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• Gill was ready to roll, chairs." And Mr. Gill was ready to roll, so.
• <03:09:35.960> um Alliance, um we prioritize workforce um Alliance, um we prioritize workforce
• <03:09:38.080> and as policy issues because workforce and as policy issues because workforce
• industry partners, Wyoming Workforce industry partners, Wyoming Workforce Services,<03:20:40.320
• you see on slide 14, and have that ready you see on slide 14, and have that ready for<03:26:17.400

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• Whenever you're ready, you can begin. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• And this will do three things: it will diversify our workforce because patients feel more comfortable
• :03:20.239> will<00:03:20.440> diversify<00:03:21.040> our<00:03:21.319> Workforce
• <00:03:22.120> because it will diversify our Workforce because it will diversify our Workforce
• Senator Howe, whenever you're ready, you may begin.

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• If not, ready for a motion? Mr. Chair, I move to pass on Senate Bill 75, amended.
• We're okay, and so we're ready for public comment and questions, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Senator.
• Higher ed to the workforce and prepare our New Mexico students for New Mexico's STEM jobs.
• Education is a developmental process, and if we want a STEM-ready workforce, we want students coming
• tremendous difference for all the employers looking for qualified young people to enter the STEM workforce

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• I'm a part of the workforce that we will be discussing today.
• If you're entering the home caregiver workforce and then you leave the home caregiver workforce, that
• doesn't go into the net workforce growth rate, which is...
• And then you leave the home caregiver workforce, that doesn't go into the net workforce growth rate,
• Are you all ready? My time started. Okay.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• At home, we each have a responsibility to get ready, stay informed, and help protect our loved ones,
• Senator Blakespear is ready. We're going to proceed to item 13. Senator Blakespear is ready.
• Single mothers who make up 67% of our workforce.
• Whether they work inside or outside the home, mothers add to California's workforce in meaningful ways
• Senator Ochoa Bogh, you are recognized for your adjournment in memory when you are ready.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The Senate met with a quorum present and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then took up Assembly Bill 108, a budget bill providing a one-time $25 million grant program through HCAI for hospitals in immediate financial distress, along with a technical fix for the property tax postponement program. Senators Laird and Jones spoke in support, and the bill passed 36-0 with immediate transmittal. The Senate also adopted several resolutions by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including SCR 162 recognizing CASA Appreciation Day, SCR 165 designating California Wildfire Preparedness Week, SCR 84 proclaiming California Rail Month, SCR 153 for the National Day of Prayer, SCR 167 recognizing Mother’s Day, and SR 106 memorializing Black April Month. Floor remarks highlighted the work of CASA volunteers, wildfire preparedness and local fire mitigation efforts, the importance of rail to California’s transportation and climate goals, the role of faith and prayer, the contributions of mothers, and the history and sacrifices of Vietnamese refugees and Vietnamese American communities. Most of these measures passed on unanimous roll calls; SCR 153 passed 31-1. The Senate also passed SB 1175, which requires lobbyists to file registration changes directly with the Secretary of State to improve transparency and reduce delays; SB 949, designating the Santa Cruz Mountains as a landscape of statewide significance; SB 1038, strengthening CalPERS audit notification for unions; and SB 965, easing library card access for 16- and 17-year-olds by prohibiting a parent’s physical presence requirement. All of these bills passed on roll calls with no opposition. The consent calendar was then approved, committee announcements were made, and the session ended with an adjournment in memory of Dan Hughes, a former public safety officer and local parks district member.

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• When you are ready, we start. Thank you. Across numerous industries.
• Whenever you're ready. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair and esteemed members of the committee.
• Whenever you ready. Thank you so much, Mr. Chair and esteemed members of the committee.
• Senator Gonzalez, when you're ready, we'll make to start. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members.
• When you're ready. As the senator walks to the front, I want to just share a quick personal story.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact met on July 11, 2025, and heard six measures focused on small business contracting, ports and trade, local economic development, clean energy transition, tariff impacts, and infrastructure finance. SB 70 would raise the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act contract cap from $250,000 to $350,000 and index it to inflation; supporters said it would reflect current economic conditions, while opponents argued it could reduce transparency, favor larger firms, and strain small businesses’ ability to carry inventory and wait for payment. The bill was approved 7-0 to Appropriations. AJR 14 urged federal agencies to consider the effects of tariff policy on California ports, with testimony emphasizing impacts on cargo volumes, jobs, supply chains, and infrastructure needs; it passed 7-0. SB 781 would require cities and counties to adopt small business utilization plans and strengthen the California Small Business Technical Assistance Program; chambers of commerce and committee members supported it as a way to expand procurement opportunities and technical assistance, and it passed 7-0 to Local Government. SB 227 would extend and expand the Green Empowerment Zone in Contra Costa County, add environmental justice representatives, and extend authorization to 2040; it passed 7-0 to the floor. SB 263 would direct the California Transportation Agency to study the statewide impacts of tariffs, with supporters from the ports, retail, and trucking sectors arguing that better data is needed to guide budgeting and policy responses; it passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 769 would create the Golden State Infrastructure Fund to finance major infrastructure projects through a revolving public-private investment model; supporters said it would help address long-term infrastructure needs and prepare for major events, and the bill passed 6-0 to Appropriations after opposition was withdrawn. All measures were reported out of committee, and the meeting adjourned at 10:39 a.m.

