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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

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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,

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• are not limited to workforce housing. are not limited to workforce housing.
• We need workforce we need to be having.
• We need workforce housing. We need housing. There’s no inventory.
• We need workforce housing. We need housing. There’s no inventory.
• We need workforce affordable housing.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House returned to Senate Bill 325 on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction and first took up Representative Charlton’s amendment to extend the interim housing exemptions in tier one areas from 2028 to 2030. Charlton argued the change would better align the exemptions with the state’s 2030 housing targets and give rural communities and smaller developers more realistic time to plan and build. Committee members opposing the amendment said the exemptions would no longer be needed once 1A and 1B areas are established, and Ways and Means reported an unfavorable straw poll. After debate, the House rejected the amendment by roll call, 66-76. During debate, members discussed whether the extension would help or hinder housing production, with supporters emphasizing rural Vermont, achievable timelines, and the need for certainty for developers, while opponents stressed that the temporary exemptions were meant to bridge the transition to the new tier system. The House also heard questions about whether any communities had actually adopted 1A or 1B status yet, and it was noted that future land use maps were not yet complete. The chamber then moved to a second amendment from Representative Dobervich, which would extend certain interim Act 250 exemptions for designated village centers and nearby areas through January 1, 2031, including projects of 50 units or fewer or mixed-income/mixed-use projects meeting specified infrastructure criteria, with municipal bodies able to opt out. Dobervich said the proposal would expand access to the interim exemptions for rural communities that lack permanent zoning or subdivision bylaws but otherwise meet the criteria, helping more towns build housing in already developed areas. Opponents argued the amendment could allow too much development in small towns without local review and questioned how many municipalities would actually qualify. The debate continued with members discussing the relationship between Act 181, the temporary exemptions, and the ongoing work to create future land use maps and tier designations.

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• Next, we have SB 3233, SB1 HD2, relating to agricultural workforce housing. Sorry.
• Next, we have SB three, 233 SB one HD2 relating to agricultural workforce Recommendation to move as is
• I guess I would say in my closing, strong workforce outcomes don't happen by accident.
• I guess I would say in my closing, strong workforce outcomes don't happen by accident.
• Okay, first we're going to open up with SB 2706 SB 2706 SD1 HD1 relating to workforce development.

Bills: HCR93, HCR14, HR85

Keywords: image-based sexual abuse, working group, gender-based violence, Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women, prevention efforts, survivor protections, new technologies, legal reform, HCR14, House Concurrent Resolution, perpetual easement, non-exclusive easement, state submerged lands, submerged lands, shoreline easement, drainage outfall, stormwater outfall, lagoon outfall, pipelines, Kahala Hotel & Resort

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• I want to thank you future workforce.
• <00:48:41.920> oriented high-cost highnee workforce oriented high-cost highnee workforce oriented
• Um, I just am so appreciative of Minstate and it's really the workhorse of preparing our workforce, and
• And I also want to thank you for your longtime dedication to not increase the footprint. our workforce
• and I appreciate the our workforce and I appreciate the nimleness nimleness nimleness at<00:52:14.400

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• preparedness, DPH focuses on five priorities: racial equity and health, emergency preparedness, workforce
• Addressing the workforce shortage remains a top priority for DDS.
• I also want to say that MassAbility is 73% of our workforce is federally funded...
• MassAbility is 73% of our workforce is federally funded, so that’s a significant number that is both
• One of our biggest is supporting our workforce.

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Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• 2.19 that language actually what it does is it allows the income level to allow for meeting the workforce
• 2.19 that language actually what it does is it allows the income level to allow for meeting the workforce
• Yes, this aligns the income limits with the workforce housing limit that we already have in law.
• <00:13:50.920> housing workforce housing workforce housing limit<00:13:53.000> that<00:
• be able to qualify for the workforce be able to qualify for the workforce housing. housing. housing

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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

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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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• 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

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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

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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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• 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

Summary: The Finance Advisory Committee received an update on the state revenue forecast and broader economic conditions. Staff said the April forecast was more cautious than January’s, citing greater uncertainty from the Iran conflict and other macroeconomic risks. Available general fund resources for the four-year period were revised down from $577 million in January to $378 million in April, with no change to expenditure estimates. George Hammond of the University of Arizona then presented on the national, state, and local economy, emphasizing risks from geopolitical conflict, tariffs, federal policy uncertainty, labor supply constraints, and elevated housing costs. He said Arizona job growth had been weak and driven mainly by health care, while inflation in Phoenix remained moderate but shelter and consumer commodity prices were still elevated. He also noted that population growth is increasingly dependent on net migration as natural increase slows. Panelists generally echoed the cautious outlook. Liz St. Clair said Arizona’s near-term revenue outlook still had some support from tourism and a strong spring season, but rising fuel costs and the duration of the Middle East conflict could pressure discretionary spending and revenues. Jim Rounds argued the economy was likely headed for a soft landing, though he warned that federal borrowing, inflation, workforce shortages, and energy reliability remain concerns; he also criticized leaving the Rainy Day Fund unused. Danny Court said the housing market remains under pressure on the ownership side, while rental supply and industrial demand have been relatively strong, and he noted sticky inflation and immigration declines as additional risks. Doug Walls explained that large employment benchmark revisions were affecting Arizona’s job numbers, and said the latest report showed slower but more balanced growth, though labor force declines and a higher unemployment rate were concerning. Lorenzo Romero added that business activity appears resilient in the low-hire, low-fire environment, but warned about debt burdens, uneven wage growth, and ongoing uncertainty. No votes or formal 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.

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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.

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