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• Bill number 3819A by Senator Rivera, an act to amend the Executive Law and the Administrative Code of
• An act to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the city of New York.
• A. by Senator Rivera, an act to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the city of New
• York in relation to imposing certain penalties related to violations of fire code standards within 14
• Bill 6134 by Senator Parker, an act to amend the Labor Law in relation to establishing a New York State

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development met on February 10 and reviewed a largely recurring housing agenda, with the chair noting the meeting had been moved to Tuesday because of train delays and that a housing budget hearing was scheduled for February 25. Several bills were taken up that had passed the Senate in prior sessions or had been reported before, including measures on manufactured home park rent increases, first-home savings and grant programs, a mobile/manufactured home replacement program, closing-cost assistance for low-income tenants, protections against eviction for certified medical marijuana use, senior and disabled persons protections, fire code and housing standard penalties, a Manufactured Home Community Preservation Act, a public housing painters apprenticeship program, veterans with service-related disabilities receiving preferences in affordable homeownership programs, and a senior housing task force. One bill on an affordable independent senior housing assistance program was held at the sponsor’s request. Testimony and discussion were limited, with most bills moving on sponsor motions and seconded by other senators. There was brief clarification on the closing-cost assistance bill that it was intended for renters in public or subsidized housing, not people living with parents. Senators generally supported the measures, though some members voted in the negative or to advance without recommendation on several bills. Actions taken included reporting multiple bills either to the floor or to the Finance Committee. Among those reported to the floor were the manufactured home park rent bill, the medical marijuana eviction protection bill, the senior/disabled persons bill, the fire code and housing standards penalties bill, the veterans homeownership preference bill, and the senior housing task force bill. Bills on first-home savings, manufactured home replacement, closing-cost assistance, the first-home grant program, the Manufactured Home Community Preservation Act, and the public housing painters apprenticeship program were reported to the Finance Committee. The committee then adjourned.

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• . $1.9 billion in labor income, making us one of the state's most valuable economic engines.
• In a time of high inflation and limited labor and material availability, we have to partner to drive
• Individuals would have to travel to Denver or Texas for health care, which is not feasible.
• year population growth within the Southwest: Nevada with 7.5, Utah 9.7, Colorado 6.4, Arizona 5.3, Texas

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• And unanimous consent to allow for a relaxed dress code to allow jeans for our guests, not our members
• There's been a request for a relaxed dress code only for our guests who are joining us today in the chamber
• and whereas since his first solo art expedition at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas
• At the signing ceremony, we had the Chamber of Commerce, labor, environmental, industry, all together
• shortage area from property taxation for up to 20 years pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code

Keywords: 996, all

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• We will definitely be looking at what is happening currently in El Paso, Texas, where they've been doing
• We just recently passed our new land use code here in the city of Las Cruces.
• As I mentioned, we just passed our new land use code, which allows for creativity and flexibility.
• I know that we each federal legislature, all the energy code, and look at those things and anything you
• Their information will then be dispersed into one of our systems based on the zip code.

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• LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE GOVERNANCE OF THE AI SYSTEM IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODE
• ALGORITHM SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OUR INDUSTRY IS THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODE
• WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL -- INSURANCE CODE OR REGULATIONS
• FOR EXAMPLE, TEXAS LAW MADE IT CLEAR HEALTH PRACTITIONERS CAN USE AI FOR AI TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSIS AS LONG
• THAT IS ACTING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSURANCE CODE IN FLORIDA.

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• you and give you some ideas about where we’re coming from here, the idea of increasing the state’s labor
• And when we're talking about people, they're not in the labor force.
• almost 10 million more people in the labor force and working.
• So that's over 10 million people that would be back in the labor force.
• And there's a lot of underutilized programs that... ...into the labor force and persist.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career and Technical Education, focused on integrating workforce, education, training, and human services systems. Moore argued that WIOA, Perkins, and ESSA should be aligned more closely, with fewer federal and state bureaucratic layers, more state flexibility, and a stronger emphasis on labor force participation, postsecondary attainment, and training tied to in-demand jobs. He said the federal agencies are moving toward combined plan timelines for 2026, encouraged states to pursue combined plans and waivers, and described efforts to streamline reporting, reduce administrative overhead, and expand tools such as integrated intake, cross-training, virtual and mobile service delivery, apprenticeship, and talent marketplaces. Moore also emphasized accountability and outcomes, saying states should measure training-related employment, retention, and the share of funds going to direct services rather than administration. He criticized the current workforce system as too costly and ineffective, and said states should use primary labor market information, better wage records, and employer input to align training with actual job demand. Members asked about balancing flexibility with accountability, the role of employers versus postsecondary institutions, serving rural “training deserts,” state waivers, and data-sharing systems such as Mississippi’s workforce technology efforts. Moore said states can use waivers and technology to create common intake and co-enrollment across programs, and that enhanced wage records are key to better workforce planning. The committee then received a separate update from DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Director Jay Hill on reimbursement rates for aging and adult behavioral health services. They said DHS had compiled more than 100 public comments, submitted a recommendation to the governor to hold current rates, and was awaiting executive review, which they estimated could take 30 to 60 days. Members asked about the timeline and the scope of the legislation requiring monthly reports. The meeting ended with notice of a later audit presentation scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the Big Mac building.

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• The people who went there and ended up moving to Texas to practice would be the prime candidates for
• Texas offers $45,000 a year for the first four years, and Colorado offers $40,000 a year for $120,000
• I placed him in Texas at a residential treatment center because there's nothing like this in New Mexico
• This bill does is to enact a new section of the insurance code to prohibit discrimination against entities
• If this is enacted in the insurance code as proposed, Representative and Madam Chair, I believe that

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• <00:42:31.359> Review note that the penal code Review note that the penal code Review Committee
• This is a violation, a dual-role violation of the ethics code.
• <01:37:20.360> and reimbursed for the cost of Labor and reimbursed for the cost of Labor and
• happily have discussions with the labor happily have discussions with the labor union<01:38:29.920
• okay thank you uh National Labor okay thank you uh National Labor Alliance<01:44:21.840> of

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.

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• existing alternative energy code existing alternative energy code sections<00:15:10.080> where
• increment financing, or TIF, code increment financing, or TIF, code section.<00:19:54.680> This
• And the committee sub actually adds a new code section dealing with facilities for adults with mental
• You know, just a few pages earlier in our code is a tax incentive whereby this state, in the tax code
• I see no... schools like Texas, Tennessee, Florida, schools like Texas, Tennessee, Florida, who<00:53

Keywords: MS House Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, dispensed with the reading of the journal, and welcomed several student and FFA groups from around the state, including chapters from Tippah, Forrest, Newton, and Wheeler counties, as well as the Puckett High School student council and an AP government class from Madison-Ridgeland Academy. After announcements, the chamber moved to the Ways and Means calendar and took up a series of tax and finance measures. House Bill 327 would extend Mississippi’s existing film tax credit to television production businesses, with a $42 million aggregate cap and a requirement that qualifying production activity occur in-state. House Bill 343 would create a tax credit for employers offering private health insurance to employees, set at $400 per employee in the first year and $200 in the second, capped at $10 million. House Bill 420 would lower the age threshold for an existing full homestead exemption for honorably discharged veterans and spouses from 90 to 85; members discussed the local cost impact, but the sponsor said the state cost would be zero. House Bill 489 would exempt from income tax any capital gains from a forced sale through eminent domain, so the property owner would not owe tax on that transaction. The House also passed House Bill 715, clarifying that both perishable and non-perishable food sold to food pantries are exempt from sales tax. House Bill 1063 would adjust an alternative energy/local tax provision by allowing a fee-in-lieu rate down to 10% and adding energy storage, such as large-scale batteries, to qualifying projects. House Bill 1793, by committee substitute, would add gun safes to the state’s Second Amendment sales tax holiday. House Bill 1941 would raise the Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund’s administrative fee from 2% to 3% and authorize $5 million in bonds. House Bill 1942 would create a conduit bond mechanism under the TIF code for local development projects. House Bill 1944, by committee substitute, would expand the Children’s Promise Act tax credit program from $18 million to $40 million over three years and add a new $1 million credit for facilities serving adults with mental handicaps; members debated its effects on private schools, foster care entities, and public education funding. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, including several unanimous votes; House Bill 327 passed 115-1, House Bill 343 passed 118-0, House Bill 420 passed 120-0, House Bill 489 passed 120-0, House Bill 715 passed 120-0, House Bill 1063 passed 115-0, House Bill 1793 passed 109-3, House Bill 1941 passed 118-0, House Bill 1942 passed 116-0, and House Bill 1944 passed after extended debate. The discussion on House Bill 1944 featured questions about whether the credits favored private schools over public schools, whether schools could also receive ESA-related funds, and how much money individual institutions could receive; the sponsor said the credits are separate from tuition, are administered by DOR on a first-come, first-served basis, and do not reduce direct public school funding.

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• This is a district bill which would direct California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency to work
• What does the Labor and Workforce Development Agency bring to this that local initiatives do not, and
• Motion is do pass to Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement. Wahab? Aye. Choy? Aye.
• The Senate Labor, Public Employment and Labor and Retirement Committee...
• Motion is due pass the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Labor and Retirement Committee.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So there's a blanket statement that applies to our entire Title 6 code.
• and it says that entire criminal code and it says that the<01:05:31.359> use<01:05:31.599>
• Now the three crimes, the first code.
• as opposed to an image that is a code as opposed to an image that is a cartoon.<01:14:18.719> But
• 01:39:10.320> services labor health and social services labor health and social services committee

Keywords: 916, all

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• I've also served as the Science Board of the Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas. Thank you.
• So this type of, while it would be labor intensive, thorough review, I think is timely and appropriate

Bills: HB2008, HB2075, HB2203, HB2395, HB2409

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

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• Welcome to the House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee.
• We need only to look at Texas for where bills like this lead.

Bills: HB0117, HB0126

Keywords: informed consent, abortion, civil liability, coercion, healthcare rights, fetal heartbeat, termination of pregnancy, medical emergency, Wyoming legislation, rights of minors, healthcare regulations, parental consent, 916, all

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• Welcome to the Senate Labor Committee. >> The Senate Labor Committee, uh, Senator Dibble. >> Thank you
• of Labor Standards um to enforce it. of Labor Standards um to enforce it.
• set up a uh many department of labor set up a uh many department of labor labor<01:27:26.000> within
• benefit from labor standards laws. benefit from labor standards laws.
• labor and employment laws. labor and employment laws.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Your charge codes are at the state level.
• So because your state charge codes are different from state to state to state, your local law enforcement
• are being utilized in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
• Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Ohio, New Mexico, Arkansas. But not here.

Bills: HB2134, HB2253, HB2270, HB2402, HB2404, HB2673, HB2941

Keywords: critical infrastructure, foreign adversaries, China, communications, security, law enforcement, disciplinary action, administrative appeals, investigative files, due process, retaliation, county seal, law enforcement authority, sheriff's posse, public safety, county governance, ambulance services, certificate of necessity, emergency medical services, state regulations

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• would be work to do to make us salaried rather than non-salaried, but still under the legislative code
• Rather than non-salaried, but still under the legislative code, is that correct? Thank you.
• Texas, about $7,000 per year for a 140-day session, which is kind of crazy.
• Texas needs to change that.

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• And it doesn't matter their zip code, background, or individual needs.
• So, this is a special skill and it is skilled labor just like many other types of skilled labor.
• 00:42:00.920> labor.
• Earlier this week, we of skilled labor.
• in any industry in any zip code.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• , we are here for the joint committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and the Committee on Labor
• For Labor Committee, we'll be >> All right.
• And just to point out the importance of our building codes, primarily the plumbing code in this case:
• . code. code.
• :47.400> 2015 the plumbing code since 2015 the plumbing code since 2015 has<01:03:49.400> already

Bills: SB3326

Keywords: renewable energy, energy storage, cost reduction, public utilities commission, Hawaii energy policies, 910, house, all

Summary: The joint committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Labor heard SB 3326, a bill concerning a study of separating transmission from generation in Hawaii’s electric system. Testimony was largely opposed. Life of the Land argued that true separation on an isolated island grid has not been shown to work anywhere and said the bill would waste taxpayer money. Hawaiian Electric and the Public Utilities Commission also opposed the measure, saying Hawaii already uses competitive bidding for new generation, that the bill would add cost, complexity, and reliability risks, and that a new study would duplicate prior work. In response to questions, the PUC explained its existing competitive bidding framework and said it had not seen an island system fully restructure in this way. The chair then amended the bill’s intent to require the PUC to open a proceeding for an independent, comprehensive analysis of the state’s energy pathways, including cost reduction, financial risk, state energy goals, and reliability, rather than narrowly focusing on separation. Both committees voted to pass SB 3326 SD2 with amendments, with the Energy committee adopting the recommendation unanimously and the Labor committee adopting it with one reservation and two no votes. The Energy and Environmental Protection Committee then took up SB 2497 SD2, which would require electric utilities other than cooperatives to provide transparent, publicly accessible customer bill impact analyses and annual reports to the PUC. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the PUC offered comments, with the PUC supporting the intent. Life of the Land said the proposed disclosure requirements would be too complex for most ratepayers to use meaningfully, while Hawaiian Electric said the bill could raise costs and slow projects, though it acknowledged some of the language changes and said much of the information is already available through existing planning and regulatory processes. Hawaii Clean Power Alliance and one individual testified in support. No vote was taken on SB 2497 SD2 during the excerpt. The committee also heard SB 3183 SD2, which would bar higher-income taxpayers from claiming the renewable energy technologies income tax credit for certain residential solar systems and would change refundability rules. The Department of Taxation, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the Tax Foundation offered comments, while the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and numerous companies and individuals opposed the bill. Opponents raised concerns about impacts on financing models and the solar market. Members asked the Department of Taxation for data on how credits are claimed by homeowners versus third-party owners and on the refundability of the credit; the department said it did not have the information immediately available but would follow up. The chair indicated decision-making would likely be deferred to allow further review, and no vote was taken in the excerpt.