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• In eight years, she will be ready for college. I will be 84.
• Thank you for your leadership and commitment to health equity and workforce justice.
• I go to bed and get ready to do it all again the next day.
• But our social work workforce is in crisis.
• Massachusetts is facing a behavioral health workforce crisis.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education heard testimony on a broad set of bills focused on making public higher education more affordable and accessible, protecting student information, and changing social work licensure rules. Chair Rogers and Senator Comerford opened by emphasizing the committee’s focus on financial aid, tuition and fee waivers, scholarships, admissions, and institutional changes, and they reminded witnesses about the three-minute testimony limit. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing centered on the “Super Act” (H. 1423/S. 218), which would eliminate the master’s-level social work licensing exam and create grant support for social work internships. Supporters—including students, practitioners, educators, and advocates—argued that unpaid internships and the exam create financial barriers, worsen workforce shortages, and disproportionately affect Black, brown, older, ESL, and other marginalized candidates. Opponents from the Association of Social Work Boards argued the exam is a necessary public-protection standard, helps maintain uniform licensure, and is important to the social work licensure compact; they said workforce shortages should be addressed through pay, working conditions, and caseloads instead. Committee members asked detailed questions about compact participation, exam accommodations, and how other states such as Rhode Island and Connecticut have handled similar changes. The committee also heard extensive testimony in favor of debt-free public higher education bills (H. 1436/S. 929). Witnesses, including students, faculty, advocates, and Senator Eldridge, said Massachusetts should expand on free community college by covering tuition and mandatory fees at public colleges and universities, with additional aid for living costs for lower-income students. Supporters said student debt delays homeownership, family formation, and career entry, and that the state should use Fair Share revenue to invest in public higher education. Some committee members voiced support but also raised concerns about prioritizing K-12 funding and the cost of expanding free college further. Several witnesses also supported bills to extend tuition and fee waivers to young adults raised by grandparents or other kinship guardians outside the DCF system, arguing that these students face the same trauma and financial barriers as foster youth but do not receive the same benefits. Representative Donato, Joseph O’Leary, Shauna Manning, Sandra Vecchio, Karen Gardner, Judy Walter, Elaine Arsenault, and others described the financial strain on grandparents raising grandchildren and urged parity with DCF-related waivers. In addition, Senator Jake Oliveira testified for a bill to protect public higher education student directory information from data mining and unauthorized sharing, and Deirdre Cummings testified for an open educational resources bill to reduce textbook costs. The hearing concluded with continued testimony on kinship care and college access, with committee members thanking witnesses and indicating follow-up on some bill language issues.

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• Whenever you're ready.
• Get this bill ready, and it was truly a collaborative team effort, and I absolutely appreciate the staff
• state's most economically challenged areas into a regional hub for clean energy, innovation, and workforce
• accelerate our climate progress and bring tangible benefits to regions like Imperial County that are ready
• potential and local leadership ready to meet California's clean energy goals.

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met as a subcommittee because a quorum was not present, and the chair announced 16 measures on the agenda, nine of them on consent. The committee then took up AB 1016 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, which would create a five-year pilot program allowing certain counties with geothermal elements in their general plans to locally permit geothermal plants up to 150 net megawatts through 2030. The author and Imperial County representatives argued the bill would streamline a duplicative permitting process, support local control, and bring jobs, tax revenue, and clean baseload energy development to Imperial County, which they described as facing high unemployment and poverty and having significant geothermal potential. Supporters included Imperial County officials, Rural County Representatives of California, Independent Energy Producers, and local community representatives. They emphasized the county’s long history of geothermal permitting, its planning efforts, and the economic benefits of projects that could support schools, health care, and community colleges. Opposition came from labor organizations including the California State Pipe Trades Council, Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers, California Coalition of Utility Employees, State Association of Electrical Workers, and State Building Trades. Their main concern was that shifting permitting from the California Energy Commission to local governments could remove the skilled-and-trained workforce requirement that currently applies to CEC-permitted projects. Committee members asked about that labor issue, and the author said he intended to work with the opposition coalition to ensure local workers are prioritized and that projects use skilled, trained, California-licensed labor. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration; no vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• employer pay into the workforce employer pay into the workforce development<01:16:23.280> fund
• <01:22:11.679> We are in fact hiring the workforce. We are in fact hiring the workforce.
• we're just focusing on workforce we're just focusing on workforce development.<02:15:46.000>
• This is a policy that is not ready for This is a policy that is not ready for prime<03:47:50.720>
• <04:48:21.200> jobs<04:48:21.440> of workforce is ready for the jobs of workforce is ready

