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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25 - Part 2
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and we know that the labor brokers, um that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
- Um and we know that the labor brokers, um that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
- Um and we know that the labor brokers, um that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
- Um and we know that the labor brokers, um that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
- Um and we know that the labor brokers, um that is what they hold over the head of their workers.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to her spelling skills, Sydney is also on the school robotics team and participates in community
- ><00:12:31.200><c> to</c><00:12:31.360><c> her</c><00:12:31.680><c> spelling</c><00:12:32.079><c> skills
- ,</c> In addition to her spelling skills, In addition to her spelling skills, Sydney<00:12:33.519><c>
- How do you justify the erasure of the underpaid and unpaid laborers who help build this country?
- How do you justify the erasure of the underpaid and unpaid laborers who help build this country?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the president of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFL-CIO, and we strongly urge
- Bonfranadis with the California Labor Federation, in strong support. Good morning.
- They reflect the specific operational, financial, labor, and service needs of each jurisdiction.
- They reflect the specific operational financial labor and service needs of each jurisdiction.
- Yeah, I would just say that the whole purpose of this is to shorten labor disputes.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, land use, and local government transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire enforcement agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement for the buyer to bring the property into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the elected decision-makers of their jurisdiction; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it also passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1041 by Senator Riggins would expand PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, but it drew strong opposition from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, and others over predatory lending and lien concerns; it passed 3-2 and remained on call.
The committee also considered SB 1075 by Senator Reyes, which would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality reduction measures in land-use approvals for industrial and commercial projects. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to implement community air plans, while counties, cities, business groups, builders, trucking interests, and others opposed it as duplicative of CEQA and a barrier to investment and jobs. After debate over local control and environmental justice, the bill passed 3-2 and remained on call. SB 958 by Senator Cabaldon would advance the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, replacing a former arena and parking lots with housing, affordable units, parks, and a new entertainment venue; with no opposition voiced, it passed 3-0 to Appropriations.
Another wildfire-related measure, SB 1182 by Senator Allen, would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in high fire hazard areas and direct state technical guidance on the issue. Supporters said insurance access is now a key indicator of risk, while some members questioned whether the bill would add useful information or burden local governments; the bill received a 1-1 vote and remained on call. The committee then began hearing SB 1116 by Senator Caballero, a starter-home/infill housing bill creating a streamlined ministerial path for small projects up to 10 units, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that measure.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I have seen the resilience and labor contributed by Filipino Americans.
- in the labor movement.
- Together they helped advance labor rights and immigrant rights.
- And yet we aren't protecting them, the first day labor. Excuse me, Mr. Tangipa.
- And yet we aren't protecting them, the day labor center. Excuse me, Mr. Tangipa.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file.
The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members.
The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- agreements that fall... ...25% affordability and have labor agreements that fall within the primary
- It includes a project labor agreement with building trades and carpenters, ensuring quality jobs with
- provisions, labor standards.
- Is it labor? Yeah. I have to present. I need to present. Yeah, please.
- And I want to call attention to ...that impact AHS, such as labor relations and personnel.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Regulating Artificial Intelligence / Legislation to Stop Dangerous Deepfakes Mar 16th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Here to talk me through AI's place in Minnesota now and in the future is the chair of the Senate's labor
- question, and one of the questions we posed in a recent committee hearing that we had in the Senate labor
- You mentioned that you had heard the testimony in the labor committee for and against regulating AI.
- committee dfl Senator the Senate's labor committee dfl Senator Jen<00:01:35.600><c> mckuin</c><00:01
- </c> hearing that we had in the Senate labor hearing that we had in the Senate labor committee<00:01:
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/20/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> want to go to the Department of Labor want to go to the Department of Labor for<00:47:06.880><c>
- I mean Department of Labor minimized.
- </c><02:16:45.599><c> again</c> back to the Department of Labor again back to the Department of Labor
- </c><04:58:24.240><c> do</c><04:58:24.400><c> a</c> US Department of Labor do a US Department of Labor
- </c> um the the federal department of labor um the the federal department of labor under<05:33:43.440
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, Iran Fernandez, with the California Labor Federation in support. Thank you.
- Farmers are facing rising input costs, labor shortages, water uncertainty, regulatory challenges, and
- The California Tax Reform Association, which is formed of the state's labor groups.
- Is it because labor benefited from that?
- Is it because labor benefited from that?
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met as a subcommittee and announced that all bills on the agenda had revenue impacts placing them on the suspense file, so none were eligible for immediate vote. The chair also reviewed procedural rules, including the deadline for position letters and the suspense-file threshold, and later established a quorum before proceeding through the agenda. Most measures were presented, heard, and then referred to suspense without committee votes.
Several bills focused on tax credits or exclusions tied to housing and property. AB 1606 proposed a five-year tax credit for small businesses facing cleanup costs from illegal dumping and encampments; AB 1971 would clarify that home-hardening retrofits are not assessable for property tax purposes; AB 2394 would create a capital gains exclusion to encourage long-term homeowners to sell and downsize; AB 1714 would offer a credit for sellers who complete required repairs for CalHFA-assisted first-time buyers; and AB 2389 would extend the property tax exclusion for newly installed solar systems. Supporters generally framed these bills as targeted relief or affordability measures, while opponents raised concerns about revenue loss, policy effectiveness, or implementation.
