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KY
Transcript Highlights:
- Acceptable and prevailing medical practices provide those clinicians with some comfort as to what steps
- We're going to work with him to bring them up to acceptable and prevailing practices.
- We're going to work with him to bring them up to acceptable and prevailing practices.
- We're going to work with him to bring them up to acceptable and prevailing practices.
- We're going to work with him to bring them up to acceptable and prevailing practices. Okay.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted.
- The motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted.
- </c><00:37:36.040><c> and</c> I I oppose say no motion prevails and I I oppose say no motion prevails
- The motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted. Senator Weber, 155 is before us.
- and the amendment is motion prevails and the amendment is adopted<00:40:34.880><c> Senator</c><00:40
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Status of Persons with Disabilities May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Another component is a wage increase. So all of our programs are paid.
- As they progress throughout the program and gain skills, they will get a wage increase.
- Say if it's a one-year program, they'll have a starting wage.
- It's about the wage increase and the skill increase and all the support that they get during it.
- And then the second piece was the wage, the progression.
Summary:
The Workforce Support Subcommittee met to discuss how registered apprenticeships could help address workforce shortages in disability services, human services, and other high-need fields. Co-chairs and staff introduced the session as a practical overview of apprenticeship pathways, with a focus on how employers, intermediaries, and training providers can work together to build programs. The discussion emphasized that apprenticeships can be used not only in the trades, but also in health care, early childhood education, medical interpreting, and other occupations facing recruitment and retention problems.
Amara Ramon of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards explained the structure of registered apprenticeships in Massachusetts, including employer-led on-the-job training, related technical instruction, wage progression, credentialing, and state support through templates, compliance oversight, and grants. Melissa Sebeli described her role as an intermediary at the MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board, saying intermediaries help employers design, register, and manage programs, recruit apprentices, and keep programs compliant. She said the model offers employers a pipeline of workers, retention benefits, tax credits, and flexibility to tailor training to local needs. Lisa Morris described a new apprenticeship for medical interpreters, built from an existing training program and employer demand for experience, with a pre-apprenticeship, 2,000 hours of work-based learning, and related technical instruction tied to certification requirements.
Members and attendees asked about where apprentices come from, how employers recruit, how wages are set, and whether state agencies or workforce boards can serve as intermediaries. Speakers said recruitment can come from career centers, youth programs, incumbent workers, community colleges, job fairs, ESL centers, and community-based organizations. They also discussed accommodations and modified curricula for people with intellectual, developmental, and neurodiverse disabilities, citing Bridgewater State’s Excel program as an example. No votes were taken; the meeting concluded with encouragement for organizations to contact the presenters or Division of Apprenticeship Standards to explore apprenticeship options and with notice that materials and the recording would be posted online.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Aviation Caucus Nov 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Our average wage in 2024 was $110,000, and that does not count executives.
- The average wage in the state at the same time was $89,000, so we pay people really well.
- size they have that much concentration in one state yeah and we pay people really well our average wage
- in 2023 no 2024 110,000 and that does not count executives and this average wage in the state at the
- So basically, you could come out of high school, make a really good family-wage job with some of the
Summary:
The meeting was an Aviation Caucus gathering hosted at Paine Field and Boeing, with introductions from legislators, aviation organizations, airport officials, and industry representatives. Speakers emphasized the importance of aviation and aerospace to Washington’s economy and the need to better educate lawmakers and the public about the sector’s value. Several participants also highlighted the role of airports in business activity, emergency response, wildfire support, and medical services, and urged attendees to build relationships with legislators to protect and expand aviation funding.
A major topic was opposition to the aviation-related tax provisions in Senate Bill 5801, described by speakers as a luxury and privilege tax on aircraft. Legislators and industry advocates argued the tax would discourage aircraft ownership and use in Washington, drive aircraft and business operations out of the state, and harm jobs and tax revenue. They said the caucus would continue working toward repeal of the aircraft tax provisions and broader solutions for aviation infrastructure funding, though they acknowledged the state budget situation makes new funding difficult this year. John Dobson presented data estimating aviation’s large share of state GDP, jobs, wages, and tax revenue, and also raised concerns about aviation fuel tax revenues being diverted away from aviation purposes.
The meeting also featured updates on mental health efforts in aviation, with Brian Baumoff of the Pilot Mental Health Campaign describing federal legislation to improve access to treatment and transparency around medications, and a prior state bill aimed at helping pilots navigate medical leave and treatment costs. Haley Coffey of the Aerospace Futures Alliance encouraged participation in its upcoming Hill Day to strengthen aerospace advocacy in Olympia. Boeing representatives gave an overview of company safety and culture changes after recent incidents, workforce and supplier numbers in Washington, production plans including a permanent Moses Lake site and a future Everett narrow-body line, and workforce development programs such as Core Plus Aerospace and tuition support. The caucus also adopted a House resolution honoring Harry R. Anderson for becoming the first person to fly and sail solo to all seven continents, and attendees toured the Boeing facility after the meeting.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We've reduced that from $19 an hour to the federal minimum wage, saving the state significant resources
- And we should depart from that and at least pay folks the federal minimum wage who are fighting to save
- Unfortunately it just provides federal minimum wage, a wage that hasn't been raised in well over a decade
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/17/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #6
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair and members, we are on HB 2744, Industrial Commission Wages Adjudication.
- Madam Chair and members, we are on HB 2744, Industrial Commission Wages Adjudication.
- Madam Chair and members, we are on HB 2744, Industrial Commission Wages Adjudication.
- Madam Chair and members, we are on HB 2744, Industrial Commission Wages Adjudication.
- Madam Chair and members, we are on HB 2744, Industrial Commission Wages Adjudication.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long calendar of House bills across education, health, water, land, housing, labor, public safety, and taxation. Several measures dealt with artificial intelligence, including bills on AI disclosures for minors, AI-assisted divorce arbitration, an Arizona AI education program, AI privilege protections, and a required AI course in schools. Other topics included ESA administration funding, a prohibition on public money for certain foreign-controlled genetic sequencing devices, towing regulations, DUI and ignition interlock changes, health facility and nursing facility complaint timelines, internationally trained physicians, nurse anesthetist reimbursement, pharmacy penalties, childhood cancer research, cybersecurity encryption, school mental health instruction repeal, superintendent performance pay, adoption disclosures in student health settings, anti-Semitism in schools, and a range of water, land, and housing bills.
Members frequently raised concerns about local control, unfunded mandates, constitutional issues, and the scope of state intervention. Several bills drew criticism for affecting school curriculum, public education, reproductive rights, protest activity, or tribal communities. Others were supported as technical fixes, consumer protections, or funding measures. The caucus also discussed a series of bills related to the Mexican gray wolf, state land management, solar and wind siting, groundwater transport, and rural development, with some members objecting that the proposals would undermine federal protections or tribal interests.
A number of bills were pulled from consent for further discussion, including HB 2020, HB 2957, HCR 2044, HB 2352, HB 2667, HB 2906, HB 2093, HB 2386, HB 2481, HB 2830, HB 2076, HB 2411, HB 2136, HB 2665, and HB 2904. The meeting ended with an announcement of the Latino Caucus guest presentation and an emotional tribute to Reverend Jesse Jackson, followed by presentation of an Affordability Award to Representatives Lorena Austin and Stephanie Simacek for work on economic justice and working families. The caucus then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- , either by working more hours or seeking employment with higher wages.
- It's supposed to encourage minimum wage earners to earn more than minimum wage.
- To earn higher, it's supposed to encourage minimum wage earners to earn more than minimum wage, and then
- Chair and Senator, and is it better wages? Tax policies for better wages.
- We didn't have to go into the wages of those employees to do this analysis.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House votes to pass SF571 4/24/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> low unemployment and Rising real wages low unemployment and Rising real wages at<00:08:51.760><c
- and salary income per worker, or average wage income, is expected to continue to increase.
- While our estimates for wage growth in 2024 and 2025 are little changed since November, our forecast
- for wage and salary disbursements in 2026 is 1.2 percentage points higher than in November, resulting
- and salary income per worker or wage and salary income per worker or average<00:15:36.079><c> wage</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/05/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- But when the increase in wages is applied to our union wage scale in the different steps, the impact
- </c> example but when the increase in wages example but when the increase in wages applied<00:26:08.279
- applied to our Union wage scale in the different<00:26:10.159><c> steps</c><00:26:10.559><c> the</c>
- would be paid or whether current wages would be paid or whether it's<00:32:25.240><c> wages</c><00:32
- One was on holiday pay; one was on a minimum wage standard. We did two separate analyses as such.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- But when we use the term personal services, that is employee wages, fringe, etc.
- But when we use the term personal services, that is employee wages, fringe, etc.
- But when we use the term personal services, that is employee wages, fringe, etc.
- The vacancy wages and franches 7.11.
- </c> employee wages, fringe etc. Correct. employee wages, fringe etc. Correct.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It also requires UC to pay wage and benefit parity to all of these outside workers.
