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• Companies like this invest in their employees.
• One of which is in my district in my hometown, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
• One of which is in my district in my hometown, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
• One of which is in my district in my hometown, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
• </c><05:15:51.440><c> Bay</c> district in my hometown, the Mobile Bay district in my hometown, the Mobile

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This is an image of a Zebra mobile computer.
• This is an image of a zebra mobile computer.
• They harassed and disciplined employees for a reasonable time away from scanning.
• Most, if not all, employees in our warehouse have also downloaded Most, if not all, employees in our
• at all, but employees of third-party delivery service partners. ...in fact, Amazon employees at all,

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing on California privacy in the age of mass surveillance, with members framing the issue as urgent in light of AI, data brokers, workplace monitoring, and government access to commercially collected data. Opening remarks emphasized California’s long-standing privacy tradition and concern for impacts on Latino, immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities. The committee heard from experts from UC Law San Francisco, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Davis, and a worker-organizer from Amazon, followed by a journalist from 404 Media. Nicole Ozer reviewed the history of California’s constitutional right to privacy, tracing it to the 1972 ballot measure and arguing that lawmakers should use that right more fully to operationalize stronger protections against surveillance. Deirdre Mulligan described how surveillance capitalism has expanded through physical-world instrumentation, biometrics, connected devices, and AI, and argued that notice-and-consent models are inadequate because people cannot meaningfully understand or control how data is collected, inferred, shared, and used. Ari Waldman focused on disparate harms to marginalized communities, including queer people, survivors of domestic violence, and people seeking reproductive care, and called for stronger regulation, limits on data collection and sharing, and greater accountability for companies and government access to data. Josh Black testified about Amazon’s workplace surveillance, including handheld devices, time-off-task monitoring, hidden cameras, and driver-facing AI cameras, saying the system pressures workers to skip breaks, rush safety training, and discourages organizing. He said the surveillance is used to increase productivity and suppress union activity. Committee members asked about data retention, injury reporting, cash as a privacy-protective payment option, and whether workers truly consent to surveillance as a condition of employment. Jason Kebler described how police departments adopt commercial surveillance tools through pilot programs and vendor relationships, often without public debate, citing license plate readers and networked camera systems that can spread data across jurisdictions. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with discussion of the need for clearer definitions, stronger enforcement, and continued legislative action.

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• She says the World Cup mobility planning goals have remained consistent.
• they want to ensure safe, welcoming, and seamless event transportation while maintaining community mobility
• ensure that we have a safe, welcoming, and seamless event transportation while maintaining community, mobility
• All right, we will move forward to Travis Phelps, who's the director of the Mobility Division at WSDOT
• We're headquartered in Washington State, and we employ roughly 500 employees around the state.

Summary: The committee began with a work session on transportation planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Western Washington. April Putney of the Seattle FIFA World Cup 26 Local Organizing Committee described the event as a statewide, 39-day tournament with six Seattle group-stage matches, additional possible matches, fan zones across the state, and major transportation impacts centered in the Seattle area, including street closures, increased I-5 traffic, and heavy use of transit, shuttles, ferries, and active transportation. She said the goal is safe, seamless mobility with 80% of stadium attendees arriving by non-personal vehicle, and noted coordination with federal agencies on border crossings and security. WSDOT’s Travis Phelps outlined roughly $25.65 million in World Cup-related funding for tunnel maintenance, traffic operations, signage and digital messaging, public transit support, ferries, and related staffing and training, emphasizing use of existing staff, overtime, and current fleets rather than new hires or vehicles. Senators asked about border staffing and ferry capacity, and WSDOT said it would follow up on ferry staffing concerns. The committee then held public hearings on several bills. SB 5839 would remove the “passenger only” limitation for county ferry districts, allowing them to support vehicle ferries; supporters from Whatcom County and the Association of Counties said the change would help aging ferry systems, improve funding flexibility, and support essential island access, while some testimony was opposed. SB 6032 would amend the secure-your-load law to allow vehicles with mud, rocks, or debris on them to be covered instead of cleaned before being towed on paved highways; the sponsor and industry witnesses said it would save time and water for construction equipment operators, and the hearing closed with strong support and little opposition. SB 5824 would clarify how fifth-wheel travel trailers are measured, allowing up to 46 feet measured from the kingpin to the rear of the trailer; RV industry, dealer, and business groups supported it as a safety-neutral clarification that would align Washington with other states and improve competitiveness, and the hearing closed with overwhelming support. Finally, SB 5864 would create an online motor vehicle insurance verification system at the Department of Licensing, require insurers to provide policy data, and use the system at registration renewal beginning in 2029 after a pilot period. The sponsor and supporters from insurers and law enforcement said the bill would reduce uninsured driving, improve roadside verification, and lower costs shifted to insured drivers, while county auditors and vehicle subagents supported the policy but warned that implementation must be technically reliable and adequately funded so renewals are not slowed. The public hearing closed with substantial support and some operational concerns raised, and the committee adjourned after the final hearing.

