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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Employment Relations May 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Employment Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- And we want to reach an agreement in a practicable and reasonable manner that benefits the workforce
- And we start to gather that information from them and then we start to assess what they've provided to
- compensation team who takes those in and then does a lot of work between September and April to be able to assess
- And we start to gather that information from them and then we start to assess what they've provided to
- concerns about restricting the use of artificial intelligence, making sure it isn't being used in assessing
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Local Government Apr 1st, 2026
Local Government, Elections and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- They've got to accommodate those things, but it's not included in their assessed valuation at this point
- And it was going one from every township was a pretty nice concept, but as a practical matter, in Lewis
- This bill simply allows municipalities to ask voters if they would be willing to increase the assessment
- Peters, we have long-term planning, assessments, and everything else, and then We have long-term planning
- , assessments, and everything else, and then we've set our rates.
Summary:
The Committee on Local Government met in executive session and first adopted a substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 975, which replaced Senator Black’s version with Representative Farnan’s bill. Members discussed that the controversial community-agreement language had been removed and that related community paramedic language had been moved to another bill. The committee then voted 16-0 to do pass the substituted bill.
The committee next considered House Bill 3496, dealing with county officials’ salary schedules and county classification issues. Representative Reedy explained the substitute added election authorities language, incorporated another bill on sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys, and changed the title and substance to address county valuation rules for certain fourth-class counties. Members discussed the impact on county classifications and the inclusion of abated and tax-exempt property in valuation calculations. The substitute was adopted, and the committee voted 15-1 to do pass the bill.
In public hearing, Representative Sharp presented House Bill 3028 as a Lewis County fix to allow more at-large members on a county board instead of requiring one from each township; a retired Lewis County commissioner testified in support, and no opposition appeared. Representative Thompson presented House Bill 2431 to let Lexington ask voters for a public safety sales tax after a major gas explosion; supporters said it would fund police, fire, and ambulance needs without reducing current budgets, while an opponent argued against new taxes and special laws. Representative Violet presented House Bill 2732 to raise the voter-approved cap on water service line repair fees from $12 to $24 annually; St. Peters officials said costs have risen and the program helps residents avoid large repair bills, while an opponent said existing programs are solvent and opposed the increase. No votes were taken on the public hearing bills, and the committee adjourned after the hearings.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last 13 open enrollment periods, we have saved Idahoans $44 million through lower assessment
- Your Health Idaho's revenue stream is assessment fees, which are applied to every plan sold via the exchange
- Our assessment fee for plan year 2025 is $11.75 per member per month for health insurance and 75 cents
- It protects applicants from unfair sales and enrollment practices and facilitates public understanding
- We also removed language on page 54 regarding assessments, pages 65 regarding mandated plans, and pages
Summary:
Senate Commerce first took up three gubernatorial appointments and sent all three to the Senate floor with recommendations for confirmation: Salvador Cruz as director of the Department of Finance, Nora Carpenter to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, and Gregory Donica to the same board. Each motion passed without opposition.
The committee then received an annual update from Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Health Idaho. He reported record enrollment activity, including more than 139,000 selections in open enrollment 2025 and over 144,000 in open enrollment 2026, with most enrollees receiving tax credits and many working with agents or brokers. Kelly said the exchange remains financially self-sustaining, has low operating costs, and achieved strong customer satisfaction scores. Members asked about rising premiums, the shift toward bronze plans, and enrollment timing; Kelly and later Insurance Director Dean Cameron said Idaho premiums remain among the lowest nationally, helped by the 1332 reinsurance waiver, though affordability concerns are increasing.