- Lastly, it confirms that household employers with wage-paid workers in their homes are indeed covered
- and hour violations. ...a bid for a public works construction project to disclose any history of wage
- requires contractors bidding on local public works projects to compile and disclose five years of wage
- Regarding changes to employees, wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment, we believe that
Summary:
The committee heard extensive testimony on AB 1729, which would update California state telework policy. The author and many unionized state workers argued that telework has improved productivity, reduced emissions and commuting costs, saved the state money on office space, and should be governed by written, evidence-based departmental policies rather than blanket return-to-office mandates. Supporters emphasized flexibility, morale, and the need for transparency through a public dashboard. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was later moved on a 2-1 vote, with the item placed on call.
Members also heard AB 805, which would create a Career Apprenticeship Bridge Program to connect high school career technical education with registered apprenticeships. The author and supporters said the bill implements recommendations from the California Youth Apprenticeship Model report and would expand earn-and-learn pathways, especially for youth facing barriers. The bill passed the committee 3-0 and was placed on call.
Two workers’ compensation and labor-relations bills drew sharp opposition. AB 1576 would reform the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund; supporters said it would reduce litigation and employer assessments, while opponents argued it did not go far enough and preferred the administration’s trailer bill. AB 1582 would make it an unfair labor practice for UC or other higher education employers to disregard arbitration decisions on contracting out; supporters said it would protect arbitration outcomes for service workers, while UC argued it would interfere with bargaining agreements and threaten patient and student services. Both bills were moved on 2-1 votes and placed on call.
After quorum was established, the committee also advanced AB 1630, allowing union representatives to invite bargaining-unit members to observe meet-and-confer sessions remotely; AB 2650, a CalSavers cleanup bill to improve retirement savings access and administration; AB 2054, expanding paid family leave eligibility for relatives of military service members on domestic duty; AB 2157, making permanent the Displaced Oil and Gas Workers Fund pilot program; and AB 1838, requiring bidders on local public works projects to disclose recent wage-and-hour violations. AB 1630 and AB 2157 were both placed on call after divided votes, while AB 2650 and AB 2054 passed 2-1 and 3-0 respectively, and AB 1838 was placed on call after a 1-1 vote. The transcript ends as the committee begins AB 2682, which would conform the appeal process for transportation network company driver unionization law.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- Preventing wage theft is key to protecting the economic security and dignity of California workers.
- This bill would allow the California Department of Justice, an agency with wage theft and labor code
- So I know firsthand just how wage theft impacts working families throughout the state of California.
- have been served civil wage and penalty assessments, what we call CUAPAs, that lead to final wage judgments
- , many of which are still working and have not paid those final wage theft judgments.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- yet they are among the lowest paid workers in the state, in calling for a contract that ensures fair wages
- adequately funded and staffed child care programs, we need reimbursement rates that align with the real wage
- Critical wage increases are needed so that we can continue to increase access to care for our families
- I concur with our colleagues; the reimbursement rate should be based on the MIT living wage, not the
- One that captures and uses the MIT data for wages, as well as including that when we divide the state
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AN EQUALLY THE WAGE OF THOSE JOBS. DO YOU GUYS KEEP THAT INFORMATION?
- >> I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE WAGE. I CAN TELL YOU THE JOBS BUT I CANNOT TELL YOU THE WAGE.
- I CAN GET INFORMATION. >> AS WE MOVE FORWARD WAGE IS IMPORTANT AS WELL WITH 5 PERCENT CAPITAL.
- WE PAY A DECENT WAGE.
MN
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- in the guidelines, is that we no longer have courts automatically imputing to 40 hours of minimum wage
- You're allowed to now go to 25, anywhere from 25 to 40 on minimum wage.
- so they get a proportional share of the child support because you can't just stack orders, minimum wage
- orders, on a father who only makes minimum wage.
- one child and you had a combined income of just, say, both parties have a combined income of minimum wage
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee met to conduct the statutorily required four-year review of Oklahoma’s child support guidelines, which DHS said had not been reviewed on schedule in recent years. Deputy Director Don Zellner of DHS Child Support Services presented data on the number of children served, child poverty, rising costs of raising a child, wage trends, and the volume of child support orders handled by DHS. He also explained how the current guidelines work, including income withholding, shared overnight deductions, daycare, medical, transportation, and self-employment adjustments, and noted that the guidelines are based on gross combined income and currently cap at $15,000 combined income.
