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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This is with the negotiations.
- So, it This is with the negotiations.
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- So I think that this of negotiation.
Committee:
House Labor
Keywords:
harassment, restraining order, temporary restraining order, injunction, protective order, public employer, public servant, public employee, government employee, state employee, legislator, judge, judicial branch, executive branch, local government, political subdivision, workplace violence, threats, stalking, employee safety
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We're about to enter negotiations.
- We're about to enter negotiations. negotiations. negotiations.
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- Okay, any other chief negotiator?
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Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The committees heard three measures, beginning with HB 1890 HD3, which would provide automatic step increases and a COVID-era retention bonus for teachers. Supporters included HSTA, the Democratic Party’s Education Caucus, and a student who said higher pay and predictable salary growth would help retain teachers in Hawaii. The Department of Education supported the intent but asked that the bill be expanded to cover all department employees. The Attorney General’s office said the draft needed clarification to avoid conflict with Chapter 89 and to make clear any funding was subject to legislative appropriation. The Office of the Public Defender and B&F testified in opposition, and committee members questioned whether the step increases were already in the current contract and whether the bill was needed. HSTA said the current contract includes automatic step increases subject to funding, but argued the bill was still needed because funding is not guaranteed and the measure would codify the policy. HSTA also said the COVID bonus would apply only to active teachers who worked during the pandemic and estimated the total cost at roughly $150 million to $200 million over four years. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up HB 1888 HD3, which would require DOE and charter schools to report harassment incidents and strengthen penalties for harassment of educational workers from a petty misdemeanor to a misdemeanor. DOE supported the bill and suggested narrowing language about assisting workers with temporary restraining orders, saying that function would be better handled through the Attorney General’s pilot program. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing the harassment language was overly broad, vague, and potentially unconstitutional, and that existing assault and terroristic threatening statutes already protect educational workers. HSTA, the State Commission on the Status of Women, and several individual testifiers supported the measure, describing increased intimidation and harassment of teachers and other school staff, especially since COVID. The Special Education Advisory Council opposed the bill’s language on “disrupting and interfering” with school functions, saying it could chill parents of students with IEPs from advocating for their children. Testimony was split, with the chair noting 20 in support and 16 in opposition in the portion shown.
A final witness, Michelle Pestana, testified in opposition based on her family’s experience with special education services, describing alleged seclusion and restraint of her daughter and expressing concern that DOE testimony in prior hearings had targeted special education parents. Her remarks were cut off as time expired. The transcript ends before any committee action or vote on HB 1888 was taken.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 2 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So I really appreciate the people in negotiation. Who got that out.
- And I will tell you, I helped negotiate a lot of this bill. And yet...
- Thank you to the many people who stayed up hours to negotiate this bill.
- It was an interesting dynamic as we were negotiating.
- It's a reflection of a tied house and negotiations with the other body, as well as a cut target.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Commission entered into negotiated rulemaking, and on August 12th, the Commission held a negotiated
- What were the sticking points in negotiations, if any, that took up most of the time and discussion?
- It looks like you did a lot of negotiation in this. So how much time did this all take?
- We did that as part of the— I wouldn't call it negotiated rulemaking; it was the pending rule.
- So the food requirement was a part of that initial negotiated rulemaking.
Committee:
House State Affairs
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, it makes sure that for rebates, the entirety of a rebate that a PBM negotiates with a drug
- They choose to use PBMs because they are successful in negotiating lower drug prices and putting together
- Yeah, and that was all negotiated as part of the budget with the administration.
- And that was all negotiated as part of the, now. So can you just speak to that for me?
- Yeah, and that was all negotiated as part of the, part of the budget with the administration.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The committee began without a quorum and heard several bills. SB 41 by Senator Wiener would regulate pharmacy benefit managers by increasing transparency, banning patient steering and spread pricing, and requiring full pass-through of rebates. Supporters, including independent pharmacists and health groups, said PBM practices are driving pharmacy closures and higher costs; opponents argued the bill overlaps with recent PBM licensing and reporting changes in AB 116 and may be preempted by federal ERISA law. Members raised questions about confidentiality, legal preemption, and whether savings would reach consumers, and the author asked for an aye vote.
The committee then heard SB 378, also by Senator Wiener, which would let consumers seek civil penalties against online marketplaces that advertise illegal intoxicating hemp and unlicensed cannabis products. Supporters said online sales are undermining the licensed cannabis market and exposing children to unsafe products; opponents, including TechNet and hemp businesses, warned the bill is overbroad, could sweep in general-purpose platforms, and may raise First Amendment and dormant commerce clause concerns. The author said he would narrow the bill, remove industrial hemp references, and address strict liability and standing issues. Members generally supported the goal of protecting children and legal cannabis businesses, while asking for narrower language.
SB 243 by Senator Padilla would impose guardrails on AI companion chatbots, including disclosures, anti-addictive design limits, self-harm response protocols, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. Supporters, including Common Sense Media and AI transparency advocates, said companion chatbots can intensify loneliness, manipulate users, and have been linked to self-harm risks for minors; opponents said the definitions are too broad and could capture general-purpose AI tools, and several objected to the private right of action. Members expressed strong concern about child safety but also questioned the breadth of the bill and the need for clearer standards.
The committee also heard SB 522, which would preserve just-cause eviction protections for rental units destroyed by disaster and later rebuilt, and SB 259, which would restrict businesses from using device data such as hardware state or geolocation to set prices. SB 522 drew support from Los Angeles officials and tenant advocates who said rebuilt disaster housing should retain tenant protections, while landlords and Realtors opposed it as a burden on reconstruction. SB 259 was supported as a consumer protection against device-based price discrimination, but business groups opposed it as overbroad and harmful to legitimate pricing models. In both cases, members discussed the balance between consumer protection and business concerns, and the bills were held pending a quorum.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This budget was not negotiated, and it shows.
- As it stands now, this is not a negotiated plan.
- That means negotiation.
- She walked away from the negotiation table weeks ago.
- One is when the governor negotiates with the legislature, One is when the governor negotiates with the
Bills:
HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- of bargaining Unit 11 and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated
- These are placeholder bills for collective bargaining negotiations currently under negotiation.
- These are placeholder bills for collective bargaining negotiations currently under negotiation.
- These are placeholder bills for collective bargaining negotiations currently under negotiation.
Committee:
Senate Labor and Technology
Summary:
The Committee on Labor and Technology heard testimony on several measures. SB 2198 would direct DLIR to study a Hawaii Workforce Excellence Award program and report back to the Legislature; DLIR supported it so long as it did not affect its supplemental budget request. SB 2140 would authorize counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations; DLIR and labor representatives supported it as an added accountability tool, while the committee discussed whether state law alone was sufficient and whether counties would still need to pass their own ordinances. SB 3055 would prohibit falsely impersonating a union representative; union and labor groups strongly supported it, and UPW said it was open to amendments to address concerns raised by OPA. SB 3090, SB 3091, and SB 3092 were emergency appropriation bills for public employment cost items tied to collective bargaining and temporary hazard pay or salary adjustments for various bargaining units; agencies and unions generally supported moving them forward, and B&F said the amounts were still being finalized because negotiations were ongoing.
The committee also heard SB 2761, which would bar social media platforms from allowing users under 16 to create or maintain accounts if the platform knows the user is under 16. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection offered comments, while CCIA and Meta opposed the bill, raising constitutional and First Amendment concerns and arguing that blanket bans could push teens to less regulated spaces online. Meta also said the bill’s carveouts were too narrow and would leave major platforms outside the scope of the restriction.
