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• For workforce housing, we can do infrastructure plus vertical.
• This includes starting... with workforce housing.
• And workforce housing is the same; we don't separate those two.
• Brooks, was that affordable and workforce housing was the objective for these dollars, right?
• So I'm just wondering when we're talking about workforce development?

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• <00:14:54.000> and<00:14:54.240> funds workforce, things like that. and funds workforce
• <00:52:15.359> workforce.
• the um healthcare workforce workforce. the um healthcare workforce workforce.
• So EMS could benefit from workforce.
• > some<00:56:42.880> community workforce, but there's some community workforce, but there's

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments. Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight. A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.

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• <01:04:22.200> shortage know, we talk about a workforce shortage know, we talk about a workforce
• into the workforce and also promoting<01:04:33.240> economic<01:04:33.760> growth.
• there's going to have to be workforces there's going to have to be workforces right-sized<01:22:
• And I can digress but also workforce.
• care for the generation of workforce care for the generation of workforce that<01:48:13.960>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Metro that is in regards to a workforce.
• <00:17:26.000> options faram Morehead and the workforce options faram Morehead and the workforce
• Standards Board I have been Workforce Standards Board I have been assured<00:57:08.799> by<00
• they are due to the our Workforce they are due to the outdated<01:41:46.719> fragmented<01:41
• efficiency and in stronger Workforce efficiency and in stronger Workforce retention<01:42:34.000

Bills: HF1380, HF1166, HF487, HF1553, HF1472, HF258, HF1911

Keywords: psychiatric treatment, human services, mental health funding, per diem rate, Clay County, disability services, assistive technology, remote support, advocacy, training programs, HF487, Wellness in the Woods, Minnesota human services, grant funding, general fund appropriation, peer support, substance use recovery, addiction recovery, reentry services, reentry after incarceration

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• <00:15:24.600> and to strengthening our workforce and to strengthening our workforce and public
• And educational and workforce program.
• When we win, we work with workforce When we win, we work with workforce investment<00:28:51.480>
• So, if we're putting anything workforce.
• we have, but you heard workforce we have, but you heard workforce issues.<01:13:29.240> Whether

Keywords: Roll Call - 00:10 Discussion on SCR 61 – 01:46 Vote on SCR 61 – 11:33 Discussion on SR 18 – 12:30 Vote on SR 18 - 30:01 Discussion on Ky Residential Autism Services – 32:34 Questions & Comments – 56:56, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first considered Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, sponsored by Senator Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Representative Matt Lockett. The resolution, as amended by committee substitute, would create a legislative task force tied to the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) framework to study Kentucky health policy, including Medicaid drug approvals, preventive and alternative therapies, holistic health education, oversight and transparency in health care, and research into integrative approaches. Supporters said the goal was to address chronic disease and reduce over-medication, while emphasizing the effort was not intended as an attack on agriculture or the pharmaceutical industry. The resolution received favorable expression and passed the committee 9-0. The committee then heard Senate Resolution 18 from Senator Neal, urging Kentucky to maximize participation in the federal SNAP Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program. Testimony from Jessica Klein of the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy and Secretary Eric Friedlander explained that SNAP E&T provides job training, education, and support services for SNAP participants, and that the program is federally matched and does not require additional General Assembly funding in the normal course. Members discussed how the program works, whether it could create new state costs, and how it fits with efforts to connect food assistance, workforce development, and local agriculture. Questions also focused on whether SNAP spending can be steered toward healthier foods and farmers markets, including Kentucky’s Double Dollars program, which was described as helping participants buy produce, meat, and dairy at participating markets and some retailers. Several members expressed support for the workforce goals but asked for more information on fiscal impacts and purchasing data. Secretary Friedlander said the SNAP E&T funds are separate from nutrition benefits, and that the state match generally comes from employer, university, or workforce partner contributions rather than new state appropriations. Senator Herron explained her vote in favor by saying the program could help people gain education and employment and reduce reliance on SNAP over time. Senate Resolution 18 was then adopted by the committee.

