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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/22/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We got rid of prevailing wage. We changed our corporate taxes.
- We got rid of prevailing wage. We changed our corporate taxes.
- We got rid of prevailing wage. We changed our corporate taxes.
- We got rid of prevailing wage. We changed our corporate taxes.
- </c> country um and we have no prevailing country um and we have no prevailing wages<00:59:16.760><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/03/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate file The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. All oppose say no. The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. oppose say no. The motion prevails.
- </c><01:29:40.719><c> and</c> by needing a livable wage and by needing a livable wage and potentially
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I support the local work, all the union, whatever they need, because on state deck wages they have to
- </c> they need because on state deck wages they need because on state deck wages they<00:05:11.720><c
- like a videographer 25 to 45 hourly wage like a videographer 25 to 45 minimum<00:05:15.920><c> if</c
- Then you're at an impasse and who prevails, right?
- </c> impasse and who prevails, right? impasse and who prevails, right?
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several measures related to Hawaii’s film tax credits, timeshare registration, and a Hawaii Technology Development Corporation matching program. For HB 1939, witnesses from the Governor’s office, DBEDT, the Department of Taxation, the Attorney General’s office, film industry groups, neighborhood boards, and others discussed changes to film tax incentives, including local hire requirements, indigenous content, and possible bonus credits. Supporters said the bill would diversify the economy and strengthen local jobs, while DBEDT and others raised operational, fiscal, and legal concerns about administering the multiple bonus options, defining indigenous content, and tracking compliance. The committee noted strong support in testimony and moved the bill forward with a Senate draft, including an amended effective date and a change to apply the bill to costs incurred rather than taxable years.
HB 1941, also relating to taxation and film incentives, drew mixed testimony focused on the interaction between physical production and post-production credits. DBEDT, the Honolulu Film Office, and the Hawaii Film Alliance said the bill’s structure could discourage productions, especially because many productions complete post-production elsewhere and because the measure would be difficult to administer and verify. They urged keeping physical production and post-production separate or addressing post-production through workforce development instead. After hearing the testimony, the chair deferred HB 1941 for further work rather than advancing it.
The committee also heard HB 1946 on timeshare registration, which had support from industry representatives and DCCA. The bill was advanced with a Senate draft incorporating DCCA’s requested language providing that renewal applications are deemed approved after 30 days unless a deficiency letter is issued. Finally, HB 2545 on HTDC’s matching program for federal SBIR/STTR awards was advanced with a technical amendment clarifying that the federal awards are separate and should be referenced in the alternative. All three of those measures were adopted unanimously by the members present.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:49 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- But the last thing is: since it's wages, Madam Chair, do they pay FICA taxes and all that?
- Right now, class A prevailing wage jobs are the only classification right now... ...contractors right
- Class A prevailing wage jobs are the only classification right now that do not have a 60-cent training
- wage work... ...even residential contractors have to pay into this fund.
- wages?
Summary:
The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met with a quorum and first addressed a point of order over whether HB 270 could be heard after being taken up earlier in the Transportation Committee. The chair ruled the bill could proceed because it was assigned to this committee and had been properly noticed. The committee then heard HB 280, which would create a three-year pilot program to support paid student internships through grants administered by the Department of Workforce Solutions. Supporters said the bill would help fund internships, mentoring, and transportation, and could improve workforce development, graduation outcomes, and pathways into apprenticeships or higher education. Members asked about administrative costs, student selection, rural and tribal access, payment mechanisms, and whether public entities, land grants, and dual credit could be included. The bill sponsor and witnesses said the program would likely serve about 100 students, use a sliding-scale matching model, and allow local flexibility in program design. The committee voted due pass on HB 280.
The committee then heard House Memorial 46, honoring the Hurley family and especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley for military service and artistic contributions in New Mexico. The memorial was presented as a tribute to a family of heroes, and members expressed support. The committee voted due pass on the memorial.
Finally, the committee heard HB 270, which would amend the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act to require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs on most public works projects, including road and utility work, while exempting trades without approved programs. Sponsors said the bill would close loopholes, broaden participation, and strengthen the workforce pipeline. Opposition came from asphalt, contractor, and utility groups, which argued the bill would raise costs, duplicate existing training programs, and create access problems for nonunion and geographically distant contractors. Supporters from mechanical contractors, building trades, and labor groups said the bill would improve workforce development and keep training dollars in New Mexico. After debate over the earlier Transportation Committee action and the bill’s cost impacts, the committee voted due pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 roll call.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/03/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- And of course, in Minnesota, we have the prevailing wage law.
- </c><00:20:04.160><c> According</c> have the prevailing wage law.
- According have the prevailing wage law.
- </c> prevailing wage. prevailing wage.
- 58.080><c> wage</c><02:03:58.400><c> piece</c><02:03:59.280><c> um</c> um for your prevailing wage piece
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- actively treating, whose providers need to be paid, and actually that PIP may be the lifeline to their wages
- Has the minimum wage gone up in Massachusetts?
