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• risk assessment.
• </c><00:23:47.520><c> risk</c> plants and displays of plants weed risk plants and displays of plants
• weed risk assessments<00:23:49.039><c> established</c><00:23:49.600><c> as</c><00:23:49.760><c> fine<
• </c><00:24:42.400><c> risk</c> maintains a plant pono and a weed risk maintains a plant pono and a weed
• risk assessment and the fact that the risk assessment and the plano<00:30:36.000><c> website</c><00:30

Bills: HB2425, HB2596, HB2573, HB2017, HB1931, HB1736, HB1594, HB1828

Keywords: agriculture, sugarcane, permitting process, land use, conservation district, diversified agriculture, economic impact, invasive species, plant sales, weed risk assessment, consumer protection, environmental impact, workforce development, biosecurity, training program, partnerships, tax credit, Hawaiian home lands, investment costs, nonrefundable

Summary: The committee heard opening remarks and then took testimony on several agriculture-related bills. HB 2425 would exempt agricultural enterprises on former commercial sugarcane lands in conservation use districts from certain permitting and site plan requirements. The Department of Agriculture supported the measure and stood on written comments. The Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the intent but said the bill appeared to cite the wrong statute and suggested amending the conservation district law instead. Other testimony was generally supportive, while some witnesses raised concerns about using the right statutory vehicle. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be redirected through a different chapter. The committee then heard HB 596, which would require retail sellers of plants to disclose invasiveness risk, direct the Invasive Species Council to create a labeling system and weed risk assessments, and establish fines. The Department of Land and Natural Resources strongly supported the bill, saying point-of-sale labels would help consumers make informed choices. Supporters from the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species said the state’s noxious weed and restricted plant lists are outdated or incomplete and that the bill would help prevent harmful species from being purchased and planted. Opponents, including the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, argued the measure was too broad, could stigmatize plants and producers, and might be better implemented through voluntary education or narrower definitions. Committee discussion focused on possible amendments, including using printable labels from a website and limiting the bill to larger commercial retailers. HB 2573 would create a five-year agriculture and biosecurity workforce development pilot program involving the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Leeward Community College, and the Department of Human Resources Development. DHRD said it supported the intent but wanted clearer responsibilities; the University of Hawaiʻi, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, the Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, and others supported the proposal. DAB said the program would help build needed biosecurity staffing and training, and that law-enforcement-related curriculum could be incorporated. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 207, which would expand the important agricultural land qualified agricultural tax credit to include certain Hawaiian homelands and additional agricultural costs such as orchards, fruit crops, and clearing former sugar and pineapple lands. The Department of Taxation and DAB stood on written comments, while the Department of Hawaiian Homelands strongly supported the bill, calling it a potential game-changer for developing agricultural lands and offsetting infrastructure costs; the department also asked that the credit be broadened beyond agriculture alone.

Bills: HB55, HB104, HB55, HB104

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

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• ><c> certainly</c><00:37:56.640><c> the</c> the risk factors is certainly the the risk factors is certainly
• A definition of noxious weed section.
• </c> plant variety in the noxious weed plant variety in the noxious weed chapter.<01:38:56.000><c> A<
• A definition the noxious weed chapter.
• weed chapter.

Bills: HF4080, HF3693, HF1857, HF4350

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life

Bills: SB19, HB40, HB27, HB40, HB27, HB40, HB27

Keywords: contraceptive rights, healthcare access, civil action, Attorney General, contraception enforcement, prostate cancer, health insurance, screening, high risk, cost-sharing, African American men, savings accounts, catastrophe, emergency funds, financial security, state laws, criminal justice, parole, Board of Pardons and Paroles, risk assessment

Bills: SB275, SB276

Keywords: entertainment districts, Alabaster, alcohol regulations, city council authority, open containers, weed nuisance, abatement procedures, city authority, public health, local government, 1136, house, all

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• It authorized the city of Alabama to create a weed abatement process just so they can better manage their
• authorized the city of Alabama to<00:02:00.479><c> create</c><00:02:00.799><c> a</c><00:02:00.960><c> weed
• <00:02:01.119><c> abatement</c><00:02:02.000><c> process</c><00:02:02.479><c> just</c> to create a weed
• abatement process just to create a weed abatement process just so<00:02:02.880><c> they</c><00:02:03.040

Bills: SB275, SB276

Keywords: entertainment districts, Alabaster, alcohol regulations, city council authority, open containers, weed nuisance, abatement procedures, city authority, public health, local government, 1136, house, all

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• And then we have, you know, this risk pool set up for teachers, and then we have this risk pool for us
• Again, at the risk of repeating myself, I will summarize.
• And so what I'm assessment model.
• </c> reinsurance assessments also remain. reinsurance assessments also remain.
• refund on that assessment.

Bills: HF3388, HF400

Keywords: HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance, health insurance, group health carriers, MCHA, MNsure, individual market, premium stabilization, carrier assessment, health insurance assessment, premium security plan account, state innovation waiver, high-risk pool, reinsurance payments, healthcare premiums, insurance carriers, deferral of assessment, financially impaired condition, HF400

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• A4 requires a person who is formally in the Community Protection Program to participate in an assessment
• of risk or dangerousness, or both, by a qualified professional.
• The assessment must contain a determination by a qualified professional whether the person can be managed
• Program from receiving services from DSHS if the program service or placement is within one mile of a risk
• program from receiving services from DSHS if the program service or placement is within one mile of a risk

Bills: HB2510, SGA9305

Keywords: community custody, probation, Department of Corrections, DOC supervision, Washington criminal law, sentencing, felony supervision, risk assessment, sex offense, serious violent offense, domestic violence, repetitive domestic violence, failure to register, sex offender registration, dangerous mentally ill offender, indeterminate sentence, parole, conditional commutation, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor

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• So this is very rare, but an extremely high-risk crime. Forty-four convictions for felony stalking.
• So this is very rare, but an extremely high-risk crime.
• The threatening letters he sent even from Western were... ...were left alone with the fear and the risk
• facility is out of compliance with the federal conditions of participation, the facility not only risks
• losing federal funds, but risks termination.

Bills: HB2510

Keywords: community custody, probation, Department of Corrections, DOC supervision, Washington criminal law, sentencing, felony supervision, risk assessment, sex offense, serious violent offense, domestic violence, repetitive domestic violence, failure to register, sex offender registration, dangerous mentally ill offender, indeterminate sentence, parole, conditional commutation, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor

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• and procured their own risk assessment.
• , they procured their own risk assessment.
• . ...individualized risk assessment being done of hospitals.
• They have to undergo a risk assessment, an individual risk assessment, and pay an additional charge associated
• with that risk assessment.

Bills: SB41, SB153, SB165, SB261, SB264

Keywords: sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, procurement, contracting, small business, local government, disaster recovery, emergency procurement, certification, public spending, juvenile justice, delinquency, rehabilitation, community corrections, risk assessment, public safety, health regulations

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• If a child is identified as a clear concern for the risk of sex trafficking, There are care coordinating
• They use known data that are in their case files, and it is not meant to be a one-time assessment.
• Um, Caroline Roberts representing children at risk, and you are for the bill, is that correct?
• collected in Lighthouse, of which nearly 10% scored a clear concern, which is that highest level of risk
• behaviors. 95% of clear concern screenings in Texas show at least one of those risk indicators.

Bills: HB 451, HB 645, HB 1041, HB 1151, HB 1155, HB 1536, HCR 12

Keywords: commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit

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• </c> and runoff pose real and growing risks and runoff pose real and growing risks of<00:09:23.440><c
• But there's 60 other some weeds on the noxious weed list.
• some weeds on the noxious<01:16:12.560><c> weed</c><01:16:12.880><c> list.
• </c><01:21:15.280><c> out</c> I think is very important to weed out I think is very important to weed
• </c> cancer risks that they cause. cancer risks that they cause.

Bills: HF3898, HF3957, HF4372, HF4350, HF3692, HF4085

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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

Bills: HB245, HB278, SB59, SB78

Keywords: inhalants, controlled substances, butyl nitrite, nitrous oxide, amyl nitrite, health, public safety, HB278, ivermectin, pharmacist, standing order, prescription drug, pharmacy, State Board of Pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, CRNP, medical licensure, drug dispensing, adverse events

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• assessments.
• assessments.
• </c><00:10:47.440><c> assessments.
• </c> requirements of pre-risk assessments. requirements of pre-risk assessments.
• assessment and all of that process that happens before we award the competitive grant, that this bill

Bills: HF4862, HF4598

Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician

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• But in the consumer reporting context, I think it's clear the risk of providing consumers the opportunity
• IVOs must define measurable risk metrics, conduct pre-deployment assessment, perform ongoing post-deployment
• </c><01:34:23.840><c> They'll</c> safety and risk standards. They'll safety and risk standards.
• </c> IVOs must define measurable risk IVOs must define measurable risk metrics,<01:34:47.600><c> conduct
• <01:34:50.120><c> perform</c><01:34:50.680><c> ongoing</c> assessment perform ongoing assessment perform

Bills: HF4456, HF4544, HF3698

Keywords: data broker, data brokerage, consumer privacy, personal data, data privacy, Minnesota attorney general, registration, public registry, civil penalties, enforcement, special revenue fund, privacy rights, data sales, data collection, consumer protection, chapter 325M, controller, processor, data broker registry, transparency

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• a more accurate assessment.
• a more accurate assessment.
• a more accurate assessment.
• </c> about how the assessment process works? about how the assessment process works?
• </c> a tax assessment. a tax assessment.

Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233

Keywords: Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID

Bills: HB2, HB27, HB54, HB49, HB58, HB40, HB38, HB43, HB2, HB27, HB40, HB38, HB43, HB54, HB49, HB58

Keywords: vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, sex offender, employment, first responder, childcare, public safety, juvenile protection, emergency orders, child custody, court authority, abuse and neglect, firearm possession, law enforcement, criminal penalty, concealed carry, Alabama law

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• My bill clarifies that the refusal does not constitute neglect. lest it poses a substantial risk of death
• , not just a psychological assessment, desiring a second opinion before placing a child on mind-altering
• It's a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury to the child.
• providers are going to say, well, we have to keep them in this environment because they're a self-harm risk
• Seeking alternative or. emergent medical treatments that do not pose a risk of harm, but fall outside

Bills: HB451, HB645, HB 1041, HB 1151, HB 1155, HB1536, HCR12, HCR12

Keywords: commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit

Bills: HB451, HB645, HB 1041, HB 1151, HB 1155, HB1536, HCR12, HCR12

Keywords: commercial sexual exploitation, child sex trafficking, human trafficking, child welfare, foster care, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, juvenile probation, risk assessment, needs assessment, trauma screening, child abuse prevention, exploitation screening, validated screening tool, evidence-informed tool, conservatorship, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, trafficking prevention, Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit