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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
February 2026 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 2/27/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota, and demographics and changing immigration policies are shrinking the pool of available workers
- pool of available workers. pool of available workers.
- c> our<01:26:26.000>
businesses Motans, our workers and our businesses Motans, our workers - Paid time off for workers.
- > Teachers, nurses, construction workers, Teachers, nurses, construction workers, regular<01:33:04.320
WY
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It every other Wyoming worker has. It every other Wyoming worker has. - And among the workers this bill targets.
- we had a rotunda full of Wyoming workers we had a rotunda full of Wyoming workers at<01:11:01.199
- We are workers. We are common workers.
- We are workers. money. We are workers.
Keywords:
education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- impediment for uh child welfare workers impediment for uh child welfare workers to<00:31:02.240>
- to focus their time on child and workers to focus their time on child and families<00:31:10.799>
- Detectives and a social worker came to interview us. My husband was first and then it was my turn.
- and a social worker came to interview<01:03:13.440>
us. - >
to <01:15:06.400>engage This change allows workers to engage This change allows workers
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It encourages our construction workers to consider working for six months in L.A. instead of on Oahu,
- It encourages our construction workers to consider working for six months in L.A. instead of on Oahu,
- you can't hire place to get the workers you can't hire people<01:56:09.560>
who <01:56:09.719> - I think it would be a challenge to find the workers.
- <02:01:38.440>
say would find the jobs uh the workers say would find the jobs uh the workers
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a desk worker, former front desk worker, and I felt the wrath of the guest when we had major construction
- I'm a desk worker, former front desk worker, and I felt the wrath of the guest when we had major construction
- Another thing is I've also been a striking worker.
- ,<00:25:08.840>
but for hotels, not only for workers, but for hotels, not only for workers - We have Carmelo United Public Workers.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for.
Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute.
After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A union man through and through, he dedicated his life to expanding workers' organizing rights.
- <00:35:30.560>
organizing his life to expanding workers organizing his life to expanding workers - Zoe is known by her teammates, coaches, teachers, and family as an exceptionally hard worker and team
- workers every day their entire lives. workers every day their entire lives.
- hurts American workers and businesses. hurts American workers and businesses.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Workers, regardless of where either the agency or the person is in the transition, those things will
- A couple key components of note here include increasing rates for experienced workers.
- A couple key components of note here include increasing rates for experienced workers.
- to connect with people that are looking for direct care workers, so that they could then employ them
- um so that they could then workers um so that they could then employ<00:29:22.279>
them <00:29
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Hampshire um our workers our our members Hampshire um our workers our our members uh<00:11:54.480>
- He continued that merit shop workers should have equal opportunity for public contracts.
- He asked that SB 88 be passed in support of the 90% of construction workers who are merit shop workers
- the construction workers who are Merit<00:19:59.320>
shop <00:19:59.679>workers <00:20: - 00.360>
and <00:20:00.520>support Merit shop workers and support Merit shop workers and
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
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 Regular 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.
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.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:39:43.200>
I uh worker home buyers and governance. - I uh worker home buyers and governance.
- I'm not a social worker. I'm not a lawyer, but my career has been in education.
- I'm not a I'm not a social worker.
- I'm a social worker who's licensed in mental health and drug and alcohol treatment.
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.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- reduction in illegal immigration, which resulted in a 3.2% increase in median weekly wages for US-born workers
- Wages grew substantially, and there's evidence that US-born workers benefitted from a reduction in immigration
- work for and how much you make, and the government has a rightful role in ensuring that American workers
- was elected by Oklahomans with 66% of the vote here, largely on a platform of putting the American worker
- immigration in Our state and restoring safety and job security to Oklahomans, American jobs for American workers
Keywords:
labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit