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• SB 338 creates the mobile virtual health hub for rural communities pilot program, bringing telehealth
• When we look at these bills, we have to ask ourselves, is it good for the employee?
• When we look at these bills, we have to ask ourselves, is it good for the employee?
• This bill epitomizes why Sacramento is broken, why the influential benefit as consumers and employees
• You know, a year ago, two years ago, I supported a bill to allow our employees here in the California

Summary: The Assembly convened, established a quorum after a roll call, observed a moment of silence for John Burton, and proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural motions. Members approved a rule suspension to allow floor amendments on SB 271 and SB 67, and several committee notices and bill referrals were handled. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading file, with many bills passed and a number of items temporarily passed or retained on file. Among the major measures approved were bills on civil rights and public safety (SB 477, SB 19, SB 36, SB 571, SB 580), health care and coverage (SB 257 on pregnancy as a qualifying life event, SB 530 on Medi-Cal access standards, SB 660 on health data exchange, SB 754 on menstrual product contaminant disclosure), housing and disaster recovery (SB 610, SB 655), transportation and climate (SB 533 on EV charging payments, SB 30 on diesel locomotives, SB 71 on CEQA exemptions for transit, SB 263 on tariff impacts), and natural resources/energy (SB 283 on battery storage safety, SB 88 on biomass emissions, SB 427 extending the Habitat Conservation Fund). The Assembly also passed urgency measures including SB 864 on tribal gaming compacts, SB 663 on wildfire-related property tax relief, SB 471 expanding DDS ombudsman authority, and SB 497 on privacy protections for legally protected health services. Several bills drew notable debate. SB 41 on pharmacy benefit managers saw opposition over concerns about moving ahead before broader PBM data and licensing reforms take effect, but it still passed. AB 1340, a concurrence item on gig worker collective bargaining rights, prompted extended debate over labor rights, consumer costs, and union influence. Other concurrence items included AB 671 on restaurant permitting, which passed without opposition. The Assembly also took up SB 640 on direct admission to CSU, SB 702 on demographic reporting for appointees, SB 710 preserving a solar property tax exclusion, and SB 793 on counterfeit lighter safety, all of which passed. The session ended with the Assembly continuing through the file, including concurrence votes and additional bill actions, with most measures approved by substantial margins.

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• Veronica Parcel for 24 years of dedicated service and recognizing National Corrections Officers and Employees
• accountability, rehabilitation, and public safety; and whereas National Corrections Officers and Employees
• accountability, rehabilitation, and public safety, and whereas National Corrections officers and Employees
• Representatives to recognize May 3rd through May 9th, 2026, as National Corrections Officers and Employees
• and to honor Deputy Warden Veronica Parcell for her exemplary service and thank all corrections employees

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• do a lot to try to prevent wildfires and reduce their impact on the landscape, from training our employees
• a lot to try and prevent wildfires and to reduce their impact on the landscape from training our employees
• It increases the tax burden at the exact moment when founders and early employees finally succeed, often
• Founders are mobile. This sends a clear signal that Washington is not a place to build and hire.
• Of states that the best entrepreneurs, founders, and employees in all industries will consider, capital

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on January 29, 2026, to consider a gubernatorial appointment, three public hearings, and two executive-session bills. Kristen L. Frazier was introduced as the governor’s appointee to the Board of Tax Appeals. She described her background in legislative fiscal analysis, constitutional law, and tax adjudication, and said the board is working on faster residential review and settlement processes. Members praised her service and said the appointment would be voted on at a future meeting. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5893, which would transfer $65 million from the Natural Climate Solutions Account to the Wildfire Response, Forest Restoration, and Community Resilience Account to fully fund wildfire response and forest health work. Committee staff explained the Climate Commitment Act funding source and the account history, and the Department of Natural Resources said the money would support forest health treatments, firefighting readiness, and partner pass-throughs. Forest industry representatives and DNR supported the bill, arguing wildfire work reduces emissions, protects communities, and prevents larger future costs; one member questioned why DNR had not submitted a decision package for the funding. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 6229, which would subject gains from the sale of qualified small business stock to Washington’s capital gains tax. Staff said the bill would affect about 260 taxpayers, raise about $1.2 million in fiscal year 2027, and cost the Department of Revenue about $1.1 million over four years to implement. Startup founders, venture capital and tech industry representatives opposed the bill, warning it would discourage investment, founders, and job creation in Washington; a Budget and Policy Center witness supported it as a way to make the tax code less regressive and argued the exemption mainly benefits the wealthiest taxpayers. The committee also heard House Bill 1376, which would allow taxpayers to prepay capital gains tax up to six months early without interest on any later refund; staff said it had no revenue impact and a small administrative cost, and the lone public witness opposed it as penalizing success. In executive session, the committee received a briefing on the proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization transparency and AI use in health care, and on Substitute Senate Bill 5860 regarding school board compensation. The committee adopted the proposed second substitute for SB 5395 and voted it out of committee with a do pass recommendation to the Rules Committee, subject to signatures. Substitute SB 5860 was moved out of committee without recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Two positions are currently being held open as required, as the former employees are going through the
• The work they did has been successfully redistributed to other employees within the department.
• we see vacancies: our Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile
• DMS continues its commitment to filling positions, recruitment, and retention of employees.
• We recognize that employees are yet our greatest asset in agencies, and we want to make sure that we're

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• HB 1362 by Hernandez relating to the eligibility for unemployment compensation for employees.
• Employees who leave the workplace due to sexual harassment refer to the committee on trade workforce
• Relating to the limiting the duration of employment of certain state employees, refer to the Committee
• HB 1313 by Allen relating to salary and wages paid to public school employees.
• of the certain conduct in relation to the employee of the persons not lawfully present for providing

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• from similar employees in the facility.
• Employees need less work and more time to cool down.
• The bill also requires employees and supervisors.
• In short, if employers are concerned about employees that employees are reacting as if they are working
• in a hospital, If employers are concerned about employees that employees are reacting as if they are

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face. A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status. Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.

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• With about 2,000 Deloitte employees here in the state of Arizona, we have a regional headquarters here
• But not only did that allow the resident experience to modernize, but also the employee experience.
• We had employees in those agencies that were still getting clipboards and pieces of paper and putting
• But not only did that allow the resident experience to modernize, but also the employee experience.
• And government employees retire.

Summary: The Science and Technology Committee met without any bills on the agenda and heard two presentations. Deloitte Infrastructure Insights demonstrated an AI-enabled transportation analytics platform, Infrastructure Insights Pro, focused on vulnerable road user safety. The presenter described how the tool ingests crash, GIS, and project data to generate map-based insights, trust scores for data sources, and draft concept reports that can reduce analysis time from six to eight months to a few hours. Members asked about use in other states, cost or effort savings, and the system’s deployment at Caltrans in California. The committee then heard from OCTA and SoCure on digital identity and fraud prevention for state and local government services. The presenters argued that residents face too many separate logins and that governments should move toward a more secure, frictionless, and privacy-preserving single digital identity experience. They described identity verification using contextual signals such as device, location, and document validation, and said their tools are already used by Arizona agencies and in other states. Members raised concerns about Real ID, digital IDs, federal overreach, and privacy under the Fourth Amendment and the Arizona Constitution, emphasizing the need for state control and user choice. No votes were taken and no formal actions were reported. The committee adjourned after discussion.

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• With about 2,000 Deloitte employees here in the state of Arizona, we have a regional headquarters here
• But not only did that allow the resident experience to modernize, but also the employee experience.
• We had employees in those agencies that were still getting clipboards and pieces of paper and putting
• But not only did that allow the resident experience to modernize, but also the employee experience.
• And government employees retire.

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• Members, Senate Bill 1317 updates language to recognize the mobility of career teachers who may need
• And the way you presented, you said that it's for all SDE employees, correct?
• It would be an option for all SDE employees.
• The number is assuming that all of the employees would opt out.
• in a net savings per employee that decides to opt out of roughly $200.

Bills: SB1726, SB1236, SB1633, SB1413, SB1317, SB1360, SB1342, SB1477, SB1189, SB1546, SB1524, SB1338, SB1193, SB1812, SB1617

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

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• The California High-Speed Rail Project has the potential to simultaneously improve mobility and reduce
• AB 1803 requires California businesses with five or more employees to include anti-hate speech training
• will impact service to residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville and will lead to significant Metro employee

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 22, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up a large consent calendar. It moved a set of bills to the Assembly Floor consent calendar by unanimous vote, including AB 1773, 1785, 1828, 1873, 1918, 2001, 2085, 2173, 2412, 2536, 2644, and 2781, and separately approved another group of unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent, including AB 1544, 1555, 1614, 1621, 1637, 1704, 1816, 1933, 2529, 2559, 2663, and 2731. The committee then heard several individual bills, with each author describing the measure and witnesses generally testifying in support; no organized opposition was recorded on the bills discussed. Among the measures heard, AB 2393 would create fixed statutory damages for certain false imprisonment and arrest claims, while exempting peace officers, custodial officers, and public entities. AB 1697 would delay implementation of a recently enacted prohibition on employment contracts that require workers to repay employer debts if they leave a job, and AB 2534 would extend Domestic Violence Prevention Act restraining order protections to attempted forced marriages and survivors of forced marriages. AB 1608 would strengthen the High-Speed Rail Inspector General’s office by adding staffing and contracting authority, requiring public reports, and allowing limited temporary confidentiality for sensitive information; the bill drew questions from members about transparency and whether information could be withheld, but the author and Inspector General said the measure would increase accountability and only allow narrow, time-limited confidentiality. The committee also approved AB 1916, which would allow American Sign Language interpreters to participate in the same collective bargaining process as other certified court interpreters, and AB 1803, which would require anti-hate speech training as part of workplace harassment prevention training for employers with five or more employees. AB 1821 would change Public Records Act response timelines from calendar days to business days, with local government sponsors arguing it would better reflect actual processing time for broad and complex requests without reducing access. AB 1919 would establish election procedures to let voters decide the future of Santa Cruz Metro service funding after a one-time grant expires. Each of these bills was moved forward on due pass votes, with some members not voting on certain measures. The committee then approved a long suspense file, and the remaining suspense bills were deemed approved without further discussion.

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• The California High-Speed Rail Project has the potential to simultaneously improve mobility and reduce
• AB 1803 requires California businesses with five or more employees to include anti-hate speech training
• will impact service to residents of Santa Cruz and Watsonville and will lead to significant Metro employee

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• the Department of Health to address telehealth and staffing shortages and to provide training and mobile
• There is housing for their employees.
• wrong, but I want to, not here, but I want to say you've got, Lafayette County has less than 10 employees

Summary: The Commerce Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. First, CS/HB 515 on the Uniform Commercial Code was presented as a Florida Bar-backed update creating a new chapter to address digital assets and ledger technologies, including rules for perfection of security interests and lien priorities involving items such as Bitcoin. The bill drew support from the Florida Bar’s business law section and the Florida Bankers Association, had no amendments or opposition, and was reported favorably after a unanimous roll call. The committee then heard HB 1427 on rural communities, a broad package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a rural resource directory, a Renaissance grant program, a rural arterial road monetization program, housing and school support measures, and new health care grant programs for telehealth, staffing, training, and mobile units. Sponsors and many local officials, economic development groups, chambers, utilities, and other organizations testified in strong support, emphasizing infrastructure, workforce, housing, and health care needs in rural Florida. Members from both parties praised the bill’s focus on rural counties, and it was reported favorably. Finally, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements would allow an additional shorter interior support well in elevators while keeping the existing 42-inch support well requirement, with the goal of improving accessibility and flexibility for building owners. The National Elevator Industry supported the measure, there was no opposition or amendment, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned.

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• We know that this economic mobility program works.
• This makes economic mobility interventions in early childhood powerful tools to remediate poverty's harmful
• town, living with low incomes, with a wide range of services that foster economic stability and mobility
• address this structural challenge and help the people that we serve become economically stable and mobile
• For example, state employees can also teach at the state colleges, and individuals who work for the Department

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Summary: The committee first heard testimony on a proposed Massachusetts baby bonds program, including H. 3429, S. 2146, and the Treasurer’s related bill H. 48. Treasurer Goldberg and a broad coalition of advocates, researchers, health professionals, and people with lived experience said the program would create trust accounts for children born into low-income families or in DCF custody, with funds available at age 18 for education, homeownership, business startup, or other long-term asset-building uses. Supporters argued the program would help close the racial wealth gap, improve economic mobility, and not affect eligibility for financial aid or public benefits. Committee members asked about administration, investment returns, eligibility, and withdrawal rules; the Treasurer said the accounts would be held in trust and managed by her office with an advisory board, with funds accessible at 18 and usable through age 35 if the beneficiary remains a Massachusetts resident. No vote was taken during the testimony shown. The committee also heard testimony on legislation establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day, including S. 2666 and H. 4625. Senator Ross, Representative Badger, physicians, survivors, and advocates described invasive lobular carcinoma as difficult to detect because it often grows in lines rather than forming a lump, can be missed on mammography, and is underfunded and underrepresented in research and clinical trials. Witnesses said the bill would codify an annual October 15 proclamation to raise awareness, improve diagnosis, and encourage more targeted research and treatment. Committee members asked why the disease is so hard to detect, and medical witnesses explained the imaging challenges and the lack of lobular-specific protocols. The witnesses urged favorable reports. The committee then took testimony on H. 4648, a bill concerning the purchase or lease of Fenn Farm in Stockbridge by the Stockbridge-Munsee community. Representative Davis, the Stockbridge Land Trust president, and the tribal president testified that the bill would remove a conservation restriction tied to a state MVP grant so the tribe could manage the land without a restriction that they said would conflict with tribal sovereignty and Indigenous stewardship practices. They said the parcel is a sacred site connected to Monument Mountain and that the restriction is unnecessary because the land is already surrounded by conserved property. The witnesses asked for favorable action on the bill. Finally, the committee heard testimony on H. 3416, a resolution urging Congress to create a national infrastructure bank. Representative Senna and several advocates argued that an off-budget infrastructure bank could finance major repairs and upgrades to roads, bridges, rail, water systems, broadband, and housing without adding to the state budget, while creating jobs and supporting economic growth. Witnesses cited historical precedents for national infrastructure banks and said Massachusetts could benefit substantially from such a program. The transcript shown does not include a committee vote or final action on the resolution.

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• coercion of involuntary servitude when either the business knowingly engages in trafficking or when an employee
• help prevent tragedies like this from occurring by making it faster and easier for resources to be mobilized
• help prevent strategies like this from occurring by making it faster and easier for resources to be mobilized
• We didn't have the tools to mobilize coordinated resources fast enough, but when someone is in a mental
• I've been on nine deployments and mobilizations, multiple of them; three or four of them were combat

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• The safety of employees and riders is the top priority.
• Metro Transit currently has about 3,500 employees.
• </c><01:19:32.960><c> in</c> because we're adding an employee in because we're adding an employee in
• </c> employees and three that are not. employees and three that are not.
• ,</c> additional tourism, increased mobility, additional tourism, increased mobility, and<01:45:34.520

Bills: HF4062, HF4063, HF4065, HF3926, HF4216, HF3176, HF3728, HF3988, HF3865

Keywords: vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads

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• I am from Mobile, Alabama, same hometown as Muel.
• Thank you for representing us well and being amongst the best that Mobile has...
• Being amongst the best that Mobile has ever had to offer this world. You made us proud, boy.
• Union Calendar Number 426, H.R. 7401, a bill to require employees of the Small Business Administration
• in which the employee is involved and for the purposes.

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• on appropriation technology having unexploration house 2957 living to drive license in the hands mobile
• Number one extends the increase of relocation expenses that a tenant may receive from the Mobile Home
• We protected state employees.
• We protected state employees from increased health costs.
• are hurting, and the reason is that Republicans are slashing the foundations we need for upward mobility

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• This can be a transfer from personal services and employee benefits into contractual services, or contractual
• And this would cover shortfalls in personal services and employee benefits.
• Of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other services.
• , and other things. of daily living, which includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and other
• they recommend the state pay for an hour of services—just back out, if you're thinking about an employee

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• </c> pattern and then all the state employee pattern and then all the state employee contracts<01:15:
• Are we underpaying or overpaying our employees?
• </c> some of your salary um your employee some of your salary um your employee contracts<01:18:33.320
• </c> think around 4% of our total employees think around 4% of our total employees and<01:20:49.360><
• </c> claims for the newly eligible employees claims for the newly eligible employees unemployment<01:

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