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• strategic, data-informed initiatives to grow the supply of care available to families. ...and the skilled
• Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show. that the median annual wages for the child care occupation
• Forward and then just cannot have the skills to be in the workforce.
• Every day, they go through the labor and delivery department, and that's how we're able to actually get
• Or is it labor in one place, or a specific disease or condition?

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• certainly an issue that we worry about all the time and being water safe is something that's it's a life skill
• become a credential educator be an apprenticeship program, a well-known model for transforming high-skilled
• The motion is due pass as amended to Labor and Employment Committee. Mayor Succi. Aye.
• The legislature has consistently ensured that labor protections exist.
• The motion is do pass as amended to Labor and Employment. Hoover? Aye. Lowenthal.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Since that time, the National Labor Relations Board has regained a quorum.
• Commissioner's office in the Labor Code.
• And after she had left the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Labor Commissioner's Office,
• There was another recent audit of the Labor Commissioner's Office.
• There was another recent audit of the labor commissioner's office.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration held a May Revise hearing focused on state administration proposals, with the chair noting no actions would be taken and all items would remain open. The committee heard presentations on a range of budget proposals, including technical adjustments for the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement and the California Workforce Development Board, security and election-related funding for the Secretary of State, modernization and loan-backfill requests for the Department of Consumer Affairs, and multiple Employment Development Department updates covering EDD Next, UI and DI/PFL benefit estimates, workforce funding, and an EMT training reappropriation. Several items drew discussion from the LAO and committee members. The LAO generally supported technical or modernization items such as PERB’s implementation requests, GoServe’s College Corps adjustment, the Secretary of State’s security and HAVA grant items, and the Board of Pharmacy modernization proposal, but raised concerns about the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education’s proposed $10 million General Fund backfill and interest-free loan language. For EDD, the LAO flagged the size of the DI/PFL benefit adjustment and the unusual structure of the document management system proposal within EDD Next, while EDD said the changes reflected higher participation and benefit levels after SB 951 and ongoing modernization needs. The Department of Industrial Relations drew the most extensive questioning. It proposed funding for legal unit reclassifications, EAMS and Cal/OSHA data modernization, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COYA reappropriation, and trailer bill changes requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and adjusting the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board timeline. Members pressed DIR on high vacancy rates, long wage theft and workers’ compensation backlogs, low collection rates for fines, and the need for clearer workload and outcome measures. DIR said the requests were intended to improve efficiency, support audits and corrective action plans, and better address emerging workplace risks, while the LAO said the workload drivers behind delays remain unclear. The hearing also included support for CalHR’s employee assistance program consolidation and CDT’s proposal to expand “Poppy,” a statewide generative AI assistant for state employees.

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• </c> capacity to develop the knowledge skills capacity to develop the knowledge skills and<01:10:47.960
• Here I am learning skills in construction, farming, custodial sciences, and other skills.
• </c><03:27:57.600><c> and</c> students with Real World skills and students with Real World skills and
• </c> and lifelong learning through skill and lifelong learning through skill building<03:56:14.000><c
• Mahalo for your support. providing vital skills to Future homes providing vital skills to Future homes

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Finance informational briefing on grants and aids was held February 14 and was organized as a high-volume public testimony session with strict procedures: no Q&A, one representative per applicant, one minute per testimony, in-person testimony first, and then Zoom participants. The chairs also announced a recess at 11:00 a.m. for floor sessions and a reconvening at 1:00 p.m. Testimony was heard first from neighbor island applicants, then Oʻahu applicants, with members repeatedly directing speakers to line up and keep remarks brief. Neighbor island testimony focused on a wide range of capital and operating requests. Health and community projects included Hawaii Island Community Health Center’s workforce housing in Kau, Wuli Hawaiian Homestead Association’s learning center and predevelopment work, Rescue Tube Foundation’s beach rescue tube expansion, Puna Community Medical Center’s planned hospital/ER campus, Maui Humane Society’s free veterinary care after the wildfires, Hawaiʻi Care Choices’ palliative care readiness, and the Lyman Museum’s HVAC replacement. Other requests included the Maui Advanced Manufacturing Alliance’s Pāʻia Mill redevelopment, Laua 2020’s preschool and learning lab, Mālama Aina’s USDA-compliant meat processing facility, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association’s water safety programs, Kaha P Organization’s agriculture education support, Ohana Arts’ youth performance project, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center’s emergency closet, EOA Pacific’s Marshall Islands teacher training, and the Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club’s new facility. Oʻahu testimony included the YWCA Oʻahu/Pythink Center’s renovation of Juliet M. Atherton Hall and its community kitchen, West Oʻahu Community Health Center’s wildfire protection and security needs, the Early School’s playground improvements, Surfing the Nations’ food distribution center expansion, and Sounding Joy Music Therapy’s weekly services for people with disabilities. Speakers generally emphasized community benefit, workforce development, health access, food security, disaster recovery, and support for children, seniors, and underserved populations. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.

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• circumstances if a parking study is completed, strikes a scoring preference related to the project labor
• </c><00:18:45.600><c> agreements,</c> related to the project labor agreements, related to the project
• labor agreements, and<00:18:46.559><c> establishes</c><00:18:47.120><c> that</c><00:18:47.360><c> a<
• in strategic locations and modifies collaborations with the Department of Labor.
• It extends the date by which Labor.

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Friday, March 20, 2026, 960, senate, all

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• </c> who has a specific set of expert skills who has a specific set of expert skills that<01:25:54.320
• Food costs are up 29% in the last four years, and labor costs are up 31% in the same time frame.
• Food costs are up 29% in the last four years, and labor costs are up 31% in the same time frame.
• Food costs are up 29% in the last four years, and labor costs are up 31% in the same time frame.
• Food costs are up 29% in the last four years, and labor costs are up 31% in the same time frame.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• the workforce, and this is our philanthropic assistance workforce, helping chefs to upgrade their skills
• </c> helping chefs to upgrade their skills helping chefs to upgrade their skills and<00:13:59.760><c>
• of our chefs and to enhance the skills of our chefs and also<00:26:28.640><c> to</c><00:26:28.960><c
• Are there labor issues that are going on in there? They're using forced labor or coerced labor.
• Next slide. labor. Uh what about EPA regulations? Do labor. Uh what about EPA regulations?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• I am counsel to the jobs committee and the labor committee. Hi everyone. Uh, my name is Tom Melton.
• :02:49.040><c> the</c> councel to the jobs committee and the councel to the jobs committee and the labor
• </c> labor committee. labor committee. CA. CA. CA. &gt;&gt; Hi<00:02:53.440><c> everyone.
• Um, so there is going to be some enhancement of skills if they can become proficient with this.
• </c> going to be some enhancement of skills going to be some enhancement of skills uh<00:42:48.560><c

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I know last session we established the Office of the Fire Marshal, which is in the Department of Labor
• so how is this funding tied in to Labor so how is this funding tied in to that<00:47:26.559><c> and<
• but you're you're looking at go to labor but you're you're looking at the<01:53:07.320><c> the</c><01
• This is to add a position for our Labor Relations EO, so it would be adding to HR.
• </c> um to out a position for our Labor um to out a position for our Labor Relations EO<02:00:17.400>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• I am in a 150-person choir, so it is extremely helpful to have feedback on my skills versus our skills
• </c> helpful to have feedback on my skills helpful to have feedback on my skills versus<00:14:50.079>
• c> group</c><00:14:51.040><c> because</c> versus our skills as a group because versus our skills as a
• They're in charge of the manual labor.
• &gt;&gt; They're in charge of the manual labor.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Judge Nakason has shown herself to be a skillful and hardworking judge.
• Judge Nakason has shown herself to be a skillful and hardworking judge.
• Judge Nakason has shown herself to be a skillful and hardworking judge.
• division of the department of the labor division of the department of the<00:14:23.199><c> attorney<
• knowledge and her skills to help the<00:35:12.960><c> youth</c><00:35:13.200><c> in</c><00:35:13.440

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• mentees and provide direction, demonstration, and recommendations to help the mentees develop necessary skills
• direction, advice, and a neutral sounding board to their mentees and must help them develop instructional skill
• A perfect example of ensuring that we have skilled, trained, knowledgeable support coordinators.
• But our labor unions, they fight for the creation of the middle class.
• I love our labor, I love our labor unions, our police officers, our firefighters, correction officers

