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• training. There are no support services. training. There are no support services.
• and and MDE about you skills training and and MDE about you skills training and<00:35:57.160>
• investing in training.
• > training.
• <00:41:57.599> Uh constantly investing in training. Uh constantly investing in training.

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• One is training, and as part of training, we focus on increasing the number of health care providers
• So the idea is that we train them, and I say train them and catch them, to supplement the number of behavioral
• We also spend time training.
• So certainly, generally trained psychiatrists and generally trained psychologists are going to be There
• There was a training devoted to these evaluations. I was involved in some of that training.

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• Training of officers, training of... Training, right?
• And training of officers, training of, well, a lot of different—go ahead.
• to do training, here's the training that needs to occur, who's got that?
• Training is important.
• And training will change that.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• WHEN WE RECEIVE ALLEGATIONS WE HAVE THE TRAINED CPI. THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
• WE DID THE TRAINING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS TRAINED AND OUTREACH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO DO SO.
• IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN AND GET THERAPEUTIC HOMES ON BOARD.
• THE CPI TEAMS ARE BEING TRAINED ON IT NOW. WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS GET AHEAD.
• TO COMPLETE MANDATORY TRAININGS FOR WORKING WITH CSE YOUTH.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And there’s only, throughout the rest of it, it says training.
• If we could just change that word endorsement to training, so obtaining this training.
• And then was there some language on line 2 to be trained, have received training?
• This is the science of reading training.
• It would continue; it would keep the $10,000 per employee trained.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met with a quorum present, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then took up several House bills with strike-and-insert amendments. House Bill 5510 was amended to incorporate provisions from Senate Bills 1065 and 928, modernizing Alcohol Beverage Control licensing and adding rules for low-proof spirit alcohol products, including a $1.25 per gallon tax; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill to the full Senate with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 5453 on school funding. After discussion of a proposed block-grant system and supplemental aid for special education, the committee adopted an amendment replacing much of the bill with weighted funding for level two and level three special education students, exempting those funds from block grant rules and limiting their use to direct instruction. The committee also adopted a clarification to extend the special education funding to charter school students and reported the amended bill to the Senate. House Bill 5412, dealing with multi-year technology licensing contracts for local fiscal bodies and science-of-reading training for K-5 teachers, was amended to clarify contract language, delay implementation dates, change “endorsement” to “training,” and require charter school teachers to participate; it was then reported. The committee next amended and reported House Bill 4006, which creates aerospace development and workforce grant programs, changing the funding mechanism to use Department of Commerce reporting and personal income tax proceeds rather than direct employee withholdings. It also took up House Bill 4009, combining voluntary portable benefits for independent contractors with microcredentialing and an expanded apprenticeship tax credit, adopted the Finance Committee amendment, and reported it. Finally, House Bill 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia training reimbursement program was amended to raise the annual employer reimbursement cap from $50,000 to $100,000 while keeping the $10,000 per-employee limit, and the committee reported the bill. The meeting ended with adjournment.

Transcript Highlights:

• If we could just change that word endorsement to training, so obtaining this training.
• Then change endorsement to training, and then there was some language on line 2 to be trained, have received
• training—just a cleanup.
• This is the science of reading training.
• It would keep the $10,000 per employee trained.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• When we're talking about that employment-based training, really what we're getting at is training that
• When we're talking about that employment-based training, really what we're getting at is training that
• When we're talking about that employment-based training, really what we're getting at is training that
• employees that are part of that training employees that are part of that training was<00:32:03.559
• covered with grants as well as traine covered with grants as well as traine supports<00:34:40.280

Keywords: 1183, house

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• This is a proven training system.
• training. And so they swear by this. training. And so they swear by this.
• per year through that training process. per year through that training process.
• the best principal leadership training the best principal leadership training program<00:19:48.320
• <00:25:55.440> and focus and substance and training and focus and substance and training and