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• The other is with regards to workforce training. We've talked about that a lot.
• Workforce training is done on a year-by-year-by-year basis.
• You have to have a real commitment to not only the general issue of workforce training, but also specific
• Workforce development echoes my colleagues' comments on that.
• And that means attracting businesses, not scaring them away, because we can train the workforce a lot

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• My name is Marianne Gibson, and I serve as the vice president of youth, crisis, and workforce policy
• Delaware is facing a significant mental health workforce shortage.
• Delaware is facing a significant mental health workforce shortage.
• The fiscal impact is modest, particularly when compared to the costs associated with workforce turnover
• Thank you. ...mental health workforce.

Bills: SB231

Keywords: school social workers, salary supplement, LCSW, mental health, education funding, Delaware Code, certification, professional standards

Summary: The House Administration Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 231, which would extend the existing 6% salary supplement for school-based mental health professionals with advanced credentials to school social workers who hold licensed clinical social worker credentials and have passed the national exam. The bill sponsor and multiple witnesses described school social workers as essential to student mental health, crisis response, attendance, and family support, and argued the measure corrects an oversight and inequity in the current salary supplement structure. Public testimony was uniformly supportive, and the committee voted to release the bill. The committee then heard Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 212, a constitutional amendment to protect the rights to hunt, fish, and trap. Supporters, including sportsmen’s groups and individual residents, said the amendment would preserve longstanding traditions, support wildlife management, and guard against future threats to hunting and trapping. An opposing witness argued there was no current threat in Delaware and said the Constitution should not be used to protect trapping or elevate hunting and trapping over other wildlife management approaches. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to release the substitute bill. Finally, the committee took up Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 284, the First State Emergency Response Act, which would create a 25-foot buffer around first responders at emergency scenes after warning, with misdemeanor penalties for knowingly entering or remaining in the zone to interfere with duties. Supporters said the bill would protect police, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics from interference, while opponents from the ACLU and the Office of Defense Services raised concerns about vague terms, potential First Amendment impacts, enforcement clarity, and jurisdictional issues. Committee members also questioned how the buffer would be marked and enforced. The sponsor and staff said they would continue working on the language, and the committee voted to release the bill.

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• It has the largest share of the direct care workforce.
• It is important to avoid a disparity between the programs if we truly want to stabilize the workforce
• That's what it would take to get us to $18 an hour for our workforce so they can effectively stay in
• There is an annual workforce survey report required in House Bill 395.
• Consistent funding will allow providers to recruit, train, and retain a qualified workforce.

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• Refer to the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development. HB 618 by.
• Refer to the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic. by B.C. relating to the electronic transmission
• are convicted certain criminal offenses involving the wage staff referred to the subcommittee on workforce
• Relating to the minimum wage, refer the subcommittee on workforce.
• Based on a criminal offense referred to the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development,

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The next bucket of funding is rural workforce program funding.
• These are funds that would go down to the local workforce boards once again this year.
• The next bucket of funding is rural workforce program funding.
• These are funds that would go down to the local workforce boards once again this year.
• This program represents a direct investment in a more skilled and educated workforce.

Summary: The committee met to hear the Governor’s proposed budget for the Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development silo and to consider one bill. The Governor’s Office outlined a $117.4 billion state budget, including $18.3 billion for the TED area, with major allocations for the Department of Transportation, Commerce, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, State, Military Affairs, Emergency Management, and the Florida State Guard. Agency heads then presented their priorities, including housing and disaster recovery funds at Commerce; pay, vehicles, aviation, and data systems at Highway Safety; facility modernization, recruitment, retention, and maintenance at Military Affairs; election audit, conservation lab, and historic preservation funding at State; transportation, aviation, seaport, and safety investments at DOT; and emergency response, flood mitigation, grant systems, and alerting at Emergency Management. Members asked questions about Visit Florida’s private match, FHP’s role in immigration enforcement and body cameras, National Guard deployment tempo and staffing, State Guard staffing and facilities, arts grant rules, rail funding, and the number of detainees at the Everglades detention site. Several notable positions were expressed during questioning. Visit Florida said it met and exceeded its private match requirement and described the match as important to ensuring value from public dollars. The Highway Patrol said its aviation assets have been used more heavily in immigration enforcement and that in-vehicle camera systems were a higher priority than body cameras at present. The National Guard and State Guard both emphasized heavy operational demands, readiness needs, and the importance of additional funding for facilities, personnel, and equipment. The Department of State said its audit funding would help counties move to automated post-election audits and that its arts grant rule changes were intended to create more consistent scoring rather than reduce access. The committee then took up CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units. The bill requires local governments to allow property owners to voluntarily create ADUs, preserves homestead treatment for the primary residence portion, limits parking restrictions, and extends density bonus incentives to housing for military families receiving basic housing allowance. An amendment was adopted removing reusable tenant screening reports and clarifying that compliant ADUs are allowed by right without a separate hearing or permit. Testimony from the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association supported the bill, especially the long-term rental requirement, as a tool to help workforce housing. The committee reported the bill favorably by a roll call vote, and then adjourned.