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with several measures that were amended and reported favorably, including a strike-all to SB 4 on child protective investigations and specific medical diagnoses, SB 1570 restoring a statewide missing-persons project for individuals with special needs, and SB 182 creating a teacher training and mentoring program for schools needing improvement. Members also advanced SB 794 on APD background screening and support coordination standards, SB 1168 on background screening for athletic coaches and related entities, and SB 214 to let rural special districts pay verified invoices directly for state- and federally funded work. Supporters emphasized improved child welfare investigations, help for families of vulnerable individuals, teacher retention, and better administrative efficiency; the APD bill drew especially strong testimony from waiver clients and providers about the importance of competent support coordinators and stable services. The committee also favorably reported SB 1376 on grants for genetic counseling education, SB 1574 requiring newborn screening for biliary atresia, SB 1510 as the DEP agency package with environmental, septic, water quality, solar, and permitting changes, and SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery licensing and consumer protections. SB 688, after a delete-all amendment, would create licensure for naturopathic doctors and a board of naturopathic medicine; it drew strong support from naturopathic advocates and sharp opposition from a critic who argued the bill would authorize diagnosis and treatment beyond appropriate limits. SB 1318 made a technical change to scholarship account reversion language, with senators clarifying that remaining funds would return to the scholarship funding organization for future use rather than to the state. Later, the committee approved SB 682 on domestic violence and protective injunctions, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local Act iteration expanding affordable housing options and limiting local barriers. It also reported favorably SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria after extensive debate about constitutional issues and modern gang activity, SB 762 allowing cross-jurisdiction assignment of capital cases among regional conflict counsel offices, SB 1332 strengthening career offender registration requirements, SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor, and SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The most contentious discussion came on SB 1226, which would overhaul Public Employee Relations Commission rules, require majority support for union certification, and impose new limits on union activities and dues-related practices; members debated constitutional concerns, differences between first responders and other public employees, and the bill’s impact on union representation and public-sector labor rights. Most bills were reported favorably by roll call, with SB 536 drawing several no votes and SB 1226 still under active debate at the end of the transcript.

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• Thank you, and to help in my mind-reading skills, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas has waved at me also.
• getting that practice in, so that when they complete their three years of probation, they have that skill
• to do with bias and the treatment, disparate treatment of Black women, particularly Black women in labor
• In my prior life, I was a labor and delivery nurse.

Summary: The subcommittee heard budget proposals for Exposition Park, the California Science Center, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), the Debt Collection Licensing Act program, and the Board of Registered Nursing. For Exposition Park, the administration requested $96.5 million for utility replacement, site improvements, code compliance, accessibility, and safety upgrades, plus $1.698 million for operational sustainability funded from the park’s improvement fund. The LAO said the proposals had merit but noted the first item could be downscaled if needed because of the state’s budget condition. Members emphasized the park’s deferred maintenance, major upcoming events, and the need to protect a statewide asset; both Exposition Park items were held open. The Science Center requested funding to open and operate the new Air and Space Center, including staffing for the facility that will display the Space Shuttle Endeavour and expand exhibit space. The LAO supported the proposal but suggested the Legislature consider alternative funding sources such as admission fees, parking fees, or private funds. Members discussed the Science Center’s public-private funding model, the importance of keeping access affordable for disadvantaged communities, and the tradeoff between free admission and long-term operating support. The item was also held open. DFPI sought continuation of expenditure authority for the California Consumer Financial Protection Law, debt collection licensing, and broker-dealer/investment adviser workloads, and the LAO recommended limited-term funding with more cumulative reporting before permanent funding is considered. Members pressed the department on whether its workload and spending are tied to measurable outcomes rather than just activity counts, and DFPI cited complaint resolution, enforcement actions, and restitution recovered as examples of impact. The Debt Collection Licensing Act item drew similar LAO comments, but members raised stronger concerns about the financing model, the gap between projected and actual licensee counts, and whether spending levels are justified; that item was held open. The Board of Registered Nursing requested $1.4 million for eight special investigators to address rising complaints, and the board said most complaints are resolved through investigation, referral, probation, or rehabilitation rather than discipline. Members asked about complaint backlogs, viral and potentially automated complaints, bias in care, and the lack of broader inspection authority; the item was also held open.

