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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- and uh and worker ownership. and uh and worker ownership.
- of their ulu can now be owned by the workers themselves, and to folks like us that philosophy is the
- Statute and way of incorporating a worker-owned cooperative or a multistakeholder.
- <02:20:35.120>
should and paying rent, and no worker should and paying rent, and no worker - 20.319>
incomes, <02:35:20.960>our our workers, our incomes, our our workers, our incomes
Bills:
HB20, HB2612, HB2404, HB2459, HB2194, HB1880, HB2284, HB1969, HB2458, HB1546, HB2161, HB1721, HB1641, HB2137, HB1782, HB2360, HB1965, HB1897, HB1513
Keywords:
lava insurance, homeowners, insurance market, subsidy, Hawaii, mortgage, debt, secured transactions, real property, Hawaii Revised Statutes, cooperative associations, electric utility cooperatives, agricultural cooperatives, mutual help, food innovation, agribusiness, food safety, market access, branding, economic diversification
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 20, which would create a lava zone insurance subsidy/fund. The Insurance Division opposed the bill, arguing that lava zones 1 and 2 are the highest-risk areas, that a subsidy would not reduce the underlying risk or loss costs, that it could invite similar subsidy requests for other hazards, and that the bill may conflict with HICV by diverting funds from the CRF. Members discussed the lack of authorized homeowners insurance in those lava zones, the role of HPIA and the surplus market, and the difference between the proposed lava-zone subsidy and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. The chair noted 37 submitted testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on HB 20 in the portion provided.
The committee then took up HB 2612, relating to mortgages, which would clarify that a mortgage does not exist independently of the debt it secures and is not independently enforceable from that debt. The Hawaii Credit Union League and Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill, while several individuals testified in support, arguing it would restore Hawaii’s long-standing lien-state rule and prevent so-called “zombie mortgages” after the Hawaii Supreme Court’s White decision. Supporters said the bill would protect borrowers from delayed foreclosures and predatory lending practices, while opponents and the Insurance Division emphasized that foreclosure actions still require proof of standing and possession of the note, and that lenders generally pursue foreclosure without seeking deficiency judgments.
Committee members questioned the Insurance Division about how the current market works, whether lenders could wait out the statute of limitations and then foreclose only on the mortgage, and whether equitable tolling or later defaults could allow refiling. The division said it is still trying to attract authorized insurers back into the lava-zone market, but has seen little progress. No vote or final action on HB 2612 was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/22/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bill. uh workers at your omnibus pension bill. uh workers at AMRTC<00:29:04.640>
deserve <00:29 - I think one of the biggest differences, though, currently, unlike DOC workers, is that workers at AMRTC
- to recruit and retain workers necessary to recruit and retain workers who<00:38:02.880>
would - We can no longer have these workers pay 11.8% of their pay.'
- I work with a of probation uh workers.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- We had a meeting, and one of the issues in Ireland is we have about 40,000 American workers working in
- They came to us and said, it's deterring American workers from working at American companies, And said
- , it's deterring American workers from working at American companies.
- panhandle, you know, that is about to expand their manufacturing, and they bring over some Irish workers
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- , monthly Know Your Workers' Rights training so that workers can identify wage theft when it happens
- Center where we serve all of workers Center where we serve all of Hawaii's<03:08:04.920>
workers< - >
the wage non-union workers in light of the wage non-union workers in light of the prevalence - monthly know your Hawaii's workers monthly know your workers<03:08:55.399>
rights <03:08:55.600 - rights training so that workers workers rights training so that workers can<03:08:56.960>
identify
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Finance informational briefing on grants and aids was held February 14 and was organized as a high-volume public testimony session with strict procedures: no Q&A, one representative per applicant, one minute per testimony, in-person testimony first, and then Zoom participants. The chairs also announced a recess at 11:00 a.m. for floor sessions and a reconvening at 1:00 p.m. Testimony was heard first from neighbor island applicants, then Oʻahu applicants, with members repeatedly directing speakers to line up and keep remarks brief.
Neighbor island testimony focused on a wide range of capital and operating requests. Health and community projects included Hawaii Island Community Health Center’s workforce housing in Kau, Wuli Hawaiian Homestead Association’s learning center and predevelopment work, Rescue Tube Foundation’s beach rescue tube expansion, Puna Community Medical Center’s planned hospital/ER campus, Maui Humane Society’s free veterinary care after the wildfires, Hawaiʻi Care Choices’ palliative care readiness, and the Lyman Museum’s HVAC replacement. Other requests included the Maui Advanced Manufacturing Alliance’s Pāʻia Mill redevelopment, Laua 2020’s preschool and learning lab, Mālama Aina’s USDA-compliant meat processing facility, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association’s water safety programs, Kaha P Organization’s agriculture education support, Ohana Arts’ youth performance project, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center’s emergency closet, EOA Pacific’s Marshall Islands teacher training, and the Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club’s new facility.
