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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 1st, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • Electricians are allowed to design systems alongside professional engineers.
  • We are working on a committee substitute, but this bill extends the timeline... ...non-professional engineering
  • I'm sorry, for professional engineering license renewal from one year to two years.
  • Each year, professional engineers have to submit a lengthy packet of documents to ensure the license
  • As I said, forty-three out of fifty states do not require professional engineers to... thirty-six out
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce Mar 11th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Medical professionals, as you know, undergo years and years of training for a reason, to learn about
  • Pardon me, SB 681 has to do with licensed professional engineers.
  • Forty-three states allow engineers to renew their licenses for a period of two years.
  • In addition to licensing engineers, the state licenses engineering firms.
  • This committee substitute would allow engineering firms the same liberty given to engineers should the
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met with a quorum and took up several pending bills, first reporting SB 1006 favorably after adopting a committee substitute that adds quarterly ZIP-code-level reporting to TDI on insurer declinations, cancellations, and nonrenewals. The committee also adopted substitutes and favorably reported SB 388, which adds nuclear to a credit program and excludes batteries from the dispatchable definition; SB 917; SB 504, which narrows reporting requirements for certain local entities, raises a salary threshold, and authorizes AG injunctive relief; SB 925, which clarifies that federal match dollars are included in a PLA-related prohibition; and SB 815, which removes downcoding references and focuses on AI use in prior authorization. SB 815 advanced on an 8-2 vote, while SB 388 advanced 6-3 and the others were reported 9-0 or 6-0 as noted. The committee then heard testimony on SB 378, which would prohibit aestheticians and cosmetologists from administering injections or using prescriptive medical devices unless legally authorized and would clarify TDLR disciplinary authority. The author and a retired neurosurgeon testified that unsafe, unauthorized injections pose real patient risks, and a TDLR witness said the bill addresses a long-standing regulatory gap. SB 378 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard SB 1252, aimed at reducing municipal permitting barriers for residential backup power systems; the author and industry witnesses said city permitting is costly and inconsistent, while municipal utility representatives and advocates said the substitute preserved safety and utility oversight. That bill was also left pending. Additional bills heard but left pending included SB 1172, which would let LPs and LLCs sell their own property without a real estate license; SB 681, which would extend engineer license renewal periods and apply similar flexibility to engineering firms; SB 918, a TDLR cleanup bill for orthotics and prosthetics exemptions; SB 1343, which would require data brokers to post a clear link explaining Texans’ privacy rights and how to exercise them; SB 213, which would prohibit forced bundling of residential property and auto insurance while preserving voluntary discounts; SB 610, which would codify TDLR’s anti-trafficking unit; and SCR 8, expressing opposition to a central bank digital currency over privacy, security, and financial-stability concerns. Public testimony on SB 1343 and SB 213 was generally supportive, with consumer and advocacy groups emphasizing privacy, competition, and survivor safety, and the committee closed the day with those measures and others left pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Medical professionals, as you know, undergo years and years of training for a reason. and to learn about
  • Pardon me 681 has to do with licensed professional engineers.
  • Forty-three states allow engineers to renew their licenses for a period of two years.
  • In addition to licensing engineers... state licenses engineering firms, this committee substitute would
  • allow engineering firms the same liberty given to should the committee see fit to move forward.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jan 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the Year by the South Plains Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.
  • Members, Heather Keister of Lubbock was named the 2024 Engineer of the Year.
  • of the Year by the South Plains Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.
  • of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers for her exemplary service and contributions to the engineering
  • engineers and extends to her sincere best wishes for continued successes.
Bills: SJR36, SB2, SR9, SR10, SR16
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • where it requires the state engineers where it requires the state engineers office<00:22:17.120>
  • Senator Pearson. we the state engineers office we felt we the state engineers office we felt that<00:
  • <00:35:25.680> office reason why the state engineers office reason why the state engineers
  • state engineer and Mr. Brown? state engineer and Mr. Brown?
  • engineer dictate the minimum lot size. engineer dictate the minimum lot size.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Their expertise should be recognized alongside other school-based professionals.
  • School social workers are licensed mental health professionals who support students, families, schools
  • SB 231... ...mental health professionals with advanced credentials.
  • . ...clinical licensure are treated consistently with other school-based professionals.
  • It recognizes additional training and expertise among professionals who are already serving Delaware
Bills: SB231
Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 12, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • the state engineer. the state engineer.
  • I'm Jack my deputy state engineer. engineer. engineer. >> Uh,<00:54:57.680> Mr.
  • questions for the state engineers questions for the state engineers office?
  • . engineer.
  • We agree with the State Engineer.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:03 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Board over the years on this committee also leaves me really grateful that you all are competent professionals
  • Our cities are ready, the engineers are ready, contractors are ready.
  • Mexico Finance Authority, the Energy Minerals Natural Resources Department, the Office of the State Engineer
  • The applicant receives the output or the outcome, which could be a preliminary engineering report, a
  • After that, we continue like working with agencies like the office of the state engineer because we work
Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Jan 12th, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the original legislation, in this amended language, a veterinary professional associate is allowed
  • Florida has a shortage of animal care professionals, but the large part this is in our large animal care
  • Florida has a shortage of animal care professionals, but the large part this is in our large animal care
  • Is it that overwhelming majority that you're concerned about will not be as fastidious and professional
  • But the economic models show that using a veterinary professional associate will increase the average
Bills: S0754, S0796
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up two bills. First, it heard SB 754 on heated tobacco products. The bill would statutorily define heated tobacco products and exempt them from the cigarette tax. Senator Davis questioned why the exemption was needed, and Senator Bernard asked about youth access; the sponsor said the bill was limited to taxation and would look into age and regulatory issues. A Florida Retail Federation representative appeared in support. The committee voted the bill favorably, and Senator Bracey Davis later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tab 1. The committee then considered SB 796 on veterinary medicine, after adopting a delete-everything amendment. The amended bill would create a Veterinary Professional Associate (VPA) role for individuals with a master’s degree in veterinary clinical care to perform delegated tasks under a licensed veterinarian’s responsible supervision. It also would extend the time period for telehealth prescriptions for flea and tick products from one month to six months and for other medications from 14 days to 30 days. Senator Boyd raised liability concerns, and the sponsor said existing statute already places liability on the supervising veterinarian. The Florida Veterinary Medical Association testified against the bill, arguing Florida should expand and better utilize existing veterinary technicians rather than create a new mid-level role, and warning about federal prescribing restrictions and animal safety. Supporters, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund and Dr. Wayne Jensen, argued the bill would expand access to care, reduce costs, and provide a well-trained supervised workforce. Several senators said the bill balanced access and safety, and the committee reported SB 796 favorably. The meeting then adjourned.