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• <01:40:45.360> to anyway the program evaluation rules to anyway the program evaluation rules
• this um hundreds of thousands of workers this um hundreds of thousands of workers will<03:47:14.199
• worker to provide the paid sick leave.
• There was a gain of $12.32 per worker.
• There was a gain of $12.32 per worker.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• It's relating to conducting certain contested case hearings under the Texas workers' compensation system
• It's essentially halving the maximum weekly benefits that laid-off workers can receive.
• , which still applies to Does it eliminate the FTC's federal cooling off rule, which still applies to
• ,... ...assertion that these businesses would still have to comply with the FTC cooling-off rule, and
• But I want to highlight some components that are in the Texas law that are not in the FTC rules that

Bills: HB112, HB199, HCR9

Keywords: school district, bond issuance, election dates, voter approval, Texas Education Code, HCR 9, Texas State Cemetery, Hill Country flood, July 4 2025 flood, Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic, memorial, monument, concurrent resolution, disaster remembrance, natural disaster, flood victims, survivors, State Preservation Board, Texas secretary of state

Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.

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• Madam Speaker, last night the Rules Committee met and produced a rule.
• six of rule 20.
• <05:06:04.480> Members the rules and pass the bill? Members the rules and pass the bill?
• The rules are suspended.
• <06:02:13.360> I is National Library Workers Day. I is National Library Workers Day.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• <00:26:35.440> right um for I mean I'm a hotel worker right um for I mean I'm a hotel worker
• Cody Sula testified and said he is with the Iron Workers as well.
• <01:04:31.440> 625<01:04:32.440> painters 627 iron workers 625 painters 627 iron workers
• What’s the general rule of thumb for taxing online sports betting?
• What’s the general rule of thumb for taxing online sports betting?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard several measures on agriculture, energy, stadium governance, and hotel consumer protections. On SB 448 relating to agriculture, Agra Business Development Corporation and the Hawaii Farm Bureau testified in support of a proposed conservation easement acquisition in Central Oahu; the chair asked follow-up questions about the exact location, cost, and agricultural potential of the land, and the witness said the parcel had good soil and water and was former pineapple land, with cost still to be provided. On SB 827 relating to meat processing, the Department of Economic Development and Tourism said the state needs more meat-processing capacity and that any grant program should complement, not compete with, existing efforts; the Attorney General’s office warned the bill lacked legally sufficient standards for grants of public money under the state constitution and offered draft standards. Several industry and chamber witnesses supported the measure, while discussion focused on the need for brick-and-mortar or modular facilities, infrastructure costs, federal inspection needs, and access for hunters and neighbor islands. The committee then took up SB 1269 relating to geothermal resources, which drew broad support from county officials, energy consultants, utility representatives, and community advocates, with one witness opposing it. Supporters described geothermal as a viable, indigenous, firm baseload energy source that could help reduce Hawaii’s high electricity costs and support clean energy goals; one witness emphasized prior work in New Zealand and another urged the state to move forward with exploration. A DBEDT representative explained that the department is coordinating geothermal-related work with the Hawaii Technology Development Corp., the University of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Energy Office, noting a prior $3 million appropriation, phase-one community engagement work, and plans to seek a contractor for geoscience and exploration in phase two. Members pressed DBEDT to explain how this bill fits with other geothermal measures moving through different committees, and the chair asked the department to review SB 993 and better coordinate the package of geothermal bills. On SB 1337 relating to the Stadium Authority, the stadium manager testified in support of clarifying quorum rules, explaining that the authority currently has eight seated voting members out of nine possible voting seats and that the bill would help ensure voting members are counted for quorum; he said meetings have not been delayed. Finally, on SB 883 relating to hotels, the Attorney General’s office raised First Amendment and contract-law concerns and recommended adding a purpose statement and a non-impairment savings clause. Unite Here Local 5 and other supporters said guests should be notified of hotel service disruptions such as construction, closures, or labor disputes, while opponents questioned who would enforce the law, what penalties would apply, and whether the measure could require hotels to pay damages even without a complaint. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• Speaker, I move you, sir, that the absent members be excused in accordance with the House rules.
• They are training on workplace violence to their new workers.
• that violence against healthcare workers that violence against healthcare workers will<00:20:01.360
• and the Rules Committee at the<01:11:36.480> clerk's<01:11:36.800> desk.
• Committee on Committees and Rules Committee on Committees and Rules Committee.<01:15:11.480>

Keywords: 958, all

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• But there's each state has their own rules.
• They also have rules for the truck drivers who are driving.
• the rule up.
• They bring a rule, but that is our law.
• There's new Rules for building and design to incorporate zero emissions.

