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• We are contributing investments in workforce training at New Mexico Junior College and Sea-Tac to our
• The work environment and increased participation in the workforce impacts Medicaid enrollment.
• They could volunteer their time, keep their Medicaid, and fill a workforce gap.
• The workforce or what? What percentage of employees work for the state of... Um, Mr.
• Chairman, the people who work today in the early childhood world and also the workforce demand that's

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• The bill also invests in Minnesota housing infrastructure and workforce.
• Between our challenge and workforce housing program, we will be able to build more than 400 new affordable
• be able to build specifically in Greater Minnesota with the investment in our Greater Minnesota workforce
• And the net effect of that is that you won't be able to build workforce housing either in the cities
• With this bill, we've got a record $30 million dedicated to greater Minnesota. and workforce housing

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• It's 40 for those pursuing a workforce degree and continuing on. education credit.
• Commission of an Advanced Nuclear Energy Workforce Development Program. generally members this bill
• would direct the Commission to create a strategic plan to address workforce shortages in the advanced
• Relaying to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of an advanced nuclear energy workforce
• energy workforce development program.

Keywords: HCR65, HCR19, Senate resolutions, memorial, community impact, legislative proceedings

Summary: The recent Senate meeting primarily covered two resolutions, HCR65 and HCR19, both of which were passed unanimously with little to no opposition. HCR65 was introduced in memory of Tracy Lee Vincent of Longview, while HCR19 was presented to honor the late Terrell Lynn Roberts of Angleton. The meeting included brief addresses from several senators, who shared personal reflections on the impacts of the individuals being honored and expressed gratitude for their contributions to the community. This collaborative atmosphere showcased the members' capacity for camaraderie and respect, emphasizing the importance of human connection in legislative proceedings.

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• drivers, whether they're prescription drug prices, provider rates, long-term care, behavioral health, workforce
• emerging high-cost prescription drugs and economic factors such as the cost of medical care and workforce
• Finally, the department is continuing to expand the workforce and the practitioners that can provide
• Building workforce capacity and creating a sustainable funding source has been a priority of CYBHI, but
• PATH is a year $1.85 billion program designed to build local capacity and infrastructure workforce and

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Our third exceptional item request is additional funding to support the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce
• So recognizing the ongoing nursing workforce shortage, the board remains a responsible steward of taxpayer
• So, however, this nursing workforce growth has significantly increased our workload, particularly in
• So 75% of our workforce engages in some type of telework with our agency of the 75% of the 75%, 15%.
• to meet the state's future workforce demands.

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• These legislative proposals targeting the immigrant community would disrupt the state's workforce and
• These legislative proposals targeting the immigrant community would disrupt the state's workforce and
• These legislative proposals targeting the immigrant community would disrupt the state's workforce and
• And again, these students just want to join the workforce.
• Florida's workforce will suffer. These students are part of the fabric of our community.

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work. Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.

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• The budget care workforce programs.
• the child care workforce incentive fund. the child care workforce incentive fund.
• But by taking part of our workforce.
• We healthc care workforce recruitment.
• workforce workforce programs,<04:18:14.159> $100<04:18:14.720> million<04:18:15.439>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• .<00:40:07.599> Something<00:40:07.839> our<00:40:08.160> state workforce.
• Something our state workforce. Something our state desperately<00:40:09.119> needs.
• Across both county-operated and contracted models, the system is under significant workforce strain.
• system is under significant workforce system is under significant workforce strain.<01:15:31.679
• would change and it also seems workforce would change and it also seems like<01:18:01.120> there<

Bills: HF3738, HF2295, HF3520, HF3666

Keywords: pediatric care, hospital discharge, home care, healthcare accessibility, nursing services, family support, mental health, crisis services, Dakota County, mobile crisis response, public safety, treatment services, rehabilitation, behavioral health fund, client eligibility, home and community-based services, case management, waiver services, county services, disability advocacy

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• So<01:09:11.199> workforce<01:09:11.679> alignment,<01:09:13.040> workforce<01:09
• :13.520> gaps So workforce alignment, workforce gaps So workforce alignment, workforce gaps are
• we do have alignment workforce we do have alignment workforce development<01:11:13.600> which
• <01:11:35.120> development, workforce development, workforce development, and<01:11:36.880>
• We have workforce partnerships.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And then on this slide, this is, we just gave you a classification of what the workforce in Oklahoma
• is compared to what the workforce is in the United States.
• And then on this slide, this is, we just gave you a classification of what the workforce in Oklahoma
• is compared to what the workforce is in the United States.

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.