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The chamber received House messages listing several House bills passed by the House and introduced new Senate measures, including SB 172 on utility fuel adjustment, SB 173 on Medicaid state plan oversight, and several resolutions. The Senate then took up SB 2, which would limit school administrator pay raises so they do not exceed the average percentage raise given to classroom teachers in the same district. Supporters said the bill promotes fairness, transparency, teacher retention, and classroom priorities; it passed 38-0. The Senate next considered SB 4 on school leadership. The bill creates a five-year principal leadership development pathway, including KDE-led training for new principals, a mentorship program, a gap year with continuing education options, expanded use of an existing Truist/Kentucky Chamber Foundation leadership program, and a final year of approved high-level leadership training providers. A committee substitute changed the Chamber reference to the Kentucky Chamber Foundation. Senators speaking in favor emphasized the need for intentional leadership development and noted the bill builds on existing successful training partnerships. One senator suggested clarifying the term "new principal" to "first-time principal" to avoid redundancy. The bill passed 38-0 as amended. The Senate also passed SB 71, as amended by committee substitute, which requires ongoing financial training for local school board members. The substitute clarified the training-hour language after consultation with the Kentucky School Boards Association. The sponsor said the measure supports board members with updated school finance knowledge so they can better serve with superintendents and ask informed questions. After passage, the chamber adopted a title amendment for SB 71. The Senate then recessed for committee meetings, received a committee report assigning bills and resolutions to standing committees or the floor, and heard several announcements and co-sponsorship requests.

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• The third section is about staffing and staff training.
• All JR employees must attend an orientation training.
• completed their five-week core training.
• Yeah, I can speak to the training. Yeah, I can speak to the training piece.
• So staff have taken this six-week orientation training that included training on these things that are

Summary: The committee met on July 15, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum, so it could not adopt prior minutes. Chair Jerry Pollett welcomed new member Senator Victoria Hunt and new JLARC staff, and noted national recognition for recent JLARC reports. The meeting then moved into a series of preliminary audit presentations and an agency strategic management update, with committee members asking questions after each item. JLARC presented a preliminary audit of DCYF’s Juvenile Rehabilitation programs. Staff concluded that crowding, staffing shortages, weak risk assessments, and inconsistent programming combine to create unsafe conditions. The report found that most youth are housed in two large secure facilities operating near or above capacity, incidents rise as population rises, 47% of frontline staff leave within a year, current assessment tools are not valid for the population, and program access depends more on facility than individual need. JLARC made one recommendation to the legislature to address crowding and seven to DCYF, including improving retention, training, incident response procedures, validated assessments, program alignment, and data quality. DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter said the agency agreed overcrowding is a serious problem, described ongoing efforts to improve staffing and safety, and said a detailed response would be provided later. Committee members raised concerns about education access, retaliation against staff or youth who participated in the audit, and whether JR-25 has helped or worsened conditions. JLARC then presented a preliminary audit of Labor and Industries’ enforcement of farm worker labor laws. The audit found that L&I generally meets inspection timelines for health and safety complaints, but not for wage and hour or retaliation complaints, where delays are driven largely by time before assignment to an investigator. Staff said complaint volume exceeds capacity, though the agency has added staff, created screening processes, and reorganized workloads, and 2026 legislation now allows prioritization of complaints and broader investigations. JLARC recommended that L&I report back in December 2026 and December 2027 on backlog reduction and implementation of the new law. An L&I representative said the agency is hiring additional staff and will provide a formal response later. The committee also received a JLARC overview and Department of Health strategic management plan update on hospital data reporting, inspections, complaints, and adverse event reporting. DOH reported measurable progress on inspection compliance, new staffing and licensing systems, translated complaint forms, and plans for future work on language access, adverse event reporting, and financial data dashboards. After lunch, JLARC began its 2026 tax preference performance reviews. The first review covered the Main Street tax credit, which JLARC said has helped increase the number of Main Street communities and businesses, with positive growth near designated districts; JLARC recommended continuing the preference and improving business-count data. The second review covered the equitable access to credit program, which JLARC said appears to support underserved communities by funding loans through CDFIs; JLARC recommended continuing the preference beyond its 2027 expiration. The committee began questions on the program mechanics and the role of the Community Reinvestment Act, and the presentation was still underway when the transcript ended.

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• So, we are recommending that their 40-hour telecommunicator training be one of the vetted training programs
• I'd like to make a comment on the GIS training.
• We had our first training on The version 3 toolkit, and at that training, the developer from Odot sat
• in on the training.
• where they provide these trainings and certifications with the 40 hour minimum training curriculum or

Keywords: 914, all

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• Our training as music therapists is quite rigorous.
• We're trained to save lives, and I'm proud to have trained in that world.
• My company offers a training program for that.
• I actually have spent over $30,000 in my Reiki training.
• Our training program has been designated as one of 39 approved training programs, three of which are

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and reviewed a broad agenda including credit card fees, event ticketing, music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, CPA pathways, school mental health licensure, and a bill regulating alternative healing therapies. The chairs explained hearing logistics, including three-minute testimony limits and submission of written testimony, and noted that more than 70 people had signed up to testify. Legislators and advocates were heard out of order throughout the day. A major portion of the hearing focused on credit card surcharge and interchange legislation. Restaurant owners, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, NFIB, and other small-business witnesses supported bills allowing merchants to add convenience fees and, in one proposal, preventing card companies from charging fees on tax and tip portions of transactions. They argued that swipe fees are a major and growing cost, especially for restaurants, and that Massachusetts is one of only two states that bars surcharges. Opponents from the Cooperative Credit Union Association, the Electronic Payment Coalition, and the Electronic Transactions Association warned that the proposals would create compliance burdens, fragment the payment system, raise legal preemption issues, and disrupt a system they described as efficient and secure. The committee also heard competing testimony on ticket transferability and ticket resale. Supporters, including the National Consumers League and Sports Fans Coalition, said bills on ticket transferability would protect consumers who cannot attend events and would increase competition and savings in the secondary market. Opponents, including United Musicians and Allied Workers and theater owners, argued that mandatory transferability would weaken artists’ and venues’ ability to prevent scalping and predatory resale, and that some ticket sellers should be exempt from the broader ticketing regulations. Separate testimony supported music therapy licensure, senior psychologist licensure, and new CPA education pathways, with witnesses saying these measures would expand access to care and strengthen the workforce while maintaining professional standards. The hearing also drew extensive opposition to S.261 on alternative healing therapies, with practitioners and clients arguing it would overregulate spiritual and holistic practices and was not an effective response to human trafficking concerns.

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• both treatment as well as get training both treatment as well as get training training<00:58:36.799
• training staff. training staff.
• employees don't get trained.
• So they're already being trained, but to get better training—so when is the better training supposed
• the ability to train your staff. the ability to train your staff.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Training approved by the state Board of Dental examiners.
• Um, dentist training and education is focused on oral health.
• Neuromodulators have a well-established safety record when administered by trained professionals.
• With that, before I even started training, I spent 10 years in training.
• Including cadaver anatomy training, procedural hands-on training that was supervised, and built the expertise

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• Do get some training, kind of cross-training in a way.
• We train them.
• gatekeeper training.
• They're well trained.
• Many are SLPs trained.

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• In a lot of we train in PCMA. Um, I know 917 trains in PCMA. A lot of districts use CPI.
• Um I know 917 trains in train in PCMA.
• restraint trained are appropriate staff. restraint trained are appropriate staff.
• And then the cost to train the number of staff that we trained, because we train them before the school
• So several of our staff attended Ukeru training and CPI training.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And, you know, this training facility trains 13,000 firefighters every year.
• He makes sure they have impeccable training, impeccable preparedness skills.
• He was injured at the Academy while providing training for new recruits.
• He was injured at the Academy providing training for new recruits.
• Yeah, I visited the training academy many moons ago when I was like him.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held its 21st hearing and took up late-filed bills, with testimony focused mainly on firefighter and police personnel matters. The committee heard strong support for H.5429/H.6138, Governor Healey’s bill to provide injured-on-duty compensation and full pay and benefits to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinelli after he was seriously injured while instructing at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Testimony from Rep. Simon Cataldo, Rep. Rodney Elliott, PFFM leaders, Chelmsford Fire Chief Gary Ryan, and others emphasized that Spinelli was performing public service training work, that the incident exposed gaps in coverage for firefighters serving in academy roles, and that the bill should be a prompt, statewide fix. Several speakers also urged future legislation to address broader policy gaps for DFS support-branch and part-time personnel. The committee also heard testimony on a Topsfield home rule petition, H.54435, to allow Police Chief Neil Hovey to continue serving until age 68 or retirement. Rep. Kristen Kasner and local officials praised Hovey’s leadership, training, regional coordination, and management of public safety at the Topsfield Fair, and asked for favorable passage. In addition, Sen. Ryan Fattman and Rep. Joe McKenna testified for S.3051, a bill to provide certain retirement benefits to the surviving spouse of fallen Uxbridge Police Officer Stephen LaPorta, describing his death while assisting a stranded motorist in a snowstorm and the town’s support for honoring his family. PFFM and other police/fire union representatives generally supported the firefighter and LaPorta bills, while PFFM also stated opposition to H.5389, a separate bill authorizing continued employment of the Upton police chief. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking a recorded vote during the hearing.

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• So two weeks in the training is just not sufficient.
• Yeah, so would you advocate for ongoing training? I'm advocating for ongoing training.
• Just like the police on the street are trained, you need the correctional officers to be trained too.
• In addition, de-escalation training, as mentioned, and effective communication training, we have purchased
• When they receive training, what kind of training do they get?