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• <00:02:50.480> in largest volunteer Workforce in largest volunteer Workforce in communities
• We looked at aging in our homes and what that looks like when we have a workforce.
• I'm also on the workforce committee, and we need to make sure we have services to deliver in Greater
• Workforce I'm also on the workforce Workforce I'm also on the workforce committee<00:04:56.759><
• By one estimate, we are a volunteer workforce in Minnesota of 300,000.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• update Minnesota's higher education attainment goals, ensuring that the state remains aligned with workforce
• the state remains aligned with Workforce the state remains aligned with Workforce demands<00:02:
• educated Workforce as our state<00:04:36.560> experiences<00:04:37.240> demographic<00
• <00:04:39.479> shortages<00:04:40.440> ensuring growing Workforce shortages ensuring
• growing Workforce shortages ensuring that<00:04:41.039> more<00:04:41.320> menant<00:04

Keywords: 1183, house

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• You want to oversee this workforce and you want to put the workforce in trauma?
• And this idea of bringing trauma to the federal workforce by taking the intelligence community, which
• In your comments about the federal workforce, I find disqualifying on that basis. Thank you, Mr.
• But you were talking about the federal workforce.
• So you were talking about you want the federal workforce to be... traumatized.

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• > support It's a market-based workforce support It's a market-based workforce support policy.<
• they have to drop out of the workforce they have to drop out of the workforce for<00:41:04.960><
• <00:43:56.640> So, Manchester leave the workforce. So, Manchester leave the workforce.
• Homes, um, uh, to address some workforce Homes, um, uh, to address some workforce issues<00:54:14.000
• work, play survey of our young workforce work, play survey of our young workforce identified<01:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , Co-chair Baker, and members, this is a bill to appropriate $500,000 in fiscal year 2027 to the Workforce
• outlets providing them with workforce outlets providing them with workforce assistance. assistance
• But, like many industries, we face a growing workforce challenge across Minnesota.
• But, like many industries, we face a growing workforce challenge across Minnesota.
• Investing in the journalism workforce Investing in the journalism workforce helps<00:08:17.080><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The consequences are well documented: lower workforce participation, lower lifetime earnings, and an
• These challenges compound a statewide workforce problem that impacts our competitiveness and economic
• Arkansas's workforce challenges require a range of adult education options.
• So how does this compare to other workforce programs?
• So our goal is employment and entry into the workforce.

Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then took up an interim study proposal on adult education and the Excel Center model. Representatives from Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, the Excel Center network, and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities testified that roughly 300,000 Arkansans over age 19 lack a high school diploma or GED, and argued that the Excel Center provides a supported diploma pathway for adults who struggle with GED testing. Witnesses highlighted wraparound services such as free child care, transportation assistance, tutoring, life coaching, and career services, and cited outcomes including high retention, growing enrollment, and research showing higher employment and earnings and lower criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members raised questions about the state’s role, existing adult education programs, and how the study would be structured; the motion to adopt the ISP passed, though there was some procedural disagreement about when questions should have been taken. The committee then heard a detailed adequacy funding overview from BLR staff Katie Walden and Adrian Beck on Arkansas K-12 education finance. They reviewed national funding principles and explained Arkansas’s system, including state and local revenue sources, the Public School Fund, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, and the Facilities Partnership Program. Staff said K-12 state and local revenues totaled $6.6 billion in 2025, with foundation funding making up the largest share of district and charter funding, followed by additional, categorical, and supplemental funds. They also explained the matrix-based foundation formula, the role of the uniform rate of tax, and how categorical and supplemental funds support areas such as alternative learning, English learners, special education high-cost cases, teacher salary equalization, declining enrollment, and student growth. Members asked several follow-up questions about how specific funding categories are defined and used, including student support staff, instructional aides, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the inclusion of Excel Center amounts in state-local funding totals. Staff said some of those details would be addressed in a later presentation and offered to provide additional records, including district lists and historical information. The meeting ended after the funding overview, with no additional votes or actions beyond the ISP adoption and adjournment.

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• By supplementing wages, the credit reduces poverty and encourages workforce participation.
• Expanding housing supply is critical to workforce stability and long-term economic growth.
• For employers, housing availability is a workforce issue.
• I use workforce housing.
• So, to me, let's—how do we build workforce housing for these communities?

Keywords: 996, all

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• with strong quantitative and problem. competitiveness across industries employers need a workforce with
• We are committed to building a STEM-ready workforce in New Mexico, and students need to be proficient
• We are committed to building a STEM-ready workforce in New Mexico, and students need to be proficient
• To the professional development of our current teaching workforce to make sure they have the training
• To the professional development of our current teaching workforce to make sure they have the training

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• We've really seen tremendous success with this program, both from the workforce grants that it supports
• The next bucket of funding is rural workforce program funding.
• These are funds that would go down to the local workforce boards once again this year.
• So these are additional dollars so that our rural workforce boards have the ability to make sure we get
• This program represents a direct investment in a more skilled and educated workforce.

Bills: S0048

Keywords: housing, accessory dwelling units, affordable housing, local government, zoning regulations, military families, density bonus, homeownership, property taxes

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development heard presentations on the Governor’s recommended budget for fiscal year 2026-27 and then considered one bill, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units (ADUs). The Governor’s office outlined a $117.4 billion overall budget, with transportation and economic development receiving about $18 billion statewide and $601 million in general revenue. Agency heads then presented priorities for Commerce, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Military Affairs, State, Transportation, Emergency Management, and the Florida State Guard, emphasizing workforce development, housing, tourism marketing, aviation and space infrastructure, law enforcement recruitment, emergency preparedness, and military readiness. In the Commerce presentation, Secretary Kelly highlighted funding for housing programs, the Hometown Heroes program, the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, rural infrastructure and workforce grants, Reconnect and Florida WINS systems, law enforcement and firefighter recruitment bonuses, defense support, Visit Florida, Space Florida, and SelectFlorida. Senators asked about Visit Florida’s private match requirements and whether the agency fully leveraged prior appropriations; Visit Florida’s CEO said the match was met and exceeded, though it is difficult but important. The Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles presentation focused on trooper pay, pursuit vehicles, aviation assets, and enterprise data systems, with questions about immigration enforcement and body cameras. Military Affairs requested funding for readiness centers, training facilities, education and health benefits for Guardsmen, and maintenance of existing armories; members discussed Guard deployments, staffing levels, and a proposed firing range project. The Department of State requested funds for automated election audits, a conservation lab, and historic preservation, and defended its arts grant process and rule changes. Transportation’s budget emphasized a $14.3 billion work program, road and bridge maintenance, aviation and aerospace, safety initiatives, and seaport investments, while Emergency Management requested funding for preparedness, flood mitigation, WebEOC, grants management, and alert systems; senators also asked about the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. For CS/SB 48, Senator Gates explained that the bill would require local governments to allow property owners to voluntarily create ADUs, while preserving local authority over setbacks, construction, and permitting. An amendment removed reusable tenant screening reports and clarified that conforming ADUs would be allowed by right without a separate hearing. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association supported the bill, saying ADUs could help provide long-term housing for service workers. After questions about local government and HOA authority, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 48 favorably by roll call vote.

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• Thank you for your time and workforce.
• <00:11:24.399> and state's future health care workforce and state's future health care workforce
• <00:11:45.519> has state's health care workforce has state's health care workforce has unequal
• The workforce provides for our state.
• As our students are the future of Minnesota's workforce.

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