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• And second, if I've got to be, what is the workforce shortage issue?
• So, second, if I've got to be, what is the workforce shortage issue? What is that affecting us?
• Workforce development is a passion at the department for us right now.
• take advantage of these four cultures and youth agriculture and look at that next generation of workforce

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture first moved through a series of animal welfare bills, reporting all of them to the floor. The measures included bills on sentencing for aggravated cruelty to animals, additional aggravated cruelty provisions, penalties for animal abandonment, requiring owners or lessors of vacated properties to inspect for abandoned animals, and restricting surgical depopulation procedures on dogs and pets. Members generally expressed support, and each bill advanced by motion and voice vote with no noted opposition or recusals; one additional bill was held by the sponsor. The committee then heard from Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball, who gave an update on state and federal agriculture issues. He discussed the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center, federal farm bill negotiations, specialty crops, labor and H-2A reform, dairy margin coverage concerns, possible cuts to EQIP, organic certification funding, trade and USMCA review, tariffs and input costs, and disaster concerns affecting Long Island seafood producers. He also highlighted state programs such as Nourish New York, Dairy Modernization, farm-to-school efforts, and workforce development initiatives. Members asked questions about raw milk sales, H-2A labor, solar siting on farmland, farm-to-school expansion, tariff impacts, and support for farmers facing federal cuts and rising costs. Ball said raw milk sales remain limited to licensed on-farm sales with inspections and warnings, supported reform of H-2A and broader labor policy, urged protecting prime and actively farmed land from solar development, and emphasized the need to preserve food access programs like Nourish New York and farmers market nutrition benefits. The meeting ended after the commissioner’s testimony and member discussion, with no further formal action beyond the earlier bill reports.

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• AB 722, Avila Farris, reentering the office. housing and workforce development holding committee.
• AB 542, Celestia Rodriguez, youth workforce development and continuing education, do pass as amended
• to remove provision deeming youth workforce development program days as an instruction instructional
• AB 338 Szilagyi local workforce development due pass is amended to strike the $50 million appropriation

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The field of eye care faces significant workforce challenges.
• The field of eye care faces significant<00:11:18.880> workforce significant workforce significant
• workforce challenges.<00:11:21.519> In<00:11:21.760> Grand<00:11:22.000> Forks,

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, if you're expecting or inviting a person back into the employment workforce, then in that process
• The workforce.
• It's just changing the availability of the workforce to be able to take those roles. reducing the 20
• to be able to take those workforce to be able to take those roles.
• , um, I would under current workforce, um, I would under current legislation,<01:08:15.359> 20

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:17 Approval of Minutes: 00:02:09 Legislative Proposals: HB 213: 00:02:13 HB 516: 00:25:00 HB 589: 00:39:30 Kentucky Public Pension Authority: 00:44:52 Adjournment: 01:14:07, 958, all

Summary: The Public Pension Oversight Board met on February 13 and approved the minutes after establishing a quorum. The committee then took up three pension-related bills, beginning with Rep. Callaway’s proposal to allow certain retired police officers with 15 to 19 years of service to be rehired by local law enforcement agencies. Callaway and Brandon Lincoln of the FOP said the bill is intended to help recruitment and retention, especially for departments facing staffing shortages, and emphasized that it would be optional and would not allow double-dipping. Committee members raised concerns that lowering the service threshold from 20 to 15 years could create an unfunded liability and weaken the pension system, and several members said they did not yet fully understand how the pension and insurance provisions would work. The sponsor said she was open to working on the bill, and the chair noted the committee would continue to examine it with help from KPA staff. The second bill, presented by Rep. Lewis with Brandon Lincoln and Jeff Taylor, addressed probationary employees in CS agencies, including firefighters and police officers. The bill would let certain former probationary employees purchase service credit for time spent in probation, and would extend line-of-duty death and disability protections to employees who are injured or killed during probationary service. Testimony said the measure is optional for employers, could be used as a recruitment tool, and would allow employees within six months of the probationary period to buy back the time themselves if they choose. Members generally supported the concept, noted a negligible fiscal note, and discussed whether current employees could buy back older probationary periods; the sponsor said the bill did not appear to allow that, though he was open to further discussion. Throughout both bills, members focused on whether the proposals would create new pension costs or liabilities and how they would interact with existing retirement tiers and contribution rules. Several members asked for clarification on whether rehired workers would contribute to the pension system, whether employers would pay normal cost or any contribution at all, and whether the bills would affect future retirement benefits. The sponsors and witnesses repeatedly said the measures were limited, optional, and intended to address staffing and fairness issues without changing the core retirement system, but the committee did not take final action on the bills during the discussion.

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• This is to address critical workforce shortages in nursing. Mr.
• This is to address critical workforce shortages in nursing. Mr.
• Most of the positions are coming out of the Division of Workforce Services and Workforce Policy and Innovation
• They’re also transferring $3 million in spending authority from the Division of Workforce Services and