Bills: HB1482, HB2017, HB2103, HB2341, HB2756

Keywords: community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation

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• Dentists are trained to provide comprehensive dental care, which means they are not just trained to extract
• They are doctors who are trained to treat the whole person.
• And you've had three years of training.
• And you've had three years of training.
• Well-trained, well-trained dental therapists working under supervision and direction of a collaborative

Summary: The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee heard and advanced three bills. HB 21 would create a new licensed profession of dental therapy under the Department of Health and Board of Dentistry, allowing trained dental therapists to provide a limited scope of care under a supervising Florida-licensed dentist through a collaborative management agreement. Sponsor Rep. Cheney argued the bill would help address severe dental shortages and improve access in underserved areas; opponents from the Florida Dental Association and oral surgery groups warned that the bill would allow irreversible procedures by less-educated providers and could compromise patient safety. Supporters, including dentists, hygienists, and community health center leaders, said dental therapists would expand access and free dentists to handle more complex care. An amendment was adopted to require proof of local anesthesia training, adverse-incident reporting, and updated background screening language. The bill was reported favorably as amended by a 14-1 vote. The committee then considered HB 27, which creates the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact to allow licensed social workers to practice across member states, including through telehealth, and to help military families and address workforce shortages. Supporters from the National Association of Social Workers and other advocates said the compact would improve mobility, reduce administrative burdens, and expand access to mental health services, especially in underserved and rural areas. A technical amendment restoring model language and setting an effective date of July 1, 2025 was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 29, the public-records companion to the social work compact, which creates exemptions needed for compact compliance and allows the compact commission or its committees to meet in closed session when discussing information exempt under law. After a technical amendment authorizing closed meetings for exempt matters was adopted, the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING INNOVATIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS.
• THE OPEN DOOR GRANT WE WERE AWARDED ENABLED US TO TRAIN 64 GROUP LEADERS.
• TO OFFER SPECIALIZED TRAINING MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS AN INDUSTRY OF DEMAND.
• RELATIVE TRAINING REGARDLESS OF THE STUDENT'S FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.
• WILL YOU TRAIN OUR PEOPLE? DO YOU HAVE TRAINED PEOPLE?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Next is cybersecurity training.
• NG911 cybersecurity-specific training. Next. Cybersecurity specific training. Next is recruitment.
• curriculum and training simulator that meets the minimum telecommunicator training requirements.
• The training simulator that meets the minimum telecommunicator training requirements for a 911 emergency
• And again, providing training, minimum training within a work environment is different than providing

Summary: The Oklahoma 911 Management Authority met with a quorum and approved the April 2 minutes and the February, March, and April 2026 financial reports. Members then adopted the FY 2027 budget, which included a 5% staff increase, a reclassification for the 911-988 liaison/training coordinator role, a new GIS specialist position, increased funding for training, travel, cybersecurity training, recruitment, GIS repository work, and technology roadmap items. The budget also set aside funds for NG911 deployment, grant closeouts, and a $3 million reserve for a one-time PSAP distribution program. The authority approved the $3 million one-time distribution to the 123 primary PSAPs and separately approved the distribution guidelines and priority list. The program will use the statutory population-and-land-area formula, with eligible uses focused on GIS Version 3 work, technology and equipment, and grant matching; salaries, construction, radio systems, OLETS, and mobile apps were excluded. The board also denied a hardship request from Washington County 911 to waive a 20% match for a radio console grant, finding the county had sufficient carryover and other funding sources. Members approved an Oklahoma technical school in-person telecommunicator training curriculum and simulator that meets minimum training standards, and authorized a statewide 911 telecommunicator recruitment campaign with ICG Advertising for $249,820. The authority also approved a compliance action plan for PSAPs that had not completed GIS remediation and repository uploads, setting a June 19 deadline before notice and possible escrow proceedings. Several grant requests were approved, including projects for Adair, Grady, Harper, INCOG, McCurtain, Roger Mills, Pauls Valley, and Washington County, covering NG911 fiber, ADA furniture, equipment, feasibility work, recorder upgrades, and radio console improvements. In committee and staff reports, members heard updates on 911 Day at the Capitol, the POP grant timeline, legislative activity, NG911 and GIS tools, cybersecurity training, operations committee work, 988 integration outreach, and statewide project progress. The coordinator also noted work on standards, NASNA leadership, and the need for PSAPs to obtain EM Grants logins ahead of the upcoming grant cycle. The meeting adjourned after no public comments or new business were offered.