Video & Transcript Research : 'Legislative Workforce Housing Committee'

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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Committee on Housing.
  • <00:20:59.120> housing redevelopment creating workforce housing redevelopment creating workforce
  • It establishes the to workforce housing.
  • > sandbox workforce housing regulatory sandbox workforce housing regulatory sandbox program<00
  • Our next bill is Senate Bill 3285, relating to workforce housing.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Housing, meeting jointly with the Committee on Health and Human Services, heard testimony on Senate Bill 2787, which would expand use of the rental housing revolving fund to provide loans or grants for purchasing rental units, and Senate Bill 2957, which addresses tenant displacement and relocation protections, as well as Senate Bill 2866, which would make the state rent supplement program for kupuna permanent and appropriate funds for it. Testimony on SB 2787 included support from DHHL, HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, and others, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying language and standards for grants, and the Tax Foundation questioned whether grants fit the revolving-fund structure. On SB 2957, supporters including OHA, PACT, medical-legal advocates, and tenant representatives emphasized relocation hardships from the KPT redevelopment, language access, and the need for clearer minimum safeguards; the Attorney General suggested defining “comparable units” and correcting a drafting error. On SB 2866, HPHA, Catholic Charities, AARP, the Executive Office on Aging, and others supported making the kupuna rent supplement program permanent to prevent homelessness among low-income seniors. During discussion on SB 2957, members questioned HPHA and tenant counsel about the KPT low-rise relocation process and what “comparable housing” meant in practice. HPHA said all tenants were relocated, but counsel described disputes over comparability, disability and family-size issues, and at least one offered unit that was not livable. For SB 2787, members questioned DHHL about why it sought funding from the rental housing revolving fund rather than other sources; DHHL said it was still exploring options and had mostly used its funds for infrastructure, with only a small portion used as revolving funds. The chair expressed concern about relying on scarce housing funds and urged more efficient use of DHHL’s existing resources. In decision-making, the committees voted to pass SB 2957 with amendments and SB 2866 with amendments. For SB 2957, the amendments would replace the bill with a working group on tenant displacement and relocation, include a blank appropriation and defective date, and request $75,000 for the working group; the motion was adopted unanimously by the members present, with Senator Favela excused. For SB 2866, the amended version would include a blank appropriation, defective date, and committee report language noting requests for $110,160 for two HPHA public housing specialist positions and $2.16 million for the state rent supplement program; this motion was also adopted, with Senator Favela excused. After the joint hearing adjourned, the committee returned to the housing-only agenda and continued discussion of SB 2787 before moving on to SB 3089, which would amend the down payment loan assistance program for low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers; testimony on SB 3089 was beginning when the transcript ended.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • She's presenting another committee. We're happy to have her here as part of our committee.
  • We are convening today's committee.
  • I bring you back to committee. Are there any questions or comments from committee members?
  • I bring you back to committee. Are there any questions or comments from committee members?
  • Chair and committee members.
Summary: The committee heard several measures focused on economic development, procurement, workforce equity, federal infrastructure funding, and food security. SB 1044 by Senator Reyes would raise and then index to inflation the cap for streamlined state contracts awarded to certified small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business enterprises for services and IT work; supporters said the current cap is outdated and limits access, while opponents representing goods suppliers and some small business groups argued the bill could disadvantage goods contractors and should preserve lower thresholds for those contracts. After discussion about the ceiling versus floor effect of the cap and the impact on different types of businesses, the bill was approved as amended and sent to Appropriations. SB 247 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would create a bid preference for projects that hire workers from disadvantaged communities; supporters framed it as a way to connect public infrastructure spending to family-sustaining jobs, while union construction employers opposed it because they said they cannot control worker dispatch through hiring halls and the bill would be difficult to implement. The committee advanced the measure to Appropriations despite those concerns. The committee also approved SJR 6 by Senator Cortese, which urges the federal government to honor commitments under the bipartisan infrastructure law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act, with supporters emphasizing the importance of certainty for California infrastructure, clean energy, and semiconductor investments. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado would establish an Office of Food Security and Affordability to coordinate food assistance efforts and develop a statewide food security strategy; supporters from a Kern County food bank and the University of California said the state’s response to hunger is fragmented and needs better coordination, while committee members asked about deliverables and timelines. The bill was sent to Appropriations. The committee also took up consent items SB 700 and SB 1340, which were moved on consent to Appropriations, and the hearing ended with the remaining votes recorded and the bills advanced. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly discussed the need for clearer implementation details, data on program impacts, and how to balance equity goals with operational realities for state agencies, contractors, and small businesses.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, the first bill on our agenda for today is House File 2425. House File 2425.
  • passing House File 2454. passing House File 2454. Thank<00:09:20.320> you.
  • <00:27:40.080> File House File House File 16003?
  • Thank you. you, committee members. House file 1751, you, committee members.
  • The committee budget of the capital investment committee.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Posted agenda that were left pending before the committee.
  • The judicial branch is equal, branch, legislative, executive.
  • But there's concerns, because we see it sometimes, legislation from the bench. legislator, a judge legislating
  • I don't think that anybody ought to legislate from the bench.
  • Is there any other business to come before the committee?
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:06:06.360> on committee on committee on housing<00:06:08.520> this<00:06:08.639>
  • > the Workforce housing which establishes the Workforce housing which establishes the workforce
  • c> sandbox workforce housing Rel regulatory sandbox workforce housing Rel regulatory sandbox program
  • advisory Council within the workforce advisory Council within the workforce housing<00:09:28.519
  • SB 1200, relating to workforce housing.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most witnesses supporting bills aimed at expanding affordable housing tools and financing. SB 1169, creating a Community Land Trust Equity pilot program, drew support from HHFDC and Nahal UI, which said revolving funds would help community land trusts build permanently affordable housing more efficiently. SB 1200, establishing a workforce housing regulatory sandbox within HHFDC, also received support from HHFDC and others, though HHFDC noted concerns about whether the measure could be read to preempt county permitting and zoning powers. SB 511, which would require county legislative bodies rather than HHFDC to approve certain housing project exemptions, prompted HHFDC to suggest revised language and a possible processing deadline for applications; the discussion focused on avoiding indefinite delays and clarifying county and state roles. SB 1283, creating an emergency home loan assistance revolving fund, was introduced with comments from the Department of Budget and Finance and HHFDC. SB 612, on rent-to-build equity agreements for exempt housing projects, drew support and questions about how many affected projects are rentals versus for-sale units. SB 944, extending and expanding low-income housing tax credit provisions, received support from Sugar Creek Capital, Hawaii Housing, and the Chamber of Commerce, while the Tax Foundation raised a technical concern about inconsistent use of the term “taxpayer.” HPHA-supported bills SB 1413 and SB 1412 were also heard, along with SB 1632, which would direct DBEDT to develop a comprehensive action plan for a local housing market; testimony on that measure was strongly supportive but included calls to examine constitutional and legal issues and broader market-structure concerns. The committee also began discussion of SB 1033 and noted it was closely related to SB 1131, with the chair indicating an inclination to move only one of the two similar tax proposals forward.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's how you deliver workforce.
  • And so I retain um a ready workforce.
  • <00:32:27.760> for significant pieces of legislation for significant pieces of legislation
  • So thanks to transformation legislation.
  • of the local health department workforce of the local health department workforce is<00:37:52.480
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services met to review budget items carved out in the prior session budget, including long-term care surveyor contracts, funding for local health departments, and expansion of the central laboratory. The committee approved the June 4 minutes and then heard an update from the Office of Inspector General’s Division of Health Care on long-term care certification surveys and complaint investigations. Officials said the $1 million annual appropriation for contracted survey work, along with salary increases and other resources, helped the state reduce its backlog. They reported that Kentucky completed 101 long-term care certification surveys in fiscal year 2024, up from 28 in fiscal year 2023, and had completed 186 surveys by July 7, 2025, with a goal of 40 to 50 more before the end of fiscal year 2025. Outstanding complaints fell from 1,565 at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 695 by July 7, 2025, and outstanding priority-one or immediate-jeopardy complaints were reduced to zero. Members asked about the definition of priority-one cases, survey timing, the number of facilities still overdue, vacancy rates, federal funding reliance, and the use of contract surveyors. Officials said priority-one cases involve serious harm or high risk of harm, that surveys are required within a 12- to 15.7-month window, and that the agency now has 40 contract surveyors and an outside team option. Several members praised the progress but warned that delays in surveys can endanger residents and urged continued funding and monitoring. The committee then began hearing from Mike Tuggle of the Department of Public Health on the Public Health Transformation Initiative, with Tuggle noting the legislation’s importance to public health financing. The transcript cuts off as he began his remarks.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 2

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, the motion is to re-refer to the Labor and Workforce Development Committee.