The committee also reviewed and approved one Department of Commerce pending rule docket and several Department of Insurance rule dockets under zero-based regulation. The Commerce rulemaking was described as a non-substantive cleanup that removed obsolete language, aligned definitions, and adjusted some grant limits, including the Idaho GEM grant program. Insurance rule changes similarly focused on simplifying, clarifying, and removing duplicative statutory language across self-funded plans, long-term care insurance, small employer and individual health insurance, coordination of benefits, short-term health insurance, and managing general agents. The most notable policy-related change was the short-term health insurance docket, which was approved with an effective date upon adjournment to avoid a gap after a temporary rule expires; all dockets were approved unanimously.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last 13 open enrollment periods, we have saved Idahoans $44 million through lower assessment
- Your Health Idaho's revenue stream is assessment fees, which are applied to every plan sold via the exchange
- Our assessment fee for plan year 2025 is $11.75 per member per month for health insurance and 75 cents
- It protects applicants from unfair sales and enrollment practices and facilitates public understanding
- We also removed language on page 54 regarding assessments, pages 65 regarding mandated plans, and pages
Summary:
Senate Commerce met with a quorum and first took up three gubernatorial appointments. The committee voted to send Salvador Cruz’s appointment as director of the Department of Finance, Nora Carpenter’s appointment to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, and Gregory Donica’s reappointment to the same board to the Senate floor with recommendations that each be confirmed.
The committee then heard an annual update from Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Health Idaho. Kelly reported record enrollment, low operating costs, no state funding, and strong customer satisfaction, while noting that affordability remains a concern and that more enrollees are shifting to bronze plans. Senators asked about enrollment timing, premium costs, and Idaho’s standing compared with other states; Kelly and later Insurance Director Dean Cameron said Idaho’s premiums remain among the lowest nationally, helped by the 1332 reinsurance waiver and a robust marketplace with eight medical carriers.
The remainder of the meeting was devoted to approving a series of pending administrative rule dockets, mostly from the Department of Commerce and Department of Insurance. The rules were described as housekeeping or clarification changes under zero-based regulation, including updates to grant program rules, self-funded health plan rules, long-term care insurance standards, small employer and individual health insurance rules, coordination of benefits, short-term limited-duration insurance, and managing general agents. Several changes removed duplicative statutory language, repealed references to obsolete programs, and in one case adjusted short-term insurance rules to align with recent federal guidance; the committee approved each docket, including one short-term insurance rule with an effective date upon adjournment to avoid a regulatory gap.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The cumulative impact will reduce employer assessments by 20 to 25% while maintaining less financial
- AB 1329 will lower the assessments paid by all employers into the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund
- The cumulative impact of those changes will reduce employer assessments by 20 to 25 percent and will
- I want to note at the beginning that we appreciate the goal of reducing assessments by 20 to 25 percent
- She's now the only physician in her four-doctor practice still treating injured workers.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Insurance met as a subcommittee and heard several bills related to workers’ compensation, insurance access, climate resilience, and farmworker protections. AB 815 would prevent social service workers who use personal vehicles to transport clients from being misclassified as commercial or for-hire drivers under personal auto policies; supporters said the current practice leads to unaffordable premiums and denied claims, while no opposition testified. AB 1329 would revise the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund to reduce litigation and medical-legal costs and lower employer assessments; insurers and business groups opposed unless amended, citing concerns about eligibility standards and the QME process, but the bill advanced after amendments were discussed. AB 1048 would allow disputed unauthorized payment reductions for medical providers to be reviewed through independent bill review; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, while opposition argued IBR is the wrong forum and existing contract dispute processes should control, though the bill also passed. AB 1236 would create a Department of Insurance grant program for climate and sustainability risk-reduction projects, with broad support from the department, environmental groups, and insurers, and it passed unanimously.
The committee also heard AB 1336, the Farmworker Heat Illness Prevention Act, which would create a rebuttable presumption that a heat-related injury arose out of employment when an agricultural employer fails to comply with heat illness prevention standards. Supporters, including United Farm Workers, argued the bill would help protect farmworkers amid extreme heat and enforcement gaps; opponents from the workers’ compensation and agricultural sectors said the measure improperly uses the compensation system to enforce OSHA rules and could create unclear adjudication and delay issues. Members discussed Cal/OSHA enforcement limits, undocumented workers’ reluctance to report violations, and the relationship between the bill and existing workers’ compensation procedures. Despite opposition, AB 1336 passed on a divided vote.
The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 1125, AB 1293, and AB 1398, which were approved together. Roll calls were held open and later completed, and the bills that advanced were sent to the Committee on Appropriations. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning after final votes were recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I've, just a little background, I've been a practicing lawyer in this state for 46 years.
- Uh, the, the court on any of these cases can assess 6 months jail as a condition or treatment facility
- To assess probation in a case. 42A054 says, hey, Judge, you cannot assess probation in these certain
- only thing this law really does from a probation perspective is take the judge's discretion away in assessing
- It does not limit a jury's ability to assess probation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Just a little background: I've been a practicing lawyer in this state for 46 years.
- The court, on any of these cases, can assess six months in jail as a condition. ...or treatment facility
- Is the current law 42A.053, which enables a judge to assess probation in a case?
- 42A.054. 42A.055 states, "Hey, judge, you cannot assess probation in these certain circumstances."
- From a probation perspective, it takes the judge's discretion away in assessing probation.
Keywords:
community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In practice, this could require... ...limited solely to the public works portion of a project.
- In practice, this could require property owners to allow private parties onto areas of a construction
- The bill also raises some specific practical concerns.
- One distinction I want to flag between this bill and ...about some of the practical issues with this
- Third, physician practices need flexibility to establish evidence-based policies governing the use of
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on public safety, labor enforcement, pensions, and workplace safety. AB 1054 would create a voluntary DROP-style retirement option for CHP officers and Cal Fire firefighters to help retain experienced personnel; supporters said it would be cost-neutral and help staffing, while an opponent warned it could affect bond ratings and create pension risk. The bill passed the committee 4-0 and was sent to Appropriations. AB 2129, which would improve Cal Fire compensation to aid recruitment and retention, also passed 4-0 to Appropriations with support from firefighters and no opposition. AB 1383, a broader PEPRA-related measure lowering retirement age and adjusting compensation caps for public safety workers, drew extensive support from firefighters and peace officers and strong opposition from cities, counties, and other local government groups over long-term pension costs; after debate over fiscal impacts, it passed 4-0 to Appropriations.
The committee also considered AB 605 on refinery safe staffing during shutdowns, prompted by layoffs and reduced staffing at refineries such as Phillips 66 Wilmington. Supporters argued the bill would protect workers and nearby communities during refinery wind-downs, while petroleum and business groups said closures are not inevitable and opposed the bill’s premise. The bill passed 3-0 to Environmental Quality. AB 1859 would let joint labor-management committees access public works sites to help detect wage theft and safety violations; construction labor supporters backed it as an enforcement tool, while laborers, local governments, and builders raised concerns about duplication, property access, and project disruption. It passed 2-0 to Judiciary, on call.
The committee then heard AB 2321, a pilot program allowing county district attorneys in Alameda and Santa Clara to investigate workplace deaths, which supporters said would address Cal/OSHA’s backlog and weak enforcement; employers and safety practitioners opposed it, citing expertise, due process, and overlapping investigations. It passed 2-0 to Appropriations, on call. Finally, AB 2575 began testimony on healthcare AI guardrails, with the author and nurses arguing that AI should support, not replace, clinical judgment and that patient safety requires human oversight.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- The EPA sewage sludge draft risk assessment released in January of this year established that a single
- application of sewage sludge ...risk assessment released in January of this year established that a
- Yeah, we have several practical issues around transportation measures that would really help farmers
- lands and providing relief to impacted farmers, ...practice of applying sludge to working lands and
- I would now Massachusetts and the environmental practices that go on here.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries held a public hearing on 19 legislative proposals, with testimony limited to three minutes per speaker and seven minutes per panel. The hearing opened with testimony on bills promoting urban agriculture and vacant-lot conversion, including H.121/S.61, which Green Roots staff and community members supported as a way to turn vacant lots in environmental justice communities into urban farms and gardens that improve food access, health, community cohesion, and climate resilience. Rep. James Arena-DeRosa also spoke in support of H.109/S.56, the PFAS bill, describing it as a measure to protect soil and farms from contamination and to create relief for affected farmers.
A major portion of the hearing focused on H.109/S.56, which would ban land application of sewage sludge/biosolids, provide liability protection and relief funds for farmers, and address PFAS contamination in soil, water, crops, and animals. Testimony came from environmental groups, farm organizations, and individual farmers, including the Mass Food System Collaborative, Conservation Law Foundation, Clean Water Action, CEMAP, NOFA, Sierra Club, and several farmers who described contamination in Maine and Massachusetts and urged the committee to act. Witnesses emphasized that PFAS poses serious health risks, that farmers should not bear responsibility for legacy contamination, and that the bill should be paired with funding for testing, remediation, and assistance. Committee members asked questions about farm liability, the scope of the bill, contamination in different ownership situations, and the costs and timelines of remediation, with Senator Comerford and others clarifying that the bill is intended to protect farms and farmers rather than non-agricultural landholders.
The committee also heard strong support for H.416, a farm-to-institution pilot program, from Rep. Lee Davis, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, and Berkshire Bounty. They said the pilot would connect Massachusetts farms to schools, hospitals, correctional facilities, and other institutions, creating new markets, strengthening local supply chains, and supporting food-is-medicine efforts. Members discussed whether the model could be statewide and referenced existing programs such as Island Grown Initiative and local hospital and insurance partnerships. Another agricultural bill, H.1058, was supported by Rep. Mark Sylvia and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association as a way to allow unused cranberry water rights to be transferred within the same watershed for municipal mitigation while helping growers retire or consolidate bogs. The hearing also included testimony on the broader farm omnibus bill H.112/S.55 and related measures, with the Massachusetts Farm Bureau and others praising the committee’s work on agricultural resilience, food security, agritourism, workforce development, and farmland access, while suggesting additional transportation-related fixes for farmers. No votes were taken during the hearing.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It affects statewide kindergarten screening assessments, assessments for students in a Department of
- Juvenile Justice educational program, assessment for identifying limited English proficient students,
- the civic literacy assessment administered by the Florida College System, teacher certificate assessments
- for interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities, authorizes public schools to assess
- Speaker, this false sense of accomplishment and practice has died.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 2025, which is relating to jury duty act, allows actively practicing advanced practice registered
- </c><00:05:03.520><c> advanced</c><00:05:04.000><c> practice</c> actively practicing advanced practice
- actively practicing advanced practice registered<00:05:05.520><c> nurses</c><00:05:05.919><c> to</c>
- Advanced practice registered nurses are currently licensed to practice independently in the state of
- Recess. conduct an impact assessment report. conduct an impact assessment report.
Summary:
The HHS committee met in Room 224 and announced the hearing was being streamed live, with a one-minute limit on testimony. The chair explained that written testimony had already been reviewed and that speakers should either add new comments or stand on their written testimony. The committee first heard SB 2211, an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including DHS, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Food Industry Association, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Catholic Charities, and many individuals. Supporters emphasized the importance of maintaining SNAP-related food assistance and emergency food delivery, while Catholic Charities raised a question about whether the bill’s language would also reach food banks serving food-insecure households that are not on SNAP. No opposition was heard and the bill was moved on without questions from members.
The committee then heard SB 2025, which would exempt actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses from jury duty. Testimony was broadly supportive from nursing and health organizations, including the Hawaii American Nurses Association, the Hawaii affiliate of the College of Nurse Midwives, the Hawaii State Board of Nursing, and others. One witness from Kaiser Permanente requested an amendment to include physician assistants, and a committee member asked the Board of Nursing to review that request. The bill otherwise drew no opposition and no further member questions.
SB 2038, relating to medication labeling, drew the most extended discussion. The measure would change labeling requirements for certain abortion medications, and testimony was split between supporters who framed it as a privacy and access issue and opponents who raised patient safety, ethics, and transparency concerns. The Department of Health supported the intent but requested an amendment to allow quicker access to private information during investigations without a subpoena. The Board of Pharmacy said it supported the written comments but noted operational challenges and possible cost impacts, while Kaiser said compliance would likely require manual workarounds and could slow pharmacy processes. The chair and members questioned whether patients could simply remove labels themselves, but witnesses said there could still be safety and access issues if the patient is not the one receiving the prescription. The committee then moved on to SB 2050, relating to chiropractic, which received support from the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, with no substantive opposition noted.