Committee members, especially Senator Boren, questioned whether the current model fairly reflects modern family economics, including the cost of housing, the impact of shared overnights, and whether visitation issues should be addressed alongside child support. DHS said the guidelines are over 25 years old, that other states generally use similar gross-income models with shared-overnight deductions, and that Oklahoma’s administrative courts have been more receptive than district courts to DHS’s lower-income deviation approach. Zellner said DHS has also updated its practices to better account for low-income obligors, including allowing zero orders in some cases and reducing imputed minimum-wage assumptions, which DHS said has improved collections.
Members also asked about transparency and public access to the calculations. DHS said the formula and income chart are in statute, the calculator is available on the DHS website, and the Excel-based tool applies the statutory chart and deductions. A public commenter asked where parents could see how amounts are calculated, and DHS explained that the statutory chart and calculator are the main sources. The committee discussed possible future reforms, including higher income caps, possible changes to shared overnight rules, and whether extracurricular or special child-related expenses could be considered through judicial deviation. No vote was taken; the meeting ended with the chair noting it was the last Judiciary meeting of the 60th Legislature and adjourning the committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - Part 2 - 04/02/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We have been able to support families with family-sustaining wages.
- Our average wage is over $24 per hour for those who have come through our programming.
- These improvements have resulted in higher job retention rates and livable wages.
- These improvements have resulted in higher job retention rates and livable wages.
- </c><01:30:32.639><c> were</c> 65 plus their average wages were 65 plus their average wages were $16.37
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- residency requirement for the town manager; House No. 4390, an act exempting Nick Santos from the maximum wage
- officer in the City of Haverhill; and House No. 4442, an act exempting Anthony Morales from the maximum wage
- House No. 4390, an act exempting Nick Santos from the maximum wage requirement for the position of police
- officer in the City of Haverhill; and House No. 4442, an act exempting Anthony Morales from the maximum wage
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and adopted two congratulatory resolutions: one for Andrew Labovitz on attaining Eagle Scout rank and one for Joseph P. Nickerson, Sr. on his 100th birthday. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 on several petitions, sending them to their respective committees.
The Senate then advanced several local and committee-reported bills. It passed to be engrossed a Scituate parking fines bill and a Cambridge parking enforcement bill, the latter after adopting a Brownsberger amendment that replaced the bill text with Senate No. 3105. The Senate Ways and Means Committee reported favorably, with new drafts, on the Toxic Free Medical Devices Act and a bill advancing the profession of commercial interior design; in both cases, the Senate suspended rules, adopted the committee amendments, and ordered the bills to a third reading.
On final passage, the Senate enacted a Tewksbury charter amendment changing the town manager residency requirement and two Haverhill bills exempting Nick Santos and Anthony Morales from the maximum wage requirement for police officers. All three were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also adopted an order to meet again the following Thursday at 11 a.m. in formal session and to dispense with printing a calendar, then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And the largest part of those investments were with the community attendant wages.
- We also additionally had some increases on wages for, not wages, but Medicaid rates.
- And so, you know, then you start to get those wages up.
- And so, you know, then you start to get those wages up.
- And so, you know, then you start to get those wages up.
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation and then took up several conference committee matters and resolutions. It granted the House request for a conference committee on House Bill 46 and adopted a conference report on Senate Bill 37, which was described as higher education governance reform, including stronger board authority, changes to faculty senates, general education requirements, and a new ombudsman office. Senators also adopted a large package of resolutions and HCRs by voice vote.
A major focus was Senate Bill 12, the “Parental Bill of Rights,” whose conference report was adopted after extended questioning. The bill was described as giving parents more access to school materials and grievance procedures, requiring parental consent for student clubs, and restricting school district employees from assisting with social transitioning or related gender-identity instruction. Senators raised concerns about effects on students already socially transitioned and on parental rights in medical or psychological decisions; the author said the House language was retained in key areas and that districts would need policies and parent notification. The report passed 20-11.
The Senate then adopted a resolution allowing the conference committee on Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-2027, to go outside the bounds, and later adopted the budget conference report. Senators highlighted major funding for public education, property tax relief, public safety, health and human services, child care, water and transportation infrastructure, and the Texas Energy Fund. The budget discussion also covered higher education, mental health facilities, community attendant wages, rural hospitals, DFPS case management, child care assistance, and a study rider on TRS. The report passed unanimously, 30-0.
Finally, the Senate suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 8 and adopted its conference report. The bill requires counties with jails or jail contracts to participate in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, with sheriffs choosing among available models and counties receiving tiered grants to help cover costs. Supporters framed it as a public safety measure targeting criminal illegal aliens, while opponents questioned whether it would divert local resources and increase fear in immigrant communities. The report was adopted after debate.