  • we can keep working on so the jurisdictional responsibility that they in the Workforce Committee wanted
  • <00:09:34.079> committee<00:09:34.399> wanted they in the workforce committee wanted
  • they in the workforce committee wanted to<00:09:34.839> address<00:09:35.200> was<00:09
  • The bill is on to the Workforce Development Committee. Members, that concludes today's agenda.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Mar 26th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • future clarifying language in another committee sub, and Vice Chair Martinez offers the committee substitute
  • and workforce housing.
  • for House Bill 2608 this morning.
  • and workforce housing in specific, should economics even have a place as long as the permit quality,
  • The chair moves that the committee stand in recess until final adjournment recess of the House or during
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA-EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • housing across the state?
  • West Oahu. >> West Oahu has no student housing. >> Do they need student housing?
  • West Oahu has no student housing. West Oahu has no student housing.
  • uh workforce folks. uh workforce folks.
  • > readiness<03:17:18.560> and<03:17:18.720> workforce workforce readiness and workforce
Bills: SB2003
Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-19 (2:30PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Secretary: Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill Secretary: 116, a bill to be
  • Clerk: Committee Substitute for Clerk: Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill
  • Clerk: Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 322, a bill to be entitled an Act
  • funded housing stock available.
  • I remember back in the House.
Keywords: 998, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 04/21/26

Finance Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • housing to be allowing workforce housing to be included<00:02:58.240> uh<00:02:58.320> in
  • the Housing and Homelessness Prevention<00:03:46.320> Committee.
  • the Housing Committee, the Judiciary<00:18:02.800> Committee,<00:18:03.679> and<00:18:
  • So, one of the discussions we had in committee, for the members that aren't in the Housing Committee,
  • which is when we sit in the Housing which is when we sit in the Housing Committee<00:27:00.000><
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee took up Senate File 203, a broad housing bill authored by Senator Port. Port described the measure as a package including $50 million in housing infrastructure bonds, MHFA administrative and investment reforms, expanded Greater Minnesota infrastructure grants for workforce housing, manufactured housing bill of rights provisions, and a private equity restriction on large investors buying certain single-family homes starting in 2026. Fiscal analyst Eric Olafson walked through the spreadsheet and said the $50 million bond authorization would add debt service costs over time, with the total estimated debt service for that authorization at about $75.8 million. Senator Draheim raised concern about the growing cost of bonding and said the state should rely more on cash than debt. The committee then adopted two technical amendments. The A21 amendment, described by Port as correcting manufactured housing bill of rights language, aligning MHFA board meeting language, conforming a lived-experience exemption to federal law, and fixing a capacity-building grants reference, was approved without objection. The A20 amendment, offered by Draheim, was also adopted and would give the legislature more control and visibility over MHFA funding and how quickly program dollars are reinvested after agency operations. Members then debated Draheim’s A22 amendment, which would delete the manufactured home park provisions from the bill. Draheim and several Republicans argued the section could function like rent control, could burden good park owners, and might have unintended consequences for park operations and purchases. Port, Senator Boldon’s allies, and other supporters said the provisions were needed to protect residents from rent spikes and private equity abuses in manufactured home communities, where residents own their homes but not the land. The transcript ends during that debate, before any final disposition on A22 or the bill itself is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on HF2432 5/16/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then we have a House-only provision, which the conference committee adopted, which saved $216,000 each
  • Uh, I believe that the department brought that up to the House and to the conference committee. 29.
  • brought that to the house and to the<00:15:24.000> conference<00:15:24.519> committee.
  • Let me begin by just expressing my sincere appreciation to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
  • <00:37:05.040> legislative and House legislative and House legislative leaders<00:37:07.119
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The conference committee met late on Friday evening to discuss the Public Safety and Judiciary budget agreement, beginning with a brief exchange among members about concerns that the executive branch had been delaying the committee’s work by waiting to approve legislative decisions. Members emphasized that the legislature should retain its independence while still allowing normal collaboration with the governor’s office. The committee then moved through several outstanding policy items and adopted them without opposition, including the A38 amendment addressing data-sharing concerns involving disability-related information, a study of firefighting services by the state fire marshal, and an A46 amendment governing access to unredacted portable recording system data in collision investigations, with guardrails on disclosure and use. The committee next reviewed the spreadsheet and budget targets. Fiscal staff explained the judiciary side of the agreement, including funding for court operating costs, a one-time Justice Partner Access Program appropriation, forensic exam rate increases, guardian ad litem funding, public defense, human rights, the competency attainment board, the cannabis expungement board, and fee increases for civil filings and motions. On the public safety side, staff described the target as well as the discretionary items funded, including nonprofit security grants, BCA staffing changes, fire marshal initiatives, a 10-year arson statute of limitations, prosecutor training grants, legal representation for children, E911 funding for critical infrastructure, Philando Castile Training Fund support, corrections-related savings from the Stillwater phased closure and sentence-to-serve elimination, a mandatory minimums task force, a victims of crime account transfer, a decommissioning study, in-service use-of-force training, and extensions of several expiring appropriations. The committee also noted a correction to a spreadsheet label related to the Stillwater closure item. After the spreadsheet walkthrough, the committee took testimony from Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and State Court Administrator Jeff Shorban on behalf of the Minnesota Judicial Branch. Hudson thanked the committee for its work and said the agreement covers some unavoidable costs, including insurance, lease expenses, forensic examiner pay, and the new access system, but argued it does not adequately address the judiciary’s most urgent problem: staffing and judicial compensation. She said court employees are leaving for better-paying jobs, judicial salaries are frozen for two years, and applicant pools for judgeships have declined, especially in greater Minnesota. She also said the judicial branch was not meaningfully consulted on the budget target and urged lawmakers to recognize the courts as a constitutional obligation rather than a discretionary program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker I move that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the
  • House is in session pursuant to their committee postings or recess motions.
  • Refer to the committee on trade, workforce and economic development.
  • Water conservation practices refer to the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development.
  • Association for the committee on trade, workforce and economic development.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Nov 7th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, members of the committee for having us.
  • That's about 8% of our physician workforce.
  • And this is from an FIR last year on the doctor compact from the Legislative Finance Committee, citing
  • Because I've heard in the House Health Committee that that's not the case.
  • Through the scope of being a legislator and a legislative aide who helped write policy for well over
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 18th, 2025

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • or workforce housing needs.
  • Toward addressing the affordable housing or workforce housing needs.
  • ADUs increase workforce housing because ADUs cost less to build, they are less to rent, and are often
  • housing.
  • housing.
Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs heard three measures. First, SB 184 by Senator Gates would require local governments to allow accessory dwelling units in single-family residential areas, with exceptions for planned unit developments and master-planned communities. The bill and its amendments were discussed at length, including parking restrictions, homestead exemption treatment, short-term rental concerns, impact and mobility fees, pre-approved designs, manufactured ADUs, and an OPPAGA study on mezzanine financing and tiny homes. Testimony from the Florida League of Cities raised concerns about parking, short-term rentals, and fee parity, while several senators supported the concept but asked for further refinement. The committee adopted the amendments and reported CS for SB 184 favorably. The committee then took up SB 118 by Senator Brodeur, which preempts regulation of presidential libraries to the state and defers regulation to the federal government, with the stated purpose of preventing local governments from imposing obstacles to a future presidential library in Florida. There was no debate or public testimony, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7704, a proposed committee bill to repeal the sunset date on a public records exemption for property photographs and personal identifying information of applicants or participants in disaster-related housing assistance programs held by state and local housing entities. With no questions, debate, or public testimony, the committee approved the motion to submit it as a committee bill and reported it favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Today we are meeting for the Workforce Support Subcommittee.
  • So this is workforce power ranks as well as workforce opportunities for people with disabilities.
  • But how about workforce from other states?
  • But I think of committees. Programs.