- And some people may question why I say minimum wage, and I'm sure your technicians are getting more than
- market rates, similar to how mechanical warranty labor rates... ...prevailing market rates, similar
- Customers regularly pay out-of-pocket the posted labor rates in shops, which is what a true prevailing
Summary:
The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions.
A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations.
Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the human services finance bill, HF2434 5/5/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion<00:15:27.839><c> prevails.
- The amendment is motion prevails.
- ><c> nursing</c><00:37:23.760><c> home</c> increasing wages for nursing home increasing wages for nursing
- </c><01:15:56.239><c> The</c> the motion does not prevail. The the motion does not prevail.
- The amendment motion does not prevail.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 3 May 19th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails.
- By the way, because our wages were so low at the airline, they supplemented our dues.
- So those steelworkers paid larger dues to supplement our wages.
- It's a partial wage replacement, half your wages, up to six months when you're looking for other work
- The motion prevails. The House stands in recess. You
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails and the I. I. Opposed.
- </c> actively seek employment to 50% wage actively seek employment to 50% wage replacement.<00:53:09.760
- </c> they are looking for replacement wages. they are looking for replacement wages.
- </c> whether the wage credits are applicable. whether the wage credits are applicable.
- 23:53.120><c> 2433</c><01:23:54.080><c> is</c> prevails and house file 2433 is prevails and house file
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/19/25 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. The clerk will report the bill. The clerk will report the bill.
- It's a partial wage replacement.
- Half your wages up to six months when you're looking for other work.
- The motion prevails. The House stands in recess.
- The<00:36:59.359><c> motion</c><00:36:59.680><c> prevails.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Mar 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- 40 times the minimum wage.
- 40 times the minimum wage.
- Second Substitute House Bill 2479, related to unpaid wage recovery, creates the wage recovery program
- and wage recovery account to allow unpaid low-wage workers to receive disbursement under certain conditions
- Second Substitute House Bill 2479, concerning the recovery of unpaid wages.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met in executive session on March 2, 2026, and worked through two large groups of bills, hearing staff briefings, caucusing, and then voting each measure out to the Rules Committee. In the first group, the committee advanced bills on state accounts (HB 2675, with an amendment creating an adult day service facilities account), immigrant worker protections (2SHB 2105, after adopting a striker and Amendment 8 while rejecting amendments that would have changed enforcement and private rights of action), voting rights compliance (E3SHB 1710, with all proposed amendments rejected), AI content provenance and notices (E2SHB 1170, with Amendment 19 adopted to exempt state/local/tribal governments and certain video-game and technical uses), public official protections (2SHB 233, with a technical amendment adopted), WOTEC civil service coverage (HB 2249), JLARC work plan changes (HB 2120), LEOFF Plan 1 termination/restatement (E2SHB 2034, with several amendments adopted including creation of a pension surplus holding account and study directives, while proposals to redirect funds to the Climate Commitment Act or provide a lump-sum payment were rejected or withdrawn), supplemental retirement bargaining (HB 1069, with a striker adopted), port employee retirement exclusions (EHB 2179, with a striker adopted), local government revenue flexibility (ESHB 2442, with Amendment 72 adopted to remove a county public utility tax and other amendments rejected), wildfire mitigation funding (SHB 2089), and timberland REET changes (HB 1983). The committee also noted that it would not take action on some items in the packet, including SHB 1833.
In the second group, the committee advanced bills on local housing tax remittance programs (ESHB 1717), renewable energy tax incentives and grants (E3SHB 1960, with a striking amendment adopted that adjusted rates, timing, and related provisions), nonprofit fundraising hall property tax relief (HB 2431), food bank sales tax relief (SB 6006), local tax increment financing (E2SHB 2451), temporary staffing services for nonprofit behavioral health entities (SB 6297), school and child care-related sales tax exemptions (SSB 6351, with a substitute adopted and the competing amendment made out of order), behavioral health work group extension and leadership council creation (2SHB 2429), Working Connections Child Care changes (SB 6353, with Amendment 43 adopted), language access guidelines for state agencies (SHB 2475), unpaid wage recovery (2SHB 2479), firearms background check fee authority (HB 2521, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided), public employee information sharing (HB 2091, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided), and Office of Independent Investigations jurisdiction changes (ESHB 2508, briefed but not acted on in the portion provided). Throughout the meeting, members and staff discussed fiscal notes, implementation costs, and whether amendments would increase or reduce state impacts, with several amendments aimed at narrowing scope, delaying implementation, or shifting enforcement and funding responsibilities.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails.
- </c> prevails. The sixth order of business. prevails. The sixth order of business.
- The motion prevails. Oppose say no.
- And then the high wage. What can jobs. And then the high wage.
- Third reading. amendment, the motion does not prevail. amendment, the motion does not prevail.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill also provides worker protection because it can be used to make sure that prevailing wages are
- paid and to fight against wage theft.
- You talked about wage theft. Could this bring... ...you talked about wage theft.
- We have such a morass of regulations around wages and things in the state.
- Included reviewing thousands of wage garnishments every year.
Keywords:
psychiatric pharmacists, mental health, pharmacy regulations, healthcare, pharmacological treatments, limited equity cooperatives, common interest ownership, housing, exemption, community ownership, probate, estate administration, inheritance, heir finder, heir locator, beneficiary interest, transfer of inheritance rights, probate for profit, personal representative, executor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/16/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion<00:24:52.400><c> prevails.</c> Motion prevails. Motion prevails.
- Motion prevails. The amendment >> Opposed. Motion prevails.
- >> Motion<02:39:05.200><c> prevails.</c> >> Motion prevails. >> Motion prevails.
- ><c> price</c><02:40:58.640><c> or</c><02:40:58.800><c> wage</c> also stuff on wage price or wage also
- Motion prevails.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- works contracts to be at least the prevailing rate of wage in effect at the time the work is performed
- Generally, prevailing wage is set when the contract is let.
- They adjust their prevailing wage so they're not leaving these sites.
- One is that as we raise prevailing wage every year, the costs just go up and up and up.
- It was, this is, we kept at the prevailing wage over that length of time.
Summary:
The Senate took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, which would modernize and strengthen laws governing sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, and other law enforcement agencies, particularly by setting certification and background-check standards and addressing what happens if an elected sheriff is decertified. The chamber first considered several amendments focused on preserving voter control over sheriffs, limiting the bill’s reach, and shifting costs to the state. Amendment 632, which would have required a recall-style vote if a sheriff were found uncertified, failed. Amendment 628, which would have excluded foreign convictions from consideration, failed. Amendment 633, which would have made the state pay background-check costs, failed. Amendment 634, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s five-year uninterrupted employment requirement, failed on a roll call vote of 21 yeas to 28 nays.
Members then rejected additional amendments: Amendment 631, which would have carved out an exception for Capitol security personnel, failed; Amendment 629, which would have prevented a vacancy if a sheriff was acting consistently with the state and U.S. constitutions, failed; Amendment 630, which would have created a private right of action for removed sheriffs, failed; and Amendment 627, which would have retained language barring men and women from being confined in the same cell when removing an old “police matron” provision, failed on a roll call vote of 19 yeas to 30 nays. Supporters of the bill argued it was about accountability, integrity, and aligning sheriffs with certification standards already applied to other law enforcement officers. Opponents argued it would override voter choice, create unfunded mandates, and let an unelected state body remove elected sheriffs.
After amendments were disposed of, the Senate suspended the rules and advanced the bill to third reading and final passage. In final debate, supporters emphasized public safety, professional standards, and the need for clear decertification rules when a sheriff loses certification. Opponents repeatedly framed the bill as an unconstitutional intrusion on local democracy and a solution in search of a problem, warning it would disenfranchise voters and set a dangerous precedent. The transcript ends during final-passage debate, with no final vote on the bill shown in the excerpt.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. All those opposed say no. The motion prevails.
- </c> The motion prevails. The A38 is adopted. The motion prevails. The A38 is adopted.
- </c> statewide, $106 million in lost wages. statewide, $106 million in lost wages.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Surveillance-based price and wage discrimination prohibited 3/4/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- Ayes 96, noes... of the gas of the prevailing weight within 30 days. I move we passed the bill.
- Did you vote on the prevailing side? I did. Delegate Simon, please fix it.
- I have a vote on the prevailing side by which we failed to adopt the committee substitute.
- Speaker, having voted on the prevailing side by which we failed to adopt the committee substitute, I
- Have a vote on the prevailing side by which we failed to pass the committee substitute.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We now have the bill as prevails.
- None of the plans we are offered wages.
- Not everyone takes the insurance, but everyone takes the wages.
- Not everyone takes the insurance, but everyone takes the wages.
- Not everyone takes the insurance, but everyone takes the wages.
Keywords:
microenterprise home kitchen operation, cottage food, home-based food business, home kitchen license, homemade food, prepared food, food entrepreneur, small food business, cottage food law, food safety training, ServSafe, food handler license, agriculture department, Minnesota food law, residential kitchen, local zoning, consumer labeling, allergen labeling, unpasteurized juice, time/temperature control for safety food
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I opposed the motion prevails and the minutes are adopted.
- On average, it is really difficult to have a living wage as a childcare worker or childcare educator.
- Details what it would take to get the wages for childcare workers at a level that is a living wage that
- The motion prevails. The amendment is adopted. Is adopted.
- The motion prevails, and you now have possession of your own bill. Thank you. All right.
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension