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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 5/7/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Maybe not in your schools, in your workplaces, or your places of worship, but we are still here. public
- 00:59:51.280><c> your</c> Maybe not in your schools, in your Maybe not in your schools, in your workplaces
- ><c> your</c><00:59:52.880><c> places</c><00:59:53.200><c> of</c><00:59:53.359><c> worship,</c> workplaces
- , or your places of worship, workplaces, or your places of worship, but<00:59:54.559><c> we</c><00:59
Bills:
HF2435
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Transcript Highlights:
- nonprofit that promotes safety<00:21:17.520><c> in</c><00:21:17.679><c> the</c><00:21:17.840><c> workplace
- /c><00:21:18.240><c> on</c><00:21:18.400><c> the</c><00:21:18.559><c> roadway,</c> safety in the workplace
- , on the roadway, safety in the workplace, on the roadway, and<00:21:19.520><c> at</c><00:21:19.679><
- The side of the road or even the center of it is our members' workplace nearly every day.
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- Not only is this venue a workplace for so many Minnesotans, it is an entertainment destination providing
- /c><01:06:39.200><c> this</c><01:06:39.440><c> venue</c><01:06:40.079><c> a</c><01:06:40.400><c> workplace
- </c><01:06:40.960><c> for</c> Not only is this venue a workplace for Not only is this venue a workplace
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- consider three other classes of person, specifically the other employees who must remain in the workplace
- in</c><00:57:15.720><c> the</c> employees who must remain in the employees who must remain in the workplace
- <c> customers</c><00:57:17.520><c> who</c><00:57:17.680><c> are</c><00:57:17.839><c> relying</c> workplace
- the customers who are relying workplace the customers who are relying on<00:57:18.359><c> the</c><00
Bills:
HF1976
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- condos for workers—we heard from public employees who are driving two and three hours to get to their workplace
- condos for workers—we heard from public employees who are driving two and three hours to get to their workplace
- It does this by legalizing apartments and condo..." their workplace we have employees who we their workplace
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of respondents experienced discrimination or harassment in the last year, noting public spaces, workplaces
- :00.480><c> noting</c><01:16:00.880><c> public</c><01:16:01.199><c> spaces</c><01:16:01.800><c> workplaces
- </c><01:16:02.800><c> and</c> year noting public spaces workplaces and year noting public spaces workplaces
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- I require 24/7 supervision in my living arrangement and my workplace. I'm very happy to have a job.
- Arrangement<01:25:13.719><c> and</c><01:25:13.960><c> my</c> Arrangement and my Arrangement and my workplace
- 01:25:16.679><c> to</c><01:25:16.880><c> have</c><01:25:17.040><c> a</c><01:25:17.320><c> job</c> workplace
- I'm very happy to have a job workplace I'm very happy to have a job I've<01:25:18.440><c> been</c><01
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/26/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- part-time work options, flexible schedules, competitive wages and benefits, and has a supportive workplace
- > supportive</c> wages and benefits and has a supportive wages and benefits and has a supportive workplace
- c> culture</c><01:09:19.839><c> however</c><01:09:20.080><c> there</c><01:09:20.279><c> just</c> workplace
- culture however there just workplace culture however there just simply<01:09:20.880><c> isn't</c><01
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- those remote workers still have to pay liability in the state of their headquarters, where their workplace
- 01:47:06.639><c> their</c><01:47:07.320><c> their</c><01:47:07.800><c> their</c><01:47:08.040><c> workplace
- </c><01:47:08.880><c> that</c> their their their their workplace that their their their their workplace
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, January 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House employees have appropriate access to the Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Workplace
- c> of</c> Committee and the office of Committee and the office of congressional<04:32:45.720><c> workplace
- c><04:32:46.279><c> rights</c><04:32:47.119><c> the</c><04:32:47.279><c> house</c> congressional workplace
- rights the house congressional workplace rights the house functions<04:32:48.000><c> best</c><04:32:
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 093 Apr 17th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , inadequate staffing levels, and the lack of comprehensive protections for employees who report workplace
- protections for employees<00:23:32.000><c> who</c><00:23:32.160><c> report</c><00:23:32.560><c> workplace
- </c><00:23:33.040><c> safety</c> employees who report workplace safety employees who report workplace
- thresholds and no daily rights continue to create unique difficulties for agricultural employees seeking workplace
Summary:
The House convened with 58 members present and seven excused, establishing a quorum, and approved the April 15, 2026 journal as corrected. The chamber then moved through announcements recognizing visiting railroad workers, LIUNA Local 720, Colorado West Christian Schools, Religious Freedom Day, and several school and community groups, along with birthday acknowledgments and committee schedule notices. The House also adopted a motion to remove House Bill 1245 from special orders and returned it to the general orders second reading calendar, and set House Bills 1290, 1312, and 1321 as special orders.
