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• Lacey Kirchner, Counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing.
• Lacey Kirchner, Counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing.
• Council of the Department of Labor and Licensing.
• Lacey Kirchner, counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing.
• Lacey Kirchner, counsel for the Department of Labor and Licensing.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed a long agenda of agency rules, with most items approved without objection after brief presentations and no public comment. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s electronic odometer disclosure rule, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and RV parks, lead-based paint, counseling board revisions, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental examiners, nursing, pharmacy, medical board, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these changes were described as updates to match recent acts, federal standards, compact participation, fee adjustments, or cleanup/clarification, and the committee repeatedly approved them without objection. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Arkansas State Board of Nursing’s broad set of rule changes implementing multiple 2025 acts. Those changes included creating a dialysis patient care technician registry, updating contact information requirements, expanding APRN authority to delegate certain tasks, clarifying death certificate and pronouncement authority, allowing substitution of therapeutically equivalent medications, permitting purchase of compounded products, and updating certified medication assistant rules and training standards. Members asked detailed questions about the meaning of therapeutically equivalent substitutions, delegation limits, compounded products, and how often medication lists would be updated; the board said it would review rules annually and use future rulemaking as needed. The committee also approved new nursing rules for declaratory orders and the new dialysis registry. The Department of Education’s rules drew the most discussion, especially the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify eligible expenses, and streamline approvals. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting certain technology purchases and requiring extra justification over $1,000, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about oversight, appeal timelines, sports equipment, provider credentialing, and whether the rules were too restrictive; department officials said the rules were meant to protect taxpayer funds while preserving flexibility, and they noted the program had received extensive public comment. The committee also approved Education rules for scholarships, residency classification, teacher programs, accelerated learning, and graduate medical education, as well as Labor and Licensing rules on wage and hour standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting incentives.

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• When I had to have a background check, like for my EOT license, which I don't have, you know, right now
• I'm not carrying a license.
• When I had to have a background check, like for my EOT license, which I don't have, you know, right now
• I'm not carrying a license.
• I do feel, again, with this, the military interstate compact for military children’s movement between

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• we know who does live in the state versus instances when people may have an out-of-state driver's license
• ...know who does live in the state versus instances when people may have an out-of-state driver's license
• This is Senate Bill 303 by Senator Cloud, creating the Interstate Technology Collaboration Act.
• Senate Bill 303 by Senator Cloud creates the Interstate Technology Collaboration Act to provide for the
• It promotes interstate collaboration for shared services, cloud-hosted platforms, and a modernization

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 513 by Representative Young, which would regulate name, image, and likeness activity for intercollegiate and interscholastic athletes, especially high school athletes. Young said the bill reflects recommendations from a task force and sets guardrails such as parental consent and prohibited NIL categories. The committee adopted a technical amendment and then reported the bill favorably as amended. Members then heard several Senate bills from Senator Mizell and Senator Cloud. Senate Bill 233 would create a statewide data exchange compact to allow state agencies to share information more efficiently; it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 300 would make various changes to the Procurement Code, including auction techniques, sole sourcing for consulting services in limited cases, and procurement process clarifications; it was reported favorably. Senate Bill 303 would allow executive branch agencies to buy or share technology solutions with other states and use the federal GSA schedule, and it was reported favorably as amended. Senate Bill 411, removing a 20-year lease limitation for certain Orleans Parish state property, was also reported favorably. The committee spent substantial time on House Bill 660 and House Bill 719, both dealing with district attorney funding and staffing. HB 660 would raise the state warrant amount for assistant district attorney salaries from $50,000 to $60,000, with supporters arguing it is needed to recruit and retain prosecutors; an opposition witness argued the state should fund both prosecutors and public defenders more equitably. The committee adopted an amendment making the bill effective only upon appropriation and reported it favorably as amended. HB 719 would increase the number of assistant district attorney warrants statewide, with most of the new warrants directed to Baton Rouge, St. Tammany, and Caddo; it too was amended to be subject to appropriation and reported favorably as amended. House Bill 596, which would have created an inactive well-feet assessment credit for oil and gas operators, was voluntarily deferred after concerns that it could reduce funding for the oil field site restoration fund. Later, the committee reported favorably as amended House Bill 802, which redirects existing revenue to watershed and flood restoration work in the Amite River Basin, and House Bill 940, which creates a task force and rules framework for law enforcement responses to unlawful drone activity. It also reported favorably House Bill 76 on coverage for orally administered anti-cancer medications, House Bill 950 on consumer protection materials for seniors, and began discussion of House Bill 1028, which would require higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for non-emergency medical transportation providers.