In decision-making, the committee recommended passage of SB 2198 with amendments, SB 2140 as is, SB 3055 with amendments adding a specific intent-to-deceive standard, SB 3090 with amendments, SB 3091 with amendments, SB 3092 with amendments, and SB 2761 with amendments adopting DCCA’s changes and noting potential First Amendment issues in the committee report. For the appropriation bills, the committee changed the effective date to January 1, 2077 as a placeholder. All recommendations were adopted, with reservations noted on SB 2761 from Senators Moriwaki, Fevella, and Ihara.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/13/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There were a number of other Senate provisions and amendments that were lost in negotiations to the other
- </c><00:04:49.440><c> These</c> in negotiations to the other body.
- These in negotiations to the other body.
- </c><00:16:53.000><c> is</c> knowing all of the hard negotiations is knowing all of the hard negotiations
- Their engagement at the negotiating table and feedback on our ideas made this bill possible.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - Part 2 - 03/27/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This negotiating, the renegotiating.
- This negotiating, the renegotiating.
- </c> negotiate those prices. negotiate those prices.
- </c> negotiate all of this for you." negotiate all of this for you."
- </c> negotiating, the renegotiating. negotiating, the renegotiating.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It may be more sympathetic, the adjacent landowner, if they're included in that process of negotiations
- Bungy said they appreciate the opportunity for some local negotiation on setbacks if the landowners are
- He said the concept and the ability to have an option to negotiate around a setback would be reasonable
- He then turned to negotiation, saying that whenever these projects are presented to local landowners
- We appreciate the language being included, and it is the language that we've negotiated with different
Committee:
House Utilities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Bills Pass / Reflecting on the Session / What's Next for Senate Media Jun 15th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to reduce that, and it was a key part of our targets that we set and a key part of the budget negotiations
- Um, and I was happy to have um, Leader Johnson along uh, with us in those negotiations.
- Um, he stepped back for a negotiations.
- Um, you can tell when you enter into a negotiation what your negotiating partners value the most. ...
- So, um, how would you characterize how those negotiations went across the body?
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 26th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you like the part where the parish can negotiate their own deal?
- So if I'm going to negotiate it, can I stop the project? The answer is no.
- So I haven't been negotiating. I have none. What's my leverage? C-bro. I don't know.
- I have no negotiating. I have none. What's my leverage? Zero. That much.
- So I know if I'm in business, I'm not going to negotiate.
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Environment
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Or unions representing teachers negotiating with school districts.
- He wanted the same sweetheart deal that his predecessor had negotiated with our district.
- And when asked, when I was going for a promotion, we do not negotiate. It is what it is.
- So not having a union is not going to help you negotiate a salary.
- Could you imagine the school district negotiating with each teacher?
Summary:
The committee took up several bills and confirmations. It reported favorably SB 332, as amended, on a narrow public-meetings/public-records exemption for legal strategy and settlement communications during the pre-suit period in Burt Harris claims; SB 464, requiring K-12 schools to formally observe Veterans Day; SB 984, clarifying firefighter cancer/death-benefit provisions and related prevention language; SB 576, expanding and codifying the local government cybersecurity protection program under Florida Digital Service; SB 964, revising how certain gifts and honoraria are reported to the Commission on Ethics; SB 1612, requiring local governments to accept electronic payments with exceptions and a delayed effective date; SB 830, creating public-records exemptions for certain local government administrators and their families; SB 1096, clarifying the filing deadline for Florida Civil Rights Act complaints; and SB 1656, designating the SS American Victory as Florida’s official state flagship.
The committee also considered a large confirmation package. Jeffrey Aaron’s appointment to the Public Employees Relations Commission was discussed separately after Senator Polsky raised concerns about his political connections and prior work; the committee still recommended him favorably. The remaining appointees on tabs 12 through 30 were also recommended favorably in one vote.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 1296, with a committee substitute, on the Public Employees Relations Commission and public-sector unions. The PCS would change union certification/recertification rules, require a recent showing-of-interest form, create different voting thresholds for public safety and non-public safety employee organizations, limit paid union leave for non-public safety unions unless reimbursed, require equal access to certain employer communication spaces, and speed up impasse procedures for legislatively funded salary increases. Senators raised constitutional concerns, especially about the single-subject rule and collective-bargaining rights, and many speakers opposed the bill as union-busting and harmful to teachers, bus drivers, nurses, utility workers, and other public employees. Supporters argued it would improve accountability, ensure genuine member support, and prevent taxpayer-funded union activity. The committee continued debate on SB 1296 after extensive testimony, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to allow striking workers to receive unemployment benefits heard in committee 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- We know that unions set the standard for all workers when they negotiate fair wages and benefits and
- we see this demonstrated is when employers know that time is on their side if they can drag out negotiations
- We know that unions set the standard for all workers when they negotiate fair wages and benefits and
- We know that unions set the standard for all workers when they negotiate fair wages and benefits and
- That policy creates a natural balance in negotiations, with both sides having something at stake.
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:
- PBMs can negotiate deep discounts from drug manufacturers and create extensive pharmacy networks for
- PBMs can negotiate deep discounts from drug manufacturers and create extensive pharmacy networks for
- PBMs can negotiate deep discounts from drug manufacturers and create extensive pharmacy networks for
- PBMs and insurers negotiate rebates with manufacturers.
- The IRA allows Medicare to negotiate prices for select drugs based on clinical value.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The committee held a lengthy hearing on a large docket of pharmacy and drug-pricing bills, with most testimony focused on PBM reform, 340B drug discount program protections, specialty medication access, and medication adherence. Chair James Murphy and Senator Paul Feeney opened the hearing and took testimony from legislators, patient advocates, pharmacists, health center leaders, industry representatives, and policy groups. Several speakers described delays, denials, high out-of-pocket costs, and pharmacy closures tied to PBM practices, while others emphasized the importance of community health centers and independent pharmacies in serving patients.
On the 340B program, supporters including Senator Eldridge, Senator Payano, Community Care Cooperative, Fenway Health, the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, and several community health center leaders argued that bills such as H. 1107 and S. 819 would stop discriminatory PBM and manufacturer practices, preserve contract pharmacy access, and protect safety-net providers that say they reinvest savings into care, pharmacy expansion, interpreter services, behavioral health, and other services. Opponents including PhRMA, the Community Liver Alliance, and a public policy analyst argued the program lacks transparency and accountability, has grown beyond its original purpose, and may benefit large hospitals and for-profit entities more than low-income patients. They urged more reporting and oversight rather than expanding protections.
On PBM reform, testimony supported bills including H. 1157, H. 1234, S. 724, S. 831, and related measures that would require rebate pass-through, ban spread pricing, limit steering to PBM-owned pharmacies, and improve reimbursement for community pharmacies. Independent pharmacists and patients said current PBM practices raise costs, create administrative burdens, and threaten access to local pharmacies. PCMA, representing PBMs, opposed the reforms, arguing PBMs lower costs, that plan sponsors choose to contract with them, and that the Health Policy Commission and CHIA should complete their ongoing study before new mandates are adopted. The committee also heard support for H. 1322 and S. 734 on specialty medications, and for H. 781 and H. 1305 on medication synchronization to improve adherence. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Apr 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You each have to negotiate. Or there is no negotiation with the credit card companies.
- Yes, you can negotiate a little bit.
- At the same time, we have no negotiating power.
- These are costs that are non-negotiable costs.
- Big box stores can negotiate fees with credit card companies.
Summary:
The commission met to hear testimony on the future of credit card payments and swipe fees, with a focus on impacts to small businesses, especially restaurants and retailers. Members and witnesses discussed interchange fees, processing fees, chargebacks, fraud risk, rewards programs, and the growing use of card-not-present and digital wallet transactions. Several witnesses urged the commission to support legislation that would prohibit fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions and allow businesses to pass credit card fees on to customers if they choose, while others warned that state regulation of interchange could reduce fraud protections and harm consumer rewards programs.
Small business owners and trade groups described rising costs and thin margins, saying card fees are now among their largest expenses and are often charged on money that is merely passing through the business, such as sales tax and gratuities. Restaurant representatives said the current system shifts fraud and chargeback losses onto merchants, with little ability to negotiate rates or recover disputed funds, and argued that transparency and fee relief would help keep independent businesses open. Retailers gave similar testimony, citing rising swipe fees, complex statements, and the burden of online and phone transactions. A representative from the airline industry opposed interchange reform, arguing that airline credit card rewards are popular with consumers and support travel and jobs in Massachusetts.
Credit union representatives cautioned that state-level interchange limits could weaken fraud prevention and force higher rates or reduced services, while the National Restaurant Association and a payments-policy attorney countered that banks and networks already operate under fee caps in other contexts and that interchange rates are fixed rather than competitive. Commission members asked questions about how chargebacks work, how fees are broken down, whether businesses can negotiate with processors or POS providers, and how consumer behavior has shifted toward cards, online ordering, and delivery since the pandemic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- So, it might be more of the beginning of negotiations that we might want to look at this bill as. >>
- So, it might be more of the beginning of negotiations that we might want to look at this bill as. >>
- So, it might be more of the beginning of negotiations that we might want to look at this bill as. >>
- So, it might be more of the beginning of negotiations that we might want to look at this bill as. >>
- </c> more of a the beginning of negotiations more of a the beginning of negotiations that<00:19:34.320
Summary:
The committee first considered House Bill 241, which would provide information about alternative pain treatments rather than mandate services. Members cited support from the prime sponsor, medical organizations, insurers, and other stakeholders, and noted there was no fiscal impact. The committee voted unanimously, 7-0, to ought to pass the bill.
It then took up House Bill 629, which raises a boat decal fee and dedicates the revenue to the dam maintenance fund. Members described the state’s deteriorating dam infrastructure, noting the large number of dams, the high-hazard sites, and the much larger funding need, while saying the bill would provide only a modest start. They also said boat owners generally did not strongly object to the fee. The committee voted 7-0 to ought to pass.
House Bill 1042, concerning an increase in the unified contingent credit limit for New Hampshire Business Finance Authority projects, drew more divided discussion. Supporters said the higher cap would provide needed flexibility and liquidity for business development and that the state treasurer and BFA had explained the credit structure and low historical loss rate; opponents warned the increase would raise state exposure too much, too soon. After debate, the chair postponed the bill, then later returned with an amendment lowering the proposed limit from 450 million to 400 million, which the committee adopted unanimously. The committee then moved to ought to pass as amended.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1411, which would have allowed withholding payments to the federal government in response to federal actions. Members opposing the bill argued that withholding employee-related funds would be unlawful and ineffective, while supporters said it could serve as a statement and suggested interim study instead. The committee rejected the bill on a 4-3 vote and voted to inexpedient to legislate.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- And um so I hope going forward, again, I believe that this negotiation was not set up the way I would
- </c><01:31:29.679><c> against</c> with their strategy to negotiate against with their strategy to negotiate
- </c> common goal but you know in negotiations common goal but you know in negotiations across<01:31:35.120
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- [snorts] And that, you know, when things get to Ways and Means, there'll be a negotiation there.
- Sarah Hawkins: Right now libraries cannot negotiate or comparison shop.
- Digital content operates under restrictive, non-negotiable licenses.
- You're forcing your hand in the negotiation.
- But, we've now put the negotiation.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
NJ
New Jersey 2026-2027 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Appropriations Jun 24th, 2026
Senate Budget and Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, this is a labor negotiation.
- Our schedules are negotiated.
- So is it your position that two intelligent parties to a contract negotiation can't negotiate in an arm's-length
- Do not call the loan until we have the time to negotiate a real and meaningful solution.
- Time to negotiate a real and meaningful solution.
Committee:
Senate Senate Budget and Appropriations