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A
Thank
you,
madam
secretary
mark
assembly,
vice
chair
torres,
as
present
as
she
makes
her
way
back
into
the
meeting
at
a
later
time.
Today
we
have
a
quorum
good
morning,
members,
I
hope
everybody's
doing
well.
This
morning
we
have
two
bills
that
we're
going
to
be
going
over
we're
going
to
take
the
agenda
in
the
order.
It
appears,
starting
with
assembly,
bill
143,
followed
by
assembly,
bill
153
and
then
we'll
do
public
comment.
A
I
want
to
remind
you
to
please
keep
your
microphones
on
mute
unless
you
are
speaking,
keep
your
cameras
on
unless
you
have
something
you
have
to
address,
feel
free
to
turn
it
off.
Just
give
me
a
heads
up,
please
for
those
of
you
following
us.
Virtually
thank
you
for
joining
our
meeting
this
morning.
We
look
forward
for
your
engagement
and
conversation.
A
If,
unfortunately,
you
need
to
say
something
different,
a
public
comment
is
not
the
time
to
do
that.
It's
during
the
bill
presentation
itself.
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
up
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
143.
I
believe
our
assemblywoman
krasner
is
here
good
morning.
Welcome
whenever
you're
ready,
okay.
E
This
shows
that,
despite
recent
efforts
to
address
the
issue,
more
needs
to
be
done.
Human
trafficking
comes
in
many
forms
and
includes
involuntary
servitude
and
individual
assuming
rights
of
ownership
over
another
person,
pandering
sex
trafficking
and
forced
labor.
The
most
common
form
of
trafficking
in
nevada
is
sex.
E
In
addition
to
the
development
of
a
statewide
plan,
ab-143
will
also
be
required
to
form
a
statewide
task
force
on
human
trafficking.
The
statewide
task
force
on
human
trafficking
will
consist
of
interested
parties
and
stakeholders
to
assist
the
division
carrying
out
its
duties.
This
statewide
task
force
will
allow
stakeholders
to
communicate
collaborate
and
coordinate
their
efforts.
E
E
E
A
And
thank
you
assemblywoman.
I
know
that
you've
been
working
rigorously
on
getting
rid
of
that
fiscal
note
which
I
think
everyone's
doing
this
session.
So
I
appreciate
you
doing
all
that
work
at
this
time.
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
for
questions
and
we'll
start
off
with
the
assemblyman
ellison.
E
A
No
problem,
then,
through
that
lane,
assemblyman
ellison
we'll
have
you
go
first
after
the
co-presenter?
Does
his.
F
Remark
great,
thank
you
so
much
and
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
before
your
committee
today.
I
also
want
to
thank
assemblywoman
krasner
for
her
leadership
in
championing
this
very
important
piece
of
legislation
to
help
human
trafficking
victims
throughout
the
state
of
nevada.
F
As
background,
my
name
is
james
dolt,
I'm,
the
ceo
and
founder
of
human
rights
for
kids,
a
501c3
based
nonprofit
organization
in
washington
dc.
I'm
also
a
board
member
of
survivor
alliance,
an
anti-trafficking
organization
that
works
to
elevate,
the
voices
and
experiences
of
human
trafficking
survivors
around
the
world
at
human
rights
for
kids.
We
are
working
to
promote
and
protect
the
human
rights
of
children
across
the
united
states
in
a
variety
of
different
settings
in
the
educational
space,
in
juvenile
justice
and
in
child
welfare.
F
I
come
to
this
work
from
a
very
unique
perspective.
I
actually
grew
up
in
las
vegas.
I
am
a
proud
alumni
of
john
s
park
elementary
school
john
c
fremont
middle
school,
the
advanced
technologies
academy
high
school.
I
also
graduated
from
the
university
of
nevada,
las
vegas,
I'm
a
first
generation
college
graduate.
F
Unfortunately,
I
grew
up
in
the
inner
city,
as
some
might
surmise
from
some
of
the
schools
that
I
went
to,
and
I
was
early
on
in
my
life,
a
victim
of
child
sexual
abuse,
which
later
exposed
me
to
a
child
predator
in
my
early
teenage
years,
and
when
I
was
13
years
old,
I
was
in
the
boy
scouts
of
america,
which
was
connected
at
that
time
to
christian
life
community,
which
was
a
church
for
those
that
are
familiar
in
commercial
center
right
off
of
sahara,
avenue
and
maryland
parkway,
and
I
attended
right
after
my
seventh
grade
year
in
high
school,
I
was
at
a
boy
scout
fundraiser
function
when
I
met
a
family
of
a
cub
scout
in
my
boy
scout
troop
and
like
a
lot
of
skilled
child
predators.
F
The
mother
actually
of
the
cub
scout
took
a
particular
interest
in
me
and
as
a
kid
from
the
inner
city
who
didn't
have
a
whole
lot.
Who
was
dealing
with
trauma
from
early
childhood
abuse.
Where
I
didn't
feel
like,
I
was
getting
the
support
that
I
needed
from
my
family.
It
made
it
very
easy
for
a
skilled
child
predator
to
to
work
their
way
into
my
life,
and
it
started
off
relatively
innocuous
right.
F
It
started
off
in
in
a
way
where
she
was
taking
me
out
to
fast
food
restaurants
and
taking
me
to
concerts
and
building
the
trust
and
confidence
that
so
many
of
predators
do
when
they're
targeting
young
children
and
that
really
helped
build
that
level
of
trust.
F
For
me,
where
I
began
to
open
up
about
my
earlier
childhood
experiences
of
being
a
victim
of
child
sexual
abuse,
when
I
was
five
years
old
and
the
resentment
and
anger
that
I
harbored
toward
my
parents
for
not
doing
what
I
thought
they
should
be
doing
in
response
to
that
particular
situation,
and
so
the
situation
began
to
evolve
and
escalate
from
one
of
what
I
thought
was
seemingly
a
concerned
adult
to
a
an
adult
who
began
to
sexually
abuse
me.
It
started
off
sort
of
physical
touching.
F
It
then
escalated
from
there
to
more
extreme
forms
of
sexual
abuse
to
eventually
statutory
rape,
and
so
from
my
from
the
end
of
my
seventh
grade
year,
through
my
eighth
grade
year
in
middle
school,
I
was
essentially
leaving
school
every
day
going
to
this
family's
house,
where
this
woman
was
engaged
in
these
various
forms
of
sexual
abuse
of
me
and
as
a
kid
as
a
as
a
13
14
year
old
boy.
It
was
something
that,
to
be
quite
honest
and
frank,
I
thought
that
I
that
I
wanted.
F
I
thought
that
that's
you
know
here
was
this
person
who
you
know
seemingly
cared
for
me
seemingly
loved
me.
I
was
getting
affection
and
attention
that
I
wasn't
getting
at
home,
and
I
thought
that
this
was
a
person
that
I
actually
loved
and
like
a
lot
of
cycles
of
violence,
it
began
to
deteriorate
from
there
where
this
person
started
to
engage
in
physical
and
emotional
abuse
of
me.
G
F
Eventually
I
ended
up.
I
eventually
ended
up
running
away
from
my
home.
I
moved
in
with
this
other
family
with
her
family,
where
I
continued
to
endure
the
physical
and
sexual
abuse,
as
well
as
the
emotional
abuse
and
after
a
while
that
the
traumatic
bond
that
I
had
formed
was
then
used
as
a
way
to
get
me
to
do
anything
that
she
really
wanted
me
to
do
and
that
included
essentially
becoming
a
domestic
servant.
F
So,
like
I
said
I
was,
I
was
coming
home
from
school
every
day,
going
directly
to
this
house
where
I
now
lived
and
I
was
taking
care
of
children,
I
was
performing
household
chores
such
as
you
know,
cleaning
the
kitchen
living
room
bedrooms.
I
was
cooking
cleaning
that
was
essentially
the
servant
to
this
family
and
their
children.
F
At
a
time
when
you
know
as
a
boy
I
should
have
been
out,
you
know
playing
football
or
chasing
girls,
my
age
or
doing
a
whole
host
of
other
things
that
children
usually
engage
in
around
that
time,
but
instead
my
childhood
was
being
stolen
from
me,
and
I
was
a
victim
of
what
we
know
today
is
as
modern-day
slavery,
and
that
was
my
life
for
two
years
I
endured
in
that
situation
from
my
eighth
grade
year
in
middle
school
until
about
midway
through
my
junior
year,
are
excuse
me,
my
sophomore
year
in
high
school.
F
It's
very
hard
to
explain
the
impact
that
traumatic
bonding
has
on
children,
except
to
say
it's,
the
most
severe
form
of
dysfunctional
attachment
that
you
could
ever
have
to
a
person
it's
oftentimes
referred
to
in
cases
of
domestic
violence
or
exploitative
cults,
and
people
often
ask
well.
Why
didn't
you
leave
and
it's
for
many
victims,
especially
child
victims,
in
these
situations?
F
F
All
the
time
traffickers
are
very
skilled
at
getting
into
you
know
what
is
known
as
the
dna
of
the
child
by
developing
the
cycle
of
violence
and
this
traumatic
bond,
which
then
you
know
essentially,
is
the
psychological
hold
that
they
have
over
the
child,
where
they're
willing
to
do
to
do
anything,
which
was
the
case
for
me,
and
so
thankfully,
because
of
mentors
in
my
life
and
high
school
coaches
in
football
and
wrestling,
I
was
eventually
able
to
break
free
of
that
hold
move
back
in
with
my
with
my
family
and
go
on
to
to
graduate
from
high
school
as
the
only
person
who
was
raised
by
my
parents
to
finish
high
school
in
in
the
community
where
we
lived,
but
I
never
forgot
those
experiences
and
after
law
school
at
the
university
of
maryland.
F
I
started
working
at
an
anti-human
trafficking
organization
called
belairs
project
and
that's
where
I
first
came
in
contact
with
assemblyman
hambrick
and
began
working
with
various
members
of
the
nevada
legislature
to
combat
human
trafficking
and
I'm
proud
to
say
that
in
2013
I
worked
with
assemblyman
horn,
who
I
who
I
know
is
a
lobbyist
up
there
now,
but
back
then
he
was
the
majority
leader
and
he
sponsored
legislation
ab146
which
criminalized
what
happened
to
me
as
a
child,
it's
known
as
the
involuntary
servitude
of
a
child
trafficking
statute,
and
you
know
it
was
important
because
it
was
validation
for
me
for
what
had
happened
to
me.
F
The
statute
of
limitations
at
that
time
had
had
passed,
and
so
there
was
no
way
for
me
to
you
know
to
get
any
sort
of
recourse,
and
so
by
working
with
assemblyman
horn,
I
was
able
to
you
know,
work
with
law
enforcement
and,
at
that
time
the
attorney
general,
who
is
now
senator
catherine
cortez
masto
on
a
complete
anti-human
trafficking
framework,
including
ab-146,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
continue
to
work,
to
create
an
anti-human
trafficking
framework
there
in
nevada.
F
I
can't
tell
you
how
important
it
is
to
have
a
plan
in
place
for
the
delivery
of
services
and
the
identification
of
trafficking
survivors
oftentimes.
What
we
see
is
that
survivors
are
unwilling
to
to
both
come
forward,
but
also
to
cooperate
in
law
enforcement
investigations,
because
in
a
lot
of
cases
it
has
been
instilled
in
them.
They've
been
brainwashed
to
believe
that
law
enforcement
is
the
enemy
that
they'll
be
looked
at
as
a
common
criminal
that
you
know
admit
some
of
them.
Oftentimes
have
of
convictions
on
their
record,
sometimes
they're.
F
Prostitution
related
sometimes
they're
for
other
non-violent
crimes
such
as
drug
possession
and
the
like
somebody
who
else
who
was
very
close
to
me
growing
up.
She
was
a
an
adult
survivor
of
sex
trafficking.
Her
her
boyfriend
brainwashed,
her
was
a
domestic
violence.
F
Abuser
used
her
drug
addiction,
which
was
she
had
an
addiction
to
heroin,
to
control
her
and
to
force
her
into
prostitution
in
northern
nevada
in
reno
actually,
and
she
was
eventually
arrested
for
possession
of
stolen
property
related
to
what
he
was
forcing
her
to
do,
which
was
upon
us
stolen
goods,
and
you
know,
even
though
there
was
a
sense
that
she
was
a
victim.
She
wasn't
provided
with
the
services
that
she
needed,
and
so
she
never
ended
up.
F
You
know
coming
forward
about
her
experiences,
specifically
with
him,
as
as
a
as
a
sex
trafficking
survivor.
She
spent
six
years
in
in
jail
for
the
charges
that
she
was
facing,
and
I
use
that
as
an
anecdote,
to
explain
to
you
what
it's
like
for
a
lot
of
trafficking
survivors
who
are
coming
out
of
these
situations,
where
the
traumatic
bond
that
we
have
is
just
so
intense
there's
this
brainwashing.
F
That's
happened,
and
these
are
particularly
acute
for
children
who,
you
know,
are,
are
not
experienced
in
the
world
who
are
still
struggling
to
figure
out
what
it
is.
They've
they've
gone
through
in
their
life
and
for
a
lot
of
us
who
are
dealing
with
those
sorts
of
issues,
whether
it's
the
traumatic
bond,
mental
health
issues
or
if
it's
a
drug
addiction.
Like
the
person
that
I
mentioned
before.
F
It
is
absolutely
imperative
that
there
is
a
plan
in
place
when
they
are
identified
for
the
delivery
of
services
for
everything,
from
addiction
counseling
to
mental
health,
to
health
care,
to
housing,
to
legal
assistance
by
because
by
creating
that
framework
of
victim
service
by
having
a
victim
services
plan
that
puts
into
place
a
protocol
for
how
to
get
victim
services
or
at
least
tell
them
what
services
are
available
to
them.
F
F
There
were
approximately
833
cases
of
child
sex
trafficking,
70
of
which
never
proceeded
to
trial,
and
this
article
can
be
found
on
on
the
las
vegas
review
journal,
where
they
they
detail
this,
but
one
of
the
one
of
the
reasons
for
this
is
again
everything
that
I
mentioned
about
how
difficult
it
is
for
children
to
come
forward
all
of
the
complexities
of
the
trauma
that
survivors
are
dealing
with,
so
for
us
to
be
able
to
really
combat
human
trafficking.
Two
things
are
absolutely
essential.
F
A
I
apologize
I
just
realized.
I
was
on
mute.
I
just
say
I
was
just
saying
that
I
before
I
went
to
the
members
I
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you,
sir.
I
you
probably
hear
this
often,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
we
repeat
it
just
how
important
your
story
is,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
that
to
be
one
to
empower
other
humans
going
through
these
problems
and
trying
to
help
other
humans.
A
I
think
at
times
we've
all
been
through
difficult
things,
and
sometimes
we
use
that
as
a
catapult
to
fight
and
and
really
empower
other
humans.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for
for
your
strength
and
bringing
such
an
important
topic
to
this
committee
and
helping
the
assemblywoman
I'm
confident
that
we'll
be
able
to
achieve
something
together
with
that.
I'd
like
to
first
go
to
assembly
analysis.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
you
know
I
I
really
enjoyed
the
presentation
because
it's
a
lot
of
it
out.
There
has
on
several
conference,
calls
with
the
ag's
office
when
they
did
some
of
the
sex
trafficking,
what
they
were
trying
to
do
in
the
state,
nevada
and
the
trucker
stepped
up
to
the
plate
at
that
time
and
helped
a
lot
of
people.
C
You
know
be
the
watchdogs
out
there
and
and
it
worked
out
wonderful,
how
it
worked
and-
and
it
was
amazing
that
they
could
actually
save
some
of
these
people
and
if
anybody
ever
gets
a
few
moments.
There's
a
movie
that
come
out
about
two
years
ago
and
I've
got
it
if
they
want
to
watch
it.
C
C
So
it's
a
great
movie,
but
one
of
the
questions
I
do
have
when
I
went
through
this
bill
originally
before
I
got
the
the
new
mock-up,
the
physical
note
was
really
high
and
what
I
thought
would
be
so
I'd
like
to
know
how
miss
krasner
got
this
worked
out
to
where
she
could
get
this
thing
done
and
be
able
to
move
this
bill
forward,
because
I
I
think
it's
a
great
bill.
C
The
biggest
thing
is
is
some
of
the
stuff
in
there
the
financial
part
that
she's
got
out
of
there,
I'd
like
to
know
how
she
got
it
done.
Maybe
we
could
all
learn
from
it.
E
E
I
worked
in
conjunction
with
the
nevada
attorney
general's
office
and
ross
armstrong
from
the
department
of
child
and
family
services
under
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
on
the
amendment,
and
if
you
look
at
the
amendment,
that's
posted
on
nellis
you'll
see
that
the
language
changed
from
mandatory
language
to
permissive
language,
and
so
with
that
permissive
language.
The
fiscal
note
was
removed
by
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
department
of
child
and
family
services.
H
B
Thank
you
and-
and
I
just
wanted
to
echo
chair
florence's-
thank
you
to
mr
dold
for
being
vulnerable
with
us
and
sharing
your
story,
so
others
can
can
grow
from
it
and
also
thank
you
assemblymember
krasner.
I
know
this
is
something
you've
been
working
on
for
many
years,
so
I
do
have
two
questions.
The
first
has
to
do
with
just
an
understanding
making
sure
I'm
understanding
correctly
that
the
the
task
force
has
been
removed
from
the
bill.
B
E
Chair
flores
through
you
to
assemblywoman
anderson
posted
on
nellis,
is
the
amended
version
of
the
bill,
which
does
show
that
the
fiscal
note
has
been
removed
and
it's
to
zero.
E
B
B
I
don't
know
if
that's
a
yearly
review
or
if
that's
more
in
conjunction
with
the
legislative
sessions
and
also
with
that
review,
will
there
be
any
sort
of
report
or
any
sort
of
documentation
about
necessary
changes
or
how
some
of
these
ideas
have
been
brought
forward
and
how
they
are
being
utilized
or
how
they
might
might
be
more
of
an
opportunity
for
change.
So
I
guess
it's
more
about
that
term:
periodical,
okay
and
then
also
how
that
review
will
be
live.
B
E
E
E
Then
those
should
be
the
people
that
are
on
it.
If
they
want
to
meet
twice
a
year,
they
want
to
be
quarterly.
I
want
that
to
be
left
up
to
them,
while
I've
been
working
on
the
issue
of
human
trafficking
for
many
years.
There
are
people
in
this
state
that
have
been
working
on
it
for
a
much
longer
time
than
me,
and
so
I
don't
want
to
direct
them
how
to
set
up
a
task
force.
E
I
would
rather
let
I'm
creating
the
vehicle
we
are
creating
the
vehicle
for
them
to
implement
and
put
the
task
force
together
in
a
way
that
they
think
is
best,
of
course,
using
the
federal
guidelines
in
an
effort
to,
as
I
said,
communicate,
cooperate
and
coordinate
their
efforts
on
a
statewide
basis
for
the
victims
of
human
trafficking.
B
G
Good
morning,
mr
chair,
I
appreciate
this
time
for
me
to
engage
in
this.
G
I
don't
know
how
to
put
this
ab
140,
my
heart
just
leaks.
I
have
two
questions.
One
is
to
assembly
women
krasner.
Thank
you
for
presenting
this
bill
and
for
mr
dole.
Thank
you
so
much
for
sharing
your
story.
G
Much
and
my
second
question
is
you
know,
I
know
that
this
you've
been
working
on
this
for
quite
some
time,
as
you've
already
stated
that
I
do
have
a
question
and
it
is
in
section
1,
subsection
2a
the
identification
of
victims
of
human
trafficking.
I
just
want
to
know.
Actually
how
did
you
come
about
that
and
why
would
you
want
to
have
their
identification
known?
G
I
I'm
I'm
looking
at
the
confidentiality.
I
want
them
to
be
able
to
come
and
speak
freely.
You
know,
mr
dole,
his
his
whole
presentation
was
just
riveting
and
we
can
make
a
movie
out
of
that,
because
it
was
just
told
the
story
from
point
a
to
point
b
and,
and
he
wasn't
afraid
to
tell
his
story,
but
at
13
years
old.
G
E
Chair
flores,
if
I
may
respond
through
you
to
assemblywoman
thomas,
so
the
identification
of
human
trafficking
victims
listed
in
the
bill
is
not
identifying
them
to
the
whole
world.
It's
educating
law
enforcement
on
how
to
identify
human
trafficking
victims.
I
was
speaking
to
a
law
enforcement
officer
just
a
couple
days
ago,
and
they
said
that
they-
they
do
receive
some
training
on
this,
because
it's
such
a
big
problem
in
the
state
of
nevada,
but
the
the
women
will
not
make
eye
contact
with
law
enforcement
officers.
E
They
will
pretend
that
they
are
maybe
the
girlfriend
of
the
pit
or
abuser,
because
they
are
so
afraid
that
if
they
were
identified
by
law
enforcement,
that
law
enforcement
would
try
to
help
them
and
if
they
ever
got
back
out
their
pimp
or
abuser
would
be
there
to
beat
them
up.
There's
a
lot
of
violence
in
this
crime.
So
it's
it's
for
law
enforcement
to
learn
how
to
identify
victims
of
human
trafficking,
not
for
us
to
identify
them
to
the
whole
world,
I'm
very
conscientious
about
our
victims
with
human
trafficking.
A
And
thank
you
next
we'll
go
to
assemblywoman
considine,
followed
by
vice
chair
and
then
followed
by
assemblywoman
black
assembly
woman
counselling.
Please.
I
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
sheriff
flores
and
thank
you
assemblywoman
kresner
and
mr
dold
for
for
bringing
this
bill
and
for
testifying
on
it
and
for
bringing
this
up
to
the
attention
of
everyone
who
can
see
this
and
and
making
change
in
the
future.
I
I
noticed
through
the
bill
that
the
term
victim
is
the
word
that
is
used
and
mr
dold
used
survivor,
and
I
know
that,
although
these
are
victims
that,
as
they
move
through
the
process,
especially
some
of
the
processes
that
will
be
allowed
for
them
to
rebuild
a
life
out
of
trafficking
that
they
use.
That
word
survivor
instead
of
victim,
and
I
would
just
wanted
to
ensure
that
the
task
force,
if
they
choose
to
use
that
word,
survivor,
that
they
would
not
be
required
to
use
victim.
I
But
the,
as
you
said
earlier,
assemblywoman
krasner.
You
will
leave
that
up
to
the
task
force
to
determine
issues
like
that.
Is
that
correct.
E
Yes,
through
you
chair,
flores
to
assemblywoman
considine,
yes,
that's
correct!
Much
of
this
legislation
is
modeled
after
federal
legislation
that
deals
specifically
with
statewide
human
trafficking
task
force.
Task
forces.
Excuse
me.
Currently,
there
are
26
states,
including
guam,
who
have
enacted
statewide
legislation
regarding
a
human
trafficking
task
force
on
a
statewide
level.
E
So
I
I
know
what
you're
saying
they
they
are
in
fact
survivors
and
and
that's
so
important
and
and
maybe
when
the
task
force
is
enacting
their
provisions
they
can
put
that
in,
but
just
for
the
purposes
of
the
bill.
That
is
the
language
that
is
prescribed.
I
J
Thank
you,
sir,
and
thank
you
assemblywoman
for
the
presentation.
I
appreciate
it
so
it's
great
to
see
you
in
the
government
affairs
committee
I
my
question,
so
I
do
apologize.
If
you
answered
this
early
on
in
the
presentation
I
jumped
from
another
hearing
to
this
one,
but
I
have
a
question
regarding
the
amendment.
I
know
that
we're
designating
the
human
trafficking
specialist
within
the
nevada,
victims
of
crime
compensation
program
and
the
legislative
council's
digest
clarifies
that
that
would
be
under
voca.
E
Thank
you
for
your
question.
Assemblywoman
torres.
Yes,
that
provision
was
actually
put
in
there
by
ross
armstrong,
who
is
the
director
of
child
and
family
services
under
the
nevada
department
of
health
and
human
services,
and
again
that
was
another
piece
that
would
allow
us
to
get
to
a
zero
fiscal
note,
and
it
is
voca.
Yes,.
J
Okay,
thank
you,
and
I
I
I
don't
know
if
he
happens
to
be
on
the
call
or
not
or
perhaps
I'll
be
testifying
later.
I
just
want
to
some
clarification
whether
or
not
that's
voca
or
vawa
on
that
office,
and
whether
or
not
that
would
be
taking
any
of
the
voter,
vocab
or
bower
funds
that
are
currently
being
used.
If
that
would
re-allocate
them
or
if
that's
differently
funded
and
wouldn't
wouldn't
impact
the
allocation
of
those
dollars.
J
That's
my
that's
my
only
concern
as
with
the
legislation,
but
I
do
really
appreciate
the
intent,
but
I'm
hoping
we
can
get
some
clarity
on
that
position
because
it
would
add,
obviously
additional
responsibilities
to
an
individual
within
that
office.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
we
can
get
some
guidance
on
that.
A
And
before
we
we
answer
that
question
just
for
the
purposes
of
minutes
and
clarity,
the
vice
chair
has
used
the
phrasing
of
vawa,
which
is
just
violence
against
women
act
and
just
for
the
purposes
of
minutes.
I
want
them
to
be
clear
and
I
know
our
staff
in
the
back.
Sometimes
we
we
drop
a
bunch
of
different
phrases
and
we
don't
give
clarity.
So
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
that.
Thank
you.
Vice
chair,
assemblywoman
krasner.
I
don't
know
if
you
you'd
like
to
go
to
mr
dole
or.
E
Assemblywoman
it's
the
victims
of
crime
compensation
program,
it
is
voca
and
my
understanding
through
researching
what
other
states
are
doing
under
the
federal
program,
is
that
there
are
specific
dollars
that
are
only
available
to
statewide
human
trafficking
task
forces.
E
So
my
understanding
that
those
are
the
dollars
that
our
state
would
like
to
go
after
is
the
ones
that
are
available
exclusively
to
statewide
human
trafficking
task
forces.
But
again
mr
armstrong
is
on
the
call
and
he
is
planning
on
testifying,
so
he
can
further
clarify
that.
Thank
you.
A
And
thank
you
assemblywoman.
Next,
I'd
like
to
go
to
assemblywoman
black.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
for
bringing
this
bill.
I
was
curious.
First,
do
you
know
how
many
victims
of
human
trafficking
there.
J
E
Well,
you
know
trying
to
tell
you
exactly
how
many
victims
there
are
would
would
probably
be
only
based
on
those
that
were
identified
by
law
enforcement
and
picked
up
by
law
enforcement
and
given
services,
I'm
guessing
that
for
every
one.
That's
picked
up,
there's
probably
nine
more
that
weren't
picked
up
and
weren't
identified
and
that's
the
problem.
K
E
There,
so
I
did
in
my
comments,
I'm
just
going
back
to
those
in
nevada.
Sex
trafficking
is
at
a
rate
of
89.
E
K
F
Mr
chairman,
oh
sorry,
may
I
also
respond
to
the
assembly
woman
black's
question.
Please
do
please
meet
your
name
for
the
record,
absolutely
james
dold
from
human
rights
for
kids
again
for
the
record
assemblyman
black.
So
there
is
some
anecdotal
data
that
that
might
be
helpful
to
answering
your
question.
The
organization
I
previously
worked
at
polaris
project
actually
runs
the
national
human
trafficking
resource
center
hotline
for
the
u.s
department
of
health
and
human
services.
F
F
It's
not
comprehensive
in
scope
again,
because
it's
it's
calls
that
come
into
the
hotline,
specifically
where
there
have
either
been
victims,
calling
in
seeking
assistance
or
whether
it's
high
identic
indicators
of
a
trafficking
situation
where
victims
have
been
identified,
and
then
that
information
has
been
related
to
law
enforcement.
Also
note
that
last
year,
following
up
on
what
assembly
woman
krasner
had
mentioned,
that
there
were
eight
successful
prosecutions
by
the
u.s
attorney
alone
at
the
federal
level,
and
so
you
know
it
kind
of
gives
us
a
little
bit
of
a
glimpse.
F
But
one
of
the
key
problems
of
this
issue
is
that
it's
a
hidden,
it's
a
hidden
crime.
You
know
like
in
my
situation.
You
know
I
wasn't
identified
by
law
enforcement
or
anybody
until
I
was
much
older
and
comfortable
coming
forward
in
part,
because
I
was
sort
of
hidden
away
in
a
house
performing
these
service
labor
and
services,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
other
key
problems
with
this.
F
Is
it's
just
it's
so
hidden,
but
what
we
know
is:
every
year
the
national
human
trafficking
resource
center
hotline
receives
more
and
more
calls
where
they've
identified
survivors,
specifically
from
nevada,
and
you
know,
as
more
word
gets
out
as
more
awareness
gets
created,
the
more
victims
that
have
been
identified,
but
that's
just
a
few
numbers
to
answer
your
question.
A
Questions,
please
feel
free
to
unmute
yourself
and
state
your
name
for
the
record.
A
Seeing
no
additional
questions
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
invite
those
wishing
to
speak
in
support
of
assembly
bill
143
to
please
I
well
before
I
go
to
the
phones
broadcast.
Do
we
have
anybody
on
video
that
was
going
to
be
testifying
in
support?
A
H
H
C
Good
morning,
chairman
flores
and
members
of
the
assembly
government
affairs
committee,
this
is
john
piero
j-o-h-n-p-I-r-o
from
the
clark
county
public
defender's
office,
testifying
for
both
myself
and
ms
burchie
from
the
washoe
county
public
defender's
office.
We
want
to
thank
assemblywoman
krasner
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
and
mr
dold,
whom
I
consider
a
personal
friend
for
sharing
his
story
with
this
committee.
C
Oftentimes
legislation
addresses
things
in
the
criminal
legal
system.
However,
solely
addressing
penalties
on
perpetrators
leaves
victims
in
the
cold.
This
legislation
is
going
to
bring
victims
the
services
that
they
need
and
we
are
fully
standing
behind
giving
victim
services,
because
oftentimes
statistics
show
that
people
who
are
victimized
become
victimizers
later
on
in
life,
and
we
are
all
about
breaking
the
cycle
at
the
public
defender's
office.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
this
legislation
forward
and
working
so
hard
on
it.
C
A
H
H
D
D
This
bill
complements
our
existing
plans
to
facilitate
a
statewide
response
for
human
trafficking
enforcement
and
supportive
services.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
the
legislature,
state,
local
and
federal
governments
and
community
stakeholders
to
invest
in
services
for
survivors.
Thank.
A
You
and
thank
you
for
your
testimony.
We
could
go
to
the
next
caller
wishing
to
testify
in
support
of
assembly
bill
143.
H
D
D
A
H
D
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
speak,
and
I
thank
you
all
for
your
consideration
on
this
critical
matter,
and
it
was
also
really
an
honor
to
hear
my
friend
james
dold,
who
I
also
consider
to
be
a
friend
speak.
I'm
an
attorney
and
long
time
advocate
for
all
people
in
the
sex
trade,
including
survivors
of
human
trafficking.
D
As
pointed
out
by
by
the
man
from
the
public
defender's
office,
it
is
so
important
that
people,
rather
than
be
criminalized,
are
given
the
proper
support
and
what
I
have
seen
representing
survivors
of
human
trafficking
in
appellate
defense.
Here
I
live
in
new
york
city,
is
so
often
that
they
have
to
deal
with
the
ramifications
of
a
criminal
record
rather
than
receive
support
as
survivors.
D
A
H
D
I
have
provided
a
letter
of
support
to
the
committee
on
behalf
of
saint
rose
and
I
just
wanted
to
also
thank
assemblywoman
krasner
for
bringing
this
bill
back
for
another
session.
As
you
know,
you've
heard
today
in
the
testimony
all
nevadans
deserve
to
live
a
life
free
of
violence,
exploitation
and
slavery.
A
And
thank
you
for
your
testimony
this
morning.
If
we
could,
please
go
to
the
next
caller
wishing
to
speak
in
support
of
assembly
bill
143.
H
K
Good
morning,
chair
flores
and
members
of
the
committee,
I
am
kim
baker
and
I'm
representing
the
nevada,
trucking
association
and
truckers
against
trafficking.
We've
been
focused
on
this
issue
for
well
over
nine
years,
beginning
with
attorney
general
cortez
master.
When
she
was
in
office,
we
adopted
truckers
against
trafficking
and
did
a
complete
real
road
trip,
introducing
the
training
materials
that
trucker
skins
trafficking
offered.
K
A
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
If
you
could
go
to
the
next
caller
wishing
to
speak
in
support
of
assembly
bill
143.
H
D
D
Good
morning,
I
hope
you
can
all
hear
me
now
good
morning,
sharon
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
my
name
is
tess
opferman,
that's
spelled
o
p
o-p-f-e-r-m-a-n
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
women's
lobby.
It
is
a
top
priority
of
the
nevada
women's
lobby
to
support
legislation
that
protects
those
who
are
survivors
of
domestic
and
sexual
violence,
including
survivors
of
human
trafficking,
in
nevada,
where
we
are
ranked
ninth
in
the
in
the
nation
for
the
number
of
cases
of
human
trafficking.
D
It
is
critical
that
we
come
up
with
plans
to
help
these
survivors
access,
health
care,
child
care,
education,
job
security
and
more,
and
that
starts
with
legislation
like
ab143.
We
need
to
fortify
the
safety
net
we
have
in
place,
and
this
is
a
strong
step
in
that
direction.
Thank
you
so
much
to
assemblywoman
krasner
for
bringing
this
bill
forward
and
for
the
powerful
testimony
presented.
The
amount
of
women's
lobby
urges
you
to
pass
this
bill
and
we
thank
you
for
your.
K
H
D
On
behalf
of
the
council,
we
would
like
to
formally
support
the
amended
version
of
ab143
feel
a
statewide
task
force
and
central
resource
hub
on
the
dhhs
site
will
allow
for
much
better
coordinated
efforts
of
sharing
information
and
providing
resources
to
victims
through
a
collective
framework
that
will
not
only
break
down
regional
silos,
but
also
improve
our
grant
competitiveness
and
increase
the
much-needed
potential
funds.
Nevada
receives
for
victim
and
survivor
support.
D
A
H
L
L
L
The
biggest
challenges
I
have
personally
experienced
is
the
difficulty
of
detecting
and
identifying
potential
victims
of
drafting,
followed
by
building
trust
and
cooperation
from
the
survivors
to
assist
in
prosecution.
Their
traffickers
ab143
will
implement
critical
components
that
can
help
overcome
these
challenges
through
a
coordinated
effort
and
victim
services
plan
love,
justice,
international
supports
ab143,
and
I
urge
the
assembly
to
support
eb-143.
A
H
H
H
M
M
M
As
many
of
you
might
know,
the
80,
approximately
80
percent
of
human
traffic
cases
are
in
the
clark
county
area
and
clark.
County
has
had
a
very
successful
human
trafficking
task
force
for
quite
a
long
time
now,
and
the
north
also
has
a
very
successful
human
trafficking
task
force.
There
is
currently
a
very
good
communication
that
takes
place
between
the
two
task
forces.
M
Our
concern
is
number
one.
The
bill
does
not
designate
who
the
members
would
be
of
a
state
task
force,
or
what
the
makeup
of
that
task
force
would
be,
and
also
resources
that
are
vital
to
the
local
task.
Forces
could
potentially
be
diverted
to
a
state
task
force,
which
is
a
concern
that
the
vice
chair
had
raised,
and
we
share
that
same
concern.
M
Clark
county
has
very
unique
challenges
that
may
not
be
the
same
in
other
parts
of
the
state,
and
our
fear
is
that
a
state
task
force
could
create
red
tape
or
bureaucracy
that
could
actually
make
it
more
difficult
for
victims
in
our
area
to
get
the
resources
that
they
need,
and
so
we
are
in
support
or
in
support
of
the
intent,
but
unfortunately
opposed
to
the
bill,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
assemblywoman
krasner
to
hopefully
improve
upon
it.
Thank
you.
A
A
Chair
great
with
that,
I
want
to
again
thank
you
for
taking
on
this
task.
I
trust
your
work
with
a
lot
of
folk
in
the
committee
who
may
have
additional
questions
and
mr
callaway
again
to
mr
dole.
Thank
you
for
for
coming
out
and
really
empowering
folk
through
your
story,
and
we
appreciate
you
being
here
this
morning
with
us.
Please
let
us
know
when
we
can
be
of
service
to
you,
we're
here
to
help
with
that.
N
Good
morning,
thank
you
very
much
chair
flores
and
government
affairs
committee.
I
am
excited
to
be
here.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
serving
two
terms
on
government
affairs,
so
it's
nice
to
be
back
in
this
committee,
where
I
feel
very
much
at
home
for
the
record.
I
am
assembly
woman,
shannon
bilbray
axelrod,
representing
assembly
district
34..
N
Assembly
bill
153
clarifies
that
the
use
of
any
savings
realized
through
the
use
of
performance
contracts
at
the
local
level
and
encourages
the
use
of
performance
contracts
at
the
state
level.
You
might
be
asking
what
is
a
performance
contract
performance
contracting
is
an
alternative
funding
source
a
way
to
make
to
make
operating,
cost
savings
improvements
now
without
tapping
into
capital
budgets,
the
resulting
cost
savings
pays
for
a
project
over
time.
N
The
agency
benefits
immediately
getting
new
equipment,
expertise
from
energy
service
professionals,
ongoing
maintenance
services
and
the
ability
to
accomplish
many
projects,
all
at
once
how
it
works.
A
using
agency
enters
to
an
agreement
with
an
energy
service
company.
I
will
refer
to
those
as
eskos.
N
Energy
management
controls,
landscaping,
irrigation
systems,
trash
compaction,
just
to
name
a
few
performance
contracting
allows
agencies
to
make
the
facility
upgrades
now
with
no
upfront
capital
and
pay
over
time
through
the
utility
and
operation
operational
savings
that
are
result
while
contract
payments
occur
during
the
useful
life
of
the
assets.
If
the
savings
aren't
available
to
make
payments
over
time,
then
the
benefit
of
the
performance
contract
is
reduced.
N
N
Finally,
I
wanted
to
let
the
committee
know
that
we
are
continuing
to
work
with
lcb
on
potential
clarifying
language
for
a
friendly
amendment.
The
goal
would
be
to
clarify
permissible
uses
of
state-level
espc
savings
specific
to
financing
costs.
Lcb
has
been
very
responsive
but
very
overwhelmed,
as
you
know,
and
we
appreciate
working
with
them
engaging
to
make
this
bill
perfect.
N
O
Thank
you,
chairman
flores,
and
thank
you
of
course,
assemblywoman
billbray
axelrod.
My
name
is
tim
farkas
and
that's
f-a-r-k-a-s,
I'm
the
finance
director
for
a
company
that
works
within
these
statutes.
O
These
statutes
have
been
on
the
books
for
about
15
years.
We
have
gotten
feedback
from
local
governments
and
so
forth
that
we
really
should
do
something
to
tighten
up
this
language
a
little,
and
so
this.
This
really
is
a
clarifying
bill
for
both
statutes.
332
pertains
to
local
governments,
including
school
districts,
333
a
pertains
to
state
agencies,
and
so,
as
assemblywoman
bilbray
axelrod
very
clearly
spelled
out.
O
Also
all
of
our
projects
are
what
you
might
call
green
energy
and
are
very
much
a
target
of
the
new
climate
action
plan
by
the
governor,
which
was
released
december
1st,
so
this
this
amen.
This
clarifying
legislation
will
help
state
and
local
governmental
agencies
and
entities
comply
with
the
the
new
climate
action
plan.
O
N
And
chair
flores,
if
I
may,
I
did
also
want
to
note
that
senator
chris
brooks
is
also
a
primary
joint
sponsor
on
this
bill,
so
just
wanted
to
who
was
also
a
member
of
the
government
government
affairs
committee.
A
couple
of
sessions
back
so
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Perfect
and
is
senator,
brooks
also
joining
us
today.
A
Understood
perfect,
so
with
that
members
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
for
questions,
I
don't
see
any
in
the
chat
at
this
time,
but
if
you
could
please
let
me
know
if
you'd
like
to
ask
a
question
we'll
start
off
with
assemblywoman
assemblywoman
black,
please.
K
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
assembling
woman
for
bringing
this
bill
when.
F
H
K
The
recreation
department
had
actually
had
one
of
these
studies
done
and
did
a
whole
bunch
of
things
that
saved
the
city
a
lot
of
money.
So
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea.
I
wish
that
we
were
able
to
incentivize
our
department
had
some
way
in
finding
cost
savings
like
this.
I
know
that's
probably
done
on
a
case-by-case
basis
in
the
municipalities,
but
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea
and
thank
you
for
bringing
this
bill.
D
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Good
morning,
hey,
I
have
a
real
small
question
now
this
is
going
to
be
strictly
for
just
trying
to
get
this
on
the
record
strictly
for
municipalities
like
the
cities,
the
counties,
the
school
districts
and
this
kind
of
stuff.
Is
that
correct.
N
C
O
Yes,
that's
correct
local
governments
and
state
agencies;
okay,
okay,.
A
If
thank
you
assemblyman
next,
we
can
go
to
assemblyman
matthews.
A
Okay,
well,
how
about
we
try
coming
back
to
you,
somebody
matthews
after
another
question
after
you
get
that
quick
audio
issue
resolved
members,
any
additional
questions.
J
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
That's
a
little
bit.
I
do
appreciate
it.
I
have
a
quick
question:
have
you
reached
out
to
local
governments?
I
I
don't
see
that
they've
submitted
any
testimony,
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
could
tell
me
where
local
governments
are
with
the
legislation.
N
Everyone's
been
very
supportive
that
I
have
talked
to.
I
know
that
we
have
from
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
We
have
support
from
those
folks.
I've
had
many
conversations
with
municipalities
and
local
government.
I,
to
be
honest,
I
haven't
really
knock
on
wood
got
pushback
from
anyone,
so
I
didn't
really
do
a
lot
to
get
all
the
support
that
maybe
I
should
have
so
I
apologize
for
that,
but
I
have
not
been
like.
I
said.
No
one
has
offered
any
pushback.
O
Yes,
thank
you
again
for
the
record
tim
farkas.
We
excuse
me.
We
have
support
from
local
governments.
If
they
don't
speak
today,
we
will
provide
letters
from
several
local
governments.
I
I
expect
one
or
two
to
speak
and
support
today.
A
A
And
I
think
we're
still
having
the
issue
cindy.
If
I
could
ask
that
you
help
assemblyman
matthews
resolve
that
issue
and,
in
the
meantime,
I'll
come
back
to
assemblywoman
anderson.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
assemblymember
bilbray
axelrod
and
mr
barcus
for
bringing
us
forward.
It's
pretty
straightforward.
I
do
have
one
small
clarifying
question
on
the
term
continually
review.
Is
that
a
yearly
review
is
that
six
months
or
is
that,
like
in
preparation
for
the
legislature,
I
realized
that
that
sometimes
means
different
things
to
different
departments.
So
I
didn't
know
if
you
had
an
idea
what
you
were
looking
for
with
that
continual
review.
O
You
again
for
the
record,
this
is
tim
farkas.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
That
is
the
that
is
the
language
and
and
the
that
we're
trying
to
kind
of
clarify
we
would
like
for
it
to
be
a
little
more
specific
as
well,
and
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
with
lcb
and
again
they've
been
very
helpful
in
this
process.
O
The
reference
will
probably
be
to
the
legislative
budget
session
at
some
point,
because
that
is
the
point
of
continuing
payments
and
benefits
into
multiple
biennium,
and
so
that
that
will
be
clarified
in
the
future
version.
B
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman
assemblyman
matthews
are
we?
Are
we
in
a
better
position
with
the
audio,
not
yet?
Okay
members,
any
additional
questions.
A
Please
feel
free
to
unmute
yourself
and
state
your
name
for
the
record
members.
If
you'd
like
to
ask
a
question
seeing
none
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
go
to
the
phones
and
invite
those
wishing
to
speak
in
support
of
assembly
bill.
153,
I'd
like
to
remind
you
to
keep
your
remarks
in
two
minutes.
Please
broadcast
please.
P
Good
morning,
chair
flores
and
members
of
the
government
affairs
committee,
my
name
is
david
bobzin
last
name
is
spell
v-o-b-z-I-e-n
and
I'm
director
of
the
governor's
office
of
energy.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
some
comments
in
support
of
ab153
this
morning,
assemblyman
bilbray,
axelrod
very
elegantly
described
how
performance
contracting
works,
and
mr
farkas
properly
noted
that
performance
contracting
is
a
component
of
nevada's
recently
released
estate
climate
strategy.
P
So
our
letter
in
support
makes
note
of
that
connection
to
the
state
climate
strategy,
so
here's
a
wonderful
example
of
the
legislature
considering
how
to
move
forward
with
our
climate
goals.
I
would
also
like
to
note-
and
this
is
hopefully
of
of
use
to
each
individual
member
as
they're
communicating
with
their
home
local
governments,
that
the
governor's
office
of
energy
conducts
a
performance
contracting
audit
assistance
program
where
we
provide
assistance
to
local
governments
at
the
front
end
of
the
performance
contracting
journey.
P
If
you
will,
where
would
provide
money
to
assist
with
the
energy
audit
that
happens
at
the
at
the
outset
of
the
program,
so
identifying
the
opportunities
for
energy
savings
that
can
allow
local
governments
to
kick
start
their
performance
contracting
experience.
So
with
that,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
present
in
testimony
in
support
of
ab153.
A
H
M
Begin
good
morning,
chair,
flores
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
david
cherry,
spelled
d-a-v-I-d
c-h-e-r-r-y
and
I'm
government
affairs
manager
for
the
city
of
henderson.
The
city
of
henderson
has
used
performance
contracts
to
complete
a
street
light,
bulb
conversion
from
high
pressure
sodium
to
induction
lighting,
which
created
a
40
cost
savings.
M
We've
also
used
this
tool
to
help
pay
for
a
trail
lighting
conversion,
which
has
increased
the
longevity
of
the
equipment
used
to
illuminate
our
outside
trails,
helping
us
save
on
costs
and
we're
currently
upgrading
boilers
and
chillers
at
city
facilities
under
a
performance
contract
that
will
slash
costs
by
increasing
energy
efficiency
in
heating
and
cooling.
As
a
rule,
when
looking
at
performance
contracts
they're
only
done
when
the
city
can
create
a
positive
roi
within
the
first
10
years.
A
H
D
C-H-R-I-S-T-I-C-A-B-R-E-R-A,
I'm
the
policy
and
advocacy
director
for
the
nevada
conservation
league
here
in
support
of
ab-153
energy
efficiency.
Is
the
cheapest
and
fastest
way
to
meet
our
growing
energy
demand,
while
reducing
the
pollution
that
drives
dangerous
climate
change
and
harms
our
health,
because
the
cleanest
energy
source
is
the
one
that
you
don't
have
to
produce
in
the
first
place.
Energy
efficiency
is
also
critical
to
meeting
our
state's
climate
goals.
Performance
contracting
is
an
opportunity
for
governments
to
make
energy
efficiency
upgrades
that
reduce
energy
costs
and
the
associated
pollution.
D
A
And
thank
you
for
your
testimony
this
morning,
hey
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
caller
wishing
to
speak
in
support
of
assembly
bill
153.
H
D
The
vegas
chamber
here
today
to
testify
in
support
of
ad153.
We
believe
this
is
this.
Clarifying
language
will
encourage
further.
H
L
These
performance
contracts,
we
believe
that
offering
more
opportunity
for
them
is
a
good
use
of
taxpayer.
N
Thank
you.
I
just
would
like
to
say
thank
you
very
much
for
hearing
this
bill
today.
As
you
see,
it
has
a
broad
base
of
support,
and
I
would
just
really
appreciate
your
support
on
this
bill
and
thank
you
to
all
those
who
did
call
in
in
support
as
well
and
as
well
to
mr
farkas.
Thank
you
for
having
me.
A
Thank
you
again,
assemblywoman.
I
will
just
to
put
assemblyman
matthew's
remarks
on
the
record.
We
were
having
some
technical
audio
issues,
but
he
did
want
to
express
thank
you
for
your
presentation
and
mentioned
that
he
appreciates
the
bill,
supports
the
measures
to
facilitate
cost
savings
and
again
we'll
be
having
issues
like
that,
all
the
time
and
I'll
try
to
get
you
on
the
record
whenever
we
can
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
open
it
up
for
public
comment.
A
H
H
H
M
This
is
ross
armstrong
for
the
record.
M
R-O-S-F-A-R-M-S-T-R-O-N-G
I
attempted
to
testify
neutral
during
the
hearing
for
assemblywoman
krasner's
bill
related
to
victims
and
human
trafficking.
I
just
did
want
to
thank
the
assemblywoman
for
meeting
with
us
and
making
some
modifications
that
allowed
us
to
if,
as
amended,
would
remove
the
fiscal
note.
M
The
key
to
that
was
the
the
change
of
language
from
mandatory
tasks
for
that
task,
force
to
discretionary
or
may
which
allows
us
to
build
the
system
to
which
we
have
the
capacity
for
right
now
and
to
answer
the
vice
chairwoman's
question
about
voca
versus
vawa
funds.
I
did
want
to
confirm
that
it
is
voca
funds
and
that
we're
not
creating
a
new
position,
but
rather
and
will
provide
specialized
training
to
a
member
of
our
team
already,
so
it
won't
be
diverting
any
funds
from
victims
to
that
operation.
M
M
Now
that
we
have
the
the
criminal
justice
response
pretty
well
situated,
so
I
will
submit
some
additional
comments
to
help
explain
any
of
the
fiscal
note
changes
and
that
difference
between
voca
and
vawa
and
how
this
would
look
like
for
the
division.
And
I
thank
the
committee
for
its
time.
A
And,
madam
secretary,
if
we
could
let
the
record
reflect
that,
we
will
reopen
the
hearing
on
assembly
bill
143,
so
that
mr
armstrong's
remarks
can
be
placed
on
the
record
under
the
neutral
position
and
mr
ross
armstrong
is
the
administrator
of
the
division
of
child
and
family
services
and
he'll
also
be
providing
some
additional
written
remarks.
Thank
you,
mr
armstrong.
I
know
we've
been
having
technical
difficulties
all
day,
so
I
appreciate
you
finally
being
able
to
get
in
so
we
briefly
reopened
the
hearing
assembly
bill
143.
A
A
Great
thank
you
at
this
time,
we'll
close
out
public
comment.
Members.
Thank
you
for
your
participation
in
thoughtful
dialogue
this
morning
and
we're
grateful
again
to
the
presenters
for
bringing
these
important
measures
forward.
I
want
to
remind
you
tomorrow
we're
going
to
be
having
a
presentation
by
the
las
vegas
metro
police
department.
Mr
callaway
will
be
here,
be
ready
to
ask
some
thoughtful
questions
and
engage
in
some
good
dialogue.
There
again,
thank
you
for
your
work.
This
meeting
is.