The hearing later turned to SB 201, relating to insurance, which appeared to be a new mandated-benefit measure tied to infertility/IVF coverage. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission provided comments, while Hawaii Family Forum opposed the bill, arguing it went beyond medical infertility and raised ethical and public policy concerns. Kaiser and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans both asked for a study or audit, saying the measure could create new insurance mandates and increase costs for residents and employers. Private Work Hawaii strongly supported the bill as an equity issue. The committee noted there was no quorum for decision-making and deferred action on the measure to a later hearing, then recessed.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you know, or maybe Judge Carfacy when he comes to talk, maybe he knows whether or not we assess the
- The ideal candidate is probably between 30 and 40 years old and says in their initial assessment, 'I'm
- How do we do career counseling, skills assessments?
- How do we do career counseling, skills assessments?
- And then in addition to that, we used a survey that assessed the client's confidence and self-efficacy
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (3-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:09:31.240><c> as</c> that come through Private Practice as that come through Private Practice
- I have eight practicing attorneys.
- or those that are PR practicing or those that are PR practicing<00:15:14.519><c> and</c><00:15:14.680
- </c><00:15:22.320><c> attorneys</c> County I have eight practicing attorneys County I have eight practicing
- </c><00:15:55.759><c> which</c> engage in private practice which engage in private practice which offsets
Summary:
The subcommittee met to discuss the guardian ad litem system, including appointment qualifications, training, payment, and whether any changes are needed. Roll was called, the February 25, 2025 minutes were approved, and the chair emphasized that the meeting was informational only and no vote would be taken. Representatives from the Court of Justice, including Chief Justice Deborah Henry Lambert and several family and district judges, testified about how the system has evolved since concerns raised in 2019 about overappointment and fees.
Court witnesses said the judiciary responded to earlier concerns by requiring open appointment lists of trained and qualified attorneys, improving training, and increasing oversight of fee orders. They reported that statewide GAL fees have fallen from a little over $14 million in 2019 to about $12 million, even as caseloads have grown, and said the average payment works out to about $650 per case, with the statutory cap for trial-level GAL fees still set at $500 since 1986. They argued that the current local appointment model works well, especially in rural areas, and warned that moving to a DPA-style regional model would create serious scheduling and conflict problems because of overlapping dockets and related criminal cases.
Judges from rural districts described shortages of available attorneys, high burnout, travel burdens, and the difficulty of finding enough counsel in smaller counties. They also said the Court of Justice cannot seek certain federal Title IV-E reimbursements, but urged the legislature to encourage the Finance and Administration Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to pursue that funding through an MOU. One judge noted that some appointed attorneys are effectively underpaid relative to private rates and that better compensation would help attract and retain lawyers.
The discussion also covered training standards adopted after the 2019 audit. Witnesses said Rule 37 now requires initial training and four hours of multidisciplinary continuing training every two years, with topics including child development, trauma-informed care, substance use, child welfare, forensics, ethics, and communication with clients. They said the Court of Justice has offered in-person regional trainings and remote options, and that the goal is to keep qualified attorneys on the appointment lists while improving representation for children and parents in dependency, neglect, abuse, and termination-of-parental-rights cases.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:33:59.200><c> are</c><00:33:59.440><c> placing</c> business practices are placing business practices
- and the resources piece, but there's also sometimes I feel like I hear often, well, that kind of practice
- and the resources piece, but there's also sometimes I feel like I hear often, well, that kind of practice
- and the resources piece, but there's also sometimes I feel like I hear often, well, that kind of practice
- To make clear that mergers will be assessed for their impact on working people.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's also the individualized assessment So every probation, juvenile probation officer, they assess through
- AJD develop rules that'll be practical to, you know, audit.
- In addition to that, as we talk about facility practices and take.
- In the community and after assessment, then that child would be.
- Can you just, in all your, I think your 30 years of practicing?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 24th, 2026
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- So we share a lot of ideas and best practices, if you will.
- Now, that varies widely depending upon the practice area and the geographic area.
- Again, that's still dependent on the geographic area and the practice area.