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• This request is required by Arkansas Code 21-5-226.
• The position will be responsible for oversight of the licensing I saw Code 21-5-226.
• the overtime because we had a discussion this morning and yesterday about DD and their shortage of labor
• We've had discussions about, you know, they shut down the labor part up at Boonville because they didn't

Summary: The committee first took up several personnel and compensation requests. It approved a Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism reclassification that would trade three administrative coordinator positions for one park superintendent, one maintenance supervisor, and one park manager. It also approved one-time bonus and recruitment plans for the Department of Commerce and Department of Veterans Affairs, including up to $5,000 bonuses tied to the unemployment insurance modernization project and $2,000 bonuses for certified nursing assistants at the state veterans homes. A Department of Health request to reinstate a previously frozen fiscal support manager position for the State Medical Board was also approved; members were told the position was already authorized and would not increase total positions. The committee then reviewed a Department of Commerce reduction in force affecting the Division of Workforce Services for the Blind and Employment and Training divisions. Secretary Hugh McDonald and Workforce Connections Director Cody Waits explained that the cuts were driven by over-obligated federal funds, a prior realignment, and what they described as long-standing fiscal mismanagement in the Division of Services for the Blind. They said 56 employees remained furloughed, five employees in a separate grant group were still working, and 17 positions were on the permanent RIF list. Senators questioned the division’s accountability structure, the role of the independent board, and whether the layoffs were being handled fairly, including a request for racial composition data on the workforce and the RIF group. Members also discussed quarterly employment and overtime reports. Staff explained that the reports cover average staffing levels over each quarter, and members focused on overtime spending, especially in DHS, the Department of Correction, and the Department of Transportation. OPM said overtime is being reviewed, direct care positions remain exempt from the hiring freeze, and agencies have been hiring more staff since the new pay plan took effect. The committee asked for additional reporting on overtime trends, and the meeting adjourned without further action.

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• The bill is sponsored by SAG-AFTRA and supported by the California Federation of Labor Unions, Common
• Yvonne Fernandez, on behalf of the California Federation of Labor Unions, in support. Thank you.
• For the California Federation of Labor Unions, in support. Thank you.
• In addition, the age-appropriate design code was largely affirmed by the Ninth Circuit earlier this year
• civil society, and international authorities, including those in the EU, who recently published the Code

Summary: The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee heard a long agenda focused largely on AI-related consumer protection, child safety, and privacy bills. Members first adopted the consent calendar, then took up SB 1050, which would require disclosures when advertisements use AI-generated or synthetic performers. Supporters, including SAG-AFTRA, Common Sense Media, and labor groups, said consumers should know when an ad depicts a non-human performer and that the bill protects both consumers and workers. Opponents from TechNet, the Motion Picture Association, broadcasters, and business groups argued the bill was too broad, lacked a deception standard, could burden accessibility uses and short audio ads, and created litigation risk. The committee voted the bill out on a party-line-leaning roll, with several members noting concerns but supporting continued work on the measure. The committee also approved SB 1111, which creates liability and remedies for non-consensual digital replicas using a person’s voice or likeness, and SB 1146, which targets deceptive AI-generated health advertisements that depict synthetic health care providers. Both measures drew support from consumer, labor, medical, and child-safety advocates and faced no formal opposition. Members emphasized the need to prevent deepfake abuse, especially in health-related ads where consumers could be misled into trusting fake doctors or medical endorsements. Several child- and privacy-focused bills were also heard and advanced. SB 867 would place a four-year moratorium on AI chatbot-powered toys for children, with supporters warning about harmful content, addictive design, and privacy risks; some opposition raised definitional concerns and asked for clearer standards. SB 1247 would give child influencers the right to delete monetized content posted during their minority, and it moved forward without opposition. SB 1000 updated California’s AI Transparency Act to align content provenance rules with newer technology and international standards, with support from Google and Adobe and no opposition. Finally, SB 957 would require social media companies to notify users when the federal government seeks their data through administrative subpoenas, give users time to challenge the request, and report disclosures; supporters framed it as a First Amendment and due process protection, while one member opposed it as an overreach against federal law enforcement. All of the measures discussed were reported out of committee, with several rolls left open for absent members.