Summary: The committee reviewed a large slate of appropriation, transfer, and continuation requests across multiple sections. In Section B, members considered temporary FY27 appropriations for agencies including Health, DHS, Education, Treasury, Public Safety, State Police, Emergency Management, Aeronautics, Military, Economic Development, Game and Fish, and others, covering items such as maternal health outreach, LIHEAP overpayment returns, Wynne High School tornado rebuilding, senior food services, cybersecurity, crime victim claims, airport grants, conservation incentives, and emergency tower maintenance. Questions focused on the DHS senior services carry-forward and Treasury custodial banking fees tied to lower balances after COVID funds were spent down. All Section B items were approved. The committee then approved continuation requests, ARPA reallocations, and federal grant-related items in Sections B2, C1A, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2, E3, F1A, G1, H1A, I1A, J1/J2, K1/K2/K3, L1/L2, M1/M2, N1/N2, O1A, and P1A. These included university nursing and workforce programs, environmental and recycling grants, highway safety and emergency management grants, a transfer to the Merit Teacher Incentive Program, restricted reserve transfers for military, agriculture, UAPB, Game and Fish, and AETN, and various cash-fund and budget classification transfers. Several members asked for more detail on the State Police highway safety grant, VOCA victim compensation funding, the NSGP nonprofit security grant, and the Office of State Technology’s E-Rate-related transfer; agency officials explained the uses and noted that some funding levels depend on federal awards and collections. A notable discussion occurred on the Department of Commerce reallocation, which shifts 68 positions and $3 million among divisions to support an organizational realignment and avoid shortfalls. The committee also reviewed a state central services deduction request to keep the rate at 2%, a DHS overtime request for child protection caseloads, and a year-end adjustments request authorizing up to $1 million in temporary actions to close FY26 books without disrupting payroll or vendor payments. Most items were approved or, in some sections, simply reviewed without objection. The meeting adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• The first one in your agenda is with the Department of Commerce, Workforce Connections Services for Arkansas
• The first one in your agenda is with the Department of Commerce, Workforce Connections Services for Arkansas
• Number 25, Division of Workforce Services with Innovative Policy Lab.
• This is to purchase implementation services for the Scenario Workforce Management Time and Leave System
• Contract 56, Division of Workforce Services with Best Janitorial, is for janitorial services in their

Keywords: 1204, all

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• I look at indications about improving workforce, which seems to be exactly what we need to be doing.
• Then I'll stop, but workforce development's also part of this plan. this plan. >> Yes. >> And so a nursing
• Yes, those workforce initiatives have not been rolled out yet.
• And so there is a survey that Accelerate has put out, and the workforce...
• The workforce initiatives will be run through them. "Thank you." "Uh, thank you for coming.

Keywords: Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 4 June, 2026; 2:30 PM, 925, all

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• outlook, our biggest concern right now is whether or not we're going to be able to maintain our workforce
• numbers that we've been calculating for the Board of Regents, we are going to be short in terms of workforce
• We've already seen some that are concerned about the workforce supply and about the uncertainty in the
• We've already seen some that are concerned about the workforce supply and about the uncertainty in the
• employed so that businesses can continue to do the same amount of production or more with the same workforce

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: At the April meeting of the Finance Advisory Committee, staff presented an updated state revenue forecast that was more cautious than January’s because of heightened economic uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict and broader national risks. The general fund’s available resources were revised down from $577 million in January to $378 million in the April forecast, with the lower estimate driven by reduced revenue projections while spending assumptions were unchanged. Staff said the outlook depends heavily on how long the Middle East conflict lasts and noted that a prolonged disruption could weaken the forecast further, while a quick resolution could improve conditions. George Hammond of the University of Arizona gave a broad economic overview, highlighting geopolitical risk, elevated oil and gasoline prices, sticky inflation, weak Arizona job growth, and uncertainty around federal policy, tariffs, immigration, and AI-related investment. He said Arizona’s recent job growth has been very weak and concentrated mainly in health services, while most other sectors lost jobs, and he attributed much of the slowdown to low hiring rather than layoffs. He also discussed population growth, noting that Arizona remains above the national average but is increasingly dependent on net migration as natural increase slows, and he warned that housing affordability remains strained even as Phoenix inflation has moderated. Panelists generally echoed the cautious outlook but pointed to some offsets. Liz St. Clair said Arizona’s near-term revenues could benefit from tourism tied to spring training and the Final Four, though higher fuel costs could dampen discretionary spending. Other panelists noted that the federal policy environment, tariffs, and immigration changes are likely to restrain growth, while productivity gains, especially from technology and AI, may help businesses maintain output. Several members also discussed housing, saying single-family permits have fallen while rental supply has improved affordability, and they raised concerns about labor-force growth, wage disparities, and the reliability of recent employment data revisions. No formal votes or actions were taken.

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• You all are going to hear the Workforce Solutions Department along with Mortgage Finance Authority on
• LFC does have $100 million in the framework for housing, but it is in NMFA versus in Workforce Solutions
• You all are going to hear the Workforce Solutions Department along with Mortgage Finance Authority on
• LFC does have $100 million in the framework for housing, but it is in NMFA versus in workforce solutions
• We've also been talking with Workforce.

Keywords: 996, all

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• This one's actually a grant program trying to increase our workforce.
• trying to one's actually a grant program trying to increase<00:20:41.440> our<00:20:41.840> workforce
• <00:20:43.039> So<00:20:43.440> people<00:20:43.679> who increase our workforce
• So people who increase our workforce.
• This would give you a grant to get back involved and hopefully increase our workforce participation.

Keywords: 1136, house, all