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• So when you're ready, please proceed with presenting the supplemental.
• And so, you know, workforce participation is a big issue.
• People with disabilities into the workforce and feel like, you know, they're contributing members to
• We had half of our workforce from SEMA in St.
• More workers and increase the workforce for those nursing homes. Page 178. Excuse me one moment.

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• Workforce<00:31:56.120> challenges<00:31:56.760> are<00:31:56.880> real, Workforce
• cultural responsive workforce cultural responsive workforce development,<00:59:39.600> including
• caregivers who are ready to work.
• <01:02:30.720> online while modernizing workforce and online while modernizing workforce and online
• immigrants and population that are ready immigrants and population that are ready to<01:02:36.320

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Thank you so much, Senator, whenever you are ready.
• Thank you so much, Senator, whenever you are ready. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• The science is ready, the clinicians are ready; SB 1224 makes California ready.
• UC Davis is ready to be a national... and it is exactly why I'm here today.
• The science is ready, the clinicians are ready, SB 1224 makes California ready.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And we're ready when you are. Thanks so much for being here. Good morning.
• Workforce development is a top priority of the board.
• Oh, and additionally, we will be in our workforce development committee.
• Oh, and additionally, we will be in our workforce development committee.
• Ready when you are.

Summary: The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs. For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources. The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates. The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.

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• We're going to help with food insecurity, with jobs and workforce, and with the specific challenges that
• We create some new rules to make sure that folks are ready to farm, and we change some dates to make
• We create some new rules to make sure that folks are ready to farm, and we change some dates to make
• 02:04.760> with our food challenges, challenges with our food challenges, challenges with workforce
• in the agricultural economy, workforce in the agricultural economy, and<00:02:06.720> those<00

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• had mentioned before the get ready had mentioned before the get ready program<00:10:31.560> our
• Surprise, so is Get Ready.
• the bulk of the money for get the ready the bulk of the money for get the get<00:38:37.760> ready
• We don't have that information at the ready.
• don't have that information at the ready don't have that information at the ready um<01:07:24.680

Keywords: 1183, house

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• From a different perspective, are we ready, Madam Chair? Mr.
• All right, Madam Chair, when you're ready, please. Thank you, Mr.
• I've listened to most of my colleagues here, and we're ready to win.
• We're ready to see the Public Education Department (PED) get a touchdown.
• Madam Vice Chair, when you're ready, please.

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• Darby laid out, a good workforce deal. Uh, it's a good, good for the agency.
• They can make an appointment when they're ready to go tour the property.
• This is a malt-based ready to drink product. It has a 16.5% ABV, alcohol by volume.
• Another component is that At this threshold, a ready to drink could be a ready to drink bottle of Jack
• Ready to drink spirit coolers or RTDs are the fastest-growing alcohol category.

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• The plan will take the workforce from 26,000 to over 30,000 for the first time since the 1980s.
• AND ONCE AGAIN, THE IB WORKFORCE DEFIED THE SKEPTICS AND NAYSAYERS.
• THE PLAN WILL TAKE THE WORKFORCE FROM 26,000 TO OVER 30,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1980S.
• Our Marines, our civilian workers, our community, and their commitment to being mission ready.
• She was ready. She and her husband had just bought a four-bedroom house. The nursery was set.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• state, but it's also important to recognize the significant barriers women continue to face in our workforce
• Women are being forced to leave the workforce because they cannot afford to find reliable childcare.
• Members, we are ready to begin the consideration of the congratulatory calendar.
• We are ready to begin the consideration of the memorial calendar.
• information regarding medically necessary debt on the consumer report for the Committee on Trade, Workforce

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• Um, so ready when a huge disaster hits.
• have uh representatives from the B Ready have uh representatives from the B Ready Manoa<00:30:57.840
• The degree to which your family is ready is the resiliency part.
• <00:52:53.280> Monoa walkie-talkies for um uh B Ready Monoa walkie-talkies for um uh B Ready
• <01:24:16.159> to that's, you know, possibly ready to that's, you know, possibly ready to

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