The House adopted Senate Joint Resolution 18, recognizing Nowruz and expressing support for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Iranian people, including the Women, Life, Freedom movement. Supporters described Nowruz as a holiday of renewal and resilience and tied the resolution to solidarity with Iranian communities. Representative Zokaie also spoke at length about the personal impact of war on Iranian families and urged a vote. The resolution passed 59-2 with four excused.
The chamber then considered several bills in committee report. House Bill 1290, concerning assault and clarifying sentencing, was amended in Judiciary to remove the medical professional provision and passed after testimony emphasizing strangulation as a serious warning sign in domestic violence cases; it then passed the House. House Bill 1312, dealing with peace officer participation, POST Board composition, academy training, and related grants, was amended for clarity and passed the Judiciary report and then the bill. House Bill 1321, modifying the School Security Disbursement Program, had the Education Committee report defeated, but amendments were adopted to broaden eligible service providers and adjust funding language; the bill then passed as amended.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Workplace standards include language clarifying funding for youth employment programs and court-awarded
- Workplace standards include language clarifying funding for youth employment programs and court-awarded
- Workplace standards include language clarifying funding for youth employment programs and court-awarded
- Workplace standards include language clarifying funding for youth employment programs and court-awarded
- Workplace standards include language clarifying funding for youth employment programs and court-awarded
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into committee and floor reports. Several measures received favorable committee reports and were ordered to first reading and placed on the calendar, including Current Resolution 9, Senate Joint Resolution 23, House Bill 145, House Bill 567, and House Bill 506 with House Committee Substitute 1. The chamber also noted that House Bills 500 and 504 had already received two readings and were sent to the Rules Committee before House Bill 500 was brought up for final consideration.
Most of the discussion focused on House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill. Members described it as a “good first draft” and emphasized a budget process they said was more transparent than in prior years. The bill was presented as a restrained two-year operating budget with spending growth kept at a little under 2% annually, while setting aside about 2% of projected revenues, or roughly $614 million, in the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future needs. The budget also used base reductions in some areas while exempting others such as Medicaid benefits, SEEK, corrections, behavioral health, and veterans programs.
Subcommittee chairs then outlined major spending areas. Education provisions included a 2% annual increase in base SEEK funding, transportation funding held flat, equalization for recallable nickel funding, continued retirement contributions, and major support for postsecondary access, dual credit, asset preservation, and workforce training. Health and family services provisions held Medicaid steady while adding waiver slots, behavioral health and substance use support, public health investments, and funding for rural health and laboratory capacity. Other sections covered personnel and pensions, veterans services, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, tourism, and environmental projects.
The only recorded action on the floor was adoption of House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 500, followed by a motion for final passage of the bill as amended. The transcript ends as discussion on final passage begins, before any final vote is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes SF1832, the workforce, labor, and economic development finance bill 5/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- services just like we support every trainee, every journeyman, everybody that gets support in the workplace
- rank-and-file, dues-paying union member, I know that having a union provides me with a strong voice in the workplace
- Unions set the standard for all workers when they negotiate fair wages and benefits and workplace safety
- forcing their workers out on strikes over unfair labor practices. 3/10 of 1% isn't out of line. workplace
- Yet the workplace safety standards.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He was the architect of the Air Raid offense, a system that changed the game and launched the careers
- He was the architect of the Air Raid offense, a system that changed the game and launched the careers
- He was the architect of the Air Raid offense, a system that changed the game and launched the careers
- He was the architect of the Air Raid offense, a system that changed the game and launched the careers
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 73 Jul 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Higher Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- That impacts not only workplace safety, but it also impacts student learning, which are very important
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a wide range of bills touching student access, campus safety, and institutional support. Early testimony focused on H. 4544, which would create a state Hispanic-serving institution designation to replace a lost federal designation and potentially allow future funding. Representative Kushmerek and Fitchburg State President Donna Hodge described Fitchburg’s growing Latino student population, the university’s local commitments such as the Fitchburg Promise, and argued the bill would help the institution better serve its community. Committee members asked about how the tuition-free local program is financed, and the bill was described as having no immediate funding request but allowing for future appropriations.
The committee also heard support for H. 1421, a proposed John F. Kennedy Service Scholarship Program for Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Commonwealth Corps alumni, with Representative Arena DeRosa arguing that student debt discourages service and that the program would help make citizen service more accessible to lower- and moderate-income students. Members raised questions about cost, take-up, and whether the program should be capped. H. 1449, dealing with transcript withholding, drew support from Representative LeBoeuf and USPyre’s Demi Stoltz, who said withholding transcripts over small balances or non-academic fees traps students and harms workforce participation; members discussed how schools could still collect debts without blocking transcripts. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to improve study-abroad safety reporting, with Carrie Pascarello urging a centralized data system after multiple student deaths and serious incidents abroad, and members asking about how other states handle similar transparency measures.
Another major topic was H. 4113 on higher education sexual misconduct. Laura G. and Ashley Freeman supported a proposal aimed at preventing “passing the harasser” by requiring disclosure of substantiated findings or departures during open investigations in hiring processes. They said the bill would improve transparency and campus safety while preserving due process, and noted Washington State has a similar law. Members discussed whether the bill should be expanded to K-12 settings and asked about the Washington model’s effectiveness. The committee also heard from Mike Canavan of AFT Massachusetts in support of a bill to create a grant program for librarians to earn a master’s in library science, noting the credential is required for the profession but is not offered by any public institution in Massachusetts. No votes were taken, and the hearing concluded after all scheduled witnesses testified.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- More batteries enter our homes, workplaces, and communities.
Summary:
The Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee heard three main bills after initially lacking a quorum and deferring the consent calendar. SB 501 by Senator Allen would expand California’s battery extended producer responsibility program to include medium-format batteries, such as those used in e-bikes, lawn equipment, and portable power systems. Supporters from local governments, recycling groups, environmental organizations, and battery stewardship interests said the bill would reduce fire risks, improve collection and recycling, and close a gap in existing law. One industry witness sought clarification about off-highway vehicles and a battery association requested guardrails for mixed battery formats; the California Retailers Association moved from opposition to neutral after discussions with the author.
SB 1125 by Senator Menjivar would create a statewide, state-funded low-income drinking water rate assistance program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board, contingent on funding. The author and supporters said many Californians face water debt and that the bill would help address affordability while working around Proposition 218 limits on local ratepayer-funded assistance. Water districts, local governments, environmental justice groups, and conservation organizations testified in support, and there was no opposition.
SB 1259 by Senator Blakespear, as amended, would require refineries to provide advance information on closure, cleanup costs, and timelines to help communities plan for refinery transitions and remediation. Supporters, including the City of Benicia, environmental justice groups, and advocacy organizations, argued that communities need transparency before closures occur and that other energy sectors already provide similar planning information. Opponents from labor, petroleum, and business groups argued the bill was unnecessary, burdensome, and could discourage refinery investment or signal premature decline of the industry. After extensive debate, the committee voted to pass SB 1259 as amended to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, and also approved SB 501 and SB 1125; the consent calendar items SB 1253 and SJR 13 were adopted.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 54 Jun 10th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is also a workplace safety bill, not just for firefighters, but for everybody in the building trades
Summary:
The House first handled a series of routine actions from the Committee on Rules, including adoption of several congratulatory resolutions and suspension of Joint Rule 12 to allow petitions to proceed, including a Hingham land transfer petition and a veteran rental assistance bridge program petition. The Ways and Means Committee then reported out several bills, including a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, a bill on hot work/fire safety regulation, a free expression/library bill, a bill on ownership and maintenance of certain culverts and dams, a Walsh-Kennedy Commission implementation bill, and a Billerica land transfer for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path. Each was advanced through second or third reading, with the House adopting committee amendments and ordering the bills to third reading or engrossment as appropriate.
The most extensive debate centered on S. 2726, an act regarding free expression, which would address book challenges in public and school libraries, require reporting of challenges, protect age-appropriate materials, and establish review procedures. Supporters argued the bill protects intellectual freedom, librarians’ professional judgment, and access to books amid rising censorship efforts; opponents raised concerns about parental rights, local control, and exposure of minors to explicit material. Several amendments were offered and voted on, including one to strike a criminal-law protection, one to streamline the school review process, one clarifying that challenged material is considered in its entirety, and one narrowing who may initiate complaints to parents or guardians; some were rejected and others adopted. The bill ultimately passed to be engrossed by a 151-3 vote.
The House also took up H. 5491 implementing the Walsh-Kennedy Commission recommendations on hot work safety after the 2014 Beacon Street fire. Members emphasized firefighter safety, certification and training requirements, stronger penalties for violations, and public notification of violations; the bill passed to be engrossed unanimously. The supplemental fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, H. 5493, covering snow and ice costs, no-cost calls, substance use services, homeless programs, and several outside sections, also passed after amendment votes. Finally, the House enacted two local bills on Holyoke City Council special meetings and the Reading town charter, and then adjourned to meet the next day in informal session.