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• Thank you, and to help in my mind-reading skills, Senator Smallwood-Cuevas has waved at me also.
• getting that practice in, so that when they complete their three years' probation, they have that skill
• others has to do with bias and the disparate treatment of Black women, particularly Black women in labor
• When you talk about the disparities in nurses, I'll, in my prior life, I was a labor and delivery nurse

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• that after they complete this program with their diploma, workforce certifications, employability skills
• We're seeing significant increases in full-time labor market participation.
• We're seeing significant increases in full-time labor market participation.
• As an advocate, I am fortunate to have a lot of skills to help work that out with the families and the

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• It seems odd to me that we would place somebody who may or may not have, you know, the skill level or
• It seems odd to me that we would place somebody who may or may not have, you know, the skill level or
• Aligning with the K-12 standard supports worker well-being, makes compliance with labor laws more achievable
• Aligning with the K-12 standard supports worker well-being, makes compliance with labor laws more achievable

Bills: HB1544, HB2219, HB2253

Keywords: child welfare, risk assessment, investigation, child abuse, neglect, HB 2219, child care licensing, early learning, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families, Washington child care, preschool licensing, family child care, child care centers, nature-based child care, outdoor preschool, mixed-age ratios, staff-to-child ratio, group size, zero tolerance

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• If you're just a day laborer, they send you to this place.
• They can, you know, send you to this place or that way, if you're just a day labor, they send you to
• And they are very effective because when they hit the ground, TDEM knows who they are, what their skill
• And they are very effective because when they hit the ground, TDEM knows who they are, what their skill

Bills: HB1, HB2, HB3, HB5, HB20, HB22

Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license

Summary: The House convened in special session with a gubernatorial proclamation adding subjects related to penalties for legislators who absent themselves, ivermectin access, and groundwater study authority. The chamber also handled routine motions, committee scheduling, and first-reading referrals before moving to the main floor calendar focused largely on disaster response and public safety legislation. The central theme throughout the day was the July 4 flooding and related tragedies, with repeated references to families of victims and the need for stronger preparedness and prevention measures. House Bill 1, on youth camp emergency plans and preparedness, was the most emotional and heavily amended measure. Members adopted changes requiring annual emergency plans for resident youth camps, staff training, parent notification, evacuation maps, floodplain-related disclosures, restrictions on sleeping quarters in flood-prone areas, and funding for enforcement. One proposed amendment to require air conditioning or heat in sleeping quarters failed, while another amendment on floodplain restrictions passed after debate over floodplain versus floodway language. HB 1 ultimately passed the House 136-1 on second reading and later 135-1 on final passage. Senate Bill 2 / House Bill 2 on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery also advanced after extensive discussion. The bill creates training for justices of the peace in mass-fatality events, establishes an emergency manager licensing system, sets local succession procedures, creates a statewide volunteer management system, authorizes drone interdiction in disaster zones, expands disaster loan eligibility, and adds review and planning provisions for certain infrastructure and weather-related issues. Members debated the scope of the training, drone impacts on press coverage, volunteer registration, and infrastructure-related amendments; some proposals were adopted and others tabled or withdrawn. SB 2 passed the House 130-4 on third reading and later 132-4 on final passage. The House also passed House Bill 3 creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program for emergency communications equipment, House Bill 20 addressing disaster-related scams and fraudulent charitable solicitations, House Bill 22 expanding allowable uses of the broadband infrastructure fund for emergency communications, and Senate Bill 5 providing supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, including funds for local warning systems and weather monitoring. Each of these bills passed overwhelmingly, with only one or a few dissenting votes, and members repeatedly emphasized the need to improve coordination, communications, funding, and fraud prevention in the wake of recent disasters.

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• such as sheltered and supported employment, residential care and community living services, life skills
• adaptive equipment, sheltered employment, competitive employment supports, job training, daily living skills
• We've really discovered that folks need to come out of school, you know, ready for and gain more skills
• I went down to... ...and gain more skills for the next things in life. And we're learning.
• Because under labor laws, if you have a set payday, you realize this, and you don't make that, you're

Summary: The Local Government Committee first met in executive session and voted do pass on two House committee substitutes: House Bills 3283 and 3306 passed 11-1, and House Bills 1728, 2161, and 1830 passed 12-1. The committee then moved into public hearings. Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 914, dealing with septic system regulation, was presented as a measure to replace percolation testing with soil morphology testing as the baseline standard and to address a permit fee issue. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would improve accuracy, consumer protection, and local public health administration; one witness noted the continuing-education language already exists in regulation and pointed out a minor wording change in the substitute. No opposition testified. House Bill 3467, sponsored by Representative Houseman, would allow county developmental disability boards to seek voter approval for a sales tax of up to one-half of 1% if property tax revenue is reduced or eliminated. The sponsor and multiple witnesses from county disability boards, sheltered workshops, and related associations said the bill was intended as a safeguard to preserve services, transportation, employment supports, and community-based care for people with developmental disabilities. Some members raised concerns about shifting from property tax to sales tax and the burden on low-income taxpayers, while others supported the measure as a revenue-diversification tool. No vote was taken. House Bill 312, relating to county treasurer duties and bank signature authority, drew testimony from the sponsor, county treasurers, auditors, and association representatives. Supporters said the bill clarifies that the county treasurer should have sole authority over county funds and reflects current practice, while also noting a forthcoming amendment to address what happens when a treasurer is absent. Some witnesses asked for stronger safeguards, including a bonded backup designee and clearer succession procedures, and one witness urged updating surety-bond requirements. The hearing closed with no opposition testimony and no committee action taken.

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• They train youth on essential workforce and readiness skills, and they keep communities safe and reduce
• opportunity to fail forward to enhance students' curiosity and help develop their critical thinking skills
• and their problem-solving skills.
• Out-of-school time programs also teach essential life and career skills that prepare our youth for the
• at the federal level and 21st Century Community Learning Centers being moved to the Department of Labor

Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• Jeff Vincent as our WASAC representative, Bill Lyne and Heather Curtinbach as our labor representatives
• There's going to be the basic skills that are important, but this notion of how do you think across disciplines
• This encourages continuous growth, enabling our students to develop their skills progressively and prepare
• It is continuous growth, enabling our students to develop their skills progressively and prepare them
• The purpose of higher education is to help prepare a skilled workforce and to create empowered, informed

Summary: The committee began with a work session on the Workforce Education Investment Act (WEA) Oversight Board, hearing from board co-chair Jane Broome and Joel Anderson of WASAC. They described the account’s origins as a public-private partnership intended to supplement, not replace, existing higher education funding, and emphasized the board’s role in oversight and outcomes. Members discussed the need for better data, especially outcome-based data, and concerns that recent budget actions have used WEA funds to supplant general fund support for higher education, particularly at the University of Washington. The presenters said WASAC staffing has improved transparency, but they urged the committee to preserve the original “do not supplant” intent and to keep WEA focused on high-demand programs, financial aid, and student success. The committee then held public hearings on three bills. SB 6251 would require public medical schools to use letter grades or a tiered grading system; the sponsor said the bill was meant to standardize grading, while both Washington State University and UW Medicine testified in opposition, arguing that pass-fail and competency-based systems better support collaboration, student mental health, and residency competitiveness. SB 6259 would make students ineligible for state aid and require repayment of aid if they are found by a court to have caused major damage to a public institution; the sponsor framed it as accountability for serious vandalism, while the lone testifier from WSU student government supported free speech but opposed the bill’s penalties as inequitable for lower-income students. SB 6235 would address the higher education “fund split” by requiring state funding of compensation and central services to return to 2023-25 levels over time and directing a study on essential student services; nearly all testimony from university, faculty, and community college leaders supported the bill, saying the current approach shifts costs to tuition, creates instability, and forces cuts to classes, staffing, and student services. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It adopted proposed substitutes and gave do-pass recommendations to SB 5978, SB 6209, SB 6217, and SB 6227, sending them to the Ways and Means Committee. The committee did not take action on SB 6235 in executive session. The meeting then adjourned.