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• That equates to over 2,200 new workers.
• And yes, over 2200 new workers.
• >> Yeah, we have tried to approach workers >> Yeah, we have tried to approach workers
• They're great<01:24:49.520> workers.
• great workers. They're not on drugs. great workers. They're not on drugs.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:07 Roll Call 00:00:25 Discussion of Lexington’s Housing Affordability Partnership 00:02:26 Discussion of Northern Kentucky’s Housing Blueprint 00:30:12 Discussion of Religious Institution Land Use 00:57:33 Discussion of Free-Market Solutions to Kentucky’s Housing Crisis 01:04:18 Adjournment 01:26:37, 958, all

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and began informally, with members noting this was the final information-gathering meeting on housing before a November meeting to discuss findings and report back to the LRC. The main presentation focused on the Lexington Affordable Housing Partnership, a public-private effort supported by a $10 million state allocation. Presenters described Fayette County’s housing shortage, citing a gap of more than 22,000 units, rising home prices, and the challenge of assembling land and capital for affordable projects. The partnership explained that five local banks created a $3 million capital investment fund to buy and hold land at no interest, with deed restrictions keeping the site at 80% or below area median income and allowing the banks to seek Community Reinvestment Act credit. The first project is a 12.5-acre former Transylvania University baseball field, planned for about 242 units, including detached homes, townhouses, garden-style apartments, and senior housing. Speakers said the project required extensive neighborhood engagement and zoning/development approvals, but that the planning phase is now largely complete and infrastructure work should begin soon. Financing details included roughly $64 million in additional funding through tax credit equity, market-rate loans, city support, Kentucky Housing Corporation resources, and donations from nonprofit partners. Developers said the multifamily bond applications are due to Kentucky Housing Corporation the next day, and they expect the land purchase to be repaid into the revolving fund once the property is entitled and closed, allowing the original $3 million to be redeployed for future projects. They estimated rental units could be filled within about six months of completion, while for-sale units would come online over 12 to 36 months. In discussion, members asked about regulatory barriers and project timelines. Presenters pointed to rising construction costs tied to new federal and state requirements, and one member highlighted the need to continue reviewing planning and zoning reforms to speed development plan approvals and reduce delays. The group also endorsed a possible statewide $20 million housing fund, a residential infrastructure fund, and efforts to avoid additional regulatory burdens on housing development.

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• My name is Cody Sula with the Iron Workers Stabilization Fund, on behalf of our Managing Director, T.
• I’m with the Iron Workers.
• name is m kah I'm with the IR workers name is m kah I'm with the IR workers I'm<00:27:25.240>
• I'm with the Iron Workers 625 Stabilization Fund under the direction of T. George Paris.
• that the community the state the workers that the community the state the workers in<00:32:22.399

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Health, Human Services, and Labor and Technology committee heard testimony on SB 447, a Department of Health pilot program related to recruitment, and SB 1043, a tax measure. On SB 447, the Department of Health said the pilot had streamlined hiring by delaying minimum-qualification review until later in the process, while the Department of Human Resources Development objected that parts of the bill could conflict with civil service rules, due process rights, and equal pay requirements. Several labor and employee groups testified, with some supporting the pilot as a way to address vacancies and others warning about merit-system concerns. The committee later voted to pass SB 447 as is. On SB 1043, testimony was mixed but largely focused on the bill’s tax changes, especially the proposed increase to the general excise tax and exemptions or credits for lower-income households. Supporters, including labor groups and housing/worker advocates, argued the bill would reduce burdens on working families, help with food insecurity, and keep residents in Hawaiʻi. Opponents, including the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi and some community witnesses, said the general excise tax is regressive and would raise costs across the state. The committee voted to advance SB 1043 with substantial amendments, deleting most of the bill except section two and setting a far-future effective date, while noting the fiscal impact had not been provided. The committee also deferred SB 633 and later deferred SB 1633 for further decision-making, scheduling continued consideration for February 12, 2025, in Room 225. The hearing included standard instructions on one-minute testimony, written testimony, and Zoom procedures, and the committee adjourned after taking the above actions.

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• We're letting go the HUD workers who oversee compliance of the Detroit Housing Commission.
• that it's not just a worker; these are individuals, Mr.
• that it's not just a worker; these are individuals, Mr.
• Democrats will raise workers' salaries and wages.
• <07:48:46.280> that<07:48:46.440> we workers that we workers that we need<07:48:48.920>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Connor Guesman, on behalf of the Utility Workers Union of America, in opposition. Thank you.
• Workers are driving. Thank you. Next step. Thank you. Two minutes.
• I definitely understand concerns about our workers, right? And we can't do this work.
• We can't have a solid utility infrastructure without the workers.
• You're making these considerations, and you can't do this work without the workers, right?

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• have gained directly which is workers have gained directly which is excites<00:10:49.200> me<
• They sent a worker down to help me. Do you know who that was? Oh, 1991?
• down to help me do you know who worker down to help me do you know who that<00:53:55.599> was
• A million-square-foot data center often employs only a few dozen workers on a jobs-per-dollar basis.
• worker Electrical Workers from electric worker Electrical Workers from around<01:26:25.760> the

Bills: HF1277, HF1006

Keywords: data centers, tax exemption, Minnesota statutes, economic development, employment growth, property tax, abatement, land bank, redevelopment, political subdivision, 1183, house

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• <00:41:50.440> on So, when we train a brand new worker on So, when we train a brand new worker
• Nor did any of my co-workers.
• <01:53:13.000> I Um nor did any of my co-workers. I Um nor did any of my co-workers.
• > required<02:41:56.280> to Hourly workers are now required to Hourly workers are now required
• Making it easier for centers to hire workers, as this bill suggests, will alleviate worker shortages

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We have many workers out there representing the voice of labor in Arizona, the Arizona AFL-CIO, and they
• I am a proud member of United Campus Workers, along with the minority leader.
• I am a member of UCW, sorry, 7065, which is part of Communications Workers of America.
• We strive to represent workers in all that we do, and we appreciate so much your collective action on
• I am a child of farm workers that was denied my right to an education.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We had a meeting, and one of the issues in Ireland is we have about 40,000 American workers working in
• They came to us and said it's deterring American workers from working at American companies, and said
• it's deterring American workers from working at American companies.
• the eastern panhandle that is about to expand their manufacturing, and they bring over some Irish workers
• the eastern panhandle that is about to expand their manufacturing, and they bring over some Irish workers

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met, approved the March 9, 2026 minutes, and then took up the engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4577 relating to driver's licenses. Counsel explained that the bill would authorize the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to enter reciprocal agreements with Ireland and Japan to recognize each other’s driver’s licenses, provided the foreign licensing standards are at least as stringent as West Virginia’s. The bill also requires drivers using recognized foreign licenses to carry insurance and comply with state financial responsibility laws, clarifies that foreign license holders are not eligible to register to vote through the DMV, and allows the commissioner to set related fees and adopt rules. A strike-and-insert amendment and a title amendment were adopted. The committee heard from DMV counsel Adam Hawley and the bill’s House sponsor, Delegate Mike Hornby. Hawley said the measure would allow citizens of the listed countries to avoid retaking written and skills tests when transferring licenses, and noted West Virginia already has similar arrangements with Taiwan, South Korea, and Germany. Hornby said the bill was intended to support economic development and trade ties, especially with Ireland, where American workers and companies face licensing hurdles; he said Ireland had requested state-level reciprocity and that Japan was added because of West Virginia’s existing trade relationship there. Several senators expressed support, describing the bill as a symbolic and practical step toward foreign investment and job creation. After discussion, the committee voted to report the engrossed committee substitute for House Bill 4577, as amended, with a recommendation that it do pass. The title amendment was then adopted, and the committee adjourned.

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• And so I have that direct experience also being a former social worker, address you today.
• , also being a former social worker working with folks with developmental disabilities.
• So thank you. ...officers and maintenance workers and internships for our youth. So thank you.
• Behind every one of these potential cuts is a worker, and behind every worker is a family.
• I'm a Redwood City maintenance worker and an SEIU Local 521 member and also a Foster City resident.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I've contributed, as many of the workers and immigrants to the economy of our state from 1999.
• I am a proud immigrant mother and grandmother, and like thousands of immigrant workers, I have contributed
• Safety Act proposes that state and local governments do not use the money generated by immigrant workers
• Over the summer, a co-worker of mine called me in distress that her husband, who was here legally, had
• And most of the workers I met were not from there.

Bills: SB100

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights, 996, all

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• I know what it means to attend social worker meetings, get a child into therapy, push through piles of
• So, colleagues, I urge you to stand with workers, with the public, and join me in supporting AB 33.
• Currently, the IHSS program employs over 700,000 workers and serves over 800,000 recipients.
• While IHSS wages vary across California, there is not a single county that pays IHSS workers a living
• As we are looking at our home health workers and looking at the low wages, we need to recognize that

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file with numerous guest introductions and recognitions, including tributes to outgoing University of California President Michael Drake, student and community advocates, and visitors connected to foster care, military appreciation, and college savings. The chamber also took up several procedural items, including concurrence in Senate amendments to ACR 75 on California Farm Week, which passed 59-0. Members then adopted AJR 7 on protecting federal special education funding and services for students with disabilities, with broad bipartisan support and a 65-0 vote after 63 co-authors were added. The Assembly also adopted ACR 82 recognizing Foster Care Month and ACR 85 recognizing 529 College Savings Day by voice vote after adding co-authors, and ACR 89 recognizing Military Appreciation Month, also adopted by voice vote after co-authors were added. These resolutions featured testimony and remarks emphasizing support for vulnerable children, foster youth, military families, and access to higher education. On policy bills, the Assembly passed AB 929 on groundwater and managed wetlands (41-14), AB 1026 on utility connection timelines for housing projects (52-0), AB 1332 on direct shipment of medicinal cannabis under specified conditions (55-0), AB 1356 on follow-up reporting in DHCS death investigations at treatment facilities (54-0), and AB 671 on streamlining restaurant openings through self-certification of certain plans (62-0). The chamber also approved AB 715 on anti-Semitism and school climate after extensive debate and cross-caucus support, 64-0, and AB 33 on autonomous vehicle deliveries requiring a human safety operator, 52-6. Later, AB 5 on election ballot-counting timelines passed 66-0, AB 27 and AB 28 addressing the Chiquita Canyon landfill disaster passed 61-0 and 44-6 respectively, and the Assembly began consideration of AB 43 to extend state authority over wild and scenic rivers.

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• For example, a prior authorization digital worker that we've built on our platform can reduce average
• And finally, we need to establish the right of workers to override or object to new technologies, and
• workers should have the final power... ...to object to new technologies, and workers should have the
• So there's concerns around deskilling workers or replacing workers who are already in the workforce,
• but we also need to get people... ...replacing workers who are already in the workforce, but we also

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Health and Privacy Committees focused on generative AI in health care, with opening remarks emphasizing both its potential to improve care and its risks around privacy, bias, liability, workforce impacts, and unequal access. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Chair Bonta framed the discussion around how California can encourage beneficial innovation while protecting patients, especially given the sensitivity of health data and the possibility that AI could worsen existing disparities if not carefully governed. The first panel featured representatives from Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Penguin AI, and Google, who described current uses of AI such as ambient clinical scribes, nursing documentation tools, imaging triage, maternal-fetal risk prediction, and administrative automation. Speakers said these tools can reduce clinician burden, improve patient experience, speed treatment, and in some cases improve outcomes, including a reported mortality benefit from a Kaiser predictive model and faster thrombectomy times at Cedars-Sinai. Members raised concerns about accuracy with accents and multilingual visits, whether predictive tools could reinforce bias or lead to more interventions such as C-sections, and how to ensure a human remains in the loop for important decisions. The second panel, including representatives from the California Health Care Foundation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, focused on policy and governance challenges. Testimony highlighted examples of AI supporting homelessness outreach and community health work, but also warned that biased algorithms can encode inequities, especially when trained on data that reflect under-treatment of Black, rural, or low-income patients. Witnesses urged clearer standards for trustworthy AI, stronger monitoring and governance structures, better data access for accountability, and attention to the safety net’s limited resources. Several speakers argued that states should require health systems to have AI governance processes, clarify liability between developers and deployers, and regulate downstream uses of AI while preserving access to data for lifesaving research and oversight.