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• different devices that are licensed different devices that are licensed through<00:07:01.879>
• So there is an interstate agreement process.
• cost yep so the there is a Interstate cost yep so the there is a Interstate there's<04:44:29.680
• c> there's an interstate agreement process there's an interstate agreement process we<04:44:31.600>
• Department of Correction so licensed Department of Correction so licensed clinicians<04:55:00.280

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard an overview from the Agriculture Commissioner on the department’s major divisions and staffing. He described the Office of the Commissioner, Agricultural Development, Pesticides, Regulatory Services, Weights and Measures, Animal Industry, Plant Industry, and Soil Conservation, noting that many programs are federally funded or supported by dedicated fees and fines. He said the department has 44 full-time positions plus one DoIT employee shared with other agencies, and that HR services are now contracted through Administrative Services. He also explained that Soil Conservation is administratively attached to the department and funded through Moose Plate grants and county contributions, not direct state funding. Members asked about specific program functions and issues, including weights and measures inspections, animal health, bird flu response, internships, invasive species, and the Big E/New Hampshire building. The commissioner said weights and measures covers nearly all commercial measuring devices and products sold by weight, and that inspectors are currently part-time police officers, though the department is discussing removing that requirement. He said the department is actively involved in bird flu monitoring, including regular calls with USDA and the state veterinarian and collecting milk samples from dairy farms. On invasive species, he focused on Japanese knotweed and bittersweet, saying the department has only one staff person working on the issue, mainly as a coordinator with DOT and towns, and that eradication is extremely difficult. He also said the department does not run student internships and refers inquiries to UNH Cooperative Extension. The committee discussed budget and revenue issues, including three new general fund positions, one of which is the assistant commissioner and another a biological scientist for invasive species. The commissioner said the department had been in “triage mode,” that an assistant commissioner was needed because of workload, and that the department is a net positive to the General Fund each year. He said some fees and fines have not been updated in decades and would require legislation to change, including a proposed $5 fee for each animal database certificate to help fund a system that costs about $250,000 annually to maintain. In response to questions about budget reductions, he said the department protected personnel, reduced the cost-of-care fund, fair grants, and land preservation funding to about $25,000 each, and did not plan to buy new vehicles or computers. He also said he could not support including the $50,000 Conservation District resilience grant program in his budget under the current reduction targets, though he remained hopeful it might be funded another way.

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• He is head of the Contractors State License Board, who is, of course, in support of this bill.
• Our state has some of the strongest contractor licensing and worker safety. here in California.
• I'm the Registrar for the Contractors State License Board.
• declared disaster areas, bringing the total to approximately 135,000 licensed contractors.
• Approximately 135,000 licensed contractors.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Usually you have a photo ID, Social Security number, license.
• So they may photocopy the driver's license, the U.S. passport, the Social Security number, the employment
• Once they drive away, you don't know the license plate number, you don't know the name, Uber or Lyft
• Obviously, you're getting licensed, but there's very specific training surrounding service animals and
• result of the frequent refusals, I've had to miss a lot of things and pay expensive last-minute interstate

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing opened with the co-chairs introducing House and Senate members and explaining the hybrid format, three-minute testimony guidance, and the deadline for written testimony. The committee then heard extensive testimony on S. 2665, which would require employers to post notice to employees when an I-9 audit or similar federal immigration inspection is underway. Supporters, including immigration attorneys, a pediatrician, a labor leader, and an affected family member, argued the bill would protect privacy, give workers time to gather documents and consult counsel, and reduce fear and wrongful arrests. One witness from Illinois described a similar law there and said it had not caused the problems employers feared, while others said recent ICE enforcement has made notice especially important. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1360, a bill affecting collective bargaining rights for State Police, with the State Police Association arguing that a statutory gap lets departmental rules override their contract and that the bill would restore intended bargaining protections. A separate labor bill, S. 1305, was also briefly supported by the AFL-CIO as part of broader worker-classification protections for app-based delivery drivers. A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 2066, which would impose fines on transportation network drivers who refuse rides to people with disabilities using service animals. Testimony from blind and disabled riders, service dog users, advocates, and the Disability Law Center described repeated ride cancellations, drivers pulling away after seeing a service animal, and the difficulty of enforcing existing anti-discrimination laws through MCAD or other agencies. Witnesses said the current system leaves riders without practical recourse because drivers are hard to identify and complaints can take years, and they argued that fines on individual drivers would create a real deterrent. Several witnesses also described the impact on employment, medical appointments, and daily independence. Committee members asked about service-animal verification, whether refusals are ever appropriate, and whether penalties should target drivers or companies; witnesses said legitimate refusals are limited to misbehaving or unsafe animals and that companies already have policies and some training, but enforcement remains weak. The committee also heard from a witness supporting a related bill on rideshare accessibility and from advocates describing broader transportation discrimination issues. One witness discussed a separate proposal to study service-animal denial, and others noted that Uber’s self-identification feature and company policies have not solved the problem. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the meeting ended after the final witnesses on the service-animal bill and a brief organizational discussion about related legislation and committee business.

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• also see oversee uh real estate licenses also see oversee uh real estate licenses and<00:04:59.280
• that list is sort of our basic licensing that list is sort of our basic licensing we<00:18:46.880
• 18:47.960> our we also hold licenses within our we also hold licenses within our financial<00:
• <00:29:05.760> as you get is some are licensed as you get is some are licensed as investment
• um but it is sort of an examine license um but it is sort of an examine license um<01:07:38.760>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:10:52.560> I non-licensed healthcare provider? I non-licensed healthcare provider?
• In the first block you see in paving, we have 320 miles of interstate.
• This will pave 46 miles in interstate.
• It will leave about 17.5% of our interstates in poor or very poor condition.
• <01:34:43.840> electricians, installations by licensed electricians, installations by licensed

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• The interstate natural gas pipelines.
• > development of interstate pipelines development of interstate pipelines currently<00:28:10.480>
• The buildout of interstate n basis.
• When one state can derail an interstate When one state can derail an interstate pipeline,<00:48:53.760
• <00:49:16.160> It interstate natural gas pipelines. It interstate natural gas pipelines.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, December 12, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• by CDSS under our Community Care Licensing Division.
• by CDSS under our Community Care Licensing Division.
• Within our facilities licensed by CDSS, CDL Within our facilities licensed by CDS, CDL, excuse me, CCLD
• CHCQ licenses and certifies... ...and regulations.
• We can revoke licenses. So there's a pretty wide array.

Summary: The Select Committee on Older LGBTQ Californians held an inaugural hearing focused on the health care and support landscape for older LGBTQ Californians, including people aging with HIV and transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex seniors. Opening remarks emphasized the long history of discrimination faced by older LGBTQ adults, the growth of the aging LGBTQ population, and the need to translate existing state commitments into concrete services. Senators highlighted concerns about nursing home vulnerability, the aging of people living with HIV, and the impact of federal actions and Medicaid cuts on California’s safety net. The first panel featured Justice in Aging, CalHHS, the Department of Aging, and the Aging and HIV Institute. Testimony described widespread inequities, including discrimination, social isolation, economic insecurity, and gaps in culturally competent care. State officials outlined the Master Plan for Aging, the first statewide survey of LGBTQIA older adults, gender-affirming care protections in Medi-Cal, and efforts to improve coordination across departments. Advocates argued the state has been too slow to respond to federal threats and that services are often hard to find or fragmented. Committee members pressed the departments on how survey findings are being turned into action, how rural and underserved communities are being reached, and whether more formal stakeholder coordination or “no wrong door” access systems are needed. The second panel focused on seniors living with HIV. A long-term survivor gave emotional testimony about the “survivorship penalty,” loss of benefits, housing insecurity, and the need for legal and navigation support, housing assistance, and protection from outdated disability standards. The Department of Aging reported on implementation of SB 258, which added HIV status to the definition of greatest social need for area agencies on aging; it said 20 of 33 area plans now identify HIV as a target population and many include specific strategies, such as LGBTQIA mental health connections programs. The Office of AIDS described Project Cornerstone, Ryan White, ADAP, HOPWA, the Medi-Cal waiver, and PrEP-AP, noting these programs serve thousands of older clients and rely on whole-person case management. Case management testimony underscored persistent needs for medication subsidies, transportation, food, and housing. Committee members questioned how ADAP rebate funds might be used, how SB 258 is enforced across local agencies, and how to reduce administrative barriers and auto-connect eligible people to benefits. The final panel began with the Department of Social Services outlining protections for TGI seniors in licensed care facilities, including SB 219’s nondiscrimination requirements and related provider notices and resident rights materials. The hearing remained focused on identifying service gaps, improving coordination across aging, health, and social service systems, and ensuring state programs better reflect the lived experience of older LGBTQ Californians.

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• So there is a cash fund transfer from, I believe, the State Patrol cash fund for the Back the Blue license
• And those people from Omaha drive out into the state, out on the interstate, you know, they may need
• And ...out on the interstate.
• They pay their licensing fees. They pay the insurance.
• Yet we have case file after case file after case file where parents, in conjunction with licensed medical

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• This led to electricians potentially doing electrical work without a license.
• year, preventing them from working without a license during the late renewal process.
• AM 3058 revises the license renewal period.
• This will keep the licensing renewal and late renewal all within the same year.
• It needs to be a Nebraska-licensed doctor because... ...it needs to be a Nebraska-licensed doctor because

Bills: LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787

Keywords: LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska

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• AB 742, Alhawari, professional licensing priority, do pass out on a B roll call.
• AB 714 Fong commercial drivers license. Commercial drivers license training two-year bill.
• AB 1059, Garcia, Blackout License Plates, hold in committee.
• AB 342, Haney, hours of sales, do pass as amended to require the license fee be adjusted for inflation
• AB 374, Haney, hours of sales, do pass as amended to require the license fee be adjusted for inflation

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• It acknowledges a digital exclusive right; it can be licensed, it's personal, it can be used by the public
• burdening certain individuals or groups. and constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license
• My name is Gary Zimmerman, I am an instructor, and I just want to point out that people with a license
• More law enforcement officers are convicted of felonies. felonies than people with a license to carry
• discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license

Bills: SB1960, SB1730, SB766, SB2342, SB2501, SB2903

Keywords: digital rights, replication, Voice likeness, visual likeness, private causes of action, fee structure, online service providers, postmortem rights, self-defense, stand your ground, castle doctrine, use of force, deadly force, civil immunity, civil liability, tort claims, attorney fees, court costs, lost income, Chapter 9 Penal Code

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• We go throughout the state to licensed cultivators, licensed manufacturers, licensed retailers.
• licensing process. licensing process.
• <00:28:05.039> to license we're requesting authority to license we're requesting authority
• This is a this limited license.
• <00:30:30.240> Chair liquor license. Um I do have Mr. Chair liquor license.

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• a milestone program where when they reach certain milestones, whether that's obtaining a driver's license
• <00:16:30.400> graduating<00:16:30.880> from<00:16:31.000> high driver's license
• , graduating from high driver's license, graduating from high school,<00:16:32.000> uh<00:16:32.120
• The committee sub would enter Kentucky into the Interstate Compact for school psychologists, helping
• To Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations, House Bills 818 and 885.

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• planned turnpike from I-44 east to I-35 near Indian Hills Road and continuing east and north to Interstate
• plan, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is advancing the planned turnpike corridor extending from Interstate
• 44 East to Interstate 35 near Indian Hills Road and continuing east and north to Interstate 40 at Interstate
• 335 Kickapoo Turnpike to provide an additional safe high-speed connection between those major interstate
• 44 East to Interstate 35 near Indian Hills Road and continuing east and north to Interstate 40 at Interstate

Bills: SB1246, SB1510, SB1979, SB1929, SB1930, SB1976, HCR1019, SB1459, SB1673, SB1500, SB1447, SB1646, SB2007, SB1275, SB2074

Keywords: environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations

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• California already adds restrictions to driver's licenses after DUI convictions.
• License suspensions alone have been proven to not be enough.
• And it's, you know, mentioned that, you know, on your license it'll say no alcohol sales and you'll have
• Let me just ask a technical procedural question regarding the driver's license.
• you go into a bar, restaurant, and you want to purchase alcohol, you would be using your driver's license

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You know, Albuquerque, for example, APD has one vendor of license plate readers.
• BCSO has a different vendor of license plate readers.
• We have the license plate readers on the interstate, which is a different vendor.
• plate reader that belonged to the county, and then they were on the interstate.
• We had BCSO before us, and they talked about their license plate reader.

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• are trying to pass by on the interstate are trying to pass by on the interstate uh<00:15:40.320>
• about federal highway and interstate about federal highway and interstate programs<00:21:38.640>
• It's parallel with the interstate.
• So and we also back into the interstate.
• up all the way to the interstate up all the way to the interstate >> and<00:36:53.200>

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Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Transportation approved the minutes from its September 16 meeting and then heard a presentation from Jason Sawala, deputy state highway engineer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, on rest areas and truck parking. He described Kentucky’s system of eight welcome centers, 14 rest areas, and four truck havens, and said the Cabinet spent just over $12 million in fiscal year 2025 to operate and maintain those facilities. He also explained that the Cabinet’s truck parking study found truck parking demand has increased 24% since 2012, driven by just-in-time delivery, stricter hours-of-service and electronic logging requirements, and fewer drivers. Sawala said the study looked not only at Cabinet-owned facilities but also private truck stops and lots, and identified unmet parking demand across the state, especially at 1:00 a.m. He noted that 11 sites, mostly existing rest areas, weigh stations, or welcome centers, were identified as promising expansion locations, with estimated project costs in the $30 million to $36 million range in 2022 dollars. He said the Cabinet is working on design and project development for those sites and is seeking federal funding opportunities where available. Members raised concerns about safety, congestion, and trucks parking on ramps or in residential areas, and several asked about funding, charging for parking, and whether autonomous vehicles might reduce future demand. Sawala said the 820 public rest-area spaces are marked spaces only, that he was not aware of any state charging for public truck parking, and that federal programs can help fund some expansions. He also said he was not aware of local-government parking programs offhand but would look into it. Members generally emphasized the importance of truck parking for safety, commerce, and avoiding burdens on local communities.