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• This VPA program involves five semesters of online school and only one semester of in-person training
• My concern is that right now there is no framework in place for training or any oversight.
• And I'm worried that a VPA that does not have a ton of training would be able to find these.
• and has robust training in disease processes, pharmacology, and surgery.
• So as the VPA has more training, more experience, maybe they get delegated more tasks.

Bills: S0302, S0394, S0480, S0546, S0636, S0774, S0796, S1028, S1050, S1066, S1120, S1230, S1288, S1682

Keywords: cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language. Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.

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• Schools have to complete their Tier One PBIS training before moving into the new system.
• In vetting their professional development, I took into consideration the pace of the training, the training
• Instead of attempting to train all schools at once, we train how to implement, implement, or to train
• Our district up until 2029 for them to pull through this whole cohort of training.
• Uh, we problem solve together to, um, uh, provide training to community members.

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• There is training, not an exam. There is a grandfather clause.
• There is training, not an exam. There is a grandfather clause.
• And I know we do try to align our training with our industry, but this is still fairly speculative.
• And that training—welders—that is transferable.
• available when we can't train enough of our own people for the jobs that we do have.

Bills: HB132, HB 11, HB14, HB132, HB1584, HB1606, HB5061, HB 1041, HB2286

Keywords: nuclear energy, Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, energy policy, regulation repeal, state energy strategy, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, advanced reactors, energy security, grant programs, HB 132, Texas Government Code Chapter 418, Public Information Act, confidential records, homeland security, foreign adversary, terrorism

Summary: The committee first took up pending business and quickly reported several measures favorably, including HB 12, SB 1361, SB 1705, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2344, SB 2566, HB 3809, and HB 4215, with most sent to the Local and Uncontested Calendar. HB 12’s substitute clarified a limited midterm review of regulatory agencies tied to Sunset Commission recommendations. SB 2696’s substitute changed med spa regulation from a license to a certificate, with training instead of an exam, plus background checks, continuing education, and two-year renewals. HB 3809 dealt with battery energy storage decommissioning and recycling, and HB 4215 was reported without a substitute. SB 1978, concerning interconnection of electric facilities in ERCOT and federal jurisdiction concerns, was reported out on a 5-3 vote after debate, but then the chair later announced the bill was withdrawn and left pending subject to the call of the chair. HB 1899 was also reported favorably, with one nay. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 14, the advanced nuclear energy bill. Senator Schwertner described it as creating a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, a nuclear permitting coordinator, a development fund, a completion grant program, and a workforce development program. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives from Fermi America, Dow/X-energy, CPS Energy, Paragon Energy Solutions, Bridge to Nuclear, Aalo Atomics, and the Texas Association of Business, argued that Texas should lead in advanced nuclear, citing future baseload demand, data centers, industrial power needs, supply-chain development, and long-term energy diversification. Opponents, including Public Citizen, Texas Nuclear Watchdogs, Sierra Club, and individual citizens, argued the bill would subsidize unproven, expensive technology, create grants rather than loans, and expose taxpayers to major risk while doing little to meet near-term energy needs. Several members questioned whether the state should fund projects that may not produce grid power for years, and whether the bill’s grant structure and new office were justified. The committee also heard HB 5061, which Senator Schwertner said would prohibit unethical surveillance and misuse of confidential information by state contractors, create a confidential reporting system through the State Auditor’s Office, authorize Texas Rangers investigations, protect whistleblowers, and impose penalties including contract termination, fines, and contracting bans. No public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. HB 132, sponsored by Senator Hughes, would extend confidentiality protections for sensitive information to hostile acts by foreign adversaries; it was also left pending after no testimony. HB 1584 was then laid out, with Senator Schwertner explaining it would require utilities to maintain and update priority restoration lists for critical facilities after Hurricane Beryl exposed communication failures, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can be gained with just 5% of the training.
• The standard is the physician; with 5% of the training, can they be a doctor?
• APRNs have a fraction of that training.
• He was trained to be independent. Yes, to be trained to be on your own. Correct.
• I mean, when they are trained in school, they're not necessarily trained in a particular culture.

Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583

Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements

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• Connect workers with qualified mental health professionals, provide education and training to recognize
• provide mental health professionals, provide education<00:04:31.280> and<00:04:31.520> training
• and training to recognize warning<00:04:33.120> signs,<00:04:34.080> and<00:04:34.320>
• This is about more than individual company policies or skilled trades training.
• This is about more than individual company policies or skilled trades training.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• certain degree, certificate programs and the powers and duties of the faculty council or Senate training
• HB 4665 by Emmanuel ruling to the training requirements for the childcare employees and directors are
• AG 4863 by government ruling the required mental health awareness training for first responders for the
• HB 4904 by G relating to civil liability of property owners relating to the motorcycle training courses
• AG 4991 by Canales relay the open meetings and public information training of certain public officials

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• is $11.5 billion, and as I said, we are putting emphasis on programs and initiatives to provide training
• It would include funds for infrastructure, equipment, and teacher training.
• The Training Education and Health, which is also known as the TEACH funding program, includes certain
• DiCeglie:** The amendment allows a nonprofit to provide training for county officials if approved by
• This closes a gap recognizing official training Exercises are central to firefighter readiness.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Promoting Florida as a destination for law enforcement training.
• facilities to train law enforcement on federal immigration.
• Enforcement training and the bill promotes Florida's destination for law-enforcement training.
• Training needs are federal, state and local agencies to work together to use.
• Florida training facilities law enforcement and federal immigration law enforcement.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• agent or attorney may only receive compensation for advising, consulting, guiding, coaching, or training
• an individual for an initial or supplemental... ...advising, consulting, guiding, coaching, or training
• We would not allow a non-licensed individual to guide, coach, advise, or train a criminal defendant on
• ...of a VSO who is properly trained all the way.
• Well trained, but everything eventually goes through an accredited VSO as it works its way up.

Bills: SB1232, SB1421, SB1505, SB1511, SB1520, SB1803

Keywords: outdoor advertising, military compatibility, zoning, electronic signage, permitting, undocumented immigrants, financial services, identification requirements, loans, foreign remittances, transitional housing, military, veterans, grant program, supportive services, SB1511, commercial driver license, CDL, nondomiciled CDL, nondomiciled commercial driver license

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 1803, which would regulate non-accredited assistance with veterans’ benefits claims by requiring disclosures, fee limits, written agreements, and Attorney General enforcement. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill creates needed guardrails against predatory actors while preserving veterans’ choice to use free or paid help. Opponents, including the VFW and American Legion, said the bill still conflicts with federal accreditation rules and should require accreditation rather than create a separate state framework; a VA-accredited attorney also raised preemption and unauthorized-practice concerns. After extensive testimony, the committee adopted an amendment and advanced SB 1803 on a 5-2 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1232, a strike-everything amendment dealing with outdoor advertising signs in a military compatibility overlay area near Luke Air Force Base. The bill was presented as a narrow fix for a property owner whose billboard permit had been denied because of zoning technicalities, with testimony that ADOT, the county, and the base had been involved and did not oppose the clarification. Some members expressed concern about whether the measure was too tailored and about ADOT’s absence, but the bill was amended and passed 4-3, with several members reserving the right to change their votes on the floor. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1511, which would prohibit operating a commercial motor vehicle in Arizona without proof of lawful presence and authorize impoundment of the vehicle and cargo if the operator cannot provide it. The sponsor framed the bill as a public-safety and liability measure tied to commercial trucking, citing concerns about accidents, contraband, and shell companies. The transcript ends during the presentation of SB 1511, before any vote or final action on that bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• alluded to earlier in this hearing, along with the full-time threat investigator and increasing training
• full-time threat investigator and full-time threat investigator and increasing<00:21:30.559> training
• sessions that happen increasing training sessions that happen across<00:21:32.720> the<00:21:
• equipment and personnel and training. equipment and personnel and training.
• <00:24:10.240> and complex that we provide the training and complex that we provide the training

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee reconvened in open session after a closed discussion of sensitive security details and reviewed the public executive summary of the Minnesota State Capitol Complex Security Assessment by Axtel. Members discussed weapon screening and access control at length, including testimony from Capitol security and judicial center staff about screening procedures, prohibited items, and how screening is managed for visitors and authorized personnel. The chair emphasized that the committee was voting on high-level recommendations to be included in the final ACAST report and that the Department of Public Safety and Department of Administration would be encouraged to pursue the necessary work, including any legislative or budget requests. The committee then took a series of roll-call votes on the Axtel recommendations. Access control screening and visitor management (5.11) passed 4-2, while authorized access control and credential oversight (5.12), internal circulation and zoning controls (5.13), perimeter and exterior grounds (5.14), staffing models/post orders/operational readiness (5.15), technology and system integration (5.16), and protective intelligence (5.18) all passed unanimously 6-0. Each approved item was added as a recommendation in the final report. After the votes, the Department of Administration, Department of Public Safety, and House and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms offices walked through the draft final report. They highlighted staffing improvements, security infrastructure already installed, and remaining needs, including an estimated $41.008 million request for future enhancements such as kiosks, glass-resistant film, door access controls, cameras, lighting, bollards, and an updated distributed antenna system. The report also includes recommendations on trauma-informed safety drills, conduct rules for hearings, and designating the Minnesota State Patrol Capital Security Division as the primary investigative authority for potential criminal activity on Capitol grounds.

Transcript Highlights:

• We have five pilot training centers.
• <00:12:35.360> Right<00:12:35.600> now uh um pilot training centers.
• Right now uh um pilot training centers.
• So all these guys are trained to do that. So they can operate the jet bridge.
• participate in FAA collegiate training participate in FAA collegiate training initiatives.<00:42

Keywords: The live stream for this meeting was prematurely interrupted. The full version will be uploaded in the next few days., 958, all

Summary: The committee heard an update from Kentucky’s three major commercial airports: Lexington Blue Grass Airport, Louisville Regional Airport Authority (SDF and Bowman Field), and CVG. Lexington’s Eric Franco described post-COVID growth that has already exceeded pre-pandemic activity, along with a master plan focused on the whole airport, expanded surface parking, relocation of the air traffic control tower, and a major terminal project estimated at $500 million to $700 million. He emphasized the airport’s role in serving both passenger and corporate aviation across central Kentucky and thanked the legislature for prior funding, including $5 million for parking. Louisville’s Dan Mann reported record passenger growth, expanded nonstop service, and especially strong cargo activity driven by UPS, noting SDF is now among the busiest cargo airports in North America and Bowman Field remains the state’s busiest general aviation airport. He highlighted major infrastructure needs, including airfield and terminal work, parking expansion, and a planned federal inspection service facility to support international flights around events like the Kentucky Derby.

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• This practice allowed the new construction of its 25,000 square foot Industrial Training Center valued
• So, we have trainings in the summer about how to apply for these funds.
• They send groups of students up here to actually do on-site training on our wind tower.
• It ended because we felt like we were providing them training for jobs they couldn't get because they
• They're paying them while they're here being trained, so they've already got a job.

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• As one of the oldest leadership programs in the state of Texas, it has a rich history of training that
• date, the program has invited more than 1,300 local leaders to participate in hands-on experiential training
• We have plans, drills, and training for on-campus emergencies that are already statistically much less
• And under current law, the Attorney General promulgates training and makes it available.
• Ah, so there is some additional training, yes.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard an invocation, adopted the prior day’s journal, received House messages, and adopted several resolutions and recognitions, including Senate Resolution 496 honoring Leadership Garland and resolutions 503 and 504. The chamber also recognized guests, including a North Dakota senator and the Doctor of the Day, and received gubernatorial nominations for the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board and the Nueces River Authority Board. The Senate then took up and passed a series of bills, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. Measures approved included SB 614 on Texas Forensic Science Commission referrals to the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs; SB 250 on municipal annexation across railroad rights-of-way; SB 1660 on toxicological evidence retention and destruction procedures; SB 2586 requiring property owners associations to file governing documents with the Texas Real Estate Commission; SB 1588 increasing penalties for certain failures to report child sexual abuse; HB 912 on compensation for distributed renewable generation outside ERCOT; SB 1957 setting eligibility standards for civilian oversight boards; HB 2525 clarifying a charitable property tax exemption; SB 1525 limiting repeated prior authorization for neurodegenerative disease drugs; SB 865 requiring CPR/AED training and cardiac emergency response planning in schools; SB 1212 elevating human trafficking penalties; SB 2690 on solicitations for Secretary of State documents; SB 1802 on landlord repair duties for ramps, elevators, and handrails; SB 905 on licensing rules for speech-language pathologists and audiologists; SB 2929 allowing removal of disruptive spectators at school athletic events; SB 2675 creating a narrow McAllen-specific parkland conveyance exception; SB 872 increasing punishment for burglary of a vehicle involving firearm theft; and SB 1113 clarifying sales rules for certain converter-license holders. Several bills drew extended debate. SB 2487, dealing with crisis and mental health services for homelessness, was amended to make the county model permissive rather than mandatory and to remove state funding/assistance requirements before passing 28-3. SB 2138, barring higher education funds from contracting with firms that boycott fossil fuels through ESG policies, also passed after questions about fiscal effects and First Amendment concerns. SB 2615, restricting remote work at public institutions of higher education, advanced 22-9. The Senate also began consideration of SB 3016, which would expand enforcement tools against local governments that fail to comply with state law, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill is completed.

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• :41.520> to<02:24:42.560> to it requires judicial training to to it requires judicial training
• So, I will be signing up for CPR and AED training. >> Excuse me. >> I hope you do.
• So, I will be signing up for CPR and AED training. >> Excuse me. >> I hope you do.
• for CPR and AED training. for CPR and AED training. >> Excuse<02:47:29.279> me.
• :19:28.560> and<03:19:28.720> leading premier training programs and leading premier training

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The contract increases the enhanced rate from 75% to 125% to address the training bottleneck. $250,000
• <00:04:26.560> bottleneck 125% to address the training bottleneck 125% to address the training
• Please go ahead for the record. free accessible training modules tools free accessible training modules
• sustainable inclusive training sustainable inclusive training infrastructure<01:46:03.239> that
• One of the major barriers is the difficulty in training and retaining competent staff.

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• , imple implementation, training, imple implementation, training, coordination<00:09:22.720> of
• It is trained in overdose prevention.
• clarifies that certified trained clarifies that certified trained facilitators<00:58:20.240>
• Educators were not trained to literacy.
• <01:32:21.040> in sure our teachers are trained in sure our teachers are trained in identifying

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with the training they've been given. with the training they've been given.
• <00:59:14.559> or in, I've never received any training or in, I've never received any training
• :05:05.359> to teacher deserves the training to teacher deserves the training to recognize<01:
• really trained in this and that there's really trained in this and that there's a<01:09:54.239> scarcity
• Now, when a were trained how to think.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Train the $5 billion it took to train Train the $5 billion it took to train GPT<01:25:56.840>
• So thank you so much for that collaboration, and thank you for the information around training.
• Rebecca Cunningham, because as my understanding, she’s trained as an MD as well.
• <01:36:53.880> a approach to attract retain and trained a approach to attract retain and trained
• you for the information around training you for the information around training and<01:38:13.040

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um we have implemented the for training.
• Um some training for last couple years.
• <00:04:11.280> on on getting all of our staff trained on on getting all of our staff trained
• put them in one of the cottages for training.
• To demolish all of the training.

Keywords: Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM, 925, all

Summary: The committee heard a budget presentation from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), including its consolidated tourism and agency request. MDA said it has had strong recent results, citing about $65 billion in capital investment since 2020, roughly 25,000 jobs, record tourism, clean audits, and oversubscribed incentive programs. For FY27, the agency requested $26.4 million in general funds, level special-fund operating support, restoration of eight pins reduced in the LBR process, and several general-fund increases for a career ladder, a new HR system, training, and operating costs. MDA also discussed a $1.25 million request for America 250 activities, including a Mississippi event and participation in the National Mall “Great America State Fair,” plus an energy accelerator program tied to the governor’s energy initiative and a broader three-tier energy preparedness strategy. MDA also explained its incentive refill requests, saying it was not seeking additional funding for the ACE grant program this year and had shifted that support toward the governor’s port/rail/road investment fund and energy-ready sites. The agency highlighted a renewed request to restart funding for the small municipal and limited population counties grant program, which it said had previously helped smaller communities with water, sewer, downtown, and other projects. On tourism, MDA presented a breakout showing what the budget would look like if tourism were separated into its own department; officials said the current tourism budget within MDA is about $5.7 million in general funds and $7.9 million total, and estimated about $1.3 million in additional cost would be needed to stand up a separate tourism agency. A significant portion of the discussion focused on criticism from Senator Wiggins that MDA has not delivered enough economic development for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He argued that constituents believe MDA does little for the coast and objected to the agency’s role in the GCRF and coastal projects, saying the coast has not seen meaningful results in years. MDA officials responded that complaints about uneven distribution are common across the state, that MDA works with local economic development partners rather than dictating project locations, and that it has helped support major coastal projects such as Relativity Space, Lockheed Martin expansions, PCC Gulf Chem, BWC Terminals, and AWS. The exchange also touched on the Port of Pascagoula and local leadership disputes, with both sides disagreeing over whether the port and the coast have been adequately supported. No votes or formal actions were taken in the excerpt.

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• the Texas Workforce Training Program.
• We have trained more than 12,000 people. individuals on how to use our systems.
• We provide support and training to all individuals.
• I've used some of y'all services actually for training purposes.
• Emerging their work experience and their lived experiences with their training.

Keywords: 1184, house, all