  • Crossing committees, yeah. Yeah.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Workforce Support Subcommittee of the Status of Persons with Disabilities met, approved the prior November minutes, and heard a presentation from the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) on its 2025 workforce metrics survey. ADDP described its membership and the survey’s scope, noting 102 of 132 members responded. The report showed continued improvement in staffing: overall vacancy rates fell from 19% in 2024 to 15% in 2025, with declines across programs such as adult long-term residential, community-based day supports, supported employment, and day rehabilitation. However, vacancies remain high, especially for licensed practical nurses and clinicians, and nearly 4,000 positions were still unfilled. Providers also reported that almost 1,800 people remain waiting for day services. A major new focus in the survey was health insurance costs. Nearly 90% of respondents reported premium increases averaging 11%, and providers said those increases make it harder to offer competitive wages and benefits and hurt recruitment and retention. ADDP said the survey will be repeated in the fall and emphasized that while Chapter 257 investments appear to have helped reduce vacancies, rising insurance costs, immigration-related workforce pressures, and other affordability issues could threaten progress. Commissioners and presenters discussed the need to maintain gains, the importance of keeping the survey manageable while preserving historical comparisons, and the role of immigration and workforce policy in staffing stability. The subcommittee then elected new co-chairs, unanimously approving Rachel Caprillion and Leo Sarkisian. Members discussed possible topics and speakers for the next meeting, including training and turnover, direct support professional pipelines, apprenticeships, PCA training, and workforce models from other states. Several names and organizations were suggested for outreach, including Josh Cutler, Juan Vega, JVS, HSRI, and NASDDDS. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and approved.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Nominations will come to order.
  • I've been on the Internal Audit Committee since 2021, and I've been chair of the Audit Committee at TxDOT
  • That's our legislative priority, to work with the legislature.
  • The first thing they look at is the ability to meet the workforce needs.
  • We got that approved in the last legislative session.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Labor and Industrial Relations May 13th, 2026

Labor & Industrial Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today is Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, and this is the sixth meeting of the House Committee on Labor and
  • I also want to state my thanks to both the House and Senate Labor Committee staff members.
  • This committee has already heard them and passed them out. The House has passed them out.
  • This committee has already heard them and passed them out. The House has passed them out.
  • This committee has already heard them and passed them out. The House has passed them out.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 408 by Senator Myers, a workers’ compensation overhaul creating an all-claims medical database, requiring electronic reporting and billing, and setting up confidentiality, rulemaking, and penalties. Senator Myers said the bill was meant to modernize a paper-based system, speed injured workers back to care and work, reduce disputes through a more predictable fee schedule, address outliers and abuse, and generate reliable data for future fee-schedule decisions. Representative Melarine then offered a large amendment package combining portions of House Bills 780 and 1101 into SB 408, adding preliminary-determination procedures, changes to benefit durations, fraud language, and a deadline for the department to establish a fee schedule if no agreement is reached. Supporters said the package would create a more complete reform; opponents argued the additions were rushed, not germane, and would harm injured workers, especially those without lawyers, by adding technical filing burdens and stricter fraud consequences. After debate, the committee adopted the amendment package, then adopted a follow-up amendment removing the word “potential” from a fines provision and deleting the fraud section, and finally reported SB 408 with amendments on a divided vote. Testimony on SB 408 was sharply split. Proponents, including Alton Ashy and Trey Mustian, argued the bill’s transparency and data-collection provisions were the most important part, that the system needs a modern fee schedule, and that the added reforms would help control costs and speed payment. Opponents, including Shannon Lindsay and another injured-worker advocate, said the original bill was a good compromise but the added provisions changed its character and would disadvantage pro se claimants, remove materiality from fraud law, and reduce benefits for seriously injured workers. Committee members also questioned the timeline for the database and fee schedule, the effect of historical data gaps, and whether the reforms would help employers and injured workers alike. The committee ultimately agreed the bill still contained its core goals of faster care, predictable fees, anti-abuse measures, and modernization. The committee then moved to House Bill 585 by Representative Chasson, a workplace-violence/safety measure for small-box discount retailers. Chasson explained that the bill had been narrowed to require retailers to submit an existing written workforce safety plan, or develop one if they do not already have one, with no penalties attached. The committee adopted a substitute bill incorporating prior amendments. Representative Glorioso noted continuing concerns about civil-liability implications and the duty to protect against third-party criminal acts, but the bill was advanced from committee after the substitute was adopted.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • When our Fair Employment and Housing Act was first written, women were not as prevalent in the workforce
  • When our Fair Employment and Housing Act was first written, women were not as prevalent in the workforce
  • I'm going to bring it back to committee for questions by committee members.
  • In 1860, members of the United States House of Representatives, a select committee investigating the
  • Let's bring you back committee for questions by committee members.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, your Committee of the Whole, having had under consideration the legislation listed below,
  • I'm opposed to House Bill 2396, as I was opposed to House Bill 2396, as I... ...to House Bill 2396, as
  • and transmit the bill back to the House. ...you passed House Bill 2396, signed in open session.
  • House Bill 2190. House Bill 2190.
  • House Bill 2796.
Keywords: 1182, all