- And many of them, if not all, have significant expertise in those practice areas.
- But they really help the survivor assess: is that the right process? For them?
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s FY27 H-2 budget proposal, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard testimony from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who described the $1.72 billion budget as a 4% increase over FY26 and emphasized readiness, local partnerships, and support for core operations rather than expansion. She highlighted ongoing work on firearms-law implementation, State Police academy reforms, DOC’s new strategic plan, disaster response, hate-crime prevention, and planning for major 2026 events including the World Cup, Marathon, and America’s 250th anniversary. Members also raised concerns about State Police capacity, DNA backlog reporting, academy boxing/training reforms after a trooper’s death, ICE coordination, diversity in public safety leadership, the disaster relief fund, crime lab funding, reentry programming, and whether OEMS should move from DPH to EOPSS; Kwan said she would keep an open mind on some issues but was not ready to commit to an OEMS transfer.
The committee then questioned EOPSS officials and the State Police colonel on several operational matters. The colonel said the academy boxing program remains suspended and likely will not return in its prior form, pending an IACP review, and that future training will likely emphasize jujitsu-style control techniques. He also said the State Police uses the civil service exam, with current advancement scores ranging from 83.72 to 98.78 for the most recent class, and acknowledged the need to improve recruitment, preparation, and diversity. On the DNA and sexual assault kit backlog, EOPSS said it supports extending the statute of limitations and is working with the courts and crime lab to identify and collect lawfully owed DNA. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, is currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, and should be designed to respond flexibly to different regional needs. They also said the crime lab increase is largely to cover core operations and a structural deficiency rather than expansion.
Several members focused on public safety coordination and staffing. Questions from legislators from Bristol, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and elsewhere stressed the need for State Police to absorb additional forensic work if county resources shift, and to maintain strong communication with local chiefs and federal partners. Rep. Holmes pressed EOPSS on racial and gender diversity in the department and State Police; Kwan and Colonel Noble said diversity has improved but will take time to show up in senior leadership, and they pointed to internships and hiring practices as ways to broaden the pipeline. The hearing also included discussion of the World Cup security plan, with Kwan saying planning has been underway for about 18 months through 14 working groups and that current staffing and overtime resources appear sufficient for now. After EOPSS concluded, the committee recessed briefly and then began testimony from district attorneys, led by Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden, who said prosecutors are seeking a 10% budget increase to address staffing and salary pressures, especially the widening pay gap between assistant district attorneys and newly hired public defenders after recent CPCS funding increases.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 01/23/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I would disagree with Senator Johnson's assessment of District 1 being, you know, kind of hockey town
- </c><00:05:04.759><c> of</c> with Senator Johnson's assessment of with Senator Johnson's assessment of
- The Data Practices Office is a statewide resource on Minnesota's Open Meeting Law and the Data Practices
- Grant making practices and enhance grants<00:17:20.280><c> oversight</c><00:17:21.280><c> it</c><00:
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- They use different forms, definitions, and reporting practices.
- These changes improve the bill's practicability in collection with existing state practices. and allowing
- it, but this will make it standard practice. to do so.
- Would you say that what you're doing now is standard practice across... the industry?
- To do an assessment?
Bills:
HB1583, HB1775, HB1832, HB1836, HB1837, HB1866, HB1983, HB2029, HB2217, HB2318, HB2363, HB2486
Keywords:
mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- But there are times when that's just not practical for me.
- </c><00:38:53.240><c> for</c> times when that's just not practical for times when that's just not practical
- Yet very few AI companies currently have good practices to develop child-safe AI.
- have good practices to develop Child<01:02:53.279><c> Safe</c><01:02:53.680><c> AI</c><01:02:54.680>
- I've also included for you an assessment.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:29:12.480><c> Independent</c> Capability Assessment, Independent Capability Assessment, Independent
- </c> department of assessments and taxation. department of assessments and taxation.
- </c><02:02:27.199><c> social</c> provision license to practice social provision license to practice social
- Delegate Wood, State Board of Social Work Examiners, Provisional License to Practice Social Work.
- Provisional License to Practice Social Work.