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• These can be described best as efforts to monitor, control, and mobilize individuals, institutions, platforms
• How do we mobilize those friends?
• I would also be looking to mobilize groups to lobby politicians to say, "Well, look, the U.S. is an unreliable
• I mean, it seems to me like, tactically, that if I were a senior CCP official, I would be mobilizing
• Institute, are facing a 90-day freeze on their spending, which would require them to lay off their employees

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• , dry needling is a widely used evidence-based treatment that's used to relieve pain and improve mobility
• He's an hourly OPS employee, earning $15 an hour.
• And he's not in the FRS because he's an OPS employee, but families don't know about this.

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• The Veterans Preference Act is not applicable to all state employees, but state employees are covered
• The Veterans Preference Act is not applicable to all state employees, but state employees are covered
• We have a mobile dental clinic.
• But they come together and mobilize when necessary.
• But they come together and mobilize when necessary.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• a bill last year that helped us monitor how we will pay hospitals within our PEBB and our public employee
• and school employee programs, so that will help us contain those hospital expenditures, inpatient and
• and school employee programs.
• and school employees, of course.
• Yeah, I've got an insurance product, but I'm going to fund a primary care access to my employees and

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee opened its 2026 session with a work session focused on the committee’s priorities of access, quality, and affordability. Health Care Authority staff Michelle Needham and Ross Florey reviewed the Health Care Cost Transparency Board’s work, noting Washington’s uninsured rate has fallen from 15% in 2010 to 5%, but health care spending growth remains above the benchmark. They said 2023 spending grew 6.2% versus a 3.2% target, with prescription drugs, hospital outpatient care, professional services, and non-claims spending driving growth. They highlighted ongoing work on market transparency, hospital spending, primary care, and federal policy changes that could reduce coverage and increase uncompensated care. Dr. Drew Oliva of the Washington Health Alliance added quality and safety data, saying many measures remain below top national performance, primary care attachment is weak, hospital pricing varies widely, and behavioral health data are limited. He urged stronger primary care investment, more transparency, and better patient safety oversight. Committee members then introduced themselves and staff before moving to public hearings. The committee first heard Senate Bill 5877, a technical fix expanding the physician health program surcharge to certified anesthesiologist assistants so they can participate in the Washington Physicians Health Program and related educational resources. The bill sponsor and witnesses from the Washington Medical Commission, the Washington Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants, and the Washington Physicians Health Program all supported the measure, describing it as a consistency and access fix for a newly licensed profession. The bill drew 12 pro, 2 con, and 0 other sign-ins. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5967, which would preserve access to preventive services by allowing the Department of Health to issue immunization recommendations based on multiple expert sources and by freezing state insurance coverage protections for preventive services and vaccines as of mid-2025, with OIC rulemaking authority to keep coverage at least as favorable. The sponsor, Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer, Secretary of Health Dennis Worsham, and Governor’s office staff said the bill is intended to protect existing coverage, not create new vaccine mandates, and to keep recommendations grounded in science amid federal uncertainty. Supporters included Dr. Helen Chu, Dr. Beth Harvey, Dr. Maria Huang, Dr. J. Miller, and Dr. Matt LaGalbo, who emphasized vaccine safety, rising vaccine-preventable diseases, and the importance of no-cost preventive care. Opponents, including Bob Runnels and Natalie Chavez, argued the bill politicizes vaccines, reduces transparency, and expands state authority without adequate fiscal detail. The hearing continued with additional testimony after the excerpt ended.

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• It's a city manager type of government, so I'm their only employee. So, Mr.
• We have 30,000 employees across our network; about 18% of our employees are veterans, so we also pay
• We have 600 miles of track and over 400 employees.
• In addition to that, we are successful because of our employees.
• But the good news is that it is possible to have a strong industrial economy and mobility.

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• Employees' exemption requests can be denied without explanation or justification.
• In the phrase "managing employees for consistent enforcement purposes."
• Mobile health care facilities or practitioners could be hours away.
• Give up contract labor costs and lead to more employee absences.
• Recently, a CDC employee was contacted by such a hospital employee who had absolutely no contact with

Bills: SB227, SB269, SB407, SB463, SB527, SB547, SB1283, SB1380, SB1383, SB1511, SB1640, SB1784, SB2069

Keywords: school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, healthcare policy, vaccines, exemptions, religious beliefs, public health, workplace violence, healthcare facilities, definition expansion, safety regulations, health and safety code, health insurance, anesthesia, pediatric dental services, coverage, medical necessity

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• To CYFD employees' right to privacy and personnel matters.
• With respect to employee confidentiality, any grievances against employees are a totally separate process
• The reason this is so critical is that under current practice at CYFD When an employee resigns or has
• We learned this through sworn testimony of multiple employees.
• I've confirmed it with current employees. It is the continued practice.

