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• We expand it further; we had a surrounding process of... ...kind of a surrounding process of it's in
• As we go through all of this and looking at recent examples in Alabama of outages that have occurred
• In December of 2024... ...one cell tower in Montgomery, Alabama.
• If you publish it on the newspaper's website or on the centralized U website from the Department of Finance
• , or you do... from the Department of Finance, or you do direct mail to the bidders on the bid list.

Bills: HB320, HB207, HB208, HB290

Keywords: public works, sealed bids, bid notice, public notice, newspaper advertisement, centralized website, digital platform, Department of Finance, Department of Transportation, county commissions, municipalities, contracting, procurement, construction bidding, Alabama code Title 39, bidding requirements, electronic bidding, online bid posting, HVAC, heating and air conditioning

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• to make rural areas of Alabama more competitive in the... areas of Alabama more competitive in the recruitment
• I am president of the Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and I represent all
• And we've also received four years of financial audits that well exceed the Department of Education's
• Society of CPAs... ...by the Alabama Society of CPAs, the National Society of CPAs, all those groups
• Uh, students from the University of Alabama actually came to me a couple of years ago and asked that

Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525

Keywords: rural physician, tax credit, healthcare access, physician recruitment, Alabama, HB379, Alabama income tax, nonresident exemption, remote workers, traveling employees, mobile workforce, withholding tax, state tax reciprocity, multistate employees, temporary work, work location tracking, time and attendance system, remote work taxation, professional athlete, professional entertainer

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• Fowler from the Insurance Department, too.
• And the Department of Insurance had supplemented it for so long that it just could not continue to do
• Cuz the Insurance Department, too.
• </c><00:04:39.680><c> it</c> Department of Insurance and putting it Department of Insurance and putting
• And the Department of<00:04:47.440><c> Insurance</c><00:04:47.880><c> had</c><00:04:48.120><c> supplemented

Bills: HB586, SB107, HB619, HB586, SB107, HB619

Keywords: HB586, Cullman, Cullman County, City of Cullman, annexation, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, local legislation, boundary adjustment, city limits, municipal expansion, zoning, municipal services, property tax, land use, metes and bounds, Alabama Highway 157, Judge of Probate, SSUT, simplified sellers use tax

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• Again, this is a rename of the Re-Engage Alabama Grant Program, and it changes the minimum age.
• Again, this is a rename of the Re-Engage Alabama Grant Program, and it changes the minimum age.
• The chair said the Department of Education had folks there and that he might be able to speak to it,
• He said he had asked for someone from the Department of Education.
• The chair said he would rather hear it from the Department of Education representative.

Bills: SB66, SB74, SB72, SB149, SB168, SB66, SB74, SB72, SB149, SB168

Keywords: University of Montevallo, trustees, board governance, terms of office, quorum, education, teacher support, loan assistance, acute shortage, Alabama teachers, higher education, adult learners, grant program, education funding, eligibility requirements, teacher certification, military veterans, temporary teaching certificate, workforce development, K-12 education

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• But just some of the boards that you'll see today are the Alabama Board of Athletic Trainers.
• But it's the Alabama State Board of Athletic Trainers.
• Ever heard of the town of Ralph, Alabama? It's outside Tuscaloosa County.
• The town of Ralph, Alabama has two people on the Board of Nursing, and Congressional District One has
• You're up presenting House Bill 117 of the Alabama Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Bills: HB25, HB108, HB109, HB111, HB112, HB113, HB117, HB118, HB119, HB120, HB121, HB122, HB124, HB126, HB127, HB128, HB129, HB130, HB131, HB25

Keywords: emergency services, 911, local districts, joint operations, contracting, HB108, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset reauthorization, board continuation, speech-language pathology, audiology, licensing board, professional regulation, healthcare regulation, occupational licensing, speech therapist, speech pathologist, audiologist, Sunset Committee, Code of Alabama 1975

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• Please silence all of your electronic devices.
• provisions relating to certain online products and services used by minors and children, sponsored on behalf of

Bills: AB404, AB428

Keywords: brew pub, alcoholic beverages, liquor store, licensure, regulation, Department of Taxation, fertility preservation, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, oncology, reproductive medicine, infertility, cancer treatment, egg freezing, embryo freezing, oocyte cryopreservation, sperm banking, assisted reproductive technology, health insurance mandate, Medicaid

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• So that includes the Department of Human Resources, that includes the Department of Mental Health, that
• Um, and if you've ever had issues with the Department of Revenue or with the Department of Mental Health
• So, the purpose of this is to check either from the Department of Corrections' point of view or the pardons
• The Department of Corrections makes an entire roster of all our prison systems readily available online
• ever public hearing regarding the Department of Corrections.

