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• of</c> would be available on one white sheet of would be available on one white sheet of paper<00:09:
• And there seemed to be a little hesitation on the new licenses.
• ><00:58:14.000><c> on</c><00:58:14.120><c> the</c><00:58:14.200><c> new</c><00:58:14.359><c> licenses
• </c> little hesitation on the new licenses. little hesitation on the new licenses.
• Currently, a change of ownership for a license is not required if at least one controlling individual

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• And if we issue a license for Yolo County, say, do they actually have a license?
• And if we issue a license for Yolo County State, do they actually have a license?
• My name is James Eadie, speaking on my own behalf as a state-licensed pyrotechnic operator.
• facilities that have been licensed and inspected on a regular basis by a local jurisdiction.
• We're given one nine. This is not five. I'm number one. Ochoa Bogh, aye.

Committee: Senate Governmental Organization

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• In many cases, vendors spend $4,000 to $6,000 annually just on licenses in Missouri.
• What this bill actually does for us, it establishes one annual state license requiring one standard Establishes
• one annual state license requiring one standard health inspection, preventing redundant municipal licensing
• Just want to go on record.
• So, come on up. I'm rushing 13 of them right now. So come on out.

Committee: House Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

Summary: The Committee on Economic Development met with 13 members present and first went into executive session. It voted House Bill 3095 and House Bill 3249 do pass, both by 12-1 votes, and also adopted a House committee substitute for House Bill 2142 that rolled in House Bill 2058 before voting the combined measure do pass by 12-1. The transcript does not describe the substance of those bills in detail, but records the committee’s favorable action on each. The committee then held a public hearing on House Bill 3262, Representative Peters’ proposal to create an interstate massage compact. Supporters, including the sponsor, a massage business operator, a former state massage board regulator, and the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, said the compact would improve workforce mobility, reduce duplicate licensing and background checks, and preserve state authority over standards and discipline. An opponent argued interstate compacts are unconstitutional, could supersede state law, and raise concerns about gifts and closed meetings. No vote was taken on HB 3262 during the hearing. The final hearing was on House Bill 3157, which would create a single statewide permit for mobile food vendors. The sponsor and supporters from the Institute for Justice and the food truck industry said the bill would reduce duplicative local permits and inspections, lower costs, and help food trucks operate across jurisdictions while keeping health and safety standards. Opponents, including Kansas City and Springfield-Greene County health officials, argued the bill would preempt local control, shift regulatory authority to the state, and create enforcement and fiscal concerns. Committee members raised questions about local inspection authority, fees, and a possible committee substitute, but no final action was taken in the hearing.

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• one deal.
• "In many cases, vendors spend $4,000 to $6,000 annually just on licenses in Missouri.
• What this bill actually does for us, it establishes one annual state license requiring one standard..
• So, come on up. I'm rushing 13 of them right now. So come on out.
• So, come on up. I'm rushing 13 of them right now. So come on out.

Committees: House Economic Development , House Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

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• No medical license required, no medical supervision on site, and practically no oversight. doctor, had
• </c><01:58:13.360><c> some</c><01:58:13.599><c> level</c> to or greater than a nurse on some level to
• or greater than a nurse on some level because<01:58:14.239><c> we</c><01:58:14.480><c> are</c><01:58
• But one thing that we would like to see is that they have some type of level of emergency training.
• gobsmacked at the idea that anybody who didn't have some one of the many licenses that we're talking

Committee: House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

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• A product legal in one jurisdiction could trigger fines, license suspension, or consumer protection liability
• But what I would like to focus on is the license fee increases. Those are pretty significant.
• or distributors don't want to get license in the state and put that burden back on the business.
• The question is whether expanding regulatory requirements on licensed businesses Those are real issues
• The question is whether expanding regulatory requirements on licensed businesses is the most effective

Bills: HB2439 , HB2483 , HB2400

Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business

Keywords: public health, tobacco regulation, smoking cessation, vapor products, health policy, youth prevention, data broker, registry, consumer protection, privacy, data regulation, social media, content creation, online platforms, digital marketing, user-generated content

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• not even scheduled on the federal level.
• One is a synthetic level. Everybody agrees what that means.
• </c> to license it. to license it.
• So the one 17950 falls under Title 13. All alcohol and tobacco licenses are issued under Title 13.
• Where this one would come in would be at the same level as fentanyl.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• me especially on the licensing side.
• me especially on the licensing side.
• me especially on the licensing side.
• And it just dawned on me especially on the licensing side.
• And it just dawned on me especially on the licensing side.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• One is concern from some folks about the impact that it could have on local jobs.
• By aligning license suspensions with the time when someone is back on our roads, we create real accountability
• And so only one was experienced. There is no use of a license while incarcerated.
• We used the bus, and I towed my little son on the bus, and I had a license but didn't have access to
• You have 14 on that. And then moving on to item number seven, AB 1874.