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• improved or unchanged when employees were teleworking three or more days per week.
• We would love your support on behalf of ACSS and PEG members and all state employees.
• I am a new state employee and I fully support this bill.
• CTA believes that all educational employees should...
• We do not impose support to employees facing long-term illness.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It means fewer routes for those students, for those employees, longer wait times, and higher fares, more
• funding solution, the people most impacted will be those who already face the greatest barriers to mobility
• This bill promotes mobile signature curing, which, as you've just heard, is an important safeguard to
• This bill promotes mobile signature curing, which, as you've just heard, is an important safeguard to
• Nalia Griffin with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in support.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Assembly Bill by Assemblymember Connolly, an act relating to mobile homes.
• AB 456 improves the buying and selling process for mobile home owners.
• And it was my job as their educator and at will employee.
• Because that one page was also my job as an at will employee to make a copy to serve as.
• So, especially around making sure that this bill did not backfire and put employees in a position where

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I am a new state employee, and I fully support this bill.
• State employees support this bill. So are there any witnesses in opposition?
• When our employees are at most need is when we need to be there for them.
• We do not impose support to employees facing long-term illness.
• Employees across schools and offices.

Summary: The committee heard several bills related to public employment. AB 1601, by Assemblymember Rogers, would give Sonoma County flexibility to work with its retirement board and actuaries on a possible retiree cost-of-living adjustment; supporters said Sonoma is the only 1937 Act county system without an automatic COLA and that retirees have gone since 2008 without an increase, while no opposition testified. The bill passed on a do-pass vote and was placed on the floor. AB 1729, by Assemblymember Lee, would update state telework policy by requiring written telework plans, adding more structure before return-to-office decisions, and restoring public reporting on telework savings. Supporters, including SEIU Local 1000, the Association of California State Supervisors, and many state workers, argued telework improves productivity, reduces emissions and commute costs, and could save the state about $225 million annually; there was no opposition. The committee approved the bill 6-0 and re-referred it to Appropriations. AB 1630, by Assemblymember Colosa, would allow union representatives to invite bargaining-unit members to observe meet-and-confer sessions, including remotely, to increase transparency and engagement. UC and CSU opposed the measure, saying observer rules should be negotiated at the table and warning the bill lacked clear limits on the number of observers and could create logistical and security problems. The bill passed 5-0 with one member not voting and was sent to Appropriations. AB 1750, also by Assemblymember Colosa, would require school employees who exhaust sick leave and are absent due to illness or injury to receive full salary for an additional five months. CTA supported the bill as a needed safety net for teachers and classified staff, while school districts and administrators opposed it over cost, staffing, and student stability concerns, saying it could encourage longer absences and strain already tight budgets. The committee passed the bill 5-0 and sent it to Higher Education. AB 1896, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would bar people who participated in immigration enforcement from holding California public employment, with supporters framing it as a response to ICE and Border Patrol actions and opponents warning it was overbroad and could exclude otherwise qualified applicants from law enforcement jobs; the bill passed 5-1 and was referred to Public Safety.

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• ITD is appropriated 1,645 employees. ITD is appropriated 1,645 employees. We're implementers.
• And it's the ITD employees that help all this to happen.
• And it's the ITD employees that help this all to help.
• And it's the ITD employees that help this all to happen.
• Employee turnover is not where we want it to be.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The committee first approved the January 20 minutes by voice vote. It then received a lengthy update from Idaho Transportation Department Director Scott Stokes, who described ITD’s responsibilities, staffing, major highway and bridge projects, funding sources, safety efforts, workforce challenges, and innovation programs. He highlighted the use of bond and TECM funding to accelerate modernization projects, the department’s performance dashboard, emergency response work, and initiatives such as Skip the Trip and winter driving classes. Members asked about long-term funding adequacy, freeway and work-zone safety, and project timelines, including a Highway 55 project near Banks. The committee then introduced RS 32984, which would eliminate the requirement for registration stickers on license plates and treat a valid plate and registration as sufficient. Supporters said the stickers are often unreadable or unnecessary and estimated the change could save about $300,000. The motion to introduce passed by voice vote. Next, the committee introduced RS 32869, a driver’s education bill that would allow parents to teach driver education while also preserving school-based programs; members discussed safety in urban areas and the potential fiscal impact of Idaho Digital Learning Alliance enrollment costs. The motion to introduce also passed. Finally, the committee introduced RS 32834, a proof-of-identity cleanup bill intended to streamline DMV processes by combining identity information for out-of-state customers. It also introduced RS 32841 C1, which updates vehicle registration fee and tax distribution rules, removes obsolete language from prior legislation, and increases the local bridge inspection fund transfer from $175,000 to $300,000 to help draw down federal matching funds. Both motions passed by voice vote, and the committee adjourned.