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• My mother also was a social worker. Probably could out-pray most of us in this room.
• My mother also was a social worker. My mother was a social worker.
• There are inherently protections in place for all workers. Representative Robinson.
• This bill will further strain our ability to negotiate fair wages and worker protections.
• power to corporations at the expense of Florida's children and workers.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The Rules and Ethics Committee report setting the special order calendar was adopted, and the Speaker announced schedule changes for the following week, including canceling the floor session on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main floor action centered on CS/HB 7033, the House tax package. Sponsor Rep. Duggan described broad tax changes, including reducing the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25%, exempting certain bullion sales, repealing the aviation fuel tax, delaying the natural gas fuel tax, changing corporate income tax treatment for charitable trusts, reducing the pari-mutuel tax on card rooms, and major changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use. The bill would redirect most TDT revenue toward property tax relief, dissolve tourist development councils, and include related property tax and local tax administration changes. Several amendments were debated: a Driscoll amendment to preserve local TDT flexibility failed; Duggan’s amendment giving local governments 25% discretion over TDT revenues was adopted; Eskamani’s combined-reporting amendment failed; and a Duggan amendment requiring audit certification of compliance with the TDT/property tax relief provisions was adopted. After debate, CS/HB 7033 passed 78-29. The House then took up CS/CS/HB 1221 on local option taxes, which was presented as a companion-style measure to give local governments more flexibility while redirecting TDT revenues toward property tax relief. Supporters argued the bill would provide immediate relief to property owners and restore accountability in local tax use, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism funding, infrastructure, and local services. An amendment allowing local governments to retain 25% of TDT revenues for general purposes was adopted, and the bill passed 62-45 after floor debate. The final item shown was the reading of CS/CS/HJR 1257, a proposed constitutional amendment related to property tax exemptions and assessment limits, but the transcript cuts off before debate or action on that measure.

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• So, the poll workers see this and say, "I can't let a foreign national vote because you have to be a
• We do carry this before the poll workers and they're aware of this.
• The problem is it codifies poll workers to say you cannot use it for a foreign national card.
• So we can tell the poll workers this is where the law says you can't use it. Thank you.

Bills: SB142, SB158

Keywords: SB142, Alabama, voting, voter registration, election law, Secretary of State, board of registrars, ERIC, Electronic Registration Information Center, National Change of Address, NCOA, voter roll maintenance, address change, voter list cleanup, inactive voter, voter notification, forwardable mail, postage prepaid card, statewide voter registration database, county commission

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• For workers, so that the system doesn't let them process cases as easily if they might not be accurate
• And so you're kind of looking at loss of food workers and cleaning services, and all of those people
• How do they monitor the performance of those workers? Thank you, Mr. Chair and Secretary.
• We've really tried to make our workers happy and make sure that they know how to do the work that they
• You know, these are grocery store workers and farmers and other people who do work.