The committee also heard a series of agriculture-related bills. AB 2427 proposed a tax credit for qualified agricultural producers to offset labor, equipment, infrastructure, and production costs, and AB 2192 would extend the state’s farm equipment sales tax exemption to local sales taxes with a General Fund backfill for local governments. Supporters argued both measures would help preserve California agriculture, jobs, and food security amid rising costs and regulatory burdens; opponents questioned the need for the subsidies and the size of the fiscal impact. Both bills were referred to suspense.
Other measures included AB 1611, which would end a tax break on capital gains from single-family home sales for large corporate investors to discourage investor competition with homebuyers; AB 2522, which would exempt over-the-counter medications from sales tax; AB 2444, which would add a state deduction for ScholarShare 529 contributions and align California law with federal Roth IRA rollover rules; and AB 1550, which would allow deductions for tips and overtime. Each drew support from sponsors and allied groups, while tax reform and local government representatives opposed several bills over revenue and policy concerns. All of these measures were also sent to the suspense file, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Feb 20th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I move that Senate File 2300 be withdrawn from the Committee on Labor and re-referred to the Committee
- , uh, excuse me, Senator Seabberger moved that Senate File 2300 be withdrawn from the Committee on Labor
- with that intention that it is coming there so work can continue. withdrawn from the committee on labor
- withdrawn from the committee on labor and<01:03:39.839><c> re-referred</c><01:03:40.319><c> to</c><01
- and re-referred to committee on labor and re-referred to committee on rules<01:03:56.400><c> and</c>
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing.
- First, F1 is a letter from the Department of Labor and Licensing, Division of Labor, Wage and Hour.
- Labor and Licensing and the Real Estate Commission also cite the need for extra help positions.
- . ...on legislatively, which we have done, you know, legislatively, particularly when it comes to labor
- I appreciate the fact that we came together to say rates have to be increased for labor and deliveries
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- As you look at the major factors that have increased, we have labor expenses, both contract and hired
- labor, up around 6% to $263 million.
- Labor is an important... Labor is an important piece to talk about.
- And as we talk about agricultural labor, ag labor continues to be a very stable piece of the economy,
- certainly a small... ...for labor, ag labor continues to be a very stable piece of the economy, certainly
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, welcome to the first committee meeting of the Labor and Workplace Standards Committee.
- The Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act authorizes the Department of Labor and Industries to
- Madam Chair, next we'll be hearing from Tammy Fellin from the Department of Labor and Industries.
- Tammy Fellin with the Department of Labor and Industries.
- Tammy Fellon with the Department of Labor and Industries. We signed in other on this bill.
Summary:
The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held its first meeting of the session and heard four bills. HB 2107 would make permanent and slightly narrow a temporary L&I requirement that, after an on-site safety inspection at a building construction site, the agency make a good-faith effort to notify the owner or employer within 10 working days if an immediately identified hazard could injure a worker. Construction industry groups and L&I supported the bill and said the pilot had worked well, with L&I reporting it had been able to notify owners almost 96% of the time during about 1,400 inspections.
HB 2137 would remove the population threshold for binding interest arbitration for correctional employees in city and county jails. Teamsters representatives said the change would give corrections officers in smaller jurisdictions the same bargaining rights as other uniformed personnel and help address safety, staffing, and wage inequities. County representatives opposed the bill, saying it would increase bargaining and compensation costs for many counties, and asked for amendments requiring arbitrators to consider county finances and making awards nonbinding on county legislative authorities.
HB 2264 would clarify unemployment insurance eligibility for workers who opt into an employer-initiated layoff or reduction-in-force plan, even if they can rescind their decision, so long as the termination results from the employer’s plan. Supporters said current court rulings create confusing and unfair denials of benefits for workers who leave in good faith during layoffs; NFIB raised questions about severance, retirement, and UI solvency. HB 2243 would allow physical therapists and occupational therapists to serve as attending providers in the workers’ compensation system. Physical therapy and occupational therapy advocates said this would speed care and return workers to work sooner, while retailers, food industry representatives, NFIB, the Washington State Medical Association, and L&I raised concerns about diagnosis, scope of practice, added costs, and the possibility that all PTs and OTs would have to join the provider network. No votes were taken; the committee heard testimony and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Ensuring potential grant recipients are certified as compliant HF3093 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it reflects the work of um that I've been doing with Admin, with MMB, uh, a bit with Department of Labor
- 16C that mandate compliance with unemployment insurance laws, workers' compensation laws, tax and labor
- laws, workers compensation laws,<00:02:03.880><c> tax</c><00:02:04.360><c> and</c><00:02:04.440><c> labor
- </c><00:02:04.680><c> requirements</c><00:02:05.200><c> for</c> laws, tax and labor requirements for
- </c><00:04:15.680><c> violations,</c> state or federal labor violations, state or federal labor violations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 16th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Or the labor champion, the senator from Los Angeles, who became the first woman to lead the LA County
- Federation of Labor.