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• It prohibits early learning providers and school district employees from collecting information about
• It prohibits early learning providers, school district employees, health care facilities, adult family
• We have thousands of tons of produce being wasted in the field because we can't find the employees to
• We have thousands of tons of produce being wasted in the field because we can't find the employees to
• President, I move that Senate Bill 5346, Student Mobile Devices, be moved from the White Sheet to the

Keywords: 904, all

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• Our schools, our human services, um, transportation, Metro Mobility, all depend on this forecast article
• schools, our human services, um um um transportation,<00:10:19.080><c> Metro</c><00:10:19.360><c> Mobility
• ,</c><00:10:19.920><c> all</c> transportation, Metro Mobility, all transportation, Metro Mobility, all
• /c><00:51:53.160><c> one</c><00:51:53.360><c> of</c><00:51:53.440><c> their</c><00:51:53.640><c> employees
• single property taxpayer is carrying the burden of this additional benefit for every single public employee

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Pro Temp recognize general for Mobile Pro Temp recognize general for Mobile Pro Temp Pringle Mr Speaker
• and and and this this bill is in Mobile and and and this this bill is in Mobile and and and this this
• in March of 1976 I called him Mobile in March of 1976 I called him Mobile in March of 1976 I called
• I'm not going to tell you Mobile and I'm not going to tell you Mobile and I'm not going to tell you
• police cash marage had two Mobile police cash marage had two Mobile police officers who stopped him

Bills: HCR 21, HCR 22, HCR 23, HCR 24, HCR 25, HCR 26, HCR 27, HCR 31, HCR 41, HCR 42, HCR 43, HCR 44, HCR 45, HCR 52, HCR 53, HCR 66, HCR 67, HCR 73, HR 8, HR 10, HR 13, HR 20, HR 21, HR 50, HR 59, HR 61, HR 71, HR 74, HR 79, HR 84, HR 86, HR 90, HR 91, HR 102, HR 103, HR 107, HR 113, HR 125, HR 126, HR 132, HR 142, HR 145, HR 149, HR 150, HR 152, HR 167, HR 179, HR 181, HR 183, HR 186, HR 192, HR 196, HR 199, HR 207, HR 211, HR 212, HR 213, HR 216, HR 249, HR 256, HR 259, HR 261, HR 263, HR 272, HR 281, HR 285, HR 294, HR 295, HR 300, HR 305, HR 311, HR 313, HR 315, HR 316, HR 323, HR 331, HR 339, HR 340, HR 346, HR 349, HR 352, HR 357, HR 358, HR 360, HR 363, HR 374, HR 377, HCR 20, HCR 28, HCR 30, HCR 32, HCR 49, HR 14, HR 15, HR 19, HR 23, HR 24, HR 25, HR 26, HR 27, HR 29, HR 47, HR 48, HR 55, HR 56, HR 66, HR 85, HR 92, HR 93, HR 95, HR 96, HR 140, HR 155, HR 164, HR 204, HR 241, HR 242, HR 250, HR 253, HR 260, HR 262, HR 265, HR 279, HR 310, HR 312, HR 328, HR 332, HR 359, HR 362, HR 367

Keywords: recognition, award, petroleum industry, leadership, community service, HCR 22, House Concurrent Resolution, Texas Legislature, commendation, honorary resolution, Dr. James Olson, James Olson, University of Texas Permian Basin, UT Permian Basin, psychology professor, 50 years of service, faculty recognition, academic award, Piper Professor Award, Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

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• The work may have even outpaced the employee increase.
• Gleason:** That many employees, those aren't excuses. I'm trying to think through just reasons.
• **Vice Chair King:** You know, that many employees, those aren't excuses.
• You have the CPS Bronic units and the lifecycle power mobile generation.
• And so that onboarding of so many employees, those aren't excuses.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• </c><00:07:47.480><c> satisfaction</c> them on was the employee satisfaction them on was the employee
• </c> of uh satisfaction with our employees. of uh satisfaction with our employees.
• </c><00:08:04.840><c> And</c> um employee satisfaction. And um employee satisfaction.
• </c><01:04:16.040><c> Um</c> the all of your employees? Um the all of your employees?
• </c> That doesn't tell you how many employees That doesn't tell you how many employees per<01:19:38.360

Keywords: 916, all