Committee: House Transportation

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• specialists, and one senior licensing specialist.
• The third part of this request focuses on maintaining the service level of the Minnesota Prescription
• /c> so every fee you have on here is on some so every fee you have on here is on some little<01:20:33.040
• </c><01:30:17.760><c> thing</c> just ask one the uh you know one thing just ask one the uh you know one
• c><01:32:56.920><c> one</c><01:32:57.040><c> more</c> reduction on um okay one uh one more reduction

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• workforces, as well as some work on the non-licensed side.
• workforces as well as some work on the non-licensed side.
• But does it talk about, is it on how to get licensed, the requirements to get licensed, and then also
• on how to stay licensed?
• So DHS is more on the billing side. You’re the licensing. Who’s more on the enforcement side?

Summary: The hearing began with testimony from Let California Kids Hear and supporters urging action on pediatric hearing aid coverage. Advocates said California has repeatedly failed to enact a workable solution over the past eight years and argued that children need early access to sound to support development. The proposal discussed would limit the coverage mandate to the large-group market, which advocates said would cover roughly 70% to 80% of affected children and avoid the exchange-related cost issue that contributed to prior vetoes. Supporters, including parents, audiologists, and children’s health groups, backed the proposal, and the chair expressed sympathy and support while noting hope for a federal solution for exchange plans. The Department of Finance then gave opening remarks about the state’s structural deficit and the need to balance new investments against projected out-year shortfalls. HCAI followed with a broad overview of its programs, including CalRx insulin and naloxone initiatives, reproductive health grants, the Office of Health Care Affordability, hospital seismic compliance, workforce programs, and the diaper access initiative. Members asked about geographic targeting of workforce funds, the behavioral health workforce pipeline, and the status of the 21st Century Nursing Initiative, which HCAI said had reverted funds. The committee also discussed a proposed transfer of the Data Exchange Framework and Office of the Patient Advocate to HCAI, new reporting on long-term care staffing and health coverage waiting periods, and a Behavioral Health Services Act workforce proposal that would use BHSA funds to support training, stipends, and technical assistance while offsetting $100 million in General Fund spending; members and LAO questioned the offset and asked for more detail, and the item was held open. HCAI also presented the Rural Health Transformation Program, explaining that California received $233.6 million in federal funds for the first year and had to revise its proposal so that $35 million in provider payments would be tied to specific transformative activities rather than general financial relief. The program will fund rural care model redesign, workforce development, and technology/infrastructure improvements, with grants to be rolled out on a tight timeline and subject to CMS approval. Members asked about the size of California’s award, the use of funds for maternity care, labor and delivery access, dialysis, tribal set-asides, and the role of a technical assistance contractor. The department said the program will use supply-and-demand workforce modeling to target funding and that all funds must be obligated by October 30. Finally, the Department of Managed Health Care outlined its budget and two major bill-related proposals: SB 41 on PBM reform and SB 306 on prior authorization transparency. DMHC said SB 41 would require PBM licensure, ban spread pricing, require rebate pass-through, and regulate pharmacy network practices, while SB 306 would require reporting on prior authorization and create a list of services exempt from prior authorization. DMHC requested additional positions and funding to implement both measures.