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• That went to train more than 142,000 workers and help create more than 61,000 new jobs across California
• million investment rounds, which is, and committing to hiring in Southern California thousands of workers
• The history of workers there supporting the aerospace industry, which is now, you know, part of the new
• This is a big issue in my district, as I have a lot of entertainment workers who are unemployed and,
• Federal cuts have led to cuts in services, and the recent ruling on the executive order you may have

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Um, if uh from Senate Rules Committee, um, if rules approved late introductions, you will need to file
• Um, for for for workers and for parents.
• do study committees through late rules. do study committees through late rules.
• This is a for the rules committee.
• If rules approve late one more time.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• What we don't want is a cop, a social worker, or multiple cops and social workers going and talking to
• > workers<00:30:54.720> going<00:30:55.039> and multiple social workers going and
• <00:31:35.480> advocacy physical uh uh health workers advocacy physical uh uh health workers
• We hope that these social workers.
• But who's holding everyone ruling.

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

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• The Senate Bill 191 should pass to Rules with Senate Committee Substitute 1.
• House Bill 290 should pass and House Bill 314 should pass the Rules.
• The Senate Bill 191 should pass to rules The Senate Bill 191 should pass to rules with<00:09:02.720
• now is in the possession of the rules now is in the possession of the rules committee<00:10:08.959
• now in the possession of the rules now in the possession of the rules committee<00:10:24.240>

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the pledge, called the roll, excused absent members, and approved the prior day’s journal. The chamber then received House messages noting passage of House Bills 1, 422, 568, and 627, and heard second-reading reports for several measures, including bills on the state dog breed, mortgage loan income limits, virtual currency kiosks, agriculture, and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Committee reports also advanced a number of bills from Appropriations and Revenue, Health and Services, Natural Resources and Energy, and State and Local Government, with many sent to the Rules Committee for further action. New bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on transportation, tobacco/nicotine/vapor products, Public Schools Week, and honoring Joseph H. Mattingley Jr.; the Rules Committee later posted several bills for the next day and committee referrals were announced. The Senate then took up Senate Bill 98, relating to welding safety. The sponsor explained that the bill requires inspections by American Welding Society-certified personnel on certain projects where those standards apply, citing a prior school structure collapse in Kentucky as the public-safety rationale. After debate, the bill passed by a vote of 33-4. The chamber next considered Senate Bill 122, which updates alternative sentencing law to allow judges to consider caregiving responsibilities when sentencing defendants. A floor amendment, developed with input from judges, broadened and clarified the caretaker definition and moved the language into the existing sentencing statute while preserving judicial discretion. Supporters said the bill is intended to help keep families together without mandating probation or reducing penalties; after the amendment was adopted, the bill passed 35-2. Later, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 57 honoring Father Patrick McDow on his ordination, and Senate Resolution 60 was read in full to honor the YMCA on its 175th anniversary in the United States, highlighting the organization’s history and Kentucky service. Members also announced upcoming committee meetings, including a special Health Services Committee meeting on artificial intelligence in rural health, and other committee schedules. The session concluded with the Senate in recess for committee meetings and then returning to report additional committee referrals and announcements.

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• Workers Information System, or I-Twist.
• Workers Information System, or I-Twist.
• Workers Information System, or I-Twist.
• Workers Information System, or I-Twist.
• >> I'm not familiar with the KHSA rules. >> I'm not familiar with the KHSA rules.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:01 Approve Minutes from June 11, 2026- 00:00:40 Staff Report on 2026 Child Fatality Panel Update- 00:01:17 Panel Staff Response to Report-00:21:12 University of Kentucky Name, Image, and Likeness-00:44:34 Kentucky State Police Update on SERVS-01:17:55 Adjornment-01:33:05, 958, all