Bills: HB202, HB42, HB146, HB492, HB285, HB7, HB454, HB42, HB7

Keywords: law enforcement, immunity, civil liability, use of force, recruitment, bail reform, cash deposit, judicial discretion, criminal justice, Alabama law, youthful offender, capital murder, public safety, victims' rights, juvenile offenders, delinquent acts, juvenile court, nonfelony offenses, water safety offenses, illegal immigration

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• Then on page one, replace lines 21 through 23 with the following: Code of Alabama 1975 to add Juneteenth
• So, yes, I'm Lexi Sol with the state Personnel Department.
• My comments are really kind of based on... We've been at...
• to make sure that we get this across, defenders of recognition...
• Because many of them are teachers, we employ them in that program as...

Bills: SB39, HB165, HB189, HB44, HB44

Keywords: board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, state holidays, Juneteenth, Rosa Parks Day, Alabama law, public observance, public works, sealed bids, bidding notice, advertising requirements, newspaper of general circulation, centralized website, electronic mail, U.S. mail, state procurement, county procurement

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• The Department of Insurance in Alabama sets a benchmark discount. Now it varies between...
• If they want to give a lesser discount, they have to come before the Department of Insurance and make
• But that's all based on a benchmark discount that the Department of Insurance sets in Alabama.
• But the Alabama discount is mandated, if you will, in that a benchmark is set by the Department of Insurance
• It's a quasi-department of the Texas Department of Insurance, which lays oversight over the department

Bills: HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• We show you registered as Albert Betts, Executive Director of the Insurance Council of Texas.
• I represent the Insurance Council of Texas.
• The primary benefit of a group policy is the standardization of the insurance offering.
• Alabama, their coastal insurance rates may have dropped, you know, by in excess of 30-40% over the last
• department, so there's a variety of mechanisms.

Bills: HB778, HB 1266, HB1576, HB2213, HB2517, HB2518, HB2841, HB3306, HB3320, HB3388, HB3508, HB3520, HB3689

Keywords: credentialing, healthcare, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, managed care, hurricane, windstorm, loss mitigation, grants, insurance discounts, property retrofitting, insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, board composition, coastal counties, property insurance, taxation, Texas FAIR Plan Association, premium taxes, maintenance taxes

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• of ed already with what state department of ed already has<00:16:19.120><c> in</c><00:16:19.279><c>
• State Military Department, the Alabama State Military Department, National<00:18:24.400><c> Guard,</
• Alabama, and the United States of America.
• the state of Alabama.
• and our airmen of the Alabama National<00:22:08.080><c> Guard.

Bills: HB517, HB520, HB233, HB354, HB517, HB520, HB233, HB354

Keywords: underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response

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• of the Storefront program, class of '97.
• </c> time covering some of the crimes of the time covering some of the crimes of the Suwa<00:10:17.120
• I'd like to warmly welcome to the gallery the sponsor of the competition, the staff of the Department
• I'd like to warmly welcome to the gallery the sponsor of the competition, the staff of the Department
• Department of Commerce and Consumer Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.<00:13:04.800><c> Welcome

Bills: HB1576, HB2490, HB1546, HB1588

Keywords: HB1576, Hawaii film industry, DBEDT, BLNR, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, film permits, motion picture production, television production, commercial filming, digital media tax credit, film production tax credit, public notice, transparency, state lands, film studio, land set-aside, revocable permit, memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding

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• Department of Education for &gt;&gt; From the Department of Education for their<00:04:21.320><c> continued
• In the 2023-24 school year, she partnered with the city's Department of Transportation Services to launch
• </c><00:25:28.920><c> of</c><00:25:29.040><c> Transportation</c> city's Department of Transportation
• city's Department of Transportation Services<00:25:30.880><c> to</c><00:25:31.080><c> launch</c><00:25
• </c> the order of the day. the order of the day.

Bills: HB1576, HB2490, HB1546, HB1588

Keywords: HB1576, Hawaii film industry, DBEDT, BLNR, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, film permits, motion picture production, television production, commercial filming, digital media tax credit, film production tax credit, public notice, transparency, state lands, film studio, land set-aside, revocable permit, memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding

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• doing is saying that the county commission may appoint, versus shall appoint, the contract employees of
• doing is saying that the county commission may appoint, versus shall appoint, the contract employees of
• I know there's a lot of wording that scratched out on page one, but that says the exact same thing.
• </c> paper I was just curious because none of paper I was just curious because none of them<00:02:19.280
• They all four this &gt;&gt; all four of them.