Oʻahu testimony included the YWCA Oʻahu/Pythink Center’s renovation of Juliet M. Atherton Hall and its community kitchen, West Oʻahu Community Health Center’s wildfire protection and security needs, the Early School’s playground improvements, Surfing the Nations’ food distribution center expansion, and Sounding Joy Music Therapy’s weekly services for people with disabilities. Speakers generally emphasized community benefit, workforce development, health access, food security, disaster recovery, and support for children, seniors, and underserved populations. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 8th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- This uncertainties also causes instabilities on our port workers and their families.
- Not only the workers and the families, but also served as a warning signal to the broader community about
- Financial stability for the industries and workers impacted by the transition away from fossil fuels.
- imposed without strategic planning will raise costs for California families and businesses and harm our workers
- L.A. and Oakland had a combined 91 canceled ship arrivals in May and June, impacting jobs for port workers
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 23rd, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- workplace surveillance do pass as amended to strike the prohibition on surveillance in other areas where workers
- AB 470, sorry. 427 Jackson social workers interstate compact holding committee AB 449 Jackson anti-discrimination
- AB 499 Ortega farm workers Medi-Cal plans do pass out with Republicans not voting.
- Chiavo Health Care Coverage Report, do pass with author's amendment. to apply only to health care workers
- AB 1398, Valencia Workers' Compensation Fund, do pass out on an A roll call.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Subcommittee on Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/2 Oct 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- >> Yeah, we'll be talking hopefully with some federal workers who have lost their jobs, though that's
- >> Yeah, we'll be talking hopefully with some federal workers who have lost their jobs, though that's
- >> Yeah, we'll be talking hopefully with some federal workers who have lost their jobs, though that's
- <00:01:53.840>
who <00:01:54.159>have with um some federal workers who have with um - some federal workers who have lost<00:01:54.640>
their <00:01:54.880>jobs, <00:01:55.360
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: DFL Finance Committee Members Address Federal Cuts to State Budget - 02/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Tariffs have a huge impact on the state economy, moving out certain workers and blocking new immigrants
- from coming in, farm workers and so on.
- Tariffs have a huge impact on the state economy, moving out certain workers and blocking new immigrants
- from coming in, farm workers and so on.
- from coming in, farm workers and so on.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
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whole <00:14:56.240>program <00:14:56.560>is <00:14:57.040>we workers - So their whole program is we workers.
- the medical field, you could be an entrepreneur, you could be an accounting, you could be a remote worker
- the medical field, you could be an entrepreneur, you could be in accounting, you could be a remote worker
- the medical field, you could be an entrepreneur, you could be in accounting, you could be a remote worker
Keywords:
campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer chaplain, public schools, public K-12 education, public charter schools, local control, teacher support, student support services, religious volunteer, faith-based support, church-state separation, background check, sex offender registry, school volunteer, education policy, district attorney, compensation, constitutional amendment
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- with me today to testify is Kristen Heidelbach, legislative director at United Food and Commercial Workers
- Testify as Kristen Heidelbach, legislative director at United Food and Commercial Workers, Western States
- We represent thousands of workers in the legal-regulated cannabis space.
- SB 378 will provide the tools needed to protect legal businesses, workers, and consumers.
- SB 378 will provide the tools needed to protect legal businesses, workers, and consumers.
Summary:
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard several bills focused on AI, immigration-related health care protections, digital financial assets, and online cannabis/hemp sales. SB 69 by Senator McNerney would create an AI-focused team within the Department of Justice to build enforcement expertise on civil rights, public safety, and legal issues tied to AI. SB 81 by Senator Arreguín would codify hospital and health facility policies limiting disclosure of patient immigration status and restricting immigration enforcement access without a judicial warrant. SB 97 by Senator Grayson would update and clarify California’s digital financial assets licensing law. SB 243 by Senator Padilla would impose guardrails on AI companion chatbots, including disclosures, anti-addictive design limits, self-harm protocols, and a private right of action. SB 378 by Senator Wiener would allow civil penalties against online marketplaces that advertise illicit intoxicating hemp and unlicensed cannabis products.
Testimony on SB 69 emphasized that California needs in-house AI enforcement expertise at the DOJ; supporters said AG offices generally lack tech-policy specialists, while members asked about the Attorney General’s role and noted the office was neutral. SB 81 drew broad support from nurses, immigrant advocates, hospitals, labor, and community groups, who argued that hospitals should remain safe places for care regardless of immigration status; there was no opposition. SB 97 was described as a technical cleanup bill with stakeholder consensus, and the main public comment focused on ensuring blockchain-based nonfinancial products are not unintentionally swept into the law.
SB 243 generated the most debate. Supporters, including the mother of a Florida teen who died by suicide after interacting with a chatbot, urged stronger protections for minors and vulnerable users. Opponents argued the bill’s definitions were too broad and could capture general-purpose AI systems, and raised concerns about privacy, cost, and a private right of action. Committee members largely supported the bill’s intent and discussed the need for guardrails without stifling innovation. SB 378 was supported by cannabis workers, retailers, and local government representatives who said online sales of untested intoxicating hemp and illegal cannabis are harming public health and the legal market; opponents from hemp and tech groups argued the bill could sweep in lawful hemp businesses and that definitions need refinement. The committee ultimately passed SB 69, SB 81, SB 97, SB 243, and SB 378, with SB 81 and SB 243 amended, and all five bills were sent onward to their next committees.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Steven Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Feb 20th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Bradbury's watch unleashed a restrictive policy that has run amok, undercutting FAA's workers to enhance
- We should be supporting American small businesses and workers.
- Chair workers staff report concluded that the level of cooperation by FAA and DOT was unacceptable and
- of workers such as FAA technicians and engineers that inspect aircraft were fired, Musk and his group
- And as you just observed, you did not witness access when you were there with those 57,000 workers.
Keywords:
transportation, air traffic control, safety regulations, Boeing 737 MAX, Department of Transportation, infrastructure funding, public safety, legislative oversight
Summary:
The committee meeting addressed several pressing issues concerning transportation, particularly focusing on the need for improved safety standards and efficient management at the Department of Transportation. Specific discussions revolved around air traffic control, with members highlighting the urgency for a significant upgrade in systems and personnel. Notably, concerns were raised regarding past practices, especially the handling of safety regulations during the Boeing 737 MAX incidents. The committee expressed a clear intent to ensure rigorous safety oversight moving forward, emphasizing that the health and safety of the public must remain the top priority in all legislative and funding decisions.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1448, aggravated assault utility workers.
- Assaulted assault utility workers as SB 1451 appropriation behavioral health provider rates as SB 1455
- We are tired of seeing our friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors being disappeared by this administration
- But for something like this, when our parents, our co-workers, our friends are being disappeared and
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then confirmed a quorum of 30 present and approved the Journal from January 27, 2026. Several senators used points of personal privilege to welcome guests, including Aliento students visiting for an education day, gun safety advocacy groups, constituents, a legal studies shadowing guest, a scientist from Tempe, and aging-services advocates. Senators also spoke in support of student walkouts protesting ICE activity and praised the students’ activism.
The chamber then moved through the second reading calendar, listing a large number of bills and resolutions covering topics such as water policy, health care, public records, education, insurance, elections, housing, utilities, criminal justice, and appropriations. No floor debate or votes on those measures were recorded in the transcript, and committee reports were placed on the journal without being read.
After a recess, the Senate took up first-reading introductions and referred additional bills to committees, including measures on public benefits eligibility, public safety counseling, missing kidnapped children reporting, solar energy, elections, firearms instruction in schools, HOA and condominium issues, housing restrictions, water quality testing, and cargo theft. The Health and Human Services Committee was announced to meet Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2, and the Senate adjourned until Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 10 a.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- sure that that these laid-off workers sure that that these laid-off workers don't<00:27:16.200><
- for our existing workers and new workers for our existing workers and new workers for our<00:31:10.680
- So we have a lot of protections for the workers and we want to protect the workers.
- <02:53:42.160>
to <02:53:42.320>have <02:53:42.560>to workers to have to workers - So we have a lot of protections for the workers and we want to protect the workers.
Summary:
The Senate convened under a call, established a quorum, received the House message on Senate File 4807 concerning benefits for veterans of the secret war in Laos, and voted not to concur in the House amendments, appointing a three-member conference committee. The chamber also received a batch of House files, laid several of them on the table, and adopted committee reports and other routine motions. Senate Resolution 84 was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Senator Murphy designated special orders for immediate consideration.
The main floor debate centered on Senate File 4059, the supplemental finance omnibus bill. Senators described the bill as a slim, supplemental budget focused on urgent affordability needs, including $52 million for state grants in higher education, $15 million for LIHEAP, school district compensatory revenue adjustments, support for public television stations facing federal cuts, Medicaid fraud enforcement, and consumer restitution for scam victims. The Jobs article was presented first, with roughly $4.9 million in Workforce Development Fund appropriations for workforce and job-training programs, including support for rural oncologist training, homelessness-related employment programs, youth training, local news talent development, transportation-related employment assistance, and manufacturing support.
Several amendments were offered and debated. Senator Farnsworth offered the A14 amendment to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off Iron Range miners, but withdrew it after being told it would unbalance the bill and after receiving a commitment to continue working on the issue in conference committee. Senator Draheim offered the A18 amendment to redirect Cookie Cart funding to rural hospital maternity training grants; after debate, the Senate rejected the amendment by a roll call vote of 32 ayes and 34 nays. The discussion emphasized competing priorities between youth workforce programs and rural health care needs.
The Senate then moved into Article 1 on K-12 education, where Senator Kunesh outlined provisions including anti-grooming language, a district health insurance reporting requirement, extension of a gender-neutral bathroom grant, compensatory hold-harmless aid, operating capital flexibility, literacy aid hold harmless language, and several cost-neutral district fund transfers. Senator Nelson offered the A29 amendment to require school sports teams and participants be designated by biological sex at birth; debate on that amendment began near the end of the transcript, but no final vote was shown before the excerpt ended.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:14:31.600>
who their feet, and the social worker who their feet, and the social worker - It seized opportunities fired workers.
- Workers in Akran Firestone and Goodrich.
- When those workers demanded forward.
- , government that uplifts workers, government that uplifts workers, empowers<03:22:54.640>
consumers
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the workers are sort of on their own. They're trying to say, "Hey, wait a minute.
- the workers are sort of on their own. the workers are sort of on their own.
- Doctors, aid workers, journalists speak.
- Now, I can say, I'd love to have the, you know, dock workers and the unions love me.
- and the unions you know, dock workers and the unions love<04:32:05.439>
me.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/12/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- A million-square-foot data center often employs only a few dozen workers.
- A million-square-foot data center often employs only a few dozen workers.
- <00:54:12.559>
not employs only a few dozen workers not employs only a few dozen workers not - That's wonderful that those union workers are doing the work to build these facilities, but Amazon workers
- <01:12:40.360>
are Carolinas um where the workers are Carolinas um where the workers are describing
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Come on up, United Public Workers. We share the same concerns as HGEA.
- Our opposition has not been on the displacement of our workers at UPW.
- Come on up, United Public Workers. We share the same concerns as HGEA.
- Our opposition has not been on the displacement of our workers at UPW.
- And so I find that to be a hardship on workers.
Bills:
SB2613, SB2543, SB2398, SB2046, SB2800, SB2818, SB2973, SB2367, SB2907, SB3067, SB3053, SB2944, SB2074, SB2596
Keywords:
public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 2613, SD1, HD1, relating to public school land transfer. The Attorney General’s office and the Department of Education supported the bill’s technical cleanup of Act 307, but strongly opposed a new provision that would convey school parcels containing public and school library facilities to the Hawaii State Public Library System. They argued the added transfer language conflicted with Act 307’s purpose of consolidating school land for more efficient school operations, and said existing law already allows co-located library use through rights of entry, licenses, or other agreements. The library system supported the bill and said it was trying to resolve longstanding operational conflicts on shared school-campus libraries, especially where public access, construction, and campus safety issues arise.
Members questioned whether the Board of Education should simply mediate the dispute, whether the bill was the right solution, and whether a formal memorandum of agreement might be a better approach than a land transfer. The library system described years of difficulty coordinating with DOE on projects and said it needed a clearer process to complete work and spend CIP funds. Discussion also touched on a Kauai parcel in the bill, identified as a tennis court, and whether resurfacing could be completed before any transfer. The Attorney General indicated that if the goal is to preserve library uses while keeping title with the state, DLNR or another documented arrangement may be more appropriate than transferring fee title to the library system.
The committee then heard SB 2543 SD2 HD1, relating to state construction projects. DAGS supported the measure, and the Hawaii Ironworkers Stabilization Fund and Hawaii Building Construction Trade Council strongly supported it, saying the bill would help spot-check high-cost projects and reduce waste from overruns and delays. One testifier opposed the bill, arguing the proposed construction manager role was too limited and that DAGS needed more training, decentralized authority, and better internal decision-making rather than a new layer of oversight. Supporters said the bill was intended as a pilot program to address repeated cost overruns and improve accountability on state construction projects.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/02/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:41:02.160>
are <00:41:02.400>facing more money workers are facing more money workers - I don't want to expand AI if it's not going to expand our workers.
- I don't want to expand AI if it's not going to expand our workers.
- just the big tech workers. just the big tech workers.
- What happens when robots can replace those workers?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/19/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we really want to be spending limited levy dollar resources on hiring more eligibility workers to
- of county workers across the state<00:41:17.040>
are <00:41:17.160>doing. - I am not the only healthcare worker who has been intimidated by ICE.
- healthcare workers. healthcare workers.
- Healthcare workers are afraid to go to work. Our patients are afraid to get care.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/26/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Relations Board and the workers Relations Board and the workers compensation<00:33:06.960>
court - For example, if a pregnant worker were being denied accommodations under the pregnancy accommodation
- law, by the time the contested case process were complete, the pregnant worker will have given birth
- worker had already taken if a worker worker had already taken if a worker wants<00:48:33.880>
- actually inhumane to deny work workers actually inhumane to deny work workers um<00:49:27.920>