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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- in House Workforce previously, we've already deployed components of the program, including employer wage
- 04:19.759><c> including</c><00:04:20.280><c> um</c><00:04:20.400><c> employer</c><00:04:20.799><c> wage
- </c> program including um employer wage program including um employer wage detail<00:04:22.199><c> um
- It's unfortunate that the amendment or that motion did not prevail.
- </c> uh or that uh motion did not uh Prevail uh or that uh motion did not uh Prevail um<00:31:22.120>
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Four - Tuesday, March 31 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, it puts in place stiff penalties: ten times the legal wages and business license revocation
- It's not the individual's fault that the businesses, the subcontractors, or whoever is undercutting wages
- it allows the children to grow up in an environment that I had in the 1960s and '70s when only one wage
- So I'm excited that this may prevail. I feel... I'm excited that this may prevail.
- Speaker, and lost wages, lost man hours of work, and negative impact to our economy.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are positions that I have created as wage.
- I mean, I have a little over 40, maybe 40, maybe over 45 wage positions.
- So, you know, common sense can prevail here.
- So, you know, common sense can prevail here.
- I will create a wage position. I will hire them.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- There 99 eyes and zero nays and motion prevails.
- W 9 eyes and 0 nays, the motion prevails.
- There'll be 9 ayes and 0 nays and motion prevails.
- There being 7 eyes and 2 nays, the motion prevails.
- They maintain eyes in Xonnas and motion prevails.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Capital Budget Dec 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- overlay this and show that, you know, some school districts, while they may have lower costs for prevailing
- wages and labor rates and whatnot, they're so far removed from accessing resources to support school
- overlay this and show that, you know, some school districts, while they may have lower costs for prevailing
- wages and labor rates and whatnot, they're so far removed from accessing resources to support school
- wages and labor rates and whatnot, they're so far removed from accessing resources to support school
Summary:
The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color.
RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees.
The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. opposed say no. The motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. opposed say no. The motion prevails.
- There is a prevailing wage provision in here which updates the prevailing wage allowed for carpentry
- The motion prevails. The opposed say no. The motion prevails.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Wed Jan 8, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a continuous backlog of Chapter 104 HRS prevailing wage cases.
- wage cases.
- </c><00:23:40.080><c> wage</c> of chapter 104 HRS prevailing wage of chapter 104 HRS prevailing wage
- uh overtime and unpage uh minimum wage uh overtime and unpage uh wage<00:23:50.679><c> cases</c><00:
- </c><00:24:02.760><c> wage</c> of chapter 104 uh prevailing wage of chapter 104 uh prevailing wage cases
Summary:
The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025.
The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions.
Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 107 May 1st, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- wage Earning a decent wage is<01:47:59.800><c> a</c><01:47:59.880><c> key</c><01:48:00.200><c> part<
- </c> minimum wage minimum wage more<02:14:47.640><c> so</c><02:14:48.000><c> than</c><02:14:48.280><c
- </c> wages will increase. wages will increase.
- </c><02:26:28.520><c> And</c> their employees a living wage. And their employees a living wage.
- </c><02:29:56.600><c> when</c> because it's a different pay wage when because it's a different pay wage
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the education finance bill, HF2433 5/16/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. The chief clerk will report the bill.
- So, I think we'll get there, and I look forward to working on that issue and prevailing coming out of
- Today, because of her tenure, my mom finally makes a living wage.
- I urge a strong position going against the Senate and trying to prevail.
- </c> trying to prevail. trying to prevail.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 17th, 2026 at 05:06 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- The individuals that receive these apprenticeships have higher wages over time for themselves and their
- So right now, there are four wage classifications to the Department of Workforce: there's Class A, Class
- Maybe their market share is 20% prevailing wage paid by taxpayers. They pay into it.
- It would amend the tech jobs and R&D credit to provide that if... ...the credit is claimed on wages for
- an employee, those wages are limited to $500,000 per employee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- the Central Valley who work in Napa and they commute one or two hours each way to get to the higher-wage
- So when somebody first arrives in the community, they've managed to secure the hourly wage of a Napa
- Some of this is due to a lack of true residential wage rates when prevailing wages are required, which
- Some of this is due to a lack of true residential wage rates when prevailing wages are required, which
Summary:
The committee held an outcomes review hearing on AB 457 and related farmworker and rural housing policy, with members and witnesses discussing whether recent streamlining laws are actually increasing production. Chair Haney, Assembly Members Soria and Pellerin, and others described the purpose of AB 457 and its predecessor bills AB 1783 and AB 3035: to make farmworker housing easier to build through ministerial approval and other reforms. Witnesses emphasized that farmworkers face severe overcrowding, high rents, long commutes, and limited access to housing in both rural and coastal agricultural regions.
The first panel focused on practical barriers and local models. Napa County described its county-owned farmworker centers, which provide nightly lodging, meals, and services, funded by lodger fees, a grower assessment, and state support. Testimony stressed that these centers function as navigation hubs rather than permanent housing, and that stable, inflation-adjusted operating funding, language access, transportation, and local set-asides are critical. United Farm Workers urged that local farmworkers be prioritized over H-2A workers and warned against displacing long-term resident workers. Several witnesses said the biggest barriers remain infrastructure, land costs, local opposition, and insufficient subsidy rather than approval streamlining alone.
The second and third panels addressed AB 457’s implementation and broader state funding issues. Santa Clara County said the bill could help on a county-owned Gilroy site, but financing remains the main obstacle. Self-Help Enterprises said AB 457’s expanded geography and project-size rules may help future sites, but rural projects still struggle with water, sewer, and environmental review costs, and with the state’s Super NOFA process, which tends to favor deeper-income projects that do not match farmworker household incomes. HCD reported that CERNA and other programs have increased farmworker housing production in recent years, but witnesses argued that rural regions still receive too little funding, that infrastructure dollars are too fragmented, and that more rural-specific set-asides, local funding incentives, and predictable allocations are needed. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- designed to lower wages and drive up<00:16:26.400><c> prices.
- In the paid leave program, each worker's wage replacement rate is determined by their wage credits in
- <01:37:03.680><c> their</c><01:37:03.840><c> wage</c><01:37:04.320><c> wage</c> rate is determined by
- their wage wage rate is determined by their wage wage credits<01:37:05.000><c> in</c><01:37:05.080><
- The bill will be laid over for prevail.
Keywords:
workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, paid leave, small employers, employment law, Minnesota Statutes, workforce development, HF4569, Minnesota Paid Leave Law, protected leave, seasonal employee, seasonal worker, hospitality, hospitality industry, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer certification
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails. All right.
- ,</c> inform individual prices and wages, inform individual prices and wages, which<01:12:46.480><c>
- That's why wages are stagnating.
- are</c> their wages.
- That's why wages are their wages.
VA
Virginia 2026 Regular Session
April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session Part 2
Virginia House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Wage or salary range transparency, cost of action.
- SB 215 relates to prohibiting employers seeking wage or salary history of prospective employees.
- Wage or salary, range transparency, cost of action.
- Top of page 81, we come to Senate Bill 518, which relates to prevailing wage rate for public works contracts
- Senate Bill 597 relates to wage garnishments, treasurer's liens for unpaid taxes and charges.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Various laws established standards for payment of wages, and a worker that's owed unpaid wages may file
- a wage complaint with L&I under the Wage Payment Act.
- due to the unpaid wages.
- And I'm just curious how currently L&I manages the wage fund issue or the wage... Yes.
- And I'm just curious how currently L&I manages the wage fund issue or the wage...
Keywords:
liquor license, snack bar, state regulations, alcohol sales, business licensing, collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, education, funding, student loans, affordability, higher education, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , prevailing wage, wage theft, and the provisions of the Women Economic Security Act.
- earned those wages.
- </c><01:25:20.560><c> prevailing</c><01:25:21.119><c> wage</c> protections minimum wage prevailing wage
- protections minimum wage prevailing wage wage<01:25:22.159><c> theft</c><01:25:22.560><c> and</c><01
- </c><01:25:59.800><c> we've</c> that have earned those wages um we've that have earned those wages um
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am not here to prove his theory of constitutional law or to prove that it will prevail.
- Do you need to win the point that all of fair districts has to go in order for you to prevail in your
- I'm here to serve them, to lower the cost of living, to address fair wages, and to move our state in
- I'm here to serve them, to lower the cost of living, to address fair wages, and to move our state in
- I'm here to serve them, to lower the cost of living, to address fair wages, and to move our state in
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session with an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the special order calendar to consider congressional redistricting legislation, beginning with Senate Bill 8D and then substituting the identical House Bill 1D. The bill would establish Florida’s congressional districts. Senator Gaetz, presenting the measure, said the Governor had proposed the map to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts, and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible and has occurred before in Florida and other states. He repeatedly said the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal, but that the Governor had the prerogative to propose it.
The floor debate focused heavily on the legality and timing of the map, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana redistricting decision was announced during the session. Several senators, including Rouson, Sharief, Smith, Polsky, Arrington, Bracy Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and Berman, questioned whether the map complied with the Florida Constitution’s Fair Districts Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, and equal protection principles. They raised concerns about the short notice, lack of statewide public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony from the Governor’s representatives, the claimed severability of the Fair Districts Amendment, and the impact on minority communities and communities of interest. Gaetz generally declined to offer legal opinions, saying those issues would ultimately be for the courts, but he relayed the Governor’s position that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional and that the proposed map is race-neutral and compact.
Members also debated whether the map’s population data and compactness scores justified the district lines, with critics arguing that the plan cracked and split communities in places such as Central Florida, Tampa Bay, and South Florida. Gaetz said the Governor’s office relied on 2020 census data plus updated population estimates from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the American Community Survey, and that the mapmaker said he drew the map himself without outside consultants. After questions concluded, the Senate adopted a motion to substitute HB 1D for SB 8D, read the bill a third time, and proceeded to debate the House bill. The transcript ends during debate, with no final vote on passage shown.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- wage requirements, health care standards, or the use of apprentices, which are applicable to and specific
- expense of critical labor protections for our construction workforce and policies which provide living wages
- Labor standards are essential to provide health care and sustaining wages for working families—some of
- to address the unique needs of their workforce and make sure we have safe and sustaining jobs and wages
- wage, health care, and apprenticeship standards.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local Government met to hear a long agenda of local government, housing, labor, and transparency bills. The committee first adopted the consent calendar for SB 1187 and SB 1388, then heard SB 983, which would authorize the Port of San Diego to use job order contracting for repairs and repetitive maintenance work. Supporters said the bill would speed emergency and small repairs and reduce costs, while opponents raised concerns about construction definitions and project labor agreement language. The bill was ultimately moved forward on a 2-2 vote after discussion of amendments and labor negotiations, and later the committee’s final roll call showed it passing out on a 5-2 vote.
The committee also heard SB 1256, aimed at limiting duplicative litigation over a San Diego County housing project, and SB 992, which would make permanent and expand a small special-district audit flexibility by raising the revenue threshold from $150,000 to $250,000. SB 1256 drew support from the author and project counsel, who argued the project had already been litigated and was delaying needed housing, while opponents said the bill would interfere with wildfire and subdivision-map review. SB 992 had support from county auditors and special districts, with no opposition, and was approved 5-0. SB 1115, addressing governance failures at the Tulare County Public Cemetery District by allowing county supervisors to remove an individual trustee for cause, also passed unanimously after testimony describing serious dysfunction and opposition from the California Special Districts Association.
The committee then took up SB 1193, which would impose transparency and approval requirements on Alameda County discretionary funding to nonprofits and other entities. The author and supporters described the bill as a response to grand jury findings and alleged conflicts of interest, while Alameda County argued its current process is already transparent and that the bill would add burdens and could harm services. After amendments and discussion, the bill passed 5-0. SB 1383, a density bonus law bill clarifying that local labor standards cannot be waived through density bonus concessions, was supported by labor groups and moved forward despite no opposition, with the final roll call showing it passing out 5-1. SB 1361, intended to prevent local governments from undermining transit projects because of SB 79 density concerns, also passed after support from L.A. Metro and labor and no formal opposition, with the final vote recorded as 5-2. The committee later resumed to hear SB 1272, the CASH Act, which would limit certain sanctions on homeowners for prior unpermitted work by previous owners; the transcript cuts off before that bill’s full testimony and vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. >> Thank you, Chair Kaggel.
- The<00:08:57.200><c> motion</c><00:08:57.440><c> prevails.
- The<00:10:41.440><c> motion</c><00:10:41.760><c> prevails.
- This bill will go The motion prevails.
- Uh, this The motion does not prevail.
Keywords:
transportation, tow trucks, variable message signs, road safety, emergency service, optometrist, window glazing, motor vehicle regulations, medical prescriptions, transportation safety, infrastructure, construction, appropriation, state project, motorized bicycles, motorcycles, electric vehicles, transportation regulations, safety standards, dealer license
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- wages and the use of approved apprentices.
- only addresses labor standards adopted by a city council or board of supervisors, such as local prevailing
- We know that labor standards are essential to providing health care and sustaining wages for working
- These included prevailing wage, health care, and apprenticeship standards.
- These included prevailing wage, healthcare, and apprenticeship standards.
Summary:
The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with SB 1003, which would create pro-housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts to help local governments fund infrastructure needed for housing developments. The author and supporters argued that infrastructure costs often prevent projects from penciling out, while the chair expressed support and said the bill would be taken up later when quorum was available. SB 1014 followed, proposing new disclosure requirements for local jurisdictions to provide good-faith estimates of on-site and off-site improvements within 30 days of application, with supporters saying it would reduce late surprises and opposition from several cities citing implementation concerns with the 30-day timelines.
The committee then took up SB 802, a Sacramento-region bill requiring a joint powers authority to coordinate housing and homelessness services. Senator Ashby and former Mayor Darrell Steinberg argued that Sacramento’s fragmented system has failed for years and that a JPA would improve accountability, coordination, and use of state funds. The bill drew broad support from local officials, service providers, business groups, and advocates, while some county and city representatives registered opposition or neutral concerns about state-mandated local governance. Several committee members said they were persuaded by the need for regional coordination, though some raised concerns about local control; the chair noted the bill would be moved when quorum allowed.
The committee also heard SB 1092 and SB 1093, both focused on mobile home park residents after disasters or park sales. SB 1092 would give residents a right of first opportunity to match a sale offer for a park, with supporters saying it protects vulnerable seniors and preserves affordable housing, while park owners and their representatives argued it would devalue property and raise constitutional and financing concerns. SB 1093 would require more transparent communication, access to property, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after a disaster; supporters cited the long uncertainty faced by Palisades residents, while opponents warned about liability, safety, and burdensome review requirements. Members split along similar lines, with some emphasizing property rights and market impacts and others stressing the need to protect residents and preserve scarce affordable housing.