Bills: HB606, HB606

Keywords: HB606, Alabama, Department of Transportation, DOT, public highways, utility relocation, right-of-way, state right-of-way, road construction, bridge, tunnel, toll road, interstate highway, defense highway, utility facilities, broadband, telecommunications, cable, electricity, gas

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• , and Ashlin Hill from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
• Number one was our competitive job opportunities, and number two was quality of life in Alabama.
• of how great<00:14:41.040><c> Alabama</c><00:14:41.519><c> really</c><00:14:41.680><c> is.
• And if they, you know, are from Alabama, we want to keep them in Alabama, and if they're from out of
• And if they, you know, are from Alabama, we want to keep them in Alabama, and if they're from out of

Bills: SB342, HB379, HB326, HB233, HB388, SB342, HB379, HB326, HB233, HB388

Keywords: land bank, land bank authority, local land bank authority, Alabama Land Bank Authority, tax delinquent property, tax sale, tax lien, redemption period, quiet title, blight remediation, vacant property, foreclosure, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, intergovernmental agreement, county government, municipal government, redevelopment, brownfields, floodplain management

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• </c><00:13:41.680><c> of</c> your program to the department of your program to the department of workforce
• Chairman, for working with us on that and especially thank the governor's office and Department of Insurance
• Chairman, for working with us on that and especially thank the governor's office and Department of Insurance
• Chairman, for working with us on that and especially thank the governor's office and Department of Insurance
• Chairman, for working with us on that and especially thank the governor's office and Department of Insurance

Bills: HB179, HB354, SB57, SB137, HB431, HB179, HB354, SB57, SB137, HB431

Keywords: campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer chaplain, public schools, public K-12 education, public charter schools, local control, teacher support, student support services, religious volunteer, faith-based support, church-state separation, background check, sex offender registry, school volunteer, education policy, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment

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• This one just is loan assistance and support of educators in Alabama.
• Federal grants have been awarded to some of these Alabama counties to teach this.
• We have statistics from Alabama, and we have members from all across the state of Alabama, from Mobile
• Life Counts, the organization that I lead outside of the Alabama Department of Public Health, is the
• We are Ryan Hollingsworth, executive director of the School Superintendent of Alabama, and we are opposed

Bills: SB166, HB365, HB272, HB232, HB234, SB278, SB277

Keywords: Ten Commandments, public education, displays, funding, Alabama law, STEM, science education, technology education, engineering education, math education, workforce development, career pathways, Alabama STEM Council, Department of Workforce, education policy, higher education, community colleges, K-12 education, teacher pipeline, STEM careers

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• Speak through us for us and for the people of this meeting. the people of this nation.
• Bless You, forgive us of our sins, and cleanse us of our iniquities. Wash us. Hi everyone.
• I have some video of what a Jubilee is; I think I've shown some of it to you before, but I want you to
• by the officer from the Department of Conservation.
• CBA does a lot of that work. Or treatment, CBA does a lot of that work up there.

Bills: HB55, HB212

Keywords: fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama, regulations, HB212, aquatic plants, public waters, state waters, waterways, water management, aquatic vegetation, weed removal, vegetation control, lake management, river management, environmental regulation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR

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• On behalf of the Alabama Grocers Association, we ask Representative Faulkner to carry this bill for us
• Special Advocate—as well as representatives of Office of Prosecution Services, Department of Human Resources
• We really thank the representatives of the Department of Human Resources, the children's advocacy centers
• I'm with Alabama of court several years.
• She's the state executive director of Alabama CASA Network. Thank you, Pam, for being here.

Bills: HB227, HB454, SB323, HB266, SB52, SB53, SB296, HB37, HB429, HB93, HB249, HB328, HB111, HB132, HB26, SB261, HB227, HB454, SB323, HB266, SB52, SB53, SB296, HB37, HB429, HB93, HB249, HB328, HB111, HB132, HB26, SB261

Keywords: firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness

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• We recognize you, a guest of Representative Lomax and several of the other people from Huntsville.
• So, we uh we did a lot of work on this bill through a lot of the questions and concerns.
• So, we uh we did a lot of work on on So, we uh we did a lot of work on on this<00:06:31.280><c> bill<
• /c> through<00:06:34.720><c> a</c><00:06:34.880><c> lot</c><00:06:34.960><c> of</c> through a lot of
• </c> not creating different set of not creating different set of regulations regulations regulations

Bills: HB259, SB247, HB259, SB247

Keywords: income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax