Not all make it.
• So we try to prepare and train as supervisors.
• We all, as part of signature training—which everybody that does this is part of—there's a state-run training
• All of those things have alterations that are part of our training.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.” The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals. Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.

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• Does that fund more vocational training at schools? That part of it? Mr.
• and parental training.
• How are we training for the future?
• More money, but we ignore that part of it and training.
• The higher education department has been training on this.

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• This is an act related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training State
• training uh match. training uh match.
• And SNAP employment and training is a, you know, there are, uh, this will require working with CHFS.
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• In 2024, we train to place over 27,000 new professional truck drivers across our school system.
• that required extensive training.
• In all cases, poor training was directly correlated to incident and accidents.
• CDL training is governed uniquely by each state and by the Federal Department of Transportation.
• which training includes among other things 31 detailed curriculum requirements.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have worked with workforce solutions. and other organizations to do teacher training and career training
• We have had the statutory authority to do workforce training; it just has not been funded.
• We train our workforce.
• We've got to start training workers so they can go and be ready to fill the capacity that's coming.
• We've started to work with them and start to train. This indigenous crew is absolutely critical.

Bills: HB4568, HB5458, HB4543, HB2703, HB3728, HCR113, HCR126

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• Our training was established and published by the Department of Defense Demonstration Project.
• Obtaining prescriptive authority takes four to six years of additional specialized training on top of
• I think at the heart of the issue is the amount of training.
• And neither are you trained in... pharmacology?
• Four years of college and then seven to nine years of specialized training. What does that mean?

Bills: SB2024, SB227, SB268, SB1467, SB1580, HB5537, SB1313, SB1677, SB918, SB331, SB2207, SB2721

Keywords: e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid

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• We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars every year training our 135 plus tax.
• We have in-house training centers. We train tax.
• And those are trained technicians that's been through hours and hours.
• And, you know, just a lot of training that.
• Our tax are not equipped to service them until they have that training.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And it must include training, you know, want to get people's peace offer.
• How does that work when you're dealing with our our disabled population of people specially trained?
• The TNC varies will bring left, do not require those kinds of trainings.
• And they do actually have background checks and training and tip terms of, you know, how to deal with
• PTC uses technology to override the engineer to help prevent serious incidents like train to train collisions

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• and all they're trained to M's program and all they're trained to M's program and all they're trained
• The first athletic training program in the state was at training program in the state was at training
• cobalt about for train cobalt about for train cobalt I'm sorry I your for train for I'm sorry I your
• for train for I'm sorry I your for train for train train train cobalt this these are computer languages
• They they they'll train uh policemans to They they they'll train uh policemans to They they they'll train

Bills: HJR 4, HJR 6, HB 195, HB 13, HB 143, HB 135

Keywords: occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax

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• It's things like ethics training and EO training, and workplace violence as well.
• we know if not you're doing the training we know if not you're doing the training it<00:31:50.279
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• and in order to provide them training and in order to provide them better<03:54:40.520> training<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• support that this bill will open up a new step on the career ladder path for those professionals to be trained
• People were trained, residents were safe, and the model aligned with the actual needs of a rest home
• People were trained, residents were safe, and the model aligned with the actual needs of a rest home
• They are kind, educated individuals who are well-trained and capable adults.
• The Commonwealth's own material describes it as a program that allows specifically trained unlicensed

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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• that's still where we train today and where we house our recruits.
• It's just very challenging and it adds about two weeks onto our academy training.
• the capacity to, to train locals and they're, they're required in-service training, pursue driving training
• And most of these, uh, smaller agencies don't have training budgets.
• There's a lot coming out of, uh, out of our, our education that are trained.

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• Moved in from what was the Minnesota Board of Firefighter Training and Education.
• Moving to page 3, we have the Peace Officer Standards and Training Board.
• We have, in addition to the Philando Castile training fund, $5.5 million in 2026 and 2027.
• Training funding is one of the most successful grant programs.
• training.

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• We're hiring for a program coordinator and a training coordinator.
• Yes, my fearless leader vacated the program, and our training exercise coordinator also left.
• She coordinated the funding we receive from the federal government for these training exercises.
• Training ceased, Carrie? No, it has not.
• Is this the cooperative agreement that funds emergency training in New Mexico? Mr.

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• Ongoing training.
• And I don't know if I feel like the train has left the station, and it wasn't a regular train.
• This was like a bullet train. And so if you have any suggestions on things that we... Train.
• They just got this training.
• Anybody who has done this type of training has had a child disclose to them, come up after the training

Summary: The committee first approved the December 16 minutes and then heard a presentation from Dr. Ramona Danielson on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their economic and public-system impacts. She explained that ACEs are population-level risk indicators, not individual diagnostic tools, and said higher ACE exposure is associated with more chronic illness, mental health challenges, child welfare and justice involvement, and lower workforce participation. She cautioned that precise dollar estimates are difficult because of the many interacting factors across the life course, but said the direction of the impact is clear and that evidence-based interventions and protective factors can reduce harm. Members asked about definitions of a “healthy family,” same-sex couples, divorce, substance abuse, trends in ACEs, and home visiting; she emphasized supportive relationships, protective factors, and the importance of positive childhood experiences. The committee then heard from Allison Mahoney and Missy Barranco, along with a recorded family story from Abby, about evidence-based home visiting programs in North Dakota. Abby described how Healthy Families North Dakota supported her family after a premature birth and NICU stay by providing weekly in-home coaching, developmental screenings, postpartum mental health check-ins, referrals, and parenting support. The presenters explained that home visiting is voluntary, relationship-based, and usually begins prenatally or shortly after birth, with referrals coming from hospitals, WIC, pregnancy navigators, human service zones, self-referrals, and other community partners. They said North Dakota currently has four main evidence-based models operating through 12 organizations, with Healthy Families available in all 53 counties, though only a fraction of eligible families are served. Funding was described as a patchwork of federal MIECHV/Title IV-E, Medicaid, state and tribal funds, philanthropy, charitable gaming, and other grants; members discussed whether the Legislature or agencies should expand support and how to improve outreach and sustainability. Finally, the committee received a memorandum on artificial intelligence and sexual exploitation, focusing on AI-generated child sexual abuse material, deepfakes, sextortion, and chatbot-related risks. The report summarized federal and state law, including North Dakota’s existing computer-generated image provisions, the federal PROTECT Act, the Take It Down Act, and recent federal executive orders on AI policy. Members discussed the need for child-safety protections, the limits of executive orders, and broader concerns about AI’s effect on critical thinking and misinformation. The committee then heard from BCI Special Agent Cassidy Halsef, who said AI is already driving a sharp rise in child exploitation cases in North Dakota, including AI-generated explicit images of real minors and school-based incidents involving mass-shared manipulated images. She said investigators are seeing more cyber tips, more difficult forensic work, and lasting harm to victims and families, and urged stronger legal penalties, specialized training, victim services, and prevention education in schools and communities.

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• The training that you're anticipating in this for AI training is separate from... the cyber training,
• They would have the certification training programs.
• Yes, there's training.
• have training on new legislation.
• And ultimately, if you can train, let AI train itself to be able to... go through those regulations and

Bills: HB512, HB2248, HB2679, HB2832, HB3112, HB3368, HB3490, HB3512, HB3623, HB3666, HB3700, HB3711, HB3770, HB3963

Keywords: grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding

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• occupations that we're training folks for.
• Thirty percent goes to training support services.
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• <00:47:13.640> models May encourage creative training models May encourage creative training

Keywords: 1187, senate, all