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• I know what it means to attend social worker meetings, get a child into therapy.
• So members, in order to protect our workers and their jobs and protect our streets, I respectfully ask
• So colleagues, I urge you to stand with workers, with the public, and join me in supporting AB 33.
• Currently, the IHSS program employs over 700,000 workers and serves over 800,000.
• As we are looking at our home health workers and looking at the low wages, we need to recognize that

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• hand of somebody who's saying they're being crushed by medical debt, the next time you look at a worker
• AB 672 will safeguard California's workers and their rights by promoting fair and consistent application
• I'm disappointed to hear that my colleague from San Diego wants to give less protections to our workers
• And these public works workers are going to become even more essential.
• And so National Public Works Week reminds us that honoring these workers is not just a And so National

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long Daily File with several major policy bills and multiple commemorative resolutions. The most debated measure was AB 379 on human trafficking and child exploitation. The bill was presented as a stronger, more comprehensive version that increases penalties for adults soliciting minors, adds a loitering offense tied to purchasing commercial sex, raises fines for businesses that facilitate trafficking, creates a Survivor Support Fund, and establishes grants for victim services and vertical prosecution. Several members spoke in support, while Assemblymember Sharp-Collins raised concerns that the loitering provision could be vague and disproportionately enforced against Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ people. The bill passed after debate, with the clerk reporting 72 noes and the measure still passing. The Assembly also passed AB 1415, which expands the Office of Health Care Affordability’s authority to review more health systems, private equity and hedge fund acquisitions, and managed service organizations in order to better track cost drivers and medical debt. Other policy bills approved included AB 711 on coordinating court reporters for motion hearings, AB 1142 on horse event entry fees, AB 309 on preserving access to sterile syringes for HIV and hepatitis prevention, AB 358 on allowing victims to consent to searches of hidden surveillance devices like AirTags and spy cameras, AB 592 on outdoor dining for restaurants, AB 1341 on clarifying contractor licensing violations, AB 752 on easing child care center siting, AB 1166 on extending debt-settlement rules to commercial financing, AB 806 on mobile home resident cooling rights, AB 972 on explicit sex discrimination protections in higher education, AB 416 on emergency room 5150 authority, AB 632 on expedited collection of penalties for serious local code violations, AB 672 on PERB notification and intervention rights, AB 876 on CRNA scope of practice, and AB 760 on temporary mobile home housing after disasters. Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though AB 672 drew sharp opposition from Assemblymember DeMaio over concerns about PERB and state bureaucracy. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing May observances and public service groups. These included ACR 63 designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, ACR 69 for California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month, ACR 76 for California Small Business Month, ACR 77 for Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, HR 36 for Lung Cancer Action Week, HR 39 for National Public Works Week, and HR 41 for National Hospital Week. Members used the resolutions to highlight local institutions, public health, and community services, and each was adopted after co-author rolls and voice votes. The session ended after the Assembly completed the day’s file and moved through a series of routine procedural motions and adjournment-related business.

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• Part of the back-end analysis will be ensuring that healthcare worker wages are not compromised.
• Cost savings should not be achieved on the backs of workers.
• there based on earnings of workers in Boston, Manhattan, and Chicago—very high-priced cities—because
• Low-wage workers are still expected to contribute more of their wages to health care.
• Including the small amount going to the health care for striking workers and zero premium programs.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• now available to help me out with the process of change: a team of mental health providers, social workers
• Joseph the Worker? Yes, Mr. Perez. Mr. Chair, committee. Yes, I did. I did go see them, but... Mr.
• Joseph the Worker to get a pair of boots when I was doing day labor work.
• Joseph the Worker, I remember them, and they helped me out with a pair of boots. Thank you.
• Joseph the Worker, I remember them, and they helped me out with a pair of boots. Thank you.

Bills: HB2620, HB2960

Keywords: homeless veterans, emergency shelters, state funding, veterans' services, grant distribution, veterans, treatment court, rehabilitation, recidivism, mental health, substance abuse, 1182, all

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• directly into the access system, which will reduce manual data entry for both the recipient and the worker
• I mean, you have an eligibility worker, and yes, we might pull those things, but as a worker, I'm having
• help where we can have that information automatically pulled into one screen where the eligibility worker
• My other question has to do with the fact that I know caseload has always been an issue where workers
• Are you looking at the caseload because higher expectations are on the management as well as the worker