Summary: The committee first established a quorum and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Members then received a staff report on the Kentucky Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, including an annual LOIC evaluation of the panel’s operations, statutory compliance, case management system development, member experience, and written procedures. The report noted recent House Bill 778 expanded the panel’s access to records and to TWIST/I-TWIST, and recommended that staff request access and training promptly to avoid implementation problems. Analysts reported the panel has met statutory membership and meeting requirements, and that agency responses to the panel’s 2025 recommendations improved, with all responses meeting statutory content requirements though some were late. They also said the panel still lacks formal written procedures, so a prior recommendation was reissued. The report discussed the panel’s new case management system, now in testing with the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and a survey of panel members showing generally positive views of meetings and case discussions but recurring concerns about SharePoint access, time demands, virtual meetings, and the panel’s lack of enforcement authority. The report included a matter for legislative consideration suggesting the General Assembly may wish to seek additional testimony from agencies when responses are unclear or more information is needed. Panel staff responded that the work is difficult but important, said they are optimistic about gaining TWIST access, and acknowledged that written procedures have not yet been completed because they wanted to align them with the new system. They said both the system and procedures are hoped to be finished by the end of the year, with the new case management system expected to be implemented by September 1 after further testing and migration. Members also discussed trends in child fatality and near-fatality cases, including increases in reported cases since 2013, substance abuse, safe storage of firearms, and concerns about THC/CBD gummies reaching children. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• <00:16:22.440> and courts um because of the Court rule and courts um because of the Court
• the licensing and certification rules the licensing and certification rules and<00:38:25.800>
• My name is Amanda Whiting, and I am a foster care licensing worker at Evolve Family Services.
• that program from from the social worker that program from from the social worker from<01:44:46.520
• <01:48:24.760> or conversation by their social workers or conversation by their social workers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . rulings. rulings.
• under rule 9 for a resolution. under rule 9 for a resolution.
• 6 of Rule 20.
• affirmative, the rules are suspended. affirmative, the rules are suspended.
• The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Workers from these projects will be spending their paychecks everywhere.
• Workers from these projects will be spending their paychecks everywhere.
• Workers from these projects will be spending their paychecks everywhere.
• Workers from these projects will be spending their paychecks everywhere.
• from around the metro and state workers from around the metro and state workers from<00:21:12.360

Keywords: 1183, house

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• agency's rules, regulations, policies, or actions.
• room to another because the spaces for those same kids were in conflict with the different rules and
• I am a social worker at Christian Homes and Family Services.
• My name is Melissa Cosby, and I am a social worker in the state of Texas.
• We like to go in—no one wants to hear, "Hey, I'm a social worker."

Bills: HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534, HB163, HB216

Keywords: epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing

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• There is a national shortage of long-term care workers.
• Although Washington has a shortage of workers, Washington's workforce is closer to meeting the demand
• We observed that New York had the most workers per disabled person, while Alabama had the fewest.
• We've discussed our findings around safety and availability of workers.
• We have updated our rules to reduce barriers and improve the credentialing process.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office performance audit of Washington’s Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163). Auditors said the initiative’s background checks and 75-hour training requirement are widely viewed as safety measures, but the state lacks pre-2011 data to directly measure safety outcomes. They also found Washington’s long-term care workforce is still short, though the state ranks better than many others in workers per disabled person, and that some groups and regions have larger gaps between authorized and actually used Medicaid care hours, suggesting access problems for certain clients. The audit focused heavily on the certification process for home care aides. Auditors reported that many applicants never finish certification, that the process often exceeds the 200-day legal deadline, and that delays can cause lost income, job loss, and in some cases repeated employer changes that allow aides to keep working without becoming certified. They recommended that the Department of Health accept applications only after training and testing are completed, move testing into training programs more broadly, and eliminate redundant DOH verification of FBI background checks. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and the role of immigration in workforce shortages; auditors said they found no financial performance standards in the Prometric contract, did not specifically study immigration status, and did not focus on language barriers in this audit. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services officials largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including expanded in-program testing, more staffing, and rule changes, and that testing has been integrated into more than 110 training programs. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Both agencies said they support further streamlining and expect continued collaboration, including possible budget or legislative requests. No public testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned without taking any vote or formal action on the audit.

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• And consistent with House Rule 27, all matters filed in the House which are listed for today's hearing
• , the 911 telecommunicators across this Commonwealth are currently classified as general clerical workers
• In 2018, a case brought before the Stoneham Retirement Board ultimately upheld a ruling by the Public
• Employee Retirement Administration Commission, PERAC, which ruled that a very narrow interpretation
• I have seen co-workers swing into trees so hard they had punctured their lungs.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Service held its 15th hearing of the 194th General Court, focused on retirement group classifications for a range of public safety and related employees. Much of the testimony centered on bills affecting Barnstable County dispatchers and 911 telecommunicators, who argued they should remain in or be moved to Group 2 because their work is highly stressful, life-or-death in nature, and historically had been treated that way. Speakers said the proposed changes would largely grandfather in current employees, would not add costs in some cases, and were needed to correct outdated statutory language and PERAC rulings that had created uncertainty for workers nearing retirement or already retired. Similar support was offered for bills to reclassify 911 dispatchers statewide from Group 1 to Group 2, with testimony from dispatch supervisors, sheriffs, and police associations describing chronic stress, PTSD, staffing shortages, and retention problems. The committee also heard testimony on several other retirement-related bills. Representatives of Massport and campus police supported measures to align retirement benefits for Massport police and public higher education police with other law enforcement groups, arguing they perform comparable duties and face similar risks. The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association also backed a bill to ease post-retirement earning restrictions for retired police and firefighters so they can continue consulting, training, or advising without penalty. MOSES testified in favor of bills moving certain state employees into Group 2, including forensic scientists at the State Police Crime Lab, DCR aerial foresters, and Department of Correction construction coordinators, citing hazardous work environments and physical danger. Department of Fire Services compliance officers likewise sought Group 4 classification, describing exposure to toxins, fatal fire scenes, and cancer risks. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee heard extensive testimony from affected employees, union and association representatives, and public safety officials, all urging favorable reports on the bills. At the end of the hearing, the chairs thanked witnesses and staff, and the committee adjourned after a motion and second.

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• The rule just says before it receives its second reading.
• > no<01:24:45.119> other you can still go to rules no other you can still go to rules no
• go no you go to way and means then rules go no you go to way and means then rules right<01:25:14.040
• c> chair<01:25:16.480> the<01:25:16.600> rule<01:25:17.119> the right the rule
• uh Mr chair the rule the right the rule uh Mr chair the rule the the<01:25:17.360> rule<01:25

Keywords: 1183, house

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• under the Produce Safety Rule.
• And there's a real need for experienced workers.
• And do you, Madam Chair, know if we've ever revisited those rules?
• The finalized rule change is expected by the end of August.
• Disposal rules inconsistent and impractical for offal and waste.

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• When we have our youth service workers there, our CPS, they're court-ordered to be there.
• So in Fayette County, we're also very fortunate that we have social workers, counselors, myself, and
• That may mean, you know, we're having our social workers, our counselors in the home, making home visits
• And it's attending school, passing your classes, following the rules of the school, and following your
• parents' rules, and then the parents were just asked to support them.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its prior meeting and then took up House Bill 5537, a bill to repeal several obsolete or outdated code sections. Counsel explained that the bill would remove provisions related to professional development, a behavioral interventionist pilot program, county lists of facilities for child daycare, and high school graduation rates, with a proposed amendment adding another outdated education code section from 1923. The committee adopted the amendment and reported HB 5537 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass as amended. The committee then considered House Bill 4656, which would shift truancy policy toward chronic absenteeism and earlier intervention. Counsel said the committee substitute would replace punitive status-offense treatment with wraparound services, student support specialists, and a new child-in-need-of-supervision process, while also ending compulsory attendance at age 18 and removing criminal penalties for 18-year-olds. Members questioned how the new thresholds would work, including the role of attendance directors, prosecutors, judges, and the Department of Human Services, and whether the bill would change current diversion funding or court authority. Witnesses from Fayette County, Greenbrier County, and Taylor County largely opposed the bill or urged caution. The Fayette County attendance director said current truancy procedures, including school-based probation and court involvement, help secure family participation and services, and warned that removing the status offense would weaken enforcement. A Greenbrier County probation officer said diversion programs are effective and that court involvement often leads to needed services. A Taylor County juvenile prosecutor said status-offense jurisdiction gives courts meaningful leverage and flexibility, and asked that counties be allowed to keep existing approaches that work locally. After testimony, the committee voted to report HB 4656 to the full Senate without recommendation and with a recommendation that it be re-referred to the Committee on Education, then adjourned.