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• It is a work in progress.
• worked through.
• They're saying, let me work, work hard, and earn my paycheck.
• Everyone is working hard.
• not working.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• social work compact.
• I'll work with children. I work with children. I work with adults.
• I work with children. I work with adults.
• The reality is it has worked. It worked very well.
• And so they work with law enforcement. They work with the victim.

Summary: The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs. For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources. The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates. The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.

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• out something that works for all.
• And in fact, I was on the Future of Work Commission, that one of the... ...Future of Work Commission,
• really working on the disclosure.
• on how to make sure that this works.
• work.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I have gotten to know her work.
• Working with Ms.
• I'm excited to work with you.
• But I understood the importance of a good work ethic: a day's work for a day's pay.
• We are working on a solution.

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• <00:10:30.160> Miss work, for your terrific work. Miss work, for your terrific work.
• . agencies work agencies work together?
• I'll continue to work bringing that up. I'll continue to work with<00:35:10.320> them.
• into the community and work.
• :53:57.200> working was the work the idea of working was the work the idea of working together

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• of the working group on youth interventions.
• But I also believe strongly in identifying those areas where we can work together—where we have to work
• And the good work.
• I just want to know how this works.
• The more work we can do to get money directly to organizations doing the work, I think, is our best bet

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• And I do feel it's pertinent to our work.
• So stay-at-work, return-to-work policies may help employees remain connected to work, So stay-at-work
• , return-to-work policies may help employees remain connected to work, reduce long-term disability, and
• 80 hours a month of either work or volunteer?
• There is a team working on the initiative.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Disability Employment Subcommittee met with roll call, approved prior meeting minutes, and shared an inspirational quote from Jane Goodall about the importance of every individual. Members then introduced themselves and their roles, including state disability advocates, providers, and commission members, before hearing a presentation from Katia Alpanis and Dina Klumkina of the State Exchange on Employment and Disability (SEED). SEED described its role as a technical assistance and policy resource for states, focused on sharing best practices and examples from other states to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The presentation outlined SEED’s seven policy areas: career readiness and work-based learning, behavioral health and work, stay-at-work/return-to-work supports, employer recruitment and retention tools, entrepreneurship and disability-owned business development, interagency coordination, and state government as a model employer. Examples from other states included scholarship and transition supports in Kentucky and Virginia, stay-at-work programs in Alaska and Washington, accommodation funds in Minnesota, procurement and small business initiatives in New Jersey and Virginia, and model employer efforts in Colorado, New York, and Tennessee. Members also asked about digital accessibility and PEAT; SEED said PEAT has been refunded and that SEED can help with policy-level questions and peer examples, but not implementation of accessibility requirements. Discussion then shifted to possible Massachusetts projects. Members raised concerns about upcoming Medicaid work or civic engagement requirements and how people with disabilities might fall through the cracks, and they asked whether SEED could help Massachusetts use existing documentation, such as IEPs, to reduce barriers. The group identified two main areas for follow-up: a Massachusetts “state as a model employer” roadmap and a youth/young adult employment and volunteer pipeline, potentially linked to transition services and apprenticeship opportunities. SEED agreed to provide Massachusetts-specific analysis and two briefs, one on career readiness policies and one on state-as-model-employer strategies, and the subcommittee planned an offline follow-up meeting to narrow priorities and develop a scope of work.

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• hard work.
• a lot of work still to work out, a lot of work to look at what the opposition is saying and make sure
• But we have work to do.
• We're hearing the mic isn't working. We're hearing the mic isn't working.
• CCPA work.

Summary: The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members. SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations. SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open. Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.

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• earlier, what's working, what's not working.
• work in the upcoming session.
• We are working with everyone. We work with Western. We work with Eastern.
• We are working with everyone. We work with Western. We work with Eastern.
• Each ed fellow works directly under a mentor teacher at the that they work directly with.

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on strategic resource management in public education. LESC staff and PED officials argued that New Mexico has increased school funding, but local budgeting and planning remain fragmented and overly compliance-driven. They described long-term pressures including declining enrollment, rising special education costs, falling cash balances, changes in federal funding, and leadership turnover, and said schools need more intentional multi-year planning tied to student outcomes. They also outlined the many disconnected planning requirements schools must complete, compared New Mexico’s current approach with Ohio’s three-year budget forecasting model, and recommended continuing multi-year appropriations, adding $2.5 million for state grants in the unified application, and directing LESC, LFC, and PED to develop a long-term financial planning proposal. PED said it is working to reduce administrative burden through school accreditation, a unified application for federal and state funds, and internal alignment of guidance and coaching, with pilot schools reporting time savings and better alignment. Members raised concerns about four-day school weeks, the burden on small districts, the need for outcomes and return on investment, and whether the state should move toward a two-year or three-year planning cycle; staff clarified that the proposal was to streamline or eliminate redundant requirements, not add another layer. The committee then received an update on the Educator Fellows program. PED described it as a Grow Your Own pipeline that employs candidates as supplemental educational assistants while they work toward licensure, providing salary, benefits, paid leave, mentoring, and coursework support. Officials said the program helps address teacher shortages, improves student-to-teacher ratios, increases workforce diversity, and supports the Martinez-Yazzie action plan. They reported 370 current fellows across 86 LEAs and about 180 schools, with many fellows being people of color, first-generation college students, or second-career educators; roughly 85 are expected to become certified this year. A local HR director from Belen testified that the program has been especially valuable in small communities, where fellows are already rooted in the community and several have moved into teaching roles. Members asked about high school recruitment, tuition, retirement and benefits, the relationship to the Higher Education Department’s Grow Your Own scholarship, and the role of university partners. PED said fellows choose among accredited higher education partners, the program is separate from the scholarship but complementary, and the state is also building an apprenticeship model and seeking to expand the program to more LEAs, though some districts are on a waiting list because of funding and local match requirements.

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• Was our copyrighted material in that work?
• We appreciate the author's work on the bill.
• , because we want it to work.
• sort of secondary use of that work?
• man and working woman.

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee met with a new membership roster and adopted its committee rules after quorum was established. The hearing then began with AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, which would require generative AI developers to provide copyright holders notice when registered copyrighted works are used in training data. The author and supporters, including SAG-AFTRA, the Transparency Coalition, voice actors, writers, labor groups, and other creators, argued the bill would give artists a practical way to learn whether their works were used and to vindicate their rights. Opponents, including EFF, CalChamber, RIAA, CCIA, Chamber of Progress, Bay Area Council, BSA, and TechNet, said the proposal was technically unworkable, could burden startups, conflict with existing law and pending litigation, and raise federal preemption concerns. Members discussed the bill’s amendments, including a fingerprinting approach and narrowing the bill to model developers, and the committee voted 8-2 to pass AB 412 as amended to the Judiciary Committee. The committee then heard AB 446, which would prohibit “surveillance pricing,” or the use of personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. The author and supporters, including Consumer Watchdog, UFCW, labor organizations, and consumer/privacy groups, described examples of differential pricing tied to device type, location, shopping behavior, and digital price tags, and argued the bill would protect consumers from discriminatory and predatory pricing. Business and industry opponents, including CalChamber, grocers, retailers, travel, broadband, and other associations, said the bill could conflict with the CCPA, interfere with loyalty and rewards programs, and create confusion about personalized discounts and dynamic pricing. The discussion focused on how the bill would treat loyalty programs, whether existing privacy law already covers the issue, and whether the proposal would unintentionally affect legitimate discounts and promotions.

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• It's incredibly grueling to have to work... ...work in such high temperatures, especially in the summer
• Last year, I was working on a remodeling project at a home, and we were working in a small space with
• It gives me hope that the state of Texas cares about its workers and the work that they do—the same work
• My uncles have built schools in South Texas, and I'm very proud of the work they've done. ...work that
• You see, in this work...

Bills: HB446, HB1609, HB4443, HB4464, HB4735, HB5476

Keywords: heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster

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• Certainly, uh, we have a health care system that is not working for people, and there is a lot of work
• Certainly, uh, we have a health care system that is not working for people, and there is a lot of work
• Certainly, uh, we have a health care system that is not working for people, and there is a lot of work
• Certainly, uh, we have a health care system that is not working for people, and there is a lot of work
• Certainly, uh, we have a health care system that is not working for people, and there is a lot of work

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we had CETA in the '70s, and that didn't work. So we tried JTPA in the '80s. That didn't work.
• We did not get people back to work when we needed to get people back to work, and we really struggled
• How do people better work together?
• We are working with the Federal Office of Management and Budget, OMB, who have invited us to work with
• and I know how well it works.

Summary: The committee met to hear an update from consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie on Arkansas’s “one door” or “no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. The discussion focused on moving the state toward a work-first system that better connects job seekers, employers, education, and public assistance programs, with goals of increasing upward mobility, improving labor force attachment, reducing inefficiencies, and adapting to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. The consultants argued that Arkansas’s current system is fragmented across multiple offices, portals, agencies, and funding streams, and that people often have to navigate separate doors for workforce services, TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and related supports. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as the model, describing how that state integrated workforce and human services into a single department, used cost allocation to blend funding behind the scenes, and saw improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said TANF should be treated as a workforce program, not just a benefits program, and suggested that Arkansas could use TANF and other tools to cross-train DHS staff, co-locate services, and create a more unified service delivery model. Members asked about federal flexibility, waivers, and whether the state could use one large waiver or a broader restructuring to simplify the system. Bishop explained that a federal pilot authority proposal failed in Congress, so the current approach relies on waivers, cost allocation plans, and possible state-level changes. The committee also discussed the relationship between DHS and workforce offices, the role of local workforce boards, how disability and vocational rehabilitation cases would be handled, and how the governor’s Restore Hope/Hope Hub and faith- and community-based initiatives might fit into the broader plan. Bishop said Arkansas already has rehabilitation services within the workforce department and emphasized that case managers should focus on people rather than programs. No votes were taken. The chair said the committee would revisit case management at its August meeting and adjourned the meeting after thanking the consultants.

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• Your state government works.
• Can you just work together? And say, can you just work together? That's what I hear.
• What are we working on? Maybe we need to work on something here.
• I've ever worked with.
• That happens by hard work. That happens by working across the aisle.

Keywords: 970, all

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• AB 20 seems to be working so far.
• Once we work on legislation or a budget investment, we work with the legislature on something we want
• Working with the public consulting group to conduct this analysis, and that work is underway.
• So that work is underway. Regarding the work between CDSS and DHCS around Kansas.
• I worked in probation for 10 years.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Some good work is being done.
• UTEP is doing some amazing work, and New Mexico Tech does some decent work. UNM does good work.
• We work with Utah, we work with Illinois, we work with the state of Washington, and we work with Arizona
• So it's working well.
• So we work; our employees also like to support these programs, as does the labs, working with the city

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• We are very much committed to working within the resources that we have to do what we can and to working
• make you work harder than you are.
• So I know the work, I've done the work, but I'm really excited about being able to invest in the team
• So I know the work, I've done the work, but I'm really excited about being able to invest in the team
• Thank you for your work.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Tomorrow morning, our conference committees become working groups, and the work will continue going forward
• Do you think you'll do any work on this in the working group period before the special?
• working group to finish everything up. working group to finish everything up.
• work similar to a conference committee. work similar to a conference committee.
• to finish up the work for the people. to finish up the work for the people.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We know what works, we know what doesn't work.
• This is work Mark Levin started. This is work Bill Hammond started.
• These alternatives work.
• They are my life's work.
• My time before that was clinical work, mental health work.

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• We're committed to working with both parents to make the program sustainable and work for families.
• Our city has committed real resources to this work. $75,000. committed real resources to this work, $75,000
• for doing the work.
• I have seen firsthand how it works.
• EBT stopped working. Food banks ran out of supplies as lines... EBT stopped working.

Keywords: 988, house, all