- Ride from the San Fernando Valley, the first American woman to go to space, or the Lorda Suerta, a labor
- And while women also continue to perform the majority of unpaid labor, including child care and elder
- She specializes in labor relations, government affairs, and community advocacy, and previously served
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and suspended several rules and journal requirements to facilitate the floor session and a budget subcommittee hearing notice. The chamber then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 114, designating March 15–21 as National Surveyors’ Week. Senator Grove spoke in support, emphasizing the historical importance of surveyors and their role in infrastructure, property rights, and California’s economy. The resolution passed by unanimous roll call vote, 40-0, and Grove introduced Christy Ashay, president of the California Land Surveyors Association, as a guest.
The main item of the day was Senate Resolution 76 recognizing Women’s History Month and honoring 42 women from across California. Senator Menjivar presented the resolution, highlighting women’s leadership and the need to continue advancing equity, pay protections, and opportunity. Senators Richardson, Pérez, Hurtado, Rubio, Wahab, and others spoke in support on behalf of the Black, LGBTQ, Latino, Jewish, AAPI, and other caucuses, each underscoring the contributions of women in public service, civil rights, labor, science, education, and community leadership. The resolution passed unanimously, 40-0.
After the vote, the Senate proceeded with an extended recognition ceremony for the 42 Women of the Year honorees from Senate districts statewide, with brief biographies read into the record. The session also included an adjournment in memory of James Bernard Peth, offered by Senator Ashby, who described his work as a teacher, coach, and community volunteer. The Senate announced it would recess and reconvene on March 19, 2026.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/29/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Bureau of Labor Statistics each month. Bureau of Labor Statistics each month.
- </c><00:21:45.120><c> force</c> people that fall out of the labor force people that fall out of the labor
- Department of Labor.
- Labor.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation May 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Part A is labor, Part B is public safety and the judiciary, and Part C is transportation.
- So for that, we're going to begin on Part A, which is labor.
- So this is with regards to the unfair labor practices adjustment.
- Elmer Lozardo, with the California Federation of Labor Unions.
- I'm in support of my colleagues here from the coalition of laborers.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for her was known across Minnesota for her stellar<00:18:09.440><c> basketball</c><00:18:10.000><c> skills
- skills and her outstanding<00:18:11.280><c> character.
- Nearly 300 consumer,<01:25:44.560><c> civil</c><01:25:44.880><c> rights,</c><01:25:45.600><c> labor,<
- /c> consumer, civil rights, labor, consumer, civil rights, labor, religious,<01:25:47.280><c> and</c>
- Unless you want to repeal the child labor laws, uh, unless you want to send grandma back to the factory
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Special Education Funding Committee May 6th, 2026
Special Education Funding Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The other thing is they have possible adaptive skills to help them be successful on that.
- The other thing is, is they have possible adaptive skills to help them be successful on that.
- They don't have the skills, and that's why I think you see a flat line.
- Or those gap skills that they had just because of their disabilities. Thank you. You're welcome.
- So you want to help them build those skills so they can get back into their neighborhood school.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 4, 2026 minutes, and received a lengthy Department of Public Instruction presentation from Stanley Schauer Jr. on North Dakota student performance data in math and ELA, with comparisons between students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Schauer explained the assessment systems used, the 1% alternate assessment cap for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the absence of 2019-20 data due to the pandemic, and how state standards are set by North Dakota educators. Members asked about cohort trends, the role of alternate assessments, grade-level patterns, and whether the state should focus more on reducing the novice category than on moving students from approaching to proficient. Schauer also discussed the new NDA Plus assessment, the state’s planned growth model, and the possibility of future breakdowns by disability category or by schools using science-of-math approaches. Special education educators testified that students with disabilities continued to receive services during COVID because of FAPE obligations, which likely helped limit learning loss, and emphasized that IEP teams focus on individual growth rather than only proficiency buckets.
Committee members then shifted to special education funding and possible funding models. Brandon Bombach of Grand Forks Public Schools presented on the state aid formula, focusing on the special education weighting factor and arguing that the current formula does not adequately respond to growing student needs because it counts enrollment but does not adjust when the number of students with IEPs rises. He used examples to show that a district can have the same enrollment and receive the same weighting even if the number of students needing services increases. Members discussed whether the formula should be tied more closely to actual need and accountability, and the chair indicated that the committee would continue gathering data and ideas for a later meeting.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 1
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You do have to have the skill of patience, and so I applaud that characteristic from you. to run on time
- have</c><01:50:05.600><c> to</c><01:50:05.720><c> have</c><01:50:05.920><c> the</c><01:50:06.000><c> skill
- </c><01:50:06.360><c> of</c> You do have to have the skill of You do have to have the skill of patience
- I wasn't aware of his football skills at that time.
- </c> So, we've talked about his legislative skill, we've talked about his commitment to this entity,