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• He said a veterinarian licensed under RSA 332-B conducts an antemortem inspection of each herd on an
• What level that would be at, but there would be some sort of licensing or inspection because had we been
• That is one of the things I mean, without trying to go into the level of oversight that the Department
• Um, we don't have an entity that self-licenses, self-polices, or provides any sort of level of rules
• Um, we don't have an entity that self-licenses, self-polices, or provides any sort of level of rules

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 302, which would update New Hampshire’s solid waste facility background-check law so the state can continue to access federal FBI criminal databases for checks on key owners and officers. Senator Howard Pearl and DES Waste Management Director Mike Whimsatt said the bill is the third attempt to correct prior drafting problems that prevented the FBI from accepting the language. They explained that the existing statute has long required background checks for hazardous and solid waste facility applicants because of concerns about organized crime, but the current wording is too ambiguous for federal use. The bill also includes technical corrections, clarifies which company officers must be checked, specifies which DES officials receive the results, and removes the Department of Justice as an unnecessary middleman. Committee members asked about the purpose of the bill, whether family members are covered, who pays the cost, and whether permits have ever been denied; Whimsatt said the applicant still pays, the checks focus on key officers, and at least one permit had been denied in the past due to a felony conviction. The hearing then closed, with one person listed in favor on the blue sheet and no opposition noted online. The committee then opened Senate Bill 229, which would allow retailers to sell uninspected bison, red deer, and elk meat and remove the sunset on the existing program. Senator Pearl said the bill would expand market opportunities for farmers while keeping labeling and traceability requirements in place, including identifying the meat as uninspected and maintaining records of the source farms. Representative Bixby, who had worked on earlier legislation, explained the current framework in detail: the animals are raised on closed farms, must be fenced, cannot be newly imported, and are subject to annual veterinary herd inspections and recordkeeping. He said the prior bison inspection regime was too burdensome for farmers to maintain, and the current law was intended as a workable compromise. Questions from members focused on how many farms participate, how many animals have been sold, and whether the program posed disease risks; the witness said he did not know the exact numbers, and Bixby said the existing import and fencing rules help prevent chronic wasting disease from entering the state. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the bill was left before the committee for further consideration.

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• Finally, HB 4036 imposes manufacturing-level compliance standards on community pharmacies that do not
• Arizona is one of ten states that does not have a tobacco retail license.
• We know the most effective way to do the compliance is to have a tobacco retail license, a real one.
• Licenses are valid for one year, non-transferable. I don't know.
• Question: do you support licensing at that level for tobacco and/or alternative nicotine products?

Bills: HB2746 , HB2750 , HB2765 , HB4036

Committees: House International Trade , House House International Trade Committee of Reference

Keywords: trade offices, committee, Arizona commerce authority, stakeholder input, efficiency, Arizona-Sonora, Sonora, Mexico, trade commission, cross-border trade, bilateral trade, international trade, economic development, foreign relations, border economy, investment, infrastructure, business exchange, academic exchange, legislative commission

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• A product legal in one jurisdiction could trigger fines, license suspension, or consumer protection liability
• One will have a flavor ban.
• But what I would like to focus on is the license fee increases. Those are pretty significant.
• or distributors don't want to get licensed in the state and put that burden back on the business.
• The question is whether expanding regulatory requirements on licensed businesses is the most effective

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2483, which would create an annual data broker registry at the Department of Licensing beginning in 2027. Staff explained that data brokers would have to register, pay a fee, and disclose information about the types of data collected, security measures, opt-out options, and whether precise geolocation or consumer health data is involved. Prime sponsor Rep. Kloba said the bill is intended to make data collection and resale more visible to consumers and to address harms such as scams, tracking, and surveillance pricing. Testimony was mixed: TechNet, the Association of Washington Business, and the Washington Retail Association opposed the bill as drafted, saying the definition of data broker is too broad and could sweep in businesses that are not true data brokers, while the sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying amendments and public-data carve-outs. The committee then heard House Bill 2400, which would regulate monetized social media content featuring children. Staff described provisions requiring vloggers above certain revenue thresholds to register with the Department of Revenue, creating trust accounts for minor children appearing in monetized videos, allowing young adults to request deletion of monetized childhood content, requiring reporting by social media services, and establishing civil penalties and statutory damages. Rep. Reeves said the bill is meant to draw a line between ordinary family posting and monetizing children online, citing concerns about child labor protections and exploitation. TechNet and AWB opposed the bill, arguing that social media platforms should not be made the middleman for trust accounts and that the private right of action and enforcement structure should be revisited; they urged further work during the interim. Finally, the committee took testimony on House Bill 2439, an omnibus tobacco and vapor product bill. Staff said it would create a responsible vendor program, raise license fees and penalties, require retailers to buy from licensed wholesalers or distributors, add certification requirements for vapor manufacturers, study extended producer responsibility for vapor waste, expand lab testing authority, tighten age-verification rules, prohibit certain imitation or entertainment vapor products, remove state preemption so local governments could adopt stricter rules, and redirect portions of tobacco tax revenue to public health accounts. Supporters, including public health groups, King County, the American Heart Association, and pediatricians, backed the youth-prevention, local-control, and funding provisions. Industry and retail witnesses opposed the bill, focusing on the loss of preemption, higher fees, compliance burdens, and the risk of pushing sales to the illicit market; some also argued the bill should rely more on state-level uniform regulation and stronger enforcement rather than new restrictions.

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• I'm trying to get a grasp on the number of this related to driver's license offices.
• They do publish high value data for driver's license on their website. Yeah.
• And in driver's license, they can hire on today at $41,000, $42,000.
• And the driver's license, they can hire on today at $41,000, $42,000.
• Lieutenant Colonel: How many are on the driver's license side? Chair: 3,100.

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Usually, when we've moved someplace, one of the first things we've done is get our driver's license set
• you can drive and that's in law, um, but you can drive on your home country license for certain visas
• Driver's license is being one of them, but does the DMV issue non-driver ID, and is there a mechanism
• </c><00:33:30.360><c> for</c> drive on your home country license for drive on your home country license
• title fees and then the big one licenses title fees and then the big one is<03:06:38.279><c> uh</c><

Summary: The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. Department of Education testimony said the bill’s definition would conflict with the federal definition and be unusually restrictive, potentially affecting curriculum, educator training, and many existing state requirements. The department said it could force a broad overhaul of school programs and create a need for at least one new state position, with local districts likely facing significant unbudgeted costs. Members raised concerns about impacts on federal pass-through funding, curriculum materials, and whether the bill was workable at all. Several members said the proposal would be too costly and difficult to implement, especially during a tight budget cycle. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. Members who supported retention said they wanted to set the bill aside because of the scale of the concerns, while also stating they did not support the bill as written. The committee then opened HB 133, dealing with DMV follow-up on residency and licensing issues tied to voting and other interactions. Department of Safety/DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology update plus a full-time position to handle manual correspondence and review of possible matches, and that postage was not included in the fiscal note. They said the bill’s 60-day residency trigger is vague, that the DMV would be acting outside its normal role by investigating status after the fact, and that the measure could create privacy and operational problems. Members questioned whether the bill would effectively force people to buy a driver’s license to vote, whether non-driver and voter ID options would avoid that concern, and whether the Secretary of State rather than DMV would be the more appropriate agency to handle any follow-up.

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• , one license to one business model. of the benchmark for what we need.
• </c> now based on existing license holders. now based on existing license holders.
• one</c> a sort of one-to-one, one license to one a sort of one-to-one, one license to one business<00
• He requires one-on-one, 24-hour, hospital-level care provided by either an RN or a parent trained to
• one-on-one, 24-hour, He requires one-on-one, 24-hour, hospital-level<01:14:13.040><c> care</c><01:14

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

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• They don't even have one, not a single one currently.
• It's a pretty basic one.
• And as a previous speaker mentioned, those cases are diverted based on trauma level, level of trauma
• based on trauma level, level of trauma care that emergency departments must maintain.
• I got a couple questions, one on regulatory capture and another on accountability.

Committee: House Professional Registration and Licensing

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• before moving on to the next level.
• Or, like you said, follow students from more than one grade level.
• have that time or ability to meet with students one-on-one, one-on-two, or one-on-three, which the Math
• And so you'll see that up on the side tells me the agency responsible for licensing 110,000 teachers
• on time. licenses on time.

Bills: HF1966 , HF54 , HF2043 , HF1171 , HF2741

Committee: House Education Finance

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• So in 2025, the legislature passed that there could now be master's level licensed psychological practitioners
• And Arkansas was actually one of the first states to sort of take that on and to reopen that license.
• But all that can also be administered by a master's-level or a specialist-level licensed psychological
• On the licensing board, do you have an update on that?
• Hit it one more, one more time. Hello. Okay, sorry.

Committee